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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Member Blogs => Topic started by: antthecat on October 15, 2008, 13:42:22 PM
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hi been playing apat events for a while, didnt do too bad at the razz event in london(i was happy with the way i played even though i was out in 30th place). ive played in the yarmouth regional 3 times in season 2 but was the first one out every time but i was a blaster with my chips. but recently i have studied and learned a lot more on tournament play and chip management. on the 1st of october i played in a £25 double chance freeze out and out of 40 people i came third and cashed for £154. not bad for my first final table at yarmouth grosvenor. i do play online but im bloody useless at sng"s but omaha cash games are what i really like playing(may not be making a fortune but covering my sng habit).
i also play at the butchers arms in beccles, im in a league and currently 3rd in the league(one final table apperance more and im second) and that is a good fun place to play. its strange but everyone at the pub always ask about a hand they played and ask for my opinion. i cant tell them too much cos i dont want the atm"s there becoming dangerous players, if they want to learn then they should spend the money i spent on books on poker to learn the basics.
Will be posting blogs when i play on friday
good luck at the tables
Ant The Cat
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Welcome aboard. It looks like those of us who play in the Yarmouth regional are taking over the world. Of the small number of us who took part, there was one who finished in the top ten of the season two rankings (no prizes for guessing who!) one player in the England team for the forthcoming international tournament and now two active bloggers. I"ve even heard whispers of a forum being launched so that we can take part in the team challenge if it happens again in season three.
Oh yeah, if Swinebag and Luckbugur happening to be reading this, it may surprise you to learn that Antthecat and I are NOT related. So there.
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Oh yeah, if Swinebag and Luckbugur happening to be reading this, it may surprise you to learn that Antthecat and I are NOT related. So there.
lol
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Oh yeah, if Swinebag and Luckbugur happening to be reading this, it may surprise you to learn that Antthecat and I are NOT related. So there.
As far as you know that is :D
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glad to see that my blog has had a few replies, hello monkeyman nice to hear from you, nice to see swinebag is a man city supporter like myself. no holdem for me this evening but i am playing heads up chinese poker with my friend tonight(only other game bar hold-em that he knows how to play). better get on with some work(rav 4 cam belt and water pump, lovely)
Speak to you soon
Ant The Cat
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played yesterday evening at my local home game down geldeston. was absolutely card dead. the best hand was qd qh and a flop of 6h 6s qc but i was playing too tight so a preflop raise and everyone else would have smelt a rat. oh well off to the pub tomorrow hope things improve
Ant The Cat
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bloody pub poker, might aswell not bothered to go. after the first break when the people who bust out before the first break get another 1500 chips but the blinds at this point are 200 small and 400 big. the big stacks also get this 1500. i usually use this 1500 to attempt to knock out a player as a freeroll as its chips i have not won. here"s the thing, the utg player went all in for 1500, i had ad1 kc so i reraised all in with approx 8000 total and someone else called my all in(had me covered, whoops i thought). in the end the big stack and i split the remainder of the pot(both had ak) and the lucky bugger tripled up with the trash hand of jc 8c, he said he went in cos its suited. i dont want to tell him that suited cards give you only a 2% extra chance cos he wont want to shove with s*"t if he learns its technically the wrong move or was my move wrong. answers on a postcard to the usual address. will be on pokerstars tonight. let you know how i get on.
Ant The Cat
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the guy has 4 bb right?
i"m shoving with worse than J8s in that spot. just unlucky move on!
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the guy has 4 bb right?
i"m shoving with worse than J8s in that spot. just unlucky move on!
+1
J8s is beyond my wildest dreams if I was in that spot
Shove and shiiiiiip
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+2
53o and anything better good enough for me to ship it in. J8s a dream hand!
... and the lucky bugger tripled up ...
Wisnae me btw!
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maybe but he was utg, had to beat 4 short stacks plus the bigger stacks with that move. i admit it was the right move. shame the ak never wins for me. it was just annoying cos of that triple up he then had enough to fight the battle and win. could not play last night, had a incident with a deer, all my friend just said "oh deer". they all think they are comedians. will be sng"ing on poker stars tonight. Good Luck on the tables.
Ant The Cat
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just a question, i dont have a hectic lifestyle but i dont have any time at the moment to play online poker, it seems that when i have my laptop in front of me someone texts or calls or msn chat and ask me if i can look at there car or can i give someone a lift. i suppose they are trying to save me money(recession, better tighten my belt) but i really want a mental few hours online. can anyone help me, i suppose i should say no really.
Please help
Antthecat
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I"m the same but with PCs. I look at the positive side of such requests - I"m making money rather than donking it off!!
You might want to try playing through the night (FT run good tourneys for US donks players) when it"s less likely you"re gonna get interrupted. On the few nights where I can keep my eyes open past 11pm (not very often), I do this.
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five sit and go"s today at the moment and didnt come near the money, ran int aces so many times, must remember fish do get good cards once in a while and make me feel like im the fish(im in denial, im not a fish i think, just a baby shark that looks like a fish). now having a twenty minute break before playing again, trying not to have a cigarette(given up for 2 days but really could do with one). will let you know how i get on.
good luck at the tables
Ant The Cat
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finally cashed in one but got knocked out by aces again, why do i walk into them all the time, now celebrating my cash and no need for the cigarette(may buy a cigar with my winnings lol). im playing down the pub in a bit so on recent form im on the receiving end of suck outs all night. will try my hardest at cash games tonight but the game is two card chicken(holdem) and i feel its my worst game.
c u soon
Ant The Cat
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been down the pub and come third so need a good"un for next week to win a seat in the regional, guaranteed to be in the playoffs(already third). now off to bed. a new league starts on the 9th november. if you live in the south norfolk/north suffolk and want to try some live action then contact the butchers arms on 01502 712243 and speak to ian. its on a sunday starts at 7.30pm.
Good Luck at the tables
Ant The Cat
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i havent been able to play any poker at the moment as the misses has got me by the short and curly"s and im living with her for a while. she is anti-gambling and she thinks that poker is a waste of my time. i have told her that she should give it a try before slating the beautiful game(people say football is the beautiful game but im not a big footie fan but i will watch some matches). will be reporting on a bit of poker on my mobile(this has a great cash game and competition is soft at the lower levels, give it a try, im on the wpt mobile poker room) and ill post some funny hands if i experience them, last time i played i got paid on a straight flush, i had ad1 :2d: and the flop came :3d: 4d 5d, what a flop and he had kd qd, a bad beat for him.
speak soon
Ant The Cat
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hi. had yesterday off from the girlfriend so had a afternoon spare to play online, didnt do well, the first 5 sng"s were a failure but a little ray of light in the form of a couple of second places and a third place, i had to stop my run of form online to play down the pub. i needed a good finish but got knocked out just before the final table(8th out of 20 odd) but i should have made the final table, i had tc ts and the flop came td 6h 6d, i went all in for 4500(blinds were two and four hundred) and got called by the chip leader on my table with 6c 5s, the turn was a blank but the river was the fu***ng marvelous 6s. i went out of the pub and nearly threw up, that hand made me smoke a lot of cigarettes(i quit for a week) but hey, thats why im thinking on giving up on the game, always seems like the lucky players get lucky and the good players get f**k all.
Speak soon
Ant The Cat
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hi again, tried a bit of hold-em on my mobile and lost £20 on one hand, the button raised to £1 and me on the big blind(40p) finds kh ks, i raise to £3 and the button(cant remember his name) re-raised all in covering me, i thought for one second that he had aces but ive seen this player run the table over so i called. the board was dealt and his hand was highlighted, he won. his re-raising hand was ad1 4d and the board contained ah 6s :2c: 7d tc and i was out. i know kings are vunerable but really, makes me sick.
C u soon
Ant The Cat
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just to report on the poker league playoff that i played today, starting stack was 2000. the first hand i was on the button and found qd ks, folded to me so i raised 3x bb(bb is 50) and got called by the blinds, the flop came kd jc 4d, small blind checked, the bbb raised 600 and i raised to 1k, sb folded and bb went all in, i called and he showed jh 4s and i missed the turn and river. after the break the busted players get 1500 for a second chance, i was in second position and found ah jh, went all in and got called by three others, cant remember the other two callers but the winning hand was 8s 7s and he flopped two pair, i cant work out why he called immediately after my all in, what about the other two, i would have folded the suited connecter but hey what do i know, im the world"s biggest fish at the moment it seems. this evening was the start of the new league and my bad run was still with me, never got a chance, people like to make hero calls down the pub(i know my tell, i sing to the background music if i have a good hand, the thing was i was singing when i was bluffing so how did he call?????). i have had enough, i really want to give up the game but im so passionate about the game i cant give it up. just wondering, can you purchase any items of clothing with the apat logo on? please let me know. now off to throw all my toys out of the pram.
See you soon and love to all
Ant The Cat
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top pair is rarely good after a raise and a reraise all in.
Ul though
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ive had some form, finally. played in a new local venue, the norwich poker club(www.norwichpokerclub.co.uk). its a private club but its free to join. i played in a £5 rebuy, there is only two rebuy"s allowed before 90 mins or if you havent used your rebuys you can use them as a add-on"s if you wish. the action for the first 30 mins was fast and loose but after the break the game became tight but aggressive. i came 5th out of 18(?) runners but only the top 4 get paid, bugger. here is how i busted. blinds are 600/1200, i was on the small blind with 11,000ish and the big blind had 25,000. folded around to me and i shoved with kh 9d, he thought for a minute(felt like a hour) and then called with ks qs, the flop was 4s 9s 7d so i paired him but the marvelous ts came on the turn and i was smoking a marlboro in my car without any cash in my pocket.
the venue is brilliant, everyone is friendly and welcoming.
see you soon
Ant The Cat
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hit more in the way of form, come second in a 10 seat sng on pokerstars, lost a up and down heads up battle but was worth playing this evening, annoyingly though when i had aces twice, i got no action even though i limped preflop and only the bb checked, had to bet the turn and they folded. never mind, trying to save enough for a gukpt event seat for next year. still thinking about quitting but as im on form at the moment, i think i will put that idea on hold until i get suck-out on again.
See you soon
Ant The Cat
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played at the pub this evening and had a bit of success, as we are now putting a fiver into the pot there is a prize for coming in the top three. tonight went crap to start with but then hit a few hands and tripled up. managed to come second(albeit with some luck), a particular hand helped, i had :3h: 4h and on the button with only three left on the final table, i pushed and got called by the small blind with ts td, but the flop came :2d: 8 6c qs and the turn was the 5s and he was brought down to 3bb"s. i came second overall i pushed on the small blind with a queen and he had a ace, whoops but there we go, £15 up towards a gukpt event, need a lot more but there we go, now off to bed to my poor girlfriend who hates me playing poker but she knows that its one of my passions and supports me(she has not said she supports me but i hope so, this game causes arguements between me and her, she thinks its just gambling where i tell her its got skill involved). speak to u tomorrow about some more poker.
Ant The Cat
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i have had a satori moment. i now know what is the most profitable way of making money(little and often) at poker. some people can play online and are quite successful but i never really take online seriously so when i play, its usually just passing time and i do deposit on my account a lot. i have been ranting that i am thinking about quitting poker but last night i feel that my game is sharp and im only getting sucked-out by quite frankly s**t players down the pub. i have realised that to make money at this game then im only playing my last $20 on pokerstars and concentrate at live poker tournaments. i played at the norwich poker room(im going to call it npr so i dont sue my boss for r.s.i lol) and i got heads up, we decided to chop the pot 50/50 as we were both even and i came home with approx £50 more than what i started with(it was a single table with 9 players and one life before the break, i didnt use my life so i used it as a add-on). will be playing on friday(only cos the misses has gone out) so ill let you know how i got on.
Ant The Cat
p.s sorry i havent talked about hands, will try to remember some to talk about.
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i havent talked about friday night yet as i did play at my local club and i got knocked out in 12th place. nothing really much happened apart from i lost my chips when i tried to bully someone off a pot preflop, she called after a minute of deciding what to do(i started to talk her off it, whoops) and showed pocket tens, i had a crap k9 off suit and she flopped a boat tens full of jacks. but thats poker. i have mentioned that i have not concentrated on online poker but i had a crack on blue square as they offered me $2 so i put that into a sng and was out first hand. oh well. i cant wait to find out the dates of series 3 dates as im going to play the regionals and some of the online games aswell(hope the talent of play is better than usually found online) and want to play in a couple of the national events. i am playing well and making a small profit playing live tourneys so i want to up the stakes a little and play in slightly higher buy-ins and see how i get on.
See you soon
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hi there im off work until friday(building work comencing, having a mot bay installed) and im currently trying to lose my last $20 on pokerstars. cant wait till tomorrow for two reasons, one is i get paid and the second is that im back at my local haunt playing live poker. im playing a sng at the moment and was struggling till i doubled up. so if anyone wants to try and take my money then look out for thintony at the $3.40 sng"s. serious note i would like to ask if there is any apat clothing for sale as im trying to popularise the apat at the pub and at the norwich poker club.
Speak soon
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now off to try something that i dont usually try, a mtt online. i dont know what spurred me on but i want to write on something different, also the tv is on in the background and what is on channel 4 is quite bad. a few minutes ago it was a show about contraception and now i am watching something on glow in the dark rabbits. i havent smoked a fag this morning so i know its real. its all for channel four schools for skiving children who can still be educated when they are not hanging around with there hoods on under street lights, they should at least get a bike and ride it around the farmers fields like what i used to do. anyway keeping with the subject im off to play in this online tournament but first im making a cup of tea.
speak soon
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didnt do well in the mtt. walked into aq when i had qj and we both hit our queen on the flop. never mind. been playing razz, i love the game and did make some money out of it (50cents) but boy it was up and down all the time. so i should stick with what i know, sng"s in holdem later on.
see you soon
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hi there been playing down npc and didnt do well, shoved with trip aces when the opponent made a flush on the turn. crippled my stack and was out with aj and my opponent had a3 and he paired the three. im waiting for my friend who is doing well. now off to contemplate my bad play.
speak soon
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just a topical question, has anyone seen a copy of the fidpa rules on tournament poker as i heard someone a few days back and they were talking about a wrong decision and he was saying in the fidpa rules this would of happened(i cant remember the whole conversation but i do have a point coming) so as i want to update my knowledge of poker i thought ill print off a copy and have it as break time reading. went on to marcel luske"s website and went through some links and hit the fidpa website and then............nothing. there is no website. i thought it was me doing something wrong so i went on a search engine(im not advertising) and went to poker news on this subject and to cut a long story short they could not get a copy. they were a little bit concerned how two very large tournaments at the bellagio(i unfortunately was not there as i had more pressing things at the time but if i had the spare time and MONEY then i would have played there lol) were governed by these rules but no one can get a copy of these rules. so if no one has a copy, then is this bloke talking out of his arsehole or is there a link to get a copy of their rules. hope someone has a answer to a very boring question lol
speak soon
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hi there, im a bit annoyed with my live play, i busted out tonight with a crap :as: 7h and the flop was ad1 qh 9d, i pushed and got called with qh 9c and the turn and river did not help so ive been online on full tilt and not done well, come 19th out of 90 player $3 sng so no profit, im waiting for my friend to bust out as im knackered and cant think straight, i am contemplating about playing tomorrow as its a £25 freezeout so probably try and recover my bankroll as its been on a downward spiral for a while.
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as i havent posted for a while ill ask questions on preparing for a poker tournament. i probably be playing tonight but i am worried because i have not felt confident about my game so i will write these questions down and all answers would be appreciated.
1. as i am a busy man i will be looking at a car at home before getting ready to play tonight and will be rushing, is there anything that i can do to relax as i am like a wound down spring waiting to go off usually before i go and play in the event?
2. is it best to get to the venue early and listen to eeryone whinge about bad beats or get there just before it starts?
3. usually i play on a empty stomach, is this advisable?
4. as i havent cashed for a while, should i take a break after playing tonight or just keep plugging away?
and finally
5. if i play a bit of pool before i play, i tend to do well(at poker), is this a omen or am i just thinking it is?
answers on a postcard to the usual address lol
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i have been reading other blogs and the general concensus is stating"when are we going to find the dates for season 3". i cant wait to try and prove to myself that i can have a good result on the odd occassion and want to play in a few national events and get to know fellow apat players.
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ive made a formal decision, i have given up with online poker. it was one hand that makes me sick. i was playing in a 50c/1$ 6 seater cash game on full tilt, been doing well(up $5 at this point) and a new player came on the table, they posted and the cards were dealt, this player was utg and called the bb,folded to me on the button with kc kd, made a obvious raise to $5, the blinds folded and said player called, the flop came 9c 4s 6h, said player checked, i raised to $10, the player raised all in(had me covered), i went to the tank but called, they had 9s 7s. i was dancing around the room even when the :2s: but i threw my laptop when the js came and he made his flush. i watched the table for a minute to see the reactions which was like "sick" and "wow" and then the bugger rat-holed and took my money. i cant believe how unlucky i was, its knocked me for six, why does it happen to me? it seems like i cant win anything. wednesday night i was playing in a live tourney and was knocked out by a two outer. i had qd kh and i called a raise on the big blind and playing a flop heads up, the flop was qh 8h 6h, i checked to trap him and he fell in the trap and he pushed all in, i insta-called and realised he had me covered in chips, he had 7h 7s the turn was a blank but the river was a 7c and i was off to play in the cash game and lose more money(queens vs king-jack and kj made a boat jacks full). anyway off to read some poker books and study and refresh my brain for tomorrow evening.
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Ant, there"s no point giving up, that achieves absolutely nothing. I would however think about which sites you play on. If you really want to make money playing cash games, avoid Full Tilt and Pokerstars. Try a site where the competition is a bit softer like Betfair or Pacific. If losing a buy-in on a bad beat is enough to make you give up, then to be completely blunt about it, you"re playing above your true level. There"s no shame in playing in microstakes games and very gradually moving up levels as you build up your bankroll. I would strongly recommend that rather than play cash games you consider sit and gos. My personal favourite of these is the six handed games on Betair. With these you get paid out for being either 1st or second and they are a good way to gradually build both bankroll and confidence.
Everyone suffers badbeats and everyone has sequences where everything they try goes wrong. If you haven"t got the cash or temperament to withstand these swings when they happen, revise your playing habits rather than give up.
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thank you for the advice, i think im talking out of haste, i think cos im on a downward spiral with my poker bankroll i done the textbook thing of chasing what ive lost, i think that a break from playing poker maybe advisable but i will try betfair once ive done my christmas shopping for my family and friends and with what money i have left ill deposit on betfair, i have been chasing for a big win to play a major tournament but ive been playing deluded thinking im the greatest and really im playing like a fish. we will see what happens and how i feel during the rest of december and if i can get out of this with a positive outlook and remember that rome was not built in a day and if a big win comes then it will come but until then just be greatful of what i have got(that is not a lot lol).
i will be playing down the pub tomorrow so will try and boost my confidence and actually win something(i have never won a poker tournament, apart from my home games, just cant come across the line first)
speak soon and christmas wishes
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That sounds a bit better. Taking a reality check is probably the best thing you can do. Part of the skill of poker is finding the right game to start with. Which of the following is the better option, a big prize on Pokerstars/Full Tilt with a field of 1000s or a tournament on Ladbrokes/Betfair where there is only a couple of hundred dollars at stake? The former sounds nice but the competition is way tougher, so I would suggest sticking to smaller sites where, to be blunt, some of the competition is awful to increase your chance of a win.
I know you also like to play a lot of other poker variants and this is well worth pursuing. Omaha is worth investigating as most players come to it havng tried hold"em and struggle with the intricacies of the game. If you can master it, there is money to be made. I would also suggest checking out seven card stud. I occasionally play in $6 stud tournaments on Partypoker and have final-tabled 50% of these that I"ve played (there"s normally 50-60 runners). This isn"t a boast, I"m just trying to point out that its worth looking around for value.
The final piece of advice I"d give you is never, ever play in satellites for any events. If you"re looking at a satellite which costs, say $10, why not take that money, play a normal tournament and use the winnings to buy in directly if successful?
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good advice, particularly the satellite bit. I only play satellites to build the roll and only play the actual tourney if I have had a decent week or a big score in a lower buy in tourney (which is quite rare)
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thanks for your help monkeyman and swinebag, it has helped a lot, i know im a good player but get tilted so easily, i think that after tonight ill be not playing until friday whern i can play at my friends and just have a laugh. will report on any bad beats and/or good play and just play for fun.
speak soon
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wow, i came third down the pub, won a tenner(£5 profit) and gained 70 points. when i made the final table i only had 3bb and just waited for a ace, found one and tripled up when the beautiful ah came on the flop. as i have been posting i have been down with poker but i just relaxed and enjoyed playing and coincedently done well, made some good moves and a couple of bluffs that were successful.
speak soon
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wp to you ;D
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Sweet result Ant, WP
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thanks for the support, reading other blogs and wow what good reads, still waiting for season 3 dates.
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hi ive relented and started to play online again, but i only played a freeroll just for fun. nothing lost but plenty to gain, will try and have a look at poker player grand prix on betfred poker. the next one will be on 11th jan so will be playing that one. about to look at ladbrokes also, on good advice by monkeyman.
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hi, ive lapsed and been playing stud cash on ladbrokes. playing in a pot limit 15/30c game, as i have not played too much stud i only bought in for $6 to test the water but the action was loose, everyone was calling the original bring in so i was playing 3suits that straighten and kept catching flushes and was being called by one pairs, only lost 2 pots at showdown in a hours play and left the table with $20 so im up $14. now off to have a bath and try to loosen my back as ive pulled it this evening working on cars outside in the freezing cold. no poker tomorrow as christmas shopping as its late night shopping but the friendly game with my mates on friday so will let you know how i get on
speak soon
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holy crap, i woke up this morning feeling like crap. got a headache, shivering and feeling like my belly has turned into a washing machine. did play poker last night and made a few quid, was playing and every time i was being outkicked or being sucked out by runner runner, i got down to 3bb and found ad js, best hand ive seen so shoved and got 3 callers, a :as: came on the flop and the pot was shipped my way. then i found qs qc and there was a raise before me so i shoved and got called, queens stood up and then i was the chip leader, one of my opponents shoved and i looked at kd kh, reshoved to protect my hand and took my friend out. by 12.30am there was only one opponent but we took a chop and i had £40 and my friend took £20. so all in all a good evening but not a good morning/afternoon.
speak soon
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hi, not been playing poker at all as flu has got in my way, i did write a letter to santa asking him of a few things and one of them being season 3 dates and ive read we will be getting these dates on the 26th/27th, another thing i asked for was the secret of how to win a tournament but santa said he was too busy for that one so i have bought myself harrington on holdem vol 1 and 2.
Have a good christmas everyone and if there is a game in the norfolk/suffolk area on the 25th then let me know lol.
Ant The Cat
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hi there, i did play tonight but did lousy, went in with ak and got called with 67s, six on the flop ko"d me. been reading the season 3 shedule, shame there will not be any regionals but maybe thats a good thing, the yarmouth regional had a crap turnout and was not my luckiest venue(i was the first one out on 3 occassions). but cant wait to play the league/club event, sounds great, but i dont know which club to play for, monkeyman who are u representing? i should be playing the first live national at walsall, depending if i get a seat from the clickfest that will go on. i dont think that ill be playing many if any of the online nationals, $75 is quite a bit of lolly when i dont play online well but will be as said in the league as its a low buy in. thinking of playing during the week at norwich but i cant play the £5 rebuy on wednesday as im going out and on friday im playing at home with my mates instead of playing the the £10 double chance rebuy(2 shots at losing a tenner). i havent got much time for poker on the other days next week as the ball and chain has got me by the short and curly"s, its a shame that she does not want to learn how to play as i think she could use her blondness to a killer advantage but then again i think she is so wet between the ears that she would not do well and be a absolute donkey. i hope she does not read this but as its poker there is a very slim chance of being busted. im talking to a friend about maybe trying to run a cardroom locally but i cant see any financial gain in doing it as i dont think anyone will pay a rake of £4 for a £5 rebuy event, even if its dealt. if anyone has had a crack at it then please let me know as it would be nice to run a local spieler(sorry cardroom) and actually have somewhere to play and try to have a poker boom in norfolk/suffolk.
now off to bed, speak soon
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i was playing a little bit of stud cash and with the profit of my mornings work i decided to have a dip at a tourney on gala poker, i played in a $5 nlhe freezeout. i decided to play ubertight and waited for hands to start off with and when i make the final table i would use that image to good use, about hand 12 i was dealt kd kh on the button and raised to 60(3bb), the bb called, a flop of qh 7s 5c and he raised, i reraised, he shoved and i called, the kings held againsed his qs ts and i was shouting shipment. hand 20ish i found ak utg, i raised and a short stack went ott for 600, i called and he showed k10, a ten on the river doubled him up but oh well, still had 2400. hand 25 i had 7h 7s so i raised, got reraised so i folded, he show aces voluntry, phew, hand 29ish i had ad tc utg, i raised 3bb(120) got a call from the big blind, flop was 8c 7c 4s, check check, turn was 8h, he bet, i reraise and he instafolds, now up to 2900. lots of hands folded until hand 60ish when i found 5h 5s, i limped in mid position, the button raises, the big blind shoves, i wimply fold, the button calls with jh jd against ad tc, a 5c on the river makes me boil over but the jacks held and we lost another player. i was on the bb with the powerhouse 9d :2d:, lots of limpers and i check, the flop was :2c: 9h 7h, i fire a big bet and get called by a short stack who had kc ks and i knock him out and i was shouting shipment again. the next hand i undo all my good work with 8s 7h on the small blind, its folded to me and i raise 3bb(300), the bb calls, a flop of ad 7s ac saw me fire a 600 bet, he calls, the turn was a blank 5d, i fire a 1000 bet and he calls, the river was :3s:, i check and he checks, he had ah :2s: and i was down to 1600. a few hands later i was utg with 4d 4h, i shoved(on tilt) with my 1600(the blinds were 50, 100) and the sb calls for his 600 with k9 and the bb called with a10, a board of qc 7s 5c 5h 7d saw the ace kicker win the hand and i was counterfeited. i was screaming ffs as i did fancy doing well in that tournament. i didnt need my tight image for the final table as i was out in 288th out of 692 players. never mind, i will be trying later.
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not sure if I will be participating in the online league at all. If I do, I have no idea at all who I will pledge allegiance to. I suppose it will siimply be whoever offers the best chance of an easy few quid.
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not sure if I will be participating in the online league at all. If I do, I have no idea at all who I will pledge allegiance to. I suppose it will siimply be whoever offers the best chance of an easy few quid.
The shortlist at the moment is Luton,North London,Nottingham and err, Dublin
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ive been reading into the online nationals and how much, $82 for one tournament, i thought the apat"s motto was low buy ins and lots of play is the apat"s way. the league is ok at $10 each punt. i did say the yarmouth regional was crap but its only cos im jealous as i did not do well. it will be missed, anyway boy its hard to find the blogs now, could not find it for 2 minutes. i will put my name down for north london poker club as its my closest as the crow flies which means i may not play the pub league bingo night every fortnight.
will be playing online in a bit so ill let u know how i get on.
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You decided who you"re playing for in the online league yet?
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LUTON NEED YOU...
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ive been reading into the online nationals and how much, $82 for one tournament, i thought the apat"s motto was low buy ins and lots of play is the apat"s way. the league is ok at $10 each punt. i did say the yarmouth regional was crap but its only cos im jealous as i did not do well. it will be missed, anyway boy its hard to find the blogs now, could not find it for 2 minutes. i will put my name down for north london poker club as its my closest as the crow flies which means i may not play the pub league bingo night every fortnight.
will be playing online in a bit so ill let u know how i get on.
If you have a scan down the North London list, you may now see a couple of familiar names...............
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just put me name down for north london, there is a few friendly faces which is nice to see, sorry i havent been blogging much its that i have a lot going on in my life apart from poker but i did have a spare evening last night (1st jan) and done well, i played at the palace casino in yarmouth, it was a £5 rebuy event, i dont personally like rebuy events but i was bored and wanted a game, i got 4 people all in when i flopped 2 pair on the first hand and it seemed i was hit by the deck, i flopped a boat and checked it until the 3rd diamond on the turn came and someone raised, i put him all in and he called, more chips my way. i made the final table chip leader but went card dead for what felt like a eternity, i was surviving and when there was four of us and 3 got paid, i decided to get aggressive and the cards came back, i knocked out 2 players and got heads up, played a few hands but we chopped it and i was in tune for £115, quite a lot of cash for only the original buy in of a fiver, it was a nice feeling and i think that my game is sharp at the moment, it seemed my judgement was always spot on when i was barely in front or knew when i was losing. i think that the new year might be my year at poker, i know its early but im uber confident.
c u at the clickfest on the 15th
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i have to say sorry for not putting my ramblings on this blog recently, its just that ive been working and practising my MOT routine for my test that i had today(i moved to a new garage and they only set up mot testing recently) and ive been worrying if i fail it then i could have lost my job(but i flew through), but in the panic i did play a bit down the pub, made a few points and won a few quid at poker and at pool. i will be playing on wednesday in norwich and on thursday at the palace in yarmouth, i hope that my form is still hot as i could do with the cash aswell. cant wait to try to get a seat at walsall as i feel my game is super sharp. im unsure of the national league as im not a internet player but i still will give it a go and see what happens.
speak soon
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not blogging on poker but had good luck yesterday, went to get some grub for lunch and i bought a scratchcard, when i scrathed it off i won £64(nearly my buyin for walsall covered, can spend some of my winnings on me lol) so my luck this year is getting better and better. i went to see jethro at the norwich theatre royal last night and it was fantastic, i could not stop laughing. the support act was a female singer(cant remember her name) and i thought she was good aswell until she sung a opera song(cant remember what one as its not my type of music) and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up eventhough i shaved them off earlier, she was awesome. it was one hell of a night out. i will post a few pictures of my friends playing poker when we can organise a game together. as it seems the craze at the moment to put pictures on these blogs.
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im bored at work waiting for a customer and was reading the other blogs and duke"s is brilliant, really makes mine boring, i will be playing a homegame tonight round my friends so will post how i get on, i have noticed that the apat moderator has not posted on this blog so please say hello and make me feel better lol.
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Sorry Ant, I don"t generally read the blogs, but I accidentally went to Gers a few days ago and felt compelled to read it - I"ve been hooked ever since :D
I shall give yours a go, I promise ;D
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Ant,
Never trust those mods. I reckon they have favourites. ;D
I certainly read your blog whenever you update it, as I do with all the blogs on APAT (Unless lukybugur ever put his on here ::) ). I tend not to post comments on them, unless the blogger clearly needs a bit of motivation to keep them postings their poker stories.
So, here it goes.
Keep up the good work. ;D
Leigh
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thank you for making me feel wanted and i will keep up the good work. i did play a bit last night at geldeston poker club(my mates house) and i won £20. the probem is that i staked my friend in for a tenner and myself for a tenner so i havent made any money but was fun cos a few of my friends i havent seen in ages were there, i forgot to take a few pics cos of my stressed day waiting around at work. all my friends were impressed with the poker timer i have bought, it also helped as i usually deal the game and keep my eye on the clock and remembering what the blinds are and it can interupt my game a bit, i always find in a self dealt game i always have to fold my button for the sake of the game which is so annoying to me but i seem to distract myself when i deal a flop and i have to look at my cards again and again and i feel i show a tell and i just cant remember my cards, any other time i can remember my hole cards even when im playing omaha, even the suits, i normally dont double look at my cards, is there anything i can do to improve this problem in a self dealt game and does anyone else have this bizarre problem(i dont struggle at home games as i always double look at my cards as my friends hopefully cant spot my tells), please help.
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im bored at work waiting for a customer and was reading the other blogs and duke"s is brilliant, really makes mine boring, i will be playing a homegame tonight round my friends so will post how i get on, i have noticed that the apat moderator has not posted on this blog so please say hello and make me feel better lol.
Hi Ant...keep up the good work and hope you get a seat into Walsall!
Cheers,
Des.
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thanks des, i hopefully will get a seat for walsall. im down the pub tonight playing holdem bingo so im off to the shop to get one of those big markers ready.
speak later.
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i was down the pub last night and i started to realise that i cant miss and always win races at the moment, i did start to lose my confidence after a big loss but a quick chat to my brain to say dont feel sorry for yourself and i was back on form, i made the final table short stacked but i had faith my j7 on the button would not get called preflop if i shoved and it worked. i then found 55 on the cutoff and the small blind called with ak and the bb called with a10 and the fives held up, i tripled up and became a big threat, i ko"d a few players and got heads up with my friend rich, in ten hands i kicked his arse and finally after 23 weeks of coming second, third and not even made a final table to actually winning one of these, im now in second place and if i keep it up then im off to nottingham to play in the regional championship. i am feeling that my live play is awesome at the moment as my judgement and reads are spot on and im confident in my play so walsall better watch out, im after the title. speak soon
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i had a moment and thought about playing a satellight into the walsall event cos im a bit nervous if i can get a seat direct. ive got the wonga but i am a bit worried if ill click quick enough and get the seat so i was pondering the satellight. how quick will these seats go????
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5 minutes absolute max
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wow that is fast. ill be logged on and refreshing the page every 10 seconds at 8 55pm so should be ok hopefully.
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hi guys and girls. ive got some good news and some bad news, the good news is that ive got a date to move in with my girlfriend(im only 22 and living with my parents) as her sister is moving out and im moving in in may but the bad news is that ive reluctantly decided to play less poker as ive got to save my money and be a good boyfriend to my mistreated girlfriend. as i wont be playing so much the blog will probably be cut to a odd blog on something random. but before the big move date i will play as much as i can and try to win some money for a new sofa and a huge plasma tv to watch poker on(will be installing sky so can watch poker a hell of a lot). i will be playing a bit tomorrow at norwich so will let u know how i get on.
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yeah...good news...bad news..
congratulations about being able to play lots of poker in the next few weeks
commiserations about moving in with the GF ;D
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bugger, decided to play a bit on bluesq and was donating my money to everyone, i could win for a bit but when a juicy pot grew and i was on a straight flush draw, i put all my cash in the middle and got called with usually top pair and the pair held up, also when i make 2 pair the opponent usually has a overpair and then makes a set on the river, oh i have also forgot what pocket kings look like, have not seen them for a while(i did see aces once this year so far). i might slow down the online games for a bit but was killing time as online is not my forte, i prefer live as i dont get bored so easy as im watching players all the time and whats happening.
decided norwich is the place to go, was thinking about yarmouth but £5 unlimited rebuys dont suit me very well so norwich"s triple chance is my choice for tomorrow evenings entertainment.
i cant believe the cheek of the kiosk clerk to ask me for id for 20 marlboro today, ive been smoking since i was 14 and drinking from my local since i was 15(i did celebrate my 18th down the local and told the owners what i was celebrating) but do i look 22????
let me know if you see me at walsall please
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i had a heart attack this evening as i thought today was thursday, ive now woken up so panic over till tomorrow. im in norwich and doing well(i have got 1000 on top of my starting stack of 2500). will let u knowe how i get on.
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i had a heart attack this evening as i thought today was thursday, ive now woken up so panic over till tomorrow. im in norwich and doing well(i have got 1000 on top of my starting stack of 2500). will let u knowe how i get on.
Is this at the place on Magdalen Street?
1) how many runners?
2) What"s the structure?
3)What"s the buy-in?
4) What"s the prize money?
5) Is it a freezeout or rebuy?
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yeah its on madgalen street above the ladbrokes, the buyin is £5+2 triple chance, you can rebuy twice within the first 3 blind levels, and 2 addon"s if u havent rebought, tonight there was about 25ish players, blinds go up every 30 mins for 3 levels and every 20 mins there after, antes are introduced on level 4, top 5 got paid and the top prize is about £160.
i made the final table and i called an all in with aq and got beat by j9, the next hand i go all in with qq and he called aq and hit a ace on the river and im out, it can be sick this game some times but there we go. it has knocked my confidence a bit so im not too sure about walsall at the moment, ill sleep on it and decide at 8 50pm tomorrow.
speak tomorrow
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Walsall will be great -- good people and of course there will be some bad beat stories but the game will be awesome.. at 8:55 tonight JFDI.......
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i was throwing all my toys out of the pram last night, i have slept on my decision(barely) and ill be hopefully buying in for walsall. cant wait till the clickfest(the tension is killing me) so im passing my time rambling about a suzuki grand vitara rear brakes and how much of a pain in the bum to do........nah, i wont bore u to death with that story but i will say a brake shoe flew across the workshop quickly followed by a lot of swearing by me and lighting up of a marlboro(im trying to quit and will call the nhs stop smoking helpline).
ill post if im lucky enough to get a seat.
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ive got my seat, i know its not guaranteed but payment was processed by 9.02pm so i think im in.
now off for a bath and celebrate. cant wait till the 7th and 8th.
sorry 9.03pm ive just modified it
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just read transaction number and it does not look promising, i cant believe my luck this week, first doing mot test nearly all day, every day its mundane. then last night not cashing and tonight the possibility of not having a seat. i was really up for walsall but ill survive. i fancied my chances. now off to my friends to kill time till 11 and see the bad news or good news.
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if you look at the list then youll see my name Anthony Pickering(it was Anthony Pickerting by my spelling mistake was in panic but now been edited) on the list, i think it is a omen as i thought i missed the cut. i have booked the travelodge at walsall and i would recommend booking now as i think the clickfest for that will be as such of a pain as getting a seat at walsall. i have just read rubertoe has started a blog, keep up the good work even on your online play(personally i dont play online often as im useless at it which is why im thankful i didnt have to win a seat online as some people who did not get a seat suggested to do, i can understand but there was satellights running werent there???)
now off to my girlfriend and tell her the good news (even though she wont care or listen)
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my confidence has been knocked again, i was playing pub poker/bingo and was struggling, i was picking up lots of little pots but when i had a big hand i kept getting outdrawn but i perserveered and made the final table, a few hands in and found king queen suited and shoved(had 6bb so automatic) and got called by 9-7 suited and a 7 on the flop saw me shouting king or a queen but nope and out in 8th place, it seems i am ahead preflop but keep getting outdrawn. im still second in the league but its getting tight for me, the national league starts soon so cant wait to practise my online skills in that. i was so up for walsall but at the moment im not too confident. i need some sleep.
ill speak when im more alert.
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i am in a prediciment its that i want to play online tonight but all my sites have the value of £0.01 and my bank account is looking similar. i think ill play a bit on bluesq and play the giveaway sng"s and freeroll to a fortune. cant wait for walsall, the online league and payday.
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i went on bluesq and found a few dollars on my account(i forgot i had $7 on there) so i had to play a bit. as i was short for time i could not play any tourneys in case the girlfriend came early. i thought my 7 card game needs a little practise(i rarely play it as there is never a live game unless im teaching my friends how to play, they dont like any other variant cos holdem is easy to play) so i went on the 10/20 limit table. i was the first player on and put $5 in play(it was money i did not know i have so it was not too high for my bankroll) and waited for the fist to try a bit of stud. lots of people came on the table with $1 and i was crippling them. within half hour(the girlfriend showed up) i was up $3.24. as i have a rule in a cash game if that a player is up more than his/her buyin then its time to leave. i am proud as its possibly the only time ive made profit and left, usually i play until i lose it all(i dont listen to my own rules). will try again tomorrow.
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im now on my own at the moment as the girlfriend has left and sitting on bluesq waiting for my opponents to turn up, im giving stud another go. we will see how i get on.
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i got chopped up by two others, it appeared that the two were working with each other but thats doubtful, i was telling myself what they had and still called them down with the worst hand. i stopped when i lost $3 so im down a few cents tonight. bugger.
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I seriously doubt that anyone would even consider manipulating a table at the level you"re playing at.
If you want to play small stakes cash stud, Partypoker is the place to be. The competition is poor and the antes are smaller than at the equivalent level on Ipoker.
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i know there was nothing in it, i was making bad decisions and just bled my money away. i wont be playing tired again. was tempted this evening but feeling a bit drained so probably wait till tomorrow
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i thought ill play a bit on bluesq stud so i did and after over an hour i made $1.23, thats about 80p, not the best hourly rate but its a start. thats the poker and for a funny event that happend to me this evening, i got home from work and decided to get on with a car that needed work, as i started a van slowed up, had a butchers and pulled up at the end of the road, he was there for a couple of minutes and then drove off, i was lying in mud under a 306 connecting the downpipe to the manifold(its a bitch of a job as the joint is spring loaded and you need six hands to do it) and a police car pulled up, the police are on to me at the moment it seems, he got out and come over, i got out from under the car and said hello, he asked the usual is this your car and i explained its not, he looked bemused and said to me that there was a call in that someone was nicking a car and i laughed when i said"do you think that im tunneling in then" to which he replied "guess not" and left me to it. at least the village has neighbourhood watch and its good in my village and a good laugh this evening, the car is done and £150 in my pocket tomorrow. it cant be bad at the moment, just a astra to mot and my beloved bandit 600 to get back on the road(i fell off it on the ice in feb 2008 and just lost my bottle with bikes but rode one for work and enjoyed it so much it has spurred me on. also forgot a 125 that ive been meaning to sell for 3 years but never got round to it and now it needs a clean(the pigeons perch on the handlebars and crap all over it, it looks nasty, i will have to sweettalk my mum to clean it for me lol)
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i am ready to take down the event happening at norwich tonight. the only problem is that ive had a lot of late nights and early mornings and i think tiredness will set in i reckon in 2 hours. i have been on relentless all day and now my hands are slightly shaking and i feel a bit light headed, i have eaten and had a cuppa so hope its a ten minute feeling. will let you know how i get on if i dont drop off lol
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i thought ill play a bit on bluesq stud so i did and after over an hour i made $1.23, thats about 80p, not the best hourly rate but its a start. thats the poker and for a funny event that happend to me this evening, i got home from work and decided to get on with a car that needed work, as i started a van slowed up, had a butchers and pulled up at the end of the road, he was there for a couple of minutes and then drove off, i was lying in mud under a 306 connecting the downpipe to the manifold(its a bitch of a job as the joint is spring loaded and you need six hands to do it) and a police car pulled up, the police are on to me at the moment it seems, he got out and come over, i got out from under the car and said hello, he asked the usual is this your car and i explained its not, he looked bemused and said to me that there was a call in that someone was nicking a car and i laughed when i said"do you think that im tunneling in then" to which he replied "guess not" and left me to it. at least the village has neighbourhood watch and its good in my village and a good laugh this evening, the car is done and £150 in my pocket tomorrow. it cant be bad at the moment, just a astra to mot and my beloved bandit 600 to get back on the road(i fell off it on the ice in feb 2008 and just lost my bottle with bikes but rode one for work and enjoyed it so much it has spurred me on. also forgot a 125 that ive been meaning to sell for 3 years but never got round to it and now it needs a clean(the pigeons perch on the handlebars and crap all over it, it looks nasty, i will have to sweettalk my mum to clean it for me lol)
:D
That"s got to be quote of the week Ant!
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thanks for that, what is the prize lol, tiredness really set in and i was awful, i was short stacked with 72 off and pushed and lost, oh well, i didnt feel its not my night. next game is on saturday at the geldeston poker club to play proper poker(every hand that your dealt is worth raising).
by the way, when i was working on the 306 i was following all the health and safety procedure by supporting the car on axle stands so dont worry, i hopefully wont have a accident before walsall.
on a serious note, what is it with super index cards and me as i hate them, the pips are way too large and you have to really cover your hand to look at them, also you just cant peel the corner up to see your cards, i think they should be banned(unless i forgot my glasses then they are brilliant but as i wear my glasses all the time then thats unlikely but a note worth raising) so please post your opinion, regular index or super index, you decide!!!!
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i went to the palace casino and did well, 14 runners and i came 4th and cashed about £40 so it is a confidence boost. im watching the recording of this weeks premier league poker and it looks great, will keep watching. dont ask me why but i would like to meet annette obrestad as i think that she is attractive and the poker tuition would be great also. no poker tomorrow but hopefully saturday will have a game so will post then.
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dont ask me why but i would like to meet annette obrestad as i think that she is attractive and the poker tuition would be great also.
Met her, had the tuition, I"m still donking! :D
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maybe no tuition but ill still ask her for a drink if i do meet her(dont tell the girlfriend this as she will be at walsall). i am p****d off with my friends as they all want to play tonight but i did promise the girlfriend that i iwll see her so no easy money for the weekend lol.
i was asked yesterday when did i start playing poker and i thought that ill blog how i did start playing the beautiful game. when i was 13 back in 1999 i was up late watching channel 4 and this program which there was people sitting round a table laughing and joking, smoking and playing cards. i was hooked, i watched every time it was on and learnt the basics. i went to school and read the rules on the internet and wanted to play there and then. i tried to get a game at school but no one wanted to play this but brag was popular so i played that against people who were not people who i used to hang around with(these were the popular boys who were best in class where i used to get into trouble all the time as the teachers were not teaching me quick enough so i was bored and just wanted something to do) and the competition was soft, they were waiting for big cards where i was bluffing all the time and i was winning a lot of lunch money. one hand though was a bit of a shock, i had 7s 4s 5s so had a flush(by the way a flush can be beaten by a straight and the best hand is prial of 3s) and i was raising but this one player kept raising me, i thought he was thinking i was on one and bluffing(its been a few games in) but i thought i was winning, all the change i had went in the middle and his also and i showed my flush but the bugger just had me pipped with 7h 6h :3h:, i was annoyed and my temper was high and i went for him(this was not a good idea but i could get all the toffs done for gambling at school if we got caught fighting), i didnt think he was strong bit boy did he hit me on the chin, a teacher saw me hold my chin, asked what is going on and the toffs said i was trying to steal there lunch money and was about to hit them so they hit me in self defence, i was in solitary confidement(a room on my own doing my school work) for a couple of weeks. in that time i thought that cards were not worth it(i was grounded at home aswell).
a few years later when i was 18 i saw three people at the local cue club playing holdem, i did remember the rules and asked if i could play, they aggreed and i sat down with £5 worth of 20p"s and the cards were in the air, i cleaned them out with cards and bluffs and proud with what i have done. that was it until i was 20 and me and a few friends were playing "****head", its a get rid of your cards type of game and we were bored, i showed them holdem and they all enjoyed it, at this time i was watching it on tv and they all wanted a proper freezeout game, stake aggreed and chips bought and we were off, since that game i havent stopped learning and playing and addicted(its also where i got addicted to smoking aswell). so that is how i got into poker.
cant wait till the 1st feb and the 7th feb.
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i should have listened to the man upsairs last night when on my way to the pub my car broke down, i got the car running again for 10 seconds then it died again, i thought it was a omen but i was not listening and got the car started again and drove furiously to the boozer, got there with a minute to spare, looking at the league at that moment i could not make the final table and stay second in the league but i wanted a high finish so next week i could concentrate on the online league on the 1st. a few hands in and donking off a few chips with 53 suited on the draw but missed there was a juicy pot with a lot of limpers, i decided a bit of one card holdem was worth a go, saw a ah and pushed everyone folded and he had td tc, on there backs i was in terrible shape, the kicker was a :3s:, i missed a ace and out until the break.
after the break something happened and i want everyone"s opinion on this as i was disgusted that he won the hand, i had 6h 5h and limped on the small blind, big checked, the flop 6s 8d qd, i fire a half pot bet and got called, the turn was kc, i check and he does, the river was the ts, i check and he bets, i call and he shows only the ad, i show my hand and start to rake the pot when he goes "hold on ive got a ten", moves the ace and reveals the td, i called for a ruling but everyone at the table said carry on, should i have won that hand or was i wrong, please let me know your opinion or does anyone knows the exact ruling?
after that i donked off all my chips with a king high cos i was so annoyed that i called a ruling and everyone else carried on but there we go, still second but getting close
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I,m no expert on the rules, but I would have thought if he turned both his cards over, even thought the ten was obscured then he wins. He deserves a punch but he wins :-\
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if anyone plays in my home games the slow roll is punishable lol i was annoyed with what he done but had a chat with him and he thought he showed the 10 first, he still should show both cards at the same time but there we go, onwards and downwards(whoops a negative, i meant upwards) and the big league on the 1st, ive got permission to play the pub league also on the 1st so a bit of multitabling in a different way(may also play holdem on wpt mobile for a bit of cash).
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i made a coc* up a minute ago, was cleaning my copag cards and found a crease in one so i thought ill iron it out, i put the iron on low and put a rag over the card but thermoplastic card shrunk and shrivelled so a new deck is on order. whoops, a silly mistake.
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really don"t why I laughed so hard at that -- but i"m still laughing -- sorry
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Simply Fantastic.
Keep up the good work Ant
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it was late and i thought it was a good idea, i ordered a new set of copag super index(even though i hate super index, its just my friends like them so its the order of the day) and should get them for friday, if not my kem regulars will be out under a heavy protest.
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as i did put a topic in general discussion about said playing card incident ive decided in the name of science to see how much abuse these cards will take, one is going in the washing machine today and tonight ill be testing a card to see how a cigarette can cause damage. if anyone wants to see any method of cleaning to save time tested then please let me know.
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i had a bit of a moment this morning, it seemed like everything was a blur and nothing appeared clear, it took me 20 minutes to realise what was wrong, i forgot to put me glasses on when i got up, now things are a lot clearer im about to register for tonights league but i will be sitting out for a bit as im playing down the pub tonight also and ive pi**ed up so i need to do well this evening to guarantee my place at the regional. good luck everyone for this evening.
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just been playing in a rebuy on bluesq and done really well, 518 players, top 80 get paid and i cashed in 24th place(its my second cash on bluesq the first was a limit event over a year ago) and full of confidence, cant wait till this evening so beware im on form lol
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i busted online in 46th place got rivered as he made a straight could not do anything
speak soon
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overall last night i thought the onine league was good, i must admit i was rushing between laptop and pub league so could not concentrate but i was called over to the laptop when i had a big hand(everyone could look but i made the decisions, one might have been wrong but hey), cant wait till next time, its getting 100%. the pub league has ran its course and i secured second in the league and im off to milton keynes(might have spelt it wrong), i feel that my game is sharp and even my online game is getting better and better.
a funny thing happened this morning at work, our open sign has been stolen, there has been a spate of sign thefts around beccles lately, i just thought it was funny but the boss had an other opinion.
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all i have to say at the moment is ouch, that hurt, i was putting some wheels into the boot of our loan mondeo and i forgot the boot struts are on there way out, as i leant into the boot area, the boot fell on top of my head, ive got a huge bruise on top of my noggin and a headache. hope the bruise goes down for the weekend.
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the bruise is down and my headache has dissapeered, i played at the palace last night(they have changed all the buyins to my disgust) and i absolutley done my best at donking off rebuy after rebuy, i had kk cracked by ten-four when he flopped two pair, i flopped a flush and was beaten by a a nut flush and generally it was awful how i played, i called with the low end of a straight and i knew that my opponent had the higher straight. i misread my hand(due to tiredness) kc qc on the bb and i would have made a boat full of queens. i would have pushed if i knew what i did have, i mucked and a second later i realised what i folded. bugger.
it was not the confidence boost that i needed for the weekend but it was not all too bad, i made most of my rebuys back on the blackjack table as i was waiting for my friend who was playing really well, i wont try that trick again(my friend can make his own way up there lol)
at walsall i will be reconisable as ill be wearing a t-shirt with Ant The Cat on the back and a bit of writing on the front.
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i decided to have a stab online and entered the $6000 guaranteed $5 entry on bluesq, i started off really well, then i walked into aces when i had queens on a ten high flop, he limped preflop, i raised, he called, ten high flop, he raised so i shoved(wrong move but starting with 1500 so i had to get busy with my 1600, please tell me if that was a good move or not?) and he called, i looked at aces and my heart sank, it appears that i am walking into big hands all the time, still confident about walsall(hope the weather gets better as its only a bit wet where i am in good olde norfolkshire). ill be popping in the casino on friday night as ive got to register there and get the missus signed up into the casino and have a wander around.
see u there if your going and good luck to all
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my thoughts on walsall was that the drive up there was boring, the travelodge didnt give me and the missus a double bed and the two single beds were not even in height so not a chance of some "rock the casbah" lol (she was in a mood friday night) but the casino was brilliant, all the players were friendly and it was great putting a name to a face, my play was tight to start with but i didnt get off the ground, bluffed a few pots, did fold a king flush cos i had a feeling he had a ace high flush(he did show it) got short in chips, shoved with 9"s and walked into kings, buggerations. the food was good(bought a bacon sarnie and it was gorgeous). good luck to who wins it. and the drive home was boring but scary at one point, we were driving and a burning clutch smell entered the car, i thought it was mine as mine is on its last legs but a truck ahead of me was smoking from the bellhousing area so phew.
i could not resist playing down the pub tonight and i wish i didnt bother, i put my chips in ahead and got outdrawn(not going to bother you with the details) and the cash games tonight were fruitless. i was so annoyed i did something that i used to do when i started playing properly and i lost my cool, punched my table and said what a [censored] this other player was. i am so ashamed as i thought i learnt that bad beats happen and i usually say nice hand(i did shock a few people with the outburst) and i just blew up completely. on a good note though my darts are getting better and better.
i have decided that im going to take a break as my friend was saying that i was not enjoying the game and was throwing good money at bad situations so on that advice im not playing any poker for a while. my bankroll is down, confidence is at a all time low and im frustrated with the game so the blog is going to be quiet for a while(unless a non poker story comes up so keep an eye out). im umming and arring whether to buy in to the horse event as i feel that im just throwing money away. as kenny rodgers sung "you got to know when to hold em and know when to fold them" im going to foldem at the moment.
speak soon.
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i did forget to say many thanks to everyone who was at walsall it was a great event, i must admit i think my last post was a bit negative but thanks to the apat team for a good event(can you put my pic of me at walsall on my blog please as i would like to print it off to put in my scrapbook, call me sad but thats who i am)
on a positive note(after a good nights sleep) i will be up for the horse event but i still wont be playing anything local for a few days but i will be representing north london poker club this weekend. i just dont feel like im in the "zone" when i play at the moment so im going to collect my thoughts, study a bit, do some homework and teach the missus how to play as she has started to show a glimour of interest in the game(she only wants to keep me quiet i think lol).
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i do appologis for any swearing i put on this blog(its garage language so i will try to hold back, its not big and not clever). ive collected my thoughts, had a read up and i am ready for the fight once again, im off to grosvenor yarmouth tonight for a £5 rebuy. i feel that i have got the zone back. when is the buyin for dusk till dawn horse event???
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I"ve a quick question for you Ant. I"ve had a scan through the photos from day one at Walsall and there"s a familiar face or two on your table. You mentioned that you"d lost a few chips on a bluff, you weren"t trying to bluff the guy immediately to your left were you?
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no the player was in seat one, the chap to my left i did lose a few chips in a hand when i turned two pair and he flopped a set, the guy with the bluesq shirt on was the one who gave the killer blow. the bloke to my left was a very solid player and i gave him total respect, he knew how to play.
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no the player was in seat one, the chap to my left i did lose a few chips in a hand when i turned two pair and he flopped a set, the guy with the bluesq shirt on was the one who gave the killer blow. the bloke to my left was a very solid player and i gave him total respect, he knew how to play.
You could say that ;). Final table at the scottish amateur championships for the last two years, 550th in the WSOP main event last year and APAT player of the year 2008 to his name amongst others
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i was right in my judgement then. tonight was a real blow to my confidence and im doubting my skill(well the little amount i have). i played at the palace(the grosvenor has a session charge but the palace has no session charge whatsoever) and after the first break i was my table chip leader, i played kings so unorthodox that i got paid huge and was feeling in the zone, after the break i didnt really have any great holdings and there was a serial raiser when he was on the button and i was on the big blind, he attacked it 5 times in a row, i had nothing to push with. he managed to whittle my stack down,and when we played a flop together the flop was 9h 7h 6d, he bet and i shoved which was 3x his raise, he eventually called with top pair and i was holding kh 8h for the flush and straight draw and a over card so i felt confident but missed. it really annoyed me that i had to shove when i was behind cos i kept being attacked, i feel that even though i feel confident i still cant win races so on that note im taking a real break from poker so i can regroup the troops so to speak. by the way it has started to snow really heavily in norfolk so there will be trouble in the morning.
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i did forget to mention that i was playing a big name in poker, i was opposit daniel negranu, it was not him but he did look a lot like the big star(i did ask him and he didnt even know who daniel is). it was a bit entertaining.
the snow has fallen but its not too bad, its barely an inch thick but it has caused a lot of chaos.
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the weekend is nearing and the work is tailing off so a bit of tidying up the workshop is in order. no poker for this evening or saturday but sunday evening i will be playing for north london poker club in the league. i cant wait for that. oh well see everyone sunday evening.
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i have been bored this morning, the missus has been called in to her work so i warmed the laptop up and plated on bluesq, a bit of practise for sunday. i admit it was a cash game not a tourney i was playing but poker is poker after all, playing at the 0.02/0.04nlhe table i sat down with $5 and was ready to donk it all, the table was tight so my preflop raises were worhing for a bit until some one smelt a rat and called my bet when i had kd kc, low flop, i bet, he shoves, instacall, ad :3d:, he misses, SHIPMENT, i manage to play really well and float bet my way to $15 and then this hand come up,
everyone folded around to me on the small blind, i have 5s :2c:, i make up, bb checks, flop :2d: 5h 7h, i bet, bb raises, i reraise, bb reraises, im all in(stupid move), call, i showed two pair and the bb had ad ac, turn was a :3h: but the bb was reading barry greensteins book cos a :as: came on the river and i was down to $11. the aces should have won as it was a overwhelming percentage preflop but on the flop i was in the lead by 60% at a guess(if a seven came on the turn it would have made him a bigger two pair).
all in all though i had a lot of fun saying "antthecat" when i won a pot and listening to my music and quoting lines of the lyrics in the chatbox and it was nice to actually win some money online for a change, ill try to keep that up now i know how to do it.
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i need your input, im trying to pass time before 7pm so i need help in my decision, the two choices are:
1) play poker online, cash games are geting fruitful online for me at the moment.
2) play a £25 freezeout down the palace casino in yarmouth, ive not had too much in live form but i think it could turn around today.
3) watch films until 7pm, unfortunatley as films bore the hell out of me and do not stimulate the brain cells so not really an option but can be considered due to a bankroll that has also declaring recession.
your opinion will be really appreciated
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Ant,
Go and play the Live event.
You will be playing online tonight in Leg 2..
You can"t beat playing live.
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i like your decision, i admit im a better live player but just not had too much form but a good"un is round the corner, i am a optimistic person so i probably will play live, as im playing the league tonight ill play a bit of live so hope it goes well. if anyone wants to give advice then it will be appreciated.
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played at the palace and wish i didnt bother, on the 4th hand i found ad ac on the bb, utg player raises to 300, i reraise to 2000(4000 starting stack) and he calls, the flop was 6d 4s :2h:, i shove and he calls with kd kh, lovely i thought, the turn was jh but the river was the crushing kc, i felt my stomach knot up and was thinking what a lucky (censored) he was, to make things worse someone told me that they folded a king so he only had a 2% chance to suck out. i have had enough as it seems that i am putting my chips in so far ahead and getting so unlucky it is depressing me. you need to be headstrong to take brutal bad beats and ive been hit so much it has knocked the wind out of my sails and i feel that enough is enough. everyone who is very close to me is saying why am i bothering and quit with a decent bankroll(a smidge under £300) and give it a go again when you feel like you can beat the game, i think they are right. i know a saying that when you fall off the horse, the best thing to do is get back on and i have done this so much but i just cant jump the fence so to speak. i always say to people be confident and it will come around but i have used up all my energy in the hope that i get some form and enough is enough. any boosts from everyone would be greatly appreciated.
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It would be whole lot different if you were betting loose and making bad decisions. You are not - variance is a abolute bugger and will bite you now and again. You made a move he had to call (hoping you had any other over pair other than Aces), lady luck then took over.....
Keep playing through it -- the results will turn your way
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thanks duke, you said exactly what i would have said if someone asked me for my opinion. i will still play this evening but will be playing pub poker and see if i can win a race as it costs me nothing to play. its so annoying though. ill keep tough and carry on.
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im out in 59th place didnt matter, enjoyed the game and played my best, north london 4 the win. will be definatley taking a break until friday as its a home game.
i am down the pub and i have had a bloke who kept taking the piss out of me wearing glasses, saying "should have gone to specsavers", rialled me up good and proper, was contemplating busting a kung fu move on him as did most of the pub, why do people have to take the piss, he did do a misdeal so i used the line "should have gone to specsavers" which rialled him up. he has now left thankfully as i contemplated doing bird for my actions, better not tell the misses. anyway going to enjoy a game of darts and relax.
speak soon
Ant The Cat
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the first day of not playing poker and no nervous shakes and no cold sweats so far(does playing on my psp wsop 2008 battle of the braclets count as i could use it for practise on theories im reading?) and finding life without poker slightly boring, thought i will spend more time with the woman in my life but she is working late shifts most evenings and seeing her friends when she is doing early"s. so no brownie points earned. tv is so mundane until any poker on tv is on(premier league is well worth watching tomorrow night) so have been watching funny adverts made by full tilt, john juanda in the lift is really funny.
so more reading up and no poker until friday.
speak tomorrow and let you know if i get cold turkey
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today(tesday the 17th) and still not played any poker(a theory was put in practise on my psp last night, out of 2000 odd players i came second, nearly a wsop braclet on my computer animated wrist, the theory was float betting on the turn or river when a scare card comes eg the third card for the flush or a ace) but starting to feel like i want to play but i am resisting temptation. no poker for me as must really take this break seriously and find the reason why i wanted to play and i think it was the fact this game is always changing and i wanted to win a big title, the last few weeks ive played with no desire, not enjoying the game and even knowing my aces wont hold up against his/hers kings and as such and was playing in a shell so to speak, having the break will hopefully bring back the desire to win a big title and a few quid also would be really handy.
will let you know when the cold sweats start lol
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guess what, as i know there is at least 3 tourneys at different venues tonight my brain is saying "go play poker" but i better not as i will get it in the neck for playing.
some good news i have recieved today, my best friend has become a proud father of a baby girl, its a bit daunting for him as he is only 22 but as nearly all my friends are fathers there is only myself and my mate and poker buddy rich still left to become a dad, i hope that i am a jaffa as i dont want to have a little one just yet, still want to win a braclet before i hear pitter patter of tiny feet.
i am starting to think that i cant resist playing tonight but i have to so this break will work its magic and i want a satori moment before i play again,
oh well, back to mot testing.
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did not play last night as a friends car needed fixing(would not start, trned out to be a rotor arm, could have just told him that on the phone) but have found the inspiration to play and win thanks to rubertoe, im going to earn my money playing local tourneys and if i have not earned enough to afford the wcoap then i will also sell my seats as a bit of punishment(bar the horse event, will play that one anyway no matter what).
no poker tonight but cant wait to clean up the local home game tomorrow evening.
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today and cant wait till this evening as home game night is upon me, cant wait to play as feeling confident and is a good chance to catch up with friends, all my winnings(i am confident) will be going towards the apat wcoap events.
before the home game i have to do a couple of mot"s, a service and front to rear brake pipes on a bmw(it involves the removal of the propshaft, exhaust, tank and then the messy brake pipes), this day is going to be a long day ahead of me so better get on with it. sigh
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blooming home game, i felt like i was the fish, had aces cracked after i get my friends chips in and he rivers his gutshot, jacks vs a5 and he makes a set of fives and a very short stack shove with q9 suited got called by q10 and his 10 played. i feel that im playing well and judging where i am really well but when it comes to the crunch the other players have to get really lucky to beat me. not the confidence boost i was looking for this evening. as may is going to be soon upon us and im not playing much after May it would be nice to go out on a high note, not piss my bankroll away.
ive got a pub poker league regional on march 8th so hope the form comes around by then. would be nice to earn a trophy for my new mantlepiece
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today was just the last straw, i cannot win a pot with the best hand or trying to suck out, i am now playing bad poker and just had enough. i have been thinking about quitting the game and today was the last nail in the coffin. i am taking a permenant break from the game as it is affecting my life at the moment, im taking my frustration out on the people so close to me and they dont deserve that.
so here it is:
Ant The Cat
R.I.P 2009
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This is a real shame Ant. But if you cant take the sickness of this game and it affects those close to you then your decision is probably for the best in the long run.
I do predict, however, that as you get older, you will be able to gain more of a sense of perspective and remember why you fell in love with the game in the first place.
Good luck and hope to see you at the tables in the future
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A change is good as rest - but swinebag is right - if it is starting to affect your life away from the tables - then it is definatly time to take a break.
Go away - Dont do anything poker related and then re-assess wher you are in 3 months - if your happier with out poker then you have found your answer!
Good Luck Ant!!
;D ;D
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i will be assessing my mood and if i feel that poker is not for me then that will be it, another thing that is affecting me is work, the job is really grinding me down, my workmate has said that he noticed since the MOT bay has been installed and im the only tester, im not as happy and chirpy as i was before, i was always having a laugh but as there is so much pressure on my shoulders at the moment im not happy with the organisation of the workshop and i feel useless as im a very good technician but cant do anything bar testing cars and not overhauling a buick engine.
my decision on giving up the game might have been a snap decision but i want to sort my head out first and the people who are close to me i want to look after. i know that a bad run can last for months and the fact that i have noticed my game is off and has been affected but i have a sneaky suspision i might be playing once i feel the time is right as i might play this weekends league as there is no "I" in team but that is only if i feel like it is the right thing to do at that time.
sorry to ramble a bit but just letting some thoughts out and trying to clear my head and many thanks to everyone who has wished me luck in what i decide.
good luck and skill to all
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i have set myself a challenge and its not to do with poker as such, what i want to do is get my fitness up, cut out the smoking habit, eat a lot more healthfully and challenge the grey matter. i have noticed im getting tired easily and a 1/2 mile jog will nearly kill me and surely my brain is getting lasy also so the order of the day is this(feel free to advise me on anything):
1) start going for cycle rides on the weekend and to the local shop as ive got a £200 bike sitting there never getting used
2) eat a healthy and balanced diet, ive got to stop the burgers and chips and choclate snacks and eat a lot more fruit and veg(its the basics i know)
3)quit smoking, the most easiest thing i can do hopefully
4) read more books, i know that reading really stimulates the brain and this is what i really need to improve on.
hopefully all the above will help me to improve in general and this will improve my poker game threefold.
i know that i said i will take a permenant break but i have came to the assumption is that its work that has ground me down and is putting me in a bad mood(also tiredness) so after a few months of essential body maintenance i hope i will be playing the game again (i just cant leave the game but the break is needed).
so Ant The Cat might be back and fitter than ever.
im thinking i might play the team event but will see how i feel but no local poker and definatley no online dips for a while, life without poker is soooo boring lol
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starting to eat more healthfully(until last night, had no dinner and this morning had no breakfast) and will try a bit of exercise today if i get time, im reading richard pryors book, pryor convictions, its a hell of a read and eye wateringly funny, im quitting smoking(again) from tomorrow and have not played any serious poker, did play the home game(have not seen my mate alex for a while so i only played to catch up really) but the cards were non existant best hand was a5 off all evening and lost chips on a ace high flop(kicker trouble but i knew i was not winning) but not going to play any more serious poker for myself until i feel ready(3 years lol), the online league is on tomorrow and i will play that as its in my opinion a bit of fun and i enjoy the feel of do i knock a team mate out(never had done but i could have with some dry aces ive considered) and if i do well, it will be because ive enjoyed myself and not played so serious that if i bust out im in a mood all evening.
speak soon
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the essential maintenance of myself is going ok, almost cut out the smoking habit(down to 1 a day and that is in the evening, i cant get rid of this one as i seem to enjoy it) and eating a much more healthy diet. when i get the chance i will go out on my pushbike and start getting my fitness up but work is stopping me as im working in the evenings also. i have been in a lot better mood as of late but poker is starting to get a fix on me again. it might be the book that im reading has started this bug as its roy brindley"s life"s a gamble, its a good book thus far.
i have to admit i did play a bit online last night on pokerstars as boredum set in, i played in the $1.10 90 player sng"s and played four at one time, two were unsuccessful but i did come third in two of them for a healthy cash and a huge moral boost. wont be doing this again lol
speak soon.
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ive had a bit of a mishap, ive smoked more than i want to, did use my pushbike last night to go to the shop and back and it nearly killed me(was going hell for leather though) and still trying to study poker, im feeling great as work is getting sorted(had a chat with my boss) and cant wait to play some serious poker.
just read the shedule for the wcoap and will buy in for every event but im a bit worried about what do i do if i get deep in the main event(im pushing it here lol) and have bought in for the horse event, what happens, do i run between tables or just give up the seat???
cant wait till friday evenings home game and this sunday im off to milton keynes to play the regional final pub league. i will go deep(i keep telling myself)
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a i usually get into a grump about a bad beat you are in for a refreshing suprise, i was knocked out of the regional in 82nd place out of 120 runners, blinds were super fast as was my game but i could not win a big pot and kept my original stack of 3k as the blinds hit 200-400, i was on the small blind with the powerhouse hand 4h 5h and limped, bb checked, flop was 6c 7h 8d, i fired, bb shoved and i called, he showed 5s 9c, never mind as it was a cooler and nothing i could do so no calling anyone a lot of colourful language, said nice hand and went to the bar for a red bull.
as there was three of us i wandered over to my friend who got all his chips in with ak off and got called by pocket jacks and pocket queens, a queen on the flop sealed his fate so one left from the butchers arms, he was on fire and got huge hands paid when needed and he eventually came 4th and won a seat in the national at dusk till dawn. he was gutted he did not win but overall he seemed pleased with his result.
Wilby and myself then rushed back from milton keynes back to beccles to squeeze in a few cash games down the pub, 2 coinflips later and i was £10 down, really tired but still had a good day.
i have learned that having a negative attitude gets you nowhere in poker so im thinking really positive and feeling confident and ready to take on the poker world again, now can anyone tell me how to win a coinflip situation as this is the weak part of my game, i cant win a coinflip whether i have the pair or ak so who do i bribe lol
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just trying to stay positive and things are happening, i keep having thoughts of writing a book which include a few believable but made up stories and some real accounts of my poker experience. i made a start a few nights ago and came up with a chapter of a home game that was a bit rough to say the least, another is a computer whiz-kid who is cleaning up online but when he walks into a casino for the first time he realises he is out of his depths.
will let you know how it is going and i was going to play a bit tonight but the blooming girlfriend has the night off so considering playing a £25 freezeout tomorrow.
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i have had a good poker weekend, friday night the home game was a bit of a cooler(i called an all in with 10"s and he had kings) and i left my friends house to play at norwich in a cash game. waiting for a seat at a cash table which did look juicy another table was about to start and the other players have just finished playing in the tournament that was running so i joined that table. with £30 in cash chips and blinds 50p/£1 and optional £2 straddle i set to work, i managed to grind to £48 when i found pocket aces(my favourite pocket aces, two black ones), there was a preflop raise(£6) from early position, the button called and i called on the bb(i was so out of position) and the flop was qc jd :2h:, i checked, early shoves, the button reshoves ott, i show my aces to get a reaction(i have been wanting to use this to get a tell for so long) but they were not bothered, i folded my aces, the early player had js jh and the button had qh qd, everyone was amazed(as was i really) that i laid down pocket aces on a queen high flop, one old boy left the table saying"if he can lay down pocket aces then i have no chance in making any money on this table" but a few tourney players came over and donated a few more quid to me. after two hours and £6 session charge and unlimited cups of tea i was up to £65.50(its the 50p that makes it sound brilliant) so i made approx £15 an hour, thats more than i earn at work on overtime rate, shame it is not running for 24 hours as i could work there lol.
today is my birthday and i have decided not to play any poker today and spend time with the family but god it is so boring. i want to play so badly but i did say that i would not. buggerations
speak soon and good luck in the league matches tonight.
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woop woop i am finally going to play some proper poker again(i did play cash friday but that was a dip toe in water test) and i cant wait to play at the palace, feeling great and full of confidence(maybe i should not get my hopes up too much as if i lose to a sickening beat i feel so crushed) and ive now opened up a sklansky dollar account. sklansky dollars are ones that you win if you put all your money/chips in ahead and lose to runner runner or something like that. when you lose you get a dollar so even though when you lose you win(its hypothetical i know) and when you get your money in again hopefully you can exchange sklansky dollars into real dollars and win your pot. ive got $100 sklansky dollars ready to exchange so wish me luck
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ive just bought in for the wcoap main event. it was a impulsive buy so i wont be near my laptop or computer for a while. trying to save for a holiday.
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the friday night home game was a waste of time(lol) and when i shoved with two pair aces and kings i get called by a set of fours, a four on the river gave him overkill quads. nice hand well played(bugger). i decided to then set up a heads up match with my friend wilby, 20 minutes and i made a tenner so i can win money at poker.
got to go, busy at work.
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sunday night and pub bingo sorry poker was a no hoper, wasnt concentrating on poker as such, shoved with ten-six off and got called by j10s. cash games were fruitless and the few games of pool for money the opponents got so lucky(missed the corner but rolled into the centre), i was hoping to make a few quid at pool as i used to play snooker all the time and came close to a 147, if only someone who was watching did not say quite loudly "ten reds and blacks, he is on for it" and soon as i heard that then a simple red did not go near the pocket, since ive never got that close again. times like that someone deserves a kicking but thats life.
when i got home i was sitting on bluesq and noticed a 10/20c table where the biggest stack was $6 so i bought in for the maximum of $20(the whole online bankroll near enough) and won a few pots and made a easy $5 in 10 minutes, felt too tired so left the juciest table that ive found and went to bed, could not sleep cos i was tempted but i left well alone, it felt like sleep was costing me money but it was for the best.
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i got a 141 once
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very impressive mal, i never made a century, 90odd but could not get into 3 figure breaks. should get back and play again.
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ive been playing again online and grinding out trying to actually make money online. up and down but overall made $6 profit for an hour"s work, a few suck outs and quality plays and quite pleased with my result. back again tomorrow.
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ive noticed this will be the 150th post on my blog(not as many as some) and to me its a milestone, i cant believe people enjoy reading my blog. now poker, online had a bit of a downswing but recovered well(sorted leak spotted by a friend) and friday nights home game i took down, its been a while since i played so well i impressed myself and everyone was suprised when i won, they thought i was getting lucky, it was though i was working pot odds, outs and implied odds and they actually worked for a change and i admit i was hitting when i needed but i never felt like i was behind in a hand in which i was playing.
im off to dusk till dawn to cheer on wilby at the redtooth poker national tomorrow so i need an early night but one hour online cant hurt surely. if anyone will be there then please dont take all my money if i sit at a cash table as i need some for petrol to get back to kirby cane.
1 hour on blue sq coming up.
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wow, what a place dusk till dawn is, i met jmmy white and abi titmuss, got my picture done with them both, also got my picture with all the redtooth poker ladies who were very eye catching to say the least.
i did play a bit of cash game but done £100 due to a lucky norwegian making two pair on the river, never mind, i learnt a lot from playing so £100 well spent i guess(im sobbing really). wilby busted early so i got some merchandise and headed home, recouped some of my loss at the local pub so all in all not a bad day yesterday was.
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experienced the loosest online cash yesterday, it was a complete mess and i was playing terrible, done most of my profit that i was rolling up to pay for wcoap main event. i was only $15 before it was paid for but i will have to grind it out again. does anyone know of any tourneys on bsq that are soft(max buy in $5+50) as it will help boost bankroll.
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i dont know why i decided to play but i fancied a bit of poker this evening, the local venues were expensive but the grosvenor yarmouth was the cheapest with a £10 rebuy, i did decide to set a limit of £30 and see what happened, second hand and i found ad1 qh and shoved, got called by kc jh and he popped a jack, chips please, few hands later had ac ks, shoved again and called by kc qs, queen on the flop, chips please ect ect...... just could not win when im ahead, i was playing aggressive as it was a rebuy but i forgot my limit and done 4 rebuys and an add-on but i just knew it was not my night until a shoved with ad1 jh and walked into kd kh but a :as: popped and i got some serious flack but i did get my chips in first and everyone aggreed and he just got unlucky. new players came to the table and i shoved with 9h 9d and got insta called by the bb with ad1 kd, ace on forth street and i was out. i could not gather a stack together to play properly, oh well, i should not played a higher buyin that i can afford but it would sting a bit. the next tourney is a £3 rebuy (more like it) on saturday afternoon. i have heard its a real shove fest so tight play is the order of the day. i used to get so angry when i had a bad beat but as a friend said(he said he made this line up but i have heard it in a film) "if you want sympathy you will find it between s*** and syphallis in the dictionary" and it really hit home, if you feel bad then bad things will happen so i have got a positive attitude and a good result will be happening very soon(i do hope so)
speak soon
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good things will happen my rear, i think ive caught a bug, god im wiped out. i feel terrible. oh well, an early night is in order. hope i feel better tomorrow as i want to play the rebuy tomorrow.
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i apologise that i have not posted about last weekend yet, just been busy, saturday saw me play a £3 rebuy, it was fast and very loose, got my tens beaten by 45o three times in a row. absolutley pointless showing up but was a bit of fun. sunday i played down the pub and recently i have not cared about the pub game but i really wanted to just final table and give myself a boost, i played my best poker and came second overall in the tourney, only did not come 1st because the blinds were so high had to shove during heads up without looking at my cards, if i looked i still would have shoved cos i has 10d 8d. a sng was starting down the pub so played that and cleaned up.
all in all a blooming good weekend, next installment of poker is on thursday evening but deciding what tourney is the best vaue. will let you know
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i decided to get some friends together and go up norwich, as you can tell im out and friends are still in, well what happened was there was a raise from me with :as: qs, a shove and a call, i squeeze play and shove for 12,000 total(blinds 200 400) and call, i was crushed by ad1 kd and ac kc. whoops, just tried to get to 20k and blind out for a few hours until final table, that plan went belly up. oh well only in for £20 so no real biggy. tomorrow is the home game and we are having a problem with trying to squeeze people in, we only have enough space for ten at a squeeze so another table may have to be set up, where the table is going to be is the other question, also we are short of chips, the problem is that the host is so friendly she wants all the pub players to play but its a bit of a head scratcher which is not a problem but seating is the real issue. im resisting a cash game but have to keep in control, family reckon that im playing a bit too much, and i am. so im slowing down a bit and swatting up some more, im now off to play snooker to kill time.
will let you know how i get on.
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after the snooker i was still waiting for wilby so sat down at the cash table and won all my buy ins back and some more. it will never happen again(not!!!!!).
friday nights home game and there was only 7 runners(no worries about seating), i went off like a rocket, raising with 93 suited and kept calling raises and making a flush on the river did help me winning that pot, i took it down to the upset of wilby who did reckon he had an edge heads up, my rear end, as he was aggressive i used his aggression against him so when i hit top pair, top kicker i fast played knowing he would shove, he did and i snap called, he only had a gutshot straight draw and he missed. i was using this game to try things out and it was inconclusive as i could not miss so will have to try sunday.
today i have been asked to play a few tourneys but im not playing as i do need a break and my parents garden is getting overgrown. just the pub in the evening.
a quick question and please answer this, does anyone like lady gaga"s song poker face? i find it so annoying but just wanted peoples opinion.
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wow, ive realised i have not been playing online for a while, it is cos i done my biscuit trying to chase dead money. i used to play a lot of omaha online and it was profitable and it was paying for my sng habit so at the end of the month i will be putting a bit of money on and grinding on the omaha.
i suppose i better get on with the gardening. pub poker on tonight.
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pub poker was its usual suck out and bad beat fiasco, i needed to bust early so no problem. monday was a good day, saw my friend rich who was out of hospital for a couple of days, was so nice to see me olde mucker. i kept getting hassled by a few friends who wanted to play that evening so a few phone calls and located rileys snooker hall in norwich. it was a £5 two dips max freezeout sort of thingy. we joined as members (£7 each, thats a lot in my opinion) and played the tourney, well as everyone know i do like to blast my chips on the odd occassion and was out after 1 hour 32 minutes(a personal best if i dont go deep) but i was not bothered, the tourney has no real value as top prize was £60 and if your in for £10 then its a struggle to find purpose but it was a laugh. a few frames of snooker (£6 per hour was steep) and a cash game started, £10 max buyin and blinds 25/50p so had to get jiggy, after an hour had £20 in notes after people bought chips from me and £30 in chips but had to lend a tenner to a friend so up £50 minus expenses and when i get paid back the £20 off my friend(he played the tourney with a loan from me) so a profitable evening. its a real shame there is not many places in norfolk to play cash as i feel its one of my big strengths.
speak when i have another installment of low level poker to tell.
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friday night saw the local home game being set up, people calling me for lifts and struggling to fit 11 round a table. i came second for 30 squiddlies so not a bad performance but just could not knock a player out when i was miles ahead preflop. played terrible and donated 10k of my 45k stack just trying to connect with the flop against a aggressive pete but found some inspiration when i reshoved a couple of time with nothing and he quickly folded, phew as it would have been embarrassing to show 7d :2c: on both occassions, i just cant fold it, its a sickness.
im considering playing a £25 freezeout at the palace tomorrow but i just cant find form in tourneys at the moment, home game is a bit different and cash games are pretty profitable and still not playing online so cant talk about that one.
will keep everyone up to date on regression, sorry progression lol and now off for a meal with the dragon.
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a quick update, sundat was the £25 freezeout, could not get off the starting mark and was ko"d in 2 hours, the pub was also a waste of time but did win a huge pot with 72off, that pissed a lot of people off, got unlucky wit aq off(i did post i should not play this hand lol) when pocket deuces held up. that was the sunday in a nutshell.
monday was a bit of poker at rileys snooker club, donked off my chips with a10 in a unraised pot with a board of qd ac 7h, opponent hit 2 pair and i did not improve, played a bit of snooker whilst waiting for friends to bust out(im really friendly) and decided to put a tenner in a jackpot machine just to pass 5 minutes, i managed to win £267 out of the machine so it was not a waste of time going but i wont be playing machines again, i did have a addiction with the local bookies roulette machine and lost a lot of money to it so i dont want to get into that habit again.
im toying with the idea of playing a £3 rebuy thursday but might not, ive talked about a 12 hour poker stint friday night, play the home game, bust out and play cash up norwich until 7am then go to work sat morning.
will keep you posted
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Have you heard about the tourney on Jenningsbet next tuesday linked to the live tourney at Carrow Road on 4th May?
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i have not simon, can you pm any info u have please.
anyway on to poker, as im busy thursday night and friday night i decided to play up norwich(im now waiting for friends) and usual donk off, too many hero calls and bust early so im going to revise my tactics on nlhe tourneys, i wont play a cash game as i did not bring enough cash with me and my debit card is knackered, just could not gather a good run. i am toying with the idea of trying to setup a big tourney but its all just a dream at the moment, i want to run a £50 freezeout deepstack with a 10k stack but cant organise a piss up in a brewery at the moment. if i can get runners, a venue and some time to run it then i will give it a go. if anyone has any ideas then please let me know as i would love to have a 10k event in norfolk as i have not found one yet.
post again soon
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Message sent. There should be a few of the Yarmouth season 2 posse there.
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i have registered for the carrow road bonanza, thanks simon for the info. should be a good event. im also going to recruit a few others so will be a goodun.
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I had an email from Jennings about the NCFC event, but both it and their website give virtually no details of the tournament. Looks like this is deliberate so presumably the prizes don"t justify a journey, but do you know any details?
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you have to register for an online tourney first in which has 200 max runners and top 8(?) get paid cash, it sounds like a tourney with no value, buyin is 25 euros, its listed under private tourneys, its on the 28th at 8pm for online and the live freeroll is on the 3rd may but do not know start time, you must play online to enter the NCFC freeroll.
my opinion is that they want to run a few live tourneys and use these as a proving ground but it should be a lot of fun and first in the freeroll is guaranteed a televised tournament seat, where or what is another matter though.
hope this helps.
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Thanks for that; I was actually wondering whether you might know something about the live event if you are local. I don"t think it can be up to much if they are keeping the details quiet, so I guess I"ll pass.
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did play a little online and donked off a fiver, never mind, not too much tomorrow, wont be playing the league as did not get paid yet(bugger) and have not gone to bank and deposited as work is busy, been fitting a petrol engine in a diesel camper van, why i cant fit or rebuild the diesel is beyond me but there we go, up to my ears in wiring loom trying to get a spark. also had an oil baron drilling where as i was working as had a huge oil slick where the engine fell and i forgot to drain the sump, lots of cat litter around, very messy, i have to lay in that mess monday morning, not wanting to wake up to that.
speak soon
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sunday and played (reluctantly as just had bad news from a friend) down the pub, im well out of the playoff position so i was only interested in a result and some cash, was playing well until i was called a "dick" for pointing out that he string betted, he announced 300(blinds 150/300) and raise, i said that it is only a call but he was allowed to raise by the td(wtf?) so looked at :as: 8s and reshoved ott(i was emotional at this point only to the news that i was told earlier) everyone else folds and he asks for a count, halfway through counting the raise he called(why bother asking u will ask) and showed ks kd but karma was against him when a flop of ad1 8c :2h:, turn and river were bricks and i was table chip leader on the break, he was moaning that how could i shove with a8 sooted to his raise, if he did not annoy me then i would fold but i was fuming and admittedly make a donkey shove and get rewarded. later on i made the final table only when i was a bit behind preflop with kc th vs the landlords :as: qs (blinds were high and chips were not too great shape) and a ten on the river kept me fighting to take down the tourney and 100 points and £45.
now waiting to play this online tourney to register for the ncfc live event on sunday, wish me luck.
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the online event has been cancelled, wtf. wanted to have a stint online but hey-ho, just wondering if the live event is still on. i suppose 22 runners was not enough maybe but bugger, this is so annoying.
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As I start typing this, I"ve been on the phone 15 minutes waiting to get through to Jennings to get an answer to the following questions:
1)How can they claim tonight"s online tournament had a "guaranteed" prize fund and yet be cancelled?
2)I presume that the Live event with "Prizes including a seat in a televised tournament" will also be cancelled
Jennings, get your collective arse in gear and answer
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i got through, had a problem with the poker software as far as customer services(bookkeeping) but the live event should be still running regardless.
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Got through to Jennings after a 25 minute wait and apparently, the cancellation tonight was due so a "system error". Both tonight"s online tourney and sunday"s proposed live event, for which they have presumably hired the venue, arranged for dealers to work, hired tables, will be rescheduled.
If anyone from Jennings or with any connection with this weeks tournaments is reading this:
1) I really hope you do as promised and rearrange both events. Call me cynical, but I"ll believe it when I see it, as poker players in this part of the country get f*** all support from anybody.
2) I will not play a single hand on a cash table or enter any MTT or STT on Jennings poker until the promised events with the promised prizes are made available again.
Over to you guys......
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ffs, its annoying, as u said players from this part of the country do get sod all help, im waiting for a email to confirm my email address for blackbelt poker(trying 1 of 3 options) and it seems norfolk is a black hole for poker, we need to do something about that. i think jenningsbet are making up a load of perverbial and as there was not enough runners to cover costs then they simply pulled the plug. hope they organise something promptly.
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Thanks for that; I was actually wondering whether you might know something about the live event if you are local. I don"t think it can be up to much if they are keeping the details quiet, so I guess I"ll pass.
Only just read back this far and you"d be correct in assuming there was zero publicity locally. Nothing in the local press and not even anything on the Norwich City website. Bearing in mind the venue in question has plenty of space for 200 runners, a free carpark nearby and even a Holiday Inn about 50 yards away, you"d have thought they might have made a bit more effort..............
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And another thing, I believe the venue concerned is being used by the football club who are showing a screening of our relegation confirmation match against Charlton. Even allowing for the match starting at 13.15, are Jennings really going to wait until the game has finished at about 15.05 then set up the tables ready for a 16.00 start? Something doesn"t quite smell right..........
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i have received a email to confirm there was a server error, according to jenningsbet they will reorganise another date. got to go, playing up norwich, going good. speak in a bit.
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busted out, had 10bb with running antes so had to shove with kh 9h but got called with qh qd, did not improve and now off home. cant wait to see when they are going to organise this live event at ncfc.
speak soon
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im down the pub as we speak and really just could not get anything together, ive scraped into the playoff league and just made stupid shoves, both in tourney and in sng. i am not playing anything during the week as im off with friends to play at the vic on saturday, does anyone know what tourneys are running on saturday the 11th(i think its the date) and might have a dip at a cash game.
speak soon
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i apologise for the fact i have not posted for a little while, monday i played(even though i said i would not) a tournament, 14 runners and £5 two dip semi freezeout, after i lost my first stack(a misread, i read his preflop raise for ace king and i paired my jack on the flop, shove, call, he shows ace jack, my jack ten suited was in trouble) i got in my groove, managed to get all my chips in preflop with aces (they did hold up for once) and made the final table as chip leader, was card dead and bluffing into the nuts every time, made a shove with a suited ace and got called by pocket tens, two aces on the flop saw me get abuse but a miracle ten on the river and i just said best hand won, nice playing against you, under my breath i was swearing blue murder but there we go.
friday night saw me made a outrageous bluff and it was not a poker hand, my girlfriend asked me to see her but i wanted to play my friends home game, i told her that i had a awful day at work and i was in a terrible mood. she said that dont bother coming round and biting her head off. funny thing was i was in a cheerful happy mood. the poker game was awful but i did make my tenner back.
yesterday lingy, wilby and myself went on a road trip to the victoria casino. as i have been there before for the razz event i knew what to expect but both lads eyes popped out and jaws hit the floor when we walked through the casino gaming floor. we had a bite to eat (well done burger had no meat cos it was so burnt it was a lump of charcoal, a bit overcooked i thought but no complaints as i was starving) and we put our names down for a £1-£1 self deal cash, we all sat with £200. the other players sat down (varing between min buy in and max buyin) and we were off. after four hours of me betting into the nuts(jack high flop, i had kj he had jj for a set) i decided to call it quits with a loss of £150. wilby moved to another table, lingy lost but won at roulette so he was happy. whilst waiting for wilby lingy and myself decided to shoot craps, i lost a tenner and he lost the same but it was fun to throw dice as we never done it before. 3am and wilby called it quits and was quite a bit down(im not disclosing how much but me and lingy did take the piss a bit on the trip home) we left, wilby disheartened and ready to quit poker, lingy was whinging could we stop for something to eat or he would have to eat my dashboard and myself, well i was getting quite hysterical(i always find anything funny when im tired and lingy drooling at every kebab house i drove past was funny, we did stop at mcdonalds just to keep him quiet) but i had a good time even though i lost, im proud that i controlled myself not to lose any more money, i knew i was running bad and did play a few hands badly so was chuffed with my self control. we got back at 6.45 this morning and i fell asleep at 8am(childrens telly seemed quite frankly so f****d up no wonder there are so many kids are so out of control) and woke at 1pm. im playing at the pub tonight and as its a new season i hope i get a good start as i really want a glass trophy just so i can show im good at something(i do have a trophy for winning a snooker tourney and im still proud that i won it).
speak soon
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sunday night was a waste of time, bad plays on my and my opponents parts, not a good start to the new league, i played last night round lingy"s and it was a sng type game, £5 entry, fast blinds and winner take all. after four games i was £30 up so happy with that, then i shown lingy the original poker den on youtube, no chips just £50 notes flying around, both of us were wet at the mouth, worth looking for. i have started to play online again and making $1.50 an hour, slow but steady will eventually win the race but its better that losing.
speak soon
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sunday pub league was a result, came second so i am well in contention for winning a trophy. that is what i am after. i went and played tonight and was not bothered, played rubbish but had some genius moments. just a note to you readers if you are playing the wcoap event and yet not booked a room travelodge are offering rooms in the nottingham area for £19 per night family room. just thought id mention it.
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not much play live as been saving winnings for spending money for holiday to malta. i have been playing a bit online and ive found my second love in omaha cash again. i used to grind the omaha games to pay for a sng habit and as im not a great tourney player i have drawn up a plan, just grind the omaha games and leave sng"s well alone. dont get me wrong i can do well but tourneys just keep me scratching my head when i have to shove with crap cos i have less than 10bb and get called with a worse hand that usually wins. i have made (dont laugh as had a bit of a bad session today, kept getting outdrawn to four outers but that in a days work) £25 for the week. no poker at the pub so i might play the online league again, dependant on what i am doing in the evening(i am definatley not watching britain"s got no talent)
good luck to all
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played a tourney up norwich and done awful but stayed away from the fruit machines which was great, came home early and played a bit of omaha, i did see a tourney running so decided to have a dip and i played well, was overall chip leader till near the money bubble when i ran into the nuts twice (was playing aggressive at this point) but survived and finally cashed in a online tourney which is a achievement. not much in the way of winnings but a cash is still a cash and quite proud of myself for showing discipline(basically i did not throw my laptop outside when i lost 2/3 of my stack in 3 hands) and now im growing in confidence.
boosting confidence ready for august, i cant wait for it.
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more in the way of confidence boosting, i final tabled a £3 rebuy, 20 odd runners, slowish structure and a lot of chips flying(especially by me lol). i decided to just keep pumping and shoving with anything in the rebuy period, eventually got a half decent stack after the 8th rebuy, an add on was requested and break, after the break i was card dead but survived by blind raises when there was limpers(set up a tight image after the break) and doubleed up after a coin flip.
the final table did not improve in the way of cards but the action was tight so i stole the antes for a while and grew to a healthy stack, then 8th place was ko"d, the money bubble, usually the bubble is tight(so people say, this is all new to me lol) but it felt like the rebuy period again, 2 orbits of blinds and antes and i was getting short but could on get my chips in in good position as usually there was 2 limpers or raisers when i was on the button(it seemed fishy but i should have pushed then) and i finally got it all in utg with qj off and got called by pocket fours, missed all my draws and fours stood up, i was the bloody bubble boy. never mind as really enjoyed myself and played superb imo considering the superb card rush that i was missing.
tonight is the home game so on recent form i should take this one down (hopefully)
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friday nights home game was the usual, lost all my chips when i was ahead on the flop and got crushed by a rivered flush, so dealt the game for a bit and during this i got a text saying "fancy playing cash up norwich", the offer was too good to refuse so after midnight picked wilby up and went to norwich, wilby got straight in but i had to wait for an hour but i took the atm"s seat so supposedly there was no easy money, wilby was £400 up at this point so i was just praying for a double up (i sat with £40), one round of omaha saw me treble up when there was a 3 way all in and i had the worst hand on the flop, set vs two pairs vs my up and down straight draw, an ace on the turn gave me the straight and a healthy treble up, back to holdem and got paid for a nut flush and i was £130 up, that was enough at 5.15am and wilby followed suit £500 up. it was a good session, sundays pub game was awful but hey ho, you cant win them all.
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sorry i have not blogged for a while but just not playing often and when i have played its been poor results, spent £50 in rebuys in a £5 rebuy and just could not build a stack, just came from the pub and came nowhere. also had my laptop crash so will have to reload my bluesq and jennings poker clients so have not played online for a while. i have been putting my money on my motorbike cos i would like to get that back on the road and poss ride it to dtd for the wcoap.
as ive got the week off from the girlfriend(i love it when she works late shifts) i will be playing during the week so will keep you posted
good luck to all
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as the rain is stopping play at the moment(im working on a mitsubishi pajero, changing the rear main oil seal, a real headache job that i had to do at home outside in the muddy field, LOVELY) just thought i would bring u up to speed. i could not be arsed to play too much poker but i did play a bit of pool for my local pub, i won both my matches but we lost 7-3. i did play the friday night home game round my friends and came 1st. a result imo.
i am considering playing the league match tomorrow but financial situation is on the bleek side at the moment but i might make an apperance if this job gets done tomorrow and if it stops raining.
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i have now found form but i just hate pocket aces, in the home game i got all my chips in with them and got cracked by pocket tens(after he called another all in aswell, aces v kings v tens, cant believe the tens called, they were offsuit lol) and in my steaming i went off to play a bit of cash poker, made £70 in two hours but had to get to work sat morning so was short. sat evening i played a semi freezeout up norwich and with the help of the deck (my a10 v 99 and kk and i rivered broadway, god im running good at this point) and a few calls for info(they folded and would not show what they were betting with, i thought a showdown meant i can see there cards as i did call there bets) and i came 4th even though i was quite card dead on the final table(andy i was not playing tight at all). my winnings went to the cash table and from then on it did go a little sour, here is the hand in question:
blinds 50p/£1 and £2 straddle
i had 9c tc utg+1, utg folded, i raised to £6(had £70 in front of me), next player to me called, folded to straddle who called. flop was kc jc :2h:, straddle checked, i fire £10, next player raises to £25, straddle folds, i reshove for £53(i would have betted a lot more if i had it in front of me) and he snap called, he flipped over ac ah so smugly so i flipped my 9c tc and said "i have the nut draw then" and the turn was 4h and the river was the miracle 7d which ment my ten high was no way near good enough to beat his aces, smug twat. for the weekend though im £10 up at the moment but if my draw came in then it would have been a real good weekend, now waiting to go to the pub to get some serious whoop-ass going.
wish me luck
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whoop-ass really means getting rivered and sucked-out on, pub was crap so wanted an early night, got home and played some sng"s on stars, played four at once and three tables got sucked out on, fourth i quadrupiled up when i shoved pre with 55 and the flop brought 55x, just finished out of the money though as was card and situation dead.
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just been playing at a newish poker club in kings lynn. played a £10 freezeout, 16 runners(poor turn out imo) but after some good plays and some cards, i made the final table, managed to ko a aggressive player by using his aggression to my advantage, got down to the final three with 2/3 of the chips in play but had a car crash, KK(button all in) vs 99(me on sb called) and another hand a8(same button attacker) vs my a5(on the sb) and i called and lost most of my chips, blind shove and snap call, missed the flop completely and cashed for £27, it was so annoying as both my hands were imo beating the buttons range and i was up against the nuts every time. just cant win one, maybe i should have not thought i had it in the bag when i had my chip lead.
national league tomorrow and have already bought in for it so with my confidence should have it in the bag and sod the blooming pub league, there is no correct play(not many know pot odds accoring to percentage of winning the hand, im not great but i have a firm understanding) and they will call your raise when they have a dry ace cos they have an ace. i feel i can beat a good player but i cant beat a donkey, wow i must be a terrible player if i cant beat a donk
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Ant
Give me a donkey with a dry ace over a good player anyday.
good players consider your holdings, manage the pot size, play position, know where they are in most hands, fold when you give them incorrect odds for a draw, lose the minimum when they are behind, win the maximum when they are ahead, their betting patterns make them difficult to read, they have a good read on you and are able to bluff you off pots..........the list goes on......
remember that next time a weaker player gets lucky against you.
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good players are easier to play as they understand that a bet of 1k into a 600 pot means that they are not getting the pot odds to call on the draw, bad players dont understand this and they always seem to hit their straight or flush when the odds are against them so they always seem its the right call.
form is still good at the moment as came second in pub league(blooming landlord had trouble with his wifi so could not play league match) and won £50 playing face up poker. im a sick puppy really but i stopped ahead as did not want to see a friend lose his money(i did have to give him a lift home aswell, did not want friction). playing tonight so all the best
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ok, i now would have a donk with a dry ace rather than a good player, i got trapped when i was calling a flop bet to hit a flush, i put opponent on top pair so thought that fourth street was a miracle, he hit a bigger flush and read that i was drawing. now please:
IF YOU ARE A DONKFISH, PLEASE SEND A LETTER TO THE USUAL ADDRESS SO I CAN SEE IF I CAN BEAT A DONK(i will offer 3/1 on anyones money for the practise i need, any offers).
only joking, it was a bad read in my opinion. ive had a good run of form and the variance is swinging the other way now so have to run with the rough and the smooth.
im annoyed with myself tonight(not with poker, the move was standard) as ive lost my two pool matches that i was playing, the table was awful(top cushion could not be swerved off, came back straight 5 times) and i could not get my arm swinging. our team lost 9-1 and the opponents did have the run off the ball.
dont know when ill be playing poker next but i will let you know
good luck to all
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cash game up norwich, started with £40 and rolled it up to £140 but chased too many draws(had great pot odds every time) and lost it all, never mind, tiredness set in. im playing the pub league tomorrow so should have form(i hope)
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just been playing the poker player freeroll gukpt satellite, i lasted thirteen minutes(longer than i usually last doing what i enjoy) because it was a car crash, twice had ak on the bb, everyone folded. i raised in mid position with jj and won the blinds(its easy at the moment) and the next hand had jj again, i raised and got called, queen high flop, i bet, he raise, i fold. on the bb had 65 sooted, checked, hit two pair, raised, he shoved for half my stack, i called, he had a set and i was crippled, the sb hand was a pair of sixes, i shove(tilted), got called by kq, queen on the flop, im out.
the tourney was not meant to be, but the cash online is slowly(very slowly, im going to blow up and donk it off soon) coming in as ive tightened my game online but it is ssssooooooooooooo boring, there is no fun when i could be shouting for a miracle deuce(one outer) at my laptop, once in a very long while im shouting yes as i hit it and feel like god. just playing tight aggressive is fine live but online i just want to go to the table and go in arnie style and blast away.
a bit of live poker tomorrow and then off to malta on sunday. im hoping to go the casino that is a short walk from my hotel and play a bit over there(if the wonderful girlfriend, sorry dragon would let me), will let you know if i do.
good luck to all
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got back from malta, got serious sunburn on my head, did not play poker over there, the tourneys at the casino were rubbish, no one wanted to play a live sng so just enjoyed my holiday.
not much on the poker front to come this week as just want to sort out some other things that are taking up my time, my motorbike (suzuki bandit 600) just needs tidying up for the mot and a car that i own that needs cleaning and mot"ing.
good luck to all and hope i can play soon
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not played much and decided to have a dip at cash, biggest mistake of the week, donated to everyone £70 and not happy bunny. i have not played much as moved in with girlfriend. im not playing too much as want to be fresh for wcoap.
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just a quick hello to all, have not played at all as been decorating house, im getting good at painting(better than my poker skills) and just wishing everyone good luck and cant wait till the wcoap, ill be wearing a teeshirt with ant the cat on the back so please say hello.
im going to play a few games of poker after my pool match tonight so watch this space, might have a result, hopefully
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FORM FORM FORM. i took down the local home game. it did not go too good when i raised pre with ad1 kd and got a caller(very loose), flop was ah :as: 4c, he shoves, i snap call(about 1/2 my stack), he shows 7d 7h, turn was 7c, river was 9c. not good but it did prove to me that players are going to have to get ssssoooooo lucky to beat me. i plugged away and won a few juicy pots when there was 3 left i had ac ks on the bb, the sb was chip leader, he raised, i shove, he snap calls with ad1 jh, board did not improve his hand, woop woop, down to two after 1/2 hour of grinding small pots and i was behind in chips by 2/1 but i felt good. i was on the sb with ac qd, i raise, he calls, flop kd tc 4h, he bets, i think he has nothing and buying the pot so i shove, snap call he flips kc td, i was dead to the jack, the turn was the beautiful jc and the river was the very safe 5h. i had the chip lead, he kept shoving though so when i looked at 7s 8s i asked for a count, i could afford to gamble at a 60/40 and still just have him outchipped so i call, he flips jh 4c so i was in better shape than first thought and even better when the flop was 8h 8d :3s:, turn was :2d: and he was drawing dead. i got a bit of stick calling his all in with a suited connecter but when i explained why i called, even he had to aggree with the call(it might be loose but i felt like he was shoving light so decided to have a gamble)
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just thought i would post the fact i have not played too much poker, it been the pub league(if you can call it poker, it is a good laugh though) and one game round my new pad(which i took down even though everyone could see my hole cards if they looked at the glass cabinate behind me, i only noticed it after the game). i hope to try to drum a few players tonight for a home game but if not then a trip to kings lynn is on the cards for saturday evening as the dragon is out. i hope to buyin for the next apat tourney as the wcoap was excellent(but unprofitable, was waiting for my friend wilby as he was playing the £50 freezeout which he took down after a 5 way chop, i was losing money on the river at cash games, not a huge loss but should have had some profit)
speak soon
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Maybe you should try your hand at one of those APAT online national thingies. The last last couple seem to have been profitable for the season 2 yarmouth posse. ;D
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sounds tempting, but im no good online. played the geldeston home game last night and only won one hand for the night. played too tight and passive and bled my chips away. thinking i need to let some aggression out i sat on stars(deposited £20, had $30 to play with) and played a bit of holdem cash, lost $10 in 5 minutes(aa vs ak, board was jc qd tc, no king turn or river, standard but i did get the 4th bet in first and then he shoved, i cant fold surely????) so played a heads up sng for $5, lost that and accepted his rematch, lost that also, lucky fish(he kept shoving so a10 seemed to be above his range imo, he had aces when i called in the second match, poor timing, about 20 degrees out, i was certainly pinking and ready to detonate and melt down soon) so decided to play omaha, sat at 2c-5c game with my last $10 ready to donate and i suddenly had a card rush, i was up to $43 and could not miss, this was at 2am and i thought i would play for a bit longer, missed a double flush and straight draw when he had bare aces, i kept pot betting and he kept calling and i missed the draws, his last bet of $1.12 i had to call as there was $19.50 and i did have queens so was hoping, i was down to $20 at 2.45 and was not happy and feeling really tired but i thought ill play till 3am and go to bed. at 2.59 i had $19.73 and held ad1 kd qs qh, i raised the pot(15c), got one caller, flop was qd td tc, he pot bet, i repotted him, he repotted me, we get all the money in the pot(cant you blame me, full house and a gutshot straight flush draw) and he held jc ts :2s: 4c, a set, happy days, the turn was 7h and the river was th to give him quads, at 3am i did retire from the game and had no money at all.
im starting to wonder whether im wasting my money at poker as it seems im getting very unlucky every time i try to play, i know i was having a shoot and not playing within my bankroll but i get my money in ahead most of the time and always get unlucky, maybe i should play a lot more and not play when the swing is not in my favour
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hi all, im sorry that i have not posted much in the way of a blog for some time but there have been a few reasons:
1) since ive moved in with the girlfriend, the time to play has shrunk to one night a week and on the odd occassion two nights a week
2) as i have no internet access at home, i cant even play online and donate money.
3) one night a week is not enough info to blog about.
so as i have not played much i dont have much to brag or winge about but when i do i will let you know
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Are you playing in the unofficial Norfolk deepstack championships on 29/11/09? The field includes Andrew and Caroline Cunningham-Brown, me, Steve Stringer and my brother who you may remember from those tournies at Yarmouth. Should be a corker.
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yep im registered for that, be nice to see everyone. should be a good day(and no i will not donk off 50k in the first level, im already having nightmares about it as i can see it in my sleep lol) and will be nice to catch up.
im doing some things to hopefully improve on poker, my concentration is getting better as im reading a lot of books and i can concentrate for quite some time but the thing that i want to quit is smoking, what is the number for the stop smoking helpline(im not watching tv at the moment and cant remember the number) as this would be very helpful.
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on will power alone i have not had a ciggi for 48 hrs, ive got the bike on the road and cleared up some other things that have bugged me. i have come to thinking that i dont play often enough (especially online league matches) but i have decided to do things right, whilst i am playing small fun tourneys at the pub, im saving up a bankroll that would get me properly on the poker ladder, i have made the playoffs down the pub and had some form of sorts around home games but im just playing abc poker as moves, semi bluffs ect just dont work, just shove with the best of it and fold when you have the worst of it and it is proving to be successful on paper(ive made £60 profit in the last 3 months, not much but i have not played much though.)
so give me a few months and ill be blasting on the circuit. cant wait till the 29th, big freezeout coming.
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i just busted out of the third place qualifier down the pub, my button shove with ac 8h rain into jacks and tens, no ace on board and out. new league tonight so out comes the abc poker book so will need cards tonight to get off to a good start.
as the dragon is going away for a week i have plannedmy week, it involves:
monday night 10k £10 freezeout down the pub
thursday night the £10 rebuy at the grosvenor(with out any anger or mention of inbredness)
friday night the £10 freezeout at geldeston"s spieler
hope i get some results soon as it is about time i get some help off the poker gods. also me and rich want to play down the pub completley rat-arsed, should be fun.
will update on any result good or bad
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and now only 3 weeks to the (invite only) Norfolk Deepstack Championships. Prepare to meet thy doom
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2 weeks and 6 days to go now.
a question to everyone, has poker changed overnight?
im asking this as played last night and was playing tight, noticed that the loose player was not getting any action so how come i stack off when i only raise one hand, i thought tight play usually means the best hand(and yes i hit two pair with aj, he called a bet on the flop, 9 on the turn, i shove, snap call, flips pocket 9"s for the set) when i bet but obviously not any more, time to really loosen up tonight and see how that pan"s out.
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not off to a good start, i pushed in on a min raise with 9"s and got called by a8 off, obviously an ace came and i was super crippled and got called when my short stack button steal got looked up by the bb, bugger. never mind, back on the horse and will try again soon.
ive been watching sky poker round a friends and i am slightly tempted to start playing (only odd occassions mind) on their site but this is a maybe(depends on what happens on friday night) as i feel that my poker in general just lacks confidence, when i get them in i know that im going to get outdrawn (i know p.m.a but its just this year in general) so just trying to limit the damage
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played friday"s home game, absolute shocking performance, bled my chips away (drawing to a flush on the flop, offered 4-1 pot odds, just could not hit anything.) and was annoyed with myself, i raise with ak, called by aq flop comes ac qd 8h, i bet, he raise, i fold, they show, ffs give me a break, i raise in good spots, usually ahead pre or on the flop and get outdrawn, its annoying.
sunday was pub league and out of 27 i came a piss-poor 10th, got it in with :as: ts, got called by qs jc and 5h :3d:(dont ask, he is a hyper loose player) and two fives came on the flop. never mind i said(swearing under my breath).
i used to perform well when i was tough on myself, people told me not to punish myself when i busted out of a tournament or lost to runner-runner in a cash game so i listened to (probably not) good advice so i mellowed out but since i have not had a result to talk about. i have decided that im going to be really hard on myself and push me to my poker limit and not be happy until i have a great result and i will beat myself up if i bust out or lose in a cash session. sounds harsh but ive got to do something to get back into some serious form.
as im writing this the dragon is moaning if im done on the internet yet(a temporary internet connection through my mobile phone) but as its my laptop and my mobile im going to let her suffer
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small bit of form, just won a sng on bluesq, it was their giveaway 10c, first place was a massive five cents, im pleased i can win something at poker, a few more free sng"s then spin it up slowly on cash.
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it was the geldeston home game last night and usually friday afternoons at work im thinking about all sorts of plays for the evenings game but last night i could not be arsed to play. the reason being is the change in the structure makes it complete bingo poker and not the game that had play for the first two hours and then had to become a crappyshoot to finish the game at a reasonable hour. we had a hour for the first level(10k stack, blinds 25-50) and this meant that being trappy and pulling moves on the loose players usually allowed them to donate their stack. the problem is that we are allowing rebuys within the first hour and so this is removing the advantage of the first level some what as they can get their 10k again(thus i cant knock out players early and concentrate on the all round players later) and get lucky later on when it crapshoot time. im not bothered as its a friendly game but the luck is over the luckbox"s shoulders and it is slightly annoying.
i wont be playing sunday as got to help out the landlord run the tourney as he has to leave after it starts. may play a £5 sng if i can be bothered
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Have you gone into hiding Mr Cat? Scared of the beating you"re going to receive on Sunday? ;D
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no not hiding just not too much to report. i cashed in a deepstack down the pub and playing friday nights home game. im not scared of the beating sunday, just scared of getting lost trying to find the place. dont worry though i will be bluffing time and time again so should be easy chips on sunday. should be fun.
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last sunday was indeed the deepstack(im running 5 days behind at the moment) at holt, it was brilliant, had a good time. i admit i did not make any prizes, i got it all in when i flopped a set of fours and got called by overpair queens, queen hit the turn and i was out. it has been like that for a while, getting ity in good and getting outdrawn when its a critical hand. it seems to be a bit of a bad year for me in poker in general but i have a plan for next year and IM STICKING TO IT. i will let you know about the plan in a while but it will involve strict bankroll guidelines. i hope that this will bring back the fizz to my game that is lacking at the moment when i play. just seem to not get a buzz when i play at the moment unlike when i was playing a while ago i had the biggest buzz when playing. a break for christmas is needed.
speak soon
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just to let everyone know i hit some form as i took down geldeston"s home game, a nice ending to a pretty poor year, i will reveal my plans for poker domination soon.
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really sorry that i have not put anything on this blog, reason being i have not played and had no real result, i split the money in a tourney at rileys in norwich and five minutes later i had to spend it as i damaged my car as i hurtled into a kerb when i did not realise it was icy(i was not the only one who done it) so could not enjoy the fruits of my labour.
my plan for poker domination is described below:
i did put on facebook a few nights ago that i have give up poker, i have not give up poker completely, i have give up playing the crap tourneys i play like the pub league (2k stack, 15 min levels and donks everywhere) and my friends home game (adding rebuy"s has killed the game, i mentioned that if a player did not rebuy can they have a 10k add-on but that fell on deaf ears, why?) and im going to concentrate on great value tourneys, rileys in norwich do £5 triple chance that i have had good results so i will play more there on a monday night. norwich poker club do a £50 freezeout on alternate sundays i believe so will have to try one of those out when i have a sunday spare.
there will be trips to nottingham and yes you guessed it dusk till dawn soon(simon, if you fancy a lift when i go, pm me your number, there is a few spaces in my car for your friends also) as its undisputedly the place to play and buy"ins arent too bad and prizepool"s are good.
when season four rolls out ill be playing a couple of live tourneys as they are great fun, communal spirit and superb poker. ive got a few friends into the apat so i wonder if they will play some tourneys.
thats live poker out of the way, here comes online:
i will be concentrating on micro stake cash tables on bluesq varying between holdem, omaha and stud, im crap at tourneys online as i dont have number logic and when i have $15,350 in tourny chips online it dont mean too much as it is not piled in front of me, this does not happen though in cash online, i will be doing this when i sort out a proper internet connection at home(at the moment im using my mobile phone as a dongle, i dont get charged for it but it breaks down whilst playing poker).
i better get on as ive got to get a price on a travelodge in nottingham as me and georgina are seeing westlife at trent arena in may, dusk till dawn the night before though.
speak soon
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Won"t be coming to DTD,but you might run into me sometime shortly as I"m going to be having a go at Rileys sunday night league before much longer.
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i dont know about the sunday league but ill play the monday night games, if you fancy dtd then just let me know, see you at rileys at some point
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i decided to play at the grosvenor in yarmouth last night, it was a £10 buy in with £5 rebuys for 90 minutes, for those 90 minutes i rolled my starting stack from 1500 to 3300 without a rebuy, an add on was ordered so it was a cheap night no matter what happened, after the break i was moved onto another table and i was the short stack but a double up with QQ helped, a few hands later i was doing ok and then i had a blow up, i was on the bb (600 and my stack 14k) and the button raised to 1500, i had qh jh so i make a loose call, the flop was ks ts 4c, i check call his 2000 bet, turn was 7h, check check, river was :2h:, i fire 4500 and he snap shoves, i fold and he shows an airball, i was bluffed royally, he checked the turn so i knew he had nothing much but he knew i had naff all, few hands later i shove with 88 and get called by JJ, no improvment and i was out. bugger.
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right, beer and poker dont mix, drunken raise, reraise, call with a gutshot(i think) and lost a few quid. never mind.
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i must concentrate on live poker only. last night i played at rileys(where monkeyman also played) and to start with it was not too bad, maintained my starting stack before the break, pretty much maintained it to the final table(just stole a few blinds in one button orbit), waited for an ace to shove with on the final table, monkeyman departed, then a reasonable card rush and good position steals brought me up to level pegging, few players departed and "WERE IN THE MONEY". at this point i was on 56k, third place got ko"d and we split the prizepool 50/50 and had one hand for the league (in which i flopped a set and gave opponent richard two pair, he admitted he would have stacked off), BACK OF THE NET.
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i must concentrate on live poker only. last night i played at rileys(where monkeyman also played) and to start with it was not too bad, maintained my starting stack before the break, pretty much maintained it to the final table(just stole a few blinds in one button orbit), waited for an ace to shove with on the final table, monkeyman departed, then a reasonable card rush and good position steals brought me up to level pegging, few players departed and "WERE IN THE MONEY". at this point i was on 56k, third place got ko"d and we split the prizepool 50/50 and had one hand for the league (in which i flopped a set and gave opponent richard two pair, he admitted he would have stacked off), BACK OF THE NET.
Get in there Mr Cat. My turn next time
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have not had too much in the way of poker, thursday night was the £30 triple chance freezeout (£30+£5 total payment, you dont pay for your extra chips, 2k start stack, 2k again and 2k again, if not used it is classed as add-on"s) and i felt confident after my win at rileys on the 17th, started off beautifully when i raised on the button and the blinds fold, then it went pete tong when i flop two pair and someone stacks off with me and hits his gutshot, chips, few hands and i flop top two pair and player flopped his set, turned quads, chips, down to my last 2k after 30 minutes, had a ciggi (i was getting stressed) and got back to it, folded a few and then found kd qd on the bb, button limped and sb made up, i raise (4 big blinds on top) and call-call, flop was kh qc :3d:, sb checks, i shove, button reshoves, sb folds, button has ah js, yyyiiipppeeee double up coming my way until the (censored) river card was a td. im out.
sunday was rileys league, was card dead the whole tourney, had to shove on the sb with kh td and got snapped called by the bb, what are the chances but he had kc ks, im almost drawing dead pre, oh well, missed the board and im out (i was the bubble boy), as my friend pete was playing i offered to deal the cards, i hope my dealing was up to standard simon (knowing what the blinds were was a slight issue though) as i do like to think that i can deal cards well (i used to like magic tricks with cards when i was a kid).
tonight i was reading a harrington book when i realised something, im complaining about being card dead, the loosest player at the apat yarmouth regional is now complaining about being card dead, this world is becoming a funny place, i think a playing style change is definatley on the cards (i must admit im playing super tight and weak betting, its who ive been playing against, super loose players). i think anthony pickering should hang up his boots for a while(as he is too tight) and let the loose cannon antthecat(who has had more results in the past with creative plays) play a few tourneys and see who gets better results.
it has just occured to me, i think i have a split personality.
Laters as my workmate Nubby would say
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hello boys and girls, hardly been playing but the last few tourneys i played ive cashed in every one, geldeston home game"s ive took down two weeks in a row and yesterday i played at palace casino i played a £3 rebuy, i admit i rebought quite a few times(10 in total) but i managed to roll up as the table chip leader before the break, after the break i played solid and got a healthy double up when i read a player to have ak and my sevens held up, made the final table and after a few re raise all in"s i had a lot of chips, in the end with four of us left and all even in chips we decided to take a four way chop for £100, result. back of the net.
rileys tonight and hope to keep the results going.
good luck to all
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wow read season 4 and cant wait, i need to load betfair onto my laptop and have a good look around, cant wait to buy in for a few events, razz sounds brilliant and i will have a go at the £250 pro events as i like to add value to every tourney i play.
i was tempted to play the dtd 20-20 event this weekend but other things have cropped up so will play one of these soon.
i need to convince the other half to play poker as im bouncing off the walls whilst having to watch boring telly, any ideas or tips on this would be helpful.
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im so annoyed that my car went wrong, was going to play the deepstack at holt organised by andy (baldusnew) as its a good laugh and a great day but the water pump seized up, ive fixed that (had a spare engine with a good water pump and belt sitting at my parents, their garden is like a scrapyard, its all my fault, bought a few projects and never got round to them) and thought ill play a bit online, blew $30 dollars in a few minutes (i was sitting in a too high level, going for a shoot, i know its a leak and i would not recommend it to anyone) and im kicking myself silly, i keep saying that online is a weakness in my game but i keep donking off cash like mad, so im not playing online for a while to save my insanity and pocket. im off to rileys tonight with a few friends to earn some league points and win some money. live poker i can sit back and play properly but online its like im playing gta4 so i go in like arnie and blast my chips and money around like no mans business, annoying.
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Sorry Ant, I didn"t manage to make any use of your chips last night. My departure hand came with the blinds at 1000/2000 and me on the button. UTG Limped and I limped with A 10. The small blind raise to a total of 12000 which lead to the big blind and UTG folding. I shoved my remaining 19.5K in and the small blind called, turning over QJ which became a full house.
How did you get on over the road? I"m getting extremely tempted to try the cash tables over there sometime soon.
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sorry for the delay in my update, the cash game lasted 3 hands simon, it only cost me a quid all in all so not a bad loss.
ive got to describe my last few results, last friday was my friends home game and eventually getting to three way i nearly folded a flush to a all in but i eventually called (thanks antthecat, anthony really owes you one) and i took so many chips from that pot it was not too long before i took it down for a profit of £60 (seven runners £10 with one rebuy before the break, 10k starting stack, donk ask why 10k is a rebuy stack but there we go) over a four hour period, hourly rate £15, not bad.
Saturday afternoon i played up the palace, £3 rebuy, had a few rebuys(8 in all plus a add-on) for a investment of £30, i was second chip leader on the table and things were good until a new player comes in, just keeps open shoving and getting no resistance, im on the bb with a9 suited, lag shoves on the button, i snap call reasoning that my a9 is ahead, he tables kings, ffs, he shoved ten times in a row and when i call he has the bloody goods, by my moaning you can tell a ace did not come and i did not make a flush and im left with 2bb"s left, that lasted the next hand (his a9 beat my 73off, where is the justice hey!!!!) and im off home, as i felt good still i decided to play the tourny up norwich poker club as it was a £20 semi freezeout (£20 buy in, 5k starting stack, optional rebuy or add-on for £10 and then another rebuy or add-on for £5), off to a good start when i double up my starting stack but just before the first break i was back down to 5k when i shoved against a raise when i had a straight and a flush draw and he called, i missed but after five minutes the break came so i had my add ons, after the break i played quite passive but towards the final table bubble i mad a hero call when i had top pair and i faced a shove on the flop which was for all my stack, he shoved on a draw, i do not know how he missed but my pair held up and then final table, from eight got whittled to four but i only had 3 hands, i decided to make a shove with q9 suited on the sb as the blinds were 3k/6k with a ante of 500 and my stack was whittled down from 100k to 50k at this point, the bb snapped called when he looked at an ace then squeezed out a 9, dominated, i just wanted to be live, why did he have a 9, anything else as a 9 hit the flop but obviously his ace kicker was beating my queen kicker, i was out in 4th and got paid £67.
sunday i played the rileys £10 freezeout and from 15 runners i was out in 6th, lost a lot of chips when i called a aggressive shover(monkeyman) with j9, he had aces, aces held up, i read him for two high cards or ace-x suited but there we go, few hands later the button raised 3bb, i called on the sb with ac 7s, bb folded, flop qc 9c 8c, i shove and the button goes in the tank, two minutes pass and he calls, he shows kc jd, turn was a blank and the river was jh, im out, i was bored so i put my change in a fruit machine(problem is under control by the way) and won £30, as i said up top i fancied a bit of a cash game with this money so i wander to npc and sit at the cash table, that lasted a couple of minutes.
monday night i fancied a game so i made my way to rileys, there was 25 runners and it was a £5 double chance (£10 max stake) and i played like a mad man, callin an all in with pockets deuces, deuces held up against kj. i made a final table after nearly getting in trouble by a novice(she played nearly every hand) and after a hour i settle for a chop when i got heads up and i make £80,
for my las few days i have a profit of £130, not bad for a part timer, i hope it keeps going
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ive hardly played any poker recently, rileys league is going ok for me but my mind has been somewhere else, today (march 15th) is my birthday, nothing special happened during the day (working on cars dont change whether its your birthday or not, they are sill a pain in the backside to work on) but in the evening i proposed to my girlfriend georgina, she said yes. so now im an engaged man (buying the ring came out of my bankroll, cant have a crack at the pro event at swansea now) poker in general will have to be one of the last things to do in my spare time but im still up for a few events in this season, just cant play the online league or online nationals. will be playing home games round my friends so will keep posting the madness that happens during the geldeston home game
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Congratulations on the engagement Ant. Is either the marriage ceremony or any part of the honeymoon being held at Dusk til Dawn? ::)
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hi all, long time no talk. i have played a few tourneys but first of all a tip to all, dont get engaged, its too stressful, within one month of asking the question i have had to ring venue after venue to get wedding brochures, time wasted as i could be playing poker. on a serious note it is enjoyable but i have to nip things in the bud and one of them is poker, its not completely but im limited to the occassional home game and the sunday night league game at rileys.
enough of that business, its poker talk time, i did not qualify for the top three spots in the rileys league but there is two extra spots to win via a satellite tourney, this was the usual structure but i did feel a bit of pressure, only seven turned up so five to beat. i was so card dead (not even a suited connecter to play on the button) but i played survival poker until it was 3 handed, the sb shoved (he only had 200 extra chips than me) and i found ac jh on the bb, as i was running cold i did not want to call and lose but that hand three way is a strong hand so i called and sb had ad1 6h, no six or freaky straight and im almost qualified, it took 2 more hands to confirm my seat (8-5 suited and i flopped a full house) and a few quid in the bargain.
last sunday was a new start to the rileys league and i was off to a awful start, 10k starting stack was crippled to 3.5k when my top two pair was crippled when his up and down straight draw hit and i was oblivious that a jack was a scary card for me. i managed to get to the final table on life support but a steal when there was two limpers and i was on the bb so i had to give no-one a chance, then a double up, then i knocked out a player, somehow called an all-in with 4-3 offsuit preflop and catching a 3 on the flop(was playing my card rush, i always play my rushes) and somehow i won. RESULT.
with a little bit of profit and on a result high i played the regular tourney at rileys on the monday, my first table was a table with very good players so out came antthecat and the bluffing and three betting light just worked, rolled 5k to 15k without risking much of my stack at any point, i took two add-on"s(as i did not rebuy) so sat with 30k after the break, i decided to let anthony play and nurse the stack to the final table (which worked when my jack"s were good enough to burst the final table button). the final table was just shove or fold so i just picked my moments and when it was down to six players i got a card rush and within 20 minutes i was heads up, i started with 120k and opponent had 85k, blinds went back and forth but i will admit i made a monumental co** up when i called his all in with queen ten offsuit, the reason being is that if he has any ace (bar ace-queen or ace-10) then it is literally who hits the board but his ace is a small percentage favourite preflop, if he has a pair lower than tens then its a coinflip, the chances of him shoving with these combinations is 80% and he has the conkers on me is 20%, so for a pretty much even shot i have to make a call knowing 4 times out of five its a flip seems like a chance i will always take, cards on their backs he had pocket sevens, he criticised my call(which is why im questioning it but i think it was a pretty balanced call given the maths, btw the blinds were 5k-10k so i had no chance to play a flop) but i hit nothing. he cripples my stack and a few minutes later he hits the killer blow then he calls my all in when i had j3 off and he had q6 suited, queen high won.
hopefully the fiance will go out tomorrow night so i can play my friends home game, if i do i will report on the madness that is poker down geldeston.
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Have you set a date yet mate? If not, tell her to get the wedding brochures herself!!
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an update, im doing well in rileys poker league, geldeston"s home games are always profitable even though i have not took one down in a while and my trip to dtd last weekend was a success.
i was at dtd to play the rileys quarterly national, the first table i was so comfy with as 7 out of 9 players were tight (i was one of the other two loose cannons) and i was bluffing, floating, drawing, hitting, and doing really well, moved to another table and everyone was loose, i tightened up and went card dead, i finally got it all in with queens and got called with ak suited(i had 13 bb but blinds and ante"s were getting high) and a ace came on the flop, i did not improve and i was out, i waited for 30 minutes before i went to play cash (something i always do, just enough time to clear my head ready for cash) and spun £95 into £170 with my usual playing skills, i bought in for the £40 freezeout, that lasted about an hour, usual 30 minute break in which i lost my remaining profit on the roulette wheel, sat with £100 and spun it up to £205, £5 tip to the dealer and i was going home with a few quid profit.
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there has unfortunatley nothing too much to report in the way of tourney or cash results, just been trapped into monster hands (i turned a straight but lucky punk flopped a full house, sickener) or got really bad luck as such (i went all in with a pair of sixes, got called by a very drunk player who tabled king-six of diamonds, flop had one diamond, turn a diamond and you"ve guessed it river was a diamond) but im not bothered by it, i think im playing well (when i get the opportunity to play) but monday night i spotted/witnessed something that made me so angry and at the same time has tarnished the game for me, i could not believe my eyes and ears what i was witnessing, two players at my table were telling each other their hands and passing chips to one-an-other, two cheating b******s, but that does not bother me as such, where they done it bothers me, it was a £10 deepstack freezeout at the pub, the prizepool was only £120 and the max they could have won/shared between them was £80. WHY????? if they done it anywhere else they would be banned/had the crap kicked out of them but as they are well respected down the pub no-one would have believed me if i questioned their act. my suspicion first came when one did not want to show his hole cards at a showdown between them, i was only curious so i asked for the hand to be exposed, he did not show so i flipped his hand over(bad manners) and his exposed hand was the winning hand, he didnt even say thanks(he could have misread his hand and did not realise he won) as he grudgingly pulled in the pot. few minutes later i was involved in a pot with them both, first villan announced as he raised "Jay would raise with this" and his buddy-villan as he called said "im seeing kate", that conversation seemed odd, my mind recalled silly names for hands and "Jay" is Jack or Jacks and kate is king-eight(bit obvious realy), i played the pot with this info and my king-seven split the pot when i shovved on the river on a kd 9s 4d 5s 5h as i knew it was a split pot, first villan folded but second villan called with king-eight, thinking he was clever first villan showed the jacks and said something about it was a good fold but he was pissed off that he could not pass the whole pot to his buddy. at that point i was so angry inside i just wanted to knock them both out or go out and as one set me all in pre i happily called called my whole stack off with :3d: 4d, he had ak and i lost, i just wanted to get out. i went round my friends(whom a lot of them play at this pub) and warned them of what ive seen.
now im thinking about playing less poker, its a sad time when people want to cheat a £10 friendly card game and as im on limited funds i find it so annoying that its one less place to have a fun poker night.
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just posting to say variance is a pain in the backside, no results due to always bubbling the money spots, i know what im doing wrong, shoving light to steal blinds as players "should" fold everything but the nuts pre and happily let me steal their blinds, nope im getting called super light and getting unlucky. time for a change, im coming back to online poker so everyone can win/take my money from me. i should be playing on betfair soon.
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just realised why i am not keen on online poker, playing microstakes cash on stars, sitting with a couple of dollars i was dealt 9d 9c on the bb, utg limp, sb made up and i bubble it up to 8c, call call, flop ts :2d: 4h, sb bets 15c, i call as i have bet him off pots on the turn but the utg player raises to 60c, sb folds (i was right) and i think that utg player is making a move so i shove for the rest of it $1.54, he snap calls and has th 4d, turn was a ten.
oh well, that was the freeroll profits blown, i will reload soon and play slightly higher stakes (5-10c and 10-20c) and definatley play the low limit 8 game(it is profitable) as i enjoy betting the razz hand to suddenly realise its stud hi.
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hello everyone, im sorry i have not posted anything for a while but ive had a break from the game, for a few months i didnt play a single hand but this last month ive been doing bad things with money(roulette machine at coral and playing fruit machines) just to get the "BUZZ" that i used to get but it is costing me money and also a good friend of mine and poker nut passed away a few weeks ago, we used to talk about how it would be cool to play some big tourneys in the uk but unfortunatley he passed before taking a shot at the big time. With this in mind its time to say "Sod It" to my fiance that ive been listening to and get playing and maybe take the shot that we both dreamed of.
Tonight is a £30 freezeout at the grosvenor casino, 6k starting stack so a reasonable amount of creative play. will report how it goes on in the morning.
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last night at the grosvenor was terrible, i raise with ace-ten, opponent has ace-king when we both hit a flop and i eventually had to shove with 7-8 suited and got snap called by a monsterous jact ten(it was for over half his stack) so im not off to a good start but i felt good playing, i seemed to forget (not being too nasty as everyone who plays at the grosvenor are nice to talk to) that the standard of play is terrible(pure gamblers) and next time im well prepared for aniliation(check spelling).
not too sure of when im next playing as i dont have a bankroll(its now the wedding/holiday/snap-on toolbox fund) but it should be next week so will post what goes on and hopefully some results soon.
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just been losing a lot of money playing rush poker on full tilt. lost it all after being tilted by runner runner. never mind, got to tell myself that im not an online player and stick to live, oh well, only lost £25 so all in all a good learning curve.
not too sure of any live poker coming up(apart from the gukpt club event in yarmouth) but will keep you posted as and when i play
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Welcome back.
Don"t forget, APAT Luton is coming soon.
Sats and buyins are next week.
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cheers for letting me know. now off to download betfair software to hopefully buyin for luton event
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im running quite deep in the full tilt mini ftops number 11 event, just got above average stack(33k approx) and only a few folds to make the money, then play like a bat out of hell and try to run deep. wish me luck
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im running quite deep in the full tilt mini ftops number 11 event, just got above average stack(33k approx) and only a few folds to make the money, then play like a bat out of hell and try to run deep. wish me luck
Good luck
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Good luck
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i shoved with pocket 9"s and got called by ace-10 off, ten hit the flop and im out but a little bit of cash and a bit of a confidence boost(plus a few bounty"s helped aswell). i did outlast a few full tilt pros so im happy but a first prize of $34k would have been nice. oh well next time ill get 1st
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UL - keep it going
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cheers mate
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hello again, sorry their has not been many posts but had a holiday to tenerife for ten nights and been busy with private car work. enough of that boring stuff, time to talk poker.
sunday 11th october i went to holt to play a £30 50k stack freezeout that was run by andy and caroline cunningham-brown, first i would like to say many thanks for running such a great day and a super buffet. the poker itself was fun but i made a move at a pot with pocket tens and walked into pocket aces, that wiped most of my stack and i busted eventually when my queens ran into ace queen off and his ace of clubs matched the board as four clubs were dealt on the board. not a problem, nice hand, well played one and all. was a brilliant day though.
yesterday (sat 16th october) was the gukpt club championship in great yarmouth. 43 runners, 10k stack, 40 minute clock. i was pumped up for this event, players take their seat, dealers shuffle up and deal, im on the button, folded to me, i look down at pocket aces, i raise and steal the blinds, i show the aces and take the 75 in blinds, what annoy"s me though is that i won the first hand and the curse of winning the first hand was spelled over me. after 30 minutes i rolled my stack to 12k but went card dead to the break but i made a mistake and tried to get something going and after the break i had a stack of about 7k. with the blinds at 100-200 with 25 antes i got involved in a pot, 3rd position raises to 600, as it goes round there is two callers, im on the big blind with kc ts, with reasonable odds and a just above average hand i called, the flop was jd td kd, i check, 3rd position raises to 1200 but the way he bet rang an alarm bell in my head, i noticed when he is betting a draw he threw his chips in and when he bet a made hand he gently pushed his bet in, the 1200 was thrown in and the other players folded so i decided to call at this spot and if no diamond comes then ill move at the pot, the turn was i believe the 7c, i check to check raise and he bet 3000, that bet was a problem as he only had 6k before the turn so his bet was pot commiting himself but the 5k chip was thrown in and i still was using the reliable tell, i worked out the possible hands and worked out that i was ahead at this point so i shoved and he was in the tank but he had to call anyway because of the pot odds and the chips he would have left and the cards were in the air, he shows ad1 th, i was spot on with my read but the dealer dealt the :as: and i was out. what a bummer. never mind, there will be another tourney soon. watch this space i will take down a big tourney soon maybe the wsop main event 2011 or the £30 freezeout in yarmouth next week who knows.
good luck to all
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hi all, i forgot about the tourney at yarmouth last week but im in action this friday, its the biggest game in lowestoft, i am having a home game for crippling sums of money (£5 per game, should get 2-3 games done) and if i run well then i might buy in for the european championship at coventry.