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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Member Blogs => Topic started by: Swinebag on May 25, 2008, 20:22:45 PM
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Yes I"m having a stab at this.
Given that James" has been moved to this topic area and he started his thread ages ago, i"m going to start with a copy of my edinburgh report. i will however be updating regularly........soon
PS Des, if its against the rules then just delete it.
PART 1
It has amazed me how I have re-evaluated my aims for season 2. At the start of the season, my aim was to make a final table. After donking out of Walsall and Manchester, I thought that making day 2 would be a decent result. Having donked off my stack to Bodders (who went on to make his first day 2) at Cardiff, I had set my aim for Edinburgh to make the dinner break!
So when I looked at the draw and saw I was on the "feature" table 1, I just had the simple task of staying there. A look at the rest of my table, made me realise I was in for a tough ride
I had Eck (runner up last year and owner of the crypto 13K) in seat 1
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/eck.jpg)
To my left I had GUKPT online champ Scouse3465 in seat 9.
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Liverpool.jpg)
To my right in seat 6 was also, regional manager, Ian Burnett (haworthbantam). It was a table full of celebrities too
Chris Evans
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/chrisevans.jpg)
Mel Gibson was sat next to me (at least I think it was him)
And of course Shermanator from American Pie
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/shermanator-1.jpg)
As the first cards went into the air I had a private little fist pump, as I had guaranteed my highest finishing position of the season (only 130 runners in Edinburgh ).
First break, average chips 10 500, my chips 9 000.
I had some really good cards in this session. I had AA which flopped a set to win a tidy pot. I had JJ which beat Ecks 88 to win another. I was also dealt AK 3 times. I passed it twice after two missed flops and one unsuccessful Cbet. The other time I chopped with Scouse after he also got AK and we hit a K on the flop. The rest of the time, I was in LP calling MP raises with my trappy connectors and one gappers trying to steal if I got a favourable flop or double up if I hit a monster. Neither happened, so I ended the session down, but not too unhappy.
Dinner break, average chips 14 000, my chips 6500
A poor session for me. I was pretty much card dead. A few blind steals. On amusing hand that cost me a wedge at the 150/300 level: shermanator in MP raises to 800, I find 78o on the button and call thinking that I can take it with a favourable flop. Unfortunately, I've now priced in Scouse in the BB, not that he ever needed pricing in; he calledon his BB every time. Scouse checked dark as did Shermanator, flop comes 8 4 2. I bet out 1200, scouse goes all in and Shermanator folds. I had scouse covered but fold my top pair seven kicker. An amusing showing war then ensues. I show my 8, so Scouse shows his 8. I then show my kicker, and Scouse then shows his 6 kicker. Oh well! The only other incident of note was confirmation that the guy next to me in seat 8 was indeed Mel Gibson. He proved it by doing his dislocated knee trick. He turned to grab his beer a tad too quickly and resulted in dislocating his knee. Me and Scouse were very concerned for his welfare, as was the dealer, who wanted to get a medic, but Mel was just showboating and promptly clicked his knee back into place. A truly awful sight and sound that made the ensuing buffet a little less appealing. But anyway woo hoo. I had hit my target and made the dinner break!
Third break, average chips 28 000, my chips 24 500.
I needed a quick double up after dinner and got it in true luckbox fashion. Eck raised in MP. It folded to me on the button. I found Ac5d. Now Eck had been playing brilliantly and wasn't raising with junk but he had been going through the gears. I had already done one set of blinds so only had 4500 left after I'd posted my 800 blind. Anyway I shoved, Eck called showing KJo. The flop brought 3 clubs including a King for Eck, but a fourth club on the river gave me the pot. A few blind steals, a resteal off Ian with A rag, and a nice pot with AQ that flopped a FH got me up to just below the average stack, but generally I was card dead for the whole session and was too short stacked to feel that I could make any moves.
After the break, blinds 1000/2000 I finally got a monster. Most of my original table had busted out and Ian had been the last to depart. Next hand and it folded round to the new guy in the SB who made it up. I have learnt a fair bit about poker over the last few months and have been following the brilliant exploits of George Bedi. So it was him I thought of when I picked up 10 3o (second nuts behind 10 3s). I tried to stay calm and cooly checked. The flop came K 8 4 rainbow. I could barely contain my excitement. At last a hand and flop to double up with!! The SB led out for 2000. I smooth called. The turn brought a blank. SB checked. I now needed a bet to get max value and settled on 5500. SB folded. I was happy to win a small pot, but was disappointed because I'm sure George would have got the maximum out of it.
I was now entertaining thoughts of a second day appearance, but I could feel the blood entering my alcohol system and was worried that I'd run out of steam. A few pints later, I felt great and was playing tighter than Baden Powells reef knot. I then found my spot: blinds 1500/3000, EP raise, I looked down at AK. My stack was down to 21000 so calling wasn't an option, so I shoved. I wanted a call, but not an all in from Eck on the button. EP raiser folded. Eck showed tens and they held up, much to his surprise (he had had tens battered twice already) and I was out. After the initial disapointment, I felt pleased with my play and pleased that I'd been the penultimate player from my original table. I didn't mind losing to Eck too. He had played a great game and despite his luckbx reputation, had suffered a lot of bad luck. I checked the clock when I was out and saw that it was SUNDAY 12.03am. Woo hoo! I made day 2!!
I then decided to play a cash table and sat down with £80. Phil Starrs was on the table as was Neil Dawson and a couple of other guys with APAT medals. I also had the pleasure of meeting Sticky who was more drunk than me. I still couldn't find a fish on the table so quickly realised it was me, but as I was drunk decided to carry on anyway. My stupidity was rewarded when I called £15 into a £50 pot with A2 soooooooted and flopped 345 (woo hoo) I was then paid off by the original raiser who had KK. Luckily for me, everyone decided they had had enough poker pretty soon afterwards and decided to call it a day. This was a relief as I felt certain that I would donk my winnings off.
Really enjoyed the weekend. Great to meet Ian, scouse, sticky, Neil, guy who came 14th (but cant remember your name- sorry) and to meet up again with a load of others. WD to Cooste on your FT (he must be a contender for allround player of the year)
THANKS to Des, Rich, Tikay again for a memorable experience.
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Great read Rob, love the celebration of the guaranteed highest placing at the start ;D
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We have a winner so far
Nice write up very entertaining more please....especially the winning gl,
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Good read Rob was thinking of starting my own blog but after reading this i won't bother
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Thanks for the kind comments so far
Anyway, based on how part 2 finished, part 3 is very short
PART 3 - "Poker genius/Donk" balance restored
Sunday night, just got back from the cricket at Old Trafford and was pretty quite drunk. Not as Drunk as Superman, Robin (without batman), The Gimp from Pulp Fiction and Scooby doo though, but still drunk enough to convince myself that I now had poker cracked and that qualifying for the Virgin Festival would be a formality.
Second hand in, blinds 10/20, stacks 2000 (i think). I get 10 10 in MP, folded to me, i raise to 90, called by BB. Flop 882 rainbow. BB leads out for 150, I raise to 500, BB allin, I call!!!!!! :o :o
BB shows 78o (my second favourite hand btw), no improvement for me and Virgin festival qualification delayed again.
If this had been a freeroll or a rebuy (or a low stakes turbo - maybe), then calling allin, I think, would have been a reasonable play, because people do overplay lower pairs on a paired board. However, these Virgin festival satellites are tough and I"m rarely ahead in this situation. So..............
"Poker genius/Donk" balance restored
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Good read Rob was thinking of starting my own blog but after reading this i won't bother
C"mon Nosey, give it a shot - it would be great to hear the thoughts of season one"s leading online player!
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Brilliant blog, really enjoying it (thx for the mention hehe) cant wait to read more!
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C"mon Swine me owd mucka.......you GOT to qualify for the Virgin Festival so that I can shake you by the .......ermm........nec........HAND.....and say "Well played in the Ukranian Open !"
Enjoying the blog by the way......might even have a crack myself soon !!
BOING BOING !!
P.S. You playing in Dublin ?
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C"mon Swine me owd mucka.......you GOT to qualify for the Virgin Festival so that I can shake you by the .......ermm........nec........HAND.....and say "Well played in the Ukranian Open !"
Enjoying the blog by the way......might even have a crack myself soon !!
BOING BOING !!
P.S. You playing in Dublin ?
I am going to dublin, so you can wring my neck out there if you want. just wait untill I have had a few guinness so I can die a happy man! ;D
I did qualify online for dublin, so no reason why I cant do it for the Virgin Festival too!
See you soon
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Great read fella.
We want more!!!
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100 SNG"s in 3 days eh just imagine how these guys felt.
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=18547.825
assume the link is okay, an interesting read imo showing the stress of multitabling when 2 guys get involved in a challenge....
Keep up the good work swine (assuming this name came from your pupils? :D )
Was considering doing one for vegas but it would probably all look the same:
Got up
Met MickyP
Got Drunk
Lost Money
Went to Bed.......and repeat for 9 days.... :D
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Another great read Rob...... c"mon James, we want that blog!
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A James and MickyP Vegas blog would be most welcome.....
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Swine, me owd mucka.......come n find me in Dublin....I will be the one with the Black Country accent trying to make myself heard over three VERY broad Northern Irish accents.......with a slim Mancunian somewhere around there too.
Also...if you hear the "laurel and Hardy" theme music being sung when someone goes out, that will be one of us too......ask me why and I will expalin !!
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(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/laurelandhardy.jpg)
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Whilst I now realise that simply being good is not enough (you need to be "hi_am_chris" good and luckier than a luckboxes luckbox)
I think i take that as a compliment ;D
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By the way my friend......I was also at DTD yesterday !!
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Whilst I now realise that simply being good is not enough (you need to be "hi_am_chris" good, modest and luckier than a luckboxes luckbox)[/b]
I think i take that as a compliment ;D
FYQOMP :D
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Can I say it was a real pleasure to share a table with Rob, Robert Ingoldby, Jordania and one or two others. Despite a field of over 140 players, there were APAT members everywhere. It was also great to share a table with former European player of the year Micky Wernick, who Rob didn"t recognise when he plonked himself down on Rob"s left. DTD"s great!
Its true, I didn"t recognise him, but when Des pointed out who it was, I did recognise the name, but still only managed a "never heard of him". I also made sure I didn"t play any pots with him! 8)
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Can I say it was a real pleasure to share a table with Rob, Robert Ingoldby, Jordania and one or two others. Despite a field of over 140 players, there were APAT members everywhere. It was also great to share a table with former European player of the year Micky Wernick, who Rob didn"t recognise when he plonked himself down on Rob"s left. DTD"s great!
Its true, I didn"t recognise him, but when Des pointed out who it was, I did recognise the name, but still only managed a "never heard of him". I also made sure I didn"t play any pots with him! 8)
That"s right, we left him to the gals and Jordania near enough crippled him in two hands (not with two hands I might add).
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Congrats and gl at DTD! 8)
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see you there, nice blog ;)
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Big Congrats to the three of you. GL!
And a great read Rob! See you next weekend.
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LOL......Well done mucka......beer for you at the end of June !!
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have u played any sngs on any of the ipoker sites?
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have u played any sngs on any of the ipoker sites?
yes I do and that is where I generate most of my profit. They are supersoft compared to stars
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lol was just looking for a second opinion, played a couple last nite and was shocked when 4 people went out in one within five minutes and i dont remember any of them having huge hands
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lol was just looking for a second opinion, played a couple last nite and was shocked when 4 people went out in one within five minutes and i dont remember any of them having huge hands
Exactly the same happened to me. I played 4 $5 jackpot SNG on BlueSq the other day and in all of the we were down to 5 players within 2 levels.
Never seen such soft games but the speed of the structure 7min levels 1k starting made it an absolute joke. I normally play stars for S&G but heard these were soft so gave it a go.
If you can avoid the bad beats and dont mind getting to all in o"clock within 20 mins its okay.
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the normal STTs have 9 min levels and 1500 chips, but a very good feature on ipoker is that from $10 they have "double stack" STTs (start with 150 BBs) and these can be very profitable for the patient type. You do suffer some horrific beats, but that is mainly down to the large range and increased frequency of hands that will call you on ipoker (they have to suckout sometime - dont they?).
Do I win a prize for a positive plug of our sponsors?
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only concern i have with them is how quickly do they normally fill up? i was playin early morning and they were taking forever, do they fill up quicker in the evenings?
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Thanks for the tip swinebag....i had only tried the jackpot fellas. Deepstacks do sound like a good move.
I was playing from 8-11pm and they filled pretty quick.
(http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/characters/character0109.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net)
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When I left, cooste had a huge stack of chips, no doubt on his way to another FT
Managed to get 7th in this one Rob.
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When I left, cooste had a huge stack of chips, no doubt on his way to another FT
Managed to get 7th in this one Rob.
Well done fella. you are certainly on a roll
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Well done fella. you are certainly on a roll
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A roll that"s lasted all season by the looks of the leaderboard.
Well done Cooste.
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Rob ur ruinin my table image here ;) This table was actually a nightmare for me I went from 85k to 40k to 0k.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good blog entry ;)
It was a pleasure meeting you. and although we were not even in a pot together on either table i reckon we co-captained them beautifully!
I was happy not to play a pot with you but as for the co-captain thing......Here is a special pic from saturday of me in table captain mode
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/tablecaptain.jpg)
my next goal is to qualify for the worlds in london, so hopefully c u there! ;D
Its the summer hols and I have a week long pass out, So looking forward to it.
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Good Mornin Mr Swinebag......*class chorus*
love the captain pic, quality stuff!...i was sure it was shades u were wearing, mine must have been so dark i couldn"t tell the diff. 8)
damn u lucky teachers and ur holidays, soooo jealous :"( reckon i will only be goin to london if i qualify...so see u there :P ::)
ur player of the day Luca, was he at our table? cant picture him or those "phil ivey tells"? so many faces and so many online names...its gettin them to match thats trouble lol! ;D
take care...Sir! 8)
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ur player of the day Luca, was he at our table? cant picture him or those "phil ivey tells"? so many faces and so many online names...its gettin them to match thats trouble lol! ;D
he wasn"t on our table. He wore some pink incredible hulk thing. My wife was cheering him on "because he is so fit"
By "ivey tell" I meant you couldn"t get anything out of him.
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This is Luca (http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/www.apat.com/APATIrishAmateurChampionshp2008DayOne/photo#5211746572680134338). He must be good, he put me out! ;)
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nope, wasn"t at any of his tables.
niel, mmm let me think, yes he must be good for his comeback to cash, but lets be honest he"d have more trouble puttin out the lights..... :P
rob, with that comment i think the wife should be gettin detention! :D
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The best "slow roll" involved a player going all in, action folding around to drunk guy who dwelled and announced "I may call", before proceeding to get up out of his seat, stagger over to the jukebox, put his favourite tune on, waited until it came on, started dancing to it before announcing "I'm probably behind, but I'll call" flipping J5o and of course sucked out to felt the guy who'd shoved with AK.
Tyldesley by any chance? :D :D :D
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Your superb normal witty contribution Rob......but where did you get that last picture from ?
I ain"t found the one they took of me with the ladies.
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I ain"t found the one they took of me with the ladies.
I got it off facebook and joined the group "friends of virgin poker"
i couldn"t find yours
Must be banned...Government health warning!!! ;D
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How long did you get to keep the ladies for Rob ? ;D
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How long did you get to keep the ladies for Rob ? ;D
You got it the wrong way round, Ian.
I had to literally beg them to let go ;D
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He hasn't spoken to me since, even though I'm sure Dewi has inflicted worse on him. I still joined the Chezger Forum though and haven't been banned...yet ;)
You are now -- lol --- great read
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I"ve just read this whole blog and I must"ve spent approx 50% of the time laughing at the dancing J5o jukebox slow rolla! Read that paragraph at least 5 times laughing harder each time!
Did he happen to put on a Motown song?
T"is genuis, genuis I tell you. I would have paid money to admire such a high calibre classy poker specticle!
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How long did you get to keep the ladies for Rob ? ;D
ladies....is that not ur daughters :P they musta been after the money :-*
in all seriousness though, well done rob! :)
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I"ve just read this whole blog and I must"ve spent approx 50% of the time laughing at the dancing J5o jukebox slow rolla! Read that paragraph at least 5 times laughing harder each time!
Did he happen to put on a Motown song?
T"is genuis, genuis I tell you. I would have paid money to admire such a high calibre classy poker specticle!
I concur, that would"ve been so funny to see. Back in the bad old days of 5 card stud that guy would"ve been shot before he got back to his chair :D
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Sheer Genius, I wish to buy the jukebox slow rolla a beer!!
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Well I had pretty much given up on this blog. If I"m being honest, I only started it because Des offered a prize for the best one. I was happy to get some good feedback for it and was maybe in with a chance, but once James gave his brilliant vegas reports, I knew it was a dead duck. Like Simon though (who writes a superb blog that should be worthy of prize alone), I am going to keep it going, although a bit more sporadic than his.
I was very aware that my blog ended up becoming an extended brag thread, as I had a reasonable ammount of success whilst writing it and have not had much since I stopped.
But the true valooooo of being a teacher is with me now. I have just come back from 3 weeks holiday in croatia. I feel much refreshed and my second holiday is to be in london for the WCOAP. I then have a few days before the daily grind returns.
but as the title suggests, I aim to prove that I have too much time on my hands.............
enjoy...
499th post too
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Was great chatting to you in London mate, hope it was a worthwhile expedition. I won £600 at the £1/£1 cash table on Sunday night, so with the Rangers/Celtic result had a very enjoyable (and pretty drunk) time ;D
Cheers
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Was great chatting to you in London mate, hope it was a worthwhile expedition. I won £600 at the £1/£1 cash table on Sunday night, so with the Rangers/Celtic result had a very enjoyable (and pretty drunk) time ;D
Cheers
good to meet up with you too grant. You were certainly bossing that table when I left. see you at the next one, where my liver should have recovered by then!
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Good to meet you in London. I don"t know about you, but I wish The Vic could be removed from its currecnt location and put somewhere nearer home. Those cash games, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Good to meet you in London. I don"t know about you, but I wish The Vic could be removed from its currecnt location and put somewhere nearer home. Those cash games, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I concur, that"s the first "live" cash game I"ve ever played and had a superb time. Winning all those chips helped tbh ;)
I"m looking to make it a more regular occurence in Glasgow once I figure out which casinos/clubs run them.
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Def keep the bloog going swinebag dude. I voted for it in the poll as its a very entertaining read!
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^ What TP2P said ^
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thanks fellas. As a mathematician, I have very fragile confidence from a creative point of view, so appreciate the comments. I will try and keep this going
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Got to keep the blog going Rob. It gets kinda lonely over here in blogland sometimes
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gotta love amr zaki ey?
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unfortunately the only friggin wiggin player I"ve got in my fantasy team is that donkey who was sent off yesterday >:(
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lol unlucky mate, got zaki in my team hes an absolute bargain and the only reason wigan beat city
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I think this has to be one of only a few ways to get a chart going north on Stars. Sadly mine points south, sharply.
WD Rob.
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or u play normal stt"s and still have a chart that goes north?
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or u play normal stt"s and still have a chart that goes north?
Oi, no brag posts on my brag thread blog
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Hey Rob,
Good going on completing the challenge, i"ve often thought, oh i"ll play 180 of the 180 man tournaments on stars and then play a few and realise there"s more to be made elsewhere. My next project should be to get my stars sharkscope back in the black, but who am i kidding :-)
In terms of buy-in i"d say that you still need 20-30 buy-ins minimum. You never want to have more than 5% of your roll on the table at once and even though they pay 50% of the field there"s nowt to stop you going on a nasty downswing in these, so imo 10 buy-ins would be madness.
Also 15% roi isn"t too shabby.
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This certainly fixed the losing problem and I had an ROI of 20% for the second half of this challenge, giving me 15% for the hundred games.
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I got too bored to get to a 100 with these, I was trying it on the $10 ones and ended up with an ROI of around 12% so that"s fairly consistent.
I might give them another go in a while and see if I can improve on that but for the time being I need to rebuild my bankroll on Stars after having some HU"s mishaps.
(Here"s a hint - if you"re up against someone ranked in the top 15 on Sharkscope - it"s best just to walk away and look for an easier fight :-[ )
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or u play normal stt"s and still have a chart that goes north?
Oi, no brag posts on my brag thread blog
What? ;D
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new challenge!!
[youtube=425,350]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MYRajKfZYb0[/youtube]
I was going to play a load of MATRIX tourneys on Full tilt, but have abandoned that, due mainly to the fact they seem unpopular and take ages to fill up!
I did however look at my Full tilt sharkscope and was not surprised to find that it was in the red, but horrified to find I had an ROI of -42%!! This was mainly due to playing 90 man turbos with no success.
So my new challenge is to grind this into the black!!! I will do this playing 9 man $5 STTs or $6 turbos. I expect to be successful, so its not really a challenge, just a point of restoring some pride to my limp looking graph. I expect to pass my 100th game with an ROI >20% so will be sure to post my fish status too!!
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Happy Birthday Rob. Hope Geneva is fun. ;D ;D ;D
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Happy Birthday Mr Swindells! Pffff ... so many candles ... take a DEEEP breath ...
iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiii
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Enjoy your Geneva Birthday, Rob.
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Thanks for the wishes everyone. Geneva was fun (but expensive!!) but sadly no swiss franc cash games were going on at the Casino Du Lac, in fact no poker anywhere in Switzerland as the Montreux Casino didn"t do poker either.
So it was good old "vin chaud" and Fondue plus of course the company of Mrs S.
Happy Birthday Mr Swindells! Pffff ... so many candles ... take a DEEEP breath ...
iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiii
Dont do candles!! >:(
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BLOG REVIVAL - NEW FORMAT
I"m giving this another go, but am changing the format. Instead of putting posts that, whilst maybe interesting, are too long, I"m going for short and regular posts with maybe the odd epic post thrown in for good measure. I will call it the IDriveTractors Formula (and that has been a resounding success) and hope you enjoy it. Feel free to join in.
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Last few months I have been playing STTs on partypoker. This is probably for similar reasons that Simon plays on Betfair, in that the games are soft and I make my most money on the site.
This is despite the fact that the software is rubbish and unreliable, the choice of games and the structure of the MTTs are very poor and the customer service is laughable.
However since playing on PP, I have been making a steady profit grinding out STTs with the two small field wins in MTTs thrown in for good measure.
As for my challenge on getting my sharkscope graph in the black on Full Tilt.....well I ultimately failed.
Instead of getting it to look V shaped I had to settle for some thing looking like a square root sign flipped left to right (ie it was V shaped but not finished - If anyone finds it on sharkscope they"ll know what I mean ???) I no longer subscribe to sharkscope as PP doesn"t log STTs.
I did manage to avoid fish status when I hit 100 games and then proceded to get bored with the challenge after that...giving up soon after
Anyway, tonight I am playing in the GUKPT national league on BSQ tonight. The games have great banter, if not the same value as last year and who knows, I may win a GUKPT seat :o
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BLOG REVIVAL - NEW FORMAT
I"m giving this another go, but am changing the format. Instead of putting posts that, whilst maybe interesting, are too long, I"m going for short and regular posts with maybe the odd epic post thrown in for good measure. I will call it the IDriveTractors Formula (and that has been a resounding success) and hope you enjoy it. Feel free to join in.
Stroke of genius that Rob, I like your style. I wonder whether I should be taking out a patent?
One friendly word of advice though.........Don"t ever, under circumstances mention poetry. You"ll regret it if you do.
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BLOG REVIVAL - NEW FORMAT
I"m giving this another go, but am changing the format. Instead of putting posts that, whilst maybe interesting, are too long, I"m going for short and regular posts with maybe the odd epic post thrown in for good measure. I will call it the IDriveTractors Formula (and that has been a resounding success) and hope you enjoy it. Feel free to join in.
Stroke of genius that Rob, I like your style. I wonder whether I should be taking out a patent?
One friendly word of advice though.........Don"t ever, under circumstances mention poetry. You"ll regret it if you do.
Poetry!! Why would I want to mention that? Unles I am talking about the "poetry in motion" that is City"s new look side
Oh Dear....looks Like you could be right and I may regret posting that....
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welcome back -- now buckle down and do a daily update you slacker
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There"s a poker playing teacher named Swiney
His pupils claim he"s very whiney
But when he"s at the felt
even when sh*t cards are dealt
he"ll steal all your chips, cor blimey!
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There"s a poker playing teacher named Swiney
His pupils claim he"s very whiney
But when he"s at the felt
even when sh*t cards are dealt
he"ll steal all your chips, cor blimey!
Woah Grant...that is good!!
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Robinho.....
All I can say is....
cue the "I told you so" group* to start coming out of the woodwork
(*who actually didn"t say anything at the time he was signed)
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Wife was out playing Netball last night so I played a quick STT whilst my dinner was cooking. I bubbled this which was disappointing but I"ve not had too many bubbles recently so cant complain.
I then went out to play a pub league game. This turned out to be perfect preparation for Walsall. Not because of the structure, clock and opposition. But because the game was filmed by a Manchester University post graduate doing a study on anthropology and film. Apparantly, watching a load of blokes in a pub playing poker is a great study in human behaviour. So I will feel really well prepared for walsall when Tikay does his winners interview with me ;D
as for the game (15K chips 20 min clock first level 50/100), you get a chance at the start to play some poker then it becomes a shove fest at the end. The standard of play is pretty good, although a lot of players dont really get the dynamics once the blinds are huge and happily fold down to the "oh I"m all in in the BB" stage.
I got off to a great start calling a raise OTB with JQ, flopping the openender and was priced into the river which I hit for ZEEE NUTZZZ and was duly paid off too. Next orbit I get 88 OTB and call a raise and Cbet on a 66K flop. The turn is checked round and the river 8 gives me the best hand on the river which is also handsomely paid off.
(nothing should be read into the fact that I was dealer for both these hands)
Apart from taking a short stack out (TT v AK - held up) I was pretty much card dead after this, but as there were only 12 of us I got down to the last 3 without having to really risk anything, picking up a few nice bluffed pots on the way.
It was at this point that I found out I had won the cash prize (not everyone has to shell out a fiver - and the other 2 had taken that option). Once I had accertained that the other 2 did not need points for the league monthly final, I gave a lesson ( ???)in push/donk/suckout poker that amused me and the railers but not the oponents.
Effective stacks were 8 BBs, It was past midnight, I had the loot, so wanted to go home.
allin with 35 lost to JK to halve my stack
allin with 79 took the blinds
allin with Q3 called by AK, board ran AK x TJ (double up)
called allin with 85 v short stack A8, flopped a 5 to knock her out
second hand of HU
allin with J9 soooooooted called by AK, made 2 pair to win it.......all under the watchful glare and pressure of the cameras ;D
A pretty sick run of cards at the end to win it and I probably have used all my luck up in one pub game. (though in hindsight I was unlucky to keep running into genuine hands that called me)
I haven"t been set over setted live for ages and can feel one coming on (or a KK v AA even). I just hope walsall doesn"t bring it. :-\
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Robinho.....
All I can say is....
cue the "I told you so" group* to start coming out of the woodwork
(*who actually didn"t say anything at the time he was signed)
Told you so.
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Robinho.....
All I can say is....
cue the "I told you so" group* to start coming out of the woodwork
(*who actually didn"t say anything at the time he was signed)
Told you so.
I knew you couldn"t resist...double your money only then!!
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But because the game was filmed by a Manchester University post graduate doing a study on anthropology Fish and film donkeys.
FYP
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Robinho.....
All I can say is....
cue the "I told you so" group* to start coming out of the woodwork
(*who actually didn"t say anything at the time he was signed)
Told you so.
I knew you couldn"t resist...double your money only then!!
I have been forwarded the cross dialogue between Man City and AC Milan superstar Kaka. Unfortunately I only have the script from the City end but I think it is clear for all as to the total content:
"Hello, is that Kaka? How do you fancy becoming the supply line to Craig Bellamy and Darius Vassell this winter?
"No, your fellow countryman doesn"t like the cold and will be out until Mid April - but you will play alongside Stephen Ireland"
"No, Kaka , Ireland is a person not a country"
"yes, I fully appreciate that he is not Ronaldinho, Pirlo or even
Beckham but many fans have him in their fantasy football"
"I know you are currently the richest man in Italy but we can double it!"
"erm, well, we have had a bit of a slide recently and we are currently
15th"
"erm, out of 20...... but Mark Hughes once won the double for our neighbours"
"Hughes"
"Ex Blackburn boss"
"Blackburn, Blackburn Rovers"
"No, Blackburn ......Black.....Burn"
"HUGHES man, HUGHES!!!"
"He once scored a good goal against Spain "
"No, thats Gerry Armstrong..... anyway, are you coming or not?"
"Usually about two thirds full but if we play a big team its really rocks"
"yes I know, but we dont even have a car park cos all the fans walk to the ground they are so local"
"Relevance? well, I suppose its all they have to brag about whether its true or not"
"Only the one to be fair but its called "blue moon" you will love it"
"Blue"
"yes, definitely blue, always has been"
"No, no, no, they are in Trafford"
"yes they are, steeped in it in fact but what good is history to you my
ambitious friend?"
"erm, 1976 I think"
"it was the er, the er League cup if memory serves me right"
"Well, the plan was to get in the top 4 this season and then....."
"yes, I realise that but....."
"Aston Villa? Whats it got to do with them?"
"Yes, I know but we have been down this history route already"
"How the heck does a Brazilian playing in Italy know about Nottingham Forest ?"
"Yes, yes, and Leeds United also made a final but you are missing my point, this is all about the future"
"Give me strength......HUGHES!!!!"
"yes I know he did and he was a legend there but he is a changed man"
"forget them, they are falling apart"
"But all those trophies were won last year! They have won nothing in 2009"
"I have told you.... 1976!!!!"
"How the heck does a Brazilian playing in Italy know that Virginia Wade has won Wimbledon since then?"
"Yes she probably is in her 60"s"
"I dont know, probably about 10 league titles, 2 european cups and countless domestic cups what has that got to do with it?"
"76,000 why?"
"yes, every game, even minor cups I suppose, but where is this getting us?"
"Yes, the league cup is considered a minor cup over here why?"
"I know, I know, I know, ok perhaps they won the FA Cup in 1970 or something does it really matter?"
"look, Kaka, we will treble whatever you are on now, buy you a mansion in Alderley Edge and give you a helicopter for your front lawn....are you joining us?"
"NO!, its owned by the council - what has the ground got to do with anything"
"well, officially its the city of manchester stadium but most people call it Eastlands"
"EAST!, not Waste"
"You will be adored there"
"No, not there, here I meant"
"No, thats Old Trafford, I meant adored here at Waste....erm, Eastlands"
" Anderson Huh? what does he know?"
"Ok I hear what you say, but other than Pride, Ambition, Achievement, History, Passion and a large car park - what can they offer you?"
"what do you mean no credit left in your phone.....I phoned you"
"Hello, Mr Kaka,...... Mr Kaka are you......."
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LOL just LOL -- brilliant
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That is class
who did you plagarise it from?
....and shouldn"t you be out running?
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That is class
who did you plagarise it from?
....and shouldn"t you be out running?
I didn"t plagiarise it - I copy and pasted it!
:D
(and like I"ve posted on the thread, I run in the morning!)
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That is class
who did you plagarise it from?
....and shouldn"t you be out running?
I didn"t plagiarise it - I copy and pasted it!
:D
(and like I"ve posted on the thread, I run in the morning!)
you have a day off tomorrow -- get pissed
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Two STTs was all i managed last night. First out in the first when my KK lost to AT allin pre. I bubbled the other.
My chance to redeem myself was cut short by an indoor cricket match. Indoor cricket is a peculiar game (very peculiar if you dont get normal cricket) where all your best shots in the outdoor version of the game are obselete (or will get you into trouble). In Poker terms it is the Lowball version of cricket; still a good game but different.
We won the match and afterwards discussed future events. It turns out that we are celebrating the chairmans 60th Birthday with cricket, beer, food etc on a weekend that clashes with the Welsh champs. :(
Given my 100% record, If anyone would like to employ my services as a "clickfester" then I am available for a 10% piece of action ;D ;D ;D
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Rob,
I want my name first on the list..
We can discuss the 1%
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Rob,
I want my name first on the list..
We can discuss the 1%
;D
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Not much poker this weekend. I was visiting friends in Devon and got to take in the Coventry - Torquay match to boot, which was a great game and could have easily had shock exit for Cov. But as is the case the difference in level showed as Cov scored with their only real chance of the second half whilst the Gulls had a load of chances but couldn"t even work the keeper.
Back early on the sunday but didn"t fire up until the evening. I probably shouldn"t have played any poker because I was tired but as I love it, I did anyway!!
Played 3 $10 tourneys on stars and exitted in the first hour of all of them. I did play in the GUKPT league game on BSQ and finished 4th out of 42 for $115 and some league points to boot. I managed to follow my own advice about playing very straightforward in these small runner events and resisted the temptation to get too "creative".
It did help when I doubled up with a 99 in the BB v AQ (button) and then 2 hands later near trebled up with AA v JJ v 66 (short stack) . This gave me a massive chip lead at the final table.
As it was the final table (and only 5 were paid) I decided to pick my spots carefully as opposed to trying to run over the table. This was just as well as I was card dead for the next hour where we only lost 3 players.
I did try and steal a few times from LP and considering I was stealing from the medium stacks thought I had a good chance of getting them through. however the medium stacks had their own ideas and I was reraised out of most stealing attempts, causing me to go right into my shell.
By the time the bubble approached I was 4th in chips and hanging on for the cash. 5th paid 3.5 x buy in so I felt it was a case of playing to cash rather than FTW. Cant remember the hand that broke the bubble or the one that sent someone out in 5th but I had been itching to get my chips in and in the next hand did so with QT to get called by A8 and with no help was gone in 4th.
To be honest I shouldn"t really play stars tourneys. They have 2000+ runners, take hours (that I dont really have) to finish and I dont play enough of them to get an accurate idea of how well i am doing in them. I also dont like the payout structure on them where too many get paid with the worthwhile prizes only being at the FT.
I think I will stick to <200 runners for my MTTS from now on. I have a decent record in these and whilst I will not be getting rich playing them, I will be building the roll.
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I agree with what you say about those massive tourneys, who has the time!! Thats why end up playing smaller mtts or 2 and 3 table SNGs, and cash. That allows me to play bite size poker. And then I can really look forward to the APAT nationals and focus on them. Can"t wait for walsall.
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You need lots of time to play these, not only because they last longer than the smaller fields, you also have to play a fair few to ride out the variances of luck.
I do like the 180-seater SNGs on Stars. Always one just round the corner and they are about perfect in terms of the size of the field.
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You need lots of time to play these, not only because they last longer than the smaller fields, you also have to play a fair few to ride out the variances of luck.
I do like the 180-seater SNGs on Stars. Always one just round the corner and they are about perfect in terms of the size of the field.
I do like the 180 SNGs to and I"m logging these. I"ve played 12 so far this year and cashed in 3 with 1 FT and 1 bubble. I think i"m pretty close to a win or top 3 here that should put my ROI in to the positive.
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Poor night last night. I played 3 STTs and my best finish was 5th. I have now slipped back into the red at this level where 2 weeks ago I was showing an ROI of 25%. This is not too big a down swing as the sample size is still very small (about 40 games). I am happy with my decisions at the moment despite only having 1 3rd place from my last 8 games. I was definitely playing worse last week when, on the back of a great run, my STT game descended into what I call "invincible poker" and I deservedly got my wings clipped. The last few days have merely been a case of playing tight, not getting any hands to double up, then when short stacked running into monsters or losing races. Watch this space for the upswing!!
I also played in the GUKPT league on BSQ. 52 runners. I got to the last 2 tables with a below average stack having played a very tight game when the following occurred....
blinds 150/300, My stack 3800. Folds to me OTB where I have A7. For me this is normally a definite raise to steal the blinds. I couldn"t decide between push or 900 (I"m normally pushing 10BBs or less from the button so with 13 being close to that, couldn"t decide).
I settled on 900. SB folds. BB shoves covering me and leaving about 1K behind. Now the dynamics of the table was that there had been a lot of resteal shoving from the blinds that had in the main been successful. I had already folded twice to similar plays. I hadn"t seen this player resteal yet but thought that, as I had taken a long time to put my original raise in, he might think I was weak and it was a good resteal opportunity. I called, he had 55 and like most of my races last night, I lost and was out.
I was pretty disappointed with my play here. I think I should have just shoved these in here. I had fold equity and maybe the 55 could have folded (I"d have been happy with the call there).
But the logic of my move baffles me too....Why raise to steal with a weak to marginal hand if I"m calling anyway....why, if I was stealing, use a quarter of my stack to do this anyway?..I hadn"t thought this move out properly at all
Any opinions on this hand are appreciated.
A few questions..
1. How many big blinds would you open shove from the button? (or anywhere else?)
2. What range from the button would you shove this stack?
3. How would you play this?
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1. For me its 8 BB
2. Pocket pair, AK, AQ,AJ,KQ. If i think they are a tight player then suited connectors
3. With 13 BB, it's a fold for me. I can understand a push but not a standard 3 times raise
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standard shove imo,if u want to raise fold make it less 675-700.
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Thanks wayne and Mal
Back on track with STTs tonight. Played 3 and 3 cashes (2nd and 3rd twice)
I am pleased with my STT game and it is my bread and butter in terms of poker profit. I just opened the latest issue of PokerPlayer mag and was delighted to score a perfect 10 in the STT quiz.
Despite a few poor decisions in my last few games, I am reasonably happy with my MTT game. I"m not as confident as monkeyman is with Walsall coming up, but I am doing ok in small field MTTs. Made the FT of the GUKPT league game tonight. I finished 8th (top 5 paid) when my AA flopped a set with 2 hearts on the board. The money went in against the CL who had the AT hearts and he made his flush on the turn. I took it pretty well to be honest.
I"m certainly not a "ffs"er or somone who has to replace laptops or cats regularly. In fact I liken myself to Peter Eastgate when it comes to emotion at the table and am quite proud of this.
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Keep it up Rob, beats will happen and I am glad you take the same road as me, calmness, serenity, and forgiveness to all..
Roll on a polite, no tantrums and generally serene Walsall
Right.......................................................
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Just back from COMS
Not the greatest performance but no means the worst either. A welcome 3 points nevertheless and up to 8th. I"m sure the southern biassed press will somehow put a negative spin on this though. I may be paranoid, but the press have been having a field day at city"s expense these last few weeks.
Apparantly £91 million is "obscene" for the best player in the world, but 6 years ago £30 million for Ferdinand or 7 years ago £28m for Veron was anything but "obscene".
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Not a go at Citeh at all (I quite like your lot as we share a common enemy), but I watched that programme on Dubai last night - and the whole place is obscene. When I say obscene, I mean in terms of the fact that it doesn"t actually produce anything and only a small few get to enjoy the opulence and wealth, whilst the rest have very few rights.
I think the "wealth" of the sheikhs is on dodgy ground (if you pardon the pun) - and not on solid foundations.
Dubai is very similar to Las Vegas in some respects (but with some elements on a much bigger scale). But at least with Vegas you get to see the "warts and all" if you leave the strip.
I"m blabbering now...I hope that made sense?
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Not a go at Citeh at all (I quite like your lot as we share a common enemy), but I watched that programme on Dubai last night - and the whole place is obscene. When I say obscene, I mean in terms of the fact that it doesn"t actually produce anything and only a small few get to enjoy the opulence and wealth, whilst the rest have very few rights.
I think the "wealth" of the sheikhs is on dodgy ground (if you pardon the pun) - and not on solid foundations.
Dubai is very similar to Las Vegas in some respects (but with some elements on a much bigger scale). But at least with Vegas you get to see the "warts and all" if you leave the strip.
I"m blabbering now...I hope that made sense?
Dubai is like Vegas but it hides its Downtown away.
That make sense cos that"s what I interpreted!
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I love weekends
Got up early to go to the Chill Factore Ski Slope for a bit of practice before I go on holiday in a few weeks time. I started on the Slalom course attempting to emulate the great slalom skier Alberto Tomba. It was probably more Alberto Balsam but I did enough to iron out the wrinkles and feel well set for Les Alpes.
The boss was out with a friend this afternoon, so I settled down to watch the Stoke v Man City game whilst playing a few STTs. Now I dont know if it was the ineptitude of City"s ability to lose to another 10 man bottom 3 side away from home that contributed to my awful run (or the fact that I had distractions when I was playing online poker) but it was truly ghastly poker experience for me.
I played 12 STTs, cashed in 3rd twice, bubbled once and nowhere in the other 9. Whilst I could have payed better attention when I was playing, I really felt that I didn"t do too much wrong.
I kept getting down to last 5 or 6 from 10 starters, (normally short stacked) and when I found a hand kept running into a bigger one (normally AA!!). I cant even complain of too many bad beats (though there were a few!!). I was literally running into monsters.
I"m now further in the red at this level and another bad run like this and I"ll be moving down. I am quite proud of the fact that I didn"t go on tilt (I rarely do) but did start getting wary when I was dealt a good hand. This was the prompt to log off and stick it on the blog.
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Now I always rate myself as a bit of a luckbox.
I"m sure I"m not one really. I think the difference between a luckbox and an unlucky player is just mindset.
I always try and play my best, but I tend to forget bad beats very quickly and revel in suckouts (as long as I didn"t do anything too wrong in the hand).
Self perceived unlucky players are of course the opposite.
No poker tonight. Am off to the "Frog and bucket" in town to see a few comedians. Now this should be much funnier than watching me play poker.
AND CERTAINLY NO DRUNKEN POKER WHEN I GET BACK.
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No drunk poker last night, but an upturn in fortunes today. Stopped the rot in the STTs with a second and played a 182 man MTT, finishing 5th for $221.
Really looking forward to the APAT national league tonight. Manchester look pretty well equipped, but amazingly there are over 350 players signed up for the first night.
Well done Des for coming up with something that has created great interest and can only grow into something massive for Season 4
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The first leg of the national league was a massive success IMO. I"m sure Des will look at the structure here so that the game can last about 4 hours rather than the three we had tonight. After a host of early casualties, Manchester rallied well to take 10th and 5th which thanks to Leeds dominance was enough to give us 1 point. On another night we will have to do better if we are to score again.
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I"m going on a self imposed poker drought before the first national on saturday. The reason is nothing to do with running bad, bad beats, cold decks or life tilt though. Our school is doing its annual production (Honk) and being such a talented individual, I am taking part.
I"ll be the one moving the sofa off the stage when the lights go down at the end of Act 2 scene 1
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I"m going on a self imposed poker drought before the first national on saturday. The reason is nothing to do with running bad, bad beats, cold decks or life tilt though. Our school is doing its annual production (Honk) and being such a talented individual, I am taking part.
I"ll be the one moving the sofa off the stage when the lights go down at the end of Act 2 scene 1
I"ve found someone else to do this for me been sacked, so my poker career is resurrected.
A great night at STTs and have nearly turned around the bad run from the weekend. Played in the GUKPT league game and the GCUK forum league game, finishing nowhere in them though.
If I can find the time, I"m going to play a few deepstacks on Poker.co.uk as a way of some sort of practise for the weekend. I"ll also try a pub game tomorrow just for a bit of human interaction at the felt.
Have not played a deepstack live event since september so the poker juices are flowing with anticipation with saturday just around the corner.
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played a few deepstacks online last night. I cant ever remember being so card dead in 2 tournaments running simultaneously for so long. Dont get me wrong, I"m not the sort of player who sits patiently waiting for Aces, but a premium hand or 2 would have been nice.
In the 3.5K euro deepstack on Poker.co.uk I finished 80th out of 240 after 2 hours. My best hand dealt to me was JJ in LP where I called an EP raiser. I was pleased that i managed to lose the minimum as the board brought no overcards and a cheap showdown revealed the EP raiser to have QQ. I also had AQ in MP v a LP caller on a A hi flop. Again I managed to lose the minimum when I ran into AK. The rest of the time it was blind stealing and restealing to try and maintain a stack. I eventually found a hand to shove with A9s OTB but was felted when the SB had KK. Some crazy play in this tourney so was happy to get as far as I did and only had my tourney on the line in the last hand.
Also played the 10K GTD on stars (1 rebuy 1 addon) which was a bit naughty as I shouldn"t be shelling out $62 on a tourney. I wanted to play this though as there were only 550 runners (as opposed to the 3000+ you get in some other stars tourneys). I didn"t take the rebuy because It was only a single rebuy and i didn"t want to bust before the end but took the add on making it a deepstack after the break. Again I was pleased with my play but exasperated at my lack of premium hands. My best starting hand was QQ which I had in the BB v a well chipped EP raiser. Wanting to keep the pot small OOP I just called. The flop A hi flop with 3 club (no club for me) killed the action but my queens were good. My next best hand was 88 which flopped a set but no big pot. Other than a 2 AKs (one which which missed and was folded to BB raise on the flop - the other failing to take out a short stacks AJ), I didn"t have any other premium hands. I resorted to playing position and raising with junk which kept me in the tourney for 3 hours. I eventually went in about 200th from 550, when short stacked I shoved K9 from MP and was called by the BB with AJ. No outdraw so goodbye. Again I only had my tourney on the line for the last hand, which is very unlike me!!
So I feel well prepared now for sunday (and saturday too of course). I will hopefully have the mental strength to cope with being card dead. Though, if things are to even them selves out, I fully expect to be a complete cardracking luckbox!!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the felt and/or bar
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Know how you feel about being card dead. I played in a live Omaha game last night, got down to 11 players short stacked. Blinds went up to 400/800 & i had just over 4k left..........then went 8 hands without seeing a single face card or anything remotely like suited connectors :o Ended up pushing my last 3k with a suited ace in my hand I was so desperate :D :D
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at the felt and/or bar
I"ll buy the first one if you don"t outdraw me again
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at the felt and/or bar
I"ll buy the first one if you don"t outdraw me again or I"ll sulk for 3 months if you do
FYP ;D
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at the felt and/or bar
I"ll buy the first one if you don"t outdraw me again or I"ll sulk for 3 months if you do
FYP ;D
Three months -- do you really know how long I can sulk for -- it"s legendary
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
I was really pleased with my draw. There were a lot of players I was looking to avoid and managed to do this. I did have Steve Redfern to my right which was great because I knew he"d spew his chips in my direction by the end of the second level (My reads were solid ;D ;D). The rest of the table seemed pretty solid and tight which bade well for some grand larceny. I did have suzanne to my left and I knew she had bubbled the FT at the vic last year so was not going to mess around with her OOP.
I was determined to play as many hands as possible to try and project a loose image, whilst at the same time making sure that I did this with the minimum risk. So I was calling raises in position and avoided 3 betting so I could play loads of flops in position for small pots. This was working pretty well at first and I showed down some weak losing hands (A6s chasing a straight certainly had Steve looking at me like I had cracked up). The real trouble was 3 fold though.
1. I got too many playable hands. I had a lot of premiums as well as SCs, small pairs and Ax suited, and must have been playing on average 3 hands an orbit or higher. One adjustment I will make will be the Ax suited. I kept getting this in EP and open raising when I should have really mucked them. If I had been card dead (which I wasn"t) then playing them would have been ok.
2. I must have been giving off some serious tellage. Every time I had the goods I got no action. I had aces then a set that didn"t get any value. I also flopped a straight that got nowhere. Most times I c bet with nothing I was batted back
3. Cold decked?? or maybe not (cant decide here). I had QQ v KK on a board of undercards. I had AQ v AK on a A hi board. I had A3 (yuk) v AK with 2 aces on board. Each time I had people betting into me so took the passive route feeling that I had lost the minimum. I"m sure that last year I"d have been busted even earlier than I did.
My stack got as low as 2750 in the second level. I was able to recover to 5900 by the first break and then it slowly dribbled away back to 3K (where I should have really been playing more conservitavely at this point). My exit came when a LP raiser made it 800 (blinds 100/200) and I found 88 in the SB. I shoved hoping for a flip or maybe a lower pair which was in this guys LP raising range. Sadly, I got the top end of his range and he flipped KK (for the third time I think) no help for me and I was busto!!
So an early exit in the first national. I had a 10 minute sulk then had a few beers so was fine. I was actually reasonably happy with the way I played and on another day I could have had a nice stack to dominate the table with, but it was not to be....
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I look forward to reading your report on 4) the Sit n Go ;)
I think the most impressive bit about 1) - 4) was that you managed to fit them all into 16 hours! ;D
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I did have Steve Redfern to my right which was great because I knew he"d spew his chips in my direction by the end of the second level (My reads were solid ;D ;D).
HMMMMMMM Don"t remember too much spewage in that direction :)
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
This was advertised as a £20 deepstack. It had £5.50 juice so I asked the if it was dealer or self dealt. The cashier said "We hope to run it dealer dealt" so I bought in. The tourney started a staggering 50 mins late due mainly to the main event taking up too much space, but also to locals turning up late to find a load of busted APATers had taken over their tourney.
The tourney was rubbish and sums up why I appreciate APAT so much. 10K chips first level 25/50 then 50/100 then 100/200 then 200/400 and 20 min levels. So more a "lots of chips to start with then a crapshoot" than a Deepstack. Still not too bad a tourney by Casino standards. The tourney was also self dealt (cant believe I fell for that!!) up to the final table. So the casino made very little effort to make this dealer dealt. A bit of a rip of when you are paying 27.5% juice!!
My tourney ended early and to be honest I was not in the right frame of mind to play it correctly. I had already decided that tight was the only way to go here. Most hands went limp UTG, limp UTG +1 limp limp limp then button raises 6X BB and its call call call call call call call. I only really played 2 hands in anger. TT in MP where I put in a big raise and found one caller. Woop woop, a heads up hand!! All under cards. I led out and was raised for half my stack. I was against the dealer who looked a decent player so decided to fold.
My exit hand came at the 100/200 level i had 8K by now and was dealt AKs in MP. after 2 limps I made it 1500 to go and both limpers called (just LOL) The board came K J 5 rainbow. One of the limpers led out for 1500 into the 4800 pot, the other one folded and it was back to me. I probably should have called here but I had decided when I saw my cards that if I hit with this then I was going for the double up. I shoved knowing that a better hand was only probably calling me and UTG limper called flipping his KJo, no Ace nh gg gl......sigh
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I did have Steve Redfern to my right which was great because I knew he"d spew his chips in my direction by the end of the second level (My reads were solid ;D ;D).
HMMMMMMM Don"t remember too much spewage in that direction :)
[ x ] i wasn"t being serious!!
I was just happy to have position on you. You were the player who I kept getting big hands against and no chips from!!
But very well played Steve, I am absolutely delighted for your win. Its good that a regular contributor to this forum has taken down a big event. Good luck in the champion of champions event
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Rob,
I thought table 5 was a great table, good banter (even though i"mfairly quiet) and good poker and made day one very enjoyable. I thought Steve played a great game and it set him up well for the rest of the tournament.
I was two to your left by the way.
Don
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I look forward to reading your report on 4) the Sit n Go ;)
This.
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Rob,
I thought table 5 was a great table, good banter (even though i"mfairly quiet) and good poker and made day one very enjoyable. I thought Steve played a great game and it set him up well for the rest of the tournament.
I was two to your left by the way.
Don
Hi Don. Yes I really enjoyed that table and was gutted not to go further. You realled pwned me with that A3 v AK hand. Why no river bet though???
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Rob,
I thought table 5 was a great table, good banter (even though i"mfairly quiet) and good poker and made day one very enjoyable. I thought Steve played a great game and it set him up well for the rest of the tournament.
I was two to your left by the way.
Don
Hi Don. Yes I really enjoyed that table and was gutted not to go further. You realled pwned me with that A3 v AK hand. Why no river bet though???
Had you on ace rag, and a doubt in my mind that you had hit the second pair, thought you might raise over me.
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Wish i could have had ur seat rob instead of my seat one if those were the hands you were getting ... either that or James seat three where you get dealt kings at least once a level :(
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Wish i could have had ur seat rob instead of my seat one if those were the hands you were getting ... either that or James seat three where you get dealt kings at least once a level :(
Was that you chris?? I"d have said hello and well sharkscoped if I"d have known ;D
Yes, you were looking miserable at the lot you were being dealt. nevermind. At least you lasted longer than me
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ditto - didn"t realise that you was you Chris. Perhaps at the next APAT game, it should be mandatory for everyone to wear an id badge showing their forum id!! ;D
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haha yeah, i dint say anything at the start and then after 2 hours i was too embarrased to admit who i was after being the table uber nit >:( Was definately good to see a regular contributor to the board take it down, hopefully be at cardiff :)
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
I"d sat watching this game with Leigh telling him that I"d never sit down at such a crazy game. However the combination of Leigh wandering off and a few too many pints on my part had me sitting down with 100BBs
My game was uneventful, winning a decent omaha pot with a flopped flush (not the nuts) but i still finished slightly down after a few hours.
The real reason for posting this was to put my spin on the famous 5 card omaha hand, involving a player that I shall refer to as Arnie because he was the...
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Runningman.jpg)
I paid £5 an hour for this entertainment and had paid £5 for the 6 hands played in the previous hour; the lack of hands mainly down to Arnie"s boorish drunken behaviour. This drunkeness probably contributed to Arnie getting his own story mixed up, in pretty much the same manner as pupils give when they dont do their homework ("i did it but left it at home", "so why have you got your book then?", "errr, I did it on a piece of paper", "orly?")
his excuses were
1. the fifth card was someone elses that the dealer hadn"t collected
2. the K had stuck to the 7
3. the K had stuck to the J
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Scoobydoo.jpg)
and he"d have got away with it, if it wasn"t for that pesky dealer and Rio
Rio, to be fair offered to chop the pot, but Arnie wasn"t having it and wanted the lot. It was at this time that a waitress came over and asked if I wanted another drink. The whole incident had sobered me up and I had lost the will to drink so settled for my first coke of the night.
Arnie, meanwhile had called Tikay over (WTF??) and when Tikay told him his hand was dead and the pot was Rio"s, he took off with a big chunk of the pot tucked under his arm.
This was the worst robbery attempt since this
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEaIm1EggnA[/youtube]
A mixture of speechlessness and outrage followed from the table. I dont know what became of Arnie but I dont think "HE"LL BE BACK"
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^^ That vid is AWESOME ^^
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Great post Rob.
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
I walked back to my hotel with Luky, Zanshin, Chippa and Kin with the intention of playing a cash game. Kin had just cashed in the side event and had proved that alcohol and poker do mix, by being completely smashed and great company to boot. Couldn"t really tell how drunk everyone else was, but it was from "sober" to "not as drunk as Kin", who claimed he had had 40 pints of guiness but acknowledged that as he was drunk, his judgement was impaired so decided it was probably more likely 30!! ???
We abandoned the cash game idea and setttled on a sit and go. 2000 chips each, first blind 25/50, clock......errrrrr????
Kin got off to a superb start bullying the table relentlessy, though to be fair he did get dealt suited connectors nearly every hand and hit every flop. Well that is what he told us and who were we to not believe him. Chippa, meanwhile felt that the game needed speeding up so offered to deal for all of us. He of course shipped his stack to Kin first before doing this for us and we were all grateful
Meanwhile Kin was opening up his range and open limped one pot only to shove when Luky raised it up OTB. Luky dwelt for a while before folding. Kin showed 7h :3h:
;D ;D ;D Much LOLZ
Then came the moment of controversy..
Folded round to Luky OTB who raised but was called for string betting by Kin. The rest of the table agreed that telling everyone you had suited connectors every hand was totally acceptable, but accidently dropping your chips when putting them over the line was just plain out of order. It was ruled and agreed that a min raise should stand here. This gave Kin the odds to call and Zanshin in the BB folded
Kin checked the 7d 7s :3s: flop in the dark and Luky bet 125 (half the pot)
Kin min raised, Luky shoved and Kin did a Hellmuth style patent call.
Luky had 66 but was drawing virtually dead when Kin flipped 7h :3h:
Luky went soon after. I had been quiet for most of this, my time being occupied by a huge sausage roll, but once I finished that I started to get a bit busy. Zanshin and I were waiting for Kin to blow up which he did but he just got lucky and soon it was I and he HU.
At HU we discussed a chop. Even though I had more chips, Kin wanted 60% over 40% as he felt he had an edge HU. This edge was demonstrated when he folded 3 hands in a row, once in the SB and twice in the BB; both times before I even had the chance to make up in the SB. With a massive CL, I offered a 40% split and allin blind for the other 20%. Kin agreed and I took the other 20% with the first hand.
I thought this game proved to be great preparation for Luky and Zanshin who had made day 2 of the main event. I"m sure they thought so too as they turned in for bed at 5am!
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
1. Excessive drinking, poor behaviour, etc. has been done to death and I dont have anything to add anymore. Des has dealt with it, and whether I agree with Des or not on the individual punishments is irrelevant. Des has rarely (if ever) got it wrong when it comes to key decisions involving APAT and there is no reason to question him now
2. City beat Boro 1-0 to set up a great APAT weekend. SOOper Craig Bellamy
3. Gutted, I cant make Cardiff (booo!!) Will be going to dublin though (weeeeee!!)
4. Great to meet up with a load of familiar faces and to put some more faces to names
5.Structure. Whilst I think that the present structure is great and shouldn"t be changed, I will fully understand if APAT decide to change it by putting the clock back to 40 mins or removing levels. A 2am+ finish is fine for the players who are happy to be there, but its not on for the volunteers who give up enough of their free time and have to work the following day. This leads us to....
lastly....
6. Many thanks to Des, Rich and Tony for all their hard work and providing such a great event. It is much appreciated
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Had a great time at the UK champs that is basically split into 5 parts
1) the main event
2) the side event
3) the cash table
4) the sit and go
5) other stuff!!
Just remembered a priceless moment from this game. It was the very first hand and Neil was dealing. I was in the cut off and had :2s: 8s which was folded.
3 people saw the flop which was
x x :2s: ??? ???
"I mucked that" said I pointing to the :2s: and sure enough on further inspection the burn card was the 8s
So serious LOLz at Neil for putting the mucked cards at the top of the deck.....
bless him
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LOL! I forgot about that! It was 5am and I had had two long days before that. That"s my excuse and I"m sticking to it ;D
The flop was actually 332 and a 5 on the turn. I had 53o. The buggers called a mis-deal and made me muck my house. The cheek!
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LOL! I forgot about that! It was 5am and I had had two long days before that. That"s my excuse and I"m sticking to it ;D
The flop was actually 332 and a 5 on the turn. I had 53o. The buggers called a mis-deal and made me muck my house. The cheek!
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Spanner.jpg)
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::) I was called a lot worse at the time ;D
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That was a quality SNG. Great write up as well - I remembered most of it...honest.
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Half term is nearly upon me. I am sat in my room contemplating my last lesson of the half term.
I"ll be disappearing off the poker grid for most of the week as I am going skiing in Les Alpes. I cant wait as I"ve not been for 8 years. A load of us are going by the snow train so there may be scope for a bit of a game. The others are not really poker players so could have difficulty setting this up.
Good luck to the manchester players on sunday
good luck to everyone in the satties and clickfest next week. I look forward to reading the conspiracy theory threads when I get back ;)
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Le Grand Bornand rocks!!
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Good trip then Rob? I look forward to reading about it.
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After 2 months of profit, I"ve decided to have a go at full ring cash. I know 6-max is the way forward with cash but I"m playing full ring as that is what I"m more used to. It has mainly been a bit of a grind but I have been generaly winning and eeking out a small profit here.
Now I know set over set are rare occurences and I have been sitting down for a good few months now wondering when I was going to fall foul of this. The last few times I can remember I was the beneficiary in a few tourneys. So cue these three hands.
Hand 1 was cruel and it was the very first hand of the session!!!
Hand 2 - Some may think I overplay my JJ here, but its a hit and runner and I"ll get it in with all sorts to felt these parasites!!
and that contributed to me donkking a buyin in...
Hand 3 - I think I played this badly - I"m not beating much. (thoughts on this one please!!)
So 2 buyins done in 30 mins. Dont think i can win 1 buyin in that time so I quit pretty soon after hand 3 because I felt I was in danger of playing even worse.
Hand 1
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 02, 12:44:35 EST 2009
Table Jackpot #1307837 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 8: Call_Me911 ( $53.01 USD )
Seat 10: DaRealLung ( $10.75 USD )
Seat 1: DocManfredo ( $54.73 USD )
Seat 3: Ha_pbI6aJIKe ( $11.19 USD )
Seat 7: HurkaKolbasz ( $47 USD )
Seat 2: Swinebag22 ( $50 USD )
Seat 5: Truder1304 ( $29.73 USD )
Seat 6: fck777 ( $8.95 USD )
Seat 4: kloppitur ( $57.03 USD )
Seat 9: yershoff ( $9.25 USD )
DocManfredo posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Swinebag22 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Swinebag22 [ 3c 3h ]
Ha_pbI6aJIKe folds
kloppitur folds
Truder1304 raises [$2 USD]
fck777 folds
HurkaKolbasz folds
Call_Me911 folds
yershoff folds
DaRealLung folds
DocManfredo folds
Swinebag22 calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 8d, Qd ]
Swinebag22 checks
Truder1304 bets [$2 USD]
Swinebag22 raises [$6 USD]
Truder1304 raises [$10.50 USD]
Swinebag22 is all-In [$42 USD]
Truder1304 is all-In [$15.23 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
Truder1304 shows [ 8s, 8h ]four of a kind, Eights.
Swinebag22 shows [ 3c, 3h ]a full house, Threes full of Eights.
The time at which hand ended:Mar 02 2009 12:46 EST
Swinebag22 wins $20.27 USD from the side pot 1 with a full house, Threes full of Eights.
Truder1304 wins $56.23 USD from the main pot with four of a kind, Eights.
Hand 2
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 02, 13:15:12 EST 2009
Table Table 127429 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 7: AceFace443 ( $32.17 USD )
Seat 6: DaRealLung ( $10 USD )
Seat 8: Philllemon ( $19.70 USD )
Seat 3: Phoenix_1987 ( $50 USD )
Seat 2: Swinebag22 ( $52.93 USD )
Seat 4: dave101333 ( $69.21 USD )
Seat 10: findelst1 ( $18.53 USD )
Seat 9: mosi111 ( $48 USD )
Seat 1: rurumi ( $10.16 USD )
Seat 5: wedffrdd ( $31.50 USD )
Swinebag22 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Phoenix_1987 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Swinebag22 [ Jh Jd ]
dave101333 calls [$0.50 USD]
wedffrdd folds
DaRealLung raises [$2.50 USD]
AceFace443 calls [$2.50 USD]
Philllemon folds
mosi111 folds
findelst1 folds
rurumi folds
Swinebag22 raises [$7.75 USD]
Phoenix_1987 folds
dave101333 folds
DaRealLung is all-In [$7.50 USD]
AceFace443 folds
Swinebag22 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 5d, Ah ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qd ]
Swinebag22 shows [ Jh, Jd ]three of a kind, Jacks.
DaRealLung shows [ Ad, As ]three of a kind, Aces.
DaRealLung wins $22.33 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.
Hand 3
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 02, 13:18:17 EST 2009
Table Jackpot #1304225 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 9: DarkDuzi ( $58.97 USD )
Seat 4: Hasse50 ( $46 USD )
Seat 6: MichaelLa222 ( $45.15 USD )
Seat 8: SHARA667 ( $51 USD )
Seat 2: Swinebag22 ( $55.31 USD )
Seat 7: Vellak ( $9.07 USD )
Seat 5: aNICKOLAIa ( $11.82 USD )
Seat 10: findelst1 ( $11.25 USD )
Seat 3: kloppitur ( $121.70 USD )
Seat 1: xander93rus ( $64.01 USD )
xander93rus posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Swinebag22 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Swinebag22 [ Kc Kd ]
kloppitur folds
Hasse50 folds
aNICKOLAIa folds
MichaelLa222 calls [$0.50 USD]
SHARA667 folds
DarkDuzi folds
findelst1 folds
xander93rus raises [$2.25 USD]
Swinebag22 raises [$6.50 USD]
MichaelLa222 folds
xander93rus calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jc, Td, 2h ]
xander93rus bets [$7 USD]
Swinebag22 raises [$16 USD]
xander93rus is all-In [$50.01 USD]
Swinebag22 is all-In [$32.31 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6h ]
Swinebag22 shows [ Kc, Kd ]a pair of Kings.
xander93rus shows [ Jd, Js ]three of a kind, Jacks.
The time at which hand ended:Mar 02 2009 13:19 EST
xander93rus wins $8.70 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Jacks.
xander93rus wins $107.62 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.
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Now the poker juices are flowing!!
Des has announced the revised plans for the WCOAP and the long weekend is booked and sorted with management.
I have to say that having the HORSE on a sunday at the same time as the ME is a master stroke on Des's part (though maybe not intentional ;))
I remember (amazingly!) having a conversation with Des at last years WCOAP and suggested having side events running on the second day. There were logistic issues with cost and availability of dealers that have probably prevented this this season. However, whatever the reasons for running the HORSE alongside the main event, the sunday will prove to be a classic day in APATs history.
I also noted the later than normal start times. I may have to reacquaint myself with "Red Bull" if I"m to go deep here.
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ooops ::)
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Manchester went joint second of the central division last night. Well done to john Steele and Steve Coope for getting us the win.
It was a strange tourney for me. I had my best finish (24th) but was virtually card dead for the whole tourney. I was very quiet in the early stages and later on tried a whole load of moves with..ahem..speculative hands that helped me survive. I"m a pretty straightforward player and am not fully confident with these moves and maybe should have tried a few more, but when card dead, needs must. I managed to near bust the UK champ with 4s 6s v his :as: ks when i spiked a 4. I tried to repeat the move a few orbits later with 47o but this time a K sealed my fate.
Had a good run in the satellite tonight. Was very pleased we used the same structure as the night before and whilst it is a late finish for a satellite, I feel it is the sort of structure that needs to be in place for APAT tourneys. I was running top tennish for most of the night but went out amazingly in 24th....again. A bit of a cooler (my KK v AA v AK) which, given it was a satellite, i maybe could have got away from but I"m not folding KK at this stage of the tourney. Maybe closer to the bubble, but not this far from the prize.
This tournament was also unique in that I finally managed to win a big pot v john murray (mintrav). Seriously...this guy pwns me live, online...anywhere!! Needless to say, it involved a huge stroke of luck on my part but I"ll take it!
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After a poor start to the month I"ve managed to get March into the black. This has been due to an amazing run on BSQ. I have been playing $11 3 table SNGs and turned a -30% ROI from January and February into + 20% for the year in the space of 1 weekend. Variance is great!!!
If anyone has ever played these tourneys then they know that they have a pretty poor structure (9 min blinds, 1500 chips) and you are in push/fold mode after about 40 mins. However, the standard of play is generally poor particularly at the push/fold stage of the game. With first paying $120 and second $75 they represent a great chance to boost your ROI and I think the hourly rate is better than $22 STTs.
I suffered some terrible luck in Jan and Feb with these and went on a 17 game cashless run that nearly had me giving up on them, especially when I started to play bad as well. Took a break from them and then this weekend cleared up. 2 wins, 1 seconds and a 2 thirds from 9 games (I think) and I am now back in love with BSQ!!
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Loved the cheltenham festival last week. When I retire, I will be going there every year. One of the disadvantages of being a teacher is that we cant pick and choose when we take our 13 weeks holiday and the cheltenham festival always falls during term time. I have been to the track before for the April meeting and it is unprecedented for the view you get of the whole track. However, you cant beat the festival for atmosphere.
I have to settle for getting the tele out in school and rushing home as soon as the bell goes. I spend ages researching my bets for this, and it is tough for even the best punters to pick winners at the festival. I had a winning 2006, an amazing 2007, 2008 was a disaster and this year I broke even.
well I had an ROI of -0.18% which is about as break even as you can get.
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Played in the gambling.co.uk forum 150 euro added tourney last night on Poker.co.uk.
It is a great value tourney for a 5.50 euro buy in that usually gets between 12-18 runners.
It is also organised into a ten week league with the winner getting a free 110 euro seat into an invitational tourney (2K added) for the best rakers and winners on the site. This normally gets about 15-20 runners from 30 invites.
If the league winner cashes then he gives 20% back to the league and that is paid out to the next 4 in the league.
I came second last night, which helped me secure 3rd spot in the league. I have made over 200 euro from these tourneys in the last 10 weeks. I have set myself a challenge of spinning this up to 600 in 3 weeks, mainly by playing STTs and the odd MTT.
If I can do this then I will treat myself to the Skypoker grand final (still have a few satty chances there though) and to a one or two side events (depending on how successful I am) in the GUKPT when it comes to manchester next month.
I say treat myself, because these events are beyond my bankroll. However I am feeling starved of well structured live poker at the moment and do feel very dissapointed that I cant make APAT cardiff. If I can use the money in my Poker.co.uk account to fund this then it will feel like satting in for free though.
wish we luck
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good luck and good skill
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Won a quality game of pub poker last night for £30 first prize. This was littered with some outrageous suckouts delivered by me and some dubious moves that I was less then proud of.
This game was particularly memorable because I managed to crack aces a grand total of 3 times.
Hand one was early doors I had :as: qs in LP and raised 4xBB the SB min reraised me so I autocalled, despite fearing the worst. the flop came ts js 4d giving me a the royal flush draw. A raising war then ensued and whilst I pretty much guessed that the aces and queeens weren"t outs, I was never folding the chance to hit my first live royale (with cheese). turn card was a king and i doubled up and well set for the rest of the night.
Hand 2, folded to me in the SB with K4o. I have 45K, blinds are 2K/4K, BB has 2.5K behind so in Eric Lingdren style I say "put em in then" . He obliges and flips the Airlines. K on flop.....river 4....shiiiip it.
Hand 3. We are three handed. My stack 70K, blinds 3K/6K. button (60K) min raises to 12K. the last time he did this I shoved light and he folded. This time I pick up KTs and thinking that he might be hoping for a similar move I decide to call and check in the dark. flop is a dream tc td :2d: button checks behind. cant remember the turn but I bet 20K, button goes allin and I"m right there with him. He has the bullets and I have entered the matrix!!
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/neostopsbullets.jpg)
final hand. I get 92o in the BB, SB completes and I check. flop comes 9Q3. the money then goes in after I lead get set in and call with my middle pair no kicker. He has a slow played pre pair of tens and I need a miracle which comes on the river in the shape of a lovely 9!!!!!
shiiiiiiiiiiiip it
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Friday at WCOAP FTW!!
I"ll be making as long a weekend of this as is possible. Playing on the friday is win win for me. Can have a chilled saturday and play the DTD saturday night comp. Alternatively, if city are at home on that saturday then I can nip back for that too.
I just hope I can click in for the other events too (and hopefully get to give my HORSE ticket away)
There have been a few comments regarding the extremely early sale of these seats. Whilst I can understand the financial problem of having to shell out up to £200 for something that is 5 months away, I think the reasoning given by Des makes sense.
At the end of the day, this is a one off and all the other events are sold about a month in advance, so if members have a real problem with this there are still plenty of other options for the rest of the season.
Really looking forward to this...it will be epic!!
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bought in for the Omaha, but not too sure if I"m in seeing as I didn"t buy in untill 11pm.
But hope to land a big gamble by already sorting my flights and hotels for HSV v MCFC on 9th April.
I say gambled because
1. I"m not guaranteed a ticket for the game
2. The date and KO is not confirmed yet (Des for UEFA president)
I just didn"t want to get totally ripped off by all the travel companies/hotels who seem to have their fingers on the pulse when it comes to european footy fixtures.
If it does go belly up, then I will still have a nice time in Hamburg with the wife (who is fluent in German)
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...it will be epic!!
It will.
Multi tabling Horse and the final day of the Main Event for legendary status...
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Sadly, not able to get home in time for the clickfest tonight. So will only have the one table on the sunday ;)
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I have also decided to abandon doing short term challenges. success at poker is generally not a short term thing and success or failure in these challenges can mostly be down to good or bad luck.
When you are right -- you are fecking right
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Sng"s on stars FTW!!!
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I know I said that short term challenges were for losers. So being a loser, I"ve embarked on another.
WSOP steps on UB. If you can go from step 1 to step 10 and be one of the first 10 to do it then they throw in an aruba classic package as well. So far no-one has done this but i know a few people who are going for it.
I"ve deposited $100 but for the purposes of this challenge will only use $50. I intend to buy a load of step 1s, win as many step 2s as possible and then see how those go.
I am doing this challenge for a few reasons
1. A few others on another forum are doing it.
2. Its a chance to try multitabling on the cheap at the lower steps (3 is my effective limit at the mo). I"ll be 10 tabling the first 3 levels.
I fully expect to fail because
1. How the hell am I going to win a step 10 STT with a $2350 buy in :-\
2. How the hell am I going to win a step 9 STT with a $ 800 buy in :-\
3. How the hell am I going to win a......(you get the idea)
and
4. How the hell am I going to find the time to play all these STTs in time for the WSOP??
So far my roll is $45.43 in cash and I have the following tickets
STEP1 ($0.11) =
STEP2 ($0.34) = 11
STEP3 ($1.10) = 1 (i have played a few step 2s)
STEP4 ($3.23) =
STEP5 ($11) =
STEP6 ($32.35) =
STEP7 ($97.15) =
STEP8 ($270) =
STEP9 ($800) =
STEP10 ($2350) =
total value = $50.72
so not the worst start in the world.
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well played 9 more in half an hour (couldn"t count to 10)
my roll is $44.55 in cash and I now have the following tickets
STEP1 ($0.11) = 2
STEP2 ($0.34) = 15
STEP3 ($1.10) = 1 (i have played a few step 2"s)
STEP4 ($3.23) =
STEP5 ($11) =
STEP6 ($32.35) =
STEP7 ($97.15) =
STEP8 ($270) =
STEP9 ($800) =
STEP10 ($2350) =
total value = $50.97
so some calculations
1. 10 games in half an hour. 405 step 1"s to go (+retrys) that"s 20 hours needed.
2. at this win rate, I"ll get about 140 step 2"s...thats another 7 hours
3. If I can keep the same win rate that will be 45 step 3s, 15 step 4"s, 5 step 5"s and 1 (or 2) step 6"s and not getting past step 7
4. step 3"s + will take longer to play so I"m looking at 40 plus hours of poker just to FAIL!!!
5. I should really give up now (but I wont...yet!!)
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Well march was a losing month. I managed to turn my form around playing 3 table SNGs but lost in all other disciplines.
Am going to keep recording results as usual, but not try and focus on the monthly bottom line.
the UB WSOP steps challenge is fun so far, but boy am I pants at multi tabling.
latest results
my roll is $42.35 in cash and I now have the following tickets
STEP1 ($0.11) = 1
STEP2 ($0.34) = 20
STEP3 ($1.10) = 1
STEP4 ($3.23) =
STEP5 ($11) =
STEP6 ($32.35) =
STEP7 ($97.15) =
STEP8 ($270) =
STEP9 ($800) =
STEP10 ($2350) =
total value = $50.36
I"m going to play a few step 2s soon, to relieve the monotony of step 1s
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my head hurts -- lol
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good luck rob
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A great day on the horses. This is looking like being a great Aintree Festival for me. My ROI today was 235% with 3 winners and a place from 7 races. winners were (16/1, 8/1 and 11/1). It is great to be playing with the bookies money for the rest of the festival.
The disappointing thing is that I cant combine a good Aintree with a good return in the big race. Last year Comply or Die saved me from a disasterous festival, whereas a great festival the year before was ruined by silver birch in the big one, and the year before that numbersixvalverde saved me from a disasterous festival....(you are getting the picture now!!). My pick for the big one is Parsons Legacy, so back it or sack it as you see fit.
As I"m on a decent run, I"m now going to try multitabling a load of step 1 STTs on UB.
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Aintree is proving to be a classic meeting for me.
2 places and 3 winners ( 10/1, 6/4 and 50/1!!!) from 7 races
ROI for the meeting is 172%
Lets hope I can score in the big one tomorrow!
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Am on Easter hols and now and time for lots of poker you may be thinking?? Wrong!!
I have my mother visiting this week so its golf, shopping and sightseeing and once she has gone then I am off to Hamburg to watch MCFC in the QF of the UEFA cup. I"m really excited about this as I"ve never been to a European away tie before and cant think when another opportunity may present itself in the near future. Oh...I am excited about my mum visiting too ;D ;D
After the jubilation of the first 2 days of the Aintree festival where I was picking winners for fun, I drew a blank on the Saturday, save for State of Play in the Grand National which I had EW.
as for my "bet" with Louis. I had one of my horses placed, whereas he had none, so I think I won it. He may claim that his ran better overall, so I"ll call it a draw :-\
I did say that the trends could be busted this year and it may be a year for the "stick a pin in it" brigade. 100 to fecking 1 and it romped it as well (could have done another lap)
Mon Mone winning felt like getting 2 outerd on the river. Unexpected but I soon got over it!! ;D
ROI for the three days was still a satisfying +66% though, so cant complain
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UB WSOP steps challenge update
latest results having played a few step 2s as well.
my roll is $40.92 in cash and I now have the following tickets
STEP1 ($0.11) = 1
STEP2 ($0.34) = 18
STEP3 ($1.10) = 4
STEP4 ($3.23) =
STEP5 ($11) =
STEP6 ($32.35) =
STEP7 ($97.15) =
STEP8 ($270) =
STEP9 ($800) =
STEP10 ($2350) =
total value = $51.55
Question: Does anyone know what happens to my tickets if I get bored with this and quit before the WSOP ME starts?? Do I get tourney tokens?
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have a good time in Hamburg rob and dont get lost accidentally in the St. Pauli district , i used to live in germany and the hamburg window shopping there is quite delightful and there are gr8 bargains to be had ;D
oh and avoid monicas bar - please do not ask why........................
good luck on the night..................football i mean...
i have it on good advice that this particular lady resides at the paradise point of sex,a rather racy little club with good music ::)
(http://www.paradisehamburg.de/bilder/girls/gross/alex/01.jpg)
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as for my "bet" with Louis. I had one of my horses placed, whereas he had none, so I think I won it. He may claim that his ran better overall, so I"ll call it a draw.
1-0 to you ... looking forward to next year ...
L
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Good luck against Hamburg tonight.
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Good luck in the game Rob.
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bokked?
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The hamburg trip was quality. Hamburg is a top place with no shortage of places to indulge in beer and bratwurst.
The atmosphere at the game was fantastic. The HSH Nordbank arena was a superb stadium. Luckily hamburg were asleep in the first minute gifting us a nice early lead. The rest of the game was one way traffic and thanks to Given we are just about still in the tie.
So 3-1 down after the first leg, with our superb home form.....should be a walk in the park (I"m not counting that display against fulham yesterday)
I was with the wife for this trip, so visited Reeperbahn during the day. All I can say is that, having visited the docks earlier, I understand why Hamburg has the biggest red light district in europe. :P
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Should I go pro??
Only kidding, but I have made 4 final tables in 3 days. Admittedly, they were in small field tourneys on PP (and two of those were shootouts) but have had a very good return on investment since I've been on my Easter hols.
My other really good month this year was in January and most of that was when I was on Chrimbo hols at the start of that month.
So I am seeing a correlation between poker success and holiday periods. So why don't I take a permanent holiday and play poker instead?? A few simple reasons.
1) I'd never earn enough playing poker at the stakes I play.
2) I love my job too much to quit anyway
What I should really be concentrating on is thinking about why I don't do as well at the virtual felt when I'm not on my hols.
I suppose the main reasons are tiredness and the pressure of squeezing in the odd hour to play the odd game without upsetting the good lady, who to be fair, is very supportive of my hobby (especially when I get a big score :-\)
Anyway, in matters away from the felt, it is the opening day of the county championship in the cricket season. It is also the start of Whalley Range CCs 2020 season, so I'm off to stretch out my hamstrings!! :o
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Remember to stretch and hold, don"t bounce!! Barnoldswick CCs season starts on Saturday hence non attendance in the Irish Sats, will only be able to play if we win/lose early!! Having said that I can"t see it being a run fest the wicket is very soft, so built for the dibbly dobblys and the spinners.
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but I have made 4 final tables in 3 days. Admittedly, they were in small field tourneys on PP (and two of those were shootouts) but have had a very good return on investment since I've been on my Easter hols.
A final table is a final table no matter what the size of the field,congrats , keep that form for a nice sunday mtt score..
UL thursday :)
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... or an APAT Online National ... like last night. VWP Rob, I was rooting for you!
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Well played Rob!!
If only I had shipped the book to you earlier in the week..... ::)
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Well played Rob!!
If only I had shipped the book to you earlier in the week..... ::)
... or an APAT Online National ... like last night. VWP Rob, I was rooting for you!
missed that sorry but pleased to hear the form is holding...well done sir...UL thursday :)
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ty ty ty for the support regarding the irish champs. I was behind the pace for most of the tournament apart from a brief period where i was running top 3. I was really happy how I played, apart from when i lost with 33 when Brian shoved in with AA. My call wasn"t the worst, but getting involved in EP in the first place was not too clever.
I had a poor run of starting hands throughout (best was QQ) but did get lucky with the ones I did go to war with. I was happy how well I mixed it up to keep up with the pace and most moves I tried came off.....this time!!
I was obviously gutted to not win it after slogging away for 6 hours + and with a bit of luck could have qualified for the GUKPT in manc this week. However, after having had a poor start to APAT season 3, I"ll take 5th and a tidy cash.
Speaking of the GUKPT, I was going to play the £100 side event yesterday, but it had sold out by the time I got there!! At least I was able to get home in time for the Irish champs!! (the hidden luck of poker!!)
Before I left the "G" I did register for the £100 side event on the friday. Anyone else playing this or the main event that day??
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A few footie observations
1. City went out fighting in the Uefa cup. The atmosphere at COMS was fantastic and with a bit more luck could have gone through. However, Hamburg did enough at our place (ie turned up) to be the best team over 2 legs and just about deserved it. The club and fans here have a relationship that a lot of clubs here could possibly learn from. At the end the players went over to the fans and let them pick the Man of the Match. This man of the match then went into the crowd and started singing.....German nutters!!
2. You just gotta love Alex Ferguson....not!! On the tail end of his comments about Rafa being arrogant, he then goes too war against everton with the stiffs in a FA cup semi at wembley. For the sake of football, I was delighted that the toffees went through here.
I remember writing to Fergie years ago, to complain about him littering away grounds with chewing gum, saying it was setting a poor example to the kids....I never got a reply
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1. City went out fighting in the Uefa cup. The atmosphere at COMS was fantastic and with a bit more luck could have gone through. However, Hamburg did enough at our place (ie turned up) to be the best team over 2 legs and just about deserved it. The club and fans here have a relationship that a lot of clubs here could possibly learn from. At the end the players went over to the fans and let them pick the Man of the Match. This man of the match then went into the crowd and started singing.....German nutters!!
what was MH thinking when he took Elano off? I thought he was brilliant on the night....
I remember writing to Fergie years ago, to complain about him littering away grounds with chewing gum, saying it was setting a poor example to the kids....I never got a reply
he probably thought you was a nutter :P
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On friday I played the £100 + 10.50 freezeout at the G casino in manchester. It was one of the side events of the GUKPT and "side" probably describes it well.
Sandwiched between nosebleedy cash games going on and day 1b of the main event, I certainly agreed with mikeyboy"s description that it was like playing in the conference next to the premier league. I had a quick scan around the cardroom for some "names" but the only one I recognised was hit squadder James Akenhead, who seemed to be doing pretty well at the time.
Onto my game. 5000 chips, 30 min clock. Decent, but not brilliant structure. With no 75/150 level, I was looking to get chips early during the first 2 levels so I could pick spots more carefully once the 150/300 level started (this was where I thought there would be a flurry of exits).
My table was very active from the start. A lot of players had the mindset that if they hadn"t doubled up in the first 20 minutes they were going back to play cash. There were alternates for the first 2 levels and our table saw 4 of them sit down in that time. there were about 5 players that I would call LAG and 2 of them survived the first hour with 15K+ stacks each.
I found it very difficult to get involved, due to getting no decent starting hands in early and mid position and mostly facing a raise and a reraise in late position. I was pretty sure that my image was uber rock when I won my first hand. OTB in a multi limped pot, I limped in with K6s, saw a flop, hit a K and bet out when it was checked round to me. This was enough to give me the pot.
Other than that I was mainly playing texas fold em. At the 50/100 level, In MP I was dealt 77 and came in for a 300 raise. One other tight player reraised to 900 and one of the LAGS OTB called this bet. I had 4500 behind so folded to this action.
That 77 was the best hand I saw in the first 3 levels. i went out right at the end of the 100/200 level.
LAG 1 opens up for 600 in MP, LAG 2 calls. I have T8 clubs in the BB and call (I have 3300 behind). flop comes K T 6 rainbow. I check, as do both LAGs. turn comes 8, giving me 2 pair. I"m pretty sure I have the best hand here. I could be losing to a better 2 pair or a straight, or slowplayed set. It was very difficult to put my oppos on hands, but JQ, TJ+, JJ or QQ would probably pay me off, with other holdings probably folding. I led for 1100 into the 1900 pot and this was called by LAG 1, LAG 2 folded. I cant remember what the river was, but I had too much in this pot to give up, so shoved my remaining 2200 which was called. Lag 1 turned over 79o for a made straight on the turn and I was gone.
On reflection, without trying to be results orientated, I played this poorly...
I hate my call in the BB. With my read on the 2 LAGs and the fact that I was last to act, this was a perfect spot for a shove squeeze. I was pretty sure that LAG 2 only entered the pot because he had position on LAG 1. If I didn"t have the bottle for this move then I should have folded. Calling 15% of my stack to play a pot OOP was far too spewy.
given the call, I dont think I did too much wrong. I"d have gone bust anyway. If it had been a deep stack. I"d have check/called, or maybe bet/folded on the river
At least I was able to get an early night on the friday. I dont think I"ll play these side events again. The structure seemed to make it too much of a donk shoot. It will either be a £200 2 dayer, but more likely qualifying for a main event. They do seem great events to play in.
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unlucky at the event rob,i have to say your analysis is spot on imo but why did you not have this thought process at the time? i"ve read mikeys exploits as well at manchester so i was disappointed neither of you got a good run , still at least saudi city had a result which no doubt put a smile on Robs face and mikey can look forward to a final.. [Ticket allocation is a joke as usual]
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crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!
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crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!
Why, is your middle name Syphilis?
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crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!
Why, is your middle name Syphilis?
I"ll give that one as many points as nottingham (FTW) have got this year
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crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!
Why, is your middle name Syphilis?
I"ll give that one as many points as nottingham (FTW) have got this year
As many as Citeh?
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Doctor Noble always advises fresh air , exercise , plenty of sleep and to eat fruit+veg to boost your immune system and improve self being.
SO- good preventive measures to stop getting swine flu - you can take the doctor's office approach. Think about it, when you go for a shot, what do they do first? they clean your arm with alcohol.. Why? because alcohol kills germs. So.. you put on a mask , walk to the nearest off licence or supermarket (exercise),invite friends round for a drink, put lime in your lager (fruit), celery in your Bloody Marys (veggies), drink on the garden patio (fresh air), get drunk, tell jokes, and laugh (eliminate stress/good for self being) and then pass out (rest). The way I see it, if you keep your alcohol levels up flu germs can't get you!!!! ;D
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After a fantastic april, I"m having a losing may so far. I am breaking even in STTs, have not had a decent result in the few MTTs played and am slowly dribbling money away playing cash.
I really am a noob when it comes to online cash and it is an area of my game that needs to improve. My success at STTs isn"t worth shouting about because these can be beaten by formula. I feel my MTT game is improving, but dont have the time to play enough of them or to get a true idea of how capable I am.
I dip into the odd cash game and normally play full ring, as this is the closest to what I am used to, but I get bored with these to be honest. They are such a grind and I end up playing too loosely and unprofitably
So I"ve decided to give 6 max a go. This willl give me a bit more action and give me the best chance to improve my all round game. Most cash game strategy posts on forums seem to be from 6 max games so this should give me plenty of resources to learn from.
I dont at present have PT or HEM, but will probably have to have to rethink this
I"m going to start playing 25NL to get used to 6 max then start for real at 50NL
I"m not setting any challenges here, as I will just fail (like all my other challenges..LOL).
There is a good chance I will be dead money here, so for any sharks that are reading this, I am opening a new account on a new site with a new name. I"ll see you at the tables hopefully.....but you wont see me!!
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Doctor Noble always advises fresh air , exercise , plenty of sleep and to eat fruit+veg to boost your immune system and improve self being.
SO- good preventive measures to stop getting swine flu - you can take the doctor's office approach. Think about it, when you go for a shot, what do they do first? they clean your arm with alcohol.. Why? because alcohol kills germs. So.. you put on a mask , walk to the nearest off licence or supermarket (exercise),invite friends round for a drink, put lime in your lager (fruit), celery in your Bloody Marys (veggies), drink on the garden patio (fresh air), get drunk, tell jokes, and laugh (eliminate stress/good for self being) and then pass out (rest). The way I see it, if you keep your alcohol levels up flu germs can't get you!!!! ;D
It"s worth remembering though that the Spanish Flu that killed between 70-100 million people in 1918 affected those with stronger immune systems, rather than the weak. This is because it triggered an over-reaction in the body"s immune system.
Scary stuff.
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It"s worth remembering though that the Spanish Flu that killed between 70-100 million people in 1918 affected those with stronger immune systems, rather than the weak. This is because it triggered an over-reaction in the body"s immune system.
Scary stuff.
yes very scary..but alcohol was not as readily available in 1918...though seriously they still do not how this strain worked also with it being towards the end of the war the immune thing is a bit of grey area because a lot of troops that died from this flu were under nourished/fatigued etc hence there immune system would not be all that strong..also the age thing ties in with the war as only the ""strong age group"" were fighting..and the movement of troops helped spread this flu very quickly.. but yes the immune system was said to go into cytokine storm but recent controversial experiments [i dont agree with experimenting or re-creating this virus] show that pneumonia was the main culprit that caused the deaths in the 2nd strain [incidentally the 1st strain out-break attacked old and young] which supports research that claims the reason that spainish flu suddenly ended was because medical science got better at treating pneumonia at this time..
sorry rob we have gone off topic - six max - good luck in this endeavor,but i will suggest you work out your ranges to play from whatever position in 6max and how to adapt them to loose/tight tables..and as you say getting hud will help.
Post a few sessions i"ll chip in with some thoughts as i"ve played a bit of 6max... gg sir
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Have had to put the 6 max on hold for a while (stoped as soon as i started really - just one losing session).
I"m currently playing a STT challenge on Poker.co.uk, but it is available on any boss site. Basically you play as many STTs as you can in a week and the person with the most wins wins a huge cash prize. I"m obviously not going to win it but I may have a chance of a top 50 finish which would bank me a few Euro.
whilst i was doing this, I played in the PCUK forum 150 added league game and tried the 3.5K gtd (11 euro entry). I busted out early from the league game, but had a great run in the other tourney.
There were 415 runners and typically this field is down to 140 after the first hour. It is a proper donkfest, with patience being the key in the first hour or so. I didn"t pick up a hand in the first hour but a good run of cards got me to the end of the second hour, albeit short stacked.
In the third hour I finally got above average chips with the following hand at the 750/1500/150 level. In MP i get 45o. My stack is 11K ish, so with an M of 3 and the absolute nuts in my hand, I shove. I pick up 2 callers, 44 and AK both who have me outchipped. I managed to bink a 5 on the turn, trebled up and was running in the top 5 with about 40 left.
Once I was chipped up, I never looked back and was running top 5 all the way to the final table, which I dominated, thanks to picking up hands at exactly the correct time. I had the dream scenario where you raise 3 times in an orbit to take down the blinds and the very next hand pick up AA, whereupon the non believers put you to the test. I passed. The test that is, NOT the aces. I was a massive CL with 4 left and,after another guy had taken out 3rd and 4th, had a 60/40 lead going heads up.
Now, I"m normally modest about my abilities in this game, and rightly so, but being a primarily STT player, I rarely get to HU where I dont feel I have the edge. The blinds to stack ratio was bigger than I"m used to but I was still dominating this battle too and felt confident, untill....
blinds 5000/10000/500, my stack my stack 360K, oppo 240K. I get A3 in the SB and raise to 25K, oppo calls. Flop came 235, giving me middle pair and a gutshot. I"m thinking this flop has missed most hands my oppo would call a preflop raise with so I"m ready top go to war. If he has a monster, I have outs!!. Oppo checks, I lead for 35K into the 51K pot, oppo min reraises to 70K, which set off the alarm bells, but I"d already decided I was getting my chips in here. I shove, he calls and tables A4 for the flopped straight. No help for me and I"m down to 120K to his 480K. A few hands later I open shove with T7s and get called by AJo. Board ran T A T giving me trips turn blank, river A giving him a better boat.
I finish second for 664 euro. Not bad for 4 hours work!!
Maybe I overplayed the A3 v A4 hand, but cant think about it properly without being too results orientated.
Am up to about 70th on the STT leaderboard as well!
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Top result Rob, I know how you feel going out to a bigger boat, GB2loose did it to me in the league game on Sunday. It hurts!!
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After a fantastic april, I"m having a losing may so far. I am breaking even in STTs, have not had a decent result in the few MTTs played and am slowly dribbling money away playing cash.
I really am a noob when it comes to online cash and it is an area of my game that needs to improve. My success at STTs isn"t worth shouting about because these can be beaten by formula. I feel my MTT game is improving, but dont have the time to play enough of them or to get a true idea of how capable I am.
I dip into the odd cash game and normally play full ring, as this is the closest to what I am used to, but I get bored with these to be honest. They are such a grind and I end up playing too loosely and unprofitably
So I"ve decided to give 6 max a go. This willl give me a bit more action and give me the best chance to improve my all round game. Most cash game strategy posts on forums seem to be from 6 max games so this should give me plenty of resources to learn from.
I dont at present have PT or HEM, but will probably have to have to rethink this
I"m going to start playing 25NL to get used to 6 max then start for real at 50NL
I"m not setting any challenges here, as I will just fail (like all my other challenges..LOL).
There is a good chance I will be dead money here, so for any sharks that are reading this, I am opening a new account on a new site with a new name. I"ll see you at the tables hopefully.....but you wont see me!!
Rob, I am a complete convert to PT and would love to get some discussion going on this. My online cash is showing a steady improvement over 12,000 hands and I deal with the boredom my adding more tables. (have been up to 10 but find 6 works best for me). see my blog for some details.
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Rob, I am a complete convert to PT and would love to get some discussion going on this. My online cash is showing a steady improvement over 12,000 hands and I deal with the boredom my adding more tables. (have been up to 10 but find 6 works best for me). see my blog for some details.
Read nobles post on interpreting PT stats. Its excellent (if a bit long..) and can be found in the academy section.
Top result Rob, I know how you feel going out to a bigger boat, GB2loose did it to me in the league game on Sunday. It hurts!!
Thanks Mike. I wasn"t too bothered about the exit hand as it was AIPF and the best hand won. I was more upset about the A3 v A4 hand
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Sorry to hijack thread swinebad.
Rob, I am a complete convert to PT and would love to get some discussion going on this. My online cash is showing a steady improvement over 12,000 hands and I deal with the boredom my adding more tables. (have been up to 10 but find 6 works best for me). see my blog for some details.
But RE this.... stop looking at graph!!! :D :D lol we all do it!!... def get involved with the stats/reports avble for download here
http://www.pokertracker.com/repository/statistics.php
especially limp fold, limp call.
And as Swinebad says read the below.. legendary stuff and soo simplistical easy to dig for leaks. My firstborn will be named in honour of the below.
http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=ssplnlpoker&Number=4946669&fpart=1&PHPSESSID=
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http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1936.msg31539#msg31539
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=165898
although helpful in actual play VPIP and a post-flop aggression number and pre-flop raise % all the other gunk as i put it is good for after session re-viewing so you can get genned up your potential fish targets..Always good to have a fish list..
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JUG!!! - Brag post alert!!
My cricket club, Whalley Range CC are having a decent season this year in our 2020 league. Last night, as it was a bit gloomy we agreed to play 1818 instead. Away side always bat first to give latecomers from the away team stuck in rush hour traffic a chance to still get a game.
Our oppos scored a modest 87 for 5 on a half decent track. We knocked them off in 14 overs. I was absolutely starving having not had lunch or dinner and had come to the game straight from work. So I was well up for an early finish. I managed to get 50 (retired out - league rules) out of the first 63 in 10 overs.
the only problem with getting a 50 was that I owe the good lady flowers. When we first met, I agreed that I would get her flowers every time I scored 50. I made this safe agreement when I was playing in a much tougher league and doing well to get into double figures. In this league, it is buffet bowling so our house is looking like the Chelsea flower show >:(
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JUG!!! - Brag post alert!!
My cricket club, Whalley Range CC are having a decent season this year in our 2020 league. Last night, as it was a bit gloomy we agreed to play 1818 instead. Away side always bat first to give latecomers from the away team stuck in rush hour traffic a chance to still get a game.
Our oppos scored a modest 87 for 5 on a half decent track. We knocked them off in 14 overs. I was absolutely starving having not had lunch or dinner and had come to the game straight from work. So I was well up for an early finish. I managed to get 50 (retired out - league rules) out of the first 63 in 10 overs.
the only problem with getting a 50 was that I owe the good lady flowers. When we first met, I agreed that I would get her flowers every time I scored 50. I made this safe agreement when I was playing in a much tougher league and doing well to get into double figures. In this league, it is buffet bowling so our house is looking like the Chelsea flower show >:(
You run sooooooooooooooo good Rob. n1
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Where did you used to play Rob. I was pro for Bolton CC in the Manchester association in the 90s, and prior to that at Atherton in the Bolton Leagues? I seem to remember playing at places like Cheetham Hill, Winton, Stretford, Monton. I used to be a quick bowler and middle order bat, now I am a late order bat and off spin bowler! :D
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Hey Mike, we"re playing bolton on saturday (second XI that is)
I used to play in the Berkshire league (when I first met the missus), which is a reasonable standard, but I"d only class myself as an "average at best" player.
In my youth, I played in the Devon League. Top 2 divisions are very good there.
I think you are very wise being a slow bowler in the latter part of your career. Its just not worth the effort trundling in!!
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You"re dead right about the bowling, it is so easy bowling this slow stuff, I think I have just added 10 yeras to my career! Only played in Devon once, I was playing Minor County cricket for Cumberland, and I think it was a Semi Final against Devon at Bovey Tracey ( Peter Roebuck was their skipper). Come to think of it I don"t think I played!! I was injured, but as Max Boyce said " I was there".
Bolton CC (Green Lane) is a great place to play cricket, they used to have some pictures of our glory years in the bar, check "em out see if they are still there. We had a terrific team, won all four trophies, Mudassar Nazar was an amateur, and we had a couple of Cheshire players and an ex professional, it was a great season.
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I was playing Minor County cricket for Cumberland, and I think it was a Semi Final against Devon at Bovey Tracey
ZOMG!! Bovey Tracey..Small ground..Lightening outfield!!!! Used to be heartbreaking for bowlers!!
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If I had £ for every time I"ve seen "swineflu" or "swineflubag" written in the chatbox these last few weeks, I"d have turned pro by now ???
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I"ve been updating on other peoples blogs more than my own at the moment.
Will be a quiet time on the poker front for the next few days. I am off to amsterdam for a stag weekend. weeeeeeeee
I should be back for the national league game, but cannot promise to be in a decent state to give it my best attention.
I"ll have to do a tony adams and go for a run wrapped in clingfilm before it starts??? ???
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ROFPMSL
Listening to 5 live"s coverage of the build up to the big game.
Their Roman correspondent is apparantly struggling to find a Manchester United Fan from Manchester.
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what big games on tonite ??? the biggest game of the week already took place on monday ???
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Glad you enjoyed it Rob. I do hope you"re making Edinburgh in July.
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So ronaldo is off to Real Madrid. Great player but seriously flawed character. I know a lot of Manure fans who wont miss him too much and will welcome the challenge of reinvesting and rebuilding.
I remember back in September when the sheikhs took over at city, that Sulamain Al Fahim ( or Sulamancunian as he was known) said that he intended to bring Ronaldo to city. 2 things happened.
1. I signed a petition pleading with them to think again.
2. Sulamancunian was removed from the sheikhs team (he"s now part of the Pompey takeover)
It is still amazing that that such a great player is so reviled. I remember the general feeling of sadness from neutrals when Thierry Henry left the Premiership, but Ronaldo will be forgotten by August. He probably wont be at the world cup (portugal struggling at the mo) either and that really does make me happy.
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Have climbed back on the DS satelite horse after the WSOP super satellite replaced the million last week.
Why am I writing this now you may ask? surely you"re playing in the APAT scottish satellite.
Well I was playing the APAT scottish satellite but now I"m not. Just like the Dublin experience, I had a flurry of cards (AA, JJ, QQ, and AK all in the first 15 minutes) but only won 2 hands when my QQ won the blinds and a BB special with 45 that flopped trip 4s.
Layed the AK down on the flop to a raise from leigh and layed the JJ down on the turn despite undercards on the board. Nail in coffin came after same player 3 bet my 3rd raise in a row. I had AA and smooth called the 3 bet pre, which considering stack sizes wasn"t the greatest. Money went in on a J hi flop. He had QQ, turn brought a 3rd spade giving him 1 out (the Qh) which miraculously came on the river.
I was gutted. I"m desperate to play in edinburgh and this is really going to test my clickfesting abilities with such a small field playing.
Oh well, at least there"s 2 more goes at this
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeee
these pictures can only mean one thing.....
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/haggis.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/kilt.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Ian_Rankin.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Acejack.jpg) sorry stew!!(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/whisky.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/gingerscots.jpg)
Edinburgh here I come!!!!!
I was one of 3 lucky qualifiers last night in the $11 satellite.
Apart from the call i made with AK on the bubble, I thought i played pretty damn well in this. Again I was given some good starting cards, and unlike the last few APAT tourneys, I wasn"t bitten on the arse by them...no big laydowns needed and no bad beats taken.
Cant wait for this. Edinburgh is one of my favourite citys and the Gala Maybury is a great cardroom.
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... not convinced by the look of that Haggis ... but the beard looks spot on ...
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Serious Ladderage going on.
Assuming I"ve got Rob"s username right. ;D
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4 left in, gtd 285 euros (assuming he is not already out and sobbing somewhere)
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BobbyS22 must be Rob, right ?
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Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiip It
Robs KJ doubles up through chipleaders Ace rag. ;D
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Ladder, now 3/3 gtd 375 euros
CL 160k
2nd 70k
Hero 64k
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We have a new chipleader.
Rob doubles up again 99 v AJ (Don"t play it kids)
Go Go Go
Hero 137k
2nd 87k
3rd 71k
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Wow.
Other two get it on
ac tc v th ts
Tens are good and the shorty at the table has 10k
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And we are heads up.
Well, when I say we, I mean Rob
BobbyS22 from Manchester (111k)
v
Batman55 from Ronne (185k)
Gtd 585 euros, but 900 would be nice
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What did I tell you kids about playing AJ
Rob"s AJ v Batman"s AK
KERPOW, BLAM, WHACK and it"s over.
Very well played that man. 2nd place and a nice payday.
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wp Rob
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now where is the hat trick!!
Play nothing until Edinburgh. ;D
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these pictures can only mean one thing.....
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/haggis.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/kilt.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Ian_Rankin.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Acejack.jpg) sorry stew!!(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/whisky.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/gingerscots.jpg)
Edinburgh here I come!!!!!
I was one of 3 lucky qualifiers last night in the $11 satellite.
Apart from the call i made with AK on the bubble, I thought i played pretty damn well in this. Again I was given some good starting cards, and unlike the last few APAT tourneys, I wasn"t bitten on the arse by them...no big laydowns needed and no bad beats taken.
Cant wait for this. Edinburgh is one of my favourite citys and the Gala Maybury is a great cardroom.
The neeps and tatties must be mashed ,that picture is just so wrong.
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these pictures can only mean one thing.....
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/haggis.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/kilt.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Ian_Rankin.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Acejack.jpg) sorry stew!!(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/whisky.jpg)(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/gingerscots.jpg)
Edinburgh here I come!!!!!
I was one of 3 lucky qualifiers last night in the $11 satellite.
Apart from the call i made with AK on the bubble, I thought i played pretty damn well in this. Again I was given some good starting cards, and unlike the last few APAT tourneys, I wasn"t bitten on the arse by them...no big laydowns needed and no bad beats taken.
Cant wait for this. Edinburgh is one of my favourite citys and the Gala Maybury is a great cardroom.
The neeps and tatties must be mashed ,that picture is just so wrong.
No, the picture that is so wrong is the guy second from the left on the men in kilts photo
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Well played ... what name do you play under on Poker Stars (I am Honeybadg).
Poker.co.uk ... what is the buy in and structure ... can you refer me and get a reward ... though likely I would play next week (not this).
My thoughts on the Warm Up ... there are lots of Loose Aggressive Players in the field ... lots of time to be patient ... but as an example I was all in first hand with 888 vs AA ... he pushed his remaining 5000 chips into a board with flush and straight draws ... pretty dicey ...
Tight aggressive if you get the cards might get you near the money ... of course a lot of very good players too ... I usually have a look on www.officialpokerrankings.com to get an idea of my opponents ... though hard to read too much into these until later on with the antes in play and more scope to steal.
I think it usually takes c9.5 hours to finish ... bubble burst about 4.5 hours in (ish) ...
Good Luck
Louis
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WOW!! a 12K overlay in the warm up. I didn"t think I"d scare that many off ;D
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Overlay?? OVERLAY?? On Stars? What is the world coming to?
Will rail you in between watchin the golf and League tonight.
GLGLGL!
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Good luck Rob...
Im railing...
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540 less runners than last week ...
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Rob on 54.3k and it"s cash bubble time.
WP so far Rob. Stick in!
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He will have no probs getting through today the adrenalin will still be pumping. Tonight its sweet dreams.
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... some of his lessons might be interesting ... as the teacher gazes out the window ...
Amazing!
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now where is the hat trick!!
Play nothing until Edinburgh. ;D
LOL, oh just lol, lol, lol.
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now where is the hat trick!!
Play nothing until Edinburgh. ;D
LOL, oh just lol, lol, lol.
LOL @ being reminded of this. Now, odds on him being out before dinner break in Edinburgh ... ?
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now where is the hat trick!!
Play nothing until Edinburgh. ;D
LOL, oh just lol, lol, lol.
Yeah, but he"s blown his chance now.
Which would he rather
$95k
or
around £3k, an APAT National title, a medal, a trophy, an interview with yourself, + significant media exposure.
Peaked too soon, imo. ;D
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Mate a great tourney report- really enjoyed it.
Take your time- enjoy the money and decide what you wanna do. You should only play higher limits when you feel your ready not cos your bankroll dictates it but treat yourself to something and your family. Maybe a big tourney like a GUKPT too?
Also when you had K5 on a 955 board even I wouldn"t put my opponent on 55 ;)
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Great contribution Rob. My advice would be don"t change anything. Withdraw the cash and shove it in a pillow case, after treating the family to a couple of weeks in the sun. When you are absolutely certain that you do not want to move up in limits, stick it in your bank.
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Excellent report Rob!!
so I stuck it out like a n00b and waited for AA. And when it came, I think I nearly did too.
PMSL!!
Congrats again. GUKPT would be a great re-investment opportunity!!
Looking forward to catching up in Edinburgh.
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You could always bring all the money up to Edinburgh, a few of us have got some ideas on how you could spend it. Very well done again.
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Great Efforts:
Next Challenge : Look to qualify for a TV tournament:
They can then endlessly describe you as the "internet qualifier" - and you can look to kick some ass.
Good luck in whatever you do - drinking pink champagne is a good hobby to get involved in.
Louis
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Well done mate. Great Result!! gives us all some hope!!that Maybe on day
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Great Efforts:
Next Challenge : Look to qualify for a TV tournament:
They can then endlessly describe you as the "internet qualifier" - and you can look to kick some ass.
Good luck in whatever you do - drinking pink champagne is a good hobby to get involved in.
Louis
qualify? he could buy in to an EPT direct, and then would have the rights to moan about those "damned internet qualifiers"!! :)
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Also when you had K5 on a 955 board even I wouldn"t put my opponent on 55 ;)
spot prize for george. Just had to check people read it!!
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Also when you had K5 on a 955 board even I wouldn"t put my opponent on 55 ;)
spot prize for george. Just had to check people read it!!
Giving the money away already.
Easy come, easy go, will people never learn. ;D
Unless the spot prize is some poker lessons. ;D
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Also when you had K5 on a 955 board even I wouldn"t put my opponent on 55 ;)
spot prize for george. Just had to check people read it!!
Giving the money away already.
Easy come, easy go, will people never learn. ;D
Unless the spot prize is some poker lessons. ;D
I"ll accept 60k mate- I"m not greedy
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Rob, i have always thought of you as being a very similar player to myself in both style and wins and from what you say about your previous wins, that looks to be the case too.
Now you have made a MASSIVE leap with this win so why not take a shot at the higher stakes ?
I played tourneys on the Ladbrokes Cruise last year that I paid into for $300, $500 and $1000 which were WAYYYY out of my comfort zone, but I felt that the oportunity was too good to miss. I felt out of my depth in the opener but by the time the $1000 came around I had settled down and finished 31st and cashed, which gave me confidence that I probably didn"t previously have in my game.
This year I played a GUKPT side event and cashed in that and IMO, the main difference in these events is the entry fee. You are well-capable of giving them a good go so please mate, use some of this win as an investment. You may be surprised at what you find.
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I managed to watch a few hands when you where 3 handed, in the hand where the player pushed allin on the flop and you call with ace high, what was your thinking on this and would you say this was a pretty standard call??
Kenny
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I managed to watch a few hands when you where 3 handed, in the hand where the player pushed allin on the flop and you call with ace high, what was your thinking on this and would you say this was a pretty standard call??
Kenny
If you watch that again, he had already committed 5 mill pre flop and had 600k behind, so nothing else to do really but shove.
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cool i prob didnt notice that
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I managed to watch a few hands when you where 3 handed, in the hand where the player pushed allin on the flop and you call with ace high, what was your thinking on this and would you say this was a pretty standard call??
Kenny
I think we were both tired and meant to get it all in pre, but we both failed by a few K to do so. We just finished off the pre flop betting after the flop ;D
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I managed to watch a few hands when you where 3 handed, in the hand where the player pushed allin on the flop and you call with ace high, what was your thinking on this and would you say this was a pretty standard call??
Kenny
Its a snap against the douche Beyn.
Im at a table now with skully92 the 4th place guy he sure isnt bitter you hit that Ace lol.
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A4 v JJ hand was v Beyn (I dont think I could have played the hand that bad against the other 2)
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A4 v JJ hand was v Beyn (I dont think I could have played the hand that bad against the other 2)
Yeah but it cost Skully DIMEZ when you bink river
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Just seen this, well done Rob congratulations mate :as:
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Just seen this, well done Rob congratulations mate :as:
yeah a little late from me rob, but vwp, just watched it today!!!!! :)
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Aftermath....
I have watched the rerun of the FT from the sunday warm up last week and am relieved I came out of it pretty good and not just a total luckbox (the A4 v JJ hand apart LOL ;D)
As I have said before, I"m not going mad from a poker point of view. The money has been withdrawn and most of it has been spent on clearing debts. I also got myself a new car (nothing flash though!!).
I am back to the grind of playing DC sats and have won another tonight. I am pretty much addicted to these, as I have been able to maintain an ROI of 80-100% over 100 games now, making them easily the softest games going. Hats off to Neil and Leigh for spotting these.
stats at the moment
played - 104
Heads up - 49
final tables - 25
seats - 10
minor cashes - 8
ROI - 98.1%
It has been amusing playing these where people have OPR"d me and come up with a few comments..
"WTF are you doing playing these?" is the most common, but my favourite was tonight when I got busted TT v A9 and another player said to the villain
"Do you realise you have just busted the Warm up runner up from last week?"
LOL...fame...at last!! ;D ;D
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lol just keep it going, I am enjoying playing them too doing ok at the moment!!
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lol, magic.
Leigh and Neil not enjoying these too much now ... a fairly lengthy run of no cashes has resulted in us both wanting some time away from them.
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Could we organise a signing session for the other players at Edinburgh Rob? Perhaps with your chips :D
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have not had too much chance to read others blogs so to see that you had a good win is great, well done. will read more often.
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finished 22nd. A good run, kept losing races. could have avoided one race but was going FTW. Decided this will be the first and last time I use the "one time" phrase.
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finished 22nd. A good run, kept losing races. could have avoided one race but was going FTW. Decided this will be the first and last time I use the "one time" phrase.
Lol I have a really bad habbit at the moment of shouting out "ACE" or what ever card I need at all hours of the day and I keep getting funny looks for it!!
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finished 22nd. A good run, kept losing races. could have avoided one race but was going FTW. Decided this will be the first and last time I use the "one time" phrase.
... "one time" ... equals worst phrase in poker ...
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finished 22nd. A good run, kept losing races. could have avoided one race but was going FTW. Decided this will be the first and last time I use the "one time" phrase.
... "one time" ... equals worst phrase in poker ...
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Agree, hence this
Decided this will be the first and last time I use the "one time" phrase.
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Played 9 DS sats today, no FTs, got HU once, ROI still in the 90"s so everything is good.
Spent the day in Morcambe with Mrs S. I dont normally make the habit of visiting seaside towns (having been brought up in one) but Mrs S is a massive hay fever sufferer and with the pollen count being what it is, the seaside is a great escape. We normally go to southport, Formby or Hoylake for this, but spread our wings a bit further today.
Morcambe was surprisingly nicer than I thought it"d be.
When I saw the Midland Hotel, I did a double take and thought I was at the original Dublin Airport. I"m not really an architecture type, but both these buildings are stunning.
Dublin Airport(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/midlandhotel1.jpg)
Midland Hotel(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/pcd-collinstown-airport.jpg)
A walk along the promenade, an ice cream at brucciani"s then a look at the Eric Morcambe (nee bartholomew) statue and I was pretty much done with the place. Mrs S"s breathing was sorted so back to the ranch.
Next weekend should prove to be just as serene....
Chester Races and the Chezger July poker fest. Cant wait!!!
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I"m having my worst run in the DS sats at the mo. Have gone 20 games without a ticket. Have only had 2 FTs, and from that 1 minor cash. I did play most of these at the weekend where the starting table is full, so it is harder to get to the FT whereas during the week it is easier to reach the FT, but with fewer tickets available, it is harder to win a ticket.
I cant really decide what is the optimal number of entrants for success at these. But, there are enough pros and cons for any number of entrants that I dont really care that much.
My record is still not too shabby though
played - 128
Heads up - 56
final tables - 28
seats - 11
minor cashes - 9
ROI - 77.7%
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I"m having my worst run in the DS sats at the mo. Have gone 20 games without a ticket. Have only had 2 FTs, and from that 1 minor cash. I did play most of these at the weekend where the starting table is full, so it is harder to get to the FT whereas during the week it is easier to reach the FT, but with fewer tickets available, it is harder to win a ticket.
I cant really decide what is the optimal number of entrants for success at these. But, there are enough pros and cons for any number of entrants that I dont really care that much.
My record is still not too shabby though
played - 128
Heads up - 56
final tables - 28
seats - 11
minor cashes - 9
ROI - 77.7%
How many of these do you play at once ... I usually play one ... I think that there is a lot of easy money but much more as a percentage if there are about 50 runners ... once there is 100 runners this gets diluted.
Have you tried any of the $10 re-buys to tickets ... I have played 2 ... one ticket for $72 I think ... tiny sample ... but felt like money swilling about in these too.
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I normally play 2 or 3 at a time
If I can win my heat in a 100 runner event, with 4 seats going, I am fairly confident of getting one of the seats. With 50 runners, it is easier to win your heat but with 2 seats going in the final you do need a fair bit of luck. As I said before, I cant decide which is the optimal number so will play them no matter how many runners.
As for $10 rebuys. If they are turbos they are too much of a crapshoot and take too long if they are not. Also, I end up rebuying too many times to make playing these profitable. Well at least I think so. :-\
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DS sats are back on track now
played - 136
Heads up - 61
final tables - 30
seats - 13 (2 tickets in the last few days)
minor cashes - 9
ROI - 94.2%
I"m running quite normal now. lost most of my chips with QQ to an A rag. shoved my last 260 in and this happens
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/royalflush2.jpg)
I then bust out when my QQ lost to both A rag and 33 to lose main and side pots
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Tis a thing of beauty
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Vegas is booked.
I fly on the Monday 26th October (after the English champs in Bolton) and return on the saturday 31st.
My partner in crime is one Paul Mac (cyntaf). If anyone else fancies it then let me know
Its possibly not the best time to go, but its the only time I can go......so I"m going!!
Staying at the Imperial Palace (on thinkers recommendation) but not too bothered where I stay as I wont be in the room that much anyway.
Plan is to play poker....a lot,
or in Paul"s words "Win enough, so I can go back again"
Can"t wait for this
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Jealous. Very.
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Jealous. Very.
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Jealous. Very.
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+76578934587436559847509817589045097813274598729348579028347589324
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Jealous. Very.
+1
+76578934587436559847509817589045097813274598729348579028347589324
+76578934587436559847509817589045097813274598729348579028347589325 ;D
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Jealous. Very.
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+76578934587436559847509817589045097813274598729348579028347589324
cool you write left handed like me!
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Well after the euphoria of the sunday warm up cash last month, July was always going to be a losing month....and it was....but not in any way that i could have anticipated.
I was winning sunday million seats for fun and am still maintaining an ROI between 90-100. I had a winning month playing STTs and had a win and few FTs for a profitable month playing MTTs. So where did it all go wrong?
playing cash? no. Did not play one hand of cash.
It was trying to qualify for the GUKPT on BSQ. I played 3 final qualifiers. Did well in 2 of them for no reward and a string of bad luck tales and donked out of the other, suffering no bad luck but just bad play.
I will stick at these but will play the $109 rebuys as a single bullet and will take the addon. I"ll also have another go at the $270 F/O but its getting to the stage where I might as well have bought in direct. I just cant bring myself to pony up £1K for a donkament. I may set myself the challenge of winning $1700 tourney dollars, cashing them in and ponying up that way....who knows...I just dont want to have another losing month online again...
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Well after the euphoria of the sunday warm up cash last month, July was always going to be a losing month....and it was....but not in any way that i could have anticipated.
I was winning sunday million seats for fun and am still maintaining an ROI between 90-100. I had a winning month playing STTs and had a win and few FTs for a profitable month playing MTTs. So where did it all go wrong?
playing cash? no. Did not play one hand of cash.
It was trying to qualify for the GUKPT on BSQ. I played 3 final qualifiers. Did well in 2 of them for no reward and a string of bad luck tales and donked out of the other, suffering no bad luck but just bad play.
I will stick at these but will play the $109 rebuys as a single bullet and will take the addon. I"ll also have another go at the $270 F/O but its getting to the stage where I might as well have bought in direct. I just cant bring myself to pony up £1K for a donkament. I may set myself the challenge of winning $1700 tourney dollars, cashing them in and ponying up that way....who knows...I just dont want to have another losing month online again...
these are a nightmare! wondering if blue sq will ever consider a steps program similar to stars, i think it would get a lot more quality qualifiers
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Well, I feel very refreshed after a fantastic holiday in greece and turkey. I haven"t played any poker, In fact the only thing that I did pokerwise was reread Gus Hansen"s "One hand at a time".
i did write a paragraph about how I thought his thinking was flawed in parts, but I sounded far too arrogant so deleted it
I"ll just say that he is a great player ldo...and the book is a cracking read.
On holiday the only gambling that went on was winning bottles of beer off unsuspecting Greeks and Turks, who could not believe that an Englishman could play backgammon.
Anyway, I had been back in the house for half an hour before I fired up the lappy and tried to qualify for the majors on stars. 12 $11.70 DS sats later, I had no FTs, no HUs and a best placed finish of 4th in my 12 heats. I was clearly too eager and played pretty bad.
A few hours later, I fired up some omaha cash tables (to practice for thursday) and ended up winning 3 buyins..... weeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
Today, I took the staggering financial decision to join the David Lloyd gym at the trafford centre. The wife is keen to join and I need to lose weight so I thought why not :-\
Joint membership is £148 a month (three month minimum - cheaper if you sign up for a year) which is quite painful. I know the standard story of going to a gym involves going every day for the first few weeks then getting bored and not going as the money burns a hole in your pocket.
I feel the need to get a few weight loss prop bets going here. Any takers? I need the action because
1. £148 a month FFS!!!
2. I need a financial goal as well as a health goal
3. £148 FFS!!!! how many times do I need to go a week to make it value for money??
4. somethings got to cover the cost of this and winning a few bets seems the best way
5. £££££££££££ FFS!!!! My hair has turned grey and fallen out at the same time!!
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How heavy are you? How heavy should you be?
I have not weighed myself for a while - but I would get involved in a reciprocal bet.
I think I am about 15 stone 5 - estimated by rough belly wobble.
It could be on % lost - if we can arrange a weigh in!
Louis
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I think I"m anything between 15,7 and 16,7 !!
If you want a direct comp, Louis, then I suggest a BMI percentage loss bet to take into account our different heights. We would need to measure heights as well as weights. I"m sure DTD will have a set of scales and a tape measure. ;D ;D
Failing that, I"m off to the gym today to meet my trainer. I"m sure there will be some form of measurement going on there.
The only trouble with a one on one bet is that (no disrespect intended here) you may give up after a week (say), pay me the $s and I am left with no motivation.
I"m still up for the bet but would also like a "target weight by certain date bet"...I"ll be able to come up with some bets once I"ve been this afternoon.
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how about u, for motivation, each point man city win, u have to lose the equilavant in pounds each week.?
no thought in this, just popped in my head when i saw the post and the man city badge. and with the team they have season could be a few points.
ie / between now and say New year day they reach 35pts...thats 2.5 stone?
just a thought.
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... if we set a decent time limit ... say Nov 1st ... then I will not flag ... time to loose a stone in weight for me.
Yes BMI good.
Perfect start - Main Event in Notts followed by stag weekend in York!
I am London at the moment and not a member of a gym - smile - but also struggling for accurate measurements.
Perhaps I set you a bet and you agree to set an equivalent bet though I may start mine on say Sept 14th??
Funny - writing this has made me get off my ass and head for a long walk!
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£148/ month FFS !!
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how about u, for motivation, each point man city win, u have to lose the equilavant in pounds each week.?
no thought in this, just popped in my head when i saw the post and the man city badge. and with the team they have season could be a few points.
ie / between now and say New year day they reach 35pts...thats 2.5 stone?
just a thought.
Like your thinking on that one!
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how about u, for motivation, each point man city win, u have to lose the equilavant in pounds each week.?
no thought in this, just popped in my head when i saw the post and the man city badge. and with the team they have season could be a few points.
ie / between now and say New year day they reach 35pts...thats 2.5 stone?
just a thought.
Like your thinking on that one!
I think I will take a bet similar to this.
How about I lose a stone for each point Nottingham get in the central league. ;)
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how about u, for motivation, each point man city win, u have to lose the equilavant in pounds each week.?
no thought in this, just popped in my head when i saw the post and the man city badge. and with the team they have season could be a few points.
ie / between now and say New year day they reach 35pts...thats 2.5 stone?
just a thought.
Like your thinking on that one!
I think I will take a bet similar to this.
How about I lose a stone for each point Nottingham get in the central league. ;)
Hardly motivational!!
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£148/ month FFS !!
^ THIS! Sorry I can"t come up with suggestions for weight loss but BMI a great way to do it IMO. I"ll bring the WiiFit to Nottingham ;)
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£148/ month FFS !!
I knew there was a valid reason for never joining a gym!!
£148/Month FFS
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Had a great, if unsuccessful, time at DTD. I played the omaha (badly) and it was no surprise that I was an early exit there. I played far too many hands (most with non-nut potential) and was pretty disappointed with my play throughout. I certainly can talk a good game at omaha....just need to try and play one.
I then played the £50 + 6 comp, 4000 chips, 24 mn blinds. I was doing well for about an hour of this then blew up when I overplayed QK OTB against a BB 3 bettor. I figured he was pretty weak so should have shoved pre. Instead I let him see a flop and shoved there when I was miles behind...sigh!!
I then played a lot of £1/2 cash. I quite like my live cash game and rarely have losing sessions. I tend to just grind it out and let poor players pay me off when I hit a monster. The trouble was, there were not enough poor players at my table and when it got the stage where I didn"t think there were any (i.e. I was the poorest player at the table) I decided to cash up for an £18 loss over 6 hours of poker. I was actually quite pleased with this because I hardly got dealt any premium hands in 6 hours and taking away rake and dealers tips would have seen me in profit.
Onto the main event. I had a bit of a nightmare spot in that I had Gordon Casey to my left. He seemed quite an accomplished player, was raising with alarming regularity and raking in a lot of pots at little risk. To make matters worse, he then doubled up (straight over straight) and looked good to continue bossing the table. The only good thing for me about his game was that he gave away a whole load of info and I felt he was exploitable. The trouble was, I couldn"t do this very effectively when he was sat to my left. I went into the first break with 9K playing much less pots than I"d have liked to (losing them mostly..LOL)
James Barber (JBworldwide) was also ready to take on the table captain and after the break took a big pot off Gordon. I knew that Gordon would be looking for a spot to get his chips back and it came just before the next break...
blinds 75/150 guy to my right raised to 500, I looked down at AQ in the hijack and decide to flat call. Gordon then popped it up to 2200 (I think) This looked such an obvious squeeze that I decided that shoving would be profitable here. I didn"t need to do it, but felt this was a good spot. Unfortunately the guy to my right shoved in the rest of his 12K stack so I had to fold. Gordon then dwelt before calling about 70% of his stack off with 35o :o :o. Original raiser had KK which held up.
I was gutted about missing out on this and probably tilted a bit in the next level (my last). I lost about 1500 more than I should have with TT and a raise with AQ that got 4 callers and missed the flop had me down to about 6.5K. I also thought that Gordon would be tilting badly after the break, but he was pretty composed and cost me a cheeky prop bet with JB that he wouldn"t last 15 minutes after the break.
Dust hand occured towards the end of level 4. guy to my right again raises to 600. I look at AJ and think of shoving, but given that this guy has only shown strength so far, decide against that so folded right?? wrong I went for the flat call deciding that AJ does have some potential in position. Gordon then shoved the rest of his stack in (about 6K). Original raiser dwells then folds. I"m pretty sure that gordon is squeezing light again and whilst I"m not happy calling off with AJ decide there is a good chance to felt him and get myself back into the game. I made the call and found myself up against K7s. a 7 on flop and river left me with just over 1 BB which went in the next hand.
So another APAT adventure finishes earlier than planned. I have a string of early exits to my name in APAT events and this is mainly due to the way I play rather than bad luck. I do tend to take a lot of risks early on in a tournament, playing a wide range of hands and making a lot of loose calls in position. In the few times that I have gone deep in deepstack events, it has been playing this way and has normally resulted in getting deep with a decent stack too so I"m not ready to change my approach yet.
Anyway, it was great to meet up with and play poker with such a top bunch of people. Thanks to Des, Rich, Tony for their work. Thanks to DTD staff for hosting such a great event (this venue is the nuts). Thanks to leigh for letting me crash in his room on thursday. Hope I didn"t stink it out too much ;D
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you should elaborate a bit more on why he went on tilt Rob ;)
"SLOW ROLL"
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you should elaborate a bit more on why he went on tilt Rob ;)
"SLOW ROLL"
lol
I think he was upset about losing such a big pot that he didn"t need to play. But for the record taking 5 mins to call off all your chips with a non nut flush on a paired board is NOT a "slow roll" LOL
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Mixed runnings at the mo
played 4 DS sats. HU in all 4. won 3 of them. 3 minor cashes (no seats)
have also cashed in a stars HU tourney.....HU tourneys at APAT, now there"s an idea......Des!!!!
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Mixed runnings at the mo
played 4 DS sats. HU in all 4. won 3 of them. 3 minor cashes (no seats)
have also cashed in a stars HU tourney.....HU tourneys at APAT, now there"s an idea......Des!!!!
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP it Rob
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WCOAP
Dust hand occured towards the end of level 4. guy to my right again raises to 600. I look at AJ and think of shoving, but given that this guy has only shown strength so far, decide against that so folded right?? wrong I went for the flat call deciding that AJ does have some potential in position. Gordon then shoved the rest of his stack in (about 6K). Original raiser dwells then folds. I"m pretty sure that gordon is squeezing light again and whilst I"m not happy calling off with AJ decide there is a good chance to felt him and get myself back into the game. I made the call and found myself up against K7s. a 7 on flop and river left me with just over 1 BB which went in the next hand.
really?
insta fold for me ;)
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Hey Rob, nice to see you all be it briefly at Dtd. By the look of you, i guess Your Gym is quite hard to locate?? :o
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Just kidding matey, trying to provoke you into a weightloss frenzy. You lose weight, more room for me in Vegas. Hehe.
Now what more encouragement could you possibly need? I will however give you $1 for each pound you lose between now and Vegas. Not a great deal of money, but it"s free. You can"t lose, GL Rob
Paul
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Mixed runnings at the mo
played 4 DS sats. HU in all 4. won 3 of them. 3 minor cashes (no seats)
have also cashed in a stars HU tourney.....HU tourneys at APAT, now there"s an idea......Des!!!!
Good to catch up over the w/e Rob. You need to speak to Kinboshi if you are on a heads up roll...
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Oh yes and great results HU
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Mixed runnings at the mo
played 4 DS sats. HU in all 4. won 3 of them. 3 minor cashes (no seats)
have also cashed in a stars HU tourney.....HU tourneys at APAT, now there"s an idea......Des!!!!
Good to catch up over the w/e Rob. You need to speak to Kinboshi if you are on a heads up roll...
Thanks Des, I have spoken to Dan about my STT and HU prowess ;) and expressed my interest. I then instantly withdrew as I remembered that the event takes place on school days.
but then again, "when your country calls"......... :D
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Am on a stag do in said town. Most people are hitting clubs whilst i get lumbered with someone who is drunk and in need of walking home. Drop him off them find out from very friendly hotel staff about a casino only 5 mins away. Naturally i go on my own sign up and within 10 mins i am playing 1/2 with 100BB. Have hardly played a hand in 30 mins when i get to see a free flop with 4 runners with kh 6h. Flop comes kd qh td. I check and call a 7 euro bet with my top pair and back door flush draw. 2 folds puts me hu and the 3h turn gives me more potential. I check call a 20 euro bet and decide i"m playing any red card on the river. River is 6d and i lead out for 55 euro. Oppo folds 9j face up deciding his flopped straight is no good. With a few more good hands i cash out for 315 and a nice profit. Belgian poker ftw.
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wiiiiii
good diciplined fold ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Airfare to Belgium £90 Return
Transfer to casino £20
Finding a seat at the same table of that guy £PRICELESS
WP Rob! Bluff Outs FTW!
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After dropping the stag off at the hotel at 1, i went and tried my luck again. Terrible start. Dropped 70 bbs with a turned 2 pair v a better 2 pair. Ground it back up and left the table with 250 bbs. Kept limping with rags and flopping trips and then getting paid off. Cashed out for about 50 euro profit. I love live cash and can count on one hand my losing sessions. Sadly my online cash experiment is in reverse where i can count my winning sessions on one hand. I have lost more dough online this month than i have ever in a month and tbh am knocking it on the head. Its too hard for me to be a winning player at cash online and too profitable in tourneys to try again. This will be my third losing month in a row since my "big win" but now that i"m going back to basics it will surely be my last? Wont it?
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Not done this for ages
Have gone back to grinding 22/33 STTs and have had a great month on those
The real enigma is my loss of form on stars DS sats.
played - 236
Heads up - 99
final tables - 49
seats - 19 (0 tickets in 37 games!!!)
minor cashes - 17
ROI - 67.8%
This includes a run of 37 games without a seat. For the first 200 games I was able to maintain an ROI of 90-100% and it has now really slipped in this bad run. When looking for reasons, I think it is just an extended bad run. I have still made a good proportion of FTs, but my record on these has been disasterous of late. I remember bragging to Leigh (obviously a mistake) about my FT prowess and had a huge conversion rate of FT to seat wins.
I"m still sticking with these though and am sure like buses, I"ll win 3 in a row ;D ;D
I wont be able to play these during the last week of october though because I"ll be in Vegas baby!! Only 8 days to go and cant wait!!
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Played this badly, but dont think I"ve ever seen so many spades
Won this but 5th at FT
PokerStars Game #34184039634: Tournament #203060715, $10.70+$1.00 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2009/10/18 14:01:01 WET [2009/10/18 9:01:01 ET]
Table "203060715 4" 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: TheGreatTilt (2850 in chips)
Seat 2: Ramanorth (2865 in chips)
Seat 3: scooter47 (450 in chips)
Seat 4: Nemrah (2105 in chips)
Seat 5: mud3 (1275 in chips)
Seat 7: PINTU69 (1135 in chips)
Seat 9: swinebag (1320 in chips)
mud3: posts small blind 15
PINTU69: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to swinebag [As Ts]
swinebag: calls 30
TheGreatTilt: folds
Ramanorth: calls 30
scooter47: calls 30
Nemrah: folds
mud3: raises 90 to 120
PINTU69: folds
swinebag: calls 90
Ramanorth: calls 90
scooter47: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [8s 2s Qs]
mud3: checks
swinebag: bets 230
Ramanorth: raises 2515 to 2745 and is all-in
scooter47: calls 330 and is all-in
mud3: calls 1155 and is all-in
swinebag: calls 970 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1545) returned to Ramanorth
*** TURN *** [8s 2s Qs] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [8s 2s Qs 3s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
swinebag: shows [As Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
Ramanorth: shows [5s 4s] (a flush, Queen high)
swinebag collected 90 from side pot-2
mud3: shows [7s 9s] (a flush, Queen high)
swinebag collected 2475 from side pot-1
scooter47: shows [Ad Js] (a flush, Queen high)
swinebag collected 1830 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4395 Main pot 1830. Side pot-1 2475. Side pot-2 90. | Rake 0
Board [8s 2s Qs 3s Kd]
Seat 1: TheGreatTilt folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 2: Ramanorth showed [5s 4s] and lost with a flush, Queen high
Seat 3: scooter47 showed [Ad Js] and lost with a flush, Queen high
Seat 4: Nemrah (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 5: mud3 (small blind) showed [7s 9s] and lost with a flush, Queen high
Seat 7: PINTU69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: swinebag showed [As Ts] and won (4395) with a flush, Ace high
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I"m on MSN with Rob atm. I"m not gonna spoil the story-telling for him but you"re REALLY wanting to hear the stories when he and Paul return :D
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Rob"s okayed me to Copy > Paste our MSN Chat; (edited to suit)
Rob says:
good morning, from not so sunny and freezing Las Vegas
Neil says:
good morning. U and Paul well and winning?
Rob says:
I"ve donked 3 tourneys and am break even at cash. Paul has FT"d both tourneys he"s played
We have 20% of each other so happy days
Neil says:
wiiiiiiiiiiiii
Paul playin 11 man MTTs? ;)
Rob says:
Last night we went to the MGM and played $1/$2 cash (200 max) and after 15 mins Paul was sitting on $1K !!
Neil says:
WTF? Awesome
MGM still as super aggro then?
Rob says:
He stacked 3 players in 2 hands, including a double stacker!!
Neil says:
WOW!
MBSFN
Rob says:
He sits down, plays the first pot without looking at his cards then says
"I"m only sitting down because I want a beer"
then picks up AK to felt a guy with AJ on a A hi flop
then calls a raise with 4Qs and flops a flush....
.....double stacker flopped a smaller flush
Neil says:
LMAO
Rob says:
I cant even pick up an unsuited 1 gapper!!
Rob says:
off to binions now for a mooch, then Venetian for tourney (paul cashed in 6th/160 yesterday)
I had AA cracked by JJ AIPF to finish 70th
Neil says:
eeeesh, ul. Paul won ... ?
Rob says:
$950
Neil says:
sweeeeeeeeet
good day yesterday then?
Rob says:
then we are off to MGM to play some cash
Neil says:
LOL
[ x ] expected
be lucky!
(and to Paul: stay lucky)
feel free to log on and keep me updated
Rob says:
thanks. I"m doing this from my room whilst golden chips is in the shower.
I was going to update from the room but will wait untill I get back...tooooooo much action to be wasting time updating
Rob says:
Paul says "hi",and we are checking into the Hi rollers suite later today
Neil says:
LOL
Rob says:
joke
Neil says:
Hi Golden Balls (check under the towel)
Rob says:
chips
post this chat and I"ll do more detail on the blog later
Neil says:
"I"m only sittin down cos I want a beer" - a nice pre-rubdown for the two you stacked :)
cool, will post now
Rob says:
He also stacked a short stack in the same hand who had KJ on the KJ board.. :)
He was on serious tilt after
he goes "but I had the best hand preflop"
Neil says:
sweeeeeeeeeet
Rob says:
He then went on to tell everyone how great he was and how well he had played the hand and had just got unlucky blah blah blah
He then kept reminding players to post blinds and trying to correct the dealer.
I was wetting myself
The double stacker was actually cool about it
Rob says:
anyway, the poker juices are flowing now and my tummy is rumbling, we"re off
Neil says:
All the best!!
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The above was Composed by a Genius :)
The below by a luckbox :D
My Conversation, Rob"s off to Vegas, and can only go in Half-term.
Missus, Why don"t you go with him? You know you"ve wanted to go for a long time.
Children, yes go DAd, it"ll be great.
No need to shove here or be aggressive(not while it"s been given away)
Me : Yeah!!! email rob, were off to Vegas BAby...............
Contemplates................Did i just win, or is she leading me to think i"ve won easily for the later set up? Me thinks i"ll have to keep my eye on that one, i can feel a big spending spree creeping up :"(
P.S. Cheers Rob, great week and thanks for your company.
Paul Mac
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A great read Rob. Loving this. Very jealous though, really makes me want to go and check out Vegas for myself.
Keep it up.
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"I love Guy Powers Poker!"
LOL, just LOL
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Can we have a part 9 at the end, Rob?
9. How to pay for a Vegas trip in one go on your second night back in the country.
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Lovin" it Rob. Lookin" forward to more.
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Does anybody remember some photo editing software called, " Gai"s Power Goo" For manipulating photos in a liquid type of way.
Well, I do and this mixed with a bottle or so of baileys, red wine and lager, plus a game you"ve never played of or heard of before. There"s your recipe for Guy powers poker, and not some fictitious name made up by homer simpson....lol
Oh btw Paigow Poker, woohoo i think i"ve got it Rob.
Nice read matey
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(http://www.apat.com/images/guy_pookah.gif)
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(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/Cownolegs1.jpg)
NFL drink I hope
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NFL drink I hope
of course
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Loving the updates Rob, i just hope Paul can do this well in the National Team Champs!!
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I"ll do my best for us kiddah ::)
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superb write ups Rob..... MORRRREEEEE PLLLLEEEEASEEEE
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It was also walking back to the MGM lobby for a cab that we got a first sight of what was to follow on Halloween weekend; drunken groups of young girls wearing not very much.
Photos or it didn"t happen. ;D
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It was also walking back to the MGM lobby for a cab that we got a first sight of what was to follow on Halloween weekend; drunken groups of young girls wearing not very much.
Photos or it didn"t happen. ;D
sadly no photos, so you have 2 options
1. believe me
2. dont believe me
gl
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It was also walking back to the MGM lobby for a cab that we got a first sight of what was to follow on Halloween weekend; drunken groups of young girls wearing not very much.
Photos or it didn"t happen. ;D
sadly no photos, so you have 2 options
1. believe me
2. dont believe me
gl
I"m not running good with coinflips at the moment. ;D
Great blog though Rob.
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LOL -- great prose, I remember telling a guy I was Irish, cue conv
"You ever been to Charleville"
"Yes, its in Cork"
"Then you must have known my great grand daddy"
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This "climate control" must have been responsible for me getting ill on my return from Vegas and missing a few days of work.
Hmm alcohol had feck all to do with it I suppose
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No Duke, it really was due to oxygen levels. As you know i do not drink alchoholic beverages. Just wait until your second day, calcified red bullets will fire out your nostrils at the speed of light. You know like a trap door bogie, only...............
Blocked....blocked....blocked.....Fire!!!! Then it just goes on and on, but don"t worry, your not ill.
Just to add, Rob and I went up the Stratosphere and indulged in the rides. Hopefully i"ll get this on youtube and post a link.
My challenge to you is for you and mini you to ride on all three rides, with proof and you will be rewarded.
Have a great and prosperous time Ger.
Rob, these have really been an excellent read, even moreso having been there with you. I hope Laura has returned safe and well. Hopefully with a few stories of her own, that you can exchange over a lovely meal. Thanks again mate.
Paul
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the worst, biggest, bloodiest bogies that have ever clogged up my nose
calcified red bullets will fire out your nostrils at the speed of light.
Thanks for that guys. Don"t think I"ll bother with the rest of my salad sandwich right now.
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the worst, biggest, bloodiest bogies that have ever clogged up my nose
calcified red bullets will fire out your nostrils at the speed of light.
Thanks for that guys. Don"t think I"ll bother with the rest of my salad sandwich right now.
wimps in my opinion
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final part of Vegas TR to follow, but in the meantime I have finally broken an awful run in stars DS sats.
I finally won a seat for the sunday million after an 87 (eighty seven!!!) game losing streak.
PS I"m retiring from these now!!
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Sick run finally laid to rest. :)
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Nice read Rob, i decided to save it, and read all at once. just finished it last night. Makes me wanna go there now evan more than before. Especially the photos of you and paul sitting infront of them gods on the wall.
Anyway, the tipping story of the guy whistling for the cab does not surprise me. its like that in Mexico. I can remember wlking to the toilet of a resturant, and this waiter notices me, he runs past me lightning quick to open the door for me, he waits for me to have a piss, and then as im washing my hands, he grabs a handfull of paper towels and shoves them infront of my face while the tap is still running. So anoying but funny at the same time.
And you missed megan fox.....gutted for you.
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Nice read Rob, i decided to save it, and read all at once.
Still got one part to go, Will
Though that is the hardest bit to write, as its the homecoming. :"( :"( :"(
Glad you enjoyed it
And you missed megan fox.....gutted for you.
I was more gutted for her tbh :D
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And you missed megan fox.....gutted for you.
I was more gutted for her tbh :D
loooooool
cant wait for the final chapter - this is better than waiting for the next episode of Corrie!! lol
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Great read Rob, looks like you boys had a whale of a time.
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really good write up Rob..... I gotta go soon - if only to meet this Mr Powers that Paul liked so much :D
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Well, I dont know what happened to me in Vegas, but I"ve been on fire in November since I got back.
I won 10K by winning one of the daily biggies on PartyPoker. I then won 1K+ by finishing 3rd in a $33 rebuy and was dominating the FT when I had my connection cut twice at crucial stages.
December has started well also. I qualified for the monthly million on Party and despite various efforts, found myself having to play in a $640 comp WTF!! I finished 161st from 1600 runners cashing for the minimum $1300. Not a bad return on a $70 sat but was really gutted. Without wishing to sound conceited, the standard was very average considering the buyin. A quick peek on OPR and I could see that most of the field were qualifiers and it was amazing how easy the bubble was to abuse with most on my table looking to just cash. So I was gutted when having doubled up without showing a card during the bubble period, that I went out soon after with a QQ v KK cooler.
The APAT 6 max was awesome fun. I was peeling more flops than I can ever remember, missing or hitting marginally and soon found myself down to half stack. I then did something that Stewart has never done and won with AJ v JonMW"s AK. the betting went raise by MW, reraise by me OTB, call by MW. Flop TQK for the nuts. MW paid me off with his TPTK and I never looked back after that. (i.e. kept getting them in bad and winning!! ;D ;D) Poor Dewi doubled me up when he got funky with T8 v my KK flopped a T then turned a T. I obviously stacked off with my overpair much to Dewi"s delight, only for a steve redfernesque 2 outertastic K to hit on the river and send me into the top 3. I also bust mary who was v ul to limp in with SCs and hit a very disguised 2 pair holding 56 on a 56K board v my 47 in the BB. I raised the SB, mary min reraised which gave me a good price to chase (ok I fished it :D :D) and hit my 3 on the turn. Money goes in and my hand held. I eventually got busted AT v 99 in a 4 handed button v SB battle to finish 8th for a little return and more importantly 2 points in the rankings to put me second (I think). I surely cant run this good for another two tourneys but why not??
Lastly, I have deposited a "reasonable" ammount of my BR into Paddy power poker with the express aim of qualifying for the irish open, which is being played over the easter weekend, meaning I will be able to play this. I always check the GUKPT and EPT schedules when they come out and am exasperated that both these tours know when the school holidays are because they never fecking organise a tourney during one FML!! At least the Irish open should have a record number of teachers playing in it!! SO far I have a "less than reasonable" ammount left in my account as the result of a load of donked sats. still plenty of time to qualify for this though.
Anyone else fancy this? (apart from Dewi, who I"ve already clocked at the tables)
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I just came across from the link to this in the advent calender and glad I did. Great trip report, it has me wanting to go back to Vegas more than ever! I even just looked up flights and hotels for next summer and txt some mates asking if they"d be up for it 8) Maybe getting a bit ahead of myself though as I think i"d have a bit of trouble getting that one round the missus considering she"s already agreed to let me go travelling at the end of next year for 3 months (if I can somehow get the money together). Maybe she"ll let me go for 4 or 5 days :D
The next thing is the customary tipping that happens in America. The one thing I hate tipping for is for services that I am perfectly capable of doing myself. The best example of this was getting a taxi from hotel to hotel. I mean, you would stand at the "line for taxis here" queue and the only way to get a taxi was for some bloke in a smart suit to whistle for a taxi that was parked 15 yards away LOL. No way was I tipping for that!!
I had an amazing time in Vegas 2 years ago when I was there but ended my trip on a bad note due to the above. We had an afternoon checkout but our flight to San Francisco wasn"t until night time so we went to put our bags into the "free" luggage locker provided by the hotel. We were waiting in the que to put our stuff in and I nipped to the toilet, when I came back the missus told me she had asked the luggage guy about tipping and he had told her for our 2 cases and holdall it"d be something like $15 (memory"s a little foggy). Despite being told it was free I wasn"t too bothered by this because we had a few hours to kill anyway and our stuff would be safe...
When I came back to collect our luggage we were a little late, the luggage bit was right next to the taxi que and I could see our luggage sitting there. There was only one guy there at the time though and he was "manning" the non-existent taxi que so I showed him our ticket and asked could I grab our bags because we were in a rush. He told us to wait a minute until his partner got back and I was like "WTF there is nobody in the taxi que and I can see my bags?!?!" He refused and then me and the missus were looking at each other like "is this c*nt serious?". So a few minutes later his buddy comes back and he grabs our bags then whistles for a taxi. We say thanks and the taxi driver proceeds to put our bags in the boot. The luggage guy then sticks out his hand (for a tip) and I"m at the end of my tether so ask if he"s serious which is met with a surprised/angry look, I tell him I already paid $15 to keep them there and I wasn"t paying him for the pleasure of keeping me unnecessarily waiting then wheeling my case all of 2 metres. By this point a small que has formed behind him and he very loudly starts "thanking" me for my "generosity", I was a little embarrassed and getting looks from the people in the que so I told him to "**** off and get a real job" and closed the taxi door. Not the best I could have handled the situation maybe but it left me fuming at the end of what had been an otherwise amazing trip. Luckily we had a great time in San Franciso and forgot all about it quickly. I have absolutely no problem regularly tipping in America but like you said, tipping for things I am perfectly capable of doing myself and I haven"t asked for really gets under my skin.
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Just bust out of an irish open qualifier finishing 6/121 for sweet FA. Top 4 paid. 1 seat worth $7200 available then three prizes from $3K down to $1K. I"ll do a bit of a TR later for this, as there was a twist (quite literally) in this tale. Off to bed now......to cry!!!
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Paddy Power Irish open satty
Buy in was $80 (1500 chips), rebuys were $40 (2000 chips) and addon was $40 (3000 chips). I decided to rebuy straight away and play like a rock for the first hour. I managed to increase my stack by 1000 chips so was sat at the first break with a nice deep 7500 stack. No real hands of note in the first hour or for the next 45 mins. Exits were slow. I finally got my money in with AK OTB v C/O raiser. This was called by the BB (whoops!) and C/O folded. BB had AA. Board ran out 23456 for a chop. Weeeeeeeeeeeee! what a luckbox!
I said there was a twist to this tale.
Well the twist was a horrendous pain that suddenly started gripping my stomach. Luckily (!) I knew what it was. It was an old gall stone problem (I had been indulging a bit in the Xmas spirit - so this was not a big surprise). I then spent the next two hours writhing around on the floor in agony, occasionly looking up to play the odd hand on my lappy. I spent the breaks in the bath (The only way to sooth the pain). This was a nightmare!!
there was no point going to hospital. There was no point going to bed as I couldn"t sleep through the pain. AND there was no way I was giving up on this tourney. Especially as I was now about to hit the FT. top 4 paid. 1st gets the package, 2nd gets $3K, 3rd $2K and 4th $1K. I also felt that this tourney had my name written on it..... During one particular uncomfortable cramp, I looked up to see an EP raiser all in. I had KK in MP and was about to reshove when my hand was folded...damn too slow!!! However, the SB woke up with AA and EP had JJ. I may have sucked out here but most of the time I"m felted. I really felt lucky as we hit the FT and I was 7th in chips. Break time and bath time again!!
I overstayed my welcome in the bath to find myself 8th from 8 in chips on my return. I managed a few resteals and then the pain started to subside, so I was feeling super confident now. A few more exits. I"m running 4th. I pick up AK in LP, shoved and was called by the BB with 88. No help and I was gone in 6th. All over just like that....gutted
I then got about 4 hours sleep. Next morning, it was straight to the Docs. I felt fine but needed checking out. He"s refered me to a gall bladder specialist surgeon, but to be honest, I just need to take it easy over Christmas.....everything in moderation I say.
Anyway, I"m just off to Manchester Piccadilly to test out how our transport system is coping. The Plan is to go to London tonight then take the eurostar on the monday to Brussells. Its Laura"s birthday present for me so will be gutted if this gets stopped by the weather. TR to follow!! I do Intend to visit the Brussells casino again...It is my birthday after all ;D
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Anyway, I"m just off to Manchester Piccadilly to test out how our transport system is coping. The Plan is to go to London tonight then take the eurostar on the monday to Brussells. Its Laura"s birthday present for me so will be gutted if this gets stopped by the weather. TR to follow!! I do Intend to visit the Brussells casino again...It is my birthday after all
Good luck with the Euro Star Rob!
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hope you found alternative route.
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Got to London yesterday, no probs. went to St Pancras where there was no info (or staff) regarding monday. Oh well! Went to meet my brother, who gave me Matusow"s book for my birthday. Had a few scoops then went back to the hotel where we found out that Mondays trains were also cancelled!! FML!!
After trying the availability of numerous options, we gave up and have just got back now. We really did exhaust all possibilities and at one point had a plan that involved a train to Birmingham, flight to Dusseldorf then train to Brussells. However the flight to dusseldorf was full!! Another reason for giving up was that we were worried about how we"d get back.
We"ll get our money back for the train, we lost one nights accomodation in brussells, but we have just had a nice email from the guest house we were staying at in Bruges that has said they will keep the deposit for a year to go towards a future booking. Every cloud and all that....
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Sorry it didn"t go to plan Rob, did you manage a trip to the Vic? And Happy Birthday :)
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Sorry it didn"t go to plan Rob, did you manage a trip to the Vic? And Happy Birthday :)
thats ok, no I didn"t (was a bit too drunk for poker) and thank you :)
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Hope you have a great day Rob, shame it"s not overseas, but I"m sure it will be good anyway.
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Hope you have a great day Rob, shame it"s not overseas, but I"m sure it will be good anyway.
Raising a glass to a great bloke. Happy birthday
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Happy Birthday Rob! Hope you have a great day.
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Happy birthday, Rob, hope it"s a great one for you.
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:) Happy Birthday :)
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Happy birthday Rob.
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Happy Birthday Rob.
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happy birthday
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Happy Birthday Rob
Merry Xmas and a more prosperous new year?
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Thanks for the wishes everyone.
I had a quiet day, yesterday, which included playing poker online whilst Laura baked me a birthday cake. I also built myself a snowman which was fun. It was especially fun when my neighbour started banging on her window to tell me off about snapping twigs off trees to make snowman arms. 39 years old and still in need of a good telling off!! ;D :D
Evening went out for a few drinks and a nice meal with Laura.
thats another one done and dusted for another year....
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Belated greetings Rob, sounds like you had a lovely day.
P.S. not to ruin it for you, but there were two snowmen out on the moors and one says t"tother, "can you smell Carrots"?
Oh well if you can build em at 39 i can tell the jokes at ?? years of age :)
Cheers again Rob, I"ll lift a glass this evening in your honour and absence, unless you can get to Prestatyn?
All the best and sees you next years to all. :-*
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Happy Belated!
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for the second time in a row, I get a deep run in an irish open qualifier and end up with sweet FA.
Finished 11th from 110 after 4 hours work. 6 places paid with 3 packages and 3 $1K+ cash prizes. This time I lost AT v KQ that rivered a flush (coin flip obv but still frustrating)
I"m not giving up on these!!
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Well, I"ve decided to turn pro.......
.......for the day!
Snowed in, school closed, no satellite signal, lappy fired up and playing a STT on stars as I type
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Excellent - gl - reg updates for us in work who wish they were snowed in and grindin plz!
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Well, I"ve decided to turn pro.......
.......for the day!
Snowed in, school closed, no satellite signal, lappy fired up and playing a STT on stars as I type
ummm no snow here, but playing my first STT of the day whilst "working" at home.
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won my first STT on stars...shiiiip
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won my first STT on stars...shiiiip
just ran KJ into AA in second one to finish 5th
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won my first STT on stars...shiiiip
just ran KJ into AA in second one to finish 5th
won the tourney for $466 (did a deal though)
won the third STT.
So far $585 profit for my morning"s work. I deserve the rest of the morning "off" and am going for a trudge in the snow with Mrs S (who is also off today)
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Going Pro sounds a good idea! ;)
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piece of piss that pro lark, couple more weeks and u can take the rest of the year off and put your feet up.
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afternoon session about to start
here are a few pics
picturepostcardtastic
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not so.....
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do I win £10 for doing the "angel" goal celebration
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great photos Rob.
and nice result on your first day as a pro.
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not so.....
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All I see here is a target for a massive snowball :P
WD on your first day as a Pro Rob
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bad news!!
1 donked MTT
7 STTs (2 bubbles, 2 thirds and a second)
return = -$19
good news!!
no school tomorrow either!!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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out of everything and retiring for the night.
spectacular exit in the irish open qualifier where my flopped straight was rivered by a flush.
overall performance for the day
STTs
played 11 (3 wins, 1 second , 2 thirds, 2 bubbles) profit = $283
MTTs
played 8 (1 win, 1 cash, 1 seat secured which was subsequently donked along with a few others) profit = $125
gotta be happy with that, given that I donked another $200 trying to qualify for the irish open. I still have plenty of my Paddy power roll to try this and the STTs are funding this campaign very well.
Snowed in again tomorrow, but not sure I"ll play as much. Poker is much more fun as a hobby rather than a job.
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still off school and cant see when it will be ok to return.
Played a bit of poker over the last couple of days but not much. Won about $100 playing STTs and lost about $250 playing MTTs. connection went again....must invest in a dongle (any recommondations here??)
Worse still, my brand new boiler packed in last night. Not great when its -14 degrees C outside, or to use the old BBC vidiprinter method -14 (MINUS FOURTEEN) degrees outside. Went to bed armed with a full set of clothes on, two duvets and a wife.
Woke up still alive. (edit-so was the wife)
Anyway, boiler was working fine according to my plumber mate. I just needed to fill it up (easy), bleed the radiators (easy) and reset it (easy) but it still wasn"t working. >:(
The problem was that the pipe leading to the condenser (i think) was frozen so the boiler was working fine but didn"t have the minerals to heat my house. I was then advised to defrost this pipe. Many boiled kettles later, a few shins up a step ladder and I was ready to reset and .............
....bingo!! its working again and house is slowly heating up again.
I can now resume my professional poker career.
I"m going with a four table max setup. Three STTs running with one MTT as and when I choose.
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well had a pretty profitable day
STTs
played 16 (4 wins, 1 second, 1 third, 1 bubble) profit = +$172
MTTs
played 2 which I went reasonably deep in, busting out of both before the money. profit = -$50
Am a bit pokered out, so the news that I"m not back in work untill wednesday next week is a bit disturbing!
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Not as disturbing as for your A level students!!
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Just back from Goodison, were you there? Everton were brilliant, as good a performance as I,ve seen for some time. City were given a lesson. Fellaini was immense and Piennaar inspired, it could have been five !
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Just back from Goodison, were you there? Everton were brilliant, as good a performance as I,ve seen for some time. City were given a lesson. Fellaini was immense and Piennaar inspired, it could have been five !
didn"t go. But yes, we were thoroughly outplayed. Injuries to santa cruz and petrov didn"t help. It will be interesting to see how mancini works with the first choice back 4. He"s done an ok job with the reserve one.
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still off school and cant see when it will be ok to return.Woke up still alive. (edit-so was the wife)
Anyway, boiler was working fine according to my plumber mate. I just needed to fill it up (easy), bleed the radiators (easy) and reset it (easy) but it still wasn"t working. >:(
The problem was that the pipe leading to the condenser (i think) was frozen so the boiler was working fine but didn"t have the minerals to heat my house. I was then advised to defrost this pipe. Many boiled kettles later, a few shins up a step ladder and I was ready to reset and .............
....bingo!! its working again and house is slowly heating up again.
I can now resume my professional poker career.
I"m going with a four table max setup. Three STTs running with one MTT as and when I choose.
If u continue to have problems with it Rob [condenser pipe freezing up] u can increase the pipe size to a 35mm waste pipe [if this size freezes then generally the pipe is big enough to not fully freeze up and still allows your boiler to drain]
I"m guessing your pipe runs externally so u could insulate the pipe,but rodents luv chewing this so that maybe a problem.Another option is to bury a soak away pipe in the garden and discharge the condense into this,ask your plumber mate if it would suit your needs etc.
If possible run the condense pipe internally into a sink or washing machine waste pipe,again 1 to ask your plumber mate about if he hasnt mentioned it already.
If it is a mexico boiler replace it ;D i hate the bl##dy things..
Keep warm :)
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Good to see you at the weekend Rob - and congratz on your APAT Award.
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Good to see you at the weekend Rob - and congratz on your APAT Award.
thanks steve. Good to see you too. Well done on another team win.
I thought the results would be up for the other awards. Did you win one?
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Good to see you at the weekend Rob - and congratz on your APAT Award.
thanks steve. Good to see you too. Well done on another team win.
I thought the results would be up for the other awards. Did you win one?
lol rub-down? :)
All the results are in the midst of the live update thread around the start of day two. IMO the best award made was Mr Prew into the Hall Of Fame. Awesome, and so "richly" deserved.
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Played poker - got drunk - met great people - priceless
I guess these are not in priority order Ger!
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well, I haven"t updated this for ages and you can probably guess why?
Nothing to brag about?
Correct of course!!
January and February were losing months for me. Most of the losses came from trying to qualify for Irish open and a few GUKPT sats. I also had a very dry run in other MTTs. If I had just stuck to my bread and butter of STTs then I"d have been ticking over nicely.
I also played the UKIPT manchester in February and after donking most of my stack in the first 2 levels, managed to get above my starting stack again by level 7. I went out when I got cute with AA after a raise and reraise and proceeded to let the OR flop a flush and bust me. The correct play was to probably shove pre, but I wanted 3 way action as this would have put me right back in the tourney. However, with this structure, you are never really out of the tourney so the conservative approach would have done here.
March has been much better. I qualified for UKIPT coventry and am really looking forward to playing this. I bubbled a seat for CBPMT bristol which was v disappointing but will be trying again for this.
As for the rest of online poker I have decided to try a new discipline............. FTP 45 man MTTs. I have played 43 of these and have an ROI of -52% which really sucks!! However I do think I have been a bit unlucky. I have made the FT 11 times out of 43 which I think is enough to make a profit. However I have only converted 3 of these 11 FTs into cashes which when you consider that 6 places are paid, is pretty poor.
The make up of players on this is very bizzare. There are a lot of players who are clearly "45 man MTT machines" and are making thousands in profit. There are also a whole load of fishes (of which I am one at the moment). There doesn"t seem to be too many break even players at these. I am going to persist with these because I think I can do well in the long run (43 games is hardly a sample to be making any drastic conclusions). However if anyone has any advice on how to play this particular format then please feel free to share any pearls of wisdom.....
swansea TR to follow.....
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thanks Ger, appreciate it.
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Well I used ger"s advice and managed to get to the FT second in chips. However, another non cash as I ran into AA two hands in a row to finish 9th...
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Well I used ger"s advice and managed to get to the FT second in chips. However, another non cash as I ran into AA two hands in a row to finish 9th...
Another FT, another non-cash. keep running into monsters.
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Watch me take it down from here!!
Full Tilt Poker Game #19754856840: $24 + $2 Sit & Go (151157790), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:24:41 ET - 2010/04/02
Seat 1: Nemo995 (6,820)
Seat 3: kiffstoff (1,855)
Seat 4: swinebag22 (3,505)
Seat 5: aBTO6yC (1,825)
Seat 6: MrsGobus (880)
Seat 8: maxGaw (1,390)
Seat 9: JoppieFloppie (2,845)
kiffstoff posts the small blind of 40
swinebag22 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to swinebag22 [9c 5s]
aBTO6yC folds
MrsGobus folds
maxGaw folds
JoppieFloppie folds
Nemo995 has 15 seconds left to act
Nemo995 raises to 200
kiffstoff folds
swinebag22 has 15 seconds left to act
swinebag22 raises to 640
Nemo995 calls 440
*** FLOP *** [Qs 5c 6c]
swinebag22 has 15 seconds left to act
swinebag22 bets 800
Nemo995 has 15 seconds left to act
Nemo995 calls 800
*** TURN *** [Qs 5c 6c] [9h]
swinebag22 bets 2,065, and is all in
Nemo995 calls 2,065
swinebag22 shows [9c 5s]
Nemo995 shows [Qh Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 5c 6c 9h] [7s]
swinebag22 shows two pair, Nines and Fives
Nemo995 shows a pair of Queens
swinebag22 wins the pot (7,050) with two pair, Nines and Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,050 | Rake 0
Board: [Qs 5c 6c 9h 7s]
Seat 1: Nemo995 (button) showed [Qh Kc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: kiffstoff (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: swinebag22 (big blind) showed [9c 5s] and won (7,050) with two pair, Nines and Fives
Seat 5: aBTO6yC didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 6: MrsGobus didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 8: maxGaw didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 9: JoppieFloppie didn"t bet (folded)
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well I"m 4th in chips with 7 left
just did this...(luckbox is turned up to full)
flame away....
Full Tilt Poker Game #19755487014: $24 + $2 Sit & Go (151157790), Table 5 - 200/400 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:11:13 ET - 2010/04/02
Seat 1: zoedoe (5,300)
Seat 2: Fuldtit (1,690)
Seat 3: JoppieFloppie (12,840)
Seat 4: aseri9 (4,380)
Seat 5: rannis82 (3,866)
Seat 6: aBTO6yC (15,820)
Seat 7: hawkins33 (1,520)
Seat 8: dcroo77 (14,464)
Seat 9: swinebag22 (7,620)
aBTO6yC posts the small blind of 200
hawkins33 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to swinebag22 [Jd Kd]
dcroo77 folds
swinebag22 has 15 seconds left to act
swinebag22 raises to 1,000
zoedoe folds
Fuldtit raises to 1,690, and is all in
JoppieFloppie folds
aseri9 folds
rannis82 folds
aBTO6yC folds
hawkins33 calls 1,120, and is all in
swinebag22 calls 690
Fuldtit shows [Js As]
hawkins33 shows [Qd Ks]
swinebag22 shows [Jd Kd]
*** FLOP *** [Qc 6s 5c]
*** TURN *** [Qc 6s 5c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 6s 5c 9h] [Ts]
Fuldtit shows Ace Queen high
suicideking_09 (Observer): thx dc
swinebag22 shows a straight, King high
swinebag22 wins the side pot (340) with a straight, King high
hawkins33 shows a pair of Queens
swinebag22 wins the main pot (4,760) with a straight, King high
hawkins33 stands up
Fuldtit stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,100 Main pot 4,760. Side pot 340. | Rake 0
Board: [Qc 6s 5c 9h Ts]
Seat 1: zoedoe didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 2: Fuldtit showed [Js As] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 3: JoppieFloppie didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 4: aseri9 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 5: rannis82 (button) didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 6: aBTO6yC (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: hawkins33 (big blind) showed [Qd Ks] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 8: dcroo77 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 9: swinebag22 showed [Jd Kd] and won (5,100) with a straight, King high
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3rd. Everytime the cards were turned over I lost when 3 handed. Was chip hoovering otherwise.
well another cash and the ROI is up to -40% in these.
conclusion: blog more!!
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Well done Rob, sure you will turn a profit long term, stick with it. No help i"m afraid, i have never played a multi SnG, not that i"m aware of. Obviously played short handed tourneys, but probably players act differently??
GL anyways bud
Cheers Paul
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Nice read Rob, the G in Blackpool has a £50 F/O on Fridays, I played it last week, and the standard on the whole was good, 120 runners as well.
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£20 rebuy "deep" stack tonight at the G and it is dealer dealt.
100BB starting stacks too so no need to go allin every hand - Ger style!!
I know a lot of people hate rebuys, but I actually like them. As long as you budget properly for them, it is possible to get quite a decent deep stack tourney going after the rebuy period is done.
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I felt compelled to oppose the deal being suggested. Especially when players have merely folded their way to the FT,
+1. Why give away part of what you have earned to people who arrive at the FT with no chips, especially if you believe you have an edge over the table irrespective of chips?
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Result(s) Rob, see live poker isn"t rigged :D
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Top Result Rob!!!
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thanks Dave, Mike and Paul (see I am worth 10%...LOL).
I am going to attempt the hat-trick tonight after my original plans were scuppered.
My original plans were to sit at home, play a few STTs and then Drive to Burnley to bring the wife home from her school trip.
Volcanic ash FTW!!!
But seriously, its an absolute nightmare for her. Flybe refused to even entertain her at Frankfurt airport, telling her that she would have to ring the group bookings department. She eventually got through and was told that if she was lucky, they may be able to get on the last flight on MONDAY!!! She has decided to snap that weak looking bluff off and raked in the refund which will go towards a train to Rotterdam, ferry to Hull and Burnley coach company picking them up there for free (one of the kids parents owns the company). She should be back on saturday??
But there is a silver lining to this very sad story..............
I get to play at the G again and go for a hat-trick of live wins
Tonight we have a £30 (+1 rebuy and 1 addon) with a 5K starting stack and pretty sure we start at 25/50 this time. Not sure if its dealer or self dealt but I"m going anyway.
Wish me luck...I"ll need it!!
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No hat trick (surprise!). An enjoyable tourney, that was dealer dealt and reasonably well run (re: balancing tables / updating the screen). I found myself sat next to "manchestercarl", a fellow team manc player.
The standard raise at the 25/50 level seemed to be 350 or higher and it was with very marginal hands. One guy open raised to 500 and then folded when he was min reraised pre flop. I tried to stay out of the way but found myself calling OTB with SCs and hit a couple of flops to take down a couple of pots. I then lost my first stack when I CRAI with a NFD that missed v top pair. Not the greatest move from me, but I felt like a a gamble. I took the addon and then rocked up looking for decent spots that never really came...
I was having a good time chatting to Carl about poker and MCFC, but that didn"t stop him busting me when I was short and shoved my 11BB stack in with A6s and he woke up in the BB with AK which held up.
Fancied a bit of cash afterwards but couldn"t be bothered waiting for a spare seat so came home. Won £40 playing Blackjack in the break so only a small loss on the night.
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Hi Rob
Good to meet you last night, and apologies if I put you off your game with my constant yapping. Wierd comp last night, and plenty of opportunity to stack-up against weaker players, especially early on... thought you played a good game all round, and got pretty unlucky on a couple of occassions... expecially your exit hand ;D.
You"ll be pleased to hear I put your stack to good use, and breezed into the final table, picking my spots well, and bullying a few weaker players at key moments, never once having to put more that 50% of my stack at risk. 17 handed I rocketed up to 150,000 chips (Of 620,000 in play), after the button tried to slow play poket kings, I flatted from the small with 78 suited and big blind (as he"d been doing all evening) let me see a free flop... a dream 7, 8, 3 (2 hearts)... I checked, big blind pushed his flush draw, bb pushed his KK over the top, I called for just over 1/2 my stack and held. Things almost got even rosier 11 handed, still with a 150k stack I woke up with AK on the bb after the sb had pushed for 40K with A2... a 2 on the turn, put me down to 100k and the bubble burst very next hand, giving me a slight chip lead on the final table.
As is always the case, final table was pretty much a game of bingo with blinds at 5k- 10k anda 1k ante whilst still 10 handed! Eventually agreed to a deal based on chip stacks 4 handed with me taking £700.... usually refuse deals, but with the GUKPT next week, the money means I"ve in efffect free-rolled into 4 of the side events.
Hope I continue to run good in tonights 50 rebuy sat to the GUKPT main... with 10 seats gaurenteed and no flights arriving in manchester any time soon, I think there will be mega value in this!
Hope to see you at the table soon
Carl
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wow top result Carl.
Team manchester take down 3 events in 4 days at the G.
and just to prove how great (sic) I am, It takes the eventual winner to stop me getting a hat-trick.
Dont worry about your yapping putting me off. I dont think I was concentrating very well anyway. I only had pocket 8s when I announced "raise" in that hand and hadn"t realised there had been a raise before me. I was glad when he folded to my improvised shove ;D
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good old betfair.
They rang me up the other day to ask "how things were"
"Well, I"m a bit tired. I"ve had a really long day at work and I"m a bit hungry"
Instead of glazing over, he then asked me what I was having for dinner
"The wife"s not home yet, but you can ring back later and find out if you want"
Eventually he moved on to my betting preferences, asking what I bet on.
"well I like jump racing and maybe the odd football bet" (I was begging him to give me a chance to talk about the poker software - but he didn"t)
He even asked me who I supported
"Man City.......well if they win their next 3 games they"ll do it......yes I hate spurs too.....but at least we have the Faroe Island Reserve keeper in net......"
Eventually he got onto the actual point of the conversation, which was about football multiples on betfair. He was offering me a free £10 bet on any football multiple.
"oh thanks, but can I have a free bet on city finishing fourth.....no.....ok, stick it on liverpool and fulham to both win tomorrow"
After being told I had to do it myself (obviously so I"d do it again) we said our goodbyes
So, armed with a tenner stuck it on Liverpool and Fulham to win, which they both duly did, netting me a nice £23 profit.
To make things better, Liverpool ended going out as well...(at least they can still finish 4th ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D)
Thanks betfair!!!
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I got this phone call too, week before Gold cup, asked me whether Denman or Kauto Star would win. I replied neither, Imperial commander will win.
Didn"t get a free bet though.
I run so bad!
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I got this phone call too, week before Gold cup, asked me whether Denman or Kauto Star would win. I replied neither, Imperial commander will win.
Didn"t get a free bet though.
I run so bad!
At least we had our own money on it then. I"m still dining out on that result ;D ;D
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I got this phone call too, week before Gold cup, asked me whether Denman or Kauto Star would win. I replied neither, Imperial commander will win.
Didn"t get a free bet though.
I run so bad!
At least we had our own money on it then. I"m still dining out on that result ;D ;D
I wish i was, it just about paid for the first days losses! ;D
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Am now in bristol waiting to check into my room before heading down for leg 1 of the CBMPT. A lack of availability for apat action has prompted this drastic move. I"m necking a cider as i text to get into the spirit. Lets see if i can make a dinner break.
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Am now in bristol waiting to check into my room before heading down for leg 1 of the CBMPT. A lack of availability for apat action has prompted this drastic move. I"m necking a cider as i text to get into the spirit. Lets see if i can make a dinner break.
good luck Rob
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Lovely photo on a world of poker but u listed as R Sundells :)
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Good luck Rob,following updates and rooting for you.
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Enjoyed the tourney while it lasted.
doubled up early doors with QQ v TT on a 7 hi board.
lost a load with QT v 63s (UTG raiser) on a QT x flop that made runner runner flush.
back up again with 77 v AA on a 7 8 J flop
then went busto at the 150/300 level when I got it in with 77 on a 6 2 T 7 board having bet the flop, hitting my set on the turn and losing to a turned gutshot straight from the "runnner runner flush" guy who was holding 89o
He was the only player who could have bust me on the table and whilst I knew I was losing to 89 and TT, I thought this player would have put me to the test with a lot worse.
It was such a huge pot at such an early stage that I maybe could have got away and still been healthy, but I"m not good enough to fold a set on that board (and probably never will be :"()
Still I had a %age of Tom Feilding and he came second so a pretty good weekend in the end.
Thanks for the messages of support
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Gala sattys FTW!!
Chopped a package on Monday
Won a seat tonight
Leeds here we come!! (can a mod do something about this pic please!!)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/CBMPTticketwon-1-1.jpg)
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I"ve finally found something that I (and the wife) run bad in......
......flights
Jul 2005 - honeymoon cancelled due to Tsunami previous December
Apr 2007 - wife"s flight back from cyprus cancelled so missed a day of work
Oct 2009 - flight to Vegas ran like clockwork ( but I was with cyntaf - so still a bad beat :D :D :D :D)
Dec 2009 - eurostar to brussells cancelled during big freeze
Apr 2010 - wife stuck in germany with 20 school kids after Volcanic ash issues (at least I gave myself a passout to the G and took down a rebuy for £800)
May 2010 - flight to Istanbul cancelled (thanks Unite!!) though have been able to book another
July 2010 - flight to sydney (via bangkok) in doubt due to political unrest....watching the news with interest!!
Shouldn"t grumble too much about these beats, given the suffering being experienced in Thailand (and for those affected by the Tsunami of course) but I am thinking of using my most hated poker phrase the next time I go to an airport.....
"One Time!!"
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Well I have been inspired to keep this going for the next few weeks.
I am currently laid up at home (and will be for 4 weeks) after having my gall bladder removed in hospital yesterday.
This gives me plenty of time for poker.
I only have one target: clear the $400 bonus that Party Poker have given me.
To do this I will need to play 600 games at stakes of $22. I will be playing a few games at higher stakes so will not quite need 600 games.
I will post updates on here...
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Wow, hope you have a speedy and more important profitable recovery, it would probably take me a year to play that many games!!
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Well I have been inspired to keep this going for the next few weeks.
I am currently laid up at home (and will be for 4 weeks) after having my gall bladder removed in hospital yesterday.
This gives me plenty of time for poker.
I only have one target: clear the $400 bonus that Party Poker have given me.
To do this I will need to play 600 games at stakes of $22. I will be playing a few games at higher stakes so will not quite need 600 games.
I will post updates on here...
10 at a time, no problem ;)
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cashed in 1 tourney for $80
qualified for the monthly million
bubbled a couple of STTs and came second in another
MTT profit: -$177 (but a $640 ticket to play still)
STT profit: -$50
one winner at Ascot, gutted I didn"t back frankie in the Hunt Cup (Alex Quinn was tipping his horse this morning)
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Well I have been inspired to keep this going for the next few weeks.
I am currently laid up at home (and will be for 4 weeks) after having my gall bladder removed in hospital yesterday.
This gives me plenty of time for poker.
I only have one target: clear the $400 bonus that Party Poker have given me.
To do this I will need to play 600 games at stakes of $22. I will be playing a few games at higher stakes so will not quite need 600 games.
I will post updates on here...
Ouch....enjoy your rest, hope all is well, and good luck with the, Limps, playing LAG, and defending Blinds, and make sure you LADDER
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Well I have been inspired to keep this going for the next few weeks.
I am currently laid up at home (and will be for 4 weeks) after having my gall bladder removed in hospital yesterday.
This gives me plenty of time for poker.
I only have one target: clear the $400 bonus that Party Poker have given me.
To do this I will need to play 600 games at stakes of $22. I will be playing a few games at higher stakes so will not quite need 600 games.
I will post updates on here...
Ouch....enjoy your rest, hope all is well, and good luck with the, Limps, playing LAG, and defending Blinds, and make sure you LADDER
LOL nice one Waz.
I wish I had taken your advice. Just bust out of the 20K on Party in 8th for $970 when I could have easily laddered for more...
the bonus challenge is well on the way. I have now cleared 12% of the first installment. back to the grind tomorrow.
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Day 2 of my convalescence has gone superbly
played 3 STTs winning one and bombing in the other 2
played 12 MTTs cashing in 4 of them and winning 2 of them (albeit 25 and 68 runner events)
This is on top of a very good score yesterday in the daily biggie, finishing 8th for $970
So far my record for 2 days is
STT profit: -$16
MTT profit: +$ 1505 (of which $640 is a tourney ticket)
bonus cleared: 19% of the way to the first $200.
I think I"m going to struggle to clear all $400 in the next 4 weeks (when I"m off work), but should be able to do it in the 90 days that I"ve been allowed
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Nice results today. Keep it up, and look forward to seeing the updates.
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today"s performance
played in 4 STTs, second in 2 of them and bombed the others
played in 12 MTTs, cashing in 3 of them finishing second in one of them. Played a few "Monthly million" sats that bombed in so a small loss today
Really struggled emotionally with some of the poor play at the table today. I suffered a load of bad beats early on today and descended into some pretty poor play myself. Luckily my tilty approach in the $1K bounty paid off as I dealt out a few shockers of my own to finish second in that one to rescue my day.
STT profit: +$16
MTT profit +$1488
bonus %age cleared: 26%
I may play a bit more later but am starving and its the England game soon, so who knows
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wasn"t going to play today but the missus went out to get her hair done
played in and donked 4 MTTs
grinded 9 STTs, winning 3, bubbling 2 and nothing in the others
STT profit: +$118
MTT profit: +$1343
bonus %age cleared: 31%
I"m starting to get a bit more mobile now and am really gutted to not be in Aberdeen (honest) for the Scottish Champs. I will spend the rest of the day following the live feed and updates
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sunday monday update...
played 13 STTs today winning 1, bubbling 2 and bombing the other 10. This was a classic example of why good bankroll management is so crucial to being a winning player. I can honestly say that I made very few mistakes here, getting to the late stages of most of the tourneys, only to either get out drawn or finding myself pushing into monsters at crucial stages. I"m seriously, not tilting at all at the moment.
played 15 MTTs over 2 days including a few on stars. I had a couple of cashes and even won a 20 man jobbie for $400 but overall a loss over the last few days.
I"m taking the rest of the day off and will resume the grind tomorrow
STT profit: -$70
MTT profit: +$1019
%age bonus cleared: 44%
Loved the coverage from Aberdeen and cant wait to get involved in APAT tourneys again. This season has been a bit of a non event for me with availability issues for a lot of the live and online dates. However, I will be anteing up for the WCOAP at DTD and cant wait!!
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undone a lot of STT damage from yesterday
played 4 - finished 1, 2 ,3, 4
weeeeeeeeee
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undone a lot of STT damage from yesterday
played 4 - finished 1, 2 ,3, 4
weeeeeeeeee
So are you getting worse,...1,2,3, and then a lowly 4th.. :D.or are you getting better? :P
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undone a lot of STT damage from yesterday
played 4 - finished 1, 2 ,3, 4
weeeeeeeeee
So are you getting worse,...1,2,3, and then a lowly 4th.. :D.or are you getting better? :P
the next 2 were 5th and 6th (I kid you not!!)
full summary to come
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Tuesday summary
10 STTs (2 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third, 1 bubble, 4 blanks)
In the MTTs, it was day of mini cashes (4 from 11) that was rescued by winning another $640 ticket to the Monthly Million. I"ve already qualified for this so get the $s instead. Thought I played Ok today. Ironically, my worst play was around the bubble of the satellite. I"m a very nervous medium stack in these. I made a terrible call to try and end it which left me short stacked. I then binked my way to the seat (not one for any satellite purists watching)
STT profit: + $48
MTT profit: + $1437
%age bonus cleared: 53%
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Epic Day
played 6 STTs, winning 2 and second in another
played in 13 tourneys and thought it was going to be another frustrating day of min cashes (had 4 today and bubbled another) when I went and shipped a 30 runner MTT for $1500 ($109 buy in) and then won ANOTHER seat in the monthly million for $640 in my last 2 tourneys of the day.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
STT profit: +$176
MTT profit: +$ 3187
bonus cleared: 62%
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Awesome Rob. Keep it up!
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Very first hand of the donkament
Look at how much action I get here
Free pint at DTD to the person who can guess what doricami had?
***** Hand History for Game 9369213678 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $22 USD Buy-in Trny: 52993837 Level: 1 Blinds(20/40) - Thursday, June 24, 13:30:17 BST 2010
Table $2K Gtd Regular (1950001) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10/10
Seat 8: CBaptiste ( 3,000 )
Seat 6: ChrisM1981 ( 3,000 )
Seat 3: Krille_L ( 3,000 )
Seat 7: Swinebag22 ( 3,000 )
Seat 4: doricami ( 3,000 )
Seat 2: drortega ( 3,000 )
Seat 9: kamerunez ( 3,000 )
Seat 10: nina8486 ( 3,000 )
Seat 1: snoooooop999 ( 3,000 )
Seat 5: yo590 ( 3,000 )
Trny: 52993837 Level: 1
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Swinebag22 [ 3s 3c ]
CBaptiste calls [40]
kamerunez calls [40]
nina8486 calls [40]
snoooooop999 folds
drortega folds
Krille_L raises [120]
doricami calls [120]
yo590 calls [120]
ChrisM1981 folds
Swinebag22 calls [80]
CBaptiste calls [80]
kamerunez folds
nina8486 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 3h, 3d ]
Swinebag22 checks
CBaptiste bets [350]
Krille_L raises [700]
doricami calls [700]
yo590 calls [700]
Swinebag22 calls [700]
CBaptiste calls [350]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
Swinebag22 checks
CBaptiste checks
Krille_L bets [720]
doricami calls [720]
yo590 calls [720]
Swinebag22 is all-In [2,180]
CBaptiste folds
Krille_L folds
doricami is all-In [1,460]
yo590 folds
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
Swinebag22 shows [ 3s, 3c ]four of a kind, Threes.
doricami shows [?,? ]
Swinebag22 wins 10,000 chips from the main pot with four of a kind, Threes.
Player doricami finished in 89.
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22 obv...
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22 obv...
err...was I a complete n00b and left this in somewhere??
anyway, correct first time
1 pint of her majestys finest ale for you sir
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Excellent - first thing I"ve won in weeks :)
u didnt leave it in - he just played like an idiot plays 22-66 and ur question led me to believe it was the bottom of that range ;) easy game...
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Excellent - first thing I"ve won in weeks :)
u didnt leave it in - he just played like an idiot plays 22-66 and ur question led me to believe it was the bottom of that range ;) easy game...
well I was too busy thinking how to get the max with my hand when all the action happened and pretty soon stopped caring what everyone else had.
ended up FTing this but only 6th :(
still, gratz, see you in august!!
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Thursday"s summary
arrivederci Italia....LOL
Only played 5 STTs today, winning 1, second in another, bubbling 1 and bombing the other 2.
Quiet day on the donkaments too. Had potential for a few decent scores but had to settle for 3 small cashes from 13 tourneys, could have been much better if I hadn"t bubbled a monthly million satty. Also played a few Gala sattys last night for no return, but also managed to win my 4th monthly million seat in 8 days last night.
STT profit: +$226
MTT profit: +$ 3548
bonus cleared: 71%
Tomorrow promises to be a quiet day as I am feeling a bit pokered out. I requested some marking to do (how sad am I) and some Year 10 tests were promptly delivered today *sigh*
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Friday
A late start today, due to doing a bit of schoolwork, but once I started...
Thank god for satellites!!! that"s all I can say, otherwise I"d be broke!!
Only played 1 STT today which I bombed
Played 14 MTT and the only thing I won was seats in the two sattys I played today. A few deep runs but some bad calls in crucial spots cost me, so not a bean. Oh I forget. I had a $5 bounty in the 1K gtd bounty that I managed to bubble for the second time in 3 days. I did add yet another $640 monthly million seat (yawn) but also won a $215 ticket to the Friday 30K which I played and have just bust out of it (AA < QQ) early. :(
STT profit: +$204
MTT profit: +$3538
bonus cleared: 82%
Missus is at a school works do tonight so may grind a bit more....
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crumbs - don"t recommend the STTs late at night
played 6, second in 1 and bombed the others. I was mostly 5th in the others, where the standard of play was much improved, push/fold strategy has to be spot on and hands have to hold. I"m not used to playing STTs 7 handed at the 300/600 level where I"m chip leader with 5BBs (tha"ts why I don"t play turbos anymore)
STT profit: + $132
plus an extra 2% cleared
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4 more STTs today whilst watching the footy (well played Uruguay)
bubbled 2 of them, second in another and 3 outered early in the other
STT profit: +$71
bonus cleared: 86%
Looking forward to the USA v Ghana match tonight (should have been England). My 50/1 EW (4 places paid) on the USA is looking a good bet now. I will lay off by backing Ghana to qualify.
Have been impressed with the septics in this tourney, most of all by the sheer number of fans they brought over..gl
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Only played one MTT today, a 40 runner PLO8. I"m a bit of a n00b at LPO8, so was delighted to finish 2nd for $220.
Had a 2 to 1 chip advantage HU but it may as well have been 20 to 1. Didn"t really have a clue and needed a decent starting hand or a decent flop to bet the hell out of. I had 77xx on a 567 flop with only the redraw to the house and no Lo possibilities (not too good). Oppo had a SFD which he hit on the turn.
Killer blow was when I had AT23 (2 hearts) on a JQK (2 hearts) board. This was a much better spot (I think..LOL) but oppo had JQxx and turned the house to win it.
MTT profit: +$3736
bonus cleared: still 86%
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Massive Game tomorrow
Only one thing to say
Come on England!!!
When was the last time we beat Australia in a ODI series? I"m going to Old Trafford tomorrow to see if we can do it.
(of course I"m not pissed off about it clashing with the germany match and having to leave the ground to find somewhere to watch it)
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Get in there
England Rocks!!
Lets go for the whitewash!!
anyone watch the footy today??
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Monday 28th
played 5 STTs, winning one and coming second in another
played 10 MTTs (including one last night when I got back from the cricket) I won a Limit HE tourney that only had 9 runners (LOL) and cashed in another. A load of deep runs in the big field ones but falling short just before the money
STT profit: + $140
MTT proffit: + $3296
bonus cleared: 94% (nearly there)
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played the 25K daily on party tonight ($162 entry). bubbled the money playing FTW. Knew 3 bettor was weak v my AK
still he called my shove and his K5 held...nh sir...
On the bright side I came third in a $22 STT and my bonus cleared is now up to 97%
weeeeeeeeeeeeee
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ship the $200 !!! first bonus cleared
the grind goes on. Had a few school and house things to do today but managed a few games
played 4 STTs finishing second twice and nowhere in the others
played 8 MTTs, coming close in a few but my only cash was another Monthly million package for $640. I"d be broke if these sattys didn"t exist...Had a deep run in a $33 rebuy but got binked at a crucial stage. Have to say that getting your money in bad and losing is far easier to take than getting it in good and losing. This has happened twice in the last 24 hours now on/near the bubble in tourneys with decent prizes and is pretty demoralising.
STT profit: + $172
MTT profit: + $3354
bonus cleared: 3%
I am setting a target of hitting this before I go back to work (12th July). It works out as about 8 full days plus any spare time over the next 2 weekends where I can squeeze a game in. On my best days I was hitting about 12% so will need to go some to clear this. Hopefully bink some $s along the way too
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In need of a break - have been at it solid all day
3 STTs, third in 2 and nowhere in the other
A great day on the MTT front, cashing in 5 and winning 3 from 16 played. Wins were 1/10 for $200 (well it started as 2 tables of 5), 1/30 for $500 and 1/73 for $650. Nearly binked another monthly million seat but fell just short.
I"m up to 12th in the weekly MTT leaderboard on party. One more decent result and I could make top 10 and get a free ticket to the 300K gtd on sunday. These rewards have certainly motivated me and I played pretty solid today.
STT profit: + $186
MTT profit: + $3976
bonus cleared: 14%
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In need of a break - have been at it solid all day
3 STTs, third in 2 and nowhere in the other
hmmmmm just played 13 STTs concurrently! (cashed in 9 without winning one) +£79 :)
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Thursday
quiet day on the poker front, as I had to go to the Doc and sort the missus" car out.
managed 1 STT which I came second in
played in 11 MTTs, had 1 min cash and a string of terrible suckouts at crucial stages. Luckily I managed to bag my 7th Monthly million package in 2 weeks for $640 tourney dollars
I am up to 7th in the weekly MTT leaderboard now and if I can stay top 10, will get a free ticket to the sunday 300K. weeeeeeeeeeeeee
STT profit: + $243
MTT profit: + $4172
bonus cleared: 20%
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I had to go to the Doc and sort the missus" car out.
S"funny...when my car goes wrong...I go to a mechanic.
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I had to go to the Doc and sort the missus" car out.
S"funny...when my car goes wrong...I go to a mechanic.
Yes, a punctuation "eats shoots and leaves" moment there.
Thanks for reading
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Top grinding today
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/turbowin.png)
3 STTs - 1 win, 1 bubble, nowhere in 1
16 MTT. I won a $55 turbo with 70 runners for $1200, had 5 more final tables of which 3 were cashes (one for $340 in another $55 turbo) and 1 was a bubble in 4th. Ecstatic about the win in a turbo. I never normally play these but with wanting to play a higher volume, I decided to have a go. Despite this result I wont be sticking with them in the long run.
I am still running top 10 in the Weekly MTT leaderboard but I"m not holding out too much hope as I wont be able to play much over the weekend so this should kill my chances...
bought goals on the spreads in the Brazil match and the Dutch have just gone 2-1 up!!.............come on the strikers!!
STT profit: $277
MTT profit: $ 5240
bonus cleared: 31%
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Great result Rob. Keep it up!
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yep fair play Rob - good stint.
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gall bladder FTW!
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well managed to squeeze a few games in today...
played in 2 STTs, third in 1 and last in the other
played in 6 MTTs, amazingly cashing in 5 of them, one for another monthly million ticket ($640) and another was another turbo win for $464.
I"m leaving the grind for a few hours, but will be back to play in the APAT games tonight on betfair (and any other games on party if I have a chance)
STT profit: + $273
MTT profit: + $ 6321
bonus cleared: 35%
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played v poorly today, which was a shame as I entered sunday majors on stars and party. I dont play as well when I"m in a busy house.
managed to cash in a $33 rebuy and qualified twice for the sunday warm up in 7 DS satty attempts, but that was it from 15 tourneys entered
MTT Profit: + $5531
bonus cleared: 49%
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v quiet day today
3 STTs finsihing second in 1 of them
3 MTTs winning nothing apart from a few bounties in a (you guessed it) bounty tourney
STT profit: + $256
MTT profit: + $5655 (with last night APAT win)
bonus cleared: 51%
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How did you finish on the leader board?
Good effort btw.
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How did you finish on the leader board?
Good effort btw.
They dont seem to have an archive of past leaderboards. When I went to check it just showed this week. I"ve emailed them and they sent me a link to this weeks leaderboard...sigh....emailed them again!!
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LOL
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slightly better volume today
2 STTs winning one
13 MTTs winning 1 (it only made 10 runners but its a win) for $200 and a couple of min cashes.
not playing well at the moment. Have been in great form the last week but am trying to force the action too much and donking off stacks like no-ones business
STT profit: + $312
MTT profit: + $5457
bonus cleared: 59%
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How did you finish on the leader board?
Good effort btw.
just got this email from Party - get in there, I believe
Dear Rob,
Thank you for contacting us.
We escalated the matter to our promotional department for confirmation and can now inform you that you have finished at rank #10 with 598.11 Leader Board Points. Thus, you have won both an Entry to $200K Guaranteed Tournament and Entry to $1,000 Leader Board Freeroll. The entries are now available in your account to register with.
You can check your freeroll entry by logging into the lobby and selecting "My Account" > "Transaction History". From the drop down menu please select "Freeroll Account Activity". Then please select the "From" and "To" dates and click on "Submit".
Thank you for choosing us as your online gaming site!
Kind Regards,
Petkana
Customer Service
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Get in there indeed - worth the sweat in the end!
GL in the freebies.
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eventful day, by dossing at home standards anyway.
started the day with a phone call from the serious crime unit of the Yorkshire police
WPC (who sounded fit obv): is that Mr Rob Swindells
ME: Yes
WPC: have you ever been based in wiltshire in the Army
ME: errr. no. never.
WPC: you are married to Laura aren"t you
ME: er..yes...how did you get my number? sorry stupid question, you are the force
WPC: we must have the wrong Rob Swindells
ME: prolly
WPC: sorry about that, good bye.....
ME: (goes to hang up) ok no probs..
WPC: one more thing (fk off Colomobo)...Do you know a Jonathan Haynes?
Me: errrrrrrrrrrr....no sorry
and that was that. Feeling spooked, I still ventured outside and went for a haircut and a shave. This new barbers that does wet shaves has just opened and I felt like a bit of pampering. The shave was great until the slapping on of after shave that burnt my face off.
anyway back to the poker
played 8 STTs with 1 win, 1 second and 2 thirds
played 6 MTTs with zero return. bubbled a seat for the monthly million, and was one from the bubble in 2 other tourneys. played much better today, so not too disappointed with zero return.
STT profit: + $415
MTT profit: + $5222
bonus cleared: 65%
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Its spelt columbo ..
whats your job again !!!!!!!!
Colombo (Sinhala: ????, pronounced [?kol?mb?]; Tamil: ????????) is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital city ..
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Its spelt columbo ..
whats your job again !!!!!!!!
Colombo (Sinhala: ????, pronounced [?kol?mb?]; Tamil: ????????) is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital city ..
=It"s
thanks tony...Knew there"e be a grammmar error in your spelling correction post.
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typical MANC
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typical MANC
LOL
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Good to see the world cup final demonstrates the start of the shift in power in manchester.
2-1 to city in terms of representatives.
We have David Silva from Spain and Nigel De Jong from Holland
United have Howard Webb
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I have started a mini grind (3 days) before I go on holiday. I finished school yesterday and have 3 days at home before the missus finishes.
I"ve played a few games since I last posted, but have not been keeping the running total, so will just see how much I win/lose over the 3 days
today was a disaster..
5 STTs with only 1 second place
14 MTTs with nothing but a $5 bounty to the + column
STT profit: - $72
MTT profit: - $667
bonus cleared: 92%
The aim is to complete the bonus in the 3 days (I should do it in 2) but it will be pretty pointless if I keep dropping amounts like this....
Felt I played well today, but it was one of those days where I kept running into monsters (plus a few grim outdraws)
Highlight was in a rebuy where I shoved flop with T hi (had a draw though), was called to find my hand good (he had draw too obv) and it held ;D ;D ;D
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Well, had another Barry today
I"ve got my $200 bonus added. I"ve also spent my Party points on $200 cash and a $350 bonus (5 x $70) that works out at about 70% rakeback, with the added luxury of being given 6 months to clear it. I should clear the first $70 by tomorrow.
However, I"m running like turd again today. Its been flush into flush, straight into straight, house into house, QQ into KK, KK into AA. I"m yet to be set over setted, but feel that is just around the corner. Again I feel that I"m playing ok so am not thinking of quitting....yet!
played 8 STTs - winning 1 and second in another
played 19 MTTs and didn"t win a bean.
Really glad I"m going on holiday because I may need a break from this game, even though I dont want one
STT profit: -$21
MTT profit: -$1525
new bonus cleared: 23%
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slightly better day yesterday
played 11 STTs and only cashed in 1 for third - disasterous run of luck there, including bubbling one when I had half the chips in play at one point
played 5 MTTs and binked one for $435
STT profit: - $203
MTT profit: - $1219
new bonus cleared: 59%
Have now cashed out £2500 for my holiday which begins today. Am off to SE asia and Australia for 5 weeks, so poker break well timed methinks....
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Enjoy the break Rob.
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Been a while since I posted on my blogthing. I normally put a series of brags in here and then go quiet when I"m doing bad. I have been doing ok in the last 9 months but have been suffering from writers block. However, I finally have something bragworthy to warrant starting the blog up again
My wife finally gave birth to a lovely baby boy.
Rory Martin Swindells, popped out at 03:47 on saturday morning weighing 6 lb 12 oz..
Mum and baby all well. Dad wondering when he can get his next grind in ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I was even able to watch the FA cup semi. Everyone was texting telling me the baby was an omen (not as in the film I hope LOL) but I felt that sharing the same ward as Rio as his wife also gave birth would cancel it out. Luckily it was not to be as we fluked it with a flukey goal
[ ] united have never done that to us
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congrats Rob, great news
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congrats Rob, great news
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Well done and congratulations to you both!
Ian
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Thats fantastic news Rob congratulations to you all. Will buy you a beer or two next time I see you.
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Congrats Rob, great news.
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Congratulations Rob.
Lack of sleep comes easily to a poker player. ;D
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Big congrats! Glad all went well x ;D
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Congrats mate nice one.
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Congratulations to you all Rob, nice result 8)
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Nice work Rob
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Got to congratulate Mrs Swinebag: brave woman that.
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congrats to you all.
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Congrats to ye!!! Where"s the pics?!
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Congrats to ye!!! Where"s the pics?!
ok - here are a few
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/022.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/021.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/019.jpg)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/018.jpg)
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Awwwwww, he really is a proper wee cutie!!! Must get it from his mom. That and his hair..... :D
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A wee cracker Rob.
Congrats to all
Geo
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(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/019.jpg)
no denying the wee tot ;D just like the old man looking at the river
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Gorgeous pics Rob, hope you"re all doing well.
(me thinks its more like this Ger)...
(http://www.i2b-online.com/images/poker/rob_baby.jpg)
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Can"t be right. Everyone knows 7 2 os is the nuts
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Starting early with 7/2, just class ;D
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Really looking forward to the pub champs this weekend. This will be my first live poker since the UK team champs last January.
Personal circumstances have conspired against me, though not in a bad way I should add, and have made playing live poker impossible
In the last few months, as well as becoming a Dad, I have also moved house.
I am no longer a resident of Manchester and now live in Clitheroe. It is a gorgeous town in the northern part of East lancashire (though not NE lancashire - I am reliably informed - w/e!!) and is much closer to my new school and much closer to my Wife"s (who had been doing a massive commute for the last 7 years)
Baby Swinebag is doing great and is really <3ing clitheroe too (see what I did there Stew??)
I have also scaled down my online play, but a few decent results and deep runs have convinced me that I can still cut it at this game.
Blackpool is now my local Casino, so I was delighted to step in when Scouse couldn"t make the Pub champs. I feel that the aquarium is the perfect team for me and we intend to take this down.
For those questioning my links to the team, I should point out that my wife once represented Cumbria at a young persons business and enterprise competition, and she had to do her presentation at the Aquarium (Or Shell Sports club as it was called then) so I was the obvious choice ;D ;D ;D
I"m a bit gutted not to be making the friday festivities, especially when I live so close, but I will make up for it over the weekend. Looking forward to meeting up with a load of familiar faces and of course felting Redfern again!! ;D ;D
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Clitheroe ? That"s not too far from Amanda and myself... Hmmm, wondering if we can arrange a home game sometime in the future...
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Oh, and congrats on the wee one.
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Clitheroe ? That"s not too far from Amanda and myself... Hmmm, wondering if we can arrange a home game sometime in the future...
definitely - I have hosting facilities too. Let me know when!!
Oh, and congrats on the wee one.
ty ;D
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I am no longer a resident of Manchester and now live in Clitheroe.
Mike Scothern and I run a 7 or 8 handed home game in the Burnley/Padiham/Clitheroe area every three weeks if you fancy it Rob !?
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I do - pm me details and I"ll see if I can get a pass out.
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We run good at the moment - aquarium denizens FTW
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coincidence city
I restart the blog and bink a tourney
I finally win the 5k gtd on 888.
I dont think I"ve ever ran this good on a FT. It would be enough to send Tonytripps over the edge. He thinks I am such a luckbox and have no skillz. This run of beats just backs his theory up. Read em and weep TT!!
A rag > JJ
A rag > TT
9T > JJ
then to bust the other big stack
I CRAI with 89dd on a 4678 (2 diamonds) turn and run into 55......river T
Then to bust the guy in second who had been stop and going repeatedly in the last level, over shoving 20+ BB from the BB to my button raises. I finally let him hang himself when I raised with K9 and was flatted, he open shoved on a A92 flop and I snapped him off. He flipped AQ (whoops).....turn 9 (bink bink binkety bink)
final hand was unique because I was ahead and held A9 > QT
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/swinebag22/5Kgtdwinner.png)
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It"s great when someone admits that they"re a sicko luckbox. Unlike a certain bald bloke I know ;D
WP Rob, nice win & well deserved. See you at the w/e.
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It"s great when someone admits that they"re a sicko luckbox. Unlike a certain bald bloke I know ;D
WP Rob, nice win & well deserved. See you at the w/e.
LOL
And well done Rob.
If you join our home game be prepared for some diabolical play!! :)
So hopefully now you are in Clitheroe, you will become a customer of mine. Details tomorrow.
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Nice one Rob. Run-good always seems to follow a break away from the game - it"s almost like the poker gods are welcoming you back. ;) See you tomorrow.
@ Andy D - I always admit when I"ve been lucky. I admitted it both times!
My exit from this tourney last night was in a hand where I 4-bet pre to around 25x from a stack of 60x with AA and got 1 caller. Flop Q24r - I crai and he calls with QJo(!!!). Naturally the river was a J. I run great. Win that hand and I take chip lead.
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@ Andy D - I always admit when I"ve been lucky. I admitted it both times
Haha quality steve!!
See you tomorrow
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Where"s the Edinburgh summary Rob ;)
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Where"s the Edinburgh summary Rob ;)
am writing a TR grant, but am going on holiday tomorrow for a week, so it will have to wait
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Where"s the Edinburgh summary Rob ;)
am writing a TR grant, but am going on holiday tomorrow for a week, so it will have to wait
make sure the spelling and grammar is up to standard please Rob.
well played btw
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Where"s the Edinburgh summary Rob ;)
am writing a TR grant, but am going on holiday tomorrow for a week, so it will have to wait
make sure the spelling and grammar are up to standard please Rob.
well played btw
FYP
C- (because I"m nice)
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Enjoy the holiday mate, look forward to the write up when you get back. Now go put your feet up 8)
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Where"s the Edinburgh summary Rob ;)
am writing a TR grant, but am going on holiday tomorrow for a week, so it will have to wait
make sure the spelling and grammar are up to standard please Rob.
well played btw
FYP
C- (because I"m nice)
A+ lmao better than any report, multiple subjects, singular verb....
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In keeping with all the other blogs, thought I should just add....
"two more sleeps in Garda then I fly home for the WCOAP"
See you all in notts. Can"t wait!!
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Time to resurrect the blog.
Can not think what has happened in the last few days that has persuaded me to do this.
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
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Time to resurrect the blog.
Can not think what has happened in the last few days that has persuaded me to do this.
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyS1kET_6nI[/youtube]
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Top stuff Rob, we await the arrival :)
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Time to resurrect the blog.
Can not think what has happened in the last few days that has persuaded me to do this.
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
we won the league in fergie time
Top blogging!!!
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I"m just stunned it"s been 9 months since the last post and there was no mention of certain other events through the season ;)
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Quality write up that Rob, well done again on a great performance :)
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Nice report rob and top result :)
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Great job Rob, really well done on a great result
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Team America reference made me smile... "i am so ronery...." ;D
Massive congrats again sir, well deserved. Will get you a beer at DTD
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Super read Rob .. Have learnt a few strategies that could mend possible/def flaws in my own game thanks.
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a few hands were played that you may wish to comment on (rodders/noble/brendan)
Like I need encouraging ;D
even if I had thought about it before putting in the 4 bet, I may have still 4 bet folded
Is flatting the 3b an option, seems better than 4b fold.?
Is 4b fold line a bluff, can villain call with hands we beat?
I have a proper grinding stack and am never opening light now and shipping light in good spots.
This is where the difference in live and online is for me. I am a predominantly online player and the bit in italics is pretty standard for online tourneys (isn't it??). It was also pretty standard from a lot of players who played UKIPT Edinburgh where the majority of deep runners were predominantly online players. However, in this event, I seemed to be the only player with this mindset with a lot of players raise folding from 15BB stacks, hardly anyone 3 bet light with a short stack and I even saw a 3 bet fold from a 20BB stack. It seemed I was playing differently to everyone which led me to think I wasn't playing that correctly.
Online MTT'rs will have much better stack size awareness and adjust their strategies accordingly, sounds like the player standard was pretty poor.
I then make a very puzzling fold with AQ against steve. Steve was no 1 in chips and I was number 2 at the time. He raises and I fold after a bit of thought. This is terrible from me but my twisted logic at the time was....
Steve is targeting a 7BB stack in the BB so I think he is not raising light. I can't ever flat AQo OOP there and my hand felt too good to 3 bet/fold but not good enough to 3 bet/call it off vs his stack. Doesn't make sense? Didn't think so, but then folding AQ pre doesn't. In hindsight 3 bet folding is fine here. Thoughts? It probably was a laddering decision on my part and not a great one. I simply didn't want to tangle with Steve this early in the final.
Again with the "can't flat" line? You don't have a calling range in these spots?
As it happens I like the fold, it seems prudent to avoid such a tough spot, is that what good poker is all about?
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Nice result Rob
Did you win the last longer?
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Our table is then moved to lucky 13 away from the cameras, but the table continues to play solid. I chip up to about 180K after 3 betting Andrew Duffy with ATo in the h/j and him folding to my cbet. The next hand I get QQ (blinds are 1.5K/3K/300) and make it 6K. The BB then makes it 15K. I then make it 35K. Trouble is I have done this without a plan, so when BB (had played pretty solid) makes it 80K I go into the tank. I spend most of my time in the tank having a go at myself for 4 betting without a plan. Flatting is out of the question and 6 betting seems like such a spew when I have been picking up easy chips elsewhere on the table. I fold which feels correct and even if I had thought about it before putting in the 4 bet, I may have still 4 bet folded, but at least my thought process would have been more advanced than “errr I have QQ, I rereraise”. Back to awkward stack size time as the blinds go up to 2K/4K/400 and I am grinding again as the bubble approaches....
as long as u reason out every move you make before u make it this will make you play more actively/not in autopilot mode.[u already know this as per the tanking :)]
constantly keep thinking Rob, constantly analyzing your play aids the improving... hopefully it will help prevent you from making terrible, tilty, or spewy plays because you won"t just be acting on a whim etc, you will be hopefully consciously reasoning through all your options. [in play]
tbh i"d call the 3bet and plan to call a reasonable sized cbet if he makes one and see what action he makes on 4th 5th street.. all on what flops, how u view his range and how u think he perceives your 3bet call range...
the rest seems ok"ish , u have plenty of experience now in mtts ;) [and bit of intelligence :)] so your assumptions in play on your opponents and how they play the ranges u give them have/will get better/more accurate... so trust your gut...
away from the table - i"d be more interested in how u thought u was perceived by your oppo"s regarding your thinking on being/taking more creative [lines] with some of your stronger hands..
the QJ call on the final table is close, all on how wide u thought his range was... me, i don"t mind it :) u know my views on possible negative ev flips, as long as it doesn"t effect your overall strategy to much by losing, but can make a fairly significant change by winning [aka - Gigabet]
further thoughts - invest in a blond wig and a bit of lippy etc, work on a cute Danish/Dutch accent and reap the awards ;D
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Nice TR and congrats on the 4th place.
The day 3 stuff was very interesting. The two lose calls you made:
1. Q10 vs 99 - I think this was too lose. Not because its 8BB but because of the proportion of your stack. I think you had a very good table position and this was a bad spot to call so much of your stack when you had lots of opportunites to chip up against the 2 TAGs to your left. If you got 35BB+ then no probs but you didn"t.
However your rationale was to Gamble - it worked and changed the balance of the table in your favour.
2. Hand against me - I think is also fold but probably more marginal. As I playing - you were really well behind my range there / especially given your image of calling light and my superfold strategy. :D.
Also, I clearly wanted a call......
Of course my thinking here could be a leak in my game.......
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Nice TR and congrats on the 4th place.
The day 3 stuff was very interesting. The two lose calls you made:
1. Q10 vs 99 - I think this was too lose. Not because its 8BB but because of the proportion of your stack. I think you had a very good table position and this was a bad spot to call so much of your stack when you had lots of opportunites to chip up against the 2 TAGs to your left. If you got 35BB+ then no probs but you didn"t.
However your rationale was to Gamble - it worked and changed the balance of the table in your favour.
2. Hand against me - I think is also fold but probably more marginal. As I playing - you were really well behind my range there / especially given your image of calling light and my superfold strategy. :D.
Also, I clearly wanted a call......
Of course my thinking here could be a leak in my game.......
Can"t argue with any of this Jason. I have pretty much said the same as you in the TR as well.
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@noble and brendan.
Ty for the comments re: the QQ hand. I still hate my 4 bet fold and whilst that may have cost me less than "call 3 bet call c bet fold turn" I missed out on the best way to win a bigger pot, and by turning my hand into a bluff, I also may have been out bluffed (though I doubt it here)
The AQ hand feels much better now after your comments Bren. I still don"t like calling / fold to cbet at this stage but it is hardly a terrible move. In position, I"m all over this hand. In the SB, I"m happy with my cautious line.
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This is hand played by a top online mtt"r, when I saw it first I thought WTF! thats weak but the rationale was to simply avoid a tough spot, which when you think about it, is smart.
Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker Stars (http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php) Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (http://www.flopturnriver.com)
(http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-table-pictures/1636790.gif) (http://www.flopturnriver.com/Poker-Hand-QsAh-Tournament-SB-1636790.php)
saw flop
MP3 (t8243)
CO (t17502)
Button (t10387)
Hero (SB) (t25575)
(t8520)
UTG (t9093)
UTG+1 (t20747)
MP1 (t20341)
MP2 (t2600)
Hero"s M: 56.83
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/spade.gif), A(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif)
1 fold, UTG+1 bets t660, 2 folds, MP3 calls t660, 3 folds, BB raises t1800, 2 folds
Total pot: t2130
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overall Rob u have gone deep in this mtt and the ukipt thingy me do, u"ve binked a warm up and various other online mtts so just continue doing what u are doing fella... u"ve worked out what strategy works for u so tbh when others tell u it is wrong, then don"t listen to them... keep that bit of spew in your game imho, u are not playing optimally without some sub-optimal in your locker when u deem it necessary [if u know what i mean :)]
i think your post-flop game could be improved on, but thats just my opinion, u might think otherwise :)
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well played Rob on your result. I played in the event and followed alot of the action on the live stream after busting out Friday night.
Easy for people to nit pick etc particular hands but overall you played a great game, rode ya luck went with your reads and picked your spots to put others under pressure very very well. Its impossible to play a "perfect" game and you had your bits of luck thats needed to go deep in comps like this but you also had the balls to make those moves and try and put yourself in a position to win
Keep running good as its mostly all luck anyway ;) and well played once again
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This is a long one so cliffs at the start
cliffs
I finish 4th at GPS stoke for £18K
thanks to APAT/Des for the value added seat
a few hands were played that you may wish to comment on (rodders/noble/brendan)
Honored to be placed in such company :)
Can"t really add much to what the other two have already said tbh, great posts as always. Like the way Rob still looks for improvements even when he gets a result like that, this is why he is one of the best imo.
You playing at DTD Rob?
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Easy for people to nit pick etc particular hands but overall you played a great game,
See this...
a few hands were played that you may wish to comment on
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This is hand played by a top online mtt"r, when I saw it first I thought WTF! thats weak but the rationale was to simply avoid a tough spot, which when you think about it, is smart.
Poker Stars No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker Stars (http://poker-tools.flopturnriver.com/Hand-Converter.php) Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (http://www.flopturnriver.com)
(http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-table-pictures/1636790.gif) (http://www.flopturnriver.com/Poker-Hand-QsAh-Tournament-SB-1636790.php)
saw flop
MP3 (t8243)
CO (t17502)
Button (t10387)
Hero (SB) (t25575)
(t8520)
UTG (t9093)
UTG+1 (t20747)
MP1 (t20341)
MP2 (t2600)
Hero"s M: 56.83
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/spade.gif), A(http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/images/smilies/heart.gif)
1 fold, UTG+1 bets t660, 2 folds, MP3 calls t660, 3 folds, BB raises t1800, 2 folds
Total pot: t2130
Folding AQoff in this spot is super standard.
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Heck of a result and report!
Congrats!
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Folding AQoff in this spot is super standard.
That"s true, but not always easy to do. Saying that I do like the fold (and the one Rob made). It"s about stack size and position. With this stack size position becomes even more important.
AK is a tougher hand there as that really is too good to fold, but you are not delighted to be in the situation.
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Folding AQoff in this spot is super standard.
Do you think it"s similar to the spot Rob faced with his AQ?
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What was the "silliness" from the dealer A9 vs AT hand?
I watched quite a bit whilst you were on the feature table ... a little before the A9 vs AT hand ... the guy to your left somehow managed to fold AJs vs your AT shove ...
Seemed to be a lot of weak play in the Genting events that I played ...
Great cash - great running - especially vs the mucked winning hand - running with the theory that volatilty evens itself out are you going to start mucking the winning hand??
What"s next up in your poker calendar?
L
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Been away in Sorrento so just caught this. Very nice preformance and cash Rob, well done mate 8)
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You playing at DTD Rob?
I am and really looking forward to it
What was the "silliness" from the dealer A9 vs AT hand?
just my reference to the 9 on the turn and T on the river (as opposed to letting the board brick out)
What"s next up in your poker calendar?
Hopefully
APAT ECOAP main at DTD
chezger september fest
GPS online in september
GPS sheffield £150 side event
APAT stoke
maybe UKIPT bristol side, maybe a DTD deep weekend
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Just got home after 17 days away, now catching up with my reading. Great performance and tasty cash, nice one Rob ! ;)
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Just got home after 17 days away, now catching up with my reading. Great performance and tasty cash, nice one Rob ! ;)
ty mate. May have to hit that home game of yours!!
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Blog revival alert!!!!!!
Have started this up again for a couple of reasons
1. I am playing the M/E tomorrow (I mean later today). This is my first APAT event after a year away. I am really excited about meeting up with folks as well as playing a live deepstack.
2. I have a few other poker things that I have been thinking about that I would like to write about too.
I have no idea how long this blog will run this time, but certainly enough to keep me entertained in the short term.
See you all later