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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Member Blogs => Topic started by: George2Loose on January 17, 2009, 12:54:05 PM
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Started it a while ago and will try and update it as often as possible:
http://gb2loose.blogspot.com/
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was gonna leave a comment on the blog but you have to sign up or something, so I will leave it here.....
very good read, hope the family enjoyed their trip as well, its good that they can travel with you sometimes. See you in Walsall and be afraid -- LOL
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Another good read; One criticism -- you don"t post often enough -- get to work
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GL George Railing you with my 7 month old daughter still going in strong in poker million take it down!!!!!!!
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Firing up BlueSq just now - same username yeah?
Can"t find tourney...
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On pokerstars yes george2loose
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On pokerstars yes george2loose
Oh I thought you said iPoker million, lol. Firing up stars just now!
Got it up! Railing just now but can"t talk in box, TID!
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niceone George tid all the way
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Final Table!!!
Only name I recognize other than George is apestyles, pretty sure he"s an online pro who posts on P5"s...
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ONE TIME!
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Nice play 2Loose ONE TIME!
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ONE TIME!
Hopefully we don"t BOK you, trying to send good vibes through the screen, lol :D
You"re running super hot lately, take it down!!!
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Arrrggghhh, hoped that guy had Apestyles crushed there, damn trips!
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... Go George ... legend ...
Chop might be coimg soon ... hang on in there ...
Louis
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Dum Dum Dum
Another one bites the dust
;D
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What"s with Steakstud"s $7m into $3.5m pot? ???
Deliberate over bet or what?
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****, unlucky - call with A6 though that deep in Sunday Mill?!?
What was he thinking?
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UL 2loose Great show
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... missed the last hand watching the I-Poker ... what was the play ...
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wp call witha6 dunno
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George push from the button with A5 suited, guy in BB calls for 1/4 of his stack with A6 - pretty marginal I guess and facing a button push could"ve made him think it was a steal but I know I probably wouldn"t have called with the A6 sitting with as many chips as he had he could"ve waited for a better spot to call of his chips...
I"m a low level player mostly, just wondering - what"s your views on his call George?
UL again but WP to get to the FT!!!
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Pretty standard call tbh. Pushing a huge range there
Just so sick it wasn"t a chop after the flop. Any card above a 7 and we chop
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Just so sick it wasn"t a chop after the flop. Any card above a 7 and we chop
I missed that! Was too busy willing a 5 to come out! lol.
That is pretty sick you never chopped it!
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... very unlucky not to get the chop there ... great result though ...
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They just done a chip count chop with final 4 and playing for last $30k...
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... pretty standard seen them chop earlier ... sometimes after great debate!
They replay final table cards up (at some delay - a week?) ... makes for interesting viewing ...
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Thought Kurshner played well on the hand before the chop, he knew Kuzman didnt want to miss out on a good deal and put him under pressure - bet he had nothing in that hand!
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Superb result george (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/bow.gif)
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top 3 all took around $130k...
TheGoingRate who had lowest chips at deal won it and got the extra $30k to bring him up to the level of the two chipleaders. I"d like to see this back with whole cards showing...
And WP to George again, amazing return on $215!!!
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FANTASTIC George! WP!
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Legend ;D
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WP George - Just missed out on railing!!
That is a long old slog - but i"m sure the 30k helps to soften the blow!
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WP
how much did George win?
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yeah well done again. how much for some lessons??
Kenny
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how much did George win?
That is a long old slog - but i"m sure the 30k helps to soften the blow!
or thereabouts...
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My hero!! ;D WP fella.
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nice one George!! You"re on a helluva hot run just lately!!
Just think, one day you might even win an APAT medal to go with your tens of thousands in winnings :)
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nice one George!! You"re on a helluva hot run just lately!!
Just think, one day you might even win an APAT medal to go with your tens of thousands in winnings :)
Hopefully bud!!!
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Good going George. Well done!
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WP George.
How did you find the tournament? It always strikes me as an exceptionally difficult tourney to go deep in?
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WP George.
How did you find the tournament? It always strikes me as an exceptionally difficult tourney to go deep in?
I"m writing up my blog matey- you can read about it there ;)
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Well done George. I think Leigh is setting you up for the new podcast...
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great result well played
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way to go george,, 8)
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blog updated guys- check it in the sig. Please leave comments too if poss- need feedback!
tytyty
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Why don"t you Blog about it on here? (Copy > Paste works a treat) That way I"m sure you"ll get a LOT more feedback, regularly 8)
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George, just read your blog, a good reed it is. I did not realise the year you are having, you must be on cloud 9. I know you won the GAPT (or whatever it's called) last year, but what is the difference from now and last year? Are you playing different? Have you been lucky? And most importantly will it last? The Stars/FullTilt thing is not on, can Blonde not help you and contact the member directly for you? (I am presuming that they have his address).
Wayne
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i will copy paste blog over- can someone move this to diaries and I"ll answer questions shortly
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i will copy paste blog over- can someone move this to diaries and I"ll answer questions shortly
Sorted. ;D
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Sunday, 27 April 2008
I"ve started A Blog!
Ok I"ve really been against nobodies starting a blog. I mean, who"s going to want to read about me?
Recently winning the Gala title in Nottinham has given me the confidence to start a blog. Even if no one but me reads it- so what? I think it will help me looking back in a years time to see how far I"ve come.
Or maybe remind myself of better times when I"m busto :(
I"ll try and keep this updated as often as possible but I know me being me my next entry will probably be in September of 2013.
I"m going to now write entires dating back to the just before my first major win to the present day.
I hope you enoy reading my blog
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Thursday, 26 June 2008
I told you so....
Not quite as I predicted but here I am. Back almost 2 months later with my second entry. I am going to try and make a mental note to update this at LEAST once a week.
I"m not going to go too much into my biggest live win- the details are outlined in a tournament report I did for blonde:
Ever heard of a superstitious poker player? Or someone who thought they were "destined" for the win? That was me a week before I sat down to play the GCBPT in Notts. Even after I"d managed to bubble a freeroll live satellite holding the chip lead at the final. Maybe that"s the sort of belief you need to win a big tournament. I had no doubt from the moment I sat down on at my first table on Saturday that I was gonna win. I still remember the words of my mate - the "real" Kev Smith who"d made Day 2: "Be patient, despite the buy-in, there"s plenty of easy chips out there." Easy chips? I had Ash Hussain sat to my left, local tough players Nick Hicks and Sam Trickett as well as the now infamous Spencer Lawrence - a man so aggressive he makes Ivey look like Hellmuth. After losing an early pot to Ash and not hitting one set with a gazillion medium pairs, I found myself down to 4,200 chips with blinds at 200/400/25. I pushed all-in under the gun with 8-7 of spades. Nick Hicks made the call from the button - please have Ace King! He flipped Tens. I stood up still believing and out came the Flop, 2s-6s-Qs. I sat back down with that guilty pleasure you feel after sucking out.
A couple of hours later the table breaks and I take my 8kish stack to another table. I double through with 8-8 vs 5-5 and am up to a peak chip count of 18k. I actually start raising a few pots, for the first time able to play some poker rather than shove/folding.
The key pot of the night occurred when I re-raised an early position raise of 3k to 12k at blinds 400/800/25 with Ace King. He pushed and I called. He flipped QQ - a loss at this point would have left me crippled. Never has a River been so sweet as the Ace of spades, what a beautiful card. I win another A-K vs. Q-Q confrontation (this time most of the money going in on a King high Flop) and after a quiet last hour end the day on 55k, which was just above average. I"m delighted having played most of the day with a short stack.
I return on Day 2 sitting down on what I believe to be a very tough table. I have James Keys to my right and Dave Colclough sat opposite. I"m praying for some real garbage early just so I can settle in and get a feel for the table. No such luck, third to act I look down at A-K. I make it 5,000 to go with blinds of 1000/2000/200. Obviously the one caller I don"t want calls and I"m heads up with Mr Colclough. Great. At least I have positon. Flop K-J-6 with two diamonds. I continue for 7,500 and Dave flat calls. The Turn comes a Three and Dave checks - now I"m pretty sure I have the best hand. I thought Dave might be drawing or he may have flat called me with a set but on that board I think he would re-raise the Flop. One because it"s draw heavy and two because it"s a Flop I"ve most likely hit, so I bet a pot-tastic 22k. David counts out a call and sticks it in. Wow. River Six, no diamond. If Dave had now shoved I honestly do not know what I would have done for my last 20k, he could have filled up so I may have passed. He checked to me so I value shoved all-in, I was certain I was in front. Dave reluctantly called. I flipped my hand and he showed a king and mucked. Double up in hand one, now I could play!
The table broke fairly quickly after that and the next couple of hours were quiet with my stack yo-yoing between 120 and 140k. I"m absolutely card dead at another table of death, Maria, Spencer Lawrence and Dominic Kay all in company. After another hour of folding, I look down at Bullets. I raise, Maria shoves and I insta call. Maria flips Kings and my Aces hold. Next significant pot involves me and Lawrence. He has been liberally raising my blind throughout Days 1 and 2 and I have been letting him take it, in Hellmuthesque fashion, waiting to trap him. For about the third time it folds round to the small blind and Spencer raises; I look down at Ad-Jd and re-raise thinking I"ve trapped him. He goes all in, I am priced in to call and see him flip Aces. Great. Down to just 20k at blinds 4000/8000, I"m shocked and now looking at a 17th place finish. However, I wasn"t too despondent. I STILL believed I would win and There was not one negative thought in my body. I fold a couple of hands and end up shoving for 16k with A-3, the small blind isolates with K-4. Flop K-4... I still believed! This couldn"t be over?! Third card is a Three followed by a Three on the River! Double up and after a blind stealing spree I shove with K-K for 75k (blinds 6k/12k), get a caller from A-Q and somehow am heading to the final with 270k!!!
I feel like I"m freerolling. I am fairly quiet early and win my first significant pot when a short GiMac [Gordon McArthur] is forced to commit his last chips with Q-8 on an A-Q-2 board. I hold A-Q. I must at this point mention my faithful following who had come down from the best homegame in Leicester: Paul, Yan, Kirk, Neil, Kev and Satman - thanks for coming down. Every time I won a pot there was plenty of cheering and the occasional weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! First hand after the break UTG makes it 83k (blinds 10/20/2000). I look down at Kings, Hollywood and then decide to just stick it in. He calls and shows J-J, but my Kings hold. I continue to use the re-steal and open pots infrequently, getting a high percentage of my pre-flop raises through. Three handed I make a shove with 9-5 when James Keys (left) raises from the small blind. He calls thinking he"s behind but perhaps live with K-J. You're very live mate, you have the best hand! Somehow K-J beats 9-5 and now I"m down to 300k with blinds of 15000/30000. Button raise from Keys, I shove A-K, he calls A-Q, what a cooler. Three handed and by far the most active player is an Asian player who has loosened up. He makes it 100k (blinds 20k/40k/4000), I think about shoving A-3 but decide to see a Flop. Flop 2-4-5! OMG, what a luckbox! I check-raise his 100k continuation to 200k and he shoves! I double check with the chipleader that he has in fact gone all in and call. I have to sweat a split when he flips A-K, but my straight ultimately holds up to give me the pot.
A few hands later and I"m heads up with almost a 2/1 chip lead. My recent heads up record was played four lost four. I decided I was going to be aggressive. Not many key hands heads up, I saw a few cards and mixed my play up well. Eventually I re-raise Keys" bet from the button all-in with A-9. He calls with A-7. Nine on the Flop but have to sweat a flush draw on the Turn. Board pairs and it"s all over, I am the Notts champion! I honestly believe this was my time. I"d like to thank all the staff at the Gala, the fellow players and everyone involved. What a fantastic tournament. See you in Bristol at the end of the year... George2Loose
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Saturday, 17 January 2009
Back from Brighton [ ] I will update my blog more often....
Just got back from Brighton where I played my first two events on the grosvenor poker tour. For anyone who doesn"t know I put up a staking thread on blonde and managed to get backing for the main event and Flushy put me into the £300. I was feeling very confident having just finished 4th in the daily 80k on stars for $6000- my biggest score for a while. Travelled down with the family and it was nice having them around while I travelled for a change. It"s not always easy playing these events with a wife and 4 (yes FOUR) kids but my wife is thankfully very supportive of my chosen path (and the money it can sometimes bring!) We check into 8 Bright Apartments- 2 bed for £75 a night- can"t be bad! Very enjoyable stay and had fun on the beach and looking at the many sights Brighton has to offer with wife and kids in tow (nice to spend some of the trip outside a casino for a change)
As mentioned previously this was my first experience of the Grosvenor poker tour. I"ve played 5 gala events so will try and make some comparisons:
Staff: The grosvenor dealers are very competent on the whole and jovial enough but I find the ones on the gala to be better. This is probably due to the fact that I"ve won an event and obviously know Mark, Robin and his team very well.
Atmosphere: I don"t whether it"s the venue or because there"s more UK pro"s playing the GUKPT but the armos was very stilted and much more business like. They call gala the people"s poker tour and there are a lot more amateurs playing the GCBPT which always creates a good atmosphere.
Standard: tbh the standard of both tours is pretty poor imo. My table (yes I only got to play one in the main event!) was very soft with only Tony Phillips and Micky Wernick providing any meaningful opposition.
Stucture: This is where grosvenor is streets ahead of gala. Their side event and main event structures are a million miles ahead of gala, also with lower antes. However you are paying DOUBLE the price. I think people forget this when looking at the gala tour- you"re paying £500 quid for a pretty good structure!
Now onto the tourney"s themselves. First the £300- not to put too fine a detail on it but I should have cruised to day 2 but a mixture of luck and spewage saw me bust out 6 mins before the end shoving my short stack straight into"s Dominic Kay"s AK. I had 40k before the final 3 levels of the day (300/600, 400/800, 600/1200) with average being around 18k. I had to laydown QQ twice post flop. The first laydown to James Sudworth on a J323J board. I think I made the right laydown but played the hand pretty badly- not c-betting and getting too trappy.
Anyway onto the main event- my tournament report is as follows- please comment on my play- I"ll always take constructive criticism!
Sat down at table 5 seat 5- very cold but overall please with my table. Micky Wernick sat to my right but apart from that no names at my table. Im going to try and post as much detail I can up to my bust out.Don"t play a hand for a round or two. Very standard table. Not too aggressive but was a fair amount of action mainly due to people hitting the flop hard (saw at least 4 flopped sets in first half hour)I limp utg for 50 with 87ss (sorry for not raising flushy!). 5 to the flop which comes down 853 one spade. I lead for 150, big fish at the table repops to 450 so I decide to peel 7 clubs hits the turn putting two clubs on board and I check call a 1200 bet. 6 clubs on river so the board is 85376 with 3 clubs. check check on river so I think my hand is good but no, my opponenet has checked the 53 clubs behind for the flush. Down to 8k- great first hand!
I pick up a couple of pots and get back up to around 9k and open utg with tens to 175. SB re pops to 600 and I peel off a flop which comes down J92 rainbow. He continue bets for just 650 so I flat. The turn comes Kc - and now he pots it. 2200. I fold.Next significant hand I play, 2 people limp and I look down at AQcc on button so raise to 500. I get the sb plus the two limpers call. Flop comes 766, two spades. checked to cut off who bets 300- obv very weak bet so I make it 1200- perhaps should have folded on a wet board with two opponents behind me but felt like a good spot to put the pressure on. SB cold calls behind. check check 10d turn and check check on Js river. He turns over the 98ss for the turned straight and rivered flush!So down to 6k I"m feeling a little aggreived!
I open in the hijack at 50/100 with A3dd for 300. Fishy button flats.Flop comes A35 two spades. Lovely! I c-bet for 400 and he insta calls. J on turn. I bet 1500 this time and he calls quite quickly again. 2 spades on river so we check check and he shows AQ. I scoop but am annoyed at not being able to value bet river.Reach first break with 9300 which Im very pleased with considering. I"m still happy with my table but a little annoyed that the cards aren"t being kinder- I seem to be playing multi way pots even when I"m the aggressor and my c bet success frequency is very low.
Back after the break player to my right makes it 450 at 75/150 and I peel with KQhh. Flop comes 10, 7, 3 diamonds. check check. He then lead for 600 on turn when 9 hits. I don"t put him on much but decide to peel off a card instead of raising. If a blank hits the river I plan on betting. An offsuit jack hits giving me the nuts! He then leads into me for 1800. I make it 4600. He flats so obv ship! NO- he has flatted me with KQ. WTF??? Chop it up anyway.Tony Phillips moves to my table. Never played him before but he immed starts to run the table. 3 limpers to my button for 150 and I make it 700 with JJ. Everyone calls me! Am I getting my bet sizing wrong??? Flop comes AQ2 checked to me and I bet 1600. Thankfully everyone folds and I"m at my peak chip count of 11k.
Next significant pot I play I get two limpers from seat 1 (nothing to worry about limping a lot ep) and seat to my right. I make it 800 with AJ. Colder caller from button (fishy fisherson). UTG and limper fold. Heads up and the flop comes 866 two spades. I lead for 1300 into 2k. He flats. 4 hearts on the turn. I decide not to double barrel as I"m unsure whether he has a draw or a pair ( and I know he isn"t folding a pair) so check it to him. He bets 1500 which immed tells me he has it. I fold AGAIN and he shows me 88. MBN
Down to around 8k and again two limpers in pot. Notice the theme??? I don"t know whether I should be limping along here or what cos my raising pre and c betting post flop didnt seem to be having much success but I make it 1k with KQdd from the cut off. SB (fishy fisherson believe it or not) calls and one limper calls. Flop comes a very helpful 854 all clubs. check check check. even more helpful on turn. check check check and finally a jack on the river. fishy bets 1k which limper calls. Fishy shows 10 9cc. MBSFN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Down to about 6.5k now and I open to 600 with AKcc. Tony Phillips asks me for a count before repopping to 2k from sb. I shove he calls with JJFlop comes BRICK BRICK BRICK.
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Thursday, 22 January 2009
10 rebuy win
Woke up Friday morning and left Brighton around 12pm- home by 2pm and the whole family were pretty tired. The mrs could see how disappointed I was so gave the green light for some online poker. I had around 1k on stars having cashed our 5k the week before (afetr coming forth in the daily 80k) Busto on tilt so just played stars.
I played:
50$ daily 80k
22$ heads up (a tourney I hadn"t played for a while)
10rebuy on stars
I think I also played a few low buy in freezeouts. At about 11pm I was only left in the 10r and was one tabling. It can be a grind sometimes but I do think that playing too many games can hinder my game. Obv I use a hud but working with just those stats can be misleading.
I play rebuys quite often and like the fact it gives you time to play and build a stack. Dependant on what mood Im in will determine how much I spend on buy ins! My mates will know I have a tendency of approaching rebuys the same way:
- Set myself a spending limit
- Spending at least 3 times that amount after losing one pot
I remember one time going to play the 20 rebuy at broadway, I was speaking to my mate Sat and we decided to limit ourselves to 60 quid. Maybe 80 max. £180 quid later at the break I have the minimum chipstack tilting off my money after getting outdrawn. All"s end that ends well as I ended up splitting it and taking 1200. Gamble FTW!
Back to the 10r, I had 43k at the break and only in for 30$ Obv very happy- I had some big hands in the rebuy period- crucially they held up. I ended up winning for 14k and change. My biggest ever cash online in a normal buy in MTT and also the biggest field I"ve bested- 2592 runners!
Obviously you need your fair share of luck in these fields and I sucked out in one cruicial pot against an aggro cl who had opened with AK- I shoved with AQ and spiked a Q on the turn to take the chip lead with 65 left..
On the final I played a more conservative game than I would usually employ. I think obv aggression is important in hold em but sometimes you can get obsessed with playing for the win. This has resulted me in being TOO aggro and busting out 4th, 5th, 7th etc etc etc. I think changing gears in poker is more important than out and out aggression and I did this particularly well. Cranking it up 4 handed. I went into heads up with a 2/1 deficit but played really well (I usually suck heads up) I got lucky in one spot where I flatted with AA pre the money going all in on a 10 2 8 flop. Wasn"t until the Jack on the turn that I realised I didnt have the best hand- my opp had opened the button with 10 2. Fist pumping was order of the day when another Jack hit the river.
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
Big catch including GUKPT Walsall
Introducing the wife and kids......
Probably should have done this ages ago but for those of you who don"t know I"m married with 4 kids! Yes I"m a sicko and get to play way too much poker- what can I say? I have THE most understanding wife in the world! Here she is:
Despite what it looks like- I promise you she is not ginger! She also plays poker online and has head some sick results in the 35k 10r on ipoker coming 4th for 4k (her biggest score) and 8th last week for 500$. Was a shoot toward the end and had cards run better we"d be looking at 8k easy! She has yet to make the plunge live- finds the whole set up intimidating which is why I"ve changed my view on women only tourneys. When Ace (our youngest- I"ll introduce him later!) is older I"m hoping to persuade Shelley to play on the Betfred tour to help her find her feet live or perhaps the Sky Poker Tour.
My eldest are twins- Esme and Kieran. They"re both 11 and without a doubt the best behaved kids you could meet. No really! Here they both are:
Both know the basic rules of poker after asking and often play for fun money online. Esme is a complete fish and will not fold if she has a picture card or if they"re suited! Kieran is quite aggressive and will bring it in for a raise. Both have potential but in all honestly I don"t know how I"d feel if any of my kids wanted to play full time and as sexist as this might sound, especially Esme.
Next up we have Rio. Yes I"m a Man United fan and that was some inspiration for his name! He;s 4 years old and going through he tantrum stage! Not all kids can be well behaved right?
Rio thinks I play poker for a living often referring it to work. Maybe one day when I have a huge roll but with 4 kids, I need a steady income. Whenever I take a beat in a tourney it hurts- can"t imagine what it must be like if you"re relying on that money for an income!
Finally we have Ace. Obviously his name is related to poker but it was his Auntie Andrea who actually came up with his name and I"m glad she did. He"s just 9 months old and a bit of a handful!
Online Variance
I"m sure many people say this but I can honestly say I"m playing the best poker I"ve ever played at the moment and had variance/poker Gods been nice to me I"m sure I"d have another 5 figure sum to report on. I"ve made it deep in tourneys on stars/ipoker but lost big flips late on. I may switch to playing more regularly on ipoker although the tourney schedule sucks. The best tourney on there is the 35k 10 rebuy. Unfort it doesn"t start until 8.30 and usually finishes at around 2-3am which during the week is far too late! The players on there are so much worse then stars. You"ll get people 4 betting AJ suited with no fold equity! Or calling all in with Q10 suited with about 150 big blinds during the first level.
GUKPT Walsall
I played Day 1B after selling 70% on the staking board on blonde. I played good solid poker making the odd bluff and couldn"t have really asked for a softer seond table. However the cards didn"t run for me in crucial pots- tourney report below:
Sat down and had a tough table with Neil Channing and Mark Goodwin. They were both to my right and after playing a few rounds I was quite pleased with the draw. Most players were pretty straightforward- and the table was quite solid early.I splashed around a little early- playing some suited connectors etc and set mining. I went down to just over 8 before returning to my starting stack.
First significant hand I played I managed to win a big pot. David La Ronde who cam second in Luton to Sam Trickett opened to my right for 450 out of a stack of 8k from the hijack+1 at 75/150. He has been doing this quite a lot and it was starting to frustrate me as I wasn"t able to play too many pots. I look down at 45 decide to make it 1200 out of a stack of 12 in a hope of slowing him down. I hadn"t played many pots and knew I had a very solid image. A tight player by the name of Wass flats for 1200 on the button with around 6800 behind. I put him on quite a tight range. 99-JJ. AK, maybe AQ. Possibly even QQ. La Ronde decides to join the party so we"re 3 way to the flop. It comes down 653, 2 clubs. La Ronde now leads into me for 1500. I think this a fairly straightforward weak lead- he never leads with a set here imo and if he does he would bet more to protect his hand. I"m happy to get it in with either opponent here. I"d still have 4.5-5k left if I lost and am a slight fave against an overpair so I make it 4800.Wass on the button tanks for an age so I know he hasn"t got 99-10 10. Maybe he has AK clubs here but I think with his style he"d have mucked by now so I"m putting him on QQ. He eventually puts his stack in- La Ronde gets out of the way and I call the 2k extra, shaking my head when he asks me if I have aces. He flips KK and I bink a 2 on the turn. I then start using my stack- playing quite a few puts, pushing my opponents about and keeping out of the way of Channing and Goodwin.
The table breaks and I leave it with a healthy 27k.I then get moved to what I can only describe as a dream table. Very soft, only trouble is I have a guy who likes to see a lot of flops two to my left and another fish two to his left so opening in late position was tricky. However, there was very little 3 betting and no less than 3 rocks. I even had the value of having Neil (Blatch) on the table.After playing quite solid and not getting anything in the way of cards I decide to make a move when UTG (FISH!) opens for 800 at 150/300, 3 to his left calls for 800 and I make it 3200 on the button with 63hh looking to pick up the dead money. They both call! The flop however comes a nutastic 245 rainbow. Action on the flop is check check check. I"m not sure if I should lead here and build a pot? The turn comes down a 7 and fishy fisherson bets 1800 utg, the guy to his left calls and now its down to me.I think one of them has some sort of middish pair so decide to raise for value confident one of them will call so I make it a massive 5400. As expected utg flats, other guy folds. Now UTG checks in the dark and the river is a 4. I"m not worried about a set as I"m sure the money would be in on the flop. He has about 20k left and with about 18k in the middle I decide to shove. He folds pretty much straightaway and I"m a little annoying I didn"t bet around the 12k mark which I"m sure a player like him calls cos he has chips behind. I think I need to learn not to keep value shoving as it"s much less effective live than online.
I lose 6k when the sb shoves A10 and I call with AJ. Flop JQK. MBN.I sit around the 50k mark for a while. Open a couple of pots light and get re raised on the flop when I c-bet so decide to tighten up my range. Next significant hand I play I get dealt aces. I open to 1625 at 300/600/25 in the hijack+1. The cut off, button and small blind decide to join the party which isn"t what I had in mind!The flop comes an ugly 7,8,10 two diamonds. sb and cutoff have around 30k each and button is short so after the sb checks I decide I"m going to either check raise or peel a turn card (again should I lead this flop?) off for free. The button decides to shove for 7k- I call. He shows A7. Bink- 7 on the turn. My stack takes a hit back down to 35k instead of reaching the heights of 70.
Playing a little bit tilty I lose a significant pot to the legend Wernick. This is the worst pot I played all tournament. I"m in the big blind and 5 people limp. I check with Q2ss in bb. Flop comes Q, 10, 3. Everyone Checks. K on turn and after it"s checked to Mickey on the button who bets 3.6k. With 316 players begind me I decide middle pair bottom kicker is good and call. Everyone else gets out of the way and I check/tank/call another bet of 6900 as Mickey obv shows the straight- J9. Well played George.I"m now on around 25k. Player who has just sat down opens for a massive 3800 at 400/800/50 from 3rd to act and I look at 10,10 in cutoff. Should I be shoving here? folding? Calling? I really didnt know but decided to call. SB also calls and we see a threeway flop of JJ9. I bet 6500 after both check and am relieved to rake in a nice pot.
I kick things up last level of the night as people clam up and try to fold to day 2. I"m back up to around 45k when I find 10,10 again in hijack. Mick McCool is in the big blind and I open for 2650 at 500/1000/75. In hindsight I"m gonna open to closer to 3k cos I was getting a few cold callers when I was 2.5xing at this level. Mick flats out of the big blind with about 12k back. Flop is J65. I c-bet 4800, he shoves I call. He has K6, bink a 6 on the turn. I could not believe how bad I was running and was now down to 26k. Fine- that was average stack.UTG then opens for 4k out of a stack of 16k and I set him in with AK from the big blind. He calls and shows tens. Flop is Ace high. Turn 10. TURN CARD WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO!!!!!
So came back to day 2 with 13k. Blinds go thru me as I can"t find a spot to shove. Folds to me in the cut off, button has literally just turned up and sat down when I shove 43 off, he calls and shows AK. MBSFN!!! No binkage and I"ve hit the rail.
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Grimmed, Karma and Sunday Million final table.................
Few bits to catch up on.... I"ll come to my tourney report on the Sunday Million but a few bits first!
Ginger Watch
A fun segment which I"ll be updating on a ad hoc basis. Shelley treated herself to a cut and colour on Saturday so not much ginger in sight atm.
Rest of the family are good. Ace has had a bit of a bug and a cold but he"s getting better thankfully. Still not sleeping through and he"s gonna be 9 months this Friday (incidentally the 13th- Ace was born on Friday the 13th!) It"s been really tough on us, especially Shelley. The first 3 all slept through from six weeks so it"s quite a culture shock!
Rio is behaving better though which is a Godsend! Something which I believed has helped is banning him from all video games. Yes we were probably naive letting him play them as young as 4- I really thought it was some sort of fable/old wives tale that computer games can have an effect on a childs behaviour! But it isn"t! They turn into little terrors! Lock away your Nintendo Ds"s!!! Instead have been taking him and the kids to do more outdoor activities- swimming, running, the park, footie. Poker can sometimes consume your life- I have to remember why I"m making money- for my family. What"s the point of doing that if I"m not enjoying them? That"s why Shelley"s so good for me- she keeps me grounded when I get carried sometimes......
Kieran has his first girlfriend! At the tender age of 11 he asked out a girl called Ellie in his class. I"m dead proud of him cos this is something I never had the courage to do until I was 19 lol! I was a little different back then. Very shy and not confident at all- at some point I"ll put up some piccies.
Grimmed
Sunday was quite an eventful day for me in more ways than one. I"d qualified for the ipoker 2.5mill guaranteed for 200 bucks (1700$ buy in) which started at 7pm so had to miss the DTD 300 which was a bit annoying. I"ll also be missing it in April due to APAT Cardiff which myself Neil (Blatchley) and Kev Smith (bag man) will be attending.
I decided to approach the tournament seriously as it was a huge pay day and the field wasn"t too huge to conquer considering the pay day (500k for first, 1300 runners). I woke up with the kids Sunday and then went back to bed at 11am. I decided that for the first time in ages I"d use a significant portion of my roll to take a shot and play a big Sunday schedule which included:
Stars:
Sunday Warm Up 215$
Sunday Million 215$
Sunday Second Chance 215$
Couple of 100$ f/outs
Full Tilt:
750k guarantee 215$
Mulligan 215$
Brawl 256$
50k guaranree 163$
Laddies:
Skalie Deepstack 109$
Dream Team Vegas Satty 100$ with EIGHT 5k Vegas packages ADDED!
One problem- I had no dough on full tilt. There"s an official person to person transfer thread on blonde and I had about 3k on stars so I put up a message asking for 600$ on tilt for stars then went to sleep......
I wake up at 3.30 (Skalie deepstack starts at 4pm) getting ready for a big day- log onto blonde and have received the following message from what I believe to be Le Knave (Dave Jones):
Hi mate, its Le Knave I can sort you out $200 on tiltShip to THE_KING_JEW on stars and ill ship once received, lets win it allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Now I want to blame the fact that I"d just woken up on the fact that I shipped it without too much thinking. I did wonder why Dave would play under the name as THE KING JEW as I"m sure he played as Le Knave pretty much everywhere but I dismissed this and just shipped the dough. Many little things pointed to the fact this was not Dave:
1) His name was Le Knave. Dave is LeKnave no spaces.
2) Le Knave had 0 posts. Dave has 3524.
3) He had no contact details MSN etc and no tag line (www.weregettingpaid.com) although he had cunningly copied Le Knave"s pic
4) He said in his message- "Hi it"s Le Knave." COURSE IT"S LE KNAVE- it"s a pm from him! Actually it"s NOT! Hence why he" saying "Hi it"s Le Knave!"
5) The most active thread on blonde that day was titled "Grimmer?"
Anyway I"m waiting and waiting.... and waiting and waiting. Keep checking my full tilt account- no 200$. I finally get around to reading the thread on blonde and own up to being the dullard I am- get some rightful abuse and some not justified from Richard Kellet and one of his minnions.
Now I have nothing against Richard Kellet. I have actually never shared a poker table with the guy and I"m sure he has a fairly decent game as he gets a lot of backing. He tried to angle shoot Neil in a big pot at DTD which is not on imo if you have an ounce of integrity but it happens, people do it, poker"s about a game of edge"s and he tried to use one.
Me and Kellet clashed when I made I comment at an omaha table where he was playing (and getting owned) by Dave Penly. I made a comment about Kellett knowing when he"s beat= no malice intended but I just didn"t understand why he would want to play someone heads up where he has little/no edge when there must be TONS of bad omaha players out there. It"s like me asking Tom Dwan if he wants a quick heads up session! Kellet then made a racist comment whcih obv shows his age- I seriously hope that he said this in the heat of the moment cos he was losing $$$. If he wants to apologise I will gladly accept- anyone who knows me knows I don"t hold grudges and I"m basically a nice guy.
ANYWAY, I"m digressing but there is a purpose. Kellett and his minnion (can"t remember his name, not important enough) start talking to me about karma and the fact that I DESERVED my grimming for accusing Kellet of the same (big thread on blonde, won"t go into it lol)- I said if there"s any karma hopefully it"ll be delievered tonight by the poker Gods.
Back to Sunday, I"m playing a few tourneys- get a couple of mini cashes but nothing massive. My attention soon turns to the Vegas package on Laddies. I"m deep and not really concentrating as well as I should on other tourneys including at this point the Sunday Million (I was card dead and was blinding away something cronic- think my stats at 200/400 were somethings like 5/2/NA lol!). There"s 8 packages up for grabs and nine of us left. Folds to me in small blind. Me and the smaller stack we both have around 14k and the blinds are a hefty 2000/4000 and I shove Q5, he obv wakes up with AK and holds. I bubble the sat (although win 1500$) and am sick. Maybe that"s karma after all......
I then bust the 50k deep with QQ vs KK. BS!!!! Im one tabling the Sunday million with hardly any chips. FML!!! Another ****ty (and costly) Sunday. UM WRONG! I actually FINALLED the million and won 26k- my biggest online pay day. I have posted some hands and comments below. I have very mixed feelings about the final and think I played scared in one pot in particular- waiting to see the reply but I"m sure if I had the opportunity again I would re shove. Please see hands below for more.
Big Bink:
*********** # 91 **************PokerStars Game #25752970094: Tournament #144032321, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (300/600) - 2009/03/08 18:58:40 ETTable "144032321 169" 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: dirkyNL (37713 in chips)
Seat 2: Desert Horse (12515 in chips)
Seat 3: Tommy2tyme (10760 in chips)
Seat 4: Guerrouij (15537 in chips)
Seat 5: Tschan19 (7850 in chips)
Seat 6: George2Loose (6275 in chips)
Seat 7: jwalk007678 (16525 in chips)
Seat 8: jamal p (7175 in chips)
Seat 9: Bicman777 (65233 in chips)
George2Loose: posts small blind 300
jwalk007678: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [Qc Td]
jamal p: calls 600
Bicman777: folds
dirkyNL: folds
Desert Horse: folds
Tommy2tyme: folds
Guerrouij: folds
Tschan19: folds
George2Loose: raises 5675 to 6275 and is all-in
jwalk007678: folds jamal p: calls 5675
*** FLOP *** [9h Kc Js]
*** TURN *** [9h Kc Js] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [9h Kc Js 5d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***George2Loose: shows [Qc Td] (a straight, Nine to King)jamal p: shows [Qd Qs] (a pair of Queens)George2Loose collected 13150 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 13150 Rake 0 Board [9h Kc Js 5d 2d]Seat 1: dirkyNL folded before Flop (didn"t bet)Seat 2: Desert Horse folded before Flop (didn"t bet)Seat 3: Tommy2tyme folded before Flop (didn"t bet)Seat 4: Guerrouij folded before Flop (didn"t bet)Seat 5: Tschan19 (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)Seat 6: George2Loose (small blind) showed [Qc Td] and won (13150) with a straight, Nine to KingSeat 7: jwalk007678 (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 8: jamal p showed [Qd Qs] and lost with a pair of QueensSeat 9: Bicman777 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Now this might seem like a donkey move- and it pretty much is. But this is where multi tabling and having a HUD can **** you up. I had the table minimised cos I was concentrating on Laddies tourney and the HUD covered up the UTG call so I thought I was shoving small to big. Yes- I"m a LUCKBOX!!!
TY Donkey:
*********** # 175 **************PokerStars Game #25755958806: Tournament #144032321, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (750/1500) - 2009/03/08 20:21:34 ETTable "144032321 169" 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: dirkyNL (12375 in chips)
Seat 2: Rightcurver (91939 in chips)
Seat 3: Tommy2tyme (44034 in chips)
Seat 4: Guerrouij (11952 in chips)
Seat 5: dp112 (35488 in chips)
Seat 6: George2Loose (27046 in chips)
Seat 7: jwalk007678 (31052 in chips)
Seat 8: kylmac85 (45335 in chips)
Seat 9: rotiv azar (29045 in chips)
dirkyNL: posts the ante 150
Rightcurver: posts the ante 150
Tommy2tyme: posts the ante 150
Guerrouij: posts the ante 150
dp112: posts the ante 150
George2Loose: posts the ante 150
jwalk007678: posts the ante 150
kylmac85: posts the ante 150
rotiv azar: posts the ante 150
Tommy2tyme: posts small blind 750
Guerrouij: posts big blind 1500
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to George2Loose [Ad Qh]
dp112: raises 3000 to 4500
George2Loose: calls 4500
*** FLOP *** [As 9s 7c]
dp112: checks
George2Loose: bets 4500
dp112: calls 4500
*** TURN *** [As 9s 7c] [8h]
dp112: checks
George2Loose: bets 17896 and is all-in
dp112: calls 17896*** RIVER *** [As 9s 7c 8h] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***dp112: shows [Ah 3h] (a pair of Aces)
George2Loose: shows [Ad Qh] (a pair of Aces - Queen kicker)George2Loose collected 57392 from pot
Do most call with AQ here 2nd to act? Is it too nitty to fold? He snapped the turn so obv I thought he had trapped me a treat- nope. He obv put me on A2
It"s late and will post some more up later- pls leave some comments and I"ll respond back
Thanks to everyone for the rail on stars, facebook, blonde. Threads on blonde, punters lounge and APAT. Oh and thanks to Dave Mfkin Jones for the grim. Karma indeed.
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AMRN said...
A helluva busy Sunday George. With that list of reasonably high buy in tournies all running into each other, do you really feel you can do any one of them justice? or are you starting several hoping to hit a big stack in one, and then concentrate on that one alone?
Excellent cash btw!!
11 March 2009 01:02
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AMRN said...
A helluva busy Sunday George. With that list of reasonably high buy in tournies all running into each other, do you really feel you can do any one of them justice? or are you starting several hoping to hit a big stack in one, and then concentrate on that one alone?
Excellent cash btw!!
11 March 2009 01:02
Playing more comps obviously lowers variance but playing these high level of comps with huge fields isn"t sustainable imo. I will every now and again "take a shot", probably once or twice a year esp. if I"ve been playing/running well and my confidence is up.
I try to play live on Sunday"s as much as possible cos the temptation to fire up more tournies is just too much and sometimes playing a £100 live tourney can actually save me money lol.
As for multi tabling I think it can help with boredom- I use a HUD which is essential imo even if you"re playing one table- you just can"t commit as much to memory as you can live.
I think I play optimum when play between 3-4 tables, anymore i probably do lose a bit of my game but I have been known to 8 table before. I did skip some of the tournies mentioned mainly cos I was deep in laddies tourney.
I used to have a massive issue with tilt if I got outdrawn I"d spunk it on other tables and every now and again the tilt monster does rear it"s ugly head. It"s one of the biggest leaks of my game. I used to gamble quite a bit on the table games and sometimes when I take a beat, my gambling nature rears its ugly head
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WP George.
How did you find the tournament? It always strikes me as an exceptionally difficult tourney to go deep in?
A lot of it is a blur and I will post up some more HH"s on the tourney report thread when I get a chance.
I played exceptionally tight early and tbh it"s very difficult to think about getting deep. I mean you"re playing against 8117 opponents- how can you start thinking about the final?
I think what helped was that I was never out of the top 10 from around 200 out so I wasn"t pressured into playing pots.
When I finalled I had one hand where I think had it been a normal tourney I would have shoved but the money and the win meant a lot so I raise folded 99 with about 15 big blinds behind.
I"m really hoping the reply shows he had an overpair but I suspect he was just muscling me off the pot
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George, just read your blog, a good reed it is. I did not realise the year you are having, you must be on cloud 9. I know you won the GAPT (or whatever it's called) last year, but what is the difference from now and last year? Are you playing different? Have you been lucky? And most importantly will it last? The Stars/FullTilt thing is not on, can Blonde not help you and contact the member directly for you? (I am presuming that they have his address).
Wayne
I contacted stars and unfortunately they can"t get involved in any disputes on forum- had it been on stars chat they have been able to do something but it"s my own fault. I knew the rules b4 the transfer and I cert should have checked first!
I think confidence is massive in poker. After my win in Notts I had a terrible run of cards and was playing far too tight (believe it or not) I think in any game- be it football, rugby, basketball, poker- anything, confidence is HUGE and at the moment taht"s helping my game no end.
Of course running good helps too but in my last few tourneys I"ve made chips with no hands but lost by getting outdrawn! Crazy game.
When I won in Notts I played well but it was one of the easiest tourneys I"ve ever played. I just had a bigger hand than my opponents most of the time. I had KK when someone had JJ at the final. 20 out I had AA when someone had KK- sometimes poker is the most difficult game in the world and at others it"s simple.
Overall I would say i"m a better player now but I am always learning.
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great blog George. Great result in the million.
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It"s been a tough week due to one reason or the other. I had Monday off from work (thanksfully- SM Final finished for me at 7.30 and a day"s work would have been tough after that!). Me and Shelley went to lunch and had the inevitable conversation every man has with his wife:
Me: Babe...
Shell: What do you want?
Me: Why would I want anything?
Shell: No point in buttering me up- just tell me what you want it"s easier!
Me: I really wanna go Vegas this year.....
Silence.
After much tooing and froing Shelley agreed that I could go Vegas on the proviso I qualify online. I"ll be budgeting obviously but really not sure what to play. Might take a crack at a full tilt package this weekend but may also see if I can try some of the softer sites on Boss, ipoker and other networks rather than the major sites.
I"ve bubbled in 3 major comps this week which is very frustrating. I played qualifiers for GUKPT"s and the Irish Open. I"m not too bothered about London to be honest but REALLY wanna try and win a seat to the Irish open. I think there"s a decent package on Laddies and a few more on ipoker so I"ll certainly be giving them a go! I may put a staking thread on blonde but I think the size of the buy in is too much to garner any interest so probably will leave it. Even though I"ve won a big score I don"t want to waste the money chasing a big win- I"m mangaing my bankroll better than ever and want to keep it that way.
I woke up Weds morning to hear the sound of Shelley being sick in the toilet. Nice! She had caught some sort of virus- maybe the novo bug but the upshot of it was she was having the day in bed and I get to stay at home with the kids. Easy life! Fire up some poker whilst playing with the kids! Weeeeeeeeeeeeee...........
Or not. I ended up having Thurs off as well and if there"s one thing I"ve learnt it"s I"m NEVER being a house husband. Looking after 4 kids was tough enough- Ace needs constant attention. He"s in between stages (wants to crawl but can"t) and get frustrated easily and cries. You literally have to keep him amused all day. Rio was at his whingy best- school really tires him out and if he doesn"t get his own way he"ll let you know what he thinks about it in no uncertain terms!
Esme and Kieran have their moments but overall they were a great help. I have never been so tired in my life and actuaklly bounced out of bed for work on Friday. All that I didn"t do any housework!!! It certainly makes me appreciate the job Shelley does. I jokingly refer to her job at home as a permananet holiday but not no more. Give me the 9-5 grind anyday!!!
Poker Ambitions
I thought I"d document a few of my poker aims for 2009. In no particular order:
Win a GUKPT title (and become the first to win a GUKPT and GCBPT crown)
Win an APAT tourney (Live or online)
Play in a matchroom 6 seater on TV (UK poker open etc etc)
Play in the WSOP Main Event in 2009
All very lofty goals but all attainable I think.
Anyway that"s all from me. No more bubbling please!
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I was watching you in one of the GUKPT satellites, can"t remember what night. You made a great call on a Flush heavy board with AJ (See Stu, it can win!), and looked in great shape, sorry you didn"t make it.
So when you guys talk about railing, I couldn"t comment on the above hand cos I wasn"t sat at the table, so do you do it on a forum as you watch?
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Not an extensive post but really need to let off some steam.
Am running so bad in tournaments and so well in cash that I think I"m gonna quit tourneys for a bit
I had a good run in the APAT tourney yesterday but no disrespect to it cos I love APAT and everything it stands for I don"t really want my good run of variance in a 10$ comp.
Coolers, out draws, flips. I can"t win any of them and winning two pots in a row is a rarity.
Just now I bubbled the 55 f/o on tilt after losing two pots in a row from ahead. The first a 55k pot to go 7th in chips. I had A6 and made a good call against 98 aipr obv 8 on the river...........
QQ vs A9- A on river
So ridic how I"m running. Think I"m gonna give tourneys a wide berth until DTD at end of month.
Thoughts?
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as long as you are getting your chips in good the majority of the time then stick with it i say... ride the variance in fact embrace it because you"ll eventually get immune to it which makes you a better player.. there is nothing worse than having a player at your table who keeps bouncing back from beats still playing there A game..
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Not an extensive post but really need to let off some steam.
Am running so bad in tournaments and so well in cash that I think I"m gonna quit tourneys for a bit
I had a good run in the APAT tourney yesterday but no disrespect to it cos I love APAT and everything it stands for I don"t really want my good run of variance in a 10$ comp.
Coolers, out draws, flips. I can"t win any of them and winning two pots in a row is a rarity.
Just now I bubbled the 55 f/o on tilt after losing two pots in a row from ahead. The first a 55k pot to go 7th in chips. I had A6 and made a good call against 98 aipr obv 8 on the river...........
QQ vs A9- A on river
So ridic how I"m running. Think I"m gonna give tourneys a wide berth until DTD at end of month.
Thoughts?
Keep playing and I look forward to your post winning $10/20/50k+
Aside - what was your M calling with A6?
Do you need to call? Not that much ahead.
Louis
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The thing is you had a good run in a tournament, it doesn"t really matter what the buy in was. I know it is small fry for you, but the fact is, the worm has turned. You could now be at the start of an up swing, confidence high, and take down the next big one you play! Stick with it, the bigger tournaments are the ones that can change your life, and you obviously have the game to win one.
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Guys- thanks for the feedback- I"m going to update this blog a lot more often then I am currently doing.
Dependant on how I feel later I may put in a big session online- will post hands etc here
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ok in:
322$ shootout
50+5$
150+13$
all on full tilt. May play some more later if the mood takes me
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Full Tilt Poker Game #12179133543: FTOPS Event #13 (84233700), Table 111 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:07:45 ET - 2009/05/12
Seat 2: j__thaddeus (1,518)
Seat 4: George2Loose (7,415)
Seat 6: Atregiou (3,067)
Atregiou posts the small blind of 60
j__thaddeus posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [8c Ac]
George2Loose raises to 300
Atregiou folds
j__thaddeus raises to 1,518, and is all in
George2Loose calls 1,218
j__thaddeus shows [3h Ad]
George2Loose shows [8c Ac]
*** FLOP *** [Jd 6d 7d]
*** TURN *** [Jd 6d 7d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 6d 7d Td] [Ts]
j__thaddeus shows a flush, Ace high
George2Loose shows a pair of Tens
j__thaddeus wins the pot (3,096) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,096 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd 6d 7d Td Ts]
Seat 2: j__thaddeus (big blind) showed [3h Ad] and won (3,096) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: George2Loose (button) showed [8c Ac] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 6: Atregiou (small blind) folded before the Flop
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and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight
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How did you manage to miss this little beauty? :D
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=3369.msg59277#msg59277
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How did you manage to miss this little beauty? :D
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=3369.msg59277#msg59277
Awesome :D
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and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight
You"re obviously still in the zone -- you are still officially my hero by the way
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and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight
You"re obviously still in the zone -- you are still officially my hero by the way
I have no idea what to say Duke apart from thanks :D
Still in two tourneys- hopefully can ship some profit!
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and J Thaddeus beats me heads up- obv a good player cos he won the SCOOP hi but another set up heads up- turned two pair against his straight
You"re obviously still in the zone -- you are still officially my hero by the way
I have no idea what to say Duke apart from thanks :D
Still in two tourneys- hopefully can ship some profit!
railing now
edit -- on break hope I dont bok ya
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Just wrote a really long post- tried to attach file- told is was too big and lost the post!!!
sdoivfoasdogoasdjojisdf
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On my way George ...
GLGLGL!
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Thats two -- now lets get the rest
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bit dull at the moment boys- sorry!
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patience -- then pounce ;D ;D
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Sweedish one in the eurovision semi is a bit of alright
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stop moving i"m getting seasick
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break -- we are still here
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card dead atm- can"t get a stack! Plz let me flip well cos I have a feeling it may come down to a 50/50
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lets do it -- group mind mend
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Don"t have FullTilt, but will keep up with you on this thread, so win the lot!!!
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ouch
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bit of a cooler with my stack size- cant really peel cant really fold although im hoping for AK there when I have JJ- he probs also calls with tens and 9s
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ul vul -- so now lets party on the other one
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maybe AJ is a fold there but I only have 12 bigs. Kinda sums up my poker at the mo. Card dead then when I find Jacks someone has Queens
I find Aj suited and someone finds AK
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oh
edit -- you are still officially my hero -- it"s just your luck ain"t holding at the moment -- keep the faith
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So the bad run continues and it"s really starting to effect my game. I"m tightening up and then going on stupid monkey tilt. I keep getting outdrawn cos I"m just either playing to cautious or cant win a jot at showdown.
I"ve just bombed out of two tourneys in the second level due to tilt....
Stars 55$
I get dealt JJ and decide to flat and early position raiser:
Flop is Q92. He c bets I call
4 on the turn. He bets again. Now it"s kind of a tricky spot but I decide to flat once more and see what the river brings
4 on the river. He tanks and fires half the pot. Now it"s very unlikely I"m winning. He"s probably firing 3 streets of value and I perhaps should have raised turn to define hand rather than call 3 streets but I decide to call. He obv has A4.
That"s it. One pot lost down to 2k at 10/20 and I lose my head in both this tourney and the full tilt 129 knocked. I open ship with 75 suited in both tourneys
Now you"d think I"d perhaps pick up 30 chips out there in one of the two tourneys wouldn"t ya??? Obv not has QQ and AA have also been dealt. MARV!!!
Tilt used to be a really disgusting leak in my game and I had fixed but it looks as tho it"s back to rear it"s ugly head.
I"m gonna try and take a break from poker methinks or I"ll fire up 20 more tourneys and start open shipping....
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Just a tough time -- take a deep breath and get back on the horse (no pun)
oh and you are still officially my hero
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Take a week off ... or play somewhere new ... go play face to face ...
Your A game - wins you £29.5k and gets you to the final table in the poker Million.
B and C games just reduce your available ammo for later.
Good Luck - blog about your poker holiday.
Louis
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This looks a bit like invincibility syndrome. I normally get this after a decent score and donk off because I think I can outplay everyone, every time I enter a pot.
You"ve had some big wins this year George, but you cant win them all. It probably feels like you cant win a hand at the moment though..
I"m sure you"ll bounce back......you"re too good not to!!
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Form is temporary, Class Is permanent....
You"ll start to win again soon George - as has already been said - your too good not to
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I was surfing on the Gutshot website:
"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn"t play poker."
Amarillo Slim
Ride the curve and smash them up on the other side.
Louis
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Guys- as always thanks for your support- I"m debating a trip to DTD tonight or tomorrow to get a live tourney under my belt and maybe play some live cash (which is ridiculously soft)
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Guys- as always thanks for your support- I"m debating a trip to DTD tonight or tomorrow to get a live tourney under my belt and maybe play some live cash (which is ridiculously soft)
Duke and Son of Duke are in the frame tomorrow night at DTD
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GL to you three tomorrow night. I"m hoping you"re gonna keep us posted.
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Ended up at DTD last night so unfortunately won"t be there tonight to see Duke and Duke jnr- bugger!!!
Played the comp and started my usual card deadidness which has haunted me lately but I concentrated- stayed patient.
Whittled down to 3800 at 75/150 I look down 4th to act at A9- not a monster but decided I needed to get busy. Raised to 400 and got a cold caller from a guy two to my left- aggro and liked to see a lot of hands but he was only down to around 2k. Big blind (bit of a fish, chipped up) comes along for the ride and we see a flop of A83 two clubs.
Big blind checks, I check knowing that the guy to my left can"t resist (with his stack and his hand range I"m not laying down this rag ace) He bets 600 with 1k behin, big blind cold calls- I put him squarely on a draw so raise to 2k. Aggro guy shrugs and puts his last 1k in the pot and big stack goes- "I can"t pass now" and flats???
We see a 5 on the turn and I am 99% sure big stack has a draw- not sure what my aggro friend has but I need to bet this turn so I can make money on the side if I lose the big pot so shove for my last few chips.
Big stack has 106 clubs, aggro has AK! Oooops. Before I can blink, the sexy 9 on the river (non club) comes down and I"ve done it! This is it! I"m gonna win it!!!! weeeeeeeeeee
Or not.....
I have a stack of around 8k at start of hand (been in a few pots nothing major) at 100/200 and have A4 on the button so make it 550. Both the sb and bb call.
The flop comes qc :2c: 5c
I have a gutshot, with the flush draw so when they both check to me I bet 950. SB raises to 2100 and the bb folds. I haven"t seen much of the small blinds hands (he"s not played too many hands) so not sure how to read this raise. However my hand is too strong not to get my money in here (he has me covered) and I shove.
He calls and shows a very well played QQ...... bink 3 on the turn. YES! I"m gonna win...... 2 on the river. gg, wp. It continues but:
1) For the first time in ages, I approached and played a tourney well
2) MY opponent played the hand very well so I doth my cap to him
3) I didn"t go out on a bad beat or to a complete donkey so I felt good!
Ended up staying till 5.30am playing Omaha 2/2 and then hold em 1/2. Won 500 on PL and lost 200 on hold em but had a great time. Red Dog was at my table- legend! We had a lot of table banter and a laugh.
A few sick hands occured at hold em and omaha- I"ll post some up a bit later!
Putting in a session tonight with my renewed faith in poker:
Party 320$
Full tilt:
256$ mini FTOPS
10$r mini ftops
69$
55$
Stars:
55$ daily 80k
10% rebuiy 70k guaranteed
May register for some more a bit later- will post some hands up here later!
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Decent start in mini FTOPS:
Full Tilt Poker Game #12254390060: MiniFTOPS Event #22 (84244414), Table 244 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:24:20 ET - 2009/05/16
Seat 1: George2Loose (5,120)
Seat 2: FresnoDull (7,370)
Seat 3: mikemacdermot (4,930), is sitting out
Seat 4: SmokeChoke (4,920)
Seat 5: hattrick8810 (4,955)
Seat 6: blueboy606 (3,080)
Seat 7: YoungTruth (4,720)
Seat 8: number1PEN (4,525)
Seat 9: Stuart Paterson (5,380)
mikemacdermot has returned
mikemacdermot posts the small blind of 10
SmokeChoke posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [Jc Jd]
hattrick8810 folds
blueboy606 folds
YoungTruth folds
number1PEN folds
Stuart Paterson folds
George2Loose raises to 80
FresnoDull folds
mikemacdermot raises to 260
SmokeChoke folds
George2Loose calls 180
*** FLOP *** [3d 3c 9d]
mikemacdermot checks
George2Loose checks
*** TURN *** [3d 3c 9d] [9c]
mikemacdermot bets 340
George2Loose calls 340
*** RIVER *** [3d 3c 9d 9c] [3s]
mikemacdermot checks
George2Loose bets 900
mikemacdermot calls 900
*** SHOW DOWN ***
George2Loose shows [Jc Jd] a full house, Threes full of Jacks
mikemacdermot mucks
George2Loose wins the pot (3,020) with a full house, Threes full of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,020 | Rake 0
Board: [3d 3c 9d 9c 3s]
Seat 1: George2Loose showed [Jc Jd] and won (3,020) with a full house, Threes full of Jacks
Seat 2: FresnoDull (button) didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 3: mikemacdermot (small blind) mucked [Ac 8s] - a full house, Threes full of Nines
Seat 4: SmokeChoke (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: hattrick8810 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 6: blueboy606 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 7: YoungTruth didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 8: number1PEN didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 9: Stuart Paterson didn"t bet (folded)
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also playing Blue sq 109 50k guarantee doing ok there
also decided to play pacific poker 100k 140$ buy in on pacific poker- 100k guarantee- will be making this a regular tourney cos the standard is awful!!!
10k starting stack. Blinds 30/60. 5 limpers I have JJ in sb so make it 360. BB an dbutton call. 10, 6, 6 flop. I lead for 750. BB folds. button min raises- I"m sure I have the best hand and get some random pair to call so shove.
He calls with????
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OK no one about to guess- he had AK and spiked a King on turn
I was down to 170 chips now back up to 13.5K!
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also playing Blue sq 109 50k guarantee doing ok there
railing you, but can"t table chat..." not allowed as not sitting at table.
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ty sir!
***** Hand History for Game 8072253785 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $320 USD Buy-in Trny: 45679560 Level: 5 Blinds(150/300) - Saturday, May 16, 16:29:58 EDT 2009
Table $50K Guaranteed Saturday (1672964) Table #7 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 8: ElBomardero ( 4,380 )
Seat 7: Georgeblah ( 7,204 )
Seat 3: MP1211 ( 2,969 )
Seat 5: StratoGR ( 8,130 )
Seat 1: YongSupremcy ( 3,815 )
Seat 9: pez102 ( 10,330 )
Seat 4: pindaworld ( 18,980 )
Seat 10: ribas1382 ( 10,546 )
Seat 6: wizli ( 17,780 )
Trny: 45679560 Level: 5
Blinds(150/300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Georgeblah [ Kh Ad ]
pez102 folds
ribas1382 folds
YongSupremcy folds
MP1211 folds
pindaworld folds
StratoGR folds
wizli raises [900]
Georgeblah raises [2,850]
ElBomardero folds
wizli calls [2,100]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, 6s, 6h ]
Georgeblah is all-In [4,204]
wizli calls [4,204]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
Georgeblah shows [ Kh, Ad ]a pair of Sixes with King kicker.
wizli shows [ Ts, As ]a pair of Sixes.
Georgeblah wins 14,708 chips from the main pot with a pair of Sixes with King kicker.
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also playing Blue sq 109 50k guarantee doing ok there
railing you, but can"t table chat..." not allowed as not sitting at table.
thx mate- sick flop:
Full Tilt Poker Game #12256649122: MiniFTOPS Event #22 (84244414), Table 186 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:32:22 ET - 2009/05/16
Seat 1: E_M_I_77 (12,574)
Seat 2: George2Loose (9,030)
Seat 3: pokerjamers (7,070)
Seat 4: metaphyzix (6,796)
Seat 5: GDUp420 (3,488)
Seat 6: adb235 (7,911)
Seat 7: danheckmann (8,577)
Seat 8: 21x2 (5,849)
Seat 9: GrampaJeff (5,960)
metaphyzix posts the small blind of 30
GDUp420 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [Ks As]
adb235 folds
danheckmann folds
21x2 folds
GrampaJeff raises to 180
E_M_I_77 folds
George2Loose calls 180
pokerjamers folds
metaphyzix folds
GDUp420 has 15 seconds left to act
GDUp420 folds
*** FLOP *** [9d Jd Ah]
GrampaJeff bets 180
George2Loose raises to 480
GrampaJeff has 15 seconds left to act
GrampaJeff raises to 1,500
George2Loose raises to 8,850, and is all in
GrampaJeff calls 4,280, and is all in
George2Loose shows [Ks As]
GrampaJeff shows [Jh Ac]
Uncalled bet of 3,070 returned to George2Loose
*** TURN *** [9d Jd Ah] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [9d Jd Ah Th] [Td]
George2Loose shows two pair, Aces and Tens
GrampaJeff shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
GrampaJeff wins the pot (12,010) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
George2Loose: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12,010 | Rake 0
Board: [9d Jd Ah Th Td]
Seat 1: E_M_I_77 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 2: George2Loose showed [Ks As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 3: pokerjamers (button) didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 4: metaphyzix (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: GDUp420 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: adb235 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 7: danheckmann didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 8: 21x2 didn"t bet (folded)
Seat 9: GrampaJeff showed [Jh Ac] and won (12,010) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Bit annoying to spaz off it one hand. Maybe should have flatted flop- suspicious small bet
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rough mate......just watching u on bluesq...hoping to learn from the master....
gl..be good just to watch you..
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And out on blue square A10 vs AJ
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Down to 170 in pacific poker now up to 47k lol
Just spiked KK vs AA weeeeeeeeee
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out of party 300 10 10 vs AK
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10r- not the rebur period! WOW
PokerStars Game #28278537484: Tournament #162033967, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (1250/2500) - 2009/05/16 19:52:20 ET
Table "162033967 81" 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: dthorne04 (31075 in chips)
Seat 2: rocket_ron22 (94199 in chips)
Seat 3: George2Loose (62991 in chips)
Seat 4: Barrakuda84 (147832 in chips)
Seat 5: Alphteam (71110 in chips)
Seat 6: KULJEETSINGH (24203 in chips)
Seat 7: homeyiam (36141 in chips)
Seat 8: Spartan1 (3369 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: oms83 (95409 in chips)
dthorne04: posts the ante 300
rocket_ron22: posts the ante 300
George2Loose: posts the ante 300
Barrakuda84: posts the ante 300
Alphteam: posts the ante 300
KULJEETSINGH: posts the ante 300
homeyiam: posts the ante 300
Spartan1: posts the ante 300
oms83: posts the ante 300
Spartan1: posts small blind 1250
oms83: posts big blind 2500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [Kd Kc]
dthorne04: folds
rocket_ron22: calls 2500
George2Loose: raises 7050 to 9550
Barrakuda84: calls 9550
Alphteam: calls 9550
KULJEETSINGH: folds
homeyiam: raises 26291 to 35841 and is all-in
Spartan1: folds
oms83: folds
rocket_ron22: folds
George2Loose: raises 26850 to 62691 and is all-in
Barrakuda84: folds
Alphteam: calls 53141
*** FLOP *** [2s 7h 9d]
*** TURN *** [2s 7h 9d] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [2s 7h 9d 5s] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
George2Loose: shows [Kd Kc] (a pair of Kings)
Alphteam: shows [8d Ts] (high card Ten)
George2Loose collected 53700 from side pot
homeyiam: shows [Jd Kh] (high card King)
George2Loose collected 126023 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 179723 Main pot 126023. Side pot 53700. | Rake 0
Board [2s 7h 9d 5s 4h]
Seat 1: dthorne04 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 2: rocket_ron22 folded before Flop
Seat 3: George2Loose showed [Kd Kc] and won (179723) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Barrakuda84 folded before Flop
Seat 5: Alphteam showed [8d Ts] and lost with high card Ten
Seat 6: KULJEETSINGH folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: homeyiam (button) showed [Jd Kh] and lost with high card King
Seat 8: Spartan1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: oms83 (big blind) folded before Flop
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21/25 in ft 55$
Full Tilt Poker Game #12260143775: $20,000 Guarantee (90304551), Table 6 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:53:55 ET - 2009/05/16
Seat 1: dbernavich14 (36,528)
Seat 2: Vestvik7 (180,311)
Seat 3: Trotti7 (51,636), is sitting out
Seat 4: FREDDE1 (58,578)
Seat 5: kort90 (68,973)
Seat 6: lil LoLo 3 (94,653)
Seat 7: George2Loose (18,362)
Seat 8: pat4ak2 (82,349)
dbernavich14 antes 250
Vestvik7 antes 250
Trotti7 antes 250
FREDDE1 antes 250
kort90 antes 250
lil LoLo 3 antes 250
George2Loose antes 250
pat4ak2 antes 250
George2Loose posts the small blind of 1,000
pat4ak2 posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [Ad Qh]
dbernavich14 folds
Vestvik7 raises to 5,150
Trotti7 folds
FREDDE1 folds
pat4ak2: lol
kort90 folds
lil LoLo 3 folds
George2Loose raises to 18,112, and is all in
pat4ak2 folds
Vestvik7 calls 12,962
George2Loose shows [Ad Qh]
Vestvik7 shows [Td 9d]
*** FLOP *** [4d Tc Ah]
*** TURN *** [4d Tc Ah] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [4d Tc Ah Ks] [5s]
George2Loose shows a pair of Aces
Vestvik7 shows a pair of Tens
George2Loose wins the pot (40,224) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 40,224 | Rake 0
Board: [4d Tc Ah Ks 5s]
Seat 1: dbernavich14 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Vestvik7 showed [Td 9d] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 3: Trotti7 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: FREDDE1 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: kort90 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: lil LoLo 3 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: George2Loose (small blind) showed [Ad Qh] and won (40,224) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: pat4ak2 (big blind) folded before the Flop
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8/69 in pacific 100k- was 1st but lost against JJ with a8 on 1097 board
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pretty sick:
PokerStars Game #28279895100: Tournament #162033967, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVII (3500/7000) - 2009/05/16 20:36:11 ET
Table "162033967 34" 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: vor1p (40592 in chips)
Seat 3: NE1ButBush04 (66578 in chips)
Seat 4: George2Loose (252096 in chips)
Seat 5: jordiduin (115652 in chips)
Seat 6: crabson (301472 in chips)
Seat 7: SLAH 97 (80538 in chips)
Seat 8: GIDRO76 (173822 in chips)
Seat 9: Tony Anders (144973 in chips)
vor1p: posts the ante 875
NE1ButBush04: posts the ante 875
George2Loose: posts the ante 875
jordiduin: posts the ante 875
crabson: posts the ante 875
SLAH 97: posts the ante 875
GIDRO76: posts the ante 875
Tony Anders: posts the ante 875
NE1ButBush04: posts small blind 3500
George2Loose: posts big blind 7000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to George2Loose [Th Kc]
jordiduin: folds
crabson: folds
SLAH 97: folds
GIDRO76: folds
Tony Anders: folds
vor1p: folds
NE1ButBush04: raises 58703 to 65703 and is all-in
George2Loose: calls 58703
*** FLOP *** [5s 5h Jc]
*** TURN *** [5s 5h Jc] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [5s 5h Jc 4d] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
NE1ButBush04: shows [2d Qd] (two pair, Fives and Deuces)
George2Loose: shows [Th Kc] (a pair of Fives)
NE1ButBush04 collected 138406 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 138406 | Rake 0
Board [5s 5h Jc 4d 2c]
Seat 1: vor1p (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 3: NE1ButBush04 (small blind) showed [2d Qd] and won (138406) with two pair, Fives and Deuces
Seat 4: George2Loose (big blind) showed [Th Kc] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 5: jordiduin folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 6: crabson folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: SLAH 97 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 8: GIDRO76 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 9: Tony Anders folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
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3/7 in pacific poker 100k with 25k up top
one time pls!
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4/5
This tourney started at 8- fantastic structure. 10k starting stack, 20 min levels
[ ] sure looking forward to getting up with kids at 8am
[X] Will ease the pain if I scoop 25k
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4/5
This tourney started at 8- fantastic structure. 10k starting stack, 20 min levels
[ ] sure looking forward to getting up with kids at 8am
[X] Will ease the pain if I scoop 25k
arghh...wot happened....
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5th for 5.5k
Had a good night overall
Came 9th in 20k 55$ on FT for 600$ altho should have been more0 made a ridic squeeze.
Came 87th in 10r 70k guarantee- only 124$ but another decent showing and only went out on a flip AQ vs 99.
And my wife won the ipoker 5$ tourney for 1900$!!!
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And my wife won the ipoker 5$ tourney for 1900$!!!
Nicely mentioned in a very "by the way" manner George.
Is this another Moorman moment where Apprentice outdoes Master... ?
Big congrats to Mrs G2L (oh, and WP to you too George ;) )
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And my wife won the ipoker 5$ tourney for 1900$!!!
Nicely mentioned in a very "by the way" manner George.
Is this another Moorman moment where Apprentice outdoes Master... ?
Big congrats to Mrs G2L (oh, and WP to you too George ;) )
Deffo matey- think the field was over 1500!!!!!
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4/5
This tourney started at 8- fantastic structure. 10k starting stack, 20 min levels
[ ] sure looking forward to getting up with kids at 8am
[X] Will ease the pain if I scoop 25k
Great result - I wasn"t aware but this is same network at Racing Post Poker.
The guy that won it was to my left for most of the night - was given a lot of chips for nothing.
I was mega card dead going out in 134th of 460 on a flip.
L
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5th for 5.5k
Had a good night overall
Came 9th in 20k 55$ on FT for 600$ altho should have been more0 made a ridic squeeze.
Came 87th in 10r 70k guarantee- only 124$ but another decent showing and only went out on a flip AQ vs 99.
And my wife won the ipoker 5$ tourney for 1900$!!!
super result for you and ur wife. nice 1 to both of you. 8.1k, it"ll do for a saturday night!!
and from wot i have read ur not 100% that ur playing ur a game. nice bad for a b or c game!!. ;)
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OK bit of a Sunday session after my result yesterday:
Stars:
215 Sunday warm up
6pm 109 f/o
Daily 80k 55$
Full tilt:
Main and mini FTOPS ko (129$ and 12$)
Tilt 50k 163$
Tilt 22.5k 75$ f/o
Ipoker
320$ 250k guarantee
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OK bit of a Sunday session after my result yesterday:
Stars:
215 Sunday warm up
6pm 109 f/o
Daily 80k 55$
Full tilt:
Main and mini FTOPS ko (129$ and 12$)
Tilt 50k 163$
Tilt 22.5k 75$ f/o
Ipoker
320$ 250k guarantee
Good luck with all of these ... I am playing the Sunday Warm Up (only)
Loaded table 3 of the players inside top 471 of 1.062m players in 2008.
L
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I"ve decided to do a full trip report on my my Scottish adventure- to be posted!!!
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OK so where to start- I hadn"t even bothered to look at the click fest for Scotland but decided last minute that I fancied a crack at the Scottish event. Why?
1) 130 runners to get past instead of the usual 150-180
2) All those Scottish players??? Valoooooooooo (or so I thought)
I applied on seat exchange and managed to get a couple of seats. One for me and one for Kev "the bagman" Smith. Unfortunately Neil couldn"t make this one and may not to be able to participate in future events now he"s a "pro"
So we set about booking flights/hotel/ etc etc. I booked the flights whilst Kev took care of the hotel. He knew a bloke who get us a "discount" at the holiday inn- more about that later......
Ideally we would have flew up Friday for the night out but unfortunately my poker passes for the year are expriing fast. So we got the 10am flight from EMA to land at 12pm. We went for brekkie (I lost the flip) got a cab (I lost the flip) had some lunch (I lost the flip) and then made our way to the venue.
Running hot on flips, Kev queued up to pay (cos of the card payment errors) with me thinking that I had paid for my seat having shipped the money to the person I bought the seat off. Des then informed me that JBworldwide hadn"t been charged so I would have to pay. FML!!!! 150 quid for an APAT seat- knowing James I"m sure this was a genuine mistake and we"re currently sorting out my money back :D
I caught up with a few faces both old and new- Jim Lang, Neil Dawson, Leigh and of course Boshi. I also bumped into Micky P whom chided me for only making Day 2 once. I think I"ve played 7 APAT events up to this point and made day 2 once- not the greatest record. We chatted about my playing style early and I whole heartedly agreed that I was trying to "outplay" everyone early doors. A ridiculous strategy. Yes I"m probably better than most of the field and I hope people don"t think I"m arrogant in saying that but Phil Ivey I"m not.
This is easily the most focussed I"ve been for an APAT event. I deiced that I would play a lot of flops early and keep pots as small as possible. Punishing limpers, even in position wasn"t working because:
1) People tend to limp a lot stronger in APAT events
2) People tend to raise a lot tighter in APAT events
3) So because they open and limp a lot stronger- they fold less to raises which means all I"m doing is inflating pots pre.
With this in mind I was limping a lot more in position, playing flops and generally winning a lot more pots. I was mixing my play up between opening and limping and the strategy seemed to be working quite well- I wasn"t accumulating but I wasn"t panicking. I was fairly card dead but using position to keep myself around starting stack.
My opening table didn"t have too many familiar faces. I only really knew Simon Auckland but only by reputation- I had never played him before so treaded carefully trying to get reads. Like most APAT tables it was extremely tight early which is why I think APAT tourneys get so crap shooty later on- people don"t exit so stacks are naturally shallow.
Anyway some hands! As I"ve said I"m playing mainly small pots not getting involved too much when I look down at kh jh 3rd to act. I open for 275 at blinds 50/100 playing a stack of around 9k and the sb calls. I later find out the sb is Alan Horburgh (I think). He was constantly making comments about my "celebrity" which is always nice to hear. Getting approached by players and shaking hand and meeting people is very flattering!
Anyway the flop comes 9d 6s :3h: one heart and Alan checks. I c-bet for 350 and Alan calls. I"m not sure what range to assign him but it"s a pretty dry board so I"m putting him on a mid pair, maybe 78 for the up and down or 45. He could perhaps be slow playing a big pair but unlikely given his line. I"m looking to barrel most turns if he checks.
The turn falls the jc falls on the turn and Alan checks again. I continue with my plan as I"m fairly confident I have the best hand now and he may get stubborn with his pair so I want to get some value from my hand. I could check the turn and the value bet the river if he checks to me but if he does have a medium pair there"s so many river cards which he"ll check to that I want to get some value now if possible.
I bet 750 and Alan calls quite quickly. Heading into the river I"m sure I"m winning. The river falls the kd
BINGO! How much to value bet? I like to value bet between 3/4 to full pot as people often think I"m bluffing so they"ll pay the maximum to "catch" me. Alans knuckles it for the 3rd time and after dwelling up I bet 1875. Alan chucks in a 5k chip and at first I think he"s just called. But the dealer tells me he"s made it 4k total. WOW!
WTF was going on? I go back through the hand and replay it. Has he got a set? Did he flop it? Is he bluffing me on the river? Whichever it is I have to pay the min raise on the river with such a strong hand on such a dry board. I really don"t like it but reluctantly call and he turns over kh ks !!!!! WP sir! Sick hand and suddenly my small balling has me down to 4k!!!!
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lemme know your reading or Im not posting anymore!!! :P
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lemme know your reading or Im not posting anymore!!! :P
yep
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I just read it George and think you should continue the great work.
I know the feeling though, I never get much response on my blog either but people do read it.
I was wondering whether to just give up but then again maybe I could just ask Mary to delete it ;)
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I just read it George and think you should continue the great work.
I know the feeling though, I never get much response on my blog either but people do read it.
I was wondering whether to just give up but then again maybe I could just ask Mary to delete it ;)
LOL Stuart
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i"m readin next installment please
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I just read it George and think you should continue the great work.
I know the feeling though, I never get much response on my blog either but people do read it.
I was wondering whether to just give up but then again maybe I could just ask Mary to delete it ;)
LOL Stuart
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I just read it George and think you should continue the great work.
I know the feeling though, I never get much response on my blog either but people do read it.
I was wondering whether to just give up but then again maybe I could just ask Mary to delete it ;)
LOL Stuart
;D
Reading both (quickly - in case they get sent to Maryville! ;))
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I"m reading ... so interested in more I even headed onto your Facebook and Blog this morning looking for part two.
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Im definetely reading...where is part 2 :)
LOL Maryville I like that!
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good reading keep it going
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Before I go on I would like to talk about another hand which I forgot about during the first level!
Simon opened from second to act to 150, small blind called so I over peel with 9c 5c The flop comes 8h 7c 6h So I"ve flopped the second nuts. weeeeeeeeeee mbsfn! However the board is very dangerous. Before I can decide whether to lead the flop or not (I was leaning towards betting out) the sb to my surprise bets 300.
Now I knew he had something but I was fairly confident I had the best hand. I don"t think he"d lead with the nut straight here so I just flatted because:
1) Although I"m winning I"m not looking to get my chips in on this flop. Villian could have a very good combo draw and I"d have very little equity against his hand.
2) Simon may re raise us both with an overpair which will help build the pot for me and also help define the sb"s hand
3) It"s level one! let"s not go crazy just yet!
So I call and Simon folds. The turn card brings the td Great. If I am winning my chances of getting some value from this hand might be stuffed! The sb leads once more this time for 600. Now I could raise for value here- however I"m likely only to get action from hands that tie with me and the villian will certainly shut down the river if I raise now. I"m thinking he either has a 9 too, or maybe two pair or a set. Flatting also could mean I"m on the flush draw and the villian may have to pay me off if he checks to me. Continuing with my small ball style I just call once more hoping for a safe river so I can take sb to value town
Unfortunately the ugliest card in the deck falls the 7h Puke! Now villian tank/leads for 1k. I am beating nothing on this board and only tying with a 9. I reluctantly fold my straight and later he tells me he had a boat which I fully believe!
Sometimes poker can be such an easy game. You raise with qh qs you get a qd tc td and before you can think about extracting value your opponent had bet into you! Sometimes however it can be the sickest of the sickest games in the world! This APAT was beginning to have a familiar feel about it......
Back to second level 4kness. I tighten up a little bit but continue to limp in position- playing flops and trying not to get too bogged down with my stack- after all I still have 40 bigs. I managed to run my stack back up to 6k and go on break to discuss my sick hands with Kev and tuck into the "buffet" Unfortunately Kev is also on a similar stack after getting his money with 10 10 on a 9 high flop against A9 only for the turn AND the river to be an ace. However we still now there"s plenty of play left and time to rebuild our stacks. I must say- I give Kev a lot of ribbing about his game but it has improved no end over the last 12 months and his results locally have been much better than mine. However he still has the tendency to do Mike matasow blow ups with huge stacks!!!
After an early dinner I"m ready to get back in the saddle and continue small balling it up! I decided however I needed to play a little more aggressive in position. After a couple rounds of the button I"ve noticed that the gentleman to my right keeps limp/folding so I decide I"m going to try and hoover up his chips. I had Val gray and Simon on my left but they hadn"t shown any tendencies to go crazy and 3 bet so I felt that with position I could either take down the dead money or play a flop in position. So said gentleman limps in cut off- I look down at J2 and make it 750 to go. Unfortunately Val colds calls from the small and said gentleman, as predicted folds. Val then leads on an 8 high board and I fold, cursing my timing and back down to 5k. Marvelous!
Next hand a player to my 2 to my left makes it 525 to play. I look down at :as: 9h and 3 bet to 1550 for a few reasons:
1) GTFO small ball poker
2) I sensed some weakness from said player
3) A teensy bit of tiltage
Number 2) was the main reason I 3 bet. I thought I could take control of the pot but also that Mr player was weak.
My player calls (somewhat unexpectedly) and we"re heads up to the flop. I am probably shoving most flops he checks to me, whether I hit or not so when the board comes :3s: 6d 9h it"s a shock when he bets 2.5k! I only have about 3.5 back!
Now I start to run through his hand range. What could he have on such a dry board?
1) He could have slow played JJ-AA. I"m pretty sure that he doesn"t have QQ or JJ as my stack size would probably have meant he stuck me all in pre. However I do think he might have slow played the two best pre flop hands in poker. However if you"re going to take this line wouldn"t you check on such a dry board? Maybe if it comes down 9h 8h 5s or qs 9s 8h your putting me but surely not this board? So I discount those. For the same reasons I discount a set.
2) Much more likely is a weaker 9 or even a draw like 8c 7c I look over at him and he really doesn"t look comfortable. Live poker FTW. I stick my chips in and when he asks how much more it is I do cartwheels (metaphorically of course) My opponent has to call the 1k or so extra and flips 9d 8d See how easy poker can be? I still get the sick sweat when the 7c comes down but a ks on the river sees me double up to around 11k. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee..............
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Nice to see joined up thought processes. Looking forward to the rest of your story from Edinburgh George.
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like it looking foward to the next part!
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I hardly ever post george but definitely reading this and going to find your blog as well...good to see (a little) inside the mind of someone with some big wins under their belt...
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I"m still waiting to hear about the hotel Kev booked, and how much you saved... ;)
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I"m still laughing that George said he listened to some advice from me.
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Been on hols for a week- will update part 3 at some point today
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So tight -- but still my hero
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Bump. Sure did part 3 but am planning on doing a tourney report while it"s fresh in my head.
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for Cov I mean
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for Cov I mean
looking forward to it already George......
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So where to start.
I spoke to Shelley about playing the APAT Cov as part of her birthday weekend pretty early on. I"d gone through a bit of a cold spell playing live- I tend to dip in and out of live and online poker. It"s strange really. I play either one or the other. August/September was spent grinding online. Couldn"t stand to play live. Boooooooring. Yawn! October and November cba to play online- not social enough. Boooooooooooring.
I"d also just come off the back of winning a side event and a nice trophy (brag) at the IPO. So I was keen to continue my live exploits. Not including the worlds it would be my first 75er for a while having taken a shot at the pro events which, to be honest, have been a little disappointing (I"m sure the mole will disagree with me on this one!)
Anyway Shelley was up for participating in her first APAT event. I"m really pleased she"s taken so well to poker. Not gonna dwell on it too much but after what happened just before summer I"m often finding myself travelling around alone to tourneys which just isn"t the same. Love going to tourneys with Shell whether she"s playing along too or just railing me.
So we arrive at Cov in the snow- only 30 mins down the road. Kids branched out to various family members ready to play. Everyone knows my record at APATs- ie: I don"t really have one. I just haven"t played/ran well in the ones I"ve played and today may not have been any different. In the back of my mind I"m thinking about playing the 50rebuy at DTD- at least I"d have an excuse for playing crap and bombing out early!!!
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You been using invisible text George? Need an update mate, hope the games been good to you and you"ve had a great Christmas and New Year. Was a pleasure (and simultaneously a nightmare) being on both tables with you at Coventry, hope you make more APATs in 2011.