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Poker Forum => General Discussion => Member Blogs => Topic started by: Honeybadg on March 11, 2009, 11:39:00 AM
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... this will become my poker blog ... where to start??
Okay I will lift the member profiles questions ... delete some ... and then state my INTENT.
1 - WHO ARE YOU?
Louis Manson (36) - Eccentric gentlemen from Scotland - accent fading quickly hence I bought a house in the South of the country as a holding measure. I work as a headhunter in the city ... but spend 50% of my time relaxing (or trying to relax in Scotland)
5 - WHAT IS YOUR POKER BACKGROUND?
Started playing online about 5 years ago ... used to play pot limit ... made about £10 an hour but was getting very bored ... so starting playing at the Vic in their "classic" £30 re-buy on a Saturday ... made final tables against good people but upon reflection was pretty cautious really just exploiting the rashness of others ...
Played for a while at the Gutshot ... again made some minor final tables ... one of the few good competitions they ran was their £100 freezeout on a Saturday night ... great atmosphere ... got busted out by so many FLUSHES though re-trenched to play online.
Online history is steady MTT results, impatient STT results (No profit), feeble cash results (minor negatives).
Hence last year just about only played MTT"s
2008 - profit = $15k + close to qualifying for WSOP (Essentially the strategy is qualify and/or buy value tickets - and look for the big pay day.)
That $15k is really made up of the following:
4th in Betfair $100k - for $8,125 - Annette Obrestad won it, and Matt Gavatin was 3rd (EPT Dublin winner in 2005) ... so good company ... Annette gets a card rush at the end! I go out to Matt when I limp with 67s ... hit top pair of 653 ... and he has 63 in the big blind ... LOL.
I also won and came second in the then Betfair $16k - $109 buy in.
2009 - So far - Is the year of the APAT - and delighted to make the final table of the UK Online this year only to have my Aces between by the eventually winners KJs
It has been refreshing to play with friendly people ... and very keen to help Edinburgh win the league ... 4th from 86 in round 1 ... AA vs AA defeat in round 3!
I played Walsall ... enjoyable but frustrating ... 80th of 205 ... very few cards ... I think I will approach slightly differently next time ... roll out the STEAM ROLLLER.
6 - WHAT IS YOUR PLAYING STYLE? Variable ... look for value ... getting stronger ... MTT I know (roughly) what I am doing ... STT - I just get bored ... Cash ... prone to ludicrous plays ... (HISTORICALLY)
6B. Poker plan for the year ... qualify for the World Series ... so I will tighten cash and STT games in order to buy tickets ... (my days of trying to play ShowBiz poker are gone).
6C. I also need to get my name on The Hendon Mob by placing somewhere meaningful! (Like the World Series)
7 - WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE POKER PLAYER AND WHY? Gus Hansen ... he exudes class ... he is the Master ...
11 - APAT: One of my friends played and placed last year - a good learning ground - a potential springboard to bigger things - but most of all a bit more friendly than the average gathering of poker players.
14 - WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF POKER?
Eating ... desire for premium Sushi is very high ... Kurumaya in the City near St Pauls is my spiritual home.
This summer I will learn to play golf (properly) ... or that is the theory.
Travelling - historically - did Tokyo-Melbourne-Sydney-Vegas (obviously) in 25 days a couple of years ago ...
Life is simple really ...
17 - FINALLY, WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE FOR YOUR FELLOW APAT MEMBERS?
... play great poker ... and be kind to each other ... increase the randomness in your life ... do new things ... and keep you eyes open ... and head up.
Make a difference - be different - fold JJ in tricky spots - smile.
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... the rationale for this blog is to increase my discipline ... create a fund for VEGAS and kick some ass this year.
To do this I need to tweak my MTT game.
Play sensible cash
Re-visit STTs
Day 1
Horses +£240 (Conversion rate to dollars = 1.4) = + $336
Poker ... Cash $1/2 ... sat down with $200 turned to $482 on the back of some charity followed up with QQQ vs 222. (50 mins play)
Tabe 2 Cash $1/2 ... sar down with $200 down to $135 ... nothing premium ... nothing getting hit ... walked away (45 mins play)
Eyes Wide Shut - $50+5 Turbo - 91 Runners 9 paid.
So evening poker is + $162 plus any winnings ... from the MTT ...
... 5th place and $400 more ... two bad beats at the end ... but it is just a giant FRUIT MACHINE ...
Three final tables from last 4 in this ... UNREAL!
Day 1 +$898 ... this is going to be hard to keep up!
Louis
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Good Work Louis -
I Swear though - i must be the oly APAT member who doesnt win.......
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Great work Louis. Lookin forward to reading all about your exploits.
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... I hope it is a good year ...
I am back to level for the year which reflects a terrible Feb ...
I am philosophical about it - it means that I will never have all my eggs in the poker basket - bad runs can get quite ridiculous.
I was reading in the Metro today about Roy Brindley in the classic tale of win a £1m lose a £1m ... bad strategy I expect ... but with such high volatility if you want the £1m quite likely.
I was chatting to a poker pro last year who effectively manages others on how to deal with bank roll etc ...
This blog ... might just become my discipline ... though very few years I end negative (or that much positive either!)
... more later meeting to attend!
Louis
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Good luck with the blog Louis.
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... I estimate that I am 15 stone 4 today ... I don"t really weigh myself when in London ... there are too many good things to eat!
Tonight some spicy calves livers and meatballs plus spaghetti ... it"s not an ideal diet for losing weight ... but it is ideal in firing the serotonins in my head.
Last night we (Jeanie and I) went to the Cinammon Kitchen in London - sister restaurant to the excellent Cinammon Club ... I was left bored by the tardy service ... food good ... but you expect that at the price ... essentially they are trying to milk the Cinammon Club"s name which is entirely tedious. It scores zero on the official scale.
Not sure what tomorrow holds ...
Day 2 Gambling ...
Horses +31.50 ... this is just luck I assure you ... +$44 ... Running Total ... +$942
Poker ... just about to fire up the tables!
Wish me luck ...
Louis
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... classic night"s poker for me so far ... make a little progress on the cash tables ...
Enter a satellite for the Betfair $55k - $400 buy in ... get kicks out 9th for 2 spots ... KK vs AT ... sigh.
Eyes Wide Shut just about to start minus $75 for the night if I don"t cash.
Running Total +$867 ...
Feeling good ...
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LOL - First out ... 88th of 88 ... now that is variance ...
AQ limpUTG ... raised ... called by another and I call ...
flop KQx ... I check ... check ... half pot bet in position ... I decide to push ... as feels like a miss ... he flip KT ... and holds ... RUBBISH POKER FROM ME ...
Let"s save it on the cash tables ...
L
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... or lose it on the cash tables ...
Lost a buy in ($200) ... annoying ... pegged back to +$667 ...
I was playing pretty lose - up and down - which is fair play - sitting just below $200.
I am seated after the big stack who is raising everything.
$1/$2 NL by the way.
He raises to $7 - I call with KT ... flop is K52 ...
Standard continuation bet ... which I call ...
Turn is a blank ...(7) ... he keeps betting ... (which he has with everything) so I call ...
River card is the killer a dirty TEN for top two pairs.
He bets - I raise all in - he calls with 55 ... GREAT!
Thoughts:
I am playing loose - and as such have to accept the Volatility - bad play earlier in the $50+5 Turbo ... gives me the chance to win or lose more ... unlucky in the $55k qualifier with KK busted by ATs ...
However - minimising losses is the same as maximising gains - so I think I will peg it back a little today ...
Glad it is Friday- had a manic week - lots of reports write - things to get moving at work - social football tonight - fitness over fatness!
Looking forward to the league game on Sunday.
Happy gambling.
L
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... could this be a day with no poker in it?
Contrived to make a $15 loss on the Horses today. Running Total +$652
Kauto"s Star was imperious ... and fair play to Denman for a gallant second with poor preparation.
I may punish myself for loose play by playing STG"s ... perhaps not a good idea!
What exciting in on Online this weekend?
L
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... so hard to take just outside of the money in the $15k g"tee $25 re-buy ... it didn"t kill me but robbed me of a good position ...
Just hit the break ... I am 22nd of 27 ... steep climb for the top table ...
Amazing table in that the two chips leaders have spiked everything ... so with some cards a chance to attack these stacks ... hardly a hand has stood up.
My football bet - the classic 2 from 3 with my other game badly effected by a sending off ... though they were 0-1 at the time ... GRRR!
Aggressive fingers crossed!
L
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... looks like KK is now my unlucky hand ... just before the final table I get KK in the SB ... BB has AT ... sigh ... the inevitable ace comes ... again not killed and I limp one hand to the final table ... but commited by the blinds to a three way pot and no help ...
Final result 10th of 215 ...
My KK crackers who both would have been eliminated finish 3rd for $1500 and 2nd for $2325 ...
$77.50 into $240 ... but a good shout at the bigger money ...
Cash + $8 LOL
Football - $35
Today +$135 ... Running Total $787 ...
L
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... all the fun of the fair ... as I finish 247th of 1224 (150 paid) as I pushed with AJ in the BB ... only to find an early limper jesting with AA ... fair play ... but a dangerous ploy ...
+$756 ...
Cash Tables?
L
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... cash is the usual roller coaster ...
$100 to $41 bucks in ten crazy stages ... +$697 going forward to Sunday ...
Early I played very loose and hit nothing against a solid table ... but got paid when I called a min raise with 85s and flopped J88 vs AA who paid me in full.
Everything looked rosey when I got to a cheapish Jack flush on the river ... only find the queen flush - king on the board ...
I am philosophical abot this ... and next hand I get KK ... I go for the mock TILT ... raise ... re-raise ... re-raise ... but not expecting to be re-raised again ... OMG ... I cannot fold ... praying for AKs ... I meet the rockets which stand up ...
I play a couple more hands ... but leave with my $41 which so often would have been wasted on some ace-rag push.
So KK is the hand of the day ... killed three times with it ...
L
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Qualified for the Sunday Main Event on I-Poker.
Buy in $300 + 20 - likely to be 800 Runners.
I am there for $154 ... so I will divert away from the PokerStars Warm Up.
Pushed with A9 to kill QQ in the BB.
Tough for the Queens who later pushed with JJ in to 99 ... and AA from the ChipLeader to create a double bubble ... and send me to the show.
I have been playing a little cash and playing with PokerTracker which might sway me into playing for cash ... we shall see ...
Cash today was +$8 ... just filling breaks ... so +$551 ... with a go at the $250k.
6th place and up - to reach my $10k target in a week ... what price?
L
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... middle of the field in the $250k ... NO CARDS ... pushed with what seemed like top pair and a gutshot ... ran into trips ...
In the league match ... played loose ... then got cards ... then rather gave it away ... top pair and top kicker into a set ... but I could have got away from it.
Go Edinburgh.
Get drawn into a final foray in the Betfair Eyes Wide Shut ... no joy ... - $57 ... for a RT of +$494 ...
Nay - Golf bets to net off too ... make that +$354 ...
L
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... beautifully sunny in London today ... 17 degrees ... so they say ...
Nice to wander across Tower Bridge in the sparkling sunshine ... time for sunglasses at last ... but when the shades go on ... you think and smile of poker too!
I will play the Sat tonight ... pondering options for later in the week.
£200 freeze out at the Loose Cannon in London on Thursday night. (No idea how many runners are expected!)
£300 GUKPT event at the Vic starting Thursday at 8pm - two days - last year got 165 runners.
Pondering ...
L
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Eyes Wide Shut my savour again ... this time due to outrageous luck ... but definately going to take that ...
4th place this time ... for $500 and $480 up on the day ... RT +$834.
Last 7 runnings (that I have played) of the event I have finished 2nd,3rd,4th and 5th ...
Not sure what this makes me think about GUKPT events ... with that luck I had I would go far ... but perhaps it is purely for nonsense turbos ...
Failed to qualify for the World Amateur thing ... endless mid pairs ... none hit ... such is life ...
L
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... no progress today ... just played the Eyes Wide Shut and got no where ... called QQ vs 99 ... and JJ came for the ride ... Queens held up ... and then I pusked with K7 into AJ ... King on the river makes a pair for me but a flush for my opponent ...
All pretty standard ... played come cash ... win and then back to level - $54.
RT+$780.
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... the classic poker end ... QQ vs AK ... 11th of 119 ... in the $12.5k g"tee $100+9 buy in ... $150 returned ... narrow chip leader with about 35 left ... pretty card dead for the next hour ... field then pretty crunched up ... chip leader rasing and hitting everything including 74s vs 99 (not mine) ... but no possible escape from QQ to his initial raise ... and out you go 5 hours in ... sigh.
+$821 Running Total.
Notable hands ... I managed to lay down KK to a re-raise with a board of 7QQ ... he showed KQ!
KJ I spiked a K ... pushed into AA ... but caught a Jack ... so overall a lucky $150 ... but once in play a terrible defeat ... so often at the end a hand that plays itself and eliminates you ...
L
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... minor cash win +$29 ...
Clickfest done - so looking forward to first visit to DTD and the World Championships!
I think I will net the $140 off now ... so RT = +$710.
Pretty sleepy tonight - glad that I didn"t fire up either the GUKPT or the Loose Cannon ... sleep will be sweet ...
L
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... Friday nights are football nights for me ... such a delight to smash the ball into a net ... but looks like I will miss the chance to play in the pot limit Omaha Amateur World Championship event ... mmm
This week has been more signified by food than poker ...
Excellent Sushi/Sashimi at Kuramaya and an excellent meat feast at Hawksmoor ... not sure what is required next??
When I am in Scotland in the main I eat - Lemon Curd on Toast/Tomato Soup and Chilli ... I like the thought of that ...
Louis
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... Omaha not sold out by 11pm ... so looks like I will have to teach myself to play tournament Omaha!
My social football great fun but a night when I really couldn"t hit a barn door ... TERRIBLE.
Cash ... getting smashed up by J - Flush vs Nut-Flush and 666 vs Nut-Flush ... did quite well to get away with a -$76 run ...
Net off the Omaha ... and back to +$546.
Aside - the Loose Cannon appeared to get c3 runners for its £250 double chance ... so play a £20 freezeout instead ... GENIUS!
Birthday party tonight ... so may try to find a suitable sat" for Sunday tournament.
L
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... right ... back in order ... $50 to $176 playing heads up ... RT +$672
Breakfast time.
L
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... getting a bit loose in the early afternoon ... a pretty soft loss of $111.
I think this is the type of leakage that dents profits ... you try things at the wrong times ... but fire an extra and pointless bullet into a made hand ... mmm
RT +$561
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... super Poker Sunday about to begin with $32 + 3 re-buy to qualify for $300+20 seat in the I-Poker $250k.
$56 of cash profits this morning despite a seeminglessly stream of straights and flushes against me.
Bit hungover which is usually a good sign ...
RT + $617
May try to double up with Betfair"s new $80k??
They also have a new $22k with a $20+2 buy in.
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... qualification secured in the $250k on I-Poker for $196 (Buy in $300+20)
Betfair $80k ... no such luck ... flopped set dies to a flopped flush ...
7pm kick off (RT +$330 plus any returns).
Watching Liverpool ... I have money on Man U for league and Champions League on Betfair ... perhaps time to adjust my position!?
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... what a tedious ending to the weekend"s poker ... early position raise with A3 suited ... I push with AK ... he calls and hits a full house of threes and tens. 270th ish of 822 ... 100 paid ... so lots still to do but with few cards would have settled to double up and start gunning from a little below an average chip stack.
Golf bets -$36 ... RT +$294.
Hard to suggest a cure for such tournament endings ... better than QQ vs AK (standard).
The humour of a Goosen win (if he makes it) ... pretty dry ... having backed him last week.
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Late night poker!
Just waded through 5.5 hours of qualifier for the Brighton Main Event (over Easter weekend) ... $100+10 buy in.
27 runners for 2 * $1,000 packages and one $700 consolation.
In the end I took the consolation ... after about an hour with the three of us left ... and Ladbrokes seemingly unable to do a deal ... for three times $900 packages ... maybe they cannot do deals ... who knows ...
Anyway -$26 cash ... so +$565 on the day ...
RT back to +$859 ... which is respectable with both the World Amateur events paid for ...
I think I will use this cash to attack the Brighton festival.
Plans for Vegas also a foot ...
I lucked out with AQ vs KK ... straight on the river ... but otherwise played well ... and would have likely had a main prize but for losing AQ vs AT.
One of the winners also allowed a short stack to come back from 540 chips to 25,000 by betting me out of a pot ... GENIUS!
Feel quite sharp tonight which is pleasing ... amazing what dishing out a bad beat can do for you.
L
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... nice start to the night with Drink up Zorro winning the Pall Mall at Oxford (Greyhounds) ... just over 3/1
+ $108.
RT +$967.
20th of 88 in the Eyes Wide Shut ... AK vs QQ ... I never win that either way.
RT +$912.
Grand National:
Enjoying the backing for two of my bets - Rambling Minister & Irish Invader.
Also sentimental bet on Comply or Die - won for me last year.
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Showbiz poker only belongs on the TV ...
... some expansive nonsense costing me an early exit in the I-Poker $50k g"tee ...
Up and down at cash and STT"s
AQs running into AA in the Eyes wide shut ... overall - $213 ... mmm
RT +$699.
L
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... Greyhounds ... I do love the big races but the rest can be such trash ... -£50 today ... five races ... five shockers ... I picked quick starters and they all fell out of the traps ... the one where I bet on the dog that could run on ... pinged the lids and then got swamped ...
... I also picked out a horse with the least ability on earth ... a 9/4 shot ... admittedly it was in the 4.30 @ Towcester ... lol ...
-$84 on the day ...
RT +$615 ... soon be back to ZERO ... sigh!
L
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... not much poker going on this week!
Greyhounds - 2 wins from 4 over lunch - +$72
+$687
Opposing the Tiger with pretty much all of this at state ... sometimes you just have to get your balls out and oppose ridiculously short favourites ... there are too many people in play for him to be 2.62 ... was as low as Evs ...
Great fun cheering every player but one!
Football tonight ... dinner out tomorrow ... comedy on Sunday ... almost a total rest from the cards ... cleansing!
Louis
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Football tonight ... dinner out tomorrow ... comedy on Sunday ... almost a total rest from the cards ... cleansing!
The calm before the storm. ;D
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... always a storm brewing ... I think that all poker players should be forced off the table for a month a year to get their appetite back (and to think about their game) ... usually this only happens after a pointless blow out.
It looks very likely that I will be in Vegas for the $1,000 NL event starting cMay29th.
L
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... midnight ... girlfriend not yet back from work!
So time to lose $55 on a double stack freezeout ... and $35 on Greyhounds/Horses ...
+$597.
Watching Ice Skating on Euro Sport ... not sure I am ready to gamble on this yet!?
Slightly tempted to get into Grand Prix racing this year ... it looks very open ... though I fancy Barrichello to get off to a flyer ... hopefully from pole position!
Annoying to have not backed the West Indies today ... England just want to go home ... there is too much cricket these days... the hunger is not there ...
Tiger in play in the golf ... who I laid at 13/8 ... I think it is just too early for him to win ... and the price is way to short ... that said with balls on the block ... the balls get nervous ...
Lots of gambling options tomorrow ...
L
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Afternoon poker and a 25th of 264 ... for a trivial "win" in an I-Poker $15k g"tee ... $25 re-buy ... so actually a trivial loss ... mainly due to AA being cracked and my flopped two pairs getting crushed by both opponents who flopped a second pair and a flush ...
Minor cash losses ... -$87 ... RT +$510.
The type of day that illustrates the tough progress which is normal ... fight and scrap against the bad beats ... then run out of cards in the money ... A6s push late position into 99 ... I hit the ace ... he hits the 9 ...
So Many different types of luck in poker ...
L
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... Golf looking pretty good ... Tiger currently looking for his ball (lost in a bank of grass) ...
Once Tiger got to 15/1 Iocked out for $165 profit (min)
RT +$675
$50 more if O"Hair goes on to win ...
Not sure my brain get handle an MTT ...
Free roll on Barichello in the Australian GP for c$135.
L
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Saturday night special!
Low brain power led me to the heads up tables ... 25/50c ... max sit down of $50 ... 4 hours later 609 hands I sit with $413 (no re-buys) ... some incredible play by my opponents ... and I just cannot stay awake ...
(In between I pushed with 99 into AA in the Eyes Wide Shut but +$308 on the session)
RT +$983
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... golf fiddling makes another g"tee +$36 ... early cash loss of $50 after war of attrition.
RT +$969
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... today"s hand of the day ... QQ vs KK ... tough to make money on that one ...
Bits and pieces today for -$176.
RT +$793
Looks like a lucky escape with Tiger ... though locked out due to outside fears ... that said watching the golf now ... Tiger has played the last 3 holes badly this week.
Comedy was good ... nice to see a rising star in Terry Saunders ... effortless nutter ... very pleasing.
(Tiger Amazing! - that could have been very very sore - the joys of betting exchanges!)
L
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... last two days a tale of endless flushes against in MTT"s and some pretty resilient cash play ...
Not much to do when short stacks cut you in half when you hit a straight on the turn ... and they have a flush ... or when you ace hits vs their flush ...
You can run away from everything and anything ...
-$116.
Though 75th of 129 from 264 in the I-Poker $20k g"tee - 30 paid and some loose chips at the table ... chances! (Always chances!)
RT +$677
L
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Final result 30th from 264 ... for $151.
RT +$828
Make the money ... lose 66 vs A5 (straight on the river) ... not dead ... Push with TT called by A9 ... A on the flop ... standard ... really no need for the guy to call ... puts 1/3 of his stack at risk. (69/31 and 72/28 ahead) ... 91% chance of survival ... but doesn"t feel that way ...
L
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Just finished 23rd of 154 in I-Poker $12.5k g"tee 20 paid ... $30+3 - no re-buys required.
Pushed with A6 late position - called by 55 which hit.
Very cagey near the bubble - cannot wait forever - got chopped in half when AK hits but A2 has hit two pairs - not quite the correct luck in running!
-$22 playing cash.
RT +$755
L
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Odd how days shape up ...
Betfair $20k - 51st of 131 - 18 paid
AK hits - halfed by short stack who hits two pairs with A3 ... ARGH!
This makes a race a near necessity and I cannot win a race at the moment ... tough going.
In between I play a $60 Double your money six seater ... make the flush on the turn ... lose to the full house on the river with the money in.
On the bright side ... Bosnia win the football versus Belgium +$77
Lost $20 cash trying to Show Biz at low stakes.
Eyes Wide Shut ... AJ vs TT ... the race looks won ... only for the back door straight draw to hit ...
I even managed to play a pot limit Ohama tournament 17th from 51 ... weird game which I need to think about for 7 years or so ...
Session -$172
RT +$583
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The worm has turned just a little.
Qualified for the $20k on Betfair tonight ... even won a race to get things going ... then pretty standard.
Also won a $20 double your money so I am into the $100 + 9 for a $ ... pleasing!
Horses have a shocker ... second places and falling favourites ... currently -$119 on the day.
So taking +$463 RT into the evening.
L
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Bad beat (not a terrible beat) again .... 32nd of 137 (18 paid) in Betfair $20k g"tee ... so tedious ... my AT vs KJ ... not happening at the moment ...
-$21 on last horse race ...
+$442.
Tough to say very much about the run I am on ... win two races between last and final table spot ... so it is going to come down to trying to get your chips in ahead ... and I would settle for winning ONE race ...
Football tomorrow night ... no bad beats there ... smile.
Dentist was good today ... though no insurance so treatment programme is costly ... in the short-run ... still beyond all the thought of needles ... drilling and burning smells in my mouth ... very little pain or discomfort so job done.
I am going to play in Brighton in the £150 + £150 double add on event on April 9th/10th ... looking forward to it ... though have the feeling it will come down to winning races ... which is an annoying reality of MTT"s ...
My remit is really to buy (or qualify for) tickets for the chance of a big pay day ... so I need to accept the volatility and wait for it to turn around!
L
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Oh the filthy horses ... -$105 today ...
RT + $337
I guess I should split this out!
Horses +$95
Poker +$75
Football +$42
Golf +$35
Greyhounds +$90
(Poker pre-paid +$210)
L
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Friday night = football night ... and tonight I sport a fine black eye ... social game has been getting more and more lively ... I wear my squash glasses to play in ... so not ideal ware for being smashed in the face by a driven cross ...
I have to say putting ice on bruises is just so painful ... but effective ... so I only look like a minor boxer this morning.
The game itself 70 mins ... 5-5 ... 8-a-side ...
Home to nursing from my lady ... and a little heads up play for +$73 ... nearly lost a whole buy in with A8 into A82 Vs 22! But from $8.95 soon back to $100 ... and then a slog to $123 ... still some extra powder for the National.
RT +$410
Reading the Racing Post - not much change of opinion.
1. Rambling Minster
2. Parson"s Legacy
3. Irish Invader
A My Will win will annoy - though looks fated with my girlfriend drawing this in her office sweep.
Darkness does look good ... mmm ... I think I would probably make that my number 4 horse ... kicking out Butler"s Cabin.
As it stand Irish Invader is my biggest winner ... started backing at 109/1 ... slightly tempted to lay some of it ... will be decided much closer to the off ... was hoping for it to be tipped up in the press ... no such luck.
Very little rain is good news.
Morning line on - let"s see what they can add/detract!?
L
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Classic start to the day ... grafting on heads up ...
Get well ahead but fail to kill ... last hand AQ into QQJ ... he calls and calls ... and hits trip 6"s (full house) on the river ... very odd opponent ... but I walked ... semi liable to TILT ...
-$50
RT +$360 ... powder for the national ...
L
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Grand National woe!
Could have clipped some money back in running on Irish Invader in running but choose to let it run.
Maybe next year!?!
Amazing run my Mon Mome ... pretty far off the radar for me ... but fair run race so fair play.
Comply or die would have saved/made my day, an astonishing run given the weight.
Next race ... a 66/1 shot wins ... sigh!
Horses -$273
Greyhounds -$42
RT + $55
Feel slightly drained ... choose to attack ... got a slap ...
Time to start again!
L
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Here is my question ... why do I get all my hands in qualifiers?
Very nice to get tripled up when you flop the nut flush ... but I forget the last time that happened in a main event ... of course re-buys mean you get paid ... but with first to act flopping two pairs and doing the betting for me quite promising in every case.
Any way the new era has begun with me qualifying for the $109 - $20k g"tee for $21.
Let see what happens tonight???
RT edges to $36 (with a free roll tonight) with my might $2 profit on the Grand Prix ... betting on a race that was effectively over ... how strange ...
Good fun following the APAT in Cardiff ... looks like finishing at a more sensible time with the final table ready to kick off.
$20k g"tee lasts 21 mins ... with my refusal to fold to a loose player who had just hit trips ... a new way to lose ... weak play!
L
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Mmm 12th of 146 in the Betfair $20k g"tee ... call a min raise with TT in the blinds ... flop is 753 - two diamonds.
Here we go ... overpair versus flush draw ... and the flush draw of course hits ...
$240 instead of a chance for the real money ... yawn ...
Poor cash earlier in the night leaves me with a -$11 to report
RT +$25.
L
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Some decent cash this morning ended when I am KK vs JJ ... the board are all rags ... all bets are naturally called ... and the river is a J ... still a trivial profit of $8 and walk away ... RT +$33
Dentist to look forward to ...
Going to play in the Brighton Festival on Friday/Saturday ... it will be good to be playing face to face ... though funny to be going there on a run which feels pretty weak ... level for the year is fine ... I have taken on some tricky tournaments ... but it very much feels that I am due cards and/or luck ... I guess a lot of people are in this boat!
L
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The Road to Brighton - or rather the train tracks ...
Tonight is the start of a two day event within the Rendezvous Festival.
The event is a rather strange £150+15 with one double re-buy/add on available when you are at 2500 chips.
So you start with 5000 chips and get to re-buy add on for 10,000 - essentially a conpulsory add on - so in for £315.
Estimated runners 120 ... so about £10k for the winner.
Game is there to win such a thing - so time to start spinning dice - I will play D2N"s on Betfair to re-coup any losses - tedious but lucrative with any luck in running.
I was chatting to a friend the other day and I was explaining that the long term end game is a big enough win to change my life style - quantum leap up - the intermediate time is really about gathering the experience to do so.
Thus I would likely prefer to win £10k now and spend it touring, rather then fight to remain level and win £10k at the end of the summer ... when I think I will take a (relative) break from poker.
Keen to get involved of some these Euro Tournaments - ECPT events apparently soft.
EPT obvious very hard - but lots of chances to qualify.
As things stand there is going to be a trip to Vegas for one of the early event - $1000 buy in - c5000 runners - mental note to play some of the PokerStars Sunday events.
I like the idea of naming my house a7 suited or whatever the winning hand to pay it off would be ...
L
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Played last night"s tournament. Amazed to see Chris Moorman on the next table - fairly low-profile event for him!
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Played last night"s tournament. Amazed to see Chris Moorman on the next table - fairly low-profile event for him!
I had a look at his Pokerstars record - pretty amazing.
How did you do?
L
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Back into nightmare mode ...
... just attempted to qualify for the $500+35 I-poker ... $30 re-buy ... I managed to lose 5 times when ahead and then run with my AK into AA ... only one re-buy required ... still highly trying.
Switched to Betfair to qualify for their $20"k g"tee ... bad beat on the bubble ... LOL.
Next qualifer ... back door flush draw wounds me ... then runner-runner straight ... OMG.
Next qualifier ... I flop a set ... go all in to try to avoid flushes ... get called by nut flush draw ... which hits ...
What next??
All you can ever say is that all of these have to come back to me at some point ... shall we just save them for the world series??
L
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I"m having a similar day Louis. Lost to a two outer twice, runner runner twice and can"t win a race! I think I"ll go out and get pi**ed!
Keep the faith - you can only get your money in good and hope that you stay ahead. Having said that, I"m finding it difficult to believe it today!
All the best.
Craig
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... and here is the final touch ...
Kicked out 21st of 145 in the Betfair $20k g"tee - 18 get paid. KK vs 99 - would have moved to 7th if it stood up ... with a shot at the main prizes ...
Very tough running at the moment ...
L
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Tough times Louis.
I know your pain. ;D
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Tough times Louis.
I know your pain. ;D
Today has been particularly savage ... but we know the odds ... there is a LOT of luck involved ...
The difference between winning big and winning nothing is pretty small ... all you can do is the right thing with the cards ...
I remember watching someone play pretty much perfect poker in a £100 freezeout at the GUTSHOT ... built up a stack ... then in two consecutive hands was crippled KK vs AA and QQ vs KK ... that"s a different kind of bad luck ... it"s how the hands match up as much as anything else ...
I look forward to doing an interview one day ... having won big ... and assuming there is some luck involved ... I can cite days like this ... that"s always the way that I think ... always playing in my comfort zone financially as you must.
Planning a trip to Vegas at the moment ... maybe that is when I get my payback??
Played on a savage cash table last night ... lost a little ... but some of the beats were simply terrible ... it was good fun ... and often poker isn"t "fun" ... it is something else ... a holy and hypnotic grail ...
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Planning a trip to Vegas at the moment ... maybe that is when I get my payback??
Nice one. If it"s for early August, gimme a shout 8)
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Vegas trip is at the start of the World Series.
Looking to land May 28th - will play the $1k starting on May 30/31.
Will then likely try to qualify $2,000 which start on June 4th (or $,1500 on June 2nd)
Fly home on June 7th.
Likely play other non World Series stuff - Venetian deepstack etc ...
I will be trying to qualify for World Series main event - so may well get back for July???
L
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Arghhhhh! When does this end ...
Playing in a qualifier to the I-Poker $250k ... KK vs JJ ... spiked on the river ... and about 15 mins later JJ under the gun ... AA in the blinds ... pretty quick structure so auto all in ...
So to the safer waters of double your money six seaters ... money in pre-flop ... KK vs Q6(flopped set) ... no good ... OMG
How can KK become your nightmare hand?
L
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STOP PRESS STOP PRESS - SOME LUCK AT LAST.
Just qualified for the Betfair $80k g"tee - in for $91 ($540 +10 buy in)
My TT push in QQ rewarded with a T on the Turn ... weird feeling ...
I then lose calling a short stack with QT vs A2s ... I hit three queens by the turn ... flush on the river ... fair play.
Needless to say further twists at the bubble when I am the short stack of 9 for 8 places.
I am happy to watch.
A9 pushed into AK ... and the A9 is crippled.
Well until he lands AK and beats three of us to come alive ... happily his next hand A4 runs into a solid AQ ...
Could I rescue the weekend???
L
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KK ... runs on and on ...
In the APAT league match I lose KK vs JJ ... river as usual ... not dead and limp to the final table and come ninth when my JJ meets AA which stands up.
In the Betfair $55k - I make it up to 6th place of 54 left with 99 into 98J ... vs 88 and AJ - but little help there after- had chances to push back with AK,AQ,AJ etc ... but the time I choose to re-raise ... there was another re-raise (all-in) after me so I have to fold and now sitting 20th of 27 ... 18 paid ... you get into the territory of stay alive whilst looking to push.
With 18 paid - myself and two others are the obvious contenders though all with 10BBs - I choose to raise with AT and find KK in the blinds (previously this player pretty loose) ... the BUBBLE is mine ... pretty tough and of course for some comedy I hit the ten on the river.
Well at least it wasn"t a bad beat ...
There were spots earlier on that could have been pushed with AK etc ... but would have been all my chips in the middle ... and so on ... with 30/40 runners left ...
I got tangled up in the blinds on a flush draw ... those chips could have been saved ... (but chips could have been won!)
Overall I choose to push things at the wrong time ... into bigger hands!
Just watched the second placed runner give nearly all their chips away with a bluff ... into top set ... makes you sick!
ARGH - Just watched my conqueror get into a race KJ vs 99 and winning it ... think I am feeling a bit more unlucky now!
That said I hate to feel unlucky - I always want to think what could I have done differently - simplistically I could have folded my AT and looked to limped to $960 - which pays for further entries - but I think that is the wrong answer.
I had Aces late on ... and no runners ...
In the early part of the tournament I had endless small pairs. I limped these and finally hit my 9s.
I didn"t limp with other weird hands OOP.
Further pondering to follow.
L
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Decided to go slow on poker today ... now back on Scotland to chill out ...
Perhaps I should just qualify for Sunday events for people.
Straight forward qualification to Betfair $66k on Sunday - 2 from 15 - with some added value. $55 for $510 seat.
Sat went ideally with loose players gathering all the chips ...
I then went for the steal holding 59s with 555 chips (blind 100/200) ... both loose players called.
Flop is T52 ... I limp and call a small bet ...
Turn is a 5 ... I limp and make a min raise that is called.
River is a 2 ... so a lovely full house ... I go all in ... and called by A2 which has just hit the full house too ...
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This is fast becoming a log of bad beats which I appreciate is rather boring to read ... even more boring to write!
Just came second for a $550 seat to a WSOP package final.
12 runners one seat - $50 consolation.
45 mins into heads up.
I call my opponents 89o push with KQ ... my opponent flops two pairs.
Next hand I push with J9 ... called by 89 ... two pairs on the river for me ... but completes his straight.
Not a lot to say ...
In the APAT qualifier I lost the key hand QQ vs 77 ... whilst not killing me meant that I had to play ... and another bubble for the collection when for the second time in a matter of days on the bubble I push on a short handed table with AT and meet KK in the blinds ...
I will of course buy in ... to the Saturday event ... but feels like a long road at the moment.
L
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Keep it going Louis. It just reads like my game at the moment. ;D
It"s not bad beats as such, just keep playing your game.
All will come good, well thats what I keep telling myself, anyway.
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yep. keep it going. You seem to be getting it in good but are just running bad.
what is RT at the mo?
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RT is -$1032 ... just horrible. (though with a $510 Sunday ticket and $210 WCOAP paid upfront)
I kept it day by day for the first month which was interesting ...
I have been aggressive - went to Brighton for £315 event.
I have donked a little off maybe $250 of this - which is annoying and foolish (and interesting!)
Feb was the same - clawed it all back in March and sought to kick on.
I am trying to think what the message is ... I cannot bear the thought of just playing STT"s or pot limit for cash which would be much less volatile ...
Will ponder this and report back.
L
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The recovery has just about started ...
Yesterday 8th from c300 in a $7 re-buy - small win - 99 called by KQ without the odds - sigh.
APAT Online Event 15th from 136 - A8 vs T3 in the blinds - sigh
APAT was good fun had AA vs KK fully paid pretty early ... then good cards for the first hour so in handy position. Hours 2/3 very little so remained patient ... and rewarded by QQ vs AK v JJ triple up ... earlier had folded AKs in the face of raise and re-raise which I think was the right thing to do when pretty deep. Get to the money and then the ranking points ... eyeing up the No 1. ranking ... but cards did not hold up ... could have pushed with ATs UTG +1 a little earlier but at the end in the lap of the Gods.
+$143 for the day on poker
Football bets +$325 (Sunderland, Wolves, Partick, Peterhead)
Horses - $38
RT -$602
Will get things back to zero shortly - but such a slog!
Betfair $66k g"tee tonight (paid for).
L
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This is fast becoming a log of bad beats which I appreciate is rather boring to read ... even more boring to write!
Just came second for a $550 seat to a WSOP package final.
12 runners one seat - $50 consolation.
45 mins into heads up.
I call my opponents 89o push with KQ ... my opponent flops two pairs.
Next hand I push with J9 ... called by 89 ... two pairs on the river for me ... but completes his straight.
Not a lot to say ...
In the APAT qualifier I lost the key hand QQ vs 77 ... whilst not killing me meant that I had to play ... and another bubble for the collection when for the second time in a matter of days on the bubble I push on a short handed table with AT and meet KK in the blinds ...
I will of course buy in ... to the Saturday event ... but feels like a long road at the moment.
L
You are not alone - I think i bubble more than anyone i know - Must learn to slowdown when on the bubble rather than trying to run over the table!! 3 cash bubbles and 2FT bubbles for me in the last week!
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Overall I don"t think slowing down near the bubble is the right play ... but I/you have to be happy to run out the variance of the results otherwise you just limp into the money and die ...
Six handed with 10BB - AT is a push - if you keep finding big pocket pairs in the blinds - you just have to smile or cry.
Exceptions: (perhaps) getting near the money in something massive - or if you think you have a MASSIVE edge on players.
I am happy to ponder on doing an interview when I have run real good and dedicating it to all the bad beats and bad running late on.
Tonight would be good!
I am about to take a month off the tables and enjoy the sun ... the sun does outdraw you ... not sure what the blog will become in the mean time?
More generalised reflections I suspect.
L
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Ace-Ten and Kings Mark VII
Betfair $66k g"tee - Played much looser than normally the case and fully paid early with AA vs QQ.
Got in with better Ace only for board to be paired - and progress halted. (Split Pot)
Tried a weird play (which nearly worked!) with J7 suited early position ... picked up draws ... but Ace on the river scared me off the move which might have got rid of TT ...
Then played AT (standard raise) ... called ...
Flop KTx
Check - Check
Turn is a blank - I check raise - and get killed by the slow playing King ... an unusual way to die ... but a fair one ...
51st of 109.
My conqueror wins the bubble ...
Month off!
Louis
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This could be the shortest month ever!
Lured into the Betfair $20k game.
Played a qualifier - lost AA vs JJ - so suitably inspired to buy in for the full $109.
If not return : RT -$750.
Louis
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lol. You can,t keep away!
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lol. You can,t keep away!
It is an interesting experience - making an effort to
a/ keep off the tables
b/ think about ways to tighten your game.
Once you start thinking, you want to try things out ... like losing with AA vs JJ!
Louis
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GREAT JOY TO BEHOLD!
Today was my last day at work!
7 years 1 month and 7 days and now officially on CAREER BREAK!
A few loose ends to tie but time to bask in the sun and ponder the future!
Louis
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Poker, poker and more poker!! :D
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Poker, poker and more poker!! :D
I am having a month off!
(Last night made the money in a ridiculous $5 re-buy ... something like 70th of 1141 ... for peanuts back ... I lost a classic post flop race ... top two pairs ... vs straight flush draw)
Off to the Isle of Wight tonight .. will do well to find poker there!
Louis
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Isle of Wight was great - clean air and sunshine and a great wedding.
Back in time to play the National League match.
Dog fight from the start - though enjoyed the battle with previous winner Calculator86.
Had a couple of chances to lose all my chips and just lost half ... so feeling good with JJ vs 77 ... with 15 players left ... but the hooks killed by the Lucky 7s.
Delayed hangover today- dentist to follow - a great start to my "freedom".
... not sure how this month off is going to work ...
RT -$761.
Louis
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Luck in the wrong places ...
$4.40 entrance ... $80 return is great ... but where is the KT vs QQ Vs JJ win when you really need it??
Anyway clawed back RT to -$686 ...
Maguire going well in the Snooker at 10/1 from the start.
But 2009 remains a struggle ... on the gambling/poker front.
Thinking about what to read/watch to create some edge on my game.
Perhaps I just need to buy a lucky rabbit"s foot??
L
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... not found a Rabbit"s foot yet ... but decent afternoon of poker ... qualifying for the Betfair $7k and $20k events tonight $30 for $169 of buy ins.
RT - $716 ahead of tonight ... time to take one of these down.
Dentist took the view no jags required ... not sure I agreed to that ... searing acute pain ... but job done and not slobbering all over the place now ... so fair enough.
Watching Cope play Higgins at snooker ... now 12-10 ... not convinced either of these can win it.
L
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$7k g"tee ... got going with QQ making top set ... but little happening so I choose to race with TT vs AQ ... a race I know but disappointing to lose to the bottom straight on the river!
$20k g"tee still running ... 65th of 92 with 18 paid ... pretty card dead and left in trouble when cleverly bluffed off two pairs ... all kinds of draws on the board ... could have committed on the flop but versus three other players ...
Just came back to life with KJ vs AJ ... another double up gets me to the top third ... more luck in running required ...
Showing some promise on the luck front with A8 Vs AK in the blinds spiking on the river ... 32nd of 85.
Running pretty good until "forced" to call a short stack with 22 ... unfortunately not a race ... (JJ) ... still 21st of 44 at second break.
12th of 22 after three hours ... JJ vs AJ ... and JJ vs AA!
... and finally 4th ... for $1600 ...
Very lucky up to 4th ... TT vs QQ vs JJ on the final table ... hit on the river ... but then pretty card dead ... until AK flops K77 ...at this stage I was one of two dominate stacks ... so when I bet out and my chip lead rival pot raises ... I smell the 7 ... and fold ... in the break he says he had it ... I have see those moves both ways ... when you call and see the 7 it is heart break ... as it stood I had a very good chance for heads up ...
This was rather reversed by a short stack spiking A8 vs AK ... getting things back to 4 level ish stacks ... before the deck went cold. My chance to g"tee third came and went with my AT was cracked by the short stacked Q8 ... next hand my Q8 is double called ... I flop two pairs ... but lose to a straight on the river.
Weird to have a lot of luck when it mattered ... at one stage was down to 678 chips ... re-assess poker thoughts in the morning!
$21 to $1600 ... very pleasing ...
RT + $884
L
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Nice to be sitting on a train with some virtual cash in my pocket ... but weird to need so much luck to get there ...
I woud much prefer to win with the better cards but it doesn"t seem to be that way at the moment ...
1.30am ... TT spike on the river to beat JJ and QQ pretty big celebration ... maybe not good for the neighbours ...
A bit disappointing not to make the podium given the circumstances ...
What now? Pleasing to have got back into the black.
Do I go aggressive? Do I just take a month off anyway? I have friends up for two weekends soon so that creates a space from the tables. If we get a summer then I am going to be out and about.
Do I continue my quest for the sickest beat ever?
In terms of ambitions on the table one of the things I want to do is play on TV ... that is something to research.
Louis
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nice score!!
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nice score!!
Cheers mate - nice to be a little back on track - though I would love to Iron all this varaince out overall - all pretty savage both ways.
Final table TT vs JJ vs QQ ... Showbiz for me ... but horrendous on the other side ... especially on the river ... QQ holder lost to me JJ vs AA too ... Came 5th ... would have been very likely winner ...
L
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Cheers mate - nice to be a little back on track - though I would love to Iron all this varaince out overall - all pretty savage both ways.
given the stakes you play at, your variance isn"t too bad
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Nice cash Louis, back in the black :D
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Cheers mate - nice to be a little back on track - though I would love to Iron all this varaince out overall - all pretty savage both ways.
given the stakes you play at, your variance isn"t too bad
Variance of cards has been huge this year ... I have kept a lid on negative numbers by dropping down a few levels and looking to qualify for things as much as possible.
Would be nice to kick on now ...
L
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Nice cash Louis, back in the black :D
Cheers Mike ... nice win in the National League for you.
Just need to find a blackjack table now!
L
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KK back to haunt me ... lost in both Betfair Qualifiers with this hand vs AQ and QQ ... bought into $20k.
RT +$727 plus any winnings tonight.
Started okay 31st of 111 left ... all standard stuff ...
Second Break:
15th of 28 with 18 paid.
Key Hand: Flopped trip tens ... opponent flop straight! ... river pairs the board ... lovely ... luck much better than skill these days.
Third Break:
3rd of 15 left ...
AA vs TT
AA vs QQ
88 vs A8 on the bubble ... I raise with 88 ... dodgy call with A8 (though I have been raising everything!) ... the case 8 on the turn a sweet card to appear!
I have 27k - Average 20k - Chip Leader 81k!
4th Break
6th of 9 ... and very pleasing to make the final table two days in a row ... pretty card dead ... but picked up 29 in the BB ... flop Q22 ... my opponent slow playing AA ... smile.
Field getting a bit more compressed - chances.
But no cards at the final table ... but I semi-limp to sixth place and $1,000
Final hand I push with J8s into KQs ... no help.
RT +$1,727
L
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Final Table Hat-Trick bit is on ... qualified for $32 ... to the $100+9 - Betfair $20k G"tee.
Could have been less - QQ vs K9 - under no pressure - why?
Played a bit of cash last night ... AA called by K5 ... and lost ... $11 up despite this.
Football bet to net off from the weekend ... Liverpool and Ayr won ... but Everton lost (to Man City - sigh!)
RT +$1642 - but winnings tonight.
Toying with playing the I-Poker $50k g"tee at same time - not sure how fresh my mind is?
L
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I don"t think I can write much about beats at the moment - as I have dished a few out in the last two nights.
I-Poker $50k g"tee $50 re-buy.
Bought a double stack and ambled for 45 mins
Limped with QJ
Flop QJx - two spades
Bet before me - though short stack - I Min raise - next to act all in which I call.
Initial raiser KT - no spades
All in - AQ - one spade ...
River is an Ace ... near the end of the re-buy so I walk.
RT +$1537 plus any winnings tonight.
Betfair $20k
1st Break - Nothing really happening - 67th of 110 left - 18 paid.
... and out in 93rd ... AK vs QQ ... Ace Hits ... but a Queen on the Turn ... normal service resumed ... fair enough!
No Hat-Trick ... but a good few days.
L
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Snooker day today ...
Really like the way Murphy is cueing ...
Higgins has escaped twice but I think he might be too far behind Murphy for it to matter.
Murphy 5/2 - Looks good to me (Higgins 8/5) - Won on him last time he won it - so let"s get on!
L
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Murphy - cannot get over how much he looks like the dad out of The Incredibles ... but looking good to make the final.
Poker ... I played the Betfair $20k ... lost ... RT +$1428.
Weird tournament ... starting chips 2,500 ... stayed alive for 2+ hours but despite trying to play lots of hands never got past 2,900 ... unreal!
AT push into 88 in the end ... no improvement.
Away from the tables ... had some fine Haggis yesterday ... and bought a football to kick and run with on my local beach ... I think that is how life should be ...
Need to slowly tidy the house for visitors ... I think today is a gin, tonic and lime day ... right?
L
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Murphy - cannot get over how much he looks like the dad out of The Incredibles ... but looking good to make the final.
Poker ... I played the Betfair $20k ... lost ... RT +$1428.
Weird tournament ... starting chips 2,500 ... stayed alive for 2+ hours but despite trying to play lots of hands never got past 2,900 ... unreal!
AT push into 88 in the end ... no improvement.
Away from the tables ... had some fine Haggis yesterday ... and bought a football to kick and run with on my local beach ... I think that is how life should be ...
Need to slowly tidy the house for visitors ... I think today is a gin, tonic and lime day ... right?
L
isnt every day!!
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Murphy - cannot get over how much he looks like the dad out of The Incredibles ... but looking good to make the final.
Poker ... I played the Betfair $20k ... lost ... RT +$1428.
Weird tournament ... starting chips 2,500 ... stayed alive for 2+ hours but despite trying to play lots of hands never got past 2,900 ... unreal!
AT push into 88 in the end ... no improvement.
Away from the tables ... had some fine Haggis yesterday ... and bought a football to kick and run with on my local beach ... I think that is how life should be ...
Need to slowly tidy the house for visitors ... I think today is a gin, tonic and lime day ... right?
L
isnt every day!!
Nah - some days are Pimms days ... others for Pink Champagne ... sometimes a Guinness for breakfast is nice (being an official food) ...
I bought some Sparkling Shiraz too ... which some people think is a sin ... but sounds good to me ...
Always interesting to see what guests will bring ...
L
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Murphy 2 Higgins 3 ... bet chopped last night ... at no loss ... couldn"t face paying for another choke.
Hope Higgins does it now. (Coin Flip?)
No weekend poker ... which bubbles well for when I get back to the table.
L
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... and not far off the Bubble ... 20th of 145 with 18 paid ... in $20k g"tee ... 99 push called and defeated by KQ ...
RT +$1326.
L
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KQ bites again ...
70th of 292, 30 paid, Blue Square $20k g"tee.
KQ push called by 44 and KJ (for value!)
Q on the turn ... back door flush to the KJ on the river ...
RT +$1263
L
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No poker today ... well not yet ...
Wii Fit and shopping ... transition from house to flat is an expensive one ... so many rooms to fill ... and the garden to cut ... and DIY issues ... to delegate for speed an accuracy to a hired hand ...
Reflecting a bit on general poker position at the moment ... would be very happy to take something down and "retire" ... hard slog to get to a race after 3/4/5 hours ...
Face to face ... insert 9/12/15 hours ... seems like a weakness in the game (or a weakness in my mind!) ... might force me to play more Omaha or 7 card stud!
Louis
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... mmm 89th of 92 at Break One of the Betfair $20k g"tee.
Flopped a straight and semi-crippled on the river when my fishy opponent caught a higher straight ...
Could have killed things ... but only QJ killed me (if the river was a 9!) ... which is of course what happened ...
The beneficiary soon disappearing having donated "my" chips to the table!
Earlier - I was ahead when beaten in three low stakes qualifiers to the event.
So RT +$1,100 with a comeback to come??
Big cash game tomorrow night ...
Quite a few football positions to (potentially) close profit on ...
Man U for League and Champions League
Preston for Promotion
Falkirk or ICT to go down in SPL
(Lost money on Scot Div 1)
Shaktar D for UEFA Cup
No Miracle recovery in the $20k ... mmm ... still early!
L
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... early exit from $20k ... decided to play a Vegas first round qualifier ...
$55 in ... 20 runners for one $550 seat and a $450 consolation ...
Four left ... JJ push ... into A7 ... flop A77 ... AYE!
RT +$1,045
L
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Cash Game
£1/£2 pot limit Hold "em ... lots of good cards= £521.50 profit.
In successive hands fully paid AA Vs QQ and AA Vs TT (flop ATx) ... next hand AK into Kxx flop ...
Later in the night turned 22 into quads ... and 44 into quads ...
Folded overpairs twice when re-raised (both to the same player - once correctly - once not)
It was pointed out to me that the exchange rate is now 1.5 ... (all previous entries at 1.4) ... so =$782 on the night.
RT +$1827.
Wedding tomorrow and other commitment for Sunday day time ... so next cards looks like being the APAT league match ...
L
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Back in time (just) for the $20k g"tee on Betfair ...
Good start spoiled by a crazy fish call which of course hit ... then ran TT into AA ... and once low KQ into AK ... for 52nd of 143 ...
Having fun in the $100k g"tee on RacingPostPoker
130th of 170 from 556 ... but still 20 BB ... excellent structure ... 60 paid and unfortunately just been moved from table with a lot of fishy chips on it.
Oh well ... out in 160th ... AQ flat called ... Queen on the Turn ... running into the made JJJ on the flop!
Poker -$249 on the day.
Football -$38 on the day.
RT + $1,540
Loose play tonight ... no get out of jail free cards ... poor.
Racing Post Poker - $100k very well set up - 10,000 chips - 20 min levels - $130+10 buy in - will be a very late finish - but unlikely to become a crap shoot - Bravo.
L
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RT +$1529
APAT League Match ... 17th from 39 ... crippled with AA vs 77 ... both committed preflop ... 7 on the flop.
Champagne in the sun for the second day running.
Very ready to sleep!
L
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RT +$1,507
Played the Betfair Lunch Time Super Turbo ...
AQ loses to A2 ...
followed by a salty
A9 vs A2 loss ...
It"s not really poker so it shouldn"t count ...
I have done something to my back ... so off to the Osteopath ... the combination of Wii Fit Hula Hoop, standing about all day at weddings and sitting all night to play poker has done me in ... hard to attribute "blame" ... perhaps I should have added the cakes that Jeanie has been feeding me ... some extra weight not helping.
I am meant to be climbing mountains next week ... so let"s hope it is a great session.
Louis
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RT +$1365
A2 in the morning.
AA at night.
4th from 9 for $510 seat when AA loses to J9 (Jxx on the flop) and J on the river ...
Then in the $20k g"tee K6s vs AA in the blinds once short ...
All pretty standard.
Some interesting events in London tomorrow - £200 freezeout at the International (new Gutshot) Club
Also £100 re-buy to £1k main event at the Sportsman (Vegas warm up).
May be issues on numbers of runners at both.
May just chill out ...
L
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First Visit to the International Club in London.
Seems like a long time since I signed in at 1pm today.
I played the £25+5 freezeout to warm up.
Something like 24 runners - I went out in 8th (4 paid)
55 into 5KJ (all clubs) ... the big blind goes all in ... and I have to call ... 67 clubs ... baby flush push ... no help.
I then ponder my next move - there is a Super Turbo to the main event £200 freezeout.
But enough time in between to semi-donk off £100 playing £1,£1 NL
Super Turbo - 500 chips - 20 min Levels (25,25) and (25,50) then a freezeout.
AK into AA and JJ
88 loses to 66
33 loses to 67
AK loses to 53
Not my day ... once into the freezeout ... I am on the button with AK ... player to act before me pushed without looking with J8 and hits a straight ...
Mmmm.
In for a penny in for a pound so I buy in the £200+10 freezeout - 31 runners.
Initially table has two of the Gutshot pros on (Andy Achillea (who won the last one) and Ed Roger) plus Louise Duffy recently second from 121 in £100 F/O at the club, plus Charles Sanderson - APAT medalist and cashed at the world series.
10000 Chips - 25 min levels. Estimated end time 2-3 a.m.
Decided to loosen up ... hovered around the 10,000 mark before raising with 97 ... called by Andy A ... flop yields a straight draw ... which cheaply hits on the river ... to allow a check min raise to be paid ...
Loose play fully rewared soon after to make me early chip leader.
AA UTG ... Blinds 100/200 ... I raise to 625 ... flat called ... then re-raised to 2,500 by Andy A ... trivial all in ... which after soon time is called by initial flat caller ... KK ... with Andy folding.
Aces hold - and quickly to 30,000.
Card dead drift to c20,000 when I receive QQ late position ... short stack all in ... is min raised by Louise Duffy ... perhaps in retrospect I should have sussed the AA ... but I pushed ... and would have had about 5,000 left ... but Q on the flop ... takes me out in front ... I am enjoying the re-brand as a LUCKY player ...
Just before the final table I am forced off TT as an overpair which would have stood up ... but soon after 99 becomes top set and final table is reached in second place. Two short stacks - only 5 paid.
Plan is to get aggresive ... but not cards ... and Gabriel Forde assumes the dual role of Table Captain and card rack ... raising everything under the gun finally getting pushed back at when he has KK.
Soon to 7 runners and getting slightly tempted by the £462 fifth prize ... but still no cards ... so no choices to make until the bubble bursts with Andy A pushing 99 in JJ.
Money made - more scope to push - but still no cards ... and soon third with Gabriel mowing down all and sundry ...
With 2/3 of the chips in play ... looking very good for the win ... and relentlessly pushing ... finally into my AQ with Q5 ... and heads up looking good ... finally confirmed with A8 vs KQ ...
Very cagey heads up ... K3 push called by my KJ ... putting me very much in touch.
40 mins in a flurry of hands ... I dodge his aces ... he dodges my kings ... last hand finally his A8 vs 99 ... and of course I hit the 8!
Good game ... and fair play to the winner.
Pay back - £1,550 ... less fees/cash/tip for dealers/taxi home/food/drink ... +£1,040/$1570
RT +$2,935
Good standard of play - better surrounds than the old Gutshot - will be likely to play future events there.
Louis
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Nice one Louis
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Excellent stuff!!
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Cheers Chiefs.
Obviously the poker juices are flowing hence three hours sleep ... and ready to roll!?!
Well maybe ready to sleep following a dose of The Two Ronnies on UK GOLD!
L
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Nice result Louis, WP!
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Well done Louis, nice score.
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... I have been making more money out of my luck in running lately ...
Good fun to go toe to toe with a very good player for 40 mins.
Lots of ammo for forthcoming events!
Should really sleep now!
L
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RT =$2,985
A bit pokered out now.
Played the £25 freeze-out at the International and made my third final table in a row (albeit small fields)
4th from 29 today when QQ loses to JJ
Won KQ vs AJ in the blinds on the Bubble ... but lost the same race just before for an earlier Bubble opportunity ... I hit three aces vs the flush.
Lots of luck flying about both ways over the last few days ... of course the biggest break QQ vs AA in the £200 freeze out.
Louis
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RT =$2,930
Always time for a quick spin at the Eyes Wide Shut on Betfair ...
I folded the first 17 hands ... then pushed all in with AQ ... called by 98s ... and they hit the flush on the river.
Fair play.
Louis
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RT +$2977
Little foray on Betfair to regain last night"s entrance fee.
$47 up ... would have been more but for flopped flush.
Then got killed TT vs KQ with a board of 8888 ...
L
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RT +$2893
No cards ... wavering patience ... off to bed with -$84.
L
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RT +$2983
Playing $55+5.50 Double or nothing games.
Inspired folds leading to a neat 3-0 start ... but AK vs A5 loss (flopped Straight) ... has pegged me back.
Weather marginal but looks like time to pitch and putt ... see if I can actually hit the ball straight!?!
L
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Free Rolling on Man U tonight +£210 on them winning the title through the various trades through the season.
Lost -£90 on Scot Div 1 - not yet netted off.
Lost $30 on a Qualifier to the $100k g"tee on Racing Post Poker - will buy in for $130+10 - was only 556 runners last time up.
10000 chips 20 min Levels - 8pm kick off.
Potential for a very long night - but need to take a walk and clear the head.
Netting off the $140.
RT +$2993.
Still pondering whether to close out Man U for the Champions League ... currently +£568 for the win ... zero if they lose.
Louis
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Made it half way through Betfair $20k - lost a race
Made it into last quarter of Racing Post $100k - lost a race.
Never really running well in either ... absolutely no cards in the Racing Post one ... just hopeless ... in 3.5 hours I spend about 5 mins in the black the rest a classic small stack game.
Lost $48 on Eurovision betting - should have made money on Iceland (with Norway) but thinking too slow - with two tournaments running.
RT +$2836
Proving very difficult to crack the $3k mark ...
L
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RT +$2744
Cash was going very well until a wild few minutes.
Playing two tables and within a hand I had QQ vs AA and QQ vs QQ (split) against the same player.
5 mins later TT vsTT vs QQ ... great.
L
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Wind and Rain in London - so poker day.
Just loaded up into Poker Stars Sunday Warm Up - $200+15
Tough day on the STT"s - $84
Cash - Ran KK into AT - $100
So RT +$2,345 plus any returns from the warm up.
L
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Poker Stars - Sunday Warm Up.
646th from 3702 : 540 paid.
AQ into A6 killing me in the end.
Avoided going bust with smaller full house early on - but never really running at full speed.
Few playable hands - so soon playing push or fold (mainly fold).
Win the AQ hand and pretty likely to make the money - or have chances to "gamble" when likely to be ahead.
Heading to Glasgow tomorrow for a day of drinking.
Tuesday "climbing" Ben Lomond
Wednesday - assuming that I am still alive - another mountain
Thursday - Monday - Friends up in Scotland.
May 27th - Wednesday - International Club - £200 Freeze Out.
Louis
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Thursday - Monday - Friends up in Scotland
If near Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=3135.msg59841#msg59841
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Thursday - Monday - Friends up in Scotland
If near Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=3135.msg59841#msg59841
Not this time - but will play one of these at some point.
Praying for some summer sun.
Louis
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Betfair Eyes Wide Shut:
Auto Pilot Tournament - structure very quick - 5 minute Levels.
RT +$2,290 plus any winnings.
Pondering Vegas - Long way to go for massive field events.
2nd place at the International in their £200 f/o was good - but it relied on a QQ vs AA.
More than happy to take the variance in my favour.
Current feel is that I will look to qualify - and perhaps ramp up efforts of the WSOPE?
Mental note to re-read some articles/books - feed the poker brain.
L
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Eyes Wide Shut 8th of 95.
$55 to $225.
RT +$2,515.
Fruit Machine pays out again.
Lost QQ vs KJ
Tripled with AK vs KQ Vs Ax
Lost AK vs JJ
Fair Enough.
L
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On a train.
Not going to be drawn into the world of disconnection anxiety.
Managed to lose $15 this morning killing time.
RT +$2,500
Now that is a nice round number!
There is now a chase forming in my mind to fly to Vegas to play an event!
I have also been looking at the European Events(non-EPT) which by repute are a lot softer.
London = sunny
Glasgow = rain
Tempted by going to the ALEA this evening - but may just eat and drink wine.
Ben Lomond tomorrow.
Louis
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Back from the hills!
Climbed Ben Lomond (974m) on Tuesday and Beinn Ime on Wednesday (1014m) weather pretty mixed so sun/rain/hail blustery winds and when you get to the top an earie nothing but mist/cloud.
Legs are still sore from elavating 100kg (me) up into the sky ... today will likely be a lazy day!
Wednesday night - Arrochar - caught the end of the UEFA Cup and Shaktar raking back $165 ... making up for my Greyhound Derby defeats -$120.
I am cashing in my Man U bet for the Champions League - placed after they tore up Inter Milan in Milan. +$405.
I sort of want Man U to win - but I think they may stumble.
Tempting to steam into some golf bets???
RT +$2950
L
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I sort of want Man U to win
I"ll give you a clue who I"m supporting.......
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2O_cLcWyck[/youtube]
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... more so in the past, but I follow Dundee United ... so Barca are a weird side for me ... played them in Europe four times and won four times ... (likely we will never play them again!)
L
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Very minor cash loss last night (-$9).
Half asleep made some chips and went aggressively after more ... too aggressively.
RT +$2941.
L
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Invernress go down +$114
Fasth is going no where - $75
RT +$2980
Drinking Rose wine - watching Rugby - Punjabi Chicken Curry Tonight!
Life is tough.
Louis
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Big Soccer day.
I fancy S****horpe to get promoted just over evens.
I fancy Fulham to win to secure their Euro spot.
Not sure what I think yet about Hull and Newcastle - virtually anything possible so I might bet in running.
No real poker activity today ... unlikely to play APAT league tonight due to visitors ... but might do a Hellmuth and miss the first hour and then blaze for glory???
Looking forward to watching Champions League and playing poker together on Wednesday at the International Club.
L
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RT+ $2880
Found a fish and lost to the fish ... -$100 on cash tables ...
Millwall turning things around ... going to be a crazy second half as all the players flag ... game so stretched already.
L
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RT +$2923
S****horpe edging be back to where I started. (I love the way S****shorpe gets the **** treatment!)
Borrowed my neighbours power strimmer - great fun - ultra effective.
L
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Fulham 0 Everton 2 ... mmm
RT +$2,886
Newcastle breaking my Hull relegation bets ... both are just so dreadful ...
L
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Beautiful and hot in Southern Scotland and I am about to get on a train to miserable London!
More poker in London so perhaps this is a good thing??
Mini-donk of chips at cash yesterday is annoying me. (A good thing!)
Packed Harrington on Cash for the train - will they get opened??
My train journeys are usually drifty dreamy affairs - 4 hours not enough to get bored in.
Lots to eat on the train - and people to speak with - and perhaps cards (nomination whist) to play.
Good luck on the tables.
Louis
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Take the laptop, power points + free internet on most. Though some do charge.
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Take the laptop, power points + free internet on most. Though some do charge.
Virgin charge - but out of interest how have you found disconnects?
I travel up and down quite a lot so would be interesting if the connection was solid.
Bank Holiday trains a nightmare.
Trains slowed due to overcrowding - and then 30 mins outside Euston due to someone on the tracks - still moving happily - just jay-walking.
What a day-trip walking across the train lines!
Betfair $20k tonight - hoping for a low turn out!
L
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RT +$2,869
Qualified for Betfair $20k g"tee at first attempt - so in for $16.50 (Buy-In $109).
Likely to be an overlay ... could be a good start to the week?
L
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GL Louis
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GL Louis
Cheers - how is your poker running?
L
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Final tabled the league game last night, out in 7th when my AQ ran into Qs, but Leeds won and retained the top spot! SNGs going okay, cash... awful! Not Getting the chance to play many MTTs, and thats what I like best. Too much sport, and too much work. Hopefully that will change soon.
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1st Break. (Betfair $20k)
13th of 95 left (159 started) - 18 paid.
Weird hour until right at the end when KK held up and was paid by AQ (Q flop).
Before that
AA
KK
KK
AKs and no action!
Still handily placed ...
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Final tabled the league game last night, out in 7th when my AQ ran into Qs, but Leeds won and retained the top spot! SNGs going okay, cash... awful! Not Getting the chance to play many MTTs, and thats what I like best. Too much sport, and too much work. Hopefully that will change soon.
Well played last night. (I couldn"t play due to visitors)
Edinburgh top - though I am only 5th ranked of the Edinburgh players (and lots behind!)
Going well tonight.
L
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Betfair $20k - no cards after 1st Break - 41st and out.
Limped with Q9 - hit a 9 and a flush draw - lost have my chips when flush draw failed ...
AT hits ATx ... but I lose to a flush draw ...
Playing WSOP qualifier $55 to $550 second round seat - 6th of 19 left for 2 seats.
RT +$2,814
L
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Well played last night. (I couldn"t play due to visitors)
Edinburgh top - though I am only 5th ranked of the Edinburgh players (and lots behind!)
Going well tonight.
L
Team Dundee coming like a train.
Watch this space.
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Well played last night. (I couldn"t play due to visitors)
Edinburgh top - though I am only 5th ranked of the Edinburgh players (and lots behind!)
Going well tonight.
L
Are you an "Arab"?
L
Team Dundee coming like a train.
Watch this space.
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1st round Vegas qualifier going pretty well.
3rd from 7 for 2 $550 seats.
Chip Leader prone to be a little loose perhaps ... I have position.
Chances.
L
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Oh ******.
AK loses to K2 push ... 5th place for 2 seats ... not too impressed with that ...
Luck in running not there today ... blinds pushing up ... slow going.
Watching Poker on Sky tonight - Marc Goodwin getting robbed - too much luck in running - unless mega slow structure ... even then!?
Bed time now ...
... not sure how inspired I am for tomorrow ...
Perhaps that means I will go and play face to face!
Louis
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louis,
when you say face to face, i assume you mean live as opposed to online?
where you thinking of playing - i have a day off!!!!
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louis,
when you say face to face, i assume you mean live as opposed to online?
where you thinking of playing - i have a day off!!!!
There will a 20-25 runner £25 freeze out at the International Club - starting at 2pm today - but happy to play elsewhere.
There will be cash after this.
Despite the field size good structure and will take 4/5 hours to win.
You would need photo ID to become a member if not already.
I will PM you my mobile.
(still half asleep - and a little "work" to do)
Louis
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Just came 6th of 16 in the £25 freezeout at the International (New Gutshot)
The end hand pretty disappointing.
I have 15,000 chips. Blinds 400/800
Action before me - limp - raise to 2,300 (I think)
All in from me.
Initial raiser quickly calls for 11,600 chips total.
KT (diamonds)
Flop
Queen-Jack diamonds.
Turn
Nice of diamonds for a straight flush - would have had a large chip lead.
Nothing to say really - bad call rewarded.
RT +$2,764.
Louis
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Looked to qualify for the Betfair $20k g"tee.
2.5 qualifiers ... out in fifth ... money in with top pair ... un-ace spikes the river. (-$21)
Played some cash - no cards - up and down - marginal calls going the wrong way (-$105)
Bought into the $20k direct for $109.
RT +$2,525 plus any winnings.
Tough few days in terms of late beats.
L
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1st Break
62nd of 110 from 167 - 18 paid.
Nothing really happening - few playable hands.
KK - UTG - Standard Raise - no action.
Just thinking back to how bad a call and outdraw I suffered earlier.
KK called by KTs for all his chips.
L
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Break 2
The return of the Kings.
Standard re-raise with KK - two callers.
Flop Kxx all Hearts ...
I move all in ... called by 68 Hearts ... but the board pairs to move me to 23rd of 44 with 18 paid.
Feels like I am surfacing a giant variance curve at the moment ... up and down but the skill is drowned by the variance.
It"s a weird feeling - all you can try to do is get the money in good - thereafter anything can happen!
Let"s see if the luck holds?
L
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Out in 42nd.
QQ vs TT to go third.
Sigh.
RT+$2,525.
L
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Bad Beats are bad enough but when they are on the back of bad calls they leave me quite dazed.
I came 10th of 21 in the International Club £200 Freeze Out Tonight - albeit I sold 25% of myself.
Played well through the first 100 mins to reach 16,000 (starting at 10k) only one runner eliminated at this stage.
Card dead for the next 100 mins but stole enough to survive.
With the blinds biting I got doubled up with QQ calling an A4 push.
Blinds 800/1600 Ante 200 - I now have 14,400 chips.
UTG raised to 4500 - we are 5 handed at this point.
I go all in for 14,400 with AJ
9,900 to call ... monster dwell before calling and flipping QJ ... flop is QJx ...
I would have moved to 32,200 of the 210,000 chips in play ... great shout of the money ... top 4 paid ... but not to be.
Some very funny chat at the table with regards to a player who ripped up someone else"s cards in retaliation for mucking their hand in an event in Vegas ... he ripped them up mid hand ... and they were declared dead. The ripped up cards made a set of fives.
There is something of the hero in this ... and something of the villain ...
Champions League on in the background .... free beer ... a decent night.
RT +$2,250.
Feels like the RT should be more ... might take a few days off ...
Louis
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Free Beer Louis...
Cant be that bad.
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Free Beer Louis...
Cant be that bad.
always +EV
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They do try their best to get people in ... small fields not ideal but normally good poker.
Normally for their 2pm tournaments - they give a free burger and drink if you get there on time.
Free Beer - I think they are doing the same for the Cup Final.
Thursday night - about 80 for £50 freezeout - and similar for Saturday night £100 freezeout (actually usually a few more).
All tournaments are dealer dealt.
L
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Not convinced about playing poker tonight ...
Tournament one - $60 double or nothing six seater.
K9s called by QJ ... river Q
RT +$2,190
Looking to qualify for the $20k ...
A6 loses to K8
RT +$2,174
L
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Here we go again ... spin the wheel ... where will it stop.
Break 1 in the $20k
15th of 98 from 151 - running okay - was third - took on some small stacks with 55 and AT.
1st Round of Betfair $1m Freeroll.
9th from 73 from 492 - 18 qualify.
L
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Oh ******.
$20k g"tee - flopped a set - opponent had flopped a straight.
Betfair million freeroll - flopped a full house - lost to a bigger one on the turn.
Both hands I was holding 66 ... both times 41st ...
RT +$2065
Time for a little break ... really sick running ... I don"t recall have a week when I run this sick the other way around!
Louis
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Poker Gods are weird things ... the minute you decide to take a break things like the following happen:
My mate just mailed through the he won the $1k Bellagio Cup - "only" 48 runners - so $14k (and the trophy).
He also took a $3,500 chop in the 70 runner - $340 event the night before.
Oddly Mark is the cash game expert in "my" home game - great work.
My original plan had been to be in Vegas at the moment for the early events.
Giving up my job made me more prudent ... and hence not at the show ... mmm
Glorious sunshine in London and my mindset was early to bed (midnight) and early to rise ...
Errr ... I woke up properly at 12.30pm ... what is going on?
Played football last night ... and in the classic style my touch was terrible ... but finishing pretty spot on ... I think my fatness creates a very strong base for shooting from ...
I think I will do my books ... and assess what I think my poker funds and strategy are ...
Louis
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No poker thoughts kind of blown up ...
Pottered about during the day and playing the Betfair $20k g"tee.
RT +$1,942 plus any winnings.
Break 1
43rd of 94 from 138 at break 1.
Betting on Diversity over Susan Boyle in the BGT final ... reality/talent show betting can be good ... favourites get turned over ... but not sure how big a public vote remains with Boyle over the greater talents ...
L
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Diversity come through for a deserved win ... maybe the worm has turned.
RT +$2,002.
In the poker 34th of 39 but 16BBs ...
L
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Break 2
26th of 35 - 18 paid ... 15BB ... double up and well in play.
Feeling lucky!
Cannot last.
Louis
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Made it to 10th of 30 ... then blew up ...
LAG player raises UTG ...
Flop gives me two pair ... he continuations bets ... I push ...
He has the top two pair ... mmm. QJo - UTG raise blinds 150/300 (25) - raise to only 760 - I call with Q7s in the BB
Flop QJ7
Felt ahead ... was for the chip lead in the tournament ... QJ kills me again ...
I am pretty sure he would have done the same with AA,KK,AQ ...
Sometimes ABC poker serves you better ...
L
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Donked off $55 in the Betfair Eyes Wide Shut ...
... and $100 cash ...
RT +$1,847.
Weird to keep a blog ... it certainly reduces leakages ... but doesn"t eliminate them.
Time for bed ...
Hot and bothered in the city.
Note to self ... quit donking ... look into FULL TILT TV tournaments ...
Louis
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Sunday morning.
I feel hungover when I donk chips off ... it"s not tilt ... just boredom (I think) ... I try to make showbiz plays ... and fishy calls ...I know it is wrong but it will give me pleasure ... rather like drinking loads of doubles ... somewhere in there you brain says go to bed ... and slowly you get better at doing so ...
Now I will have to punish myself by playing STT"s ... and grind back up ... well unless the Sunday Warm Up goes well ...
The alternative is drinking loads of Pimms in the sun ... (well one of the options).
Louis
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GL if u play today Louis
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GL if u play today Louis
I will potter about and try and get into the PokerStars $1m turbo take down ... and see where my brain is at 5.45pm ...
GL 2u2 if playing.
Louis
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Thanks, will most likely play 2nite, going out with the kids today its beautiful, time to take some nice photos and go to the meadows :)
GL with the $1m turbo take down.
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Thanks, will most likely play 2nite, going out with the kids today its beautiful, time to take some nice photos and go to the meadows :)
GL with the $1m turbo take down.
As in "the meadows" in Edinburgh?
Funny to read that written down ... sounds like you are going to wander off into the countryside with a basket of apples under your arm ... perhaps you are?
L
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LOL yeah, the Meadows in Edinburgh
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1st Qualifier - pushed with K flush draw ... hit it then lost the re-draw to the ACE.
Bubbled in 2nd qualifier ...
Flopped a set ... lost to a higher kicker ... the worm looks intent on burrowing deeper and deeper into the ground!
All "free" so I am"laughing" ... but looking forward to the flip side.
They are currently just under 26,000 runners for the $1m Turbo Take Down ... top prize $40k + a Porsche.
Just about out of FPP points to qualify.
Looks like a fat boy picnic this afternoon.
L
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1st Qualifier - pushed with K flush draw ... hit it then lost the re-draw to the ACE.
Bubbled in 2nd qualifier ...
Flopped a set ... lost to a higher kicker ... the worm looks intent on burrowing deeper and deeper into the ground!
All "free" so I am"laughing" ... but looking forward to the flip side.
They are currently just under 26,000 runners for the $1m Turbo Take Down ... top prize $40k + a Porsche.
Just about out of FPP points to qualify.
Looks like a fat boy picnic this afternoon.
L
Already in, hopefully see you there :)
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1st Qualifier - pushed with K flush draw ... hit it then lost the re-draw to the ACE.
Bubbled in 2nd qualifier ...
Flopped a set ... lost to a higher kicker ... the worm looks intent on burrowing deeper and deeper into the ground!
All "free" so I am"laughing" ... but looking forward to the flip side.
They are currently just under 26,000 runners for the $1m Turbo Take Down ... top prize $40k + a Porsche.
Just about out of FPP points to qualify.
Looks like a fat boy picnic this afternoon.
L
Already in, hopefully see you there :)
Aye - maybe on the same table???
I hardly play on Stars so not enough FPP for direct entry ...
L
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1st Qualifier - pushed with K flush draw ... hit it then lost the re-draw to the ACE.
Bubbled in 2nd qualifier ...
Flopped a set ... lost to a higher kicker ... the worm looks intent on burrowing deeper and deeper into the ground!
All "free" so I am"laughing" ... but looking forward to the flip side.
They are currently just under 26,000 runners for the $1m Turbo Take Down ... top prize $40k + a Porsche.
Just about out of FPP points to qualify.
Looks like a fat boy picnic this afternoon.
L
Already in, hopefully see you there :)
Aye - maybe on the same table???
I hardly play on Stars so not enough FPP for direct entry ...
L
I got in through a 500fpp Sat, got no more Fpp"s :)
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Made it through ... (just)
88 vs AJ ...got counterfeited ... but scrapped in ...
Would be funny to make it deep in such a ludicrious thing ... bound to be 30,000 runners.
Will likely play the $200k g"tee or Sunday Warm up too.
L
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RT +$1,855 ... got a consolation when bubbled trying to qualify into the $200k g"tee ...
The usual terrible call rewarded ... sigh.
Sunday Warm up becomes now ...
L
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ATTACK ATTACK.
Sunday Warm Up under way ... RT +$1,640 plus winnings.
Top Prize = c$120,000 ... but just under 4000 runners.
L
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Break 1 - Poker Stars Warm up
Very little happening ... no premium hands ... had to fold 88 to a high board.
Got in cheap with A3 ... hit both ... made a few thousand chips.
Current stack :9775 Average Stack 13,041 : 3140 left, from 4095 : 585 paid.
Turbo Take Down to follow.
L
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Break 2 - Pokerstars Warm Up.
15k chips - Average is 24k- 1704 players left - 585 paid.
AA twice ... once half paid by short stack.
L
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Doing ok there Louis, glglgl 2nite
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28k ... 37k Average ... getting there. (Sunday Warm Up) ... 1029 left.
The Turbo Take down ... just below average ... 18500 players left!
L
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Poker Stars Warm up
16k left - Average 52k ... lack of cards but obvious need to push.
783 left - 585 paid.
In the turbo take down ... lost AK vs 99 ... and then AT vs KQ ... 13000+ left ... 10,000 paid ...
L
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Back to 30k ... pretty squeaky QT vs J8
Blinds 1000/2000 (200)
Then comes the massive hand.
UTG raises to 5000
I raise to 16000 with AA
Next to act to 27000
Next to act all in for c84000k
I call (obviously) ... the 27,000 raiser folds (29k left)
AA vs KK and hold for 95k pot!
61k Average
670 left.
AK then hits ... up to 109k ... 86th placeof 642 left.
L
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Im playing the 1/4 mill..under av but tight play at the mo
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Just made the money ... 93k chips 70 Average.
Still 574 left ... I am about 125th ... on target for $900 ... winner gets $128,500 ... FTW!
Good luck (all).
Louis
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GL!
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Just dodged a massive bullet.
Stock stack all in for 13k ... I am in the big blind for 3k with AJs - stack 93k
Earlier caller gives me some extra danger ... but not looking to push for all my chips.
Flop is J-x-5 ... two spades.
Caller bets 15k ... into c40k ... mmm .... I call ...Turn is a queen ... he goes all in ... I fold ... he holds trip 5s ...
Could have easily died there ... 62k left ... average ... 87k ... 470 left.
L
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I just had KK, TT, AA, in a row. went from 2k to 10.9k
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I just had KK, TT, AA, in a row. went from 2k to 10.9k
Great stuff ... surely you are due QQ,JJ
L
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What"s ur username on Stars Louis?
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Poker Stars Warm Up ... big blind special
SB pushes at me with Q4 ... I call with 99 ... Q on the flop ... for 106k chips ... 405th place ... $360 prize ...
RT +$2k
Very frustrating ...
L
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What"s ur username on Stars Louis?
Honeybadg - but I just died in the blinds ... Q4 pushes at my 99 ... I cannot take any more ... smile ...
L
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That"ll be why I couldn"t find you ... :(
UL
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That"ll be why I couldn"t find you ... :(
UL
Feeling weird about poker at the moment ... just too much crap like this happening ... the things I have done well in this year ... I have had luck the other way ...
L
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June 1st
First thought of the day is to kick footballs in the park ...
Friend number 2 in Vegas takes down second in the Bellagio $1k cup ... and $17k ... home game form is franked again!
Played some horrible pitch and putt yesterday so might have another go at that too.
Freerolls start for the Fult Tilt Poker Million today ... actually a very long time since I won anything that was free to enter.
L
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It sounds like you have a tough life Louis ! :D
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It sounds like you have a tough life Louis ! :D
Golf or Poker mmmmm must be a dificult decision!! ;D ;D
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Yes - life is tough!
Got to the park and they have taken the goals down ... spotted some tennis courts though ... for another day.
Tennis tomorrow in the city - will be baking hot.
Squash on Thursday - will be ice cool.
In between I may play the £200 freeze-out at the International Club (or £50 freeze-out on Thursday night.
20/20 World Cup has crept up a little bit - watching the warm up marches now - watched the @ The Oval years ago - it is fun - but not really cricket (as I was taught it).
Ticket prices ... £60 (or £50 out of London) ... Err ... no! (Perhaps cheaper tickets were available)
Maybe the West Indies will actually try??? I rate their current Test team as the world ever ... just disgusting in terms of effort.
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Tough afternoon.
a/ Trying to qualify for various things ... TT vs 88 ... into quads.
b/ Playing Pokerstars ... 77 flop 732 (2 hearts) ... opponent has AKs (hearts) ... not the hand you need to lose to level 1.
RT +$1,846
On the positive side I ate some M&S sausages.
Louis
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Made it to the $20k g"tee - another $31 spent for the $109 entry.
Also played a $22 Pokerstars event ... c1700 runners ... I went for a glory bluff ... and ran into an unhit (but still good) AA.
Lost $10 on cricket betting.
RT +$1,783 plus and winnings.
Aside the exchange rate has move to $1.64ish ... I will move to $1.60 now for this.
A very weird qualifier ... I lost 55 vs 33 vs AQs ... to quad 3s ...
Last 5 for three seats I am struggling ... push the flush draw ... giving the chip leader 1900 to call into 10k ... and he folds ... bizarre ... and although he made it ... only just having lost QQ vs JJ.
The J spiker then went through QJ vs AQ ... hitting another jack ...
This left me reflecting last night - when an opponent choose to fold with 28k to call into 95k pot versus two others (AA and KK) - it felt like a bad fold at the time - but perhaps not.
L
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RT +$1,750
Played the Betfair $66k qualifier ... 1 from 13for $510 ticket ... and obviously I come second.
3/1 in my favour at heads up.
22 vs K8 ... to lose the advantage
A6 vs Q4 to die ... so for the second night in a row Q4 is my killer ...
In the pack in the $20k g"tee - loads of hands played but no customers when I have the goods!
L
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... and out of the $20k g"tee ...
You know when your game is up when you correctly fold 99 (vs QQ and TT) ... but the 9 flies in.
... you then die QT vs 99 ... with the 9 flying in too.
Never at the races today ... hit quite a lot ... but no customers.
Oops just rememberred I registered for the Fult Tilt freerolls ... let"s see if I am still alive!
Louis
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whats your name on Pokerstars , i think we may have played at a $1-$2 NL table together ..
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whats your name on Pokerstars , i think we may have played at a $1-$2 NL table together ..
Pokerstars = Honeybadg
Though I play very little cash.
Louis
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No poker yesterday - though managed to ship $50 on a "value" bet on Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka.
In the midst of selling my Omaha seat for the WCOAP so $80 coming back there.
At the time it was to be the spur to make me learn the game (properly) ... maybe next year!
RT +$1,780
Just fired up the $8k g"tee in I-poker.
Nursing a hangover ... which is ridiculous ... didn"t drink that much ... out of practice.
No evening poker planned - instead off for Vietnamese food ...
Last night I ate a (copper) pot roasted poussin in a smoked bacon soup ... pleasing.
L
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I-poker $8k
AA called by table chip leader.
9TJ flop ...
My push called by the flopped straight ... enough ... too many chips flying around to make re-buy sensible.
RT +$,1728
L
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RT +$1,788
Cash game looked like ending in dust when losing to a higher straight ... but $12 became $200 starting from the epic 34 vs AK spike ...
I think all my mind can handle at the moment is the $5 re-buy on i-poker - $12.5k g"tee.
Went to a Vietnamese restaurant tonight - pretty authentic - good food ended by a weasel coffee - which is one of the weirdest thing to drink:
"This Coffee is first eaten by Weasels which then regurgitate it, no one knows why they do this but it is then collected by locals in remote forest areas and then cleaned and roasted.
It has a unique rich chocolatey flavour and is best served as an espresso with a dash of condensed milk, just as they do in vietnam."
... tasting it blind a slight hint of tobacco ...
Something to ponder ...
L
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RT +$1,758
I-Poker $12.5k
All the money in with top pair ... called by up and down straight draw ... the overcard hit ... standard.
Pondering the Eyes Wide Shut on Betfair ...
Louis
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RT +$1,704
No cards in the Eyes Wide Shut - 40th of about 100.
Looking forward to playing face to face tomorrow night.
L
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RT +$1,608
Went to the International Club for their £50+5+5 freezeout.
85 runners - 20 min levels - no cards.
First 80 mins had JJ and AQ - I raised - they folded and checked down for my win ...
Then ran QQ into AA with 9 times BB ...no help.
Standard much worse than £200 freeze-out but that is not necessarily a good thing ...
A lot of the table chat fairly tedious.
L
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What a jolly day!
Woke up with a sizeable hangover ... so started to surf ... and found the words "England Humbled" ...
Generally I wish England well in sport but so often they blow their own feet off ... this being a classic example.
Holland were very good but losing to Holland is surely ridiculous!
How many Dutch people play cricket?
L
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Really annoyed by my beat at that £50. It"s not often I feel I"ve got an edge over EVERY player on my table, and would have been confident to at least FT. Getting JJ broken by a ridiculous AI call with A4o is bad enough, but when it"s by hitting trip 4s...
We"ll try the Empire next time ;)
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Really annoyed by my beat at that £50. It"s not often I feel I"ve got an edge over EVERY player on my table, and would have been confident to at least FT. Getting JJ broken by a ridiculous AI call with A4o is bad enough, but when it"s by hitting trip 4s...
We"ll try the Empire next time ;)
Final Table would have been interesting.
Gandi who won it is a very good player.
http://www.gutshot.com/results/tournament_results.php?id=1239
He beats me heads up 99 vs AT in my first and only cash at the old gutshot!
Starting to get tempted by the £100 freezeout tonight!
L
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Get involved in the Double Shoot Outs on Poker Stars.
In the classic style I won the bubble with AA vs QQ ... I hit the Ace ... he hit the flush!
Excellent format and lots of scope to make money ... was starting to eye the $215 ticket ... but poker isn"t like that!
Earlier I had come back from 240 chips (of 10,500) ... won an epic heads up ... including a self induced disconnect (for half my chips).
Oh well.
In the Derby - I lost £20 on Rip Van Winkle - which came too late - annoying.
RT +$1,565
Enjoyed the ludicrous 7 over match Scotland Vs New Zealand.
West Indies looking pretty good vs Australia.
The England defeat seems so long ago (now) or did I just watch it too often?
L
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RT +$1,477
Cannot win a race
Cannot win a AK vs A6 ... makes life hard.
L
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RT +$1,547
Made 9th of 91 in the Betfair Eyes wide shut for a profit of $80.
A6 vs AJ vs AQ helped ...
Bed.
L
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Here we go again ... Sunday Warm Up is the target ... make the money and don"t lose 99 vs Q4!
Went to the Tate Modern this morning to play on their installation - tilting boards and tightropes and so on - very good fun.
Their sausage ciabatta is nailed on and home for 1pm and the cricket.
S Africa a scary proposition.
Pakistan maybe scarier for England.
Looking forward to the APAT game.
Back to Scotland tomorrow - leaving the dust and grime of London behind for a while.
L
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RT +$1,508
Afternoon pre-amble ... flopped quad jacks ... lost to quad jacks ...
Got had by a horror call - flush draw with one card to come - standard.
Scotland in among all their inept fielding - look like getting catch of the tournament!
Weird.
L
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RT +$1,921
180th of 3996 in the Poker Stars Warm Up ... when JJ loses to 99.
Would have gone to the middle of the pack.
Luck earlier - QQ vs KK and Q7 vs A6 when against the wall.
Nice to make the money two weeks running - but better to bust out on hand 1 and get really deep ... not like I am going to get the choice though!
First hand all the chips did go in 888 vs pocket aces ... horrible play from the Aces ... though I nearly folded with straight and flush on the board.
Overall I played things pretty well ... remained patient ... but always looking to push and not call.
Very tiring waiting for the big pay day that will (at some point) come.
APAT - no cards - never got about the starting chips ...
Looking forward to the Online 10000 chip event next week.
L
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RT +$1,840
$10 re-buy on Poker Stars ... $70k g"tee
$81 to make the break ...
QQ flop Jxx ... called by AJ ... Turn J ...
Folded 77 to three raises ... would have cracked the aces.
Doesn"t feel like it is going to happen tonight!
L
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Folded 77 to three raises ... would have cracked the aces.
The main difference between online and live poker is that the deck is constantly shuffled online.
So a different action from you may have resulted in a totally different board
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Folded 77 to three raises ... would have cracked the aces.
The main difference between online and live poker is that the deck is constantly shuffled online.
So a different action from you may have resulted in a totally different board
If that true on all sites?
I both like and hate this ...
L
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its true on all sites, i believe.
certainly helps with the mental state when you make a fold and flop the nuts
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its true on all sites, i believe.
certainly helps with the mental state when you make a fold and flop the nuts
Once you fold ... it is over ... I am happy with that online or face to face ... always need to be happy to make the correct fold.
Doing a lot better after the break.
L
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$70k g"tee
317 left ... 288 paid ... way below average but 13 BB"s
Feeling lucky ... but that could be erroneous.
L
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Hang in there
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railing - but good fld by the way
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get with L guys he needs a bit of support
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railing - but good fld by the way
I had A5 ...
L
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nice bet -- you are now my hero
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get with L guys he needs a bit of support
Just need some hands ... a real drought ...
L
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lovin the all in
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whos on here -- lets get behind this man -- cmon
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whos on here -- lets get behind this man -- cmon
I think it is just you and me ... and Mr Bubble ...
L
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aye hand for hand
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aye hand for hand
Pleasing to make the money ... time to triple up in a moment ...
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I thought u might have shoved the low stacked BB -- I know SB was huge -- but ok I bow to your judgement
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I thought u might have shoved the low stacked BB -- I know SB was huge -- but ok I bow to your judgement
I had something like J2 ... hate pushing with a 2 in my hand ...
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Get in
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Get in
I liked the re-raise!
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ooops
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ooops
JJ vs AA with 16 BB ... I think they were all going to get in if I raised initially ... or on the QQT flop ...
Raise did look suspicious ... but seen plenty like that which were without a hand ...
Cheers for the railing.
RT +$1,917
L
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you are welcome and that was unlucky
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you are welcome and that was unlucky
Felt a little trappy ... could have just about flat called ... but then would have pushed on the flop.
Going to play a 45 runner turbo on Stars ...
L
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you are welcome and that was unlucky
Right - unlucky!
Just watching my conqueror make the same sort of sneaky raise with 66 ... he was re-raised back ... and re-raised again!
66 vs KK ... Errr ... genius.
L
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18th of 45 in a $55+5 Poker Stars special.
A6 into 33 and TT ... hit both to come last!
RT +$1,857
Bed time ...
L
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RT +$1,764
Middle of the night - two tables left of $55+5 - when I call with AK ... losing to A6 and the T9 push.
Just starting a $20k g"tee on Stars.
Had a super ropey sleep in which I dreamt my bed was moving and there were rats in my attic - what does that mean?
L
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Good start in the Poker Stars $30k.
20th of 850 after 36 mins.
3000 chips for $21.
Currently on 11k.
L
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RT +$1,737 with the $30k g"tee Poker Stars in play.
39th of 699 at first break: 15,900 chips : Average 7,251
Got to the money of a trashy Betfair Super Turbo.
Watching the cricket.
Money on Holland to beat Pakistan - odds just too big not to have a go.
Pakistan 1/20
Holland 16.5/1
Just crazy odds.
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Break 2 ... not reached.
Push back at short stack ... who then catches flush on the river ... he had overcards too ... call was fair ... result a shame.
Now the short stack ... the river ace gives me two pairs ... running into the slow played FOUR KINGS ... oh well!
(RT +$1,737)
L
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RT +$1,689
Pakistan a different team today.
Super 8"s look tough for England. (India/S Africa/W Indies)
L
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RT+$1,653
BB special.
KJ push called by 89o ... straight on the river ... 7th place ... 3 prizes in DS event to world series sat" qualifier.
L
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RT +$1,588
Being driven slowly astray ... failed to qualify for Sunday"s I-poker $250k.
Lost QQ vs 66
Then out kicked with trip 5s.
Will have a go at the daily $30k G"tee on Stars.
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$30k g"tee - no progress AQ into Q8x ... meets trip 8s.
River blank then gives me two pairs - but my opponent the low flush.
Will look to qualify for the Scottish Open online tonight.
Will also play the $80k g"tee on PokerStars.
So will be RT +$1,511 plus any winnings - assuming one re-buy in the APAT.
L
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... well a couple of extra re-buys ... so RT +$1,501.
Well spirited game.
Case Q on the river - getting my AQ going vs Mr J Beng"s AA with a Qxx flop.
My demise AJ vs 88 and A9 vs AQ ... fair enough.
An early night ...
Mr Beng still alive ... despite three horrible beats in a row ... fair play ...
See the qualifiers on Saturday night!
L
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... well a couple of extra re-buys ... so RT +$1,501.
Well spirited game.
Case Q on the river - getting my AQ going vs Mr J Beng"s AA with a Qxx flop.
My demise AJ vs 88 and A9 vs AQ ... fair enough.
An early night ...
Mr Beng still alive ... despite three horrible beats in a row ... fair play ...
See the qualifiers on Saturday night!
L
Yeh and then i walked A6 Bb into Ak SB :(
Ul badg, see you on Sat?
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... well a couple of extra re-buys ... so RT +$1,501.
Well spirited game.
Case Q on the river - getting my AQ going vs Mr J Beng"s AA with a Qxx flop.
My demise AJ vs 88 and A9 vs AQ ... fair enough.
An early night ...
Mr Beng still alive ... despite three horrible beats in a row ... fair play ...
See the qualifiers on Saturday night!
L
Yeh and then i walked A6 Bb into Ak SB :(
Ul badg, see you on Sat?
99% I will play the Scottish Online Championship on Saturday night.
Having a very odd season ... swinging all over the place ... made the money twice in the Online Championships - bad beaten both times ... but luck in running elsewhere.
All you can do to reduce the effective variance is play MORE ... not sure I can deal with that!
Case Q for me tonight - in end won me nothing.
What did the case 9 cost me the other night? Though I won QQ vs KK earlier (in the Sunday Warm Up ...) Maybe nothing!
All you can do is be in the mixer - one day the concrete will set.
Good luck on the tables.
Louis
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Shuffle up and deal.
A good 36 hours away from the table - nice food at my friend"s restaurant - and walks by the sea.
Poker Stars $40k g"tee start at 6pm ... looks like 400 runners @ $100+9.
RT +$1,392 + any winnings.
L
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Wow that was quick ... lost trip jacks to a flush and trip jacks to a full house ... to be fair I didn"t need to be in either hand ...
Oh well!
Fire up the $30k and a $5k head ups tournament.
RT +$1,359
Looks like I will get most of this back on S Africa beating England 1.69 at the off. (Now 1.05)
L
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$30k - decent start in hour one - no risks up to 7k from 3k start - still 2400 left!
Through one round of my Heads Up in a facile victory.
South Africa looking good - Collingwood isn"t a captain.
Vegas food debate is making me hungry ...
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Ran out of cards in the $30k
Heads up got money back and lost round 3 to two pairs vs a straight on the river.
Cricket +$51
RT +$1,432.
Must be time for some sausages ...
L
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No poker today.
Had a fascinating conversation with the guy who does my garden ... or rather who should be doing my garden ... I met him a mile from my house.
Highlights.
They are 250 types of bees.
"We should build a bridge between Silloth and Southerness ... this would be six miles across the Solway Firth(the sea) ... but would save drivers going to Ireland 84 miles ..."
The part in between is but a daze ... but I like this idea of building this bridge ...
I am sure it would cost less than the millemium dome ... and surely be much more useful ...
I love people with random thoughts - ideas - and a grander sense of who they are.
I also discovered a Swallow"s nest on my balcony ... which is pretty cool ... weird how city life can alienate you from nature ... I might start a wildlife diary ... as is the tradition.
I also arranged an appointment to buy a fresh sea trout tomorrow morning - which is very pleasing.
L
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No poker today.
Had a fascinating conversation with the guy who does my garden ... or rather who should be doing my garden ... I met him a mile from my house.
Highlights.
They are 250 types of bees.
"We should build a bridge between Silloth and Southerness ... this would be six miles across the Solway Firth(the sea) ... but would save drivers going to Ireland 84 miles ..."
The part in between is but a daze ... but I like this idea of building this bridge ...
I am sure it would cost less than the millemium dome ... and surely be much more useful ...
I love people with random thoughts - ideas - and a grander sense of who they are.
I also discovered a Swallow"s nest on my balcony ... which is pretty cool ... weird how city life can alienate you from nature ... I might start a wildlife diary ... as is the tradition.
I also arranged an appointment to buy a fresh sea trout tomorrow morning - which is very pleasing.
L
And this Louis is why you play poker, so as not to have days like that. ;D
Hope your weekend is profitable.
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No poker today.
Had a fascinating conversation with the guy who does my garden ... or rather who should be doing my garden ... I met him a mile from my house.
Highlights.
They are 250 types of bees.
"We should build a bridge between Silloth and Southerness ... this would be six miles across the Solway Firth(the sea) ... but would save drivers going to Ireland 84 miles ..."
The part in between is but a daze ... but I like this idea of building this bridge ...
I am sure it would cost less than the millemium dome ... and surely be much more useful ...
I love people with random thoughts - ideas - and a grander sense of who they are.
I also discovered a Swallow"s nest on my balcony ... which is pretty cool ... weird how city life can alienate you from nature ... I might start a wildlife diary ... as is the tradition.
I also arranged an appointment to buy a fresh sea trout tomorrow morning - which is very pleasing.
L
And this Louis is why you play poker, so as not to have days like that. ;D
Hope your weekend is profitable.
I should have added that I placed my Terracotta Lions outside my house to welcome my girlfriend from London.
I also have two mini wasps nests - perhaps dormant.
In terms of my wildlife diary - perhaps I should mention the foxes which used to live in my garden in Walthamstow.
Scottish Online will my first poker of the weekend ... hopefully a Scottish winner!
L
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Pimms for lunch the ideal prep" for poker in the evening.
I find it strange that Pimms suggest putting orange in a jug of Pimms is optimal.
I would expect the blueberry to be a better option ...
Time to have a go at New Zealand beating Pakistan at cricket ... just under even money ... looks good to me.
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The Umer Gul express has spoiled my happiness ... great bowling though ...
RT +$1,304 ... my bid to get back to zero gathering pace!
APAT starting badly ... though I think two good folds!?!
L
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RT +$1,249
30th of 92 in the APAT event.
Pushed AK into AA.
Same player had given me the big blind special when I had limped with 66 flop 454 ... BB ... Q4
Made good folds in the first hour - well I think they were.
Maybe miss played an AQ ... which could have either chipped me up or killed me ... cost me very little ... and no risk ... in the 25 BB range ... mmm ... a chance to press fire missed ... sometimes when you fire top pair is way not enough!
Overall a slightly weak preformance ... but not escape at the end.
L
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RT +$956 with Sunday Warm up in play.
The aggressive charge not the best way to maintain bank roll but trying to shoot down one of the big ducks ...
A massive yellow duck at the poker circus ... I have a howitzer strapped to my back so wish me luck!
L
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RT +$1,267
622th from 4320 in the Sunday Warm Up ... for $311 return.
First hand after the bubble 99 vs AA.
Had been card dead for the 45 mins before.
Good end to the weekend - following tough times - smile.
L
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RT +$1,214
No joy in the Scottish Open qualifier ... 15th of 70 ... with 9 qualifying.
A7 vs KJ defeat set up the need for a 55 push into 66 ...
Played a Poker Stars $60k g"tee - $10 re-buy ... lost with AA (over pair) vs flush draw to got 20th of about 1,500 ... not dead but took enough edge off to call with AK for the perceived race ... actually vs AA ...
Quite happy with poker played ... good spirit in the APAT
L
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RT +$1,148
$5k g"tee - Lost and died with AA
$10k g"tee - Lost and died with AA
Day shaping up beautifully.
L
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Double Shoot Land.
I think I have played three - got to the final table everytime.
Bubble, Bubble, Minor Cash ... all bad beats ... this time AKs vs QJ ...
RT +$1,145
L
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RT+$1,174
Mastercraftsman pips Delegator in the 3.45 ... ARRGGHH!
Delegator should have won that - had it won - but Nooooo!
Oh well minor profit on the horses must be welcomed.
Sunshine beckons ... my bid for fitness slightly thwarted by a chocolate orange that crossed my path ... how did it know where I was?
L
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RT+$1,174
Mastercraftsman pips Delegator in the 3.45 ... ARRGGHH!
Delegator should have won that - had it won - but Nooooo!
Oh well minor profit on the horses must be welcomed.
Sunshine beckons ... my bid for fitness slightly thwarted by a chocolate orange that crossed my path ... how did it know where I was?
L
Terry is hunting you that"s why :P
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... yes I think you are right ... Terry rolled it in front of me as a test.
Amazing weather here in South Scotland ... beach is only a mile from my house ... so been happily wandering up the coastline.
Parma Ham Salad and let the poker begin.
L
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RT +$1,086
Just not happening at the moment ...
... smile.
L
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RT+$966
My bid to get back to zero profit going well ...
AA vs Q8 ... money in at 8xx ... 8 on the river.
Then AQ into Qxx losing to a runner - runner straight & two pairs losing to another runner - runner straight.
All cards on the river - all at the wrong price or all in ...
Right let"s lump into the horses!
On Gallagher in the first at Ascot ... not confident!
If it loses RT +$950.
L
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RT +$923
Another bad beat in the Double Shoot Outs ... A4 vs KT (4 clubs to the flush!)
Horse defeat at Ascot.
In the Double Shoot Outs
Played 5
Heads up 4
Final Table 3
Bad Beats at end 5! (3 on the ticket Bubble!)
Minor Cashes 1 $8.70
Tickets ZERO.
Ding Ding ...
I feel like the the gong player without the gong ...
L
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Louis,
Those stats for DS"s are good. You just haven"t got the little bit of luck to bag a seat yet.
If you carry on at that level, you will clear up over time.
It"s all about the volume and riding the variance.
Oh, and don"t forget, APAT rebuy tonight. Go for the rebuy record and take it down.
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Louis,
Those stats for DS"s are good. You just haven"t got the little bit of luck to bag a seat yet.
If you carry on at that level, you will clear up over time.
It"s all about the volume and riding the variance.
Oh, and don"t forget, APAT rebuy tonight. Go for the rebuy record and take it down.
Just discussing the re-buy which might go down in history ... lots of people might well fancy this as a good route to avoid the clickfest ...
So what is the record ...
Ride the Variance ... aye indeed ... in fairness I have had some luck in the Sunday Warm Ups ... but on balance I have to be behind this year ...
I like the Shootouts ... it will all happen ... in the end!
Louis
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you"ve only played 5 louis
You only need to win about 1 in 18 to break even. I"m on 1 in 11 at the mo and with a few minor cashes am ROIing at about 80%. with a bit more volume on your part, you should soon see a decent return..
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.. it"s more the combination of these and always losing with AA in tournaments!
Update
In the Double Shoot Outs
Played 6
Heads up 5
Final Table 3
Bad Beats at end 5! (3 on the ticket Bubble!)
Minor Cashes 1 $8.70
Tickets ZERO.
No bad beat this time ... heads up ... I lost flush to full house and KT vs 99 ... feels weird ...
RT +$911 ...
I will persevere!
L
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Back to the bad beats.
AK (clubs) vs QT (clubs) ... he hits the straight to the ten ...
RT +$899
In the Double Shoot Outs
Played 7
Heads up 5
Final Table 3
Bad Beats at end 6! (3 on the ticket Bubble!)
Minor Cashes 1 $8.70
Tickets ZERO.
Event 34 just about to re-start day 2 in Vegas ... one of my "home gamers" still in play ... pretty short though ...
Meanwhile tonight - I play the $5 re-buy to the Scottish APAT event - I wonder how many re-buys can be bought???
L
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RT +$888
Key hand (though not the last AQ vs A7)
In the Double Shoot Outs
Played 8
Heads up 6
Final Table 3
Bad Beats at end 6! (3 on the ticket Bubble!)
Minor Cashes 1 $8.70
Tickets ZERO.
Re-buy record must go tonight ...
L
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RT +$853
Out 88 vs A8 ... it"s a pretty thin re-draw when he hits the ace ...
I spiked A4 vs JJ ... so fair play I guess.
7th for 4.5 seats ...
Clickfest tomorrow ...
Louis
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RT +$678 plus any winnings.
Clickfest over and entrance to the Scottish Event gained (subject to final confirmation)
Whilst the website final recovered from the national F5 fest I enrolled in the Poker Stars $40k g"tee
1st Break
A bit below Average - 567 left - 135 paid.
Could have been a lot better for my AK jamming into AA - but I could have got away - CHOOSE not to believe.
I think occasionally that is the case - you work it out and push anyway - WICKED CHILD.
Looking forward to the Scottish Event - ideal field size for me having played so much on Betfair in 100-200 runner events ...
A few more cards and a bit more aggression than I received/showed in Walsall ...
Bring it on.
Louis
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RT +$763
77th of 900 in the $40 g"tee ... a little bit of luck once in the money 77 vs KK ... but soon after AA vs QQ ...
All been said before ... need luck in running in clumps ...
L
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No poker today ...
... sat on a train and listened to public school boys return from a trip to the Lake District.
You cannot watch two twelve year olds discuss "not a breaking a fifty" without wincing ... really on the edge of being well brought up gentlemen ... but just missing something ... or maybe not ...but who gives their kids fifty pound notes?
Next up were the parents who think it is reasonable to let their kid scream a strange sentence 100 times before telling them to be quiet ...
Meanwhile I re-read The Alchemist ... I like it ... it pricks you into action ... but a necessary pause to play football ...and a random game versus some North London kids (16-18 year olds) ... strangely move civilised than the public school boys on the train ... they beat us 7-6 ... I played badly (going forward) generally well at the back ... I wonder how they viewed the experience ... they were good kids ...
... and now back home via the pub ... some interesting chat ... about beautiful football players ... surely there has to be an end product ... it is not just about the random perfect pass ... when Gasgoigne slays the Scots in 1996 ... he touch is sublime but it only matters because he scores ... I love and hate him for that.
Maybe there are exceptions to the rule ... but overall it is a spike to play FTW ... the nice move finished by the crisp volley ... right?
Louis
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... and now back home via the pub
Really? Lucky you told us cos we"d never have guessed.
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... and now back home via the pub
Really? Lucky you told us cos we"d never have guessed.
... you might have thought that I entered a forbidden forest with limited oxygen ...
L
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Whats a £50 note?
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Whats a £50 note?
Smile - it was unbelievable - one saying he wanted some Quavers and the other saying "I"m not breaking a fifty for that" - the other replied that he would give him two twenties and a fiver change ...
It felt a bit like being a train to Hogwarts ...
L
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Looks like no poker either today ... as I have agreed to dance (with my lady) at an Indian Wedding in Kenya ... how did that happen???
These are the dances for today"s lesson ...
Marjani: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKUwQWjKUw8
Soni de nakhre: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtU43f1wWnM
Desi girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2C0SEIjc7A
Worrying ...
Louis
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Dancing done ... poker and US Open night!
$80k g"tee on Poker Stars ... 8pm start.
O"Hair going well in the golf ...
RT +$708 ... plus any winnings.
L
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$80k g"tee ... didn"t even make the first break.
Lost the min when rivered a staight vs a turn made full house.
Lost the Max QQ vs AA (in the blinds)
Ding Ding ...
Next up the $10 +1 re-buy - $60k g"tee - I am starting to feel the $10k (let alone the $100k) win is becoming the holy grail ... up and down ... but no progress ...
L
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RT +$657 plus any winnings from $60k g"tee ...
Nothing doing in the first hour beyond a tedious beat ...
A9 into 9xx ... check - raise ... then called by KQ (obviously hit) ...
Well behing average ... 1284 left ... 324 paid.
L
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... and out in about 690th to a ropey straight draw ... to one of the worst players I have ever found on Poker Stars ...
ITM 3/140 ... oh well ... perhaps this is 4/141 ...
Pretty tough spiral downwards ... see what happens tomorrow.
L
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RT +$610
Played 4 Double Shoot outs ... got nowhere ... cannot win a race ... cannot win a QJ vs JT ...
Looks like a direct buy in to the Warm Up.
Bet on Sri Lanka to win the cricket ... OMG ... 2-2 ...
L
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RT +$353 plus any winnings (from Warm Up and APAT)
Sunday Warm Up paid for ... direct buy in ... bidding for 4 cashes in a row ... not feeling too confident given recent run of cards ... but winning one races could change that ...
Sunday Warm Record.
3 cashes from 5 attempts ... (last 3) ... twice spiked with lower pair ... then killed by underpairs twice ... other time ran 99 vs AA ...
On previous occassion ran KK into AK very early and lost ... cannot recall the first one ... just outside money ... no cards needed to push I think ...
L
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... nice to make 8th in the APAT ... QJs into 66 at the end ... had a lot of cards early on ... survived the dormant spell ...
In the Sunday Warm Up ... I went out with AA ...
$50 lost in the cricket ...
RT +$303
Good night Vienna.
L
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... and it is good morning Manchester and well done to Rob Swindells who scooped $95k in the Sunday Warm Up.
Tedious AA defeat for me ... when near the money ... was ahead of Rob (30 mins) before exit ... but fair to say that Rob really kicked on with two super calls ... and a spot on level of aggression in the later stages.
So the Grail can be achieved ... down to my last pennies of profit ... let"s get it on the Tee for next week!
Louis
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RT +$278 (Minor Golf Losses)
Perhaps I should just give up ...
AQ into KQQ two spades ... called by 55 ... which hits the runner runner spades ...
So I take 4th of 16 in the £25+5 freeze out at the International Club ... money back ... but feels bad.
Good competition with one big fold earlier ... AA into K52 two hearts ... a mini bet from the last to act became a re-raise when I set to work ... hand looked very ugly from the start when my standard raise was called by 4 players ... could have been a lot worse ... a great chance to lose all my chips ... and I think I did the right thing.
No risks required to my point of elimination ... 2 outs twice and the runner runner nonsense ...
There is a £200 freeze-out tonight ... last time I played I lost AJ v QJ ...
The time before I played here in the smaller comp I lost KK vs KJ ...
I believe there is a message here ... (play tonight!)
Louis
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Played Sat to the 200 pound freeze out ... came 3rd from 16 for the hilarious money back option ...
Paid in direct - so into the red!!!!
RT -$52
Got to the last three and no cards ... no deal possible for 210,210,30 ... fair enough ... my rival short stack gets AQ vs KJ paid from large stack ... so I have to call J8s the next hand ... again vs AQ ... AA on the board ... comedy J on the river ...
I am looking forward to looking back at this blog in the future post a big win ... played some pretty good poker to lose $3k profits over the last x weeks ...
Maybe the worm turns tonight ...
Louis
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Hope it"s going well, and the field is bigger than the 16 (from memory) last week.
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... well of course I came 5th of 15! ... 4th got their money back ...
I had nothing to play with in terms of starting hands ... everything came with a 2 ... though I did bet and win when my A2o spike a 2 on the turn!
I spent 3.5 hours between 6-12k (starting 10k) ... then perhaps let one orbit too many go ... only to wake up with AA in the BB.
A8 duly bet at me ... so maybe just maybe I could bounce back from the ropes.
Next hand 9To in the SB ... I limp ... BB limps ...
Flop Q9x rainbow ... I decide to check raise ... I have 10k behind blinds 800/1600 Ante 200.
I check - he raises - I go all in - He thinks for a long time (perhaps my tight image) but make the (obvious) call with Q3 - sick!
I could have folded (of course) or gone all in - but still the short stack so I think you have to make something happen??
Not really playing to get £200 back - but perhaps I should!
Terribly small field but good banter - and good players - two of the final table have Main Event seats - neither sure they are going to play - kinda weird - but $12k is $12k - I guess.
One of the guys at the final table told of his dream of having an island with a woman from every nationality on it (as his wife) ... another of his fancy for Martina Hingis ... I think the former sold the latter a ticket to his island ... fair play ...
Not sure what poker comes next??
L
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Tales of the Bubble Boy ... 6th of 25 today (bubble) ... when in BB with 64 ... flop is 763 ... UTG has limped 1500/3000 blinds. I have 11000 behind. I fear the big hand ... but he checks I I check for the straight ... turn is a 7 ... he checks ... I got all in ... and joys of joys I have run into ACES ...
So last 4 things I have played here are Bubble, Bubble, Consolation, Consolation ... this is so sick ... I have entered a state of poker delerium.
RT -$105.
Should be around 70 runner £50 freezeout tonight ... mmm ...
There is a cash game going ... double mmm ...
Louis
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RT -$252
New ways to lose ... Cash games TT vs TT vs AJ (who catches the nut flush) ...
£50+5+5 freezeout ... lose to bigger flush ... then choose to fold flush draw vs two others (as it is a baby one) ... which would have hit and won.
Have no starting hands for 80 mins ... (44,33,AJ) ... get in the blinds ... hit the flop and get out kicked ... beautiful.
Perhaps a bit limpy in the freezeout tonight ... day off tomorrow.
Louis
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Shuffle up and deal ... it"s Sunday after all.
I think I am going to play the Sunday Warm up - but a few hours to qualify which would be nice.
London - hot and sticky and I think set to get worse on Monday and Tuesday (when I escape back to Scotland).
Hungry insects have eaten my legs.
My friday night football was agricultural, my dancing yesterday less so ... I think that is a positive trend.
L
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... Sunday so far adopting the classic formula ... play good ... get bad beaten ...
The latest a KQ into Qxx (two hearts) called by A(heart)7off ... for a runner - runner flush.
RT -$275
In the Double Shoot Outs
Played 14
Heads up 6
Final Table 3
Bad Beats (Not races) at end 7! (3 on the ticket Bubble!)
Minor Cashes 1 $8.70
Tickets ZERO.
Horrible record ... but only a ticket to win to be ahead.
L
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RT -$298
Two more DS defeats ... including a BUBBLE ... AQ vs 44 ... fair enough ... 9JKK ... blank ...
Played 16
Heads up 7
Final Table 4
Bad Beats (Not races) at end 7! (3 on the ticket Bubble!)
Minor Cashes 1 $8.70
Tickets ZERO.
I think I will pay for direct entry ...
... quick head clearing walk in order ...
L
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RT -$568 plus and returns from the Pokerstars $200k g"tee.
Warm Up started badly ... recovered ... lost a race with TT ... then had to fold (correctly) with JJ flat called by AQ - Axx flop.
Then got involved in a battle of the blinds ... K8o vs TT (of course) ... but no complaints ... ironically my rivered flush losing to his rivered full house.
... could do with a cash ... smile.
L
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hope it turns round for you mate
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hope it turns round for you mate
Yeah me too ... quite happy to take a few weeks off ... I have a week in Scotland with my girfriend starting tomorrow night ...
I will stay an extra week and walk about on the beach and enjoy the sun.
Looking forward to July 18/19th - Scottish Championships. (paid for in the RT)
Heading to Kenya August 3-17th.
World Championships - August 28th-30th (paid for the in the RT)
Overall - life is good - can take a few poker beats - the worm WILL turn!
Cheers
Louis
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RT - $581
Tempted to play ... registered for two micro stake - maxi field events.
$2 buy in 6500 runner event ... triple up very quickly QQ vs 88 vs AJ
$10 buy in event 4212+ runner event ... quickly double KK vs JJ
Ah sweet therapy ...
... tennis on ... Murray 1-4 ... Warwinka very solid.
L
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$2.20 with $2k added @ 8:30 Stars (tourney/regional) softest field ever!
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$2.20 with $2k added @ 8:30 Stars (tourney/regional) softest field ever!
I will check it out if I get eliminated ... take it down ... L
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$2.20 with $2k added @ 8:30 Stars (tourney/regional) softest field ever!
Nearly forgot about this... reg"d :)
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... okay I am in ... glory to whoever last longest ...
L
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Woo Hoo ... made the money in the $2 MAMMOTH ... g"tee $3.93 ...
L
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Woo Hoo ... made the money in the $2 MAMMOTH ... g"tee $3.93 ...
L
Don`t spend it all at once ;)
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... okay I am in ... glory to whoever last longest ...
L
$5 last longer to make it interesting(:D), the three of us?
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Woo Hoo ... made the money in the $2 MAMMOTH ... g"tee $3.93 ...
L
Don`t spend it all at once ;)
RT -$579
Well I spend over half on your 8.30pm special ... I might buy a small ice cream with the rest!?!
Nice to watch some cards turn over in my favour ... A3 vs AK ... and A8 vs AQ (split pot).
L
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... okay I am in ... glory to whoever last longest ...
L
$5 last longer to make it interesting(:D), the three of us?
I will do that as long as - you have to make the money to claim it ... don"t want to take the aggression out of the game ...
What are you names on PokerStars?
Post on the Blog to agree ...
L
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I will do that as long as - you have to make the money to claim it ... don"t want to take the aggression out of the game ...
What are you names on PokerStars?
I think i"ll be out in 5 mins but yeah - gotta make money to claim it...
Name is same as on here...
Playing a few games on Titan mostly but last longer should keep me a bit more focussed :D
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I will do that as long as - you have to make the money to claim it ... don"t want to take the aggression out of the game ...
What are you names on PokerStars?
I think i"ll be out in 5 mins but yeah - gotta make money to claim it...
Name is same as on here...
Playing a few games on Titan mostly but last longer should keep me a bit more focussed :D
im in
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Good stuff ... official results to be posted ... 10 min levels ... might take a while ...
L
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Ive got last mondays result of this ::)
(http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq267/ppokerfan/gtfi2.jpg)
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Pretty weird tournament ... never knew they existed ... $1,404 bought in ... $2k added ... sweet ... 5 min levels might have been good.
Mal - just had aces savaged - albeit by short stack.
L
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Ive got last mondays result of this ::)
(http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq267/ppokerfan/gtfi2.jpg)
:D
My turn tonight I think... not made the best of starts but early days ;)
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Ive got last mondays result of this ::)
(http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq267/ppokerfan/gtfi2.jpg)
:D
My turn tonight I think... not made the best of starts but early days ;)
Good stuff ... he"s got the form ... L
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Pretty weird tournament ... never knew they existed ... $1,404 bought in ... $2k added ... sweet ... 5 min levels might have been good.
Mal - just had aces savaged - albeit by short stack.
L
I think it"s just a promotion for the last few days of June if I remember right?
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... pretty slow going ... CrizzyConnor the big favourite now ... but will he make the money to claim his prize!?!
L
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Im out, managed to lose a pint to my mate on the same table too!
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... pretty slow going ... CrizzyConnor the big favourite now ... but will he make the money to claim his prize!?!
L
Will I make the money ::)
Pfffft, only thing in question is whether I ship first or take second to an outflop after getting it in ahead HU.
:D JK
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... this tournament is starting to drive me crazy ... I have had to tie my hands behind my back to stop me going all in ... operating raises with my nose ...
L
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Just knocked out of Titan $10k guaranteed at around 250th from 1,200 :(
All in on flop with flush draw, open ended straight draw & overcard to the flop
...ran into AA of course and bricked my outs. 50p in the post.
Only got two tables loaded now so will try concentrate on the Pokerstars tourney to make the money :D
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Woohoo,
Last man standing and in the money... now to take it down :D
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RT -$584
I"ve lost $5 to CrizzyConnor - Bragging rights over the Badger - well played.
L
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lol, ach well that"s me out in 75th place...
Playing pretty recklessly and raising a lot with sub-par holdings to take blinds/antes. Got in in with 78os vs KQos on a 3Q38 board... guy checked flop and when he lead out on 8 I thought he was at it as he always bets any pot not bet into, oh well GG...
8)
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lol, ach well that"s me out in 75th place...
Playing pretty recklessly and raising a lot with sub-par holdings to take blinds/antes. Got in in with 78os vs KQos on a 3Q38 board... guy checked flop and when he lead out on 8 I thought he was at it as he always bets any pot not bet into, oh well GG...
8)
Sent the 5 wp Crizzzzzzzzzzz
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lol, ach well that"s me out in 75th place...
Playing pretty recklessly and raising a lot with sub-par holdings to take blinds/antes. Got in in with 78os vs KQos on a 3Q38 board... guy checked flop and when he lead out on 8 I thought he was at it as he always bets any pot not bet into, oh well GG...
8)
Sent the 5 wp Crizzzzzzzzzzz
ty :)
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... so glad to be out of the sweltering heat of London ... about 8 degrees cooler at 23 C in Southern Scotland ... looks like a poker drought until Sunday ...
Last train to Scotland reaches Preston where one crew leaves and errr no new crew arrives ...
End result is a £40 taxi from Carlisle on Virgin and home at 12.45am ...
Question to taxi driver - how often does this happen? A : Every night ... GENIUS.
Interesting to do the poker predictions for the world series ... picked ten ... still massively odds against to get one to the final table ...
L
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RT - $607
A couple of DS qualifier that went bad ... no cards then a race lost ... and AK into 8AAJx ... vs 88
Beach time.
L
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... shopping today ... here are my thoughts on shopping ... you don"t win much ... you don"t lose much ...
Actually sometimes you lose really heavily ... it"s a disaster in the making ... how can I escape?
Looking at the International Club results for last night - they managed 77 runners for their £200 F/O - shame to miss this.
http://www.gutshot.com/results/tournament_results.php?id=1295
L
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Last train to Scotland reaches Preston where one crew leaves and errr no new crew arrives ...
End result is a £40 taxi from Carlisle on Virgin and home at 12.45am ...
L
Preston to Scotland in a taxi for £40?? It costs me almost that much from Birmingham to Worcester, and that"s only 20 miles and half hour drive.
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Last train to Scotland reaches Preston where one crew leaves and errr no new crew arrives ...
End result is a £40 taxi from Carlisle on Virgin and home at 12.45am ...
L
Preston to Scotland in a taxi for £40?? It costs me almost that much from Birmingham to Worcester, and that"s only 20 miles and half hour drive.
Taxi was only from Carlisle - they found a driver in the end - only an hour waiting in Preston ...
My house is just past Gretna Green ... so not far into Scotland ...
L
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Random Aside:
I was thinking about the time someone cold called me and went onto say - I can save you 10% on your electricity, 10% on your gas and 10% on your water charges ... that"s a 30% saving ... GENIUS!
Not sure why this popped into my head ... but it"s a fond memory ...
Louis
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Random Aside:
I was thinking about the time someone cold called me and went onto say - I can save you 10% on your electricity, 10% on your gas and 10% on your water charges ... that"s a 30% saving ... GENIUS!
Not sure why this popped into my head ... but it"s a fond memory ...
Louis
Thats my lesson plan sorted for tomorrow
cheer Louis
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Random Aside:
I was thinking about the time someone cold called me and went onto say - I can save you 10% on your electricity, 10% on your gas and 10% on your water charges ... that"s a 30% saving ... GENIUS!
Not sure why this popped into my head ... but it"s a fond memory ...
Louis
Thats my lesson plan sorted for tomorrow
cheer Louis
... good stuff ...
Random Lesson 2 : Geography : if you rotated Norway 180 degrees around it"s most southernly point where would the most Northern point land (which country or sea)?
L
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Poker Wise - I play the Eyes Wide Shut on Betfair ... $50+5
RT -$662
Try to squeeze the value from AA ... albeit with a pre-flop re-raise ... AA intp 55T (2 clubs) ... vs KJ of clubs ... all in post flop standard flush on the turn ...
I am not sure what the bright side is here ...
Lazy Friday planned and then a "medival feast" including a leg of pork that has been marinating for 5 days ... and a pudding garnished with sugared rose petals ...
L
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Random Aside:
I was thinking about the time someone cold called me and went onto say - I can save you 10% on your electricity, 10% on your gas and 10% on your water charges ... that"s a 30% saving ... GENIUS!
Not sure why this popped into my head ... but it"s a fond memory ...
Louis
Thats my lesson plan sorted for tomorrow
cheer Louis
... good stuff ...
Random Lesson 2 : Geography : if you rotated Norway 180 degrees around it"s most southernly point where would the most Northern point land (which country or sea)?
L
surely this is a maths problem in a geographical context?
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Is the answer portugal?
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Is the answer portugal?
I actually cannot remember ... but rings a faint bell ... let me know if you work it out ...
L
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Managed to make $3 profit in a $10 115 runner event ... when I rammed 33 into 99 ... quick blinds ... 18th of 115.
RT -$659.
Something to build on!?!
L
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if you rotated Norway 180 degrees around it"s most southernly point where would the most Northern point land (which country or sea)?
Norway
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if you rotated Norway 180 degrees around it"s most southernly point where would the most Northern point land (which country or sea)?
Norway
like your thinking -- hero stuff
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Slightly West of Lisbon, Portugal in the North Atlantic Ocean. Precisely.
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It would be between Portugal and Morocco, in the Med sea.
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... great work chiefs ... this is what they should be teaching in schools ... this is what will save the UK.
I am sure that if a newspaper ran a story - "Atlantis found" - with this as the rationale people would believe it.
Double aside - if you wrote a story in Scotland that the Government was going to build train lines to the top of all the Munro"s in Scotland people would believe it.
No lessons this morning ... time for some quiet time ....
L
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... continuing my nostalgic trip through memory lane ... I have just watched the end of Play your Cards Right on Challenge.
For the Car ...
Start card 7 ... girl "change it change it" ... guy "don"t change it, we might get an 8"
They change it ...
Changed to a Ten ... both of them "HIGHER, HIGHER" ... the "turn" is an ACE ... such is the genius of probability ...
L
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LMAO! Still won"t get me watchin" such drivel tho.
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... it was Brucie presenting ... always worth a smile ... actually did anyone else ever present it??
I was in semi-bluff mode in the DS ... got called every time ... sigh ...
RT -$670
L
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Railed you whilst sat at another table in same DS. I had a 4 man table and got to HU 4:1 down in chips. Very few chances and no lucky hits.
Price is Right ... who cares. As I said, drivel!
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... yeah ... I railed you too ... I think we were both a bit aggressive ... I am playing another one now ... decent start to 5 man table ... still being a bit pushy.
Need some proper poker action ... tempted to try and qualify for the EPT Moscow ... really weird that the World Series Main Event starts today ... one of my home game (not in APAT) is playing day 1A (today) ... I backed off looking to qualify instead batting away at the Sunday Warm Up ... mmm.
L
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RT -$682
Second DS of the day ... got my money in good ... lost to up and down straight draw ... to triple up ... (other player has three outs) ...
Take a break ...
L
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To even out the variance you should be playing 10 at a time.
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RT -$664
3rd place for $30.10 in 3rd DS of the day ... nursed stock stack ... lost with K6 vs 74 at the end.
Would still have had work to do at the end ... but need that to stand up ...
Still no tickets ... not sure that counts as a bad beat ... on the line ... but was auto call due to BB.
L
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To even out the variance you should be playing 10 at a time.
Not for me ... poker needs to be enjoyable too ... will accept the beats ... I am looking forward to writing posts of my sick beats ...
Aside - would you really play ten at a time? (4 about the most I would want to play - in that mode).
L
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tempted to try and qualify for the EPT Moscow
Got the day off so gonna try for EPT Barcelona -- regged for the $5 rebuy sat in 20 mins
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... got dragged into playing the Wii ... Sports Island ... good fun ... quite sore on the hands ...
Poker to resume later ...
Good luck for the EPT Qualifier ...
L
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RT -$675
Lost at the Heads up stage of DS ... TT into A35 vs 45 (no flushes) ... I check raised ... 2 on the turn ...
Will update stats on these when I return from my evening feast.
L
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RT -$703
All the usual fun of ther fair ... ran AJ into AQ and lost ... called by A9 with AQ and lost ... just like a man in a mirror.
L
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RT -$734 with a Poker Million $10+1 re-buy in play.
Middle of the pack of 89 ... looks like about 18 to get $215 ticket ...
Woke up this morning thinking about roller skate basketball ... what does this mean?
L
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RT -$734 ... but Poker Million ticket won ... 17 from 122 won tickets ... maybe these and not the DS Turbos are the way forward for me ...
Kept getting A8 right towards the end ... horrible hand to go out on ... so folded everytime ...
Right to the wire ... I get TT early position ... folding to the end should be enough ... I fold ... would have been AJ (which hit) ...
Bubble time ... 4000/8000 ... Antes 800 ... I have 516 chips ... then the BB is all in J7 vs JJ ... J is for Joy ...
Will likely trade and play the Warm Up with the ticket ... but feels like the WORM HAS TURNED ... the WORM has teeth and is going to eat YOU soon ... or something like that ...
L
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RT -$738 ... played an absurd $2 re-buy ... spendt$4 ... made a few chips but declined the 4-all in feasts ... choose my spot with AQ vs Q8 ... and lost to the straight ...
Time to feed the cat ... which is a mile away ...
L
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RT -$798 (T Dollars +215)
Played another $10 re-buy for $215 ticket ... pushed with KT and called (and lost to) by QJ ... to win an hilarious $2 consolation ...
Also played a very odd direct entry $11 re-buy - 189 Runners - for what looks like being one $8500 ticket to APPT Macau.
Half way through the field lost a race ... fair enough with one ticket need to mass chips or die ...
Very odd to have 189 runners for 1 prize ... will monitor the rest of it ...
Chilled start of the day tomorrow ... looking forward to the Warm Up ...
L
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Morning News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8134871.stm
I am going to dedicate any wins today to these budgies ...
L
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RT -$810 ... Sunday Warm Up paid for ...
In the hunt for another ticket ... I played a fully subscribed DS ... 100 Runners ... ten get paid ... (something at least) ...
Epic heads up battle ... and I finish 11th ... when I choose to push with K6 in AA ... earlier I pushed K9 into AA ... live cards please!
On a bright note ... no real bad beats either way ...
L
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... played a qualifier for the I-Poker $250k ... AA into Kxx flop ... all in called by KT ... K River standard ...
RT -$859
Deary me ... "normal" service is restored ...
Time to meditate ...
L
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RT -$871
Played another DS ... going well after KK vs 77 win ...
Starting to get into the middle of the field when KK again UTG ... min raise ... let"s in the big blind ... J9x flop ... not enough chips to do anything else but all in ... of course the BB has J9 ... could have raised more ... but wanted re-raised ... fair play ...
Tennis deserves a fifth set ... would love Roddick to come back ...
L
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RT -$942
Made Final Table in the APAT ... short stacked for most of the game ... 9th was okay ...
Edinburgh looking good for at least two points.
Not losing with AA at the moment ... but developing a nasty habit of running into it ...
In the Warm Up turned top set ... river gave opponent gutshot straight ... I could have chased him away ... but not sure that is the right thing to do?
Running average ... I think average makes you lose ...
L
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RT -$954
Got to final table of DS ... lost to higher ace ... fair enough.
Monday mornings are weird when you are not working ... sort of cool ... but sort of barren/sparse.
For the last ten weeks I have been on career break ... and I have almost forgotten what Monday mornings feel like.
For the ten years before I was very much in work and achieve mode - so Mondays were exciting /stressful/tiring - there are little pangs to go back to the city ... I guess they will be much stronger by the end of the summer.
I love the feeling of working as hard as you can ... something to ponder as I walk on the beach ...
Louis
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RT -$974 with Poker Stars tournament in play ... $23k in the pot ... 991 runners left ... I am just below average ... no dramas.
Watched University Challenge tonight ... way back in 1993 I was picked for the Dundee team.
We never made the TV ... but I watch with interest ... interesting watch you forget and also what you acquire as compared to student days.
Quizzes are pretty weird ... I like them ... but there are people who treat them as a "profession" ... that feels weird.
I used to love 15-1 at 4.30pm ... I failed to get on it when I was 18 ... but managed to score 66/85 one day ... what a waste of time ... who cares that Basil Spence designed Coventry Cathedral in itself? You want to know something below this skimming ...
As a total aside - I once upon arriving into Coventry asked the guy next to me on the train who designed the cathedral - and he knew - I was oddly impressed.
As a double aside the guy in question - was a professional chocolate photographer - which is impressive.
(The trouble with photographing chocolate is that it melts ... so they make models to photograph which aren"t chocolate at all ... or so I remember)
As a triple aside - the most famous person I nearly met on a train was John McCririck.
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... kicked out 350th ... with 252 paid ... do the right thing ... get spiked.
400/800/100
Limp UTG with 88.
Flop T34 rainbow
SB bets just under the pot 2700 into 3300 ... I go all in ... for another 10,600 to call ... called by 77 ... 7 on the river ... CLASSIC ...
I guess I do want called for the two outs twice ... would be nice if these stood up more often than currently ...
Played pretty well ...
L
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Raise pre
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Raise pre
Raising pre with 88 UTG ... yeah go for it ... easy solution afterwards ... all the chips in with the odds 90/10 in my favour ... have to take that ... and the beat with due relish.
L
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RT -$1005 with an I-Poker $10k g"tee in play ... 88th of 160 left at Break 2 ... 50 paid ...
L
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Good luck.....15/19!! TID
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Railage ... on me way
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10/13...survived the blinds
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Mmmm ... the final table bubble 11th of 418 ...for $116.50
RT - $890.
I will claw it back from here ... last hand AQ vs TT ... can have no real complaints as won a few races earlier.
Last two tables pretty explosive ... could have got chips in bad and got lucky ... but I think better to dodge bullets when holding absolute trash ...
Early night ... or more poker??
L
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Unlucky...just needed to win that 50/50. AJ v AJ didn"t help when you really needed a double up.
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Unlucky...just needed to win that 50/50. AJ v AJ didn"t help when you really needed a double up.
The second last table didn"t help ... I could have pushed with 9Ts UTG ... otherwise I either had totally trash (which I could push) ... or the action came to me to call with really marginal hands like Q8 (not great to call with).
AJ vs AJ ... would have settled for it (I think)
Hand before A4 vs A6 for a chop.
I won AQ vs AJ v 88 earlier ... with a flush!
It was an interesting game ... got into a hand position about 19th of 50 ... but pushing things like KJ ... at the time the table was passive ... however when the blinds when out I was acting after two monster stacks with no cards!
Trying to be reflective on my game at the moment ... main characteristic is a slight tendancy to limp into things ... a slight tendancy to not take the lead in stealing chips ...
All this said 11th of 418 is okay ...
Last night losing when 90/10 is okay in terms of how I have been playing.
Lots of AA exits ...
Made a good call tonight when hitting the 8 of Q8 on the river ... minor bluff ... minor bluff ... catch ... check ... call ... vs 77!
Been having real pangs over my lack of holiday to Vegas this year ... really should have gone ... reading the reports of the main event is making me twitchy ...
My home game hero Mark Bramley is playing 2A at the moment ... sitting on 86k ... making some big folds (pre-flop) ... trusting himself post flop ...
I think as well as getting myself back to parity for the year ... I need to launch some bids for EPT Barcelona and Moscow ... aswell as the WSOPE Europe. (Something Juicy!)
Louis
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6am and the sun is shining ... I was unaware that such a time existed.
L
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After a long night of poker or after an early-to-bed one ... ?
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... I got to bed at about midnight (early) ... but not expecting a 6am start (pretty fresh) ... took a 4 mile walk over golf course and around the beach ... then popped in for breakfast at my mum"s ... oh life is soooo hard at the moment.
L
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RT -$905 (+T$109)
Started the epic quest to the EPT in Barcelona - $5.50 re-buy (Total $15.50) to win a $109 ticket in trivial fashion.
QQ vs J6 in the blinds
99 vs A7 (monster stack - who also qualified)
Tick tock - two hours until round two which is for $800 seats into the main sat. (Tickets - $15,875)
I haven"t thought about clocks for ages ... I found the following on wiki:
"A good clock is one which, when used to measure other recurrent processes, finds many of them to be periodic" - How good is that!?!
Cricket is pleasing ... England going well ... I think this is the first series I REALLY want England to win.
L
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Not so trivial in the $109 - $800 qualifier.
Break 2
27th of 30 for 12 seats ... got lucky with top pair vs over pair ... river spike.
Looked good with AQ in Qxx ... vs AQ
On the Button raised with A3s ... flop 724 ... worth a small gutshot call ...
Turn ... K of hears for nut flush draw ... checked to me ... I bet ... call ...
River is a 3 ... check ... check ... vs A7 (could I have forced large stack off this - doubtful)
Not dead ... 10 BB"s ... time to push and get lucky ... RIGHT!?
Louis
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ARGGGH 20th of 20 ... for the 12 spots ... JJ losing to AJs ... A spiked.
Need luck together ... JJ hold is just about a seat ... still 9.5 BB"s ... need to double ...
But "no" ... TT into AA ... too short to avoid the push.
RT -$905
L
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RT -$998
36th of 255 in $20k g"tee - 30 paid.
Tried to get busy when middle of the pack ... pegged pack ... forced to push with AT ... ran into KK.
L
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Cricket is drifting towards a draw ... how tedious.
Less tedious is the Pink Champagne I bought from M&S ... £22.99 down to £15.32 ... excellent quality ... looking forward to this ...
Back to London tomorrow ...
Not sure what face to face poker will lure me??
The international club has altered it"s schedule - so it loses it"s £200 freezeout - mmm - from Monday July 20th - a £75 freezeout is in play.
Might have to get up the Vic!
L
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RT -$1,091
I really do need to win something!
End tonight is "standard" ... 88 into Q56 ... opponent pushes .... I call ... A7 ... Ace hits.
L
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Tedious draw! If the Aussies play as well today as they did yesterday we could be in trouble! having said that the new ball is swinging so we may pick up a few wickets this morning,
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Tedious draw! If the Aussies play as well today as they did yesterday we could be in trouble! having said that the new ball is swinging so we may pick up a few wickets this morning,
429-4 ... (been on a train) ... I guess a draw might be quite good now ... look to the skies ...
It does remind be a bit of the last Ashes Series in Australia ... I watched a day in Sydney and a day in Melbourne.
England do okay for a day and then get eclipsed.
New ball aside - looks easy to bat
In terms of pitch prep" - is it a new wicket - part of home advantage should be preparing a pitch to suit ...
L
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Yep it is a new pitch. And whether we should prepare a pitch to suit, is an old chestnut, we tend to produce as good a pitch as possible, and particularly in the sub continent they produce pitches to suit their bowlers... weird. As regards this wicket I don"t think it is as good as the score suggests, we have actually bowled badly on it, it is turning, and occasionally going through the top! If it stays dry, I think we will lose, the Aussies look like getting 200 ahead, and then we are struggling. But the forecast is to rain, so we might get away with it!
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... I fear you might be correct ... fair play to the Australians, they have batted extremely well.
I hate watching England bowl - they seems to have no ideas, no consistency of delivery, fail to build the pressure up.
I cannot watch Monty (Variation) Panesar bowl any more.
Would Harmison do anything? Bottom Line he has the county wickets.
Strauss is too passive too.
L
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RT - $1103
DS shoot out ... Heads Up ... JJ vs Q7 ... blinds kicking in ... yawn ...
Watched a re-run of Torchwood ... pretty distrubing on the whole ... well done but pretty weird.
L
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Went to Leeds Castle today ... (oddly in Kent) ... great place.
Played on the "Segways" which was fun ... never seen one before who like playing on a Wii with big off road wheels ... very responsive.
http://www.segway.com/individual/models/index.php
Absurdly expensive to buy - but great to play on.
Missed all the cricket ... great escape ... but I don"t share any confidence going forward ... six wickets in 170 Overs ...
No poker today ...
L
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... looks like another blank day ... (pokerwise)
I ordered a pie and chips at 3pm and it came with 8 (chunky) chips ... what is that about?
I ordered an apple pie at 5pm and it came with a green leaf on top of it ... (ditto)
I then took a deep breath to brave the tube home ... 10 mins in a "vagabond" marched through the busy carriage asking everyone is they had matches or a lighter ... amazing how relaxed everyone remained.
Home - Bollywood dance class.
Film - Japanese number about a "talking dog"
We gave up on that one ... now watching Brick Lane ... I fear it is a serious film ... the music is quite nice ...
L
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RT -$1,124
A very sleepy $10+1 re-buy for a Poker Million ticket (Turbo)
Top pair called by flush draw which duly hits.
Thinking of prep" for Edinburgh APAT - not really feeling in the zone at the moment.
Will get the money in good - the rest is up to the poker Gods.
L
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... very little poker on the go at the moment.
Cricket going well ...
Golf looking good ...
I am looking forward to some spicy livers and spaghetti at my favoured (authentic) Italian restaurant.
Tonight is results night for actuaries and my lady can qualify (leave the notoriously hard exams behind - we hope!).
Tomorrow a morning start for Edinburgh and drinks/dinner with some of my "Edinburgh Chiefs" ...
Saturday - theatre of dreams - or is it AA vs KK in hour one and spiked!?!
Or is it 53s vs QJs ... and a pair of flopped flushes ... hard to fathom how Billy Kopp will be feeling 20 million chips down playing this hand early position - Final Table in the bag had he left the building - a classic tale.
L
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Following on from the 14 Budgies being stolen from Brechin here is another classic Scottish News Story ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8153407.stm
L
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Talking of Scots news this made me chuckle a bit, chip fat for sun lotion lol.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8131611.stm
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... aye I read that one ... not something I partake in but inspired me to do the following ...
http://www.livingto100.com/
Apparently my life expectancy is 87 years ... would settle for that ... not sure how accurate this is ...
L
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... a bizarre thing to write on my "poker blog" ... but my girlfriend Jeanie has just qualified as an actuary aged 24 ...
Ding Ding ...
L
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Ding Ding ...
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Cha Ching you mean! Stick in with her - her wages may just cover your losses on Betfair ;)
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Ding Ding ...
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Cha Ching you mean! Stick in with her - her wages may just cover your losses on Betfair ;)
Smile - well I used to spend my winnings on her!
We are pretty well set ... just to plan the ceremonial burning of her notes ... and get her on the poker tour ...
L
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Drifting towards Scotland on the train ... National Express now charge you to reserve a seat ...
I think they have lost the control of this line but everywhere you look "we" are being slealth "taxed" to death.
You wonder where it will end?
I am pondering the poker and what I want to happen - I feel miles away - though this might just stop me doing anything stupid!
L
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... and so to the big day itself ... not sure this is the ideal prep" up at 5.55am ...
Edinburgh - wet as opposed to windy (more normal).
Funny to be home and all that - not sure it feels like home any more - feels like a watery grey dream of a life gone by - such is life.
Looking forward to cards ... red ones ... in groups of five ...
Louis
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... and not the ideal end ...
Just before midnight at the sharp end of the day ... I wake up with QQ (short-stacked) ... blinds 1000/2000 (150 I think) ...
UTG Swindells makes it 5000, flat called by UTG +1, value then .... I am in for 13,500
Phil Starrs to act after me, re-raises all in to about 22,500
Rob Swindells calls ... I fear I am in terrible shape ... but once flipped I am the narrow favourite ... QQ vs AK (Swindells) vs TT Starrs ... very short-lived favourite with the Tens spiking and a very playable stack for Phil (Previous Winner, EPT and Irish Open casher!)
Earlier in the day a very patient approach required (and paid off) with a little help from an AJ vs TT race followed quickly by a KK vs QQ win.
First table pretty tight with the expection of a very (overly) aggressive pre flop player ... picked off in the end ... but only two uncalled re-raises from me (with goods).
In the classic "Home Game Challenge" - glory only (I think) - all my players are on the same table - nightmare - and whilst previous APAT medalist Charles Sanderson departed early - Gareth Derbyshire played the patient game too and was rewarded with AA vs 77 and KK vs a QJ push - stack now in place Gareth sprinted up to 150k before having his wings clipped at the end of play.
End of play - Gareth 3rd on 112.6k
Lot"s of small stacks to either gobble or get spiked by - and some dangerous stacks to be nervous of - feels like I should still be there but that will have to wait for Nottingham.
L
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Unlucky Louis, you couldn"t have hoped for anything better withh QQ. Massive shout by Phil with 10s though. Having said that 10 BB and great value!
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Unlucky Louis, you couldn"t have hoped for anything better withh QQ. Massive shout by Phil with 10s though. Having said that 10 BB and great value!
It"s a weird hand ... given the betting I think there is reason to lay it down (pretty marginal - but was auto push) ... that said could be against some sort of AK and AQ combo ... or worse ... when the chips went in I thought I would be in worse shape perhaps needing the Queen ... had I won it I would have been on 50k with Phil on about 18k (side pot) and Rob on about 9k ... so potentially a chance to mop these chips up too??
That said - later on Phil made a very big lay down of AK (vs AA) - so running good and making the "right" calls/folds - dangerous.
Should be an explosive first hour.
Louis
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Nice to meet you properly last night Louis. Unlucky with the exit hand - you got your chips in good so have nothing to be annoyed at other than the poker gods!
see you later today or at DTD.
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Good to say hello yesterday Louis.
Cheers,
Des.
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Nice to meet you properly last night Louis. Unlucky with the exit hand - you got your chips in good so have nothing to be annoyed at other than the poker gods!
see you later today or at DTD.
Good to meet you too - I fancy a few pints of Guinness today so probably see you pretty soon!
I folded a pair of 9s slightly earlier to a re-raise ... tough marginal call (thought) ...
Poker Gods scripted a nasty plot for Rob and me - good for Phil(in the end) - in a three way pot like that the Ace or the King doesn"t hurt so much - but no escape for me this time. Having thought about it a bit more the TT push is pretty marginal - not a bad play.
Played things pretty well through the day ... not sure what my poker playing appetite is today ...
Watch the carnage for the 1st hour I guess - see what happens.
Louis
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Good to say hello yesterday Louis.
Cheers,
Des.
Good to meet you ... should be round and about today supporting Gareth Derbyshire FTW.
L
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Back home now and reflecting a bit on the tournament ...
Happy with how I played - one minor error (a fold) perhaps cost me - perhaps would have killed me had I called??
Fair bit of banter on structure:
Overall all I would do is bring the antes in earlier or with more bite - reward the aggressive players a bit more.
Overall I was a tiny bit passive in the tournament but got to a point where I got the chips in when infront - need to win a few of these to go far. QQ vs TT vs AK for 50k chips and say 15th of 41 left - would have been in with a shout.
Good to hang around for day 2.
24 runners to about 12 via crapshoot - then some good (tight) poker.
Good to meet some people (names to faces) ... should have met a few more ... Nottingham and next time for that.
Louis
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RT -$981
Clawed back $143 in the $20k g"tee on Blue Square.
18th of 292 - 30 paid.
Lost AKs vs 55 at the death - pot would have taken me to third - on target for $2,340 ... mmm
Just one more race ...
... tournament very up and down, got chipped up lost Q Flush to A Flush, hit quads 7s, folded 55 (would have been quads).
Won KJ push into 66
Have A9 called by K8
I-Poker and everything standing up ... but no last hurrah ... fair play to the 5s I guess ...
Louis
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Was great to meet you Louis, always good to put a face to the name.
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... good to meet you too Mary ... hopefully accrue some further points for Edinburgh this weekend.
Louis
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Louis,
Hope you had a good weekend. It was great to meet you and unlucky with those queens at the end there.
See you at another APAT soon.
Leigh
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Leigh
Good to meet you too.
See you in Nottingham ...
I had a good weekend (a lot of the fracas seemed to pass me by).
It would have been nice to go a bit deeper - but was a pretty narrow favourite over Rob in that hand.
Louis
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RT -$1186
Ran aground 68th of 402(50 paid) in the I-Poker $45k g"tee AT into AK - shipped an extra buyin on a move and then ran into Aces.
Middle phase - looked to get aggressive - a couple of flat calls behind and missed flops requiring a slow down.
Was getting short so AT push correct - would have settled for a race.
I need to have a look at my golf/cricket "books" too - as a bit of loss to add to the above!
Gulp : RT -$1346
L
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Looking back on last night"s game - I was almost in a trance playing - I didn"t do anything particularly wrong but weird to be so on auto-pilot!
Looks like a day off the day today.
I had lunch with my father, just turned 77, still very quick of mind, a good omen.
I am not sure that he has ever played poker, but he enjoys a game of nomination whist, still time to get him on tour??
It would be good to have a legitimate hand that was your age - tricky though - at the moment I am playing 36 (suited)
Further it must be really gutting to reach 40, no legitimate hand for two whole years!
Aside - I visited my mother the other evening and her husband (re-married) had made five rough hewn xylophones from some Norweigan Maple from a local wood - I think this is the kind of news that should go on News at Ten.
We then discussed the difference between Xylophones and Marimbas:
http://percussioneducationonline.com/2008/05/what-is-the-difference-between-a-marimba-and-a-xylophone/
I like discussions with;
a/ no answers
b/ answers
... easily satisfied ... smile.
Further dialogues to follow.
I was thinking about Diogenes the other night - he was a philosopher who lived in a tub and ate onions - rejecting all refinements (such as clothing) - so the story goes Alexander the Great ships up to ask him what he could do for him - to which Diogenes replies "... you can stand out of my light and let me see the sun"
Class!
Who is your favourite philosopher and why?
L
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Aboard the "Euston Flyer" - Carlisle to London in 3 hours 23 mins!
Earlier I watched a guy and his girlfriend drinking Buds and Smirnoff Ices, all opened by his teeth, but early for that type of thing in my opinion, very solid technique though.
Do you think anyone has ever managed to suck a cork out of a (non-sparking) wine bottle?
Curry in Brick Lane tonight.
L
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"Who is your favourite philosopher and why?"
Henri Bergson..... Monty python Sketch....priceless.
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"Who is your favourite philosopher and why?"
Henri Bergson..... Monty python Sketch....priceless.
I am quite liking the idea of calling a future cat "Henri B"
Today - a glorious Saturday at home - only thought is what food to eat - Ideal.
Managed to win a snooker match for the first time in years yesterday (3-2) - a real classic of terrible play.
Would have played golf - but for the lightning!
Keenly awaiting odds for the World Champs in Nottingham.
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Is this the Saturday Night Special?
I-Poker $50k - $100+9 just running.
Racing Post (Pacific Poker?) $50k - $75+5 starting at 8.35pm.
Slow start in the I-Poker event ...
L
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Break 1 : I-Poker $50k g"tee.
194th of 310 - 50 paid.
Racing Post $50k : Looking like a decent overlay :
Backdrop - Watching The Last King of Scotland.
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I-Poker ran out of cards ... 178th ... KQ push into A6.
Racing Post - Break 1 : 118th of 400 : 73 paid.
Break 2 - 186th of 281 - not finding much to play with - very slow structure.
Break 3 - 148th of 182 left - needing a double up - everything I fold would have hit and so on.
Dead! 165th ... poor play in the end ... annoying ... chances to push with better cards ... chances to call with better cards ... weak limpy trash ... and out with a wimper ... not what was required on the end of a poor run of late beats.
RT - $1,525
When I come to review the year - there have been tournaments like this one where weakness/passivity in the middle of the tournament cost me the chance for "glory" - annoying.
Of course the time you make the call with TT in the face of two raises you end up vs AK and QQ and lose ... and not AQ and 77 and win ... but the best advice on any of these hands is work out where you think you are and make the right call/push.
Ability to fold hands can be a weakness ... very tough when the marginal hands are biting both ways.
L
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Ding Ding - Sunday Morning - Sunday Millions Double Shoot Out.
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Ding Ding - Sunday Morning - Sunday Millions Double Shoot Out.
played 5 this morning, have finally made a FT
Am playing this tonight too
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Ding Ding - Sunday Morning - Sunday Millions Double Shoot Out.
played 5 this morning, have finally made a FT
Am playing this tonight too
No joy for me - don"t really like them when they are 100 runner affairs ...
KQ into AJ leaving me crippled.
Round 2
Are you going to play the Warm Up if you get a ticket?
L
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Second Attempt - got to heads up - caught middle pair vs top pair - blinds big enough to get committed.
RT -$1,548
Will attempt a $10+1 Re-buy to the Sunday Warm Up and then call it a day (bar the APAT tonight).
L
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got a seat at that FT. no joy since though. playing in million tonight then
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Sunday Warm Up - $10+1 re-buy success. (I think my record is 2 from 4 from these!)
$31 in for $215 seat.
RT -$1579 (+T$215)
Pretty much plain sailing with two playing adamant they are going to steal my big blind ... waking up with AA pretty sweet.
Next up K6 pushed into my AJ and the double up puts me just about safe for one of the 18 seats.
Of course still tests to come as I fold KK (would have been vs 99 and 88), 99 and AJs ... but a ticket has been won.
Tempted to save the seat for next week ...
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I"ve also bagged a seat for the warm up. (DS sats FTW!!)
I think you"ve found a bankroll builder there Louis. Try a few more $10 rebuys
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I"ve also bagged a seat for the warm up. (DS sats FTW!!)
I think you"ve found a bankroll builder there Louis. Try a few more $10 rebuys
Small sample - though I do seem to run good in these ...
I will try one more DS - but going to chill out this evening keeping any further tournament dollars for future weeks.
L
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RT -$1,591 (+T$215)
AA vs QQ ... obvious Queen ... yawn ... smile ...
On a "brighter" note - Spurs 0 Celtic 2 coming up to half time.
Not convinced that Celtic are going to be any great shakes this year.
Spurs looking terrible at the back.
L
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RT -$1,043
213rd in the Sunday Warm Up ... $559 back ... ran out of cards and lost a race KQ vs 77 ...
Pretty decent record in the Sunday Warm Up though not been able to turn it into a big win.
Next time ...
In the APAT - lost KK vs A5 - standard ..
L
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wd on the cash Louis.
From my "experience" once the money bubble bursts, it gets very difficult to keep up. You seemed to be stealing/restealing about once every orbit, but your stack was still below average and sinking. The flurry of exits means you need to get to (and win) showdowns to go deep in this. That KQ v 77 was a great spot for you. Such a shame you were 2 outered on the river.
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wd on the cash Louis.
From my "experience" once the money bubble bursts, it gets very difficult to keep up. You seemed to be stealing/restealing about once every orbit, but your stack was still below average and sinking. The flurry of exits means you need to get to (and win) showdowns to go deep in this. That KQ v 77 was a great spot for you. Such a shame you were 2 outered on the river.
Would have made it back to 80k - still struggling ... still alive ...
Previous exits in the money JJ vs 99, 99 vs Q4 and 99 vs AA
Really hard to deal with trash cards in these phases.
It was interesting to watch the different approaches, "lilholdem954" (previous massive winner), pushed everything and blew up 171st, but seemed to take the view that fold equity plus a likely 35% chance at showdown was enough for any two cards.
I think at the margin I like staying alive too much ... though as per the above got my money in good or ran into aces before this race ...
Yesterday I got way below average - which is not good.
I tihnk you could skim just below average and still do well if you get a couple of hands late(r) on.
Was in 86th whilst in the money in one of the above (trying to play tight) ... just one showdown win away from the dizzy heights when ability to steal and pick people off ...
Summary - next out I will look to get a little more aggressive a little earlier ... and no doubt run into Aces ...
Cheers for thoughts.
Louis
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It was more a comment on how the tourney plays out rather than a comment on how you played it. You are cashing regularly and with a bit of luck can go deep here. Stick with it and make sure you qualify rather than buy in direct.
It was interesting to watch the different approaches, "lilholdem954" (previous massive winner), pushed everything and blew up 171st, but seemed to take the view that fold equity plus a likely 35% chance at showdown was enough for any two cards.
Not the worst approach. Sort of backs up what I was saying about needing showdowns (and winning them) to go deep
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It was more a comment on how the tourney plays out rather than a comment on how you played it. You are cashing regularly and with a bit of luck can go deep here. Stick with it and make sure you qualify rather than buy in direct.
It was interesting to watch the different approaches, "lilholdem954" (previous massive winner), pushed everything and blew up 171st, but seemed to take the view that fold equity plus a likely 35% chance at showdown was enough for any two cards.
Not the worst approach. Sort of backs up what I was saying about needing showdowns (and winning them) to go deep
Yeah - I took as a general comment though always pondering the balance in my play - a little passive at the moment.
Very easy to turn the volume up too much though and blow up early.
I used to play Betfair (100-150 runner ish) events all the time - made a solid profit but needed a change.
This year have been concentrating on the Warm Up and other offline events for the challenge/change - might need to go back!?!
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RT -$955
Weird day on the horses ... a couple of second places from my tipped 4 ...
However a couple of winners yeilding bigger profits.
Bravo to the Glorious Goodwood Comp ... I pick the losers and then bet bigger on the others.
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Pokerstars $80k g"tee
Short and sour.
AK into AT6 ... lost half stack to 66 ... could have well been the lot ...
AK vs QQ ... no help ...
Lost last race at Beverley ...
RT -$1,018
Greyhounds on ... dangerous ... quite live the big galloping track at HOVE.
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Pokerstars $80k g"tee
Short and sour.
AK into AT6 ... lost half stack to 66 ... could have well been the lot ...
AK vs QQ ... no help ...
Lost last race at Beverley ...
RT -$1,018
Greyhounds on ... dangerous ... quite live the big galloping track at HOVE.
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Good start to the Dogs ... Dazzle Special recovering from a very poor start to string them out in the Marathon ...
RT -$986
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RT -$1039
Greyhound reverses and $21 into the Pokerstars $60k g"tee $10+1 re-buy ... should be no re-buys ... 1500 chips per $10
Currently on 14,500 chips
40th of 1870 left.
Re-buy nutter on the table ... pumped in $320 (in 43 mins of 90 min re-buy period) ... chipped one guy to 25k ... never seen so many hands hold up it was ridiculous!
Huge distance to go ... but nice to have the chips ...
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RT -$1049
Add on bought due to card drought.
14,500 chips : Average - about 10k: 1528 players left - fighting for c$90k
Mr $320 buy in died 47 mins ago but would have need to finish 18th to break even.
First Prize = $13,900
Need to build a stack.
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... quickly to 35k ... and 10th place ... but sliced back with KK vs AA.
Still 21.4k vs 12.5k Average ... but was going to second if KK good.
Oh well - need to start stealing again.
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Death by 1000 cuts ...
Break 2 (3 hours in) - pretty card dead.
Limped with AK suited and rewardedby T9 push ... 20k left : Average 35k.
Was joining great until two short stacks tried to attack AA ... their replacements very chipped and suddenly a then average stack looking pretty weak.
430 left - 378 paid - not interested in the low rungs on the ladder but will be a little patient at BB = 1200.
Push and hope to be called by dominated hands ... table not too table with one double up.
One massive stack due to AA vs KK vs AQ ... others would all be comparable or shorter ... but need the double up ...
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Just about average with 394 left ...
QTs into J98 .. all in called by AQ ... hold ...
Table good bar the chip leader!
I am the second stack with 42k
Massive stack = 202k
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RT -$959
****** : 241th QQ vs AJ ... tedious ending ... just getting to the sharp end.
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RT -$864
Decent cash game - no mistakes - $100 to $264.
Had a go at Total Gallery in the 2.45pm ... second place at 26/1 ... mmm
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Session 2 Cash + $73
Horses - $25
RT -$816
Amazing cash session ... down $150 in 15 mins losing twice with full houses ... but a good claw back and beat down the nutflush with a J3 starting hand full house.
Night out with uni friend tonight so will have to wait for tomorrow for session 3 ...
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RT -$726
Aberdeen 1 Sigma Olomouc 5
OMG ... Sigma 5/2 shots ... went quite small ... Scottish Football going from strength to strength.
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RT -$836
Golf bet made before the start on Scott Verplank for the Buick Open looks doomed.
Morning cards - kept running into flopped straights.
Then ran AK into A7x ... vs 77 ... could have lost less here ... tut tut ...
Looking forward to the cricket but could be a long hard day for England.
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RT - $888
Played an I-poker $8k g"tee - last hand before the break hit top pair and check called.
Turn gives opponent a second pair and no escape (with gutshot draw + 5 other outs) on the river.
A little greedy perhaps ...
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Weird gambling day.
Called the England odds being far too high correctly betting at Average 10/1 and laying at 5/2.
Then took the view that Australia would be able to swing the ball and get England out for less than 320 ... maybe they will but so lacklustre their attack I have cut my losses.
Horses also going badly coming up to the 4.35 at Goodwood.
RT -$1,003
Tres Coronas FTW?
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RT -$832
Noble Storm saves the day in the 5.45 ... despite missing the break in a 5F ...
Grabbed 6.4/1 on Betfair.
Excellent work.
Bad Light at the cricket ... Strauss excellent ... Bell (so plum LBW) ... but still in.
Koertzen such a poor umpire ... gave two dubious decisions to Anderson (I think Onions had a good one turned down too).
Shame that the weather is going to eat the Test Match up.
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RT -$721
Another nice cash session +$151
Just outside money in the Pokerstars $30k : AT vs 88 defeat
Lost a little on a nonsense horse race.
Good comeback this week - pleasing - try and top off at the weekend.
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RT -$684
Bit of a slog ... but made it back to +$37 on the cash tables ... going well ... it cannot last!
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RT -$684
Cash Tables doing okay ... +$81 ... but will be written off unless Markab wins 15.40.
Good feelings for this War Horse - loving the weather - though a load of cash for Biniou - mmm
Looking forward to the APAT Tournament tonight though getting ready for no cards - having had them on the cash tables over the last week.
Cash Tables - Less beats generally which is good - flopped quad 4s though not paid much despite having raised everything before.
$.50/1 seems to be a good level to attempt to bully ... might skip up a level ... though I think there is a change when you go to $1/2 ...
Fingers Crossed!
The race is off ....
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RT -$739 plus any winnings in the APAT
First hour was pretty good though quad 2s not paid.
Second hour pretty poor cards - though flopped a straight which lost to a rivered full house.
Sharp end now - need to start accruing some chips ...
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APAT event : 24th of 100.
Real rearguard action for the majority of the event
Nice QQ vs QJ in the blinds hand.
Final push is 9Ts into QJ ... J9x ... T ... Q
Is there a Sunday of poker in me??
Flying to Kenya tomorrow night - things to do today - like .... play "golf"!
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RT -$784
Flintoff the slayer as I oppose England"s 1st Innings runs ... could have been worse.
Sunday Warm Up ... will take things to -$999 plus returns ... is tonight the night!?!
Pitch and Putt was pretty wild ... tiny greens and wayward irons coupled with poor putting not the ideal mixture.
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RT -$999
Sunday Warm Up started very well ... twice the average after two hours ...
Hour 3 - Card dead until TT early position - standard raise - SB and BB call
Flop 974 two clubs.
SB bets out a small bet, BB all in, a call is going to cut me from 30k to 10k, and having made wrong TT folds recently, I make the wrong call ...
Vs 99 for top set.
BAD PLAY - A bit pre-meditated - wanted it to be a flush draw or the dream A9 - POOR
Next hand 10k back to 20k ... TT vs 66 ... flop 6xx ... River T ... so back in play.
A few hands later
AJ on the button ...
500/1000/75
Raise to 3000
BB raises to 7000
I am all in for 20000
Called by KQ ... K on the flop ... would have taken me above average ... with a chance to settle down ... but not to be ...
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Enjoy Kenya Louis, not many Casinos there!
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... my hotel is advertising local casinos ... but not high on my list ... though there is an argument for playing poker on every continent in the world.
South America to follow.
Are you playing in Nottingham ... might be my next serious poker!
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I,m main event on the Friday, you?
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I,m main event on the Friday, you?
I am playing on the Saturday ... will come up in the morning ...hopefully make day 2!
Just got to Mombasa ... free local beers (pretty decent) ... 25 hours door to door ... beer can wait a night.
Reading the inflight stuff - a choice of casinos - one with a "floating" sushi bar - what does that mean?
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Could be flooded ;D
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Could be flooded ;D
I will report back once (if) we make it.
Wedding lasts 4 days ... which is quite weird ...
Day 1 - lost a dance off to a 70? year old - amazing guy.
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RT -$1003
I played 4 hands of limit poker (by mistake obviously) and lost $4 ... connection is playable for fun ... and "free" ... but by the time tonight"s APAT starts I will have been up for 17 hours ... could be a bit of a slog.
Sunday and Kenya slightly different from Sunday in Southgate/Cummertrees.
On Safari by 8.30am local time - at the Tsavo East Park which is 90 mins (ish) drive from Mombasa
My 11.30am - spotters list including.
Elephants
Giraffes
Lions
A leopard
Buffalos
Zebra
... something called a Heartbeast ... which was my favourite ... large antelope with a Heart Shaped head.
Lots of other minor beasts to boot ...
Gazelles - very soothing.
We then went to a Masai tribal village which was slightly strange but fun to dance with a Warrior - not sure what they do with the hard cash?
Home to dinner now at out beach hotel - not sure what is on the menu - though pretty much curried out following 4 days of wedding.
The Vegetarian Thali were amazing - but my stomach grows each day!
Fabulous to see and be part of an authentic Kenyan/Indian wedding ... amazingly I was entrusted as one of the carriers of the bride (in a wooden boat - a Dhow) into the wedding "arena".
Brides must have been dropped!
Heavy boat - narrow spaces - recipe for disaster!?
We are staying in Mombasa for another week - but very ready to chill out.
Good luck to those playing tonight.
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Doha Airport:
50/50 for standby flight to London.
Kenya a great place - but once Kenya Airways goes on strike - have got involved in a series of coin flips in our bid to get home.
We lost the first to miss connecting flight by about an hour.
We "won" the second Nairobi to Doha - about 5 mins to spare - not quite the last on the plane.
Not too keen on a night in the airport - fingers crossed.
No poker ...
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... well I won my Doha coin flip ... so home a mere 25 hours late ... a tie for my worst delay with a Baltimore to Edinburgh trip about 9 years ago.
Weird to come back to football season in play ... plan was to sit with the previews and get some bets on yesterday.
Looking forward to seeing some highlights ... can Arsenal fly the traps?
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RT -$786
Golf bet winning sensation.
Yang putting in a tremendous last round versus the Tiger - who couldn"t hole a put - get the demons in his head.
Lost a bit on Spurs vs Liverpool - can live with that.
Liverpool very poor.
Spurs looked pretty solid but I expect with get exposed at the back once King gets injured.
Nice to be up early and in the UK.
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Back on the Horse:
Blue Sq : $45k g"tee : $50+5 re-buy. 7.45pm kick off.
First hour - slow and steady - TT even held as an over pair ... wow!
Lost a little on football bets last night ... so -$826 going into the event ...
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Good first hour in the $45k g"tee.
One re-buy @ start so 3000 chips turned into 9,790.
10th of 255 : Average 3,976.
Won a little on Jenny Meadows - lost on the hurdles final.
RT -$922 plus any winnings.
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Savage Gardens ...
AQ called by KQ ... K on the turn.
Earlier with chips JJ vs KK (short/mid stack)
TT UTG - happy to limp for a raise - 6 runners - gutshot draw - no help - minor chips involved.
Snooze again until Nottingham?
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Football bets to the rescue.
R Sivasspor 0-4 Shakhtar Donetsk @ 6/4 ... wow
Lost £20 on 200m without Bolt ... mmm went the wrong way opposing Spearmon ... but with the wrong person.
RT -$714
Big bet on Hearts to lose in Zagreb - 2-0 down at HT ...
Also a Big Bet on ENGLAND to win the cricket ... 3.55 on Betfair is sensational with a pitch that will deteriorate (and the weather looks fine) ... tempting to super lump it ...
Swann to mop them up - after the pace attack softens them ...
Reflecting on poker tournament last night ... felt very like going through the motions ... waiting for scenarios I couldn"t escape ... and then dying to a bad beat ...
Bodes weirdly ... looking forward to Nottingham ... but going to hate it when I lose AK vs AQ ...
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RT -$532
D Zagreb 4 Hearts 0
Ding Ding!
Hearts next game home to Rangers - could be a shocking start for the Jambos.
Need to ponder England Vs Australia - I have chopped and changed far too much this series - might still get the bacon!
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Could be bacon time!
England start the day at 5/2 and end it at 1/4 (well not quite over!)
Excellent bowling - fair play to the much criticised Broad - a fearsome spell.
Australia"s lack of a spinner looks like a shocking decision.
Weird to be totally out of poker mode - but sports gambling going well.
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Ashes match is getting way too weird for me ... what has happened to the pitch ... England just have to win this ... but I am profit taking ...
+£515 on cricket
Looks like -£30 on football bets ...
Discount -£100 poker bets on APAT
+£385 ... or +$616 (currently assuming 1.6)
RT +$84 ... seems like forever since I was level on the year ... ATTACK ATTACK!?!
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RT -$25 plus any winnings.
Break 1 of the Betfair $18k g"tee - only146 runners at $100+9
40th of 94 at the break - 18 paid.
Hit JJ into 4J4 early and got well paid - but failed to monopolise when a four diamond gave a higher flush than mine made on the turn ...
Quite a quick and jolly tournament on the whole - should finish by midnight.
Eye"ing up the £100 freezeout at the International club on Thursday - part of a festival - brain warming to it"s poker task ...
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Break 2
27th of 47 - 18 paid.
QQ vs AK gets things going
AK vs JJ pegs me back.
Q7 vs 76 (short stack) - lost to two pairs ...
In the balance.
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... grrr out in 39th ... river brings a second ten on the board which makes trips over my aces ...
Could have got away with a tiny stack ... but was trying to build the pot to make a proper stack to attack with.
Could have avoided this extra or at least postponed it ... mmm.
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Should see you at the Int tomorrow night.
Buy me in if I"m running late? ;)
Cheers,
P.
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A return to face to face poker:
International Club tonight : £100+50 rebuy/add on - Part of Paradise Poker"s Festival.
7pm start - not sure of exact format - but should be a good structure.
Last night Martin Silke won their £200 F/O - 80 Runners.
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RT -$289
£100+50 rebuy/add on ...
AA vs QQ defeat ... standard ... yawn ...
100/200 (25) ... early position raises to 900 ... I re-raise to 3000 ... he goes all in for 9900 ... which has me narrowly covered ... DING DING ... first card is a Queen ...
Of the 7 (Big) face to face tournaments I have played this year - I think I am 4-1 down on horror beats to be eliminated or crippled ... I may trawl my blog so see where I am on online ... feels about the same!?! Albeit there was one online event were I won everything no matter how far behind for about $1,500.
Distributions have long tails ... all you can do is stroke them and see if they purr ... right?
Louis
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Interesting to view the chip counts of day 1A ... very few large stacks built (yet).
Could be a mammoth day 2.
My thoughts on day 1B tomorrow - pretty settled - obviously will need cards to stand up.
Will not be limping with weird hands ... will be pushing when in doubt.
Quite a few friends with money on me which is weird ...
Looking forward to some good cards ...
... not 99, TT and JJ ... with a load of AK flops ...
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So no world title for the Honeybadger ...
Out in 46th AQ vs AK ... a real rearguard action from 4625 to 22000 but not enough cards and the wrong match ups.
Scouse raises with 44 and I re-raised with AA ... he folds
Scouse raises with AK and I re-raised with AQ ... he calls
AQ vs 44 and AA vs AK would have been nicer ...
In 7 hours play
AA - once
KK - once
QQ, JJ, TT, 99 - zero
88 - twice ... winning a 88 V AQ race
77 - twice
AK - twice
Not really enough to do any gunning ... needing luck with the chips in the middle ... Did win A7 vs KK when very priced in ...
Overall - could have played hands differently but no obvious errors made ...
Next year!
DTD ... spot on venue ...
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RT - $373
Failed to qualify for the I-poker $250k
Flush draw push when short into AAA ... no improvement for either ...
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RT -$428
Played a $50+5 turbo on Betfair - pushed KQ into A8 - and lost - almost the classic APAT hand once it gets to the shove ...
Final Table about to start and John Miller in play at 66/1 ... would be cool ...
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RT - $493
In middle of $55k tournament on Pokerstars - a bit below average having lost:
KK vs J2
AK vs Q9
Minor football losses due to Cardiff failing to win at Doncaster.
Played some shocking pitch and putt including hitting a ball into a tree that never seemed to come down.
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Pokerstars $55k
42nd of 324 going into the money - 2162 started.
62k vs 34k Average - 600/1200(125)
Top prize = just under $9k - classic payment curve so will need to speculate a little!
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RT -$411
85th of 2162 in Poker Stars $55k - emlinated with AA vs QQ ... to go 17th.
What to say?
In the tournament
JJ lost to A3
KK lost to J2
AA lost to QQ
AK lost to Q9
A9 lost to J8
Pretty to tough to overcome this ...
I think my overall thought is usually of being robbed of the chance to play the rest of the tournament and not the money ... but 2009 looks like being the year I slogged away played good stuff (normally) and made nothing!
I guess the pay day comes later ... I smile at that ... but next AA vs QQ match up I will be nervous.
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I have elected to sing some songs ...
E.g.
Yellow bird,
Up high in banana tree,
Yellow bird,
You sit all alone like me
Did your lady frien",
Leave de nest again?
Dat is very sad,
Make me feel so bad,
You can fly away,
In the sky away,
You"re more lucky dan me.
or
There"s a big black bear he"s a huff-puff-a-puffin"
His coat"s too heavy he"s a huff-puff-a-puffin"
Don"t get too near the huff-puff-a-puffin"
Or you won"t stay all day!
or
Noodles on a fork, noodles on a fork
Twirly wirly, twirly wirly, noodles on a fork
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RT -$475
Greyhound woes ... some good front running costing me.
No poker today ... well so far.
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RT -$559
About to start the Betfair Eyes Wide Shut ... $50+5 buy in.
Lost a $29 heads up match to get there cheaper.
99 vs A9
A3 vs J9 defeats.
When will the worm turn?
Loads of small pairs - but not help ...
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RT -$710
Went to York races as part of a stag do - made a few wrong marginal calls ...
(Very nice track - well worth a visit)
Played a bit of random poker 1st and 3rd from 8 runners games.
Back in Scotland now - pretty ready to sleep - looking for to the Saturday night APAT game.
Weird to be "home" - time for my official weigh in I think - then I can start my Bridget Jones-esque diary.
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RT -$780 plus any in play winnings.
APAT Qualifier good fun until I ran into a bigger ace ... fair enough.
Played loose - felt ahead - was behind!
Fired up the Betfair $50+5 turbo to soothe myself.
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RT -$780 plus any in play winnings.
APAT Qualifier good fun until I ran into a bigger ace ... fair enough.
Played loose - felt ahead - was behind!
Fired up the Betfair $50+5 turbo to soothe myself.
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aye sorry about that -- previous hand I had A8 hearts top pair and a flush draw - your play was creative and had the whole table very, shall we say nervous ;D
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... no problems ... it was a fun table ... perhaps I should have folded it and kept people on their toes!
In the Betfair $50+5 turbo ... I flopped top set ... but lost to a flush draw ... as is the way!
Looking forward to Saturday Night ... and making the right calls!
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Ambitions for the night:
Watch Scotland beat Holland at football.
Purchase a King Henry VIII costume.
Win a poker tournament - not sure what to play yet - was going to try to qualify fo I-poker $1m g"tee but satelittle is a ridiculous $50+5 re-buy with 5 min levels - what is that about!?!
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RT -$855 plus any winnings.
No joy in the $45k g"tee on i-poker - getting nowhere and elected not to re-buy as I ran 99 into QQ.
Now playing the $12.5k - $5 re-buy.
First break 29th from 650 from 953. Nearly triple the average chips.
Scotland 0 Holland 1 ... the vorpal blade from Holland cutting deepest.
Scotland had their chances, some of the woodwork, some snatched at, the Dutch finished the game in clinical style.
England at football 10/10 : England at One Day Cricket 3/10 - what are they doing!?!
Henry VIII - costume when for £69 + 8 postage - stuff that ...
Could be a late night of poker and football with the South American games on.
Uruguay looking so much better than Colombia.
Looking forward to Paraguay Vs Argentina.
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Break 2
20th of 294 : 32.5k vs 15.5k
Played pretty loose and failed to catch anything for first 45 mins of level, but finally rewarded with a couple of flushes and all the loose play worth something.
Getting tempted to have a bet of Paraguay vs Argentina ... Maradona = clown.
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Break 3
18k vs 36k
Looking to be aggressive - not really getting the cards
110th of 128 left - 100 paid.
ATTACK
Paraguay playing some good stuff - hit the post twice - cannot take much more of the woodwork tonight!
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Break 4
77k vs 86k Average
26th of 53 left.
Lost races to get into trouble - won races to get back in shape.
Called a buton push with AJ vs 67 which held up.
Paraguay 17 mins to go ... Veron off ... could be a sweet night!?!
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Session 5
Early moves to 269k vs 114k Average - 4000/8000(800)
AK vs AQ
plus a lot of stealing.
4th of 40 left.
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Session 5 part 2
469k vs 158k Average
1st of last 29
Massive hand with JJ into Jxx rainbow.
Opponent bets I flat call - river is a ten - now two spades - I decide to kill things with an all in - called by TT.
Lost a bit trying to kill short stacks ...
Blinds nows 6000/12000(1200) so going to be action packed.
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Break 5
RT -$599 due to Paraguay win.
Poker still very well in play: 2nd of 20.
477k vs 229k average - blinds 12500/25000(2500)
Lost everything to short stacks - though never ahead - couple of races 0 from 2.
Blinds likely to create carnage!
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RT -$440
Final table 3rd place at the start but everyone in play. (But only 11BBs)
TT UTG I flatted and missed.
QQ raised and took the blinds.
AQ in big blind has to call the late position K6 push ... and off course K6 becomes two pairs.
Next hand TJo loses to 47o ... 10 minute levels feeling more like a turbo.
10th from 953 ... but feeling like a defeat.
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Good run Louis.
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Good run Louis.
Cheers mate - just cannot get over the line!
Got a stack - looked to kill short stacks - lost all the 40/60 shots.
Then AQ vs K6 for the chip lead with 9 left ... and riverred.
Bottom line is - this was always a concern with the tournament - so I cannot really complain.
Feeling a bit more creative on the tables at the moment which is good.
Feel like closing this year down early - it feels like I will end the year at +/- $1
What about England in the ODI"s - just nothing there.
Job done in the tests but this is looking like 0-7!
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Yeah getting over the line is the killer, especially when the tourneys become major Donkaments at the end, but even the best structures tend to end in push or fold mode at the finish, and then it is about getting your chips in first and winning the races.
Cricket - Ashes were great, not quite the 2005 series, but still gripping. The one dayers well, the least said. We are very poor, particularly with the bat. Whatever you say about Pieterson, we don"t half miss him. Got tickets for the Chester le street game, think it will be all over by the time that one comes around! It also clashes with an APAT league game, so I might sell "em on! Hows that for dedication.
Playing a live local event tomorrow, pretty decent structure, really looking forward to it. If I run good you"ll hear about it, if not you wont ;)
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... need a pretty long structure to take the donk out of the endgame ... or more creative play (I think I will work on that).
The end of the Poker Million and Sunday Warm up feature better poker - though I guess that means aiming at c$200+ buy in tournaments.
The $50k/$45k g"tee on I-poker is a shovefest at the end ($50 re-buy - average c$130)
Looking at the $1m g"tee - lots of the sats are turbo strucutres which is annoying.
All this said - no matter the structure you need to win your races when they matter. (Avoiding races - by stealing more another thing to work on.)
Cricket : Bopara - wrong answer : Not sure about Owais Shah - though his strategy to take Denly out of contention surely GENIUS.
Feel for Strauss - what can he do??
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RT -$471
Got into a good position in $1m g"tee qualifier - but with increasing blinds lost a battle of the blinds - live cards but went in behind.
Marin Cilic to beat Del Potro is huge at 4/1 tonight.
No reason why he couldn"t then beat Nadal/Gonzalez - overall price 47/1 - back to lay I believe.
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Cilic going well ... ffirst set 6-4
Del Potro 1.79
Cilic 2.24
Pretty tempting to lump Cilic ... but will settle for the money placed at 4.9
Could be a classic match.
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... weird second set ... Del Porto marches back ... happily I chopped the down side so have a tasty freeroll on Cilic ...
I guess Del Potro might over power him ... GRRR!
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RT -$491
A little bit on Cilic left on for the title ... oh well.
Beautiful weather in sunny Scotland.
Listening to Sky debate the virtues of Darren Fletcher - might be a short debate ...
I think he would make a fine farmer.
Cricket - good to see Collingwood and Anderson rested.
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Random thought afternoon ... watching trashy TV.
When is it ever a good idea to get on a horse wearing a wedding dress?
I do love an Indian summer - a chance to walk in the sun as opposed to watching the rain!
Thinking about the virtues of sausage sandwiches vs the idiocy of Derren Brown.
... looking forward to the APAT tonight.
Louis
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RT - $546
APAT 34th of 89 ... and a weak finish
KQ vs AJ (short stack)
K9 vs A8
Played good for two hours - raised everything - and took advantage.
Lost a 77 into xxx called by AK which spiked (small stack)
Lost a AK vs AT
Lost a KQ (two pairs) vs 4 to a flush - which I played slowly (could have folded the river) - my own fault.
This made my stack small and not enough patience from me to survive.
The epic balance between patience and aggression - and how to deal with having very few cards.
Overall - a decent position dented by beats - but killed by impatience - WEAK!
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... I should add to last night ... enjoyed the battle with MattBlue and AMRN.
Matt on the table all night.
Steve arriving late to re-raise my raises - I should have re-stole - I think - next time!
First 100 hands - I played 55 and won 36 - which is pleasing.
Got to 4th place - then needed to slow down a bit but I seemed to have cooked the brakes.
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RT -$669
Mmmm ... feeble attempt to qualify for the I-poker $1m ... broke one of my rules in playing a turbo qualifier (re-buy)
Re-focus : walk in sun - strawberry and white chocolate ice lolly.
Fired up a $70+7 qualifier ... so RT -$746 ... plus or mnius a ticket ... 10 min levels ... shuffle up and deal.
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41st of 71 for 18 seats - 6 refunds and 1 consolation.
Lost momentum with AT vs JT defeat.
Nearly falling asleep ... not helped by Cardiff 0 Newcastle 1 ... zero skill.
I watched Crystal Palace vs Charlton last year (live) - dire.
Fulham vs Everton next up ... is this going to be any better?
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RT -$569
Made the (minor) money of Event 26 of the WCOOP
Very slow structure - never in a great position - had a life with 5 outs twice early on.
Needed to find a good spot to gamble at the end.
How"s this ATs vs AA ... great!
If you could this as a Sunday Warm up substitute then 5 cashes from 10 ... this one slightly feeble (though governed by cards) ... others more live.
Might take a look at tomorrow"s card!
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RT -$591
Played the APAT qualifier - missing the first 30 mins (at dinner) - no joy in these at the moment - ramming into QQ twice.
Having folded AK and AQ to KK twice!
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Happy Birthday to me ... (37) ... how does it happen ... it"s almost as if the number gets one bigger each year!
Never know what to do to celebrate birthdays - so much partying throughout the year already.
Most of my favourite activities can be done every day.
e.g. eating sausage rolls/sitting in my chair.
Off to Italy tonight - Venice - Florence - Pisa.
Venice - always like walking into a Canaletto painting.
Florence - I am most looking forward to the Boboli Gardens to view the statue of Bacchus riding the giant Turtle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bacchino,_Boboli.jpg
Pisa - I ate a great Pizza there last time - backstreet cafe/restaurant - only other customers being an Italian couple busy getting off with each other - under the table their boxer dog kept guard.
Leaning tower fans - Bologna has a tower with a much bigger lean - just not so ornate.
I love Italy and its ways.
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Many Happy Returns Louis.
Enjoy your holiday.
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Many Happy Returns Louis.
Enjoy your holiday.
Cheers mate - good luck in the London Freezeout you are playing.
Aside - here is another holiday I am pondering:
"Truffle Weekend in the Papal Enclave"
http://www.provenceguide.co.uk/home/vaucluse-in-provence/short-breaks/cooking-classes-and-fine-fare/cooking-classes-and-fine-fare-details/foliot/1/offreid/f129e140-0a2a-4ed0-b3c5-8bfb605e4f3f.aspx
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Happy Birthday Loius, have a good trip.
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happy birthday chap.... if u do go truffle hunting,save us a couple in your hidden pockets :)
wine tasting? do they honestly believe most people will taste and spit it out !!! ;D
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Happy birthday for yesterday.
I got engaged in Florence. It"s rife, so be careful.
Broadway monthly special is on for me next Thursday. Can"t remember when you"re back, but let me know if your arm can be re-twisted.
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happy birthday chap.... if u do go truffle hunting,save us a couple in your hidden pockets :)
wine tasting? do they honestly believe most people will taste and spit it out !!! ;D
No truffles this time ... a trip for the future?
Wine tasting - I"ve drank wine that would be better spat out - but generally an odd concept!
Just back (from Italy).
Just about ready for some poker!
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Happy birthday for yesterday.
I got engaged in Florence. It"s rife, so be careful.
Broadway monthly special is on for me next Thursday. Can"t remember when you"re back, but let me know if your arm can be re-twisted.
Broadway looking pretty unlikely to be honest ...
Might play something online later tonight!?!
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RT -$613
APAT Qualifier : Did not make the first break.
Nearly did not reach the first five minutes.
Very unlucky to 1Foggy who flopped the straight vs my top two pairs in the blinds ... all the money in ... and I fill the boat.
Chipped up and looking to be aggressive I get chopped in half with JJ as overpair ... ramming into AA.
Progress made until I catch a second pair with KQ ... only to find two better pairs (short stack) ...
AK into JJ ... no help ... no complaints.
I will settle for the early night ... and try some more subtle poker tomorrow night!
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RT -$668
Played the $50+5 Turbo on Betfair.
Nothing doing ... great chance to quad up with AKs ... but defeated by Q7 early position raised ... and called by 86s mid position ... mmm
All this with Nick Clegg in the background ... perhaps the most sensible of the three offerings ... but certain to get the least votes ...
Quite enjoyed Newsnight too which seemed like a fight that Paxman was struggling to control - Lord Gilbert on epic form.
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All this with Nick Clegg in the background ... perhaps the most sensible of the three offerings ... but certain to get the least votes ...
Its very easy to promise the earth when you know you"ll never get the chance to honour it
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All this with Nick Clegg in the background ... perhaps the most sensible of the three offerings ... but certain to get the least votes ...
Its very easy to promise the earth when you know you"ll never get the chance to honour it
Yeah I know ... I am fairly apolitical these days (pretty disappointing Leadership from all parties) ... but I thought it was a good speech ... not really promising the earth ... just saying that the rich need to pay their taxes and that people (all of us) need to be responsible for building a better Britain.
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Further political aside:
1983 Election:
Conservatives 397 seats - 42.4% of the vote
Labour 209 seats - 27.6% of the vote
Liberal/SDP Alliance 23 seats - 25.4% of the vote.
Bit of a bad beat really.
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All this with Nick Clegg in the background ... perhaps the most sensible of the three offerings ... but certain to get the least votes ...
Its very easy to promise the earth when you know you"ll never get the chance to honour it
I dunno, I think Lib Dem time could have their finest hour very soon. I watched Vince Cable"s speech at the weekend - the first time I"ve been "impressed" by a politician.
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All this with Nick Clegg in the background ... perhaps the most sensible of the three offerings ... but certain to get the least votes ...
Its very easy to promise the earth when you know you"ll never get the chance to honour it
I dunno, I think Lib Dem time could have their finest hour very soon. I watched Vince Cable"s speech at the weekend - the first time I"ve been "impressed" by a politician.
... mmm ... not sure ... Vince rather blowing his feet off yesterday ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6845019.ece
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RT -$723
Played my standard (when busy) $50+5 Betfair Turbo ... no cards until I rammed A9 into KK ... hit the 9 ...
Watching Professional Masterchef ... the show where professional chefs prove that cannot cook ... very pleasing ... but scary.
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I"ve only seen that once, and all three served chicken raw. My food"s rubbish but it won"t normally kill you.
Good decision last night - only 32 with late-comers and alts, and some super-fishy stuff for a £150 comp, with a bit of needless handbags on the FT to boot. Better off where you were.
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I"ve only seen that once, and all three served chicken raw. My food"s rubbish but it won"t normally kill you.
Good decision last night - only 32 with late-comers and alts, and some super-fishy stuff for a £150 comp, with a bit of needless handbags on the FT to boot. Better off where you were.
One of the guys last night couldn"t make an omlette ...
(Surely this is equivalent to a poker player not being able to pick up the hole cards)
Another guy managed to cut himself three times whilst cutting up a chicken.
When three people cooked the chicken raw - there was a fourth person elimated before that for being "worse".
Some very good cooks too ... but few and far between.
32 Runners ... mmm ... kick off too late ... when I spoke to them they were predicting 75+
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... tonight Masterchef is making me hungry ... (well whatever re-run we are watching!)
Not much poker going on at the moment ... SUNDAY!
Nice Lebanese Skewers for lunch ... nice Chinese Dumplings for "tea"
If I close my eyes I can see a Chocolate Souffle ... question is where is it??
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-$735
Played a slow Shoot out to the Sunday Warm Up.
4th of 31 - 2 places ...
TT spiked KK - late on
but
66 into KK and dead.
Watching "Dating in the Dark" ... kind of weird ... kind of entertaining ... going soft.
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Saturday morning confusion ...
... firstly I catch the end of the Morning Line where someone is arguing that Horse Race handicaping "is like Communism in that your handicap always goes up and never comes down" !?!?!?
Next up is an advert for Derren Brown who is going to bet £5k on a single number on a roulette wheel ... he"s spent a year doing the research ... sigh!
Next up a scene from Friends - which made me laugh - it"s all going wrong.
Today is the day of my (late) birthday surprise - what could it be? My best guess so far has been cow mliking ...
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RT -$798
Morning Qualifying for the Warm Up no good ...
AA smashing into JJ on a Jxx flop ... running well but versus large stack.
Early lost with second nuts to nut flush ...
Not sure whether to buy straight in ...
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RT -$775
Qualification just not going to happen : 4th of 60 - 2 places AK into AA ...
Luck earlier when needing to push but need the luck grouped together (I believe).
Watching England play some excellent stuff (at cricket) ... suddenly Owais Shah looking like he was hitting footballs into the crowd ...
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RT -$990
Qualifiers almost drawing blood.
5th of 100 for 4 tickets losing AQ vs J9 and KQ vs 98 on final table!
In an earlier qualifier I managed a 99th of 100 when JJ lost to 77 after the Txx flop ...
Anyway ... "tis Sunday Warm Up night ... so let"s see if I can wipe out my negative above.
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RT -$883
12th of 146 in $18k g"tee on Betfair ... when QQ hits into KK ... ARGH!
Minor Cash - yawn!
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... not sure my brain is healed yet ... QQ vs KK following TJs into KQx two of my suit but missing turn and river versus obvious strength! (Board not paired)
Luck in running at the end please!
In my official weigh in today I was 15 stone 6 ... pleasing given quality(and quantity of) food consumed.
I collected my framed picture of "A Lion" today ... very pleasing ... painted to order in Kenya by Zaidi.
England showing some steel today in the cricket ... so much cricket now ... feels more like clubs than nations.
Cannot decide whether beer is a good idea!?!
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RT -$913
$30k g"tee on stars races up to $64k.
About to go handy with a triple up ... only to see the up and down straight draw from the value seeking chip leader fly in!
55 in J53 rainbow ... happy to limp but ... not when against 46 with a 2 on the river ... not quite the odds to call but chip leader so fair play.
Cooler ... still a long way to go ...
Pondering evening play.
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RT -$999 (plus any winnings from current tournaments).
Call the police.
Made it to the Betfair $18k g"tee through an absurd 5 from 12 - super turbo $15 re-buy - simply lunatic structure - but job done.
I am looking forward to reviewing my blog at the year end - overall has probably saved me some tilt money. In comparison to my gambling year last year (+$15k) I have played better and more often ... I think that bodes well ... as not particularly lucky last year.
I guess these are all small numbers in the grand scheme of things ... I think I am a solid player ... and winning something big would not alter that judgement.
There are so many solid players around that you need the have the breaks at the right times - that said there were phases when I got a bit limpy with KQ etc out of position which is just ridiculous.
Anyway ... looking forward to selective poker over the next few months ... no APAT stuff except the league matches.
Good luck all.
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RT -$783
12th of 143 in the Betfair $18k for the second time in a row for $216.
Last hand 77 vs 66 to return to 7th flop 6TT.
Just before I folded AT after two all ins ... 99 vs 99 flop ATx
Just before that I lost AJs vs 78s.
Earlier AA vs KK (vs Dewi Cool)
Built stack with a lucky TT vs AA (though still very playable stack if I lost)
In the top 5 for a long time ... before went card dead and the drift towards the bubble.
AA vs QQ just in time ... followed by a KK which won a good pot pre flop all in ... and in great shape ... only to be slain as above ...
Pays for the Sunday Warm Up ... and so on ...
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RT -$1,040 heading in the Sunday Warm Up and the APAT (any winnings to reduce the negative!)
Failed to qualifiy via a $10+1 re-buy ... in the lead at the break ... but no cards at all and soon enough time to push with K9 late position into A4 BB ...
Had a punt on Chelsea to win 1-0 ... so looking for a return to the tedium of the 1st half.
Sunday Warm up brewing ... really do need to get more red bull in the house as a contingency measure.
Was going to play on Betfair ... but looks like a really weird set up $500+10 (I would have looked to qualify) with a $30k g"tee ... wow aiming for only 60 runners ... what is that about???
Earlier I thought about how many fried eggs I had made in my career ... probably a very low amount ... on the face of it the yellow part of the egg is clearly the best ... but you get so much white ... ridiculous.
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Poach them. Seems to leave you with more of the good stuff, although that might just be cos I leave the snot in the pan.
Will be at DTD tomorrow night in the unlikely event that you"re around.
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... I am in Scotland ... heading back to London on Tuesday ...
Give me a shout if you are London.
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RT -$676
Sunday Warm Up - made the money - killed in an AKs vs 77 race - would have been nice if the had 77 folded!
Would have moved to 55th of 412 with a shout of the real money.
The big one is coming - just hope not too many years away!
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No poker getting played at the moment ... brain getting weakened by reading and thinking about legal documents!
I love pushing my brain to the limit in business or poker or anything.
I also love stopping and eating Spicy Livers and drinking Peroni - which will happen pretty soon tonight!
There is a little bit of me wanting to play the $18k g"tee on Betfair tonight ... but not sure I can face finishing 12th for a third time in a row!
As a total aside - I bought an "Ab Circle Pro" machine - a preposterous machine - I did 100 reps and retired!
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Managed 1 hour of $0.5/1 heads up ... got $210 up ... then pegged back to plus $36 ...
The worm turned ... the LAG starting hitting cards fair play ... always hard to known when to walk away.
RT -$640
Time to rack up some football bets and watch Sky Sports:
The cursed teams:
MK Dons
Dag & Red
Rotherham
Norwich
Colchester
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RT -$688
Football bet going well at half time : 4 winning 1 drawing 5 goals for - 0 goals against.
Just Colchester away to Leyton O sitting at 0-0.
Meanwhile - I play the $30k g"tee on PokerStars - progress halted playing AK into A2x ... vs big stack A2 ...
Looks like there will be $55k to play for - but I need to get some chips together.
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Ding Ding ... 4 wins and a draw in the football ... killed by a late Hereford equaliser ...
Quote "Rotherham should have scored six" ... a one outer on the river or so it feels ...
Lucky with MK Dons over Walsall perhaps ... but luck required in clumps ... ARGH!!!!
Still alive in the Pokerstars 2/3 of average - with 916 runners left ... on TILT ... might do me good ...
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RT -$721
Mmmm - fizzled out into an A6s semi steal - caught by AK - running low looked like a good spot.
Maybe - back to the cash tables!?!
Minor Losses on cash once again paying the Loose Agressive player the time they hit ...
RT -$765
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Next up on the betting front : X-Factor
My early bet is on Jamie Archer ... good profits the last two years.
Betting is pretty wide open - but at 6/1 on Betfair - need to be able to trade position - I think he will get a great run.
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RT -$820
Tournament report to follow ... posted a hand on the "online discussion" forum ... worth a look ...
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RT -$875
Ding Ding ... $50 turbo for breakfast ...
KK vs AT ... river A
33 vs A7 ... river A ... same player ... LOL LOL LOL ... Where is the off button?
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RT -$961
Going mad today ...
Qualifier for Sunday Warm Up 34th of 189 for 28 spots ... AK vs AQ followed by KJ vs 74 ... same player!
Earlier I had won a hand KK vs QQ vs JJ ...
Betfair ... turbo qualifier for their $100k event ...
Table Savage kills opponents with KJ vs AJ and 88 vs JJ in consecutive hands then wakes up with AA in the BB versus my AJ push ...
The Savage then limps absurdly only to find a hand with 915 chips left BB - 8000 ... mmm ...
Take a walk ... and contemplate the WARM UP!
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RT -$1176 (just registered for the Sunday Warm Up)
Let"s get on it ...
Walk and shower have freshened me up ... red bull in fridge ... hopefully needed!
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RT +$6 ... via poker ... but simualtaneous loss on snooker ... RT -$82
Sunday Warm Up ... plenty luck in running ... but kicked out 86th of 4379 with AA vs KJ ... KJ flat calls and hits KJx! ... Savage!
There were certainly times tonight I thought this was the night ...
KK vs AA vs QQ
TT into QJT vs 89 ... AA on turn and river ...
89s vs KK when very short ...
But need the AA to stand up at the end ...
7 cashes from 13 ...
See you next week!
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RT -$165
Played some heads up cash.
Didn"t play great ... but had AA,AA,AA,KK folded to in the SB ... also a KK vs KK hand ...
Session 2
RT -$90
An internal fight to stop playing ridiculous hands - but a little profit!
Season 3
RT -$190
Heads up TT in 955 ... vs 99 ... tricky ...
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RT -$292
Played a mini cash session.
Hand 2 QQ into J9x vs KK - ouch!
Hand 40 Top pair on the flop Vs AA - ouch!
Overpairs to the board have really been killing me this season ...
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RT -$388 (with the Betfair $18k in play)
Nothing happening - albeit it very early.
Very nearly headed to the Vic for their £200+20 ... but would be mega late night ... 10,000 chips ... 7.45pm kick off.
There is £100+10 freezeout tomorrow - perhaps that suits better?
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Break 2 : Betfair $18k
14th of 38 - 18 paid.
11k vs 10k Average
Got off lightly with AQ in x8xQ vs Q8 ... feels like a life ... they had me covered.
Is this going to be another 12th place?
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TID.
Down next Tues if you fancy a late night at the Vic then? Or at least a bit of cash at the Empire?
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TID.
Down next Tues if you fancy a late night at the Vic then? Or at least a bit of cash at the Empire?
I am in Scotland next Tuesday ...
I am still alive - but donked a few chips trying to make a hero call ...
16th of 29 left.
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... spewing 23rd from 25 ...
AA vs AQ (all in pre) ... straight on the river ...
What can you say???
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Break 3
13th of 20 - 18 paid
10k vs Average 15k
Top 5 are chipped up ... the one who chipped my Aces ... also chipped AA with J6 ... name on the cup?
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Break 4
6th of 6
Two large stacks (182k and 92K)
Then all up for the bronze medal ... (30k,25k,21,14k)
Blinds about to move to 1000/2000 (200)
So I am fold or shove where I have been for some time!
Lost half my chips again with 4 clubs to a flush on the bubble ... I have two pair!
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RT +$512
Knocked out in 6th place with JJ vs KK - no escape from that one.
First time that I have been positive RT for a while!
Pretty solid in these Betfair $18k events, 12th,12th,6th in the last three from c145.
Knock outs
QQ vs KK
77 vs 66
JJ vs KK
Will be very tempting to play face to face tomorrow night ...
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RT +$463
Got coolered with trip 8"s on the river vs the made (invisible) 57 (hole cards) straight ...
Fought back - only to ram AJ into AA ...
Fought back again ... and left with minor losses ...
Time to work ... and be merry ... big wedding weekend for me ... by Sunday I will be weakened ...
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your not getting married are you Louis?
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your not getting married are you Louis?
No not me ... my old and great friends Jim and Susie!
One of great occasions where I know both sides of the party really well.
Tomorrow night a dinner, and then a full day of fun on Saturday, wedding breakfast on Sunday and home.
Really looking forward to it.
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Pokerstars $40k g"tee and Betfair $18k g"tee tonight.
Good start in the $40k : 28th of 388 - long long way to go.
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RT +$354
Got brutalised in the Pokerstars and now 50/50 for the $18k ... may go out for noodles!?!
Lost to a bigger full house ... and forced to push 9Ts into A9 ... no help ... then QJs into same guy with A9 again ... A9J ...
NOODLE TIME.
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RT +$312
Greyhounds and heads up ...
Watching "the strictest parents in the world" ... the world kids in England head to Atlanta for a reality check.
Interesting/Scary ...
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RT +$200 (with the following punt in play!)
£70 treble on
Partick Thistle to win Scottish Div 1 @11/2
Stirling to win Scottish Div 2 @ 7/4
Livingston to win Scottish Div 3 @ 13/8
Returns? £3,284.53
I think Livingston are a cracking bet - only full time side in the Div - have won 5 from 6.
Assuming Stirling don"t go bust (surely they can find £69k) -they are 5 points clear in a weak division.
Partick - second last year - open division - why are Dundee 11/10 or less?
Worth a few pounds - I believe.
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Signs that your diet needs improvement:
I walk into my local greasy spoon -to be welcomed - "usual Sir"?
Aside - Bacon+Egg Roll + (nice) coffee + (okay) OJ = £3.60 - RESULT.
Starting to think about drinking Guinness - a good sign - (to be reviewed tomorrow morning!)
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RT +$168
Football bet falls of the rails ... (though season long bet starts well with two wins and a draw).
Wedding - a great bout of dancing/singing and merriment.
Siesta has sorted me out I think.
Still waiting to watch the Sunderland beach ball goal ... have always waited for this sort of thing to happen.
Aside - it made me think about a betting market once quoted on the Turkey vs England match - on first object to be thrown onto the pitch - 200/1 a Turkey ... GENIUS!
Obviously this then made me think about the Turkey - Family Fortunes episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AWKfMvDtw
It"s a good memory - worth an infinite amount.
I think this is why a large tournament vixtory is required - roll on the Sunday Warm Up!
Louis
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RT -$58
Sunday Warm up lasted 50 mins ... last hand KK vs 22 into J32 ... mmm
Earlier KK folded into JJ9x ... with Mr ABC pushing all in ...
3680th ... lovely
APAT to follow - in which I will become a Card Rack ... smile.
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RT +$37
2nd in the APAT
No beating the Calculator(86) tonight ... who tripled up with Q5 vs KJ(me) and 85 (abaddon).
Heads up - Calc started with a massive advantage - and won first contested handed A3(me) vs 97o.
Edinburgh top the table by a point - and I move to 4th for Edinburgh - with 5th final table of the year.
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RT +$37
2nd in the APAT
No beating the Calculator(86) tonight ... who tripled up with Q5 vs KJ(me) and 85 (abaddon).
Heads up - Calc started with a massive advantage - and won first contested handed A3(me) vs 97o.
Edinburgh top the table by a point - and I move to 4th for Edinburgh - with 5th final table of the year.
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Calc - played good - ran good - dangerous combination - good player - fair play!
Playing the I-Poker Double Stack - $12.5k g"tee
RT -$72 : plus any winnings.
141 runners - 20 paid
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RT -$72
Just for completeness a real donkey move from me last night versus ABC player ...
I limp with JJ ... he raises to six times the BB ... I call
Flop something like 246 ... I check to raise ... he bets out ... I re-raise ... he calls ...
Turn is a K ...
I check ... he bets half the pot ... I go all in ... he calls with AKs
Horrible play ... I know I was dreaming of 77,88,99,TT ... but plenty of time to just get out of the hand.
Punishment - Play STG"s to regain the $109 buy-in.
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RT - $181 (with the Betfair $18k in play)
Time to forget the woes of last night and make it 4 cashes in a row ... in the $18k ...
Just struck me that I have not been out at all today ... work ... work ... sleep ... work ... work ... poker ...
Aside caught a bit of the Leeds vs Norwich match ... perhaps it was a dream they both looked good.
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Just nothing doing tonight ... finally got money in behind 77 vs TT ... both hit ...
Early night not a bad idea ...
RT -$181
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RT -$236
Sometimes not playing poker can be tough ... especially when you catch a Aussie Millions sat" with an overlay ...
$50+5 ... to a final ($500+10) ... not that I got time to think ... 54 looking good on 54A ... but the T on the turn made AT look better!
14th from 14 ... 2 seats ... early night ... AGAIN!
Watching Real Madrid vs AC Milan - what is happening - goalkeeping masterclass - like Scotland in the 70s - Alan Rough lives on ...
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RT -$345
Too many early nights
55 into 854 ... vs 88 ... in the Betfair $18k
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Just coming up to 10,000 views ... so perhaps something better to read than my latest defeat.
Elsewhere The Duke wrote that 99.99% of players think they are better than they are ... an interesting comment.
The inference is that only 1 in 10,000 people know their true level ... that is drawing thin!
My guess is that I would be on the edge of the top 5% of players ... but the bottom line is that it is the top 5% that make any money! (Fair play to them).
In terms of the APAT ... mmm ... tough to tell ... maybe top 25% ... only 1 final table on line (from 236 runners) in the $50+5 things ... 5 final tables in the Sunday APAT's ...nothing face to face (though no glaring mistakes) ... only three played.
I am not sure what my poker ambitions are for the rest of this year???
A winning cash game on Nov 6th?
Nothing else face to face planned ...
APAT week 20 ... hobble into the Edinburgh team ... and then take it down.
Good luck to those playing in Bolton ...
Shuffle up and deal!
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RT -$423
Efforts to qualify for the Betfair $18k thwarted by A3 vs 84 defeat ... 84 priced in ... but not running to sweet at the moment.
May buy in direct ... (if last gasp Super Turbo fails me!)
Weird to following Bolton APAT ... about six weeks ago I was mad for it ...
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RT -$532
Nothing happening at the moment ... flush draw (and no help) vs flopped two pairs ... after a life less first hour.
A little quilty of pushing things too hard ... a fine line in the middle.
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RT -$577
No poker today - but managed to convince myself that Lloyd was heading home in X-Factor - weird voting.
Danyl - clearly the best singer - in the play off.
Quite enjoying "John and Edward" - very John Sargeant - but they are entertaining - the rest are starting to bore me.
I have money on Jamie ... but not convinced it is good money!
Ooooohhhh ... getting talked in a £9k g"tee on Sky ... GRRRR!!!
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RT -$608
Talked into the epic £9k g"tee on Sky Poker ...
7 min levels ... just about enough time to try and play ... we shall see ... won the first two hands ...
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COOLER!
KK vs AA - six handed - Turbo ... I think I might turn it in for the night!
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I did tell you what to expect...
How long did it take "might turn in for the night" to change to "what are we playing next?" !
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RT -$480
... it took about the average time ...
Finally came 4th of 35 in the $1k g"tee ... for $128 ... woo!
Won a AJ vs 22 to make the final table ... then ran A4 into 66 ... and had to push K4 into 7T ... which hit the mandatory two pairs ...
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RT -$460 with the Betfair $5k g"tee about to start ...
Won on Leicester over Reading ... lucky I guess ... though you got the feeling that Reading would never score.
Betfair appear to have scrapped their $18k g"tee in favour of a $12k version (10 mins levels instead of 15 mins
Pretty poor effort - it is the site where I have had most success - but periodically they persuade you to leave it - really disappointing.
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PS - QQ vs AJ ... flop JJx ...
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RT -$520 (with Betfair $12k about to start)
Not really keen on the event - but will end by midnight ... or perhaps earlier!
Seems like a long time since I had cards in my hands ...
... let"s see if they are winning ones?
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RT -$520
42nd of 171 when I rammed 77 into AA ... sigh ...
Betfair"s bid to turn everything in a crapshoot working a treat ... disappointing ...
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Plenty of play in the Aussie Millions sat! Of course, I am biased...
Bit of a quandry for Luton day 2 - big poker weekend either way.
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Plenty of play in the Aussie Millions sat! Of course, I am biased...
Bit of a quandry for Luton day 2 - big poker weekend either way.
Make it to day with ultra aggressive play and then the crush the field ...
Those sat"s are good ... something which Betfair get right.
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RT -$640
In the annoying cannot win a flip mode ... perhaps a bit limpy too ... that"ll teach me for playing the new Betfair $12k
Currently 6th of 12 in Cagey Aussie Millions qualifier (to the $90k final) ...
Walked 12 miles through Sussex today ... how do these things happen?
Ate enough to make sure that I would lose no weight!
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RT -$640 (+$510 ticket to Aussie Millions final)
Not sure if I could actually play in it ... but let"s try to win it and deal!
Solid performance ... with a nice overlay.
... and so to bed ...
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RT -$651 (+$510 ticket)
APAT Sunday - a damp squib for me - no cards - became a bit of a limp monster - hit nothing (had to fold a bit too).
Others did the job for me in terms of winning the title for Edinburgh (I think) ... and allowing me to qualify for the final.
Points were in the bag - but nearest "rival" lost AA vs 99 and JJ vs AJ to same player - volatility wins.
Should be a great match up on Nov 15th ... bring it on.
Louis
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RT -$676 (+$510 ticket)
Playing a crazy $5 re-buy on I-Poker
Middle of the pack of 344 ... have lost to KQ and KJ with my A2 push ... would have moved to 4th ... GRRR!
Earlier AQ vs 77 vs 22 ... to triple up ... so I guess I will have to settle ...
Next up the classic AT vs AT vs 88 ... oops ... or maybe not ... TTxx ...
Just the spinning wheels ofa fruit machine ... go practice for pressing fire ...
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RT -$263 (+$510 ticket)
6th of 588 in the absurd turbo ...
Ran out of luck calling K3 with A9 6 six handed ... further calls from TT and A5 ...
K3 won ...
Still a good night"s work ...
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RT -$323
Betfair $12k ... AK vs AK vs 99 ... Kxx ... runner ... runner straight .... classic "crazt coin flip" ... oh well at least it happened early ...
Mega work day tomorrow ...
... then mega cash game on Friday night ...
Saturday ... who knows it is a long time away!
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RT +$1125
Home game +£945 (less the late night taxi and dealers costs).
A very strange result as my best starting hand in 6 hours play was TT (which I lost with vs JJ)
Made most of the money with AK, AK, AQ type hands ... two off them missed the flop but opponents were short enough to make the call ... to their auto shove.
Chip accumulation helped by "hero" calls with very little ... and correct folds with flopped top pairs
I am feeling pretty dazed at the moment ... will ponder the rest of the play later ...
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RT +$1198
Brain coming back to life ... and a little profit (though could have been more with better value bets) playing cash earlier.
Thinking back to my home game last night - really interesting to play deepstack cash.
£1/2 - 10 players - £4k on the table - makes decisions much more interesting!
I will post a hand on the Academy ... interesting cash vs tournament hand ...
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RT +$1248
Running good at the moment ... long may it last ...
Heading out for dinner soon ...
Looking forward to my debut at Nobu ...
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Watching the boxing ... the most absurd first four rounds ... I have bet on "Goliath" ... pretty level betting ... is Haye going to get tired!?
Could be the least punches thrown ever!
Not quite Tyson vs Bruno.
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RT +$1,113
Haye wins ... amazing live betting ... going into last round Valuev 1.31 ... and Haye wins 116-112 116-112 114-114
Overall he deserved the win - Valuev did nothing.
Fired up the Betfair Eyes Wide Shut ...
Jammed JJ into 99 and KK and and ace rag ... the 9s won ...
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RT +$1,194
Played some weird and wonderful cash ... far to loose at the start ... but it got me paid on everything I did thereafter!
Wings clipped when I flopped top pair vs fish ... I gave him the flush draw ... but got smashed by the backdoor straight with him holding J5 suited ... with which he raised pre flop ... mmm.
Nice to have a poker weekend ... getting tempted by the Betfair sat" to their $1000 buy in this afternoon ... or is Sunday Warm Up time!?!
Cannot believe Cada"s run in the world series ... bluffs himself down to nothing and then spikes everything ... final table 22 vs QQ and 33 vs JJ ... that is pretty sick ... then K on the river AK vs 88 ... SICK!
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RT +$1084
Failed in my quest for the Betfair $100k g"tee ...
37 runners for 3.7 seats.
I am playing loose at the start ... AQ flat call looks great into QQx - two spades ... but I get greedy to build a stack and give the flush on the turn ... I checked third to act of 4 ... looking for the steal for me to flat call/push.
Enough ... computer off ... it would appear my internal dialogue today is to play super tricky trappy nobby poker ...
Good luck to the those playing.
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RT +$850
Poor cards in the Warm Up
Poor running in the $200k g"tee
Chelsea saved me a little!
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RT +$861 ...
... managed to sleep walk $11 profit playing cash last night ... 17 hours at desk had left me weak ... but great to escape with no absurd play and consequent losses ...
Looking for to Sunday night ... and the APAT extraveganza ...
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APAT National Final : Disaster ....
10,000 chips ... 10/20 raised to 60 ... raised to 155 by Calculator86 ... I re-raise to 440 ... with AA ... called by Calculator ... flop J63 ... my pot bet is called ... turn is a blank ... I bet the pot ... Calculator all in ... mmm
... I hate it but call ... his hand 63 ... no help ...
Having played the Calculator all year - very tough to fold in this spot ... could have folded with 5700 chips left ... and loads of play left but wrongly sensed him at it ...
Apologises to the team ...
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RT +$806
Nothing doing ... JJ vs 99 ... in 126 runner $50+5 turbo ... 9 on flop ...
Nowt can be said ...
Aussie millions qualifier on Sunday ...
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RT +$724
Early morning poker no better than late night poker ...
AK into KQT ... I flat call the continuation bet ... river is a 3 ... bet/call ... turn is a 6 ... no flushes ...
He bets out ... GRRRR! ... I have to call ... half expecting the AJ ... but instead the joyous 33 for trips ...
Breakfast time ...
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RT +$718
Five hours to the Aussie Millions final qualifier ... looks like a big overlay going to be in play ...
Currently 74 qualifiers/registraints ... would need 180 @ $500"s to break even for the 5 $18k packages on offer.
There are 9 g"teed seats for this afternoon"s qualifiers ...
A few will buy in for the value - but tough to transfer Betfair seats - so might just be a load of value for the qualifiers??
Watching Dundee United vs Celtic ... a weird 0-0 ... McGeady excellent ... nobody else showing much.
United should have had a penalty, but have done nothing else ... why are ref"s so poor ...
Fortune is off the scale - zero confidence - suits me!
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Dundee United 2 Celtic 1
Tony Mowbray has got some big issues to sort out ... Caldwell and Loovens just cannot play together.
In the first half United never looked like scoring, but any crossed ball into the box looked like being a goal.
Two free headers, plus a Daly miss (another free header), plus one off the bar ... United were average and beat the hapless hoops ... a good start to the afternoon.
Levein favourite for the Scotland job ... will not be happy if he goes.
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Weird football day continues with the unplayable Defoe romping back to favourite to top score in the Premiership ...
I had thought my slice of money on this was getting rather eroded in value.
Pretty full of the cold today ... tedious ... and mind affecting ...
E.g. I am now onto my second episode of "Golden Balls" ... in the first one of the contestants stole the £5.75 prize ... genius ...
I think it is better than Deal or No Deal ... but you are on the very flat part of an exponential curve here ... how about a game with some strategy or skill ...
Golden Balls ... balls drawn at random ... yet some amazing deductions drawn e.g. you have low value visible balls ... so you are more likely to have hidden killer balls!?!
Question - does that make for good TV - or just random TV?
Should they televise fruit machines being played by robots? (Maybe for the ill to watch)
If people want a human angle then Jasper Carrott can play the fruit machine!
Wow - Defoe scores again ...
Spurs 9 Wigan 1
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Break 1 in the Betfair Aussie Millions Qualifier
33rd of 105 left - 5 seats.
Weird first 80 mins ... lots of cards but no match ups ... AA re-raise - fold ... AA re-raise - fold ... KK re-raise fold ... perhaps best this way ...
Earlier I fold 22 pre - to a raise to 6 times BB ... obvious 299 flop ...
All the loose stuff I played missed ... everything connected that I folded would have hit ... standard I guess ...
Lots of chips on my table : promising : dangerous ...
Louis
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Break 2 ... and a tale of no cards ... finally shoved the T8 button into A8 ... and won ...
47th of 47 - 5 seats ... need luck fast ...
... and dead in 44th ... K9 into AK ... nothing happening today ...
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Saturday - probable BRONCHITIS - Disaster ... not been helped by running around the country to networking events.
Go to Edinburgh on Wednesday - sheet rain and high winds.
Thursday - just the typical ice cold day perfect for a Scotland vs England rugby match - there is something about the moisture in the air and wind chill which makes impossible to function.
It reminded me of the game in 2000, England rolled into town for the Grand Slam, and left with a 19-13 defeat, Scotland"s only win of the season.
We had a dinner at Murrayfield on the Thursday night which was interesting ... piped into the stadium ... seems smaller than the 67,000+ capacity ... the pitch under artifical growing lights through the dark winter.
Food was okay, the classic "Scottish" menu ... Haggis Tower ... decent Lamb ... Heather Creme Brulee ... coffee and Tablet (Made from Sugar, Condensed Milk and Butter) (Ultimate health food - eat it and wait for your body to twitch).
John Beattie did the after-dinner speaking - and very funny - took a Rugby speech and twisted it for a much wider crowd.
Friday back to London for a black tie event (well white jacket and red bow-tie) - in Billingsgate Vaults - had a very interesting converstation with regards to big coporate chiefs competing to get random or themed buzzwords into speeches and TV interviews ...
... and now resting ... playback TV ... the F Word ... Edinburgh"s great value dumpling shop "Chop Chop" vs Manchester (who are going to win!)
Not sure what the correct poker option is ... feel a little in a trance ...
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RT +$703
Break 2 in $5 re-buy on I-poker
89th of 222 left from 633
It is the classic tale of get your luck in the smallest thing you play ...
JJ vs AA vs xx - triple up early ... then lost AA vs 89 vs KJ (lost to both) ... but dodged other bullets to then double up with a top pair flush draw push ... which I knew needed to hit ...
$2,260 top prize would go down well ... ten min levels so plenty of play required/available.
Weird football results ... what are Man C doing?
In Scotland I followed Dundee United who are doing pretty well - but big questions about standards in whole league.
I am hearing that Davie Irons (48) played today in the Scottish Cup ... mmm ...
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Break 3
30th from 100 left ... 80 paid ... though FTW ...
Turned a straight versus two pairs ... rest pretty standard steals ...
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RT +$752
35th of 633 when I ram AJs into KK (and K9) ... no help ...
Early night and see how I feel tomorrow ...
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I am a very bad patient ... and propensity to fall asleep does not bode well with regards to playing poker ...
As with most visit"s to the doctors" you walk in ... tell them what is wrong with you ... with which they agree ... and off to the chemist for some anti-biotics ... I will be well in a week ... until the point when I cough I will have a splitting pian in my head akin to being skulled by a viking ...
I was having a think about my family tree the other day ... debate as to whether my dad"s side come original from Iceland or Trondheim in Norway (I think this is the winner!) ... on my mum"s side harder to get back but her mother was born in South Africa via Dutch parentage ... (Mad Eric) ... I like the circular link to their being Mad Erics in Norway too.
Eric ... such a fine name pre Bristow ... don"t get me wrong I loved the absurd arrogance of Bristow ... and loved it even better when Jocky Wilson beat him.
It"s a funny thought process to think about the darts matches you watched 20 years ago ...
Aside - I watched the semi of the 1974 World Cup beaten Holland and Brazil the other day - it was wild. Holland were impressively dirty, although Brazil were terrible and resorted to violence too. There wasn"t that much total football on show, though Holland won 2-0 ...
... when ill I don"t really think about death ... that is more reserved for superb hangovers ... prime candidate being Man U 1 Arsenal 0 (Cup Semi @ Villa Park) ... very vivid memory of Giggs running down the wing that day ... and thinking wow we are mortal ... (perhaps Giggs is as immortal in a football sense as you get - that was 5.5 years ago)
Why do you remember Deller"s springloaded darts in 1983?
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Just how strong are those anti-biotics Louis ... ? Mixing them with alchobevvy ... ?
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... well ... not intending to drink ... but my mother"s "recipe" for fixing such things include a 1 inch measure of Dark Rum ... obviously need a few of them (with honey, cloves, lemon juice and pith plus flu powder!)
I think going forward drinks should be served by their length ... once you get a coffee mug out ... an inch of rum is pretty deadly ...
Consquences of being ill are unfortunate ... for example actually watching TV.
E.g. Celebrity Mr and Mrs ... including Willie Thorne (and wife Gill - ex Miss UK!?!)
Watch The Green Mile last night - weird film - good film.
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RT +$692
Played the Betfair $12k ... ($55+5) ... 10 min levels ...
Got bluffed off top pair by a clown who when bluffed himself out of the tournament.
Fish then hit the nut flush ... and then just push and hope ... A7 into QQ (BB) ... all pretty standard.
Poker Million Semi Final on Sky ... got to be better poker than the weird Coren vs Mr X thing I saw earlier ... terrible heads up play.
Oh well ...
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RT +$641
$10k g"tee in play ... nothing happening ...
World Cup ... weird draw ... Germany Vs England in the last 16 ... mmm
Rooney to be top scorer ... 14/1 ... weak group ... mmm
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RT +$616
52nd of 189 left (150 paid) from 1254 in $12.5k g"tee ... prizepool is $18.5k ... desire to avoid the flat part of the pay out curve is great ...
Weird tournament in that I was crippled AQ into A4x ... vs 44 ... then went on the rampage ... luckily winning KT vs QQ ... but then making good calls and traps with not very much ...
Could be the late night that I really don"t need ... DING DING!
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Break 4
54th of 73 left ... just time to shove now ... got to about 20th ... but then card dead ...
Looks like another flat payout ...
QJs through the blinds ...
AK I re-raise and called by KJ ... J on the river ... GRRR .... $46 back .... pointless ... RT + $662
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RT + $665 ... with a tremendous $3.44 profit in the 6 pack WCOAP last week ...
Great format ... shoved back at "pillings" with the goods from the small blind ... JT vs AJ ... but the BB holds AK ... DING DING ... 20th of 105 ...
Zero poker since ... busy with work ... must find a suitbale MTT for tonight ...
Aside was thinking about "Horace goes ski-ing ... no money no ski" ... the genius of the 80s.
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Preferred Horace And The Spiders.
Cinema or Stars later - will let you know if the latter.
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Horace and the Spiders ... indeed ... stamp on their heads ...
Playing the $10 re-buy on I-poker ... $12.2k pot ...
Ran great and then got sliced but still 15th of 255 remaining ... 10 mins levels ...
Was at 18,895 vs 2,972 average and in the lead until I lost QQ vs QTs to the flopped flush ... I had luck before with
AK vs 88 and 33
AT vs AQ and 56s
QQ vs 78s
QQ vs K6
AJ vs K6
All the above in pre ...
Now 16,105 vs 7646 Average ... settle for that ...
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... and then the pointless drift to nothing ... no cards and no luck K6 vs AJ ... 7 outside the money ... RT +$634 ...
I think the opposite of the pointless drift to nothing is the absurd road to glory ... I am looking forward to that.
Seems so long since I had a decent online win ... some of my face to face cash play has been okay ... mmm
I was chatting to a guy who played 2000 MTT"s (decent stakes) over the last 18 months ... c£30k profit ... but when he did the analysis could all be statistical noise ... the conclusion was you would need more than one lifetime to "g"tee" that you would take down a really big pay day ... I know you can never g"tee it but ... but the E(x) of more than one life time was a little scary ...
Take a 1000 coin flippers and put them in a room and you will get some pretty crazy outliers ... win 10 coin flips in a row and play solid poker and you are in the hay ... that"s your 1 in 1024 shot ... I guess it is about getting out of the coin flippers union and getting some class!
I think I have been drifting to the weak side ... chips together and then getting a bit weak ... though the 6 pack last week is a great example of getting to the chip lead on my table and then being moved to the table of death ...
I hate the solution that it is just about volume ...but I think it might be ...
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RT +$623
Hit trips holding 23 ... A22x .. but found the case 2 with an Ace in a Sunday Million qualifier ...
Then managed a 5th of 27 for another seat dying AJ vs QJ (standard) ...
Then got a little smahed up with a migraine ... happily cured via Migraleve Pink ... not sure if brain is ready for more poker?
7 Card stud ... I think I have played 5 hands in my life ... looks like a gimme though one of the key questions is how amazingly long it might last ... the word "limit" fills me with fear ...
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RT +$644
X Factor profits for the third year running through a lot of trading through the year ...
AJ into JJ in the first poker for a while ... fair enough ...
I was chatting to friend who used to play a lot of Bridge who was getting into poker, I will interested as to his progress!
Feeling hyper despite 6.45am start ... work and train ... but now home to the South of Scotland where I will remain for the year ... unless a client calls me to London with a lucrative deal!?!
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RT +$551
Played the $30 re-buy on I-Poker : $20k g"tee ... classic event ... no cards but managed to win a race to get handy then as I limped with 77 the short stack pushes ... called before me ... I call ... but the clown afterward gets squeezey with an all in ... which is again flat called before me ... triple up or die ... I fold ... first card out a 7 ...
Was against three over cards ... and the small stack KK ... so a weird scenario ... but I then got weak creative ... which is never going to work ... finally shoving A8 into AT ... obvious A53 type flop and out ...
When you call the 77 you die ... when you fold ... you live but It needs to be shove or fold and not the absurd nonsense I half played ... a lot of work was required ...
Maybe more poker rest required ...
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I limped with 77 the short stack pushes ... called before me ... I call ... but the clown afterward gets squeezey with an all in ... which is again flat called before me ... triple up or die ... I fold ... first card out a 7 ...
constant shuffler on iPoker, so dont feel too bad.
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More annoyed that I didn"t call regardless of spiking the 7 ... felt like I would have best hand versus a lot of overcards ...(including the short stack) ... chance to make a stack or die ... compounded by the fact that I was only willing to fire a one bullet bluff ... when two bullets would have done it!
It was 77 vs A4 vs KQs (vs KK - short stack)
A4 held up for the main pot both unhit ... (constant shuffle - so if I call the board it AKQ ... DING DING!)
Not being playing much - nasty annoying hand - but then as a pretty low stack squandered a few chips before mandatory A8 shove into AT ...
2009 = Wilderness
2010 - Make sure that I don"t live the same year again ...
Aside - got on the Wii last night - 15 stone 9 - DING DING - any progress for you?
Its looks like all those mini magnums became a maxi one.
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Frostsville in Southern Scotland ... I am the BBC news reader who tells you it is snowing ... it"s vital ... right?
The slow tedious thud of my headache is doing nothing for me ...
On the bright side I have just eaten an omlette ... the tide has turned ...
Louis
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... apparently is was -7 degrees C here last night which is causing me concern over my terracotta lions that guard my house ... they may crack and break (and in a sense die) ... I must bring them inside (for their safety).
I was chatting to mum who posed the following question .... does Cheryl Cole still live in Byker Grove ... I am so pleased with this question I might just have to make up a T-Shirt ...
Wikipedia classic info ... "In November 1994 Byker Grove became the first British drama to broach the subject of coming out when Noddy Fishwick kissed his close friend Gary Hendrix at the back of a cinema."
What do you do with all this random info ... store it in a box?
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I suppose I must accept it is Christmas ... it feels unlikely that I will win the battle to make Christmas a bi-annual event.
Time off is good in that you do things that you otherwise might not ... e.g. walk across the virgin snows of my local golf course.
I enjoy the snowy beach awaiting the muddy swirl of the Solway ... not too far from Sellafield ... perhaps I should get a Geiger counter for Christmas ...
... bizarre TV too ... and amazingly by brother has released a soccer training DVD in Japanese ... how do these things happen?
Makes me want to kick a ball ...
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... getting a firmer desire to play ... it"s a good thing until I run AK into AA ... however for the moment I must write the next instalment of my "Christmas Thoughts" ...
... I might well put this out to a wider distribution ... but there are things you do at Christmas that you would do at no other time of the year ...
For example, audit your "pantry" ...
... I pose the question ... what are the two most out of date food items to be found.
In second place ... a Jamaican Ginger Cake ... Nov 3rd 2008 ... it still feels moist ... but the winner is ...
A Nestle Thick and Creamy Rice Pudding - October 2005 - I didn"t even own this house then!
Now that I have found it I will treasure it ... and heirloom it ...
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RT +$496
Pokerstars $80k g"tee in play ... $50+5 ... currenty 1706 runners ... but 32 mins of late reg allowed ...
Slow start - no cards - happy to take the card rush later!
Nice to be on the table ... alarm at 8.25am less pleasing!
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Christmas Thoughts:
Late night coffee in the kitchen ...
I ask my girlfriend what she wants for Christmas ... and she tells me what we need for the house ... I like this strategy ... but as it stands she may not like her present ... a cake cover and a laundry basket ... (actually she wants a surprise ... I can think of many)
She reads a magazine called "Pick me up" ... which relays news of a lady who breast fed her dog on the left and her baby on the right ... now that is a surprise ...
It also informs me of a lady who made a pair of slippers from sanitary towels ... which feels closer to a Christmas gift ...
... I am not sure how close we are but it"s the journey that counts ...
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On the poker front ... I am still alive in the Pokerstars $55 ... $80k g"tee ... ($112k actually in the pot)
It would appear that I really trying to pioneer a form of the game called "weak creative" ... it is annoying me ...
For Christmas I need a "gun" with three bullets to fire my bluffs with ... and not one bullet with a white flag ...
Anyway ... due to some horrible play I am back above average of the 952 runners left ... 324 paid ...
I trap limp UTG with KK ... and play versus the SB and BB ... no raises ... flop A8x ... BB bets ... I call ... SB raises ... GOD ... SB ... limp with Ace ... maybe ... I convince myself he has the flush draw and make the horror call (as I am quite short ... not short enough really!) ... SB ... hold A8 ... two outs ... and I hit the RIVER ... how novel...
Not deterred by my poor play I try the trap limp UTG with QQ ... this time the BB duly raises ... and we soon have it all in vs AK ... I win ...
Next up ... mid position I try the now 1D trappy AA limp ... only BB involved ... a bet takes down the pot ...
Next up the Button limp ... oh how I hate myself ... with Q9 ... SB and BB make things up ... 974 flop ... sweet ... I bet ... SB all in ... I call ... as he is short (ish) ... vs K9 ... ARGH! ... but I know the Queen is coming .. on the river ... like a bitch in high heels with a swirling black cape ...
11k vs 8k average ...
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Scottish and Australian news ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8424513.stm
I like this bit the best ...
"A sheep called Lucky in Australia was officially recognised as the world"s oldest sheep before dying at the age of 23 in a heatwave last month."
... doesn"t sound that Lucky to me ...
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Poker : 415th of 2238 ...
Button push with A9 ... I call with TT ... standard A is the first card out ... sigh ... I had my luck earlier ... but 2-1 is little good in large fields needs to be 4-0 with a string of 1-2 defeats ... in terms of flips and bad beats ...
Early night worth little ... but good to be back on the tables ...
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Bids to play poker today thwarted by work ... work and eat work and eat ... I get fatter and younger on the Wii everyday ... I really do need to hit the gym ...
Fitness regime on Dec 23rd? Unlikely ... as the Christmas shop must begin!
Perhaps something suitable tomorrow night ... and Sunday looking solid ... though theoretically going to work on Monday!
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The Christmas lollipop has been lit ... blue lights on the balcony ... lollipop in the window ... Bingo!
Still a few presents to (badly) wrap ...
... chicken tonight ... pork tomorrow ... seafood on boxing day ... not a Turkey in sight ... I do like a bronzed turkey but it"s just not getting the votes!
I am pondering which playing card looks most like a turkey ... is TT the Turkeys? (It is now ... in my head at least)
Good luck on the tables.
Louis
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RT +$552
8th of 104 in the Betfair Eyes Wide Shut ... 5 mins levels crapshoot ...
Out of jail with A2 vs A8 all in pre ... 228 flop ...
Killed KJ vs T3 ... for a minor profit ...
Happy Christmas ...
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RT +$364
Betfair Eyes Wide Shut about to start ...
Played a little cash earlier ... lost all the flips and then started to bluff and show ...
Flat called with 97 ... flop 973 (all spades) ... time to get paid ... nope ... KT spades ...
Mmm ... it"s just a buy in ... but it"s not meant to work that way ... they are meant to have the overpair that I always have ... mmm
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RT +$436
16th of 109 ... $72 back ... K9 vs Q3 ... at the end ... earlier I win QT vs QK ...
Why is poker so sick ... both ways?
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RT +$428
Contrived to lose $8 ... was well up when I gave a card with a made straight ... river gave a higher straight ... sigh!
Classic boxing day ... football scores ... poker ... crystal maze ... though time to kick the poker into touch!
The team on the maze are the worst I have ever seen ... or should I say the worst I remember ...
Loving Birmingham at the moment ... one of the great mysteries how Scottish manager continue to prevail.
Billy Davies at Forest too ... maybe Craig Levein will waken the Scottish team ... it would please me if had could and then propel himself to the Premiership ...
Looking forward to my next bout of eating ...
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RT +$478
A neat win in the double of nothing STG ... $55+5 ... used up about a month"s worth of cards ... AA * 3 in 60 hands ... including those shown 6 * AA in these hands ... pretty good for six handed ...
Once you make the money - auto all in for all hands - and I win them all from behind - why - why - why - not this not happen when ahead when it matters?
L
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RT +$418
Pegged back in the next double or nothing ... 78s vs 55 ... delighted with the race 759 flop ... no six ... fair enough ...
Perhaps back in play for the 11pm Eyes Wide Shut going for three cashes in a row ...
L
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Fat boy slim ... day 4 in the gym and I think the first time for a while I felt like there is fitness and enerrgy to return ... lots of it ... how pleasing ... cue a Malaysian Boxing day feast ... maybe tomorrow a Scottish feast?
Loving Liverpool ... 0-0 at HT ... not convinced it is a very strong premiership either ... few years ago it was kick ass ... now feels like Spain has marched back.
0-0 at FT ... 4/1 ... looks like a bit of value ...
RT +$362/+$630 depending on the result.
L
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RT +$307 with the Eyes Wide Shut ... $50+5 in play ... 129 runners ... must be a record!
Not pleased with Wolves getting people sent off ...
Rather exhausted by efforts in gym ...
Ran top pair into the overpair ... lasting 16 mins ... oh well ...
L
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RT +$322
15th of 125 ... A8s into AT ...no help ... so three minor cashes from 4 ... all very frustrating ...
L
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was sat at your table for your exit hand, did say hi but obviously lost in the garble of messages. Best of luck next time.
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... where did you finish?
I was half watching an epic DVD box set called "King on Snooker" ... strangely addictive subtitled Hong Kong number.
It is always a crapshoot at the end but three minor finishes is so tedious ... just need one big one ... anyway money went in behind ... no real complaints ...
Stayed alive when I managed to folded second pair versus top pair in the blinds ... choose not to make the maths limp with J4 ... flop 44x ... sigh ...
Poker has been pretty restricted of late ... anything happening in Sheffield Jan 4th-7th ... will be busy with work but in Sheffield ...
Louis
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RT +$162
Welsh National look set to make me happy with Le Beau Bai running well but some of it"s jumping in the middle section was poor ... and only third in the end ... always a good feeling to have a lump on a horse ... but better if it actually does the job.
Dream Alliance was great ... but hard to pick it!
Anyway ... at the turn of the year I will be +/-$1 ... and I will kiss 2009 goodbye ...
2010 is showtime ... or so I hope!
L
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RT +$107 with the Pokerstars $80k g"tee just about to start ...
Backdrop provided by Slumdog Millionaire ... a fine end to this "fake" bank holiday.
I really do need to buy some red bull ...
L
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Read your post so decided to reg for it.
Previous hand i lay down 66 to action pre then get this
PokerStars Game #37317002820: Tournament #242010571, $50+$5 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/12/28 20:11:01 WET [2009/12/28 15:11:01 ET]
Table "242010571 8" 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: newbiegamer (2951 in chips)
Seat 2: Eck68 (2940 in chips)
Seat 3: alfonso306 (2965 in chips)
Seat 4: tormos (2870 in chips)
Seat 5: vuki (3130 in chips)
Seat 6: diosa34 (3340 in chips)
Seat 7: Sheikh Fyn (2970 in chips)
Seat 8: Blitza (2770 in chips)
Seat 9: DontBluffMyJ (2950 in chips)
DontBluffMyJ: posts small blind 10
newbiegamer: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Eck68 [Kc Kh]
Eck68: raises 40 to 60
alfonso306: folds
tormos: folds
vuki: folds
diosa34: folds
Sheikh Fyn: folds
Blitza: calls 60
DontBluffMyJ: calls 50
newbiegamer: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ks 6s 6d]
DontBluffMyJ: checks
Eck68: checks
Blitza: checks
*** TURN *** [Ks 6s 6d] [7s]
DontBluffMyJ: checks
Eck68: bets 120
Blitza: calls 120
DontBluffMyJ: folds
*** RIVER *** [Ks 6s 6d 7s] [6c]
Eck68: bets 360
Blitza: raises 2230 to 2590 and is all-in
Eck68: calls 2230
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Blitza: shows [Ah 6h] (four of a kind, Sixes)
Eck68: shows [Kc Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Sixes)
Blitza collected 5620 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5620 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 6s 6d 7s 6c]
Seat 1: newbiegamer (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Eck68 showed [Kc Kh] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Sixes
Seat 3: alfonso306 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 4: tormos folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 5: vuki folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 6: diosa34 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: Sheikh Fyn folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 8: Blitza (button) showed [Ah 6h] and won (5620) with four of a kind, Sixes
Seat 9: DontBluffMyJ (small blind) folded on the Turn
[ ] I love Stars
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... not usually as bad as I-Poker ... but a monster cooler ...
I am at 80% of average with 754 left (378 paid) ... got "crippled" AK vs QQ ... but a Lazarus like recovery has me in play ... K7 vs AJ ... river 7 ... then my all in squeeze with 22 ... called by AJ ... survived ...
Slumdog not as cheery as I thought it might be ... good film though.
Fingers crossed ... or is it 4th minor cash from 5 ...
L
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... where did you finish?
... anything happening in Sheffield Jan 4th-7th ... will be busy with work but in Sheffield ...
Louis
7th last night, although 1st day back at work tomorrow so won"t be venturing in it tonight.
With regards Sheffield, the new G casino has recently opened, I"ve yet to pay it a visit so don"t know the schedule but hear its currently self dealt regardless. If you"re still in that neck of the woods on the 9th, there is the new £50 deepstack an hour down the road at DTD, apparently same structure as the 20/20 weekend, I imagine it will be meet its 270 cap though, so best to reg online.
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Out in 466th (378 paid) ...
Min raise ... I push back with 33 ... called by 9Ts ... marginal/bad call (though large stack) ... straight on the turn ... sigh ...
Not really running at the moment ...
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... Ice cold ... red ears ... food today = porridge, porridge with sweet and sour pork to follow ... that"s showbiz .. right?
L
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RT +$161
Hate Villa and Liverpool ... love Hull and Bolton (though I probably bottled it taking profits at 80 mins)
Looks like a $162 tournament tee"d up for tomorrow.
Lose it an I lose a dollar on the year ... win it ... and go quietly crazy!?!
L
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RT +$106
QQ into A9 ... in the Eyes Wide shut for 44th of 135 ... annoying as had to fold first 20 hands ...
Quite a spicy cash game on the go though $.5/1 ... $100 max buy in and the rest of the table has given up!
$100 into $577 ... Ding Ding ... RT +$583 ... unless someone comes to play me soon ...
L
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RT +$673
The obvious card rush slow down ... but pleasing to walk +$567 on the three hour session ...
A bit more ammo for tomorrow night ...
L
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... "funny" to get the card rush I have been craving on a cash table ... in 136 hands I had 4 nut flushes ... it was ridiculous ... was pleased to call three bluffing bullets with QQ into Axx ... the villain doing a buy in with only runner runner draws ... (KQ) ...
Busy at work today ... and I have the type of to do list which is getting longer ... quite a few people at work.
The Snow has been washed away ... and it looks a lot more like spring ... I am batting on a 7 day excercise streak ... no weight gain over Christmas would be amazing ...
Looking forward to a decent Pokerstars tournament tonight ... stand KK vs A4 exit ... I presume ...
L
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Back to the $.5/1 table ...
Massive escape with JJ
Pot raised and flat called in front ... I re-raise and get flat called behind ... orignal raiser all in and has me covered ... flat caller behind calls with KQ ... vs surprise surprise AA ... which holds AJx flop ...
No escape though when allowed to limp with 25s ... flop 22T ... money in on the river after two bricks ... vs A2 ... mmm ..
Now the short-stack I raise with 56s ... flush draw on the flop it is all going in albeit in two stages ... river flush and just about back to parity ... vs two straights ... quite a promising table if I can get going ...
L
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RT +$672 ... a great fight back to a $1 loss ...
My girlfriend"s mum has beaten one of my Wii records ... I need to go ... you will understand that ...
Pokerstars at 9pm ... $50k g"tee
L
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... right got my record back ... and did some super gym work ...
I have been dawdling along at 10mins for 2km ... (on my crosstrainer)
But today went pretty flat out for 8mins 33 followed by 8mins 27 with 1 min 27 rest in the middle ... will build it up ...
Eight days in a row sensation ...
$50k g"tee about to kick off ... only 3000 chips but very slow structure (though 12 min levels) ...
Could be a late one ... I hope so ... RED BULL has arrived.
L
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RT +$852
60th of 651 in the $162 NL on Stars ... button QT into AA in the small blind for a tedious minor cash ...
Very good structure ... was lucky A4 vs A9 ...
Table in middle phase was loaded with players but not cards always looking to recover ...
A lot of redbull flying about might not be trivial to sleep ... Cash?
L
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RT +$901
Hard to believe someone caught a flush versus my two pairs ... but a little progress made ...
Bedtime ... weird mini Christmas spell ... 2010 time to take down something big ...
L
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Dec 31st ... who would have thought we would have gotten here!?
Thinking back to last night"s tournament I also had a ATs push into JJ which I won ... so sufficient luck when money in the middle ... it was a 2-1 win really ... I think that is how I am going to rate tournaments going forward ... a league table for 2010.
So many minor finishes ... but there will be people out there without those who played well ... (and those with decent wins who won just one more race or JJ vs 99 when it mattered ...)
Resolutions ... just do the weight it is easy ... I think at the start of this blog I was 15 stone 4 ... I am now 15 stone 12 ... from which I will deduce that I have eaten 8 pies too many ...
Today will be day 9 in a row on the gym ... which is pretty strong ... day 10 will be tricky but an "Ice Walk" may sort me out ... might not even be icy ... defo spring here ... my lions have come to life!
A tour bus has just driven past my window called "Memory Lane" ... does it specialise in going to places that you have already been ... foolish I would guess ... I remember the time I had AK ... which turns me to the tables ...and as luck would have it there is a $10k g"tee about to start on Stars ... $33 in ... Shuffle up and deal ...
L
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RT +$884 with the $20k g"tee on Pokerstars in play ...
I am 105th of 709 left ... going for my third (MUST NOT BE MINOR) cash in a row ...
Nice finish to the year as I was expecting to be +/-$1 ... could still happen but that would be careless ...
L
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RT +$800
Moved up to $1/2 ... standard a lot better ... and I became weak ... rubbish but escaped with a $84 loss ...
That might be it for 2009 ...
Ding Ding ... Merrily on High ... Have a good one ...
Louis
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RT +$858
Super weird last session of the year ... I played super loose hoping to get paid when I had the cards ... worked okay ... AA raise ... fold ... fold ... standard ... albeit by luck ...
I then got all in TT vs QQ and spiked the river ... then QQ stood up vs AK ... now in great position ... I manage to DONK OFF $98 on a misclick ... well miss bet ... I meant to bet $1.11 ... instead shock horror $111 ... into a JKQ flop with my 55 ... FOLD FOLD FOLD FOLD ... ah ... you have flopped the straight ... and a New Year"s gift ... oh well ... another thing on the long list of things you do once ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Louis
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Happy New Year!
I managed to surface just before midday ... a good night of singing ...
I feel a bit dazed to be honest ... too dazed to play poker?
Official weight : 15 stone 12
Natural weight : 12 stone
A belly full of butter and next dinner starts at 4pm .... ARGH!
Perhaps a lightly spiced parsnip soup will sort me out?
I fielded my first work email of the year at 1.39am ... bodes well ... first of c10,000 I expect ... so if I make each one worth a dollar then WSOP Main Event here I come ... not sure that it actually works that way ... but it should ...
I am not sure what my poker strategy is for 2010??
Win something big ... I could be writing that for years to come ...
Have a good one.
Louis
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I fielded my first work email of the year at 1.39am ... bodes well ... first of c10,000 I expect ... so if I make each one worth a dollar then WSOP Main Event here I come ... not sure that it actually works that way ... but it should ..
what do you do?
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I act as a recruitment consultant for actuaries and investment professionals - mainly London - but also UK and beyond.
L
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RT +$703
Cash : The flip side of the coin ... 99 as overpair vs 222 and AK into AQx vs 222 ... only one buy in between the two ... could have folded the AK to save $58 ... mmm
Eyes Wide Shut to follow ...
L
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... Jan 1st ... and the worm has turned ... 22 vs A9 ... no good ... then AQ vs J9 ... in the Eyes Wide Shut ...
L
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FPP "freeroll" for 4 * $215 seats ... managed 7th of 57 ... 66 vs QQ (vs A9) when 7 handed and short ...
Enjoying Preston 7 Colchester 0
Decided to make a few New Year resolutions ...
1. Get Sky Plus
2. Get a decent music system
3. Get a flatscreen TV (or 2 or 3)
I think these are realistic ...
6pm Kick Off on Stars ... choice of a $109 - 40k g"tee - 15 mins or $320 - 100k g"tee - 20 mins ... mmm
L
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Firstly get Sky HD, its a bit more, but the quality is amazing. Secondly have a look round for your TV then PM me. Consumer electronics is my business, and I can give you a great deal!! My website is Electrical Discount UK, check it out.
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Firstly get Sky HD, its a bit more, but the quality is amazing. Secondly have a look round for your TV then PM me. Consumer electronics is my business, and I can give you a great deal!! My website is Electrical Discount UK, check it out.
Yes - I meant to write HD ...
I am running around the country for the next two weeks but should get onto it then ...
I will check out the website ...
Cheers
Louis
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RT +$1,305
29th of 559 on the Poker Stars $320 buyin event ... 20 min levels ...
Dodgy a lot of bullets with no cards ... got 7 shoves through ... then A7 vs KK vs 99 ... Axx ... whoop .... turn K ... oh well ...
Could have got busier ... though overall happy ... standard pretty good ... alot of players with excellent records ... but two cards each ... looking forward to the next tournament ... tomorrow!?!
L
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The Official Weigh in .... Honeybadger 15 stone 8 ... wow a net 3lb loss for the Christmas period ... how did that happen?
12 days solid excercise vs 12 days solid eating ... a rare win for the gym ...
A great set up for January ... what a result!
Travelling today ... with no delays the Sunday Warm Up will be mighty tempting ...
L
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RT +$1090
Warm Up - got a good start JJ vs 99
Had no cards for so long ... had to fold 44 and 22 to re-raises
Got killed in the blinds A8s vs 79o ... straight on the river ... sigh!
Darts time ... Whitlock FTW ... SHOWBIZ.
L
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RT +$1026
Well played Taylor ... I had a go on Whitlock ... who played superbly ... but Taylor is the KING ... where did he find those finishes?
Work tomorrow ...
L
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Day 1 of the business year - Sheffield.
The big long month of January begins ... almost twice as long as Feb!
Looking forward to it ... poker therapy in the evenings?
L
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RT +$1016
Decide to have a quick run at the $60k g"tee $10 re-buy on Stars ... got in for free through a FPP sat ...
AK vs JJ win ...
AK vs A6 loss ... and good-bye ... after the fourth re-raise you really cannot expect A6 to be ahead ... but little matter when the 6 comes flying out ...
Quick and nasty ...
Aside - I managed to start a "rowing" blog today ... OMG ... how can this happen ... day 13 in the gym was good ... though rowing really kills you.
Looking forward to improving tomorrow.
L
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Day 14 in the gym might be harder!
Rowing is like a killer sport ... nowhere to hide ... about 1000m in feeling it ... made my day 1 target of 2000m but feeling it big time now.
Target is to get to a 4km row and a 4km cross train ... at decent speed ... then see where to go from there!
L
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RT +$945
Betfair $12k about to begin ... $55+5 - 10 mins levels - a bit quick - but incentivises agresssive play.
In the Sat to this I lost K8 vs T5 heads up ... standard.
Gym - Day 15 - 6.5km cross trainer - 2.5km rowing - it"s hurting - but if the scales are to be believed I have returned to 15 stone 4 ...
L
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RT +$1005 - simply yawning too much - unregistered - rare!
May have a look on the cash tables ... ???
L
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Gambling Head now back on ...
Really liking Dave Chsinall to win the BDO (pub darts) ... he has had the best average in the tournament 96.84 ... 5/1 shot ...
He has Ted Hankey in the next round, but bookies make Chisnall the narrow favourite (well Betfair at least!).
Tony O"Shea the danger I expect at 4/1 ... they could meet in the final.
I won on Hankey at 14/1 first time he won it (did not back last year) but hardly convincing this time around.
Attack Attack!
L
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RT +$986
... but with a £100 bet on Chisnall at just over 5/1 ... as a virtual "freeroll"
Dream cash team ... and 79s became trips with x77 flop ... over pair paid ...
Not sure if it is possible to sleep before 10pm ... but might be worth a shout!
L
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RT +$906 (plus the below)
Chisnall attack continues ... £150 on now at 5/1 ... GAMBLE ...
L
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Chisnall produces the epic come back ... now 11/4 ... could chop the position to a freeroll for £350 ... something to ponder overnight ...
Didn"t watch the game as on a train ... looks like it may be 4 even horses in the Semi Finals ...
L
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... brain together ... though it would appear Chisnall meets O"Shea in the Semi ...
Other two QFs are today ... which could be good viewing ahead of taking a view.
It may be the case that the best thing today is to trade live.
Very little poker going on ... I think as the day draws on ... a little cash my become interesting ...
London appears to have taken most of the week off, which is annoying/understandable ... it is what makes our country great ... smile!
L
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A nice shock from Martin Phillips over Scott Waites in tonight"s first QF.
Very little movement in the prices ... Martin Adams the narrowing favourite despite not being through yet ... he should make the final now ... so semi coin flip for Chisnell vs O"Shea ... then would be c 6/5 for the final vs Adams ... might take half the cash out then!?
Sunday night looks like it could be poker night ...
L
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RT +$1117
Good little cash session ... plus $211 on $.5/1 cash table
JJ vs 44
AA vs JJ as overpairs
Turned a straight ...
... but then went card dead and remained a little (too) aggressive ...
L
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Bad Little cash session ... or so it is shaping ...
QQ looking okay vs Txx (rainbow) ... but the turn is a T ... and the button raiser (I was in the small blind) hold KTo ... I played it aggressively ... but tough spot 1
Next up the classic TT into 338 ... vs 88 ... tricky ... so now it is the fightback I hope ...
Currently sitting at -$176 for the session ... lovely start to the day ...
L
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RT +$882
Really nightmare session ... managed to lose to a rivered set of trips when getting flat called by bottom pair ... and so on ... amusingly I also got river straight flushed ... albeit he had all the draws ...
More amusingly about two hands later he went on a tirade about how the site is rigged (yawn) ... people have short memories ... but the rationale was novel ... "it must be rigged, why else would they domicile the site in Malta?" ... could it be the (relative) low cost intelligent work force, could it be for tax reasons ... or could it be to rig $.5/1 games ... I am not sure.
Anyway ... in a poker sense an annoying start to the weekend ... I could have lost a few $"s less ... but essentially just knocking me back to where I was before last night when I ran good ...
I am contemplating the gym ... day 18 it will be ... I think that I do have to go ... do some rowing ...
I am "sure" that Birmingham has more canal mileage than Venice ... so perhaps I will imagine rowing around Birmingham today ... no corneto for me ... I will sail in for a grease burger with fries on "Broad Street" ... is that where I once walked and played ... sometimes I forget the street names ...
Have a good weekend ... cheer on the Chisnall ...
L
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... weird things are happening ...
I am sitting here having done 6km rowing and 4.35km marching (7.2kmh up a 2% gradient) ... and my main thought is to return to the gym ...
Darts first though ...
L
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O"Shea 3 Chisnall 2
O"Shea 1.68
Chisnall 2.42
Chisnall remains value there ... but I will stick to my stake as is ... could be very close ...
L
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... or maybe just a rout ... Chisnall on total fire at the end ... with 164,121 finishes ... in the last two legs both on the BULL ...
Odds on for the title just ...
O"Shea was very poor when put under pressure so need to have a think about the final ... ideally Martin Philiips can cause a shock vs Martin Adams in the second semi.
Chisnall post match ... "going to get drunk tonight ... not been drunk all week" ... could wait a night!?!
Looks like his final average would have been about 98/99 ... might need to do that again for the final?
L
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RT +$1082
With a value bet on Phillips running ...
I "took" my stake back on Chisnall to win it ... as things stand $960 freeroll if he wins ... it might be tempting to take g"teed profits ... it looks very much like Adams will progress with minimal fuss ... cannot help but think Adams might put enough pressure on Chisnall to make it a coint flip that he might win!?!
Adams finishing really well ...
L
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RT +$1517
Chisnall : time to take the money and run ... Adams on terrific form ... don"t want any further drift ... $435 of profit locked up ...
I really wanted to keep flying with Chisnall but Adams looks more precise ...
Might be time to find a poker tournament!?!
L
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RT +$1505
Quick exit in a DS ... AK into KK ... picked up the straight draw but no joy ...
Eager for a big poker night ... but I think I am going to keel over at 10.30pm ...
Manana ... (what is the spanish accent called, that makes it "manyana") ... I remember watching a BBC drama ... or something like that when the two lovers used to say
Manana
Manana"s not soon enough for me ...
A good line ...
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In what is fast becoming a darts blog ... Adams pulls himself together after looking sublime ... Phillips came back so well ... earlier in the match he was trading at 94/1 ... had he held the darts 5-5 in sets ... anyway ... it would appear that I chopped my bet just a little early ...
That said ... odds now
Adams 1.91
Chisnall 2
Thus I could re-instate most of my "freeroll" ... I closed at 2.2 ...
It"s the classic question ... would I stake £270 on Chisnall at Even money ... I don"t think so!
Maybe trade tomorrow ...
L
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RT +$1569
Heads up ... won a race AK vs JJ all in pre flop ...
... flopped a straight ...
... flopped trips ... lost a medium amount to the turned straight ... a semi escape though I had already smelled the rat!
I think it is in the category of could have save $16+36 (Turn and River) ... but a tough fold to make ...
L
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RT +$1469
Lost a buy in mainly to a two pair vs straight turn card ... card have maybe got away and then a JJ vs xxA flop ... dangerous but check-check ... and the turn A looked a goodie ... river 7 ... and I am all guns blazing vs A7 ... GREAT!
Spaceballs on the TV ... perhaps a call for bed ...
L
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Day 19 of the gym is just about to commence ... not sure I am really ready for it ... perhaps yesterday was a bit strong!?!
Pleased with recent progress on fitness and Running Total fronts ... though my laptop is making semi alarming whirring noises as if it is trying to read a disk with no disk to read ... I am imagine that the CD/DVD player has become bored and these are just the hungry rumblings for information or data ...
Any late night poker with require a siesta ... sounds good ...
Morning Poker minor losses due to a rivered baby flush vs my trip 8s ... I let him draw for the bluff bet ...
RT +$1439
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Ultra sleepy from 7km row and then 1km march ...
Day 19 ticked off ... but perhaps an inforced rest day tomorrow ...
4 meetings in London and dinner at the sublime "Orrery" - often great £30 for 3 course deals ...
If I wake up early I will go and sprint out 4km on the rowing machine ...
Nice start on the cash tables ... currently +$168 ...
L
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RT +$1570
Pegged back a little - but a good session ...
Sunday Warm Up calling!?!
L
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Let"s play Darts ...
Chisnall now favourite with the bookies ... I think I will bide my time and have a mini attack on Chisnall if he falls a couple behind ... then watch Adams crack!?
L
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RT +$1457
The now standard trips vs flush loss causing the damage ... perhaps trying to chase the game too hard?
Chisnall obliges with the 0-2 start ... but only drifts to 6/4 ... mmm ... medium bet ...
L
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Chisnall time ... 1-3 and still only 9/5 ... could get interesting now ...
Massive set ... time to get the doubts in Adams mind ... a lot of Phil Nixon chat ... whom Adams lead 6-0 to finally win 7-6 ...
Could be a sick night!
L
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RT +$1297
Go back involved with Chisnall ... who could have done it ... but decent profits all the same ...
Fair play to Adams ... who stumbles over the line ...
L
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RT +$1360
Nice to end the weekend with a winning session ...
Where has the weekend gone?
Massive work week to follow ... not sure what that does for the poker!?!
L
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Day 20
6am start ... 4km row ... feel pretty good ...
Meetings about to begin ... a good start to the day ...
L
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Just switched on the $1m cash game ... first hand Dwan"s AA cracked by KK for $500k ...
Onto Betfair for a few hands ... but of course it isn"t working ... GENIUS!
Dwan now playing some super strange stuff ...
Great last hand from Gus Hansen ... right at the end ... a good hand to head to bed with ...
L
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Day 21
The big late night row ... 13km in 65 mins ... feeling good ... negates last night epic dinner with took 3 hours 15 mins to get through ... highlight the beautifully lightly grilled foie gras ... with the fillet steak ... all that said I literally blew a button of my suit ... so all this gym looks like keeping me just at par ... not been weighed for some time ... feel great for it though.
Cards ... brain not really there tonight ... I would be dealt JJ in a tricky spot ... good luck to those playing.
L
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Day 23 of the fitness regime ... starting with a splendid Pink Champagne hangover ... bit of Malbec in there too ... a great night ... but a shady morning ... that said 10 hours of work done and 4km of rowing ...
Big cash game next Friday - with a fairly killer table line up - it will be splendid.
Time for a little warm up online $.5/1 ...
L
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+$1406
Take the lucky money and run ... 69s vs QJ for a $20 short stack and then the AA overpair which ran into 666 but spiked the A on the river ... they really doesn"t happen to me often ... but I think I could get used to it!
Head not there ... but a pleasing stroll across the table.
L
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RT +$1339
In a classic mirror image ... I lost with a flush ... vs full house (paired board on the river) ... and losing 69s vs A3o ... for $20 ... scandal ...
Very short sessions ...
L
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... and so the week ends ... 55 hours hard work ... has spun by ... good to be back.
Puts a dent in my poker efforts but we will live with that.
Football tonight ... 5km rowing earlier (Blackberry at side) ... when will these miracles stop?
When I work like this I miss things happening ... like Liverpool 1 Reading 2 ... how does that happen?
Maybe I will find something juicy to play on Saturday night.
L
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Play a qualifier for the next Sky thing. It"s in Luton on 6th March, just a one dayer. Sats every night at 9.30pm.
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Play a qualifier for the next Sky thing. It"s in Luton on 6th March, just a one dayer. Sats every night at 9.30pm.
Can you buy in directly?
What is the buy in?
Was playing football tonight ... great game ... which we somehow lost 2-3 ... we hit the post 4 times ... some good stuff though ...
Played an epic game of killer in the pub afterwards ... I ended up heads up versus my girlfriend who had never thrown a dart before ... she aimed me every time ... but killed the others! I won in the end.
Just started a little cash ... tempting to play heads up ...
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RT +$1534 ... money for jam ... but I can hardly stay awake ... L
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RT +$1522
Fun cash table for a minor loss with few cards ... fair play ...
Watching "Popstars become Operastars" ... super weird ...
Later we are going to watch Avatar ... 5 stars from Empire Online ... a surprise ... but I guess I am now more up for it ...
Gym first ... football fatigue in the legs ... it will be interesting ...
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No direct buy-in, and the comp is the equivalent of a £100 freeze. Only 5k starting stack to fit it into one day, but SNGs all day if it goes wrong early doors.
120 seats available online, made up to 150 with presenters, guests etc. Don"t get me started on that. 30-odd seats already taken after last night. I"m not one of them yet, 0 for 1 having pushed my up & down straight flush draw with no help.
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No direct buy-in, and the comp is the equivalent of a £100 freeze. Only 5k starting stack to fit it into one day, but SNGs all day if it goes wrong early doors.
120 seats available online, made up to 150 with presenters, guests etc. Don"t get me started on that. 30-odd seats already taken after last night. I"m not one of them yet, 0 for 1 having pushed my up & down straight flush draw with no help.
I may have a look tonight ... off to the cinema soon ... though will probably eat out ...
RT +$1631 (another quick session)
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RT +$1466 with the Eyes Wide Shut about to begin.
Played a bit of $1/2 NL on Betfair -standard does jump up from $.5/1 - kept flopping top pair but out of position ...
Eyes Wide Shut very short lived ... a bit aggressive ...
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RT +$1251
Sunday Warm Up on Stars ... dodged the first bullet ... QQ into J29 rainbow ... worth a 2/3 pot bet to gain a clue as to where my fiendish flat calling friends were at ... answer JJ and 99 ... a reasonably easy put down.
Got back into shape ... but then looked to spike my 55 ... flop AK5 rainbow ... versus the raiser who was playing loose ... ideal flop except for one thing ... vs AA ... oh well ...
An early end to Sunday night ...
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Day 26 in the gym ... in the last 10 days I have rowed 65,000m ... legs are a bit sore ... but pleasing ...
Pokerwise trips no good today ... 33 pocket pair vs T8s ... 369 flop looking mega ... Turn 7 not that scary normal case.
Also lost K Flush vs A Flush ... though very lucky in the the 4th spade saved me my stack!
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RT +$1238
Short cash session ... was chatting to a friend after football the other night who"s friend was on Mastermind recently ... not the same post Magnus Magnusson ... but glad that is runs ...
Super rusty on the General Knowledge but got 33 questions right vs the contestant"s 41 ... (not a great heat!)
The specialised subjects would be another matter ... large time requirement ... so not going to happen anytime soon ...
Aside - I watched Avatar - and not convinced it was worth it"s five stars from Empire.
Great effects - weak story line - 160 mins long - classic tale of slow to start - 3D worth something - but I spend most days in 3D ... albeit not under the Tree of Life nor kicking around with 10 foot tall blue creatures!
As with all such films I find my mind wandering and not sure the blue people really made much use of their tails ...
The evil characters were pretty pathetic and stereotypical which was the major drain on the film.
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Day 28 in the gym ... some pretty tough metres on the rowing machine today ... work 10+ hours and go to the gym ... tough effort ... but worth it ...
Man C 2 Man U 1 - pleasing - well poised for the 2nd leg.
Poker later subject to finishing work duties!
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RT +$1138
Fast and loose heads up ... my bluff caught ... and then no help with the re-shove flush draw versus top pair ...
Not very patient poker ... poor.
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Agree about Avatar -- poor CGI version of Dances with Wolves in my mind.
Knuckle down to the poker great fun watching you play ;D
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Agree about Avatar -- poor CGI version of Dances with Wolves in my mind.
Knuckle down to the poker great fun watching you play ;D
... last night ... great fun watching my absurd plays ... I am keen to play ... and have a big home game on Friday but very time pressed ... all this going to the gym is having it"s effect!
In my gym at home I can play whilst I use my cross trainer, but pretty tough on a rowing machine ... weak excuse I know!
Louis
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RT +$1133
Losing the minimum ... bottom end straight vs top end straight twice ... and smaller flush ... doing well to lose $5 only ...
An epic day ... of c16 hours "work" ... it was fun really ... oh ... net off an hour for gym ... though blackberry in play ... look forward to tomorrow which is approx 23 mins away ...
Villa 6 Blackburn 4 ... looks like Villa have scored their goals for the next month ... and Arsenal are top ... how did that happen!?!
The funny thing about Arsenal fans is that I often come home in the tube with them and they always look miserable ... even when top of the league, or beating Everton 7-0 ... or whatever the score was!
The only exception I can recall is when Arsenal won the league at Man U ... a noisy night indeed ...
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Day 30 in the gym ... I might end up with stomach muscles!?!
Last 18 days ... 83,321m rowed ... feel great for it ... though no official weigh in as their scales are shot ...
I think for the first time I felt like there was some extra energy there ... GREAT!
(Back to work!)
Louis
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Louis? are you rowing the Atlantic?
Well done m8, keep the +ve, poker and Gym :)
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Wonder if the censors work like that on S****horpe United too?
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Wonder if the censors work like that on S****horpe United too?
You wonder what or who the "censors" think they are protecting!?!
Arse is a fantastic word ...
Cyntaf - rowing - I am finding it mainly therapeutic - a time to stop thinking and do something physical.
Odd to look forward to the gym - but that is how it has become.
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... a few Pilsners last night ... nice beer ... but painful gym action ... getting a little super sleepy now ... a bad sign with poker set to start at 8pm ...
It is the return of the big game ... PL £1/2 ... sit down with £100 ... unlimited re-buys ... well you can top up to £200 once you are down to £50 ...
Last time I managed a hero +£947 ... at my peak I was in for £300 and had £1300 infront of me ... 650 BBs ... interesting times ...
It"s a tough game with no cards ... but a great table and super friendly banter ... usually about 8 players from a pool of 16.
Report to follow ...
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RT +$1181
Big Game result ... +£121 (net out dealer/travel/jackpot/curry costs +£31)
Game starts £200 sit down £1/£2 PL ... six handed ... lively table ... I am card dead ... maybe not a bad thing ... debutant is soon in for £600 with AA vs KK, K on flop and I think KK vs QQ, Q on flop ... overpair six handed twice in first 30 mins ... COOLER ... later comers make it 8 handed after about an hour and the the game settles down a bit.
I am drifting up to £400 and back to £200 ... nothing epic ... rest of the table having a jamboree ... it"s nice when a home game becomes familiar ... watch and be patient ... a lot of straddles flying about ... and for the last half hour we make it £2/5 ... last hand the straddles run to £10,£20,£40 ... I have T5 off ... and donate my £20 to the pot which some becomes a monster with QQ vs JJ vs A2 ... we all know who wins that one ... leaving the queen holder at -£1200 for the night ... the A2 scoops the pot of the night for £1k ...
I certainly could have been more aggressively with certain hands but that may have just created a (-600,+600) night ... no obvious weakness ... some strong chat ... great work.
Louis
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RT +$1235
Early cash session ... got well up quickly went on the attack ran into cards ... walk with a small profit ...
Not quite sure what to do with my Saturday ... gym?
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RT +$1284
Another positive mini cash session ... flopping straights ... and rivering straights ... sometimes it goes that way ...
Long may it last.
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RT +$1165
Tiny bit of cash and now into the $100+9 Pokerstars $40k g"tee ... looks like being more like $75k ... now early progress ...
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RT +$1223
Edging back up with another mini-cash session on $.5/1 ... could have been a lot better with 24o into 22x ... but let a $74 stack hit its flush ... oh well ...
Early night ... and fresh for Sunday.
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Sunday ... and not sure how fresh!?
Reflecting on "Where the Wild things are" ... a super weird film ... I think the poster for the film is better than the whole film, it makes it look like there is some form of real relationship between Max and the monsters.
In reality the story line is mega thin and the monsters generally pretty boring, it gave the feel of adults trying to remember what it was like to be a kid, but failing to get there.
On the bright side - the tails of the monsters were better than those in Avatar.
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RT +$1163
Playing like a crazy fish and I have chased the whole table away ... despite losing a buy in ... I fought back for $40 but you would have thought I would have been an ideal player to oppose.
I will wait for some action though shame to have to create an image all over again!
I am half watching "Om Shanti Om" ... pretty weird film ... at the moment a song and dance about a "dirty disco" ... there is refreshing genius in Bollywood films ... though at times it leaves me bemused ...
No opponents ... how sad ...
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RT +$1023
Hardly a pleasing session.
AK vs A9 ... loses to a straight on the river ... then versus the same player I get involved with 99 vs AQ but also find a TT to beat me up ...
Time to take a walk and think and get ready for next week ...
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RT +$991
Slow end to the weekend, a bit card dead, and running things like AJ into JJ (short stack) ...
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A barren poker week ... waiting for a sit n go to start on Betfair ... time to return to my bread and butter ...
Hopefully not bread and butter bad beats!
Gym still going strong ... 131k of rowing in the last 26 days ...
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RT +$994
Won a D2N ... lost a heads up ... yawn ...
Watching Sky Poker : Live Poker : Bounty Hunter 12k
Surely the worst commentary ever ...
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RT +$994 ... though with $57 going forward on to Arsenal to beat Man Utd ...
Last night 254th of 2980 in $80k g"tee on Stars ($150k in the pot) ... for the $57 profit ... exit hand ...
22 into 295 ... vs 99 ... no escape praying for the over pair ...
Official weigh in a very disappointing 15 stone 8 ... I don"t usually particularly buy into the turning fat into muscle argument ... but I thought I was a good bit lighter ... I feel lighter (and a lot more energy) ... but back to the machines later!
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RT +$994 ... though with $57 going forward on to ****nal to beat Man Utd ...
Last night 254th of 2980 in $80k g"tee on Stars ($150k in the pot) ... for the $57 profit ... exit hand ...
22 into 295 ... vs 99 ... no escape praying for the over pair ...
Official weigh in a very disappointing 15 stone 8 ... I don"t usually particularly buy into the turning fat into muscle argument ... but I thought I was a good bit lighter ... I feel lighter (and a lot more energy) ... but back to the machines later!
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As long as you feel better and have more energy it"s obviously working -- keep it up
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RT +$1098
Quick profit on heads up ... clowning and capitalising ...
Could have been better lost flush vs house ...
Gym - defo going to keep it up - I get very well fed these days - so an extra "hurdle" ...
I also met a friendly Ice Cream seller who managed to squeeze 7 scoops in a pot at the cinema ...
Rooney goal - just fantastic - hated but fantastic ...
Louis
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Rooney goal - just fantastic - hated but fantastic ...
can barely bring my self to do it but....
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RT +$998
A2 into A249 ... money in vs AK ... King on the river ... ding ding ...
I am pretty philosophical about such things ... but also fairly tedious ... smile.
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RT +$943
TT vs KK in the $80k g"tee on Stars ...
Transfer Window - very interesting with Spurs getting ready for an injury crisis by loaning out their Stars ...
Keane to Celtic an interesting move ... title odds 2/1 to 13/8 ...
M"boro continuing to import Scottish based players - not at all convinced.
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... ten hands before bedtime always risky ... in that
(a) it becomes 1000 hands before dawn
(b) you lose TT vs JJ and AQ vs AK ... and so to bed ...
There is the other strategy ... steal the blinds and run off with a dollar ... perhaps this is how the tooth fairy keeps in money??
There is very little poker in fairy tales ... you would have thought the seven dwarves would be well up for a game of poker ... it"s a weakness ...
Anyway ... 5 hands in and I am level ...
10 hands ... -$14 ... RT +$929 ... I caught a little of the flop versus a short stack ... worth a stab ...
Good night (Vienna).
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RT +$888
$80k g"tee in play ... current pot is $115k
About 2/3 of average at break 1 ... not really happening ... lost min with AA as overpair versus flopped set ... have to be happy with that.
Got to 15 stone 4 this morning ... healthy week ...
I think that was my weight at the start of the blog ... Dec 23rd-Feb3rd excercising to get back there!
Leeds" goalie is in tremendous form ... might be a great smash and grab to follow ... I hope so ...
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... going nowhere today ... crippled myself A8 into AK ... and then choose to push TJ in JJ ... T on the river ... bad timing ...
Spurs came good ... fair play to them.
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RT +$833
Pokerstars $80k in play ... 75% of average at the first break ... all pretty standard stuff ...
Been a long time since I felt a card rush ...
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Break 2
... no card rush ... but still alive ... fingers crossed ... soon be time to shove with a pretty wide range ...
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88 vs A6 ... a boringly predictible end ... time to row ...
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Superbowl Sunday ... a long time since I watched it live ... so I had better run good in the Sunday Warm Up ...
Playing little ... running bad ... a tough combo ...
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RT +$618
Sunday Warm Up - No cards - ducked and dived then shoved 97s into QQ and TT ... no miracle escape despite picking up an up and down straight draw on the turn.
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Feb 13th official weigh in ... 15 stone 0 ... BMI 30.11 ... LOL ... I remain "obese" ... still 13 lbs down ... and going to kick on ... all my poker time has been re-directed to work for the moment!
Poker reports flying in from my various friends at the table ... making me hungry for some action ...
Chinese banquet tonight ... perhaps back to the rowing marathons tomorrow!?!
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RT +$403
Oh god it"s the race back to nothing again ...
Betfair - Eyes Wide Shut in play ... but earlier I played some blackjack ... -£100
AA dealt ... split them ... dealt 2 and 2 ...
Next up dealt 55 ... double up ... dealt a 2 ... no help ... dealer never busting ...
Palm Court Hotel - a decent venue - and poker every night except Saturday - very weird - high buy in tournament - but 830pm starts (and I guess small fields) - late night for little hay ... maybe something for the future?
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... classic 77 vs QQ end ... it feels like a long circle full of mirrors ...
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RT +$348
Break 1 of the Pokerstars $80k ... 6.9k vs 4.1k average ... 196th of the 1693 left ... active first hour well rewarded with a JJ limp which was raised by the big blind ... I elected to go all in ... and called by 87s (under no pressure) ... oh well ... take that ...
Quick start in session too ... now 9.1k vs 4.3k average ... AT in T-high flop ... A turn ... 85th of 1619 left ...
Nice to be back on table ... seems like forever ...
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... mmm ... I limped in with TT flop 398 ... turn 7 ... money in ... vs 89 ... wounded I get involved with A8 ... into T8x ... vs AT ... this is the year of the overpair ... though the straight-forward play keeps me out of trouble ... a lot to be said for ABC poker at times ...
Maybe time to play some cash!?!
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RT +$308
Cash going nowhere ... hitting second pair every flop ... minor loss and run ...
Eyeing up the £300+30 on Feb 27th (London Poker Masters)
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Saturday morning ... I wake at 5.50am ... first act is to write a to do list ... I think I can take this as a sign that I am working just a little too hard!
Second Act - APAT - Great Schedule - well thought out - feedback taken - bravo!
Third Act - Poker ... let"s see how I fair??
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RT +$321
A good cash session went wrong once my super aggressive play was looked up ... fair play ... minor profit not a bad thing when half asleep ...
I have the notion for a muffin ...
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RT +$358
Minor positive cash session ... well up ... but caught twice by two pairs on the river ... mmm
Super sleepy now ... a flaw in getting up at 5.50am ...
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RT +$419
Further positive mini cash session ... heading the right way ... not far from funds for next week"s £300 London Poker Masters.
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RT +$469
Quick double your money sit and go ... 44 vs AK holds and no further worries ...
Looks like a solid day of rain in London ... or is that a solid week?
I find myself thinking of sausages ...
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not far from funds for next week"s £300 London Poker Masters.
Do you not use Bankroll management?
I assumed from your tourney buyins (55 - 215) and that you play 200NL cash that you"d be pretty well rolled for this.
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The calendar year before I started this blog I was $15k up - so notionally that is my bankroll ...
At the time I was pretty well paid so had quite a bit of disposal income, though I always looked for poker to add to that.
My general thought is to not lose money overall, and buy tickets for a big win, it"s been a barren year!
Wow - how tempting to play the warm up!?!
In terms of the cash game I play - I have played it about say 15 times and +£1,200 ish - so I take the view a big loss (-£761 was my worst) is just part of the curve - great game amongst friends.
A few years ago I played more for solid profit and could win about £7/8/hr playing pot limit £2/£4 ... but just playing the maths gets very boring ... and I was working about 55 hours per week in the city ... so I used the funds to play a few tournaments which would have been at a loss (good learning though).
So not really standard bankroll management ... but I will be happy to hover around zero and then post a big win ... hopefully soon.
How are things going for you?
Louis
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RT +$369
Chipped away about $50 looking to make the play and then hit a fishy straight on the river ... versus a fishy flush ... Ding Ding ...
Weak work ... back to the drawing board.
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+$591
385th of 5341 ... when JJ vs AQ vs 99 ... hits the rocks to quad 9s
JJ vs 99 is sick ... I lost the one outer to the 9s in the Warm Up last year ... (well assuming the player who said he folded the 9 actually did ... pretty sick anyway!)
Played some good stuff, stole a lot, got smashed ...
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Reflecting on the latest Warm Up horror story ... I think that is 8 cashes from 17 ... and another bad beat to end it ... giant fields ... it is going to happen ... I know that JJ vs 99 vs AQ is only a "race" but with two all ins in front why is the AQ calling ... of course the nines won it ...
Making it my second in the money JJ vs 99 defeat ... Ding Ding ...
London Masters is now feeling a little wavery - bad enough to spend 4 hours on line cueing up the beat ... but to spend the whole of Saturday teeing it up ... looks tedious ... do I have the strength!?!
I await the time my 9s always trash the overpair but rare enough!
APAT early schedule fights against my calendar - but looking forward to playing a few events!
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Late night cash ...
Hand one 67o ... turn a straight ... pretty much fully paid ...
Hand two AA ... flop 367 ... I bet the pot ... get raised ... mmm ... all in ... called by K6
$100 to $338 in 90 seconds ... I guess it is all down hill from here ...
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RT +$721
Indeed the downhill followed the uphill though the descent was slower ... pondered a re-shove with a weak top pair but saw apparent sense ...
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+$764 ... minor cash profit ... funny day ... got lots done ... despite some frustrations ...
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The return of the APAT ...
Super sleepy this morning so elected for Dim Sum and chill rather than play the London Poker Masters event.
APAT double header tonight ... should be good ...
Very pleasing to switch the brain off from work ... time to take the poker down ...
A little cash to warm up.
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RT +$664
Cash table woes ... AK into A33 ... looking good ... K on the turn ... looking great ... vs 33 for flopped quads ...
Next up J8 in J56 ... turn J ... all good time for revenge ... versus the same player ... or maybe not ... as they are holding AJ ...
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RT +$574
APAT - No true starting hands in c80 hands ... A5 in the BB worth a call ... J54 flop ... worth a call to the seeming continuation bet ... turn the A ... so all the money in vs Brian Yates" AJ ... no escape once I"ve called the flop ... tried hard to get things going but no ammo ...
Still alive in the Omaha ... but no much happening there either ...
A flat poker day ...
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... pretty weak in the Omaha ... I think i made the correct fold with an unimproved KKxx hand ... and then got killed KKxx into AAxx ...
I like the APAT tournaments though pretty packed with good players ...
The Holy Grail is the big win ... 8/17 cashes in the Sunday Warm Up ... nothing big ... occassionally I am a little patient/passive but mainly coolers or beats ... it sort of makes me smile ... as it the nature of Grails ... they tease you ... and just at the moment you think it will never happen it happens ... or something like that ...
Biggest poker win ... $8,125 ... just winds me up ... it"s like the thorn in the Lion"s paw ...
Fable of the day : Androcles and the Lion :
Androcles : One of Aesop"s Fables ...
A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As he was wandering about there he came upon a lion lying down moaning and groaning. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he came near, the lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the lion, who was soon able to rise and lick the hand of Androcles like a dog. Then the lion took Androcles to his cave, and every day used to bring him meat from which to live.
But shortly afterwards both Androcles and the lion were captured, and the slave was sentenced to be thrown to the lion, after the latter had been kept without food for several days.
The emperor and all his court came to see the spectacle, and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Soon the lion was let loose from his den, and rushed bounding and roaring towards his victim. But as soon as he came near to Androcles he recognized his friend, and fawned upon him, and licked his hands like a friendly dog.
The emperor, surprised at this, summoned Androcles to him, who told him the whole story. Whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the lion let loose to his native forest.
... I particularly like the use of ... "and fawned upon him" ...
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... Sunday night ... and no energy for poker ... it"s a weird feeling ...
Mega workload plus lots of excercise ... just time to sleep ...
Watching "Embarrassing Bodies" ... it"s pretty grim ... but more interesting than the Antiques Roadshow (I think).
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+$519
Played the $80k g"tee on Stars ... AK vs QQ ... classic defeat ... I could have been more patient but what is the point?
Might need to resort to rowing ... a sick thought ...
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RT +$210
$100+9 plus 1R 1A ... a typical no cards and badly timed shoved and I am done for ...
K8s into TT and AA ... obviously the wind up King appears ... but no heroic brother on the river ...
Might have to retire soon ...
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RT +$96
The race to zero is back on ...
Late to register and early to exit the $40k g"tee on PokerStars ...
89s into QTx worth the cheap call for the J ... but not when it comes and the flat call after me holds the AK ...
Sometimes ABC is best but tough to put down the straight ...
Was going okay in the $20k g"tee - but this time the straight is turned against me ...
Away from such folly I went to see Queens of the South beat Partick 1-0 in a terrible encounter ... so little skill on show ... there is talk of an 18 team top flight in Scotland ... on this showing I hope not ...
As I watched I recalled my "attempts" to hire a gingerbread man costume ...
Early a baby threw it""s dummy at me ... I think there is a message in there ... said baby had an ice cold stare ... mentally I was folding anything ...
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RT +$36
Betfair $12k just about to kick off ...
Nice overlay 171 runners @ $55+5 ... just look the good old days.
Watching Prime Minister"s Questions ... featuring Harriet Harman the deputy PM ... it"s like a circus ... questions about dangerous dogs with MPs making dog noises ... OMG ...
This was the week that Michael Foot died ... made me think ... where are all the real politicians ... was never keen on Maggie Thatcher/Michael Heseltine and co but a damn sight better than the current crop of wafer thin conservatives.
I had a bet on a hung parliament at 2/1 earlier in the week ... I think that is pretty big ... especially as Cameron is going to have to debate live ...
I keep getting letters "from" David Cameron where you get to fill in boxes of what you think their policies should be ... I think the answer should be stick to what you know ... "look after the rich" ... at least then we get a choice ... at the moment it is a guess who"s where who"s clothes event ...
Good start in the poker too ...
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Break 1 Betfair $12k
62nd of 94 - 18 paid
Avoid going bust with 55 into AJ5 vs JJ
Got dealt AA three times ... raise - fold ... raise - fold ... slow played UTG ... vs three players perhaps a lucky escape with the A flush.
Need to double up ... watch me shove into AA ...
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Break 2 -Betfair $12k
8th of 24 - 18 paid.
Loaded table so no g"tee of the money ...
Could have been better losing QQ vs KJ but nice cards ... was patient with AJ folded to the all in of A8s ... perhaps a mistake but I got the chips when he went over the top KTo vs my AA ...
Chances ... but sometimes that just means that you win the bubble ...
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RT +$180
Reasons to hate poker ...
Patiently I make the money ... time to get busy ... AJs vs J2o ... you know the rest ...
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EPSN Classic TV today thus far ...
Including the Infamous Scotland 3 Holland 2 game in the 1978 World Cup ...
Archie Gemmill makes it 3-1 ... with his famous goal ... what people forget is that Johnny Rep scores a better goal to make it 3-2 ...
As ever Scotland out on goal difference ...
Double aside at this time Scotland were 4-2 up vs Holland in their matches played ...
Falkirk vs Celtic ... not going to be even an SPL Classic - so off to the rowing machine ...
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RT +$228
Dundee United worthy winners of the wrestling at Tannadice.
Pretty much a war zone from the start and with the ref apparently cardless just a question of who could inflict the most injuries.
4 mins of injury time ... should have been 10 ... oh well ...
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RT +$119 with the $40k g"tee on Pokerstars in play.
Break 1 - Bad shape ...
66 into 567 ... obvious dangers ... but not expecting to be drawing dead versus 77 and A6
Very short ...
Been a real slog work wise this week though my mental sharpness as returned ...
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RT +$127
Complusive bluffing not punished ... for tiny cash profit ...
It just dawned on me that this blog is one year old ... a lot of poker ... but no profit ... not sure what I think of that.
I could have attacked less with profits but aiming for the big win ...
... I could have been less passive at times ... but truth is beaten out of lots of tournaments when in the money ...
Perhaps year 2 of the blog will be different???
Black Belt Poker in London - kind of gutted to not be involved - a well set up tournament - APAT like ...
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no big loss either - financial neutrality when pursuing a "hobby" is fine - costs a fotune to play golf ;D
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... golf would indeed be a hazard for my disposal income ... there is a challenging championship course half a mile from my house which I have not yet played ... infact since I gave up my last job in April I have hardly hit a ball ...
It suddenly seemed pointless ... like trying to balance 10p pieces on the back of a dog ...
I am of course also running my own business which gobbles up the time ... lessons and patience required for golf ... little time for lessons ... nor being patient ...
Black Belt Poker event in London is winding me up ... I really should and could have been playing it ... great field ... 300 Runners ... $220 buy in ... you can even bet on it ... though the book is even worse than that of Blue Square for the last APAT ... quite a few APAT names in the field.
Perhaps something online tomorrow night!?!
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Did you check if thr was an alt list? Im playin day 1b.
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It is tempting ... but I have ear marked the day for work now ... and I am in Scotland ... so would be a mega early train ...
Good luck - pretty strong field ...
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... well no black belt poker for me ... though "my" home game player Wilson Chan is sitting second from Day 1A ... will he take it down ... I bet £5 on him at 100/1 ... plus a few other bets ...
Weird the vicarious pleasure of a late night text from your mate who is playing and running good ...
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Break 2
93rd or 93 (of 294) in a $100k Pokerstars number ... few cards ... lost the key race AJ vs 99 (vs J9) ...
The next blind puts me all in ... 36 paid ... for what it is worth ...
Not sure that I want to go dancing into negative territory again ... something to ponder unless I pull off the miracle escape ...
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Quad me up ... it is the classic false dawn ... but so what T6s ... becomes a very short stacked flsuh ... I am still last of 89 ... but can at least fold the 48s in the SB ...
Next up ... A6o fold ... to the earlier raise ... mmm
Next up ... J9s shove ... called by A8o and out ... oh well ...
Next up the $27.50 4 pack MTT ... late reg ... RT -$10 ... I manage the correct top pair fold early ... pretty pleasing 4 seated ...
Now three seated ... crazy stuff ...
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RT -$10
Perhaps Scotland will create me a re-buy for this evening!?!
Rugby is pretty dull at the best of times but this game is ridiculous ...
In the 4 seater ... A9 into K9x ... okay with the flop checked ... turn is an 8 ... time to game ... into the slow played K9 ... mmm .... 45th of 356 - 36 paid ...
3 or 4 seated ... good fun ...
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RT - Level - maybe I should just stop! A year and two days and back to where I started!
You can never stop ... after all it is the holy grail ...
Rugby madness ... I punted Scotland ... but took the 15/1 draw saver at half time ...
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RT -$160
Played the Betfair $12k ... cardless ... lost a race 77 vs AK
Cash - lost a buy in - $100
Flopped a set with 22 into 2KJ ...slow play for value ... J not too bad on the turn ... K on the river ...
Next up flop a set on raggy board ... bet out due to draws called by gutshot ... which duly hits ... lost the minimum ...
Last up flop top pair ... happy to get chip in versus flush draw ... which duly hits ...
It"s bed time ...
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RT -$120
Played some good stuff ... to win 2 double or nothing sit and gos ... then hit a super weak mode and lost the third trying to limp to the money ... start point top pair versus flopped trips but super weak thereafter ... (idiot) ...
I guess everything is a lesson ... but I learned that one a long time ago ...
APAT League match ... super strong ...
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APAT ... JJ vs AA spike (vs shortish stake)
KK vs AA ... and no escape ...
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Betfair Eyes Wide Shut just about to start ...
Manic day 7am-7pm running around ... then then an epic squash match 3-3 and 7 points each after 50 mins ... my opponent found the little extra to go 4-3 up ... my failed drop shot in the next leading to another 6-9 game ... 5-3 down ARGH!!!
The hero come back bites the dust and I lose 7-3 ... body is mumbling complaints ...
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... another massive work day ... ended by some great asian fusion food and home to catch the masterful Inter Milan dispose of Chelsea ...
Dirty Drogba ...
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Horses coming to the rescue ... Big Zeb imperious if friendless in the market (despite a great write up in the Racing Post) ... 8/1 to 12/1 sweet ...
No such luck in the 5.15pm ... but back in the black ...
Let"s see is that lasts past the end of the night!?!
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Betfair $10k
RT +$85
Crippled with KK vs 77 vs AQ vs AJ ... 7"s winning ...
Back to life with AJ vs QQ vs TT ...
Crippled with QQ vs A6 ...
Fight back thwarted by the classic TT vs KJ ... AQxxT ... Ding Ding
... and out AJ vs AQ ... oh well ...
I am loving this website ...
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Council Tax ... sigh!
My council has stopped separately collecting paper to recycle ... so sent me a leaflet (on recycled paper) to explain how I could recycle my recycling box ... this included changing it"s use for example to put soft toys in it ... the thing is they are recycling my money to send me this leaflet ...
That said it is better than the stuff I get from David Cameron ...
As an aside I was thinking about Chorlton and the Wheelies ... all pretty disturbing ...
So putting this together ... I have a vision of the next Government on wheels ... it"s like some epic roller disco ...
Poker wise - played on an epic cash table last night ... 25p\50p blinds ... sat down with £60 ... raised everything ... showed everything ... early position raise to £2.50 with 94o ... flat called ... so playing with trash out of position ... here comes the flop ... why it is 944 ... now given my approach so far I have to bet ... so I go for the weakish £5 bet ... which is called ... promising ... turn is a Queen ... I bet £10 which is called ... river is a brick ... I dwell ... and bet £10 ... very surprised by the insta all in ... I insta call ... vs 43s ... now in a sense the money is always going in but great fun to play when the starting hands can be anything!
Knocking off taxis ... RT +$97
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APAT Swansea ... and I am in Scotland ... mmm
I will be very interested in how the Pro League pans out ... and how late it needs to run ...
Charlie Sanderson - take it down.
Roll on April 17th ...
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RT +$127
A gentle D2N ... followed by an absurd coin flip ... you get 1 chip and have to go all on ...
Lunch ...
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J9s into KK ... as my stack diminished ...
I appear to be watching a Harry Potter film ... there has to be a mistake ...
When I first went to London I read all the Potter books on the tube whilst listening to The Strokes ...
If life is nasty brutish and short what am I doing ... Potter is for Christmas ...
I always think that Weasley has been teleported from Grange Hill ...
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RT +$7
Betfair $12k
43rd of 171 ... AK vs 88 ... no help ...Not really a great call by the 88 ... but we"ll have to let that pass ...
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RT +$186
Two minor cashes ... sigh ...
In the first I got the money in 91/9% ahead ... 25th of 417
In the second I was priced in, in the BB flopped the top pair ... but lost to the min raising QJ (two pairs) ...
It feels like I am destined to score three balls in the lottery but never more ...
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RT +$171
Played an absurd satelitte to the Betfair $12k ... 2 min levels ... why play such a thing??
No energy to play anything else at the moment.
Solution - Bed!
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RT +$161 with the Eyes Wide Shut in play ...
Facile cash victory funding effective free roll on the Friday Night Fruit Machine ...
Ultra passive table but no cards - maybe nobody does ... middle of the pack.
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A standard ending A8s into AQ with blinds killing everybody ...
Won AQ vs 44 and AK vs 22 ... so no real complaints ... 12th of 89 ... 9 paid ... smile.
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RT +$111 with the APAT to come tonight ...
Sitting on my chocolate sofa, under a chocolate duvet, eating chocolate ... Showbiz ...
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Saturday Night ...
EuroSport2 : Live Billiards - come on ... is there a way to find out the viewing figures for such things?
It"s not even proper billiards ... there are no pockets!
It like the stickleback darts they sometimes show - electronic darts and a massive bullseye - I am just not having that!
I guess this is what led to International King of Sports ...
Surely Association Bobbage being the greatest of all sports:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_King_of_Sports
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RT +$91
I played the PLO too ... trips not good enough versus the draw ... standard.
The NL was more interesting but you know the game is up with your flopped straight loses to the runner-runner house ... finally pushing J9s on the button into the BB holding TT ...
Played over aggressively perhaps ... but without the runner-runner in good shape ...
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... another day in Paradise ... ready to start work ... how long will it last?
It looks like a poker free day - a night away from the APAT and the Warm Up.
Southern Scotland is freezing - so you look at the weather forecast for hope - Snow on Wednesday - the last day of March ...
Something wrong with snow in the air and the cricket season about to begin ... Fenners and Parks ... for opening games ... funny to think back to my first Wisden (1984) ... musty yellow books ... I love the idea that the past was good and that the future will be great ... the "now" being the pivot point and with both future and past are positive easy to enjoy the moment ...
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Surely Association Bobbage being the greatest of all sports:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_King_of_Sports
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LOL, quality!
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... I cannot find any video footage on you tube ... a shame ...
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RT +$1
£20 on Bayern 2 Man U 2
Betfair $12k g"tee to begin at 815pm.
A glass of White Grenache (large) to sip ... Showbiz ...
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The white grenache is good ... but the poker was poor ...
Decide to flat call a raise with 78s ... picked up an up and down straight down ... so decided to push all in (under no pressure) ... called by the top pair ... picked up a load of flush outs but missed them.
Poor play ... no escuses ... felt lucky ...
Bayern not really contributing to my dream 2-2 ... oh well ... just have to go to bed ...and get up at 6am ... all guns blazing ...
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Easter ... premier Haggis with whisky and mushroom sauce (cooking with single malt whisky is so right!)
Knocked out by working flat out ... great to chill with some chilled wine ...
There is a great leg of mutton ready for the Saturday feast ... rub it well and roast it ... as they say.
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Still no massive poker thoughts ...
Easter is for rolling eggs down hills ... or turning in to an egg and rolling down a hill ...
7 Runners for the APAT Pro at the moment - I might make it to a final table ...
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For my sins I spent a good few years watching Dundee United play "football"
Their second goal versus Hibs (midweek) was exquisite ... not often you get to say that!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8598123.stm
Take it down ... 5 points behind Celtic ... fingers crossed for a comedy finish to the season!
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Lunch with dad - he is brandishing a copy of "Cyclic serial zeniths from the flux" ... as accessible as it sounds ...
We ate meat and talked ... such is life ...
He is old enough to have watched Ian St John play live ... he supports Rangers which I find weird ... the chat is good and you find yourself thinking I really want my brain to be that sharp coming up to 78 years old ... it"s a good sign ... I am not sure he has ever played poker ... so perhaps if I retold my "cyclic serial AK vs xx defeats" it would mean little to him ...
To be fair within the zeniths there was a good poem about the death of Joseph Macleod"s first wife ... my dad went on to say that he then married an Italian princess ... sounds good to me ...
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Good point about the pro event. Staying my hand for now, though it remains the case I can"t be there on Sunday so it"s that or nothing.
Wonder if there"s any danger of an extra satellite or two to bump the numbers?
Serial zeniths are the best kind.
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Horse Racing
Backed the wrong mudlark at Carlisle ... come circuit ... like a rollercoaster ...
Had a go at Island Sunset at Kempton 3.15pm ...
Aside a bit of money on Paul Lambert to become next Celtic Manager ...
All pretty minor fayre ...
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RT -$44
No horse racing joy ... super sleepy ... so no cards ...
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RT +$206
100 hands at .5/1$ NL - Six handed - saw 70 flops won 40 hands for $250 profit ...
It could have been $200 more but for my top pair vs up and down straight flush draw ...
Good game ... good game ...
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RT +$306
Round 2 ... another buy-in profit ... top pair and flush draw unhit otherwise a much stronger session.
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RT +$221
Two pair versus flopped set doing the main damage - pretty card dead.
Will have another attack later in the day ...
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RT +$479
Attack attack ... ran out of cards in the end ... but three good sessions from four ... will pay for the APAT Pro League ... nice to watch the cards go round and round ...
A happy Easter ...
Looking forward to the next turn of the wheel.
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RT +$776
Jumped up to $1/2 ... wild table but a decent and quick profit ... lost with trips twice ...
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RT +$527
No hero plays this morning ... rather wasted a buy in (+) shoving and missing with flush draws ... and bluffing with everything ... oh well ... starting to feel generally more hyper which is obviously good ....
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RT +$327
88 vs AQ defeat ... at the end ...
AA vs 89s defeat created the momentum ...
Buy a vol" curve in the morning see where it leads ... nowhere!
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RT +$127
Some pretty average cash play costs a buy in ... got ahead ... tried to be tricky ... oh well just have to win the national tomorrow ...
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RT -$203
Grand National Blues ... A great win for Don"t Push It (11-5) ... Black Apalachi (11-6) ... State of Play a pointless and distant third for me ...
Poker?
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RT -$402
Attack attack ... too much attack ... nowhere in a $45k g"tee on Stars ... a slow battle to defeat heads up for $90 ...
A poor gambling weekend ...
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Not too long until poker again ... looking forward to my debut in the Pro League ...
Today has been the absurd 5am-8pm (and still) working ... okay there was a nice lunch in there ... but it"s a long time to have your brain on for ...
"When" I am rich I will attribute it partly to the ability to concentrate as developed playing poker ...
Ironically I can hardly concentrate at all when I am playing poker ... trying for hero plays and nonsense ...
Not sure that is best suited to playing Pot Limit with a 40 min clock ... but I can but try!
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RT -$389
The tedious and pathetic election broadcast is over ... a little cash for me ... played too loose ... but got paid ... then drifted back to parity ...
Fair play to Clegg though he is playing QQ vs J9s (Brown) vs XYo (Cameron) ... Cameron is playing any two cards (depending on the question) ...
The presenter (whose name I cannot be bothered recalling) was poor ... I would have preferred Alan Whicker (for example) ...
As a complete aside I was thinking about the greatest TV battle of all time ... Songs of Praise vs Highway ...
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Or magazine wars. Shoot v Goal. Shoot always won, they took over every other mag, the title would change to Shoot and Goal, then Shoot inc Goal, and then two weeks later be just Shoot!
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RT +$8
Another week ... and a good start +$397 cash session ...
Pro League to follow ... with the "ridiculous/genius" inclusion of John Tabatabai ...
I like this line of form the best :
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=31376
Feeling pretty beat up at the moment ... work ... work ... work ... and then football last night ... nothing in tank for first 25 mins ... then came a bit onto a game ... calves both kicked ... three pints of Guinness not a long lasting cure ... my brain forcing me up at 7am ... sick ... could be a lot of red bull if I run good ...
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Nothing happening on cash sessions 2&3 of the day ...
Time to choose a fitting outfit for the Vic ...
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Anything without a hood. Keep making that mistake...
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RT -$618
Pro League Event - 8th of 30 - running AK into TT and getting no help ...
An interesting tournament - I came with a plan - to play as many hand as possible in the first two levels - managed to hit virtually nothing - hence half stacked at the first break ... soon after JJ vs 99 gets me back to par but never really having the cards or stack to get ahead ...
Next at risk moment is JJ vs 88 ... eliminating Charles Sanderson ...
Still getting nowhere fast but a KT vs J7 blindfest brings me to the edge of the final table.
Playing short-stacked and 5 handed tricky ... so tough to put down A4 vs the re-raise (Andrew Tracey"s 9s)
So short stack for the final table ... I raise with 88 which is folded to me ...
I then pick but AJo - raise is re-raised - perhaps I should call hear but fear being dominated ...
Decision looks okay when AK soon arrives but after a flat call and a re-raise whilst I have to call delighted to be in a race with some bonus chips - but no help - so exit and interview - mmm
Short lived cash game ... I raise with KK ... all fold ...
I raise with J9s ... and get five callers ... relly need a short handed table so better to grab a taxi and run ...
Best APAT for me - and in terms of atmosphere spot on - well played the chiefs!
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RT -$818
A weak cash session this morning - playing aggressively but hitting nothing.
More thoughts later today ...
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RT -$858
Nothing happening on the cash tables ...
Not sure when the next scheduled poker is ...
June 12th - £200 freezeout in Carlisle favourite
June 19th - £250 Pro League in Aberdeen - bit of a trek - though not looked at flights yet ... mmm
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As an aside - I was chatting over the weekend about what I do for a living ...
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/jeaneu/Combine_harvester_Louis.jpg)
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As an aside - I was chatting over the weekend about what I do for a living ...
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/jeaneu/Combine_harvester_Louis.jpg)
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lol Louis - thanks for the clarification! Pleasure to meet you.
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As an aside - I was chatting over the weekend about what I do for a living ...
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y170/jeaneu/Combine_harvester_Louis.jpg)
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lol Louis - thanks for the clarification! Pleasure to meet you.
Yes - you too.
Are you heading to Aberdeen? Not sure I will make it but no doubt catch up soon enough!
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Yes - you too.
Are you heading to Aberdeen? Not sure I will make it but no doubt catch up soon enough!
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maybe, possibly, could be, but not sure yet.
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RT -$827
Minor cash win - should have been $400 better ...
Two pairs and the flush draw vs top pair ... which then pairs the board for $400 pot on the river ... sigh!
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Eyeing up flights to Aberdeen ... it"s wrong ... but it"s tempting ... L
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Eyeing up flights to Aberdeen ... it"s wrong ... but it"s tempting ... L
Do it.
Should be great value. Play the pro game on the saturday and then the specialist series on the sunday.
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Eyeing up flights to Aberdeen ... it"s wrong ... but it"s tempting ... L
Do it.
Should be great value. Play the pro game on the saturday and then the specialist series on the sunday.
It will be interesting to see how many runners turn up ... it"s a long way to go for a bad beat ... pondering ...
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RT -$677
Took my profits out of hung parliament bet - after last night it might just be a gift for Cameron.
Clegg"s Euro position pretty pathetic ... anyway ... thoughts are creeping towards poker ...
If Lambert ever gets the Celtic job - would be nice to feed profits into a decent buy-in event.
I love the lunacy of flying to Aberdeen for the APAT ... need to look at calendar again ...
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RT -$1077
Behold the poker disaster ... two pairs vs flushville * 2 ... indeed two pairs also found a river straight ... oh well ...
APAT tomorrow ...
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Newmarket 3.05 : 2000 Guineas
Awzaan - pretty decent at 9/1 ...
Take it down.
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RT -$1163
APAT paid for ... no joy in the Guineas ... not sure how you could call Makfi at 33/1 ... weird race ...
Back to sleep now - cannot lose money in your sleep!
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APAT 46th of 90 ... no great play from me ... but no great cards and hit no flops playing loose.
Killer hand once short JJ vs KQ vs AT ... lost the main pot ... to the AT call (who was short). (Would have moved to middle of the pack)
Then KTs vs 66 race ... K6x ... it"s all standard ...
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RT -$1378
SCOOP ... $1m g"tee ... nice first hour well ahead ...
2nd hour - few cards - so a little slippage - but ousted in the classic race QQ vs AKs ... not sure it merited the 80BB shove by the AKs ... was praying for a JJ or TT ... but it is the classic race loss ...
Crippled I "choose" to shove AJ into AQ and KK ... sweet ...
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May 3rd ... start of the second phase of my business ... a strange contrast between the last six months and the six before ...
These days I am lucky to have a clear day to play cards ... last summer ... it was a planned assault on the big Sunday tournaments ... I am a little annoyed that I am yet to post a big result ... that said I know that if I really posted a big big result I would be ahead of the curve in terms of luck.
Sift through the Hendon Mob and you find people hitting £60k and then nothing big for 5 years (and counting) ... scary stuff ... a joy to do it once ... but how much luck and how much skill?
There are times when I play crazy cards ... and there is a bit of leakage too ... but there will be a day when I post something big ... the question is when!?! So many very good players on the loose ... couple that with the auto shoving AK"ers ... and you"re fooked unless you are Batfink and your "wings are like a shield of steel" ...
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RT -$1198
Hung Parliament ... assuming ... I "feared" the Conservatives would do it ... amazing that they haven"t ... let the games begin ...
What now?
Cameron vs Brown Heads Up?
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All parties in an MTT with stacks dependent on the number of seats won, kind of like the GUKPT Champion of Champions.
Democracy clearly doesn"t work, time to give poker a chance...
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All parties in an MTT with stacks dependent on the number of seats won, kind of like the GUKPT Champion of Champions.
Democracy clearly doesn"t work, time to give poker a chance...
now this i would pay to see!
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All parties in an MTT with stacks dependent on the number of seats won, kind of like the GUKPT Champion of Champions.
Democracy clearly doesn"t work, time to give poker a chance...
now this i would pay to see!
... you know a short stack would win it ... on some improbable run of rivered straights and flushes ... too risky ...
Defo the weirdest election in my life time.
In Scotland ... not a single seat changed hands ...
Given the circumstances - how could the Conservatives fail to win - everyone a loser?
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Next election in the Autumn ... (I wonder the odds ... as always!).
Poker - it is looking like my calendar is conspiring to get me to the Aberdeen Pro League ... travel from Edinburgh much more appealling than a morning flight from London ...
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Everyone a loser? Sounds like the cash games at the Empire.
GL in Aberdeen.
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Everyone a loser? Sounds like the cash games at the Empire.
GL in Aberdeen.
Not totally confirmed yet ...
(RT -$1026)
Would like to wipe the defecit out before signing up ... decent cash this morning ... tempered by top two pair versus made flush draw ... lost the min ...
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RT -$1190
Super Cooler ...
63spades in the big blind (I flat call the raise) ... flop A63 all clubs ... 2/3 a pot bet ... which I flat call ... turn is a 3 ... for the house ... all my money is going in now ... turn brings a fourth club ... but entirely academic as the original raiser holds AA ...
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RT -$1210
Super Donkey limp reverses good work ... QQ into T77 ... BB Q7 ...
Enough ... time to contemplate the cinema ... what nonsense and/or illusions can be found.
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... so the cinema where I watched "Four Lion" ... highly recommended if you want to see how to mix Terrorism and comedy ... they somehow manage it ... in a laugh out loud classic mixed with people being blown to pieces ...
Anyway ... today is another day ... and my mother is cooking Halibut ... (the most religious of fish) ... if I allow my mind to drift ... I reach out to a wall chart of Lobsters (and similar beasts).
Aside : According to the Guinness World Records, the largest lobster was caught in Nova Scotia, Canada, and weighed 20.15 kilograms (44.4 lb) ... not how is that going to fit in a pot ... who actually caught this ... and what with?
If I put my mind back in its box ... I see Poker ... a room full of people flipping coins ... in the next room monkeys look to re-write Shakespeare ... they haven"t made it yet ...
In a further room - sits James Lovelock explaining the Gaia principle to the powers at be - who upon contemplation suggest that you drive 5 miles less a week ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis
... probably time to sleep ...
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RT -$983
Decent cash session ...
Will likely tee up APAT league match - but will likely miss first hour due to dinner ...
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RT -$797
2nd of 98 ... epic heads up vs Dan Owston ... he held the edge ... but about 50 mins to get to a winner ...
Last hand A6s vs AQ ...
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2nd of 98 ... epic heads up vs Dan Owston ... he held the edge ... but about 50 mins to get to a winner ...
Last hand A6s vs AQ ...
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Great heads up tonight. Could have gone either way. wp
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WP Louis, was on your table briefly last night before AJ went v AK and lost.!
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RT -$797
2nd of 98 ... epic heads up vs Dan Owston ... he held the edge ... but about 50 mins to get to a winner ...
Last hand A6s vs AQ ...
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Great heads up tonight. Could have gone either way. wp
Yes it was a good match up ... A6s ahead of a lot of Dan"s range ... but he played it well ...
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WP Louis, was on your table briefly last night before AJ went v AK and lost.!
Yes - poker is sick ... I got lucky with K9s shoved into AK ...
Looking forward to Aberdeen and Notts ... not yet found a rationale for going to Vienna!
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-$852
14th of 88 in the Eyes Wide Shut ... sizeable chip leader early ... had to call with 77 vs various including and AA ... and TJ (which won) ... then AK vs AJ (river spike) ... then A9 shoved into QQ ...
Looked like a second final table ... but to no avail.
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May 13th
I am King Lear
(My paws are weak my hair is grey ...)
I stood on the Calton Hill last night and absorbed Beautiful Edinburgh beneath - it"s a great place.
(Maybe with caveats like the poker chips at the Maybury!?!)
Could be time for a day off ... or conversely to throw myself back into the swirling market and make some money ...
Shuffle up and deal ...
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May 13th
I am King Lear
(My paws are weak my hair is grey ...)
I stood on the Calton Hill last night and absorbed Beautiful Edinburgh beneath - it"s a great place.
(Maybe with caveats like the poker chips at the Maybury!?!)
Could be time for a day off ... or conversely to throw myself back into the swirling market and make some money ...
Shuffle up and deal ...
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I"ll have a drop of whatever Louis is drinking!!
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May 13th
I am King Lear
(My paws are weak my hair is grey ...)
I stood on the Calton Hill last night and absorbed Beautiful Edinburgh beneath - it"s a great place.
(Maybe with caveats like the poker chips at the Maybury!?!)
Could be time for a day off ... or conversely to throw myself back into the swirling market and make some money ...
Shuffle up and deal ...
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I"ll have a drop of whatever Louis is drinking!!
I simply quaff the delights before me ...
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RT - $782
Solid cash session ... pegged back by presumed trips vs top pair ... mmm
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May 16th
The Sunday train to London - it is a bit of a ritual these days - up grade to first - sit and chill and work - and dream of the Sunday Warm Up ...
Scottish Cup Final yesterday was so weird - there are times when Dundee United winning the cup would have triggered a massive party for me - but yesterday it was just a relief - friends there with their families and so on.
Goodwillie - surely the best name in football - scored with an exquisite lob - but to play badly and win 3-0 is just weird.
Anyway - I managed to drink two pints - eat some excellent "west coast" mussels followed by pizza and tiramasu - patted my stomach and off to bed ...
I must now re-connect my tired synapses back to the hub - and make some hay to feed my horses ...
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RT - $951
Lost a bit betting on football and running into big hands ... mmm
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RT -$309
Excellent cash session $200 turned into $842 (peaked at $925).
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RT -$309
Excellent cash session $200 turned into $842 (peaked at $925).
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top sesh
n1
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RT -$309
Excellent cash session $200 turned into $842 (peaked at $925).
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top sesh
n1
Cheers mate - it was the classic bluff and show - then hit the semi nuts vs the unbelievers ... I also called a lot in position with trash ... 53s is a monster ... into 55J ...
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RT -$292
Mini-session and no damage done - I was being hyper aggressive so I think should count as a win ...
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RT +$467
Not sure how long this can last but for the second night in a row I have seized the bacon.
$200 to $959 on $1/2 NL ... peaked at $1,050 ... half the table on TILT ...
What next?
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RT +$267
And finally the worm turned ... for a buy in loss ...
KK vs A5 ... all in pre ... 5xxx5 ... Savage ... bluffs called ... and finally no help with the flush and gutshot draws vs the overpair ... I guess I shouldn"t complain ...
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Thought of the day:
It"s annoying when the worm turns ...
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We"ve had a similar week. +£850 in Coventry on Sat night, followed by -£650 at the Vic last night (£400 cash and £250 in a ridiculous rebuy).
50p story for most of the cash loss:
Pocket queens, 4xBB raise into unopened pot from mp, button and BB call.
Flop T23 rainbow. I lead, called by villain on button.
Turn Q for top set, still rainbow. I lead, called. Pot now £200, I have £150 behind.
River A. I push assuming/hoping villain calls with AQ or the under-set...
... nope, snap call with his 45o.
WP, NH, GG... tw@t.
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We"ve had a similar week. +£850 in Coventry on Sat night, followed by -£650 at the Vic last night (£400 cash and £250 in a ridiculous rebuy).
50p story for most of the cash loss:
Pocket queens, 4xBB raise into unopened pot from mp, button and BB call.
Flop T23 rainbow. I lead, called by villain on button.
Turn Q for top set, still rainbow. I lead, called. Pot now £200, I have £150 behind.
River A. I push assuming/hoping villain calls with AQ or the under-set...
... nope, snap call with his 45o.
WP, NH, GG... tw@t.
Its all in the book "Reasons to hate poker ... Reasons to love poker ..."
I played some outrageous stuff last night ... not as fishy as the above ... but the table wasn"t happy ... with my runner runner flush holding and calling with 53s ... I had a stack so I was priced in ... by my momentum ...
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RT +$234
Another mini session where I escaped with a minor loss whilst being hyper aggressive ... need to turn the volume down a bit ... or perhaps a lot!
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RT +$283
Good start to cash session ... edged downwards ... feel asleep @ 6.30pm ...
Perhaps time to try again ... or I should I take the hint?
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which site do you play your cash games on Louis?
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which site do you play your cash games on Louis?
Betfair at the moment ... just lost $120 ... partly due to a AK vs K9 defeat ...
RT +$163
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RT +$151
Last hand AJ into Jx4 vs KK and 44 ... minor loss ...
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RT +$194
Would have been a lot better but for the turned straight running into the rivered full house ...
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RT +$129
Second mini-session of the morning - and head not really in the zone ...
Maybe the sunshine is calling me ... time for some pitch and putt in the sun ... and a lazy day ...
Champagne from last night has left me weak ...
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If you"re bored, Coventry"s only an hour away on the train! £250 GUKPT side event tonight. See you there...
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Coventry - a bridge too far ... but take it down.
I think June 19th is the earliest I will be playing face to face poker (if I go to Aberdeen for the Pro-Leauge??)
I will likely play the APAT tonight - and perhaps something on Stars??
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RT +$689
$200 turned into $760 ... playing pretty loose ...
Peaked out at about $900 ... tried to win a few too many pots ... but nearly got a lot better with a flopped straight ... bricks please ... but looked like the board made a higher straight for my main foe ... I had to make a fold to his 3/4 pot value bet ... spew ...
Three solid cash sessions in the last 7 days ... very pleasing ...
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RT +$1068
Another good session turning $200 into $579 ... fast and loose ... should have been a lot better but for the KK vs AQ all in pre for another $423 pot ...
No complaints ... running good ... in the main getting fully paid ...
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RT +$1081
APAT in play ... playing way too loose ... (like a moose rolling down a hill).
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APAT : Break 2
12th of the 49 left ... an interesting table ... I am playing unpredictably ... which is good ... hard to read ... no idea how I will play for the next hour ... which is good squared ...
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... and out in 23rd ... nothing really happening ... lost two races with 66 ... and then shoved KJs into AT ... first face cards spotted for some time ... a damp squib ... (poor).
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RT +$1083
Betfair software playing Mr Freeze ... maybe a good thing ...
Finish work - and head out for lunch - though it would appear the London underground has rather given up for the day ... sigh!
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RT +$1048
Mini Session - Mini Loss - SUNSHINE SUNSHINE ...
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RT +$796
Cash Session
The worm has turned once again ... never really in control ... but kept running into hands ...
Still toying with the Sunday Warm Up - not sure I have the correct level of patience required??
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RT +$581
Hyper Agressive in the Sunday Warm Up ... everything set in place ... but for my timing ... 99 into QQ ...
Perhaps I will now revert to sensible poker!?!
A good week - without the epic finish ...
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RT +$381
Medicine reversal ...
Raise in front of me ... I flat call with 22 ... flop is A2x ... two spades ... looks like the dream flop ...
He bets ... I call ... turn is a spade ... mmm ... he bets I call ...
River is a brick ... I make a small bet ... which he pushed all on ... I guess the chance for me to fold for $100 ... but no such skill ... tough with trips ... he holds 58s for the ropey flush ... fair play though ...
If you use the stick ... you must take the stick ...
Nice to be positive again - albeit a dip at the end of the weekend ...
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RT +$321
Betfair $12k about to begin ... tonight"s the night ...
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RT +$154
Trasho cash play ...
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RT +$94
Betfair $12k spinning ...
Last night - money in with all the draws and no saviour vs the reasonable top pair call ...
Just moved to 6th of 165 with the 45s special ...
It"s all down hill from here ...
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... and it was down hill and into a pond ...
Call the short stack shove with A2s vs 66 ... and then push with "live" cards and get dominated ...
It"s all a bit like a slow moving fruit machine ...
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RT -$46
Albeit with £100 just placed on Armenia to win the Eurovision song contest ... this could the greatest/worst bet I have ever placed ... just under 12/1
I have not heard the song ... it"s just any two cards all in ...
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... Armenia doing my proud now 7/1 ... it"s like an epic gamble ...
I could chop my position to a £400 free roll ... clearly the sensible thing to do ... but we wont do that!!!
Still to hear the song ... any feedback?
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... so I hear the song is "good" ... fence 1 cleared ...
I hired a guy whose company is called "Gardenutter" to sort out my garden ... so my terracota lions no longer peer through the jungle ... I like this sort of company naming ...
I close my eyes and think of the animals I can eat for breakfast ...
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... so I hear the song is "good" ... fence 1 cleared ...
I hired a guy whose company is called "Gardenutter" to sort out my garden ... so my terracota lions no longer peer through the jungle ... I like this sort of company naming ...
I close my eyes and think of the animals I can eat for breakfast ...
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I didn"t know LSD was back in fashion! ;)
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Solid business naming is important. My two favourites are a chippy called For The Love Of Cod and a Chinese restaurant in Shirley, near Solihull. I"ll let you guess the name of that one...
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Solid business naming is important. My two favourites are a chippy called For The Love Of Cod and a Chinese restaurant in Shirley, near Solihull. I"ll let you guess the name of that one...
For the Love of Cod ... strong contribution ...
I liked the chain of sandwich shops called or owned by "Roland Butter" ...
Is the answer to the Chinese in Shirley ... The Shirley Temple ... or something even more spurious ...
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Armenian entry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErDkipQUsCQ
Has it"s moments ... will she belt it out tonight and win??
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RT +$24
Good mini-cash session for +$130 ... netting off a $60 entrance to the $12k ... the perfect backdrop to the Eurovision ...
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Tedious exit in the $12k
Gutshot push ... which I call ... and lose ... then lose KQ shove into TT ...
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RT -$98
Interesting betting on the Eurovision ... was a chance to trade as prices are over-reacted to post performance but I am sticking to my guns on the slightly drifting Armenia ... a catchy tune ... and a beautiful singer ... is that enough?
Money in for the Turkish rock act ... and for the feisty German starlet ...
Market will go crazy when the voting starts ...
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Eurovision
I have a nice freeroll on Armenia - but I cannot see it winning ... mmm
Depsite hating the song - I think Turkey may win it ... very different ... tiny bit on Belgium too ...
Minor bits of trading profit as the markets swung about ...
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i heard a big word that Azerbijan will win Eurovision. Not on it myself, even i cant justify betting to watch that!! ;D
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RT -$195
Gutted that Germany have won it - though should have seen it coming!
Have to say - delighted that the UK came last - when are we going to pick a decent song!?!
Aside - the UK voted for Greece ... what!?!
Guess I will have to get back to the poker ...
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i heard a big word that Azerbijan will win Eurovision. Not on it myself, even i cant justify betting to watch that!! ;D
Azerbiwhatsit should have one - the best looking of the lot.
UK - deserved last... rubbish.
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Rubbish betting from me ... a missed opportunity ... will climb a mountain today to punish myself.
Will that freshen me up enough to take on the Warm Up!?!
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RT -$420
Warm Up already gone ...
44 into K42 all diamonds ... obvious dangers ... but too short not to get it all in ... versus the nutflush A5s ... the turn the absurd 3 of diamonds for the straight flush ...
APAT to follow ...
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APAT - low on ammo - won a race - lost a race ...
Aiming for the perfect working month in June ... so the poker decks will need to be cleared somewhat ... however I juggle my calendar a Sunday Pro League just doesn"t work ... The Saturday starting APAT holding a little appeal but still ends up (if successfully) being a Sunday afternoon shovefest ... mmm
Climbed Dumfries and Galloway"s greatest hill yesterday ... 1868 feet or thereabouts so pretty small but very steep ... and having done very little excercise for 4 months months pretty tough ...
My rowing machine calls me ... like a hideous siren ... that said watching the Eurovision song contest I had a sleepy pang of my mortality ... so with that sort of "live longer eat a fruit" mentality in mind ... I may have to start reporting on my weight in pounds rather than my weight of hands.
Good luck on the tables.
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RT -$597
Some pretty average cash play though hard to escape losses with straights vs non obvious higher straights.
Fired up the $45k g"tee on Pokerstars and got tripled into the early lead AKo vs TT vs 89o ...
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RT -$391
34th of 702 in Pokerstars $100+9 ...
Played fine - ran out of cards 88 vs AK at the end ...
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Two hours from London ... spew!
There are times such as this when I question my genius moves to get up at 4.50am and clear my inbox ...
I never understood the logic of solo drinking on a train ... (or a plane) ... perhaps there is a super spurious case to be made to drink solo with a mirror taped to your head ... maybe not??
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Post 1000 on my blog ...
Not sure what Poker will happen today - it feels quite distant ...
I suspect my pre-amble with gambling on Derby Day will get me in the mood - but who knows!?!
Midas Touch for the Debry - £100 @ 7/1 - When it wins I will rise and shout "Aye Aye!"
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RT -$398
Worcester 1.55 ... small bet ... 3rd place for Rifleman ... flipped a coined for either that of Silver Phoenix which won ... GRRR ... coin flips ...
Causal Glimpse to redeem things at Epsom 2.10?
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RT -$420
Duff start ... but not good enough ... maybe I should just shove more money at The Derby??
Maybe I should play some cards ... controversial I know ...
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RT -$635
Mmm : Cash Tables QQ Vs AA ...
It looks like The Derby is going to have to save me!
(Second with Reggane - which should have beaten Antara)
Next Up : Hawkeyethenoo!
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RT -$665
My second narrow second of the day ... losing by a neck to a 33/1 shot ...
Derby Next Up:
Got to wonder why Buzzword has been supplemented ... 14.5/1 for a place ... worth a tenner ..
MIDAS TOUCH for me ...
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RT -$830
Derby day aggression turning into dust ...
Not sure what my thoughts are with regards to poker tonight ...
Random drift on The Hendon Mob lead to the news a new poker club to be opened in Central London ...
http://www.foxpokerclub.com/news/
Great news ...
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RT -$984
Half way through the field in Pokerstars $100+9 - $45k g"tee
TT vs AK
Earlier found further losers on the horses ...
Betfair $12k is now going to get very tempting ...
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RT -$1044
The good, the bad and the ugly from me.
Betfair $12k
Out with AT vs QJ ... but got into trouble earlier with a fourth spade on the board ... forcing me to fold.
Nothing inspired ... but something ABC is enough ... regroup and return.
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With the Bluff room at the Mint (South Kensington) having recently opened, it"s all go in central London.
Surprised this Fox place calls itself London"s first poker club - won"t our Int/Gutshot friends have something to say about that? Also hope it doesn"t reduce the donations at the Empire, a 30 second walk away.
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I think the International is a "private members club" where people happen to play poker ... I could be wrong ...
I was always very keen to support the gutshot/International - but often fields very thin (these days).
Maybe academic for me at the moment ... "need" to work six days a week.
I was thinking about my poker plan yesterday ... I manage to play some crazy poker at times yet just about stay level ... but not an end in itself.
Probably time for a break - and work things out (and bet on the World Cup!)
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RT -$804
Operation clawback is now in force ... good cash session ... no risks for $160 ...
Also slashing back on other events ... so the Sunday Pro League in Aberdeen goes ... as does the heads up in Nottingham ... Pro League too ... switched to day 1B in the Main Event ... looking forward to that ...
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Another day ... and the betting Gods look to be in a different frame of mind.
Tony Ayres backed at 11.5 layed at 2.82 ... a free roll for $245 ... take it down son ...
Wade all over the place ...
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Another day ... and the betting Gods look to be in a different frame of mind.
Tony Ayres backed at 11.5 layed at 2.82 ... a free roll for $245 ... take it down son ...
Wade all over the place ...
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That was just outrageous - a one outer ...
Looked like he had blown it with 5 darts missed for a 9-6 lead ... but with Wade have three darts at 40 ... and Ayres on 152 the writing on the wall ...
Unbelievable match play ... was spewing when he hit a 93 two dart finish when requiring 73 too ...
Great finishing ... Wade will be sick ...
Next up Anderson vs Hamilton ... annoyingly for me Hamilton is the value at 2.74 ... I guess I hope he is throwing first ... wins leg one ... and then Anderson goes to even money ... such is betfair ...
RT -$559 ... a crazy betting weekend ... what next??
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Hamilton can win this ... Anderson dodgy finisher ... (great scorer) ...
4/1 ... massive ...
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Is John Gwynne the worst commentator ever?
He doesn"t even look at the scores ... before making absurd comments ...
Anderson annoyingly good ... monster scorer ... but he will fold vs Taylor ...
Looks like I will unpick some of my good work ...
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RT -$639
I guess I will have to write off Hamilton but not sure he is a 49/1 shot ...
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Hamilton averages 100+ and loses 6-10 ... fair play to Anderson who should now steamroller Ayres ...
Wes Newton next up - just over evens to win 10-7 or better looks decent ...
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-$714
Good grief - where did that come from - Ovens on fire ...
Hard to see Lewis pulling off a shock - I will sit this one out ...
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RT -$731
Played some heads up ... got well ahead ... then chipped away when letting opponent hit a second pair ...
Can the Sunday Warm Up lure me in ...
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RT -$279
Just a few Sunday hands ... crazy loose but +$452 in an hour ... now that was easy ...
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RT -$408
Crazy aggressive play not working tonight though blighted by splitting a pot with a straight on the board ...
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RT +$3
Super sleepybut back to parity!
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RT +$308
Buy the vol"
Another great morning session lifting me positive ...
My main mindset is lump all profits at Villa to be Top Scorer in the World Cup ... on which I already have a lumpy bet ...
World Cup brings my RT into focus ... I guess it has become my gambling current account rather than a record of poker ... perhaps I retire it ... or make it just poker?
The only case for the gambling current account is that if I win a load on Villa ... it might well find its way to a larger direct buy in.
More to follow.
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RT +$108
Relentless attack unstuck ... for a buy in ... time to chill and get ready for a World Cup BBQ ...are England good enough to rise above their friendly form ... my gut feel is for a 1-1 draw ... and then England to kick on and win the group.
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RT +$166
Minor cash win ...
Where do you start with the England game ... played well in parts ... but let the tempo fall from about 45-65 mins and then ran out of time to get the job done.
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RT +$96
Minor Cash losses ...
Watching Algeria vs Slovenia ... falling asleep ...
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RT -$140
It never lasts ... flush on the turn for a $400 pot ... lost to the re-draw as all the money went in ...
Had a position on Slovenia to win - but got rid of it as they were playing so badly ... enter the goalkeeping blunder ...
Rather thought that Serbia would find a way to win too - but not convinced 17 mins in - so I think that I will chop that position too.
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Pleased to get out of jail with Ghana winning (but bet chopped) - only way to celebrate is to play the Warm Up!
RT -$355 ... plus any returns!?!
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RT -$437
Cash losses - as I make fantasy plays ...
APAT fired up ...
Germany about to roll out into the tournament.
I normally enjoy the German machine in world cups - can Klose and Podolski get things going again??
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RT -$569
... with the following mega bet in play ... it is a LONG shot ... but I like it ...
Humberto Suazo to be Top Scorer in the World Cup ... £88 on at 76.22 on Betfair ...
My main bet is on Villa - but Chile"s top scorer in qualifying has the same easy group to negotiate ... with nobody hitting more than one so far a great chance for both Villa and Sauzo to march forward.
Got to be a better bet than bluffing with air ...
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RT -$569
... with the following mega bet in play ... it is a LONG shot ... but I like it ...
Humberto Suazo to be Top Scorer in the World Cup ... £88 on at 76.22 on Betfair ...
My main bet is on Villa - but Chile"s top scorer in qualifying has the same easy group to negotiate ... with nobody hitting more than one so far a great chance for both Villa and Sauzo to march forward.
Got to be a better bet than bluffing with air ...
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Heard he is injured and going to miss the first game at least. Seeing as it is Honduras first up, not much chance
BAD BEAT!!!
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Rubbish Due Diligence from me!
However :
TEAM NEWS
Both nations are sweating on the fitness of a striker named Suazo. Honduran David Suazo, of Inter Milan, is struggling to recover in time from a leg muscle injury, while Chile"s main goalscorer Humberto Suazo is nursing a left thigh problem.
Neither player was originally expected to feature in this game but both remain hopeful of being involved. If they miss out, Georgie Welcome of Honduras and Chile"s Esteban Paredes are the favourites to take their place.
Fingers Crossed ... it came to me in Vision ... Honest ...
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Pot odds ... H Suazo ... I could chop the bet back to something like lose £32 or win £1350 ... seems like the bright move ... but fancy hitting the two outer ...
It can go down as my worst ever - working too hard bet - or if it wins the VISIONARY punt ... to convert the world to follow the badger as it roams ...
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RT - $469
£100 on Chile to win at 1.73 ... pretty narrow in the end ... perhaps I should lump more on Suazo!?!
Great news for David Villa bet ... 8/1 at the start ... now 5/1 having not kicked a ball.
Looking forward to Spain now ...
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World Cup shocks not helping my gambling ... RT -$589
England Vs USA seeming like a dream performance compared to last night"s - hard to remember England playing worse than that.
What is Capello doing? Does he have a side bet with Domenech on who can destroy the national team?
Still favourites to win the group - and could well get Ghana in the last 16 - the wheels could still be put back on the bus - but who is driving it?
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RT - $789
Gave away a facile buy in heads up ...
Might have to head to the gym ... bacon roll first though ...
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RT -$909
Yo-Yo time - ran into two AT inspired full houses - time to retire.
World cup proving an epic struggle!
Poker - too trigger happy - Month off!?!
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RT -$969
Betfair $10k in play ... a typically impatient start has left me work to do!
Have chopped my Villa bet for a £983 free roll to be top scorer ... so perhaps that will wipe the defecit??
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Yawn ... 38th and out (of 134) JJ vs A5 ... river A
Earlier TT vs AJ ... river J ...
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Sunday Train to Scotland ...
Have reviewed three weeks worth of email and now starry eyed ...
Looking forward to the football feast to follow:
I am minded to bet on the 1-1 draw at 90 mins ... Mehmut Ozil is the danger ... I cannot see England keeping a clean sheet.
Then it is a massive coin flip.
Will play the APAT ... might get drawn into the Warm Up!?!
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RT -$79
No poker - but have taken £600 profit in closing Villa freeroll.
The minute that I closed it - I thought I should have let it run - with regards to the 3/4th play-off nonsense goals.
I chopped most of my Germany bet to win the World Cup - spew ... though won money vs England ... losing it on Argentina.
I watched the Argentina vs Germany game in a bar in Biarritz on a stag do ... strange affair with me supporting Argentina with all my Scottish freinds supporting Germany ... and even more oddly lost of French people with Germany strips and flags ... apparently they have been supporting year since before the 1998 champtionships ... super weird ... anyway fun was had by all!
I had £5,000 profit on a Paraguay win ... so feeling slightly hard done by there ... Spain are just so boring to watch though Villa does have golden boots at the moment ... though of course missing "that" penalty vs Honduras which would have meant me keeping much more of my bet open.
Sigh ... it"s just an endless conspiracy to keep me broadly level!
Oops should net off my Stosur bet on Wimbledon (RT - $154)
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RT -$162
Epic attempts to play the £150 freezeout at the International thwarted by:
1. Two bottles of wine
2. Five hours of blazing sun
3. A change of start time - I think ...
Probably £150 saved!
This morning a minor cash foray ... flopped two pairs then squandered the profits ...
New poker plan required ...
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RT - $283
Narrowly failed to qualify for the $40k g"tee on Betfair ... ran out of cards ... shoved on the button with the monster 92s ... called by KTo ... straight on the river ... fair play ... earlier lost the min with KQs into Qxx ... vs the min raising AA ...
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RT - $252
A little cash progress ... mostly offset by a struggle in the $10K on Betfair ...
AJ rammed into AA in the BB ... mmm
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RT -$33
Sleepy and lucky cash ... watching Happy Gilmore ... classic Sunday ...
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RT -$124
Really should have been back to level ... poor weak fishy play ...
Looking at schedules tough to find tournaments that I want to play that fit into my work schedule ...
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RT -$249
All the fun of the fair ...
QQ vs AK (AMRN) K on the river standard in the Betfair $10k ... I had been playing some absurd hands so no complaints ... just a race ...
Earlier playing cash ... finding some amazing ways to lose ...
Q9 in Q3Q ... vs QT
KQ into KQxx ... vs 94s ... which makes the flush on the river ...
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QQ vs AK (AMRN) K on the river standard in the Betfair $10k ... I had been playing some absurd hands so no complaints ... just a race ...
was wierd - hadn"t noticed you had joined the table until you shoved the button to my BB.... just enough time to say Hi, before you left ;)
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I was there from the off ...
Take it down ... you were going well the other night too ... where did you finish?
I will be back to working crazy hours again tomorrow - so I guess back up for air on Sunday.
(Actually I do have my big home game on Friday ... should be very interesting ... a couple of the guys are back from Vegas ... I will need to find some patience! ... batting on a 4 home game winning streak)
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I was there from the off ...
Take it down ... you were going well the other night too ... where did you finish?
I will be back to working crazy hours again tomorrow - so I guess back up for air on Sunday.
(Actually I do have my big home game on Friday ... should be very interesting ... a couple of the guys are back from Vegas ... I will need to find some patience! ... batting on a 4 home game winning streak)
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Exit shortly after you actually - lost a lump with AQ v AK
Cashed 7 in a row last week... best was 4th. Looks like the run is over suspended
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RT -$449
Cash : Lost a slow buy in ... never on top ... will I ever get back to level!?!
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RT -$1142
"Big game" cash ... came in with 4 straights nights in profit ... a rude awakening vs a tough table.
Two of the guys back from day 3 exits in the main event in Vegas.
Started with £200 playing £1/2 NL ... very quiet to the food break then moved to £2/£5 NL and some shocking match ups ... table pretty loose so I limpe with T9s ... flop T97 rainbow ... vs 77 and 99 ... the 9"s hold and I am on the back foot ...
Gazing worst ever poker night in the face I find AA with two hands to go ... and get doubled up by 77 for a c£500 saver ... last hand 78d a must play hand ... for £25 ... flop 69x two hearts ... mmm ... 4 runners I am second to act ... I call the small bet in a bid for cheap glory ... an all in behind ... so looking at £431 to call the straight draw ... mmm ...
Last to act - "I must have the best hand" ... mmm ... be folds ... first to act makes the call ... and I think I have to fold ...
First all in holds 93 got top pair ... caller Q2 of hearts for the flush draw ...
The river is the obvious spewy T ... but the river is a heart ... so a nice escape ... but a dent in poker funds!
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RT -$1466
Strange week at the tables ... feels a bit like a race to the centre of the earth right now ...
Playing loose - getting some horror match ups ... but hard to say there is any great play going on!
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RT -$1491
Ran out of cards in the Pokerstars $40k g"tee ... ramming K6 on the button in A6 in the SB ...
An epic weekend of sport continues with the darts final ... worth a £50 bet on Barny at 8/1 ...
Last night I participated in an epic game of 4-a-side Badminton ... only two shuttlecocks lost into neighbours gardens.
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RT -$1621
Taylor his usual impreious self ...
Great cards early in the APAT ... but then lost A9 vs TT (calling short stack) and then AQ into AK ...
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RT -$1339
Right - sensible cash until we are level ... god it"s boring ...
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Flicking back through my entries ... c500 days to make a c$1,500 loss ... it"s almost hilarious ...
Easy to see moments of madness, and appreciate the need to grind, but I just don"t think I can grind at the moment.
Month off?
Prepare for the Main Event ... well that is the plan ...
(maybe a few MTT"s along the way - just to keep my hand in!)
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The new Era has begun ...
Upgrade to new Betfair Software has ended my ability to be Honeybadg(er) ...
To herald this new beginning I have become the Moneybadger ... who will play a new breed of poker ... "perhaps" a winning one??
I am retiring the RT ... when I started it I thought I would build on pervious glories ... at times I think it saved me money ... but sometimes as of now it made me want to play in too boring a fashion ...
Let"s see how the MoneyBadger goes on new look Betfair - $30k g"tee starting in 3 mins!
Louis
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The new era feels like the old era ...
19 mins ... QQ loses to AQ ... re-buy ... but happy to not pump the pot ...
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Good luck with the new approach Louis.
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Good luck with the new approach Louis.
Cheers ... not much time ... will probably target some bigger things ... business going great so may just postpone poker "glories"!?!
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Are you sure retiring the RT is a good idea? Hope you"re continuing to monitor your record for some semblance of bankroll management.
Style from 2 years ago ftw...
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Are you sure retiring the RT is a good idea? Hope you"re continuing to monitor your record for some semblance of bankroll management.
Style from 2 years ago ftw...
I"ll always keep a note ... but there were times when I decided I needed to play a certain way to get back level ... when I think I should have been attacking more ...
I may re-instate the RT in the future ... or run it in three months chunks ... not sure?
I was also thinking of going on "say" a Neil Channing poker weekend ... and my usual approach would be to show the cost of this in the RT ... it is an epic quest after all ... not really keen to grind the profits back to parity ... and then attack ... much more fun to be relentless ...
That said ... tonight I was so ready to grind the MTT ... and got smashed up with a nonsense level 2 shove by an AQ ... which I had to call with QQ ... no escape there!
General plan at the moment is to work my ass off at work ... and pump up the Vol" by playing bigger buy in events ... the proof of the pudding will be the Hendon Mob record ... or not ...
Heading back to Scotland on Sunday ... back to London on August 18th ...
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You have been a busy boy, nice to hear work is on the up. VBL in the bigger tourneys.
Hope to c u @ Dtd in August
Cheers Paul
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You have been a busy boy, nice to hear work is on the up. VBL in the bigger tourneys.
Hope to c u @ Dtd in August
Cheers Paul
Thanks for the luck ... I need it ...
I was playing a $100 heads up earlier ... got to 3860 vs 140 chips in my favour ... I then lost 4 all ins in a row to win it ... this put us about level ... only for me to lose to a runner-runner straight ...
OMG ... you have to smile ... makes you realise the difficulty of making hay ...
But I guess the Hay Time will be all the sweeter ...
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Heads Up
Played an ultra tight opponent ... dominated throughout ... managed to lose A5 vs A4 but kept the head to win ...
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Well it"s time to watch the Karate Kid ... and for the second time in a day my heads up quest has been thwarted by a ropey flush drawn on the river ...
Such a difference between what I have a 5-5 record and what would have been 7-3 ... mmm ... almost forgot the runner-runner straight defeat ...
Mmmm ... looking forward to the next set of 10 ...
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Good grief 18th of 100 (15 paid) ... AQ rammed into KK ... in Betfair $7k g"tee ($10k in the pot) ... not the best of timing!
Give me rags ...
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Break 2 of the Betfair $30k g"tee
A slow start but made it to 4th of the 286 starters before losing KK vs AJ ...
12th of 104 left (40 paid) - just about double the average. 55BB"s left ... nice structure ...
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Card dead and out in 55th ... lost a race vs a short stack AK vs JJ ... river J ... then QJs into KK and forced to push A5 into AQ ... who flopped the flush ... poor timing at the moment ...
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On holiday and little poker - must be strange times ...
Enjoying the rest - and the flurries of poker activity - not feeling the love at the moment.
Looking forward to an epic trip to Nottingham - an honour to play for Scotland - and then a chance to play aggressively in the main event.
Sushi/Sashimi feast last night - slightly odd to have fish couriered to Scotland - life is tough ...
Dinner over - time to get stuck into the sparkling Rose Cava ... light fizzy bubbles ... and a persistent mousse according to the bottle ...
I like the idea of a persistent Moose much better ...
We then got talking with regards to absurd products names ... I think this is the winner ...
https://www.bumpits.com/
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YOU ARE THE ENEMY.
Please don"t contact me again until September ;)
Oh and congratulations too. Look forward to beating you there.
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Congrats again Louis.
SCOTLAND FTW!!!
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YOU ARE THE ENEMY.
Please don"t contact me again until September ;)
Oh and congratulations too. Look forward to beating you there.
P.
ENEMY?
NO - I AM THE MASTER!
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Betfair 2
No STG"s (Holdem) what is going on ... a temptation to play heads up Omaha but not a wise one ...
Played a random turbo last night ... blinds AJ vs AA ... mmm
Watched Inception earlier - pretty tedious tale of spinning tops ...
The dream within the dream ... not helped when I fell asleep ... but that tells you enough.
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No cards in the APAT last night ... well except the AA to which everyone folded ...
Today a rare trip to the tenpin bowling lanes at Carlisle ... pretty scrappy to start but managed to score a 206 in game 6 ... quite satisfying but 18 easy points lost on the way ...
As so two weeks to go until Nottingham ... really looking forward to some face-2-face action.
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Nice result last night Louis.
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Nice result last night Louis.
Interesting ... no memory of playing last night ... defo not winning ... in a horror run ...perhaps a namesake ... what didn"t I win!?!
Just outside the money today in Betfair $7k g"tee deepstack ... JJ into AA ... no help ...
Louis
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Zero loss for the night = cause for congratulation? Nice rubdown Eck ;D
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Nice result last night Louis.
Interesting ... no memory of playing last night ... defo not winning ... in a horror run ...perhaps a namesake ... what didn"t I win!?!
Just outside the money today in Betfair $7k g"tee deepstack ... JJ into AA ... no help ...
Louis
Obv fanboy then:
http://www.pocketfives.com/tournament/576477/
was looking forward to sharing a FT with you and paul till some clown decided it would be a good idea to squeeze a shove with AJ against my AK.
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Zero loss for the night = cause for congratulation? Nice rubdown Eck ;D
Smile - I am saving all my Aces for Nottingham ... (and luck??)
Reflecting on last night ... I had AA twice ... all folded to me twice ... OMG ...
Anyway life is good ... (despite RT - $2150!!) ... way back when I decided if I ever got to -$3,000 then I would start managing my bank roll properly (again).
The idea of course was to build on previous profits made ... what can you say it is a very volatile game!
Maybe Steve Stricker will win the golf and wipe our these losses??
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Swiss Law : I like it :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10960230
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Nice Cash session to pull $320 back ...
Lost a AJ vs ATs in deepstack ... spew ... 30% I know ... like rolling a dice and bemoaning a 1 or 2 appearing ...
APAT tonight ... was trying to find a tournament ... doh!
Need a lot to happen in the golf ... Stricker and Goosen (who was "dead" but chipped in three times!)
Never got round to doing a football coupon ... E Stirling would have killed me ...
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Weird night
5th in the Omaha
2nd in the Holdem
Last hand AT in to AQ ... and we both hit full houses ... once we were down to three, the cards were ridiculous ...
Looked down and out 42nd from 42 ...
Would have taken chip lead but for AK losing to AQ pretty late on ... oh well ... no seat ... AT vs AQ ... pretty much always going all in heads up ...
+$1037 on the day ... WARM UP tomorrow!
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+$1037 on the day ... WARM UP tomorrow!
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Nice one. RT - ?
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RT -$1143 ... this morning ... though paid $415 of buy-ins ... and lots of golf stuff in play ...
Getting towards the money in $200k g"tee on Betfair ... but just for halved JJ vs AK ...
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(RT - $1548) ... lost two races in the Betfair $200k ... to finish just outside the money ...
Wen Liang - a big winner for me if he can pull off a shock!
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Cash going pretty well ... I like the idea of a "cash" contest within the APAT ... not sure how that works ... will post something ...
Played a little heads up tournament ... won first round ... but then ran top pair into the over pair ...
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Amazing cricket ... I have money on England to win ... though not at the 499/1 matched in Betfair ... now down to 8/1
Very lazy day for me ... will likely save poker playing to tomorrow night.
Have great fun battling out a 6-6 draw (60 mins) at 7-a-side soccer last night - sore today though.
Next Friday - Dawn to Dusk for Scotland ... gimme gimme ...
Louis
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Played a six handed $3k g"tee on Betfair - only $22 in ... 12 mins levels ... proper poker ...
LEVEL 1 : I call with TT vs K4s ... straight on the river ... then KK vs K2 ... runner runner flush loss ...
LEVEL 2 : AA vs Qx into Qxx ... Q on the river ... fook me ...
Give me rags anytime ...
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... so the evening encounters ...
Cash ... solid for $160 ...
Betfair Deepstack -going great guns - 6th of 65 left - until JJ into AA ... and then K9s into KJx ... vs the flat calling KQ ... trying to get busy ... easy to fold K9s even on the button ...
Cricket losses and expenses to Notts ... RT -$1940 ...
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Betfair $50k g"tee
No cards for an hour and then I raise with AJ ... flat called ... flop J99 ... I bet ... re-raised all in ... I have to call ... vs Q9 ... wow to the flat call ...
Next stop the $12k g"tee Night Rehab ... $10 re-buy could be explosive ...
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Betfair $12k ... played well ... on the final table bubble I shoved from the button with 22 into KK standard ... was getting short having been card dead ... 11th from 570 ... not bad ...
In the APAT 4th of 89 ... mmm ... went a bit crazy once 5 handed ... but points were decided and really wanted to get it won ... star hand of the night AA vs KK vs QQ ... straight by the turn ... sweet ...
Running good in the APAT ... made last three final tables ... does that carry to Notts??
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WORLD TEAM EVENT - APAT
A solid start for Scotland - before a disappointing day.
My mother sent me a picutre of "Buttock Point" as we played - perhaps quite apt.
Buttocks are great and solid - but you cannot win on buttocks alone!
Game 1 :
Stucture is such that there is incentive to sit and wait ... so with that in mind perhaps a tiny bit too active early on ...
Brian Yates - first to go - very unlucky - first running into a 72 inspired flush then losing AQ to AT ... of course these things come back to bite other people and it was the Italian playing 72 that eliminated me in 3rd place AQ vs KT ... mmm
Still joint 3rd after 4 events - on 12pts.
Round 2 ... Hand 1 ... UTG ... JJ ... I limp to spike ... button raise no surprise ... but the Dan Owston (SB) all in has me wondering ... I have to fold ... and the French Button has to call ... with KK ... Dan QQ ... only one winner there ... 4 clubs to the flush ... and Dan is on crushing mode ... so bullet one dodged ... next up an absurd split playing A2 ... flop AT2 all hearts ... not ideal but surely the Ace on the turn represents joy ... all in on the brick river ... Dan has the A2 too ...
Dutch player next to go ... at which point the game became choose a spot ... with Poland and Scotland pretty shortly ... John Murray a bit happier especially when doubled by the flush with both he and Dan hitting an 8 high flop with 86 ... John suited and flsuhing ...
Exit hand AJ push ... Dan calls with A5o ... with Poland waking up with 99 ... three way action ... and only one winner winner ... Dan ... OMG ... less chips for me so I am out in 4th ...
End of Round 2 ... a dismal 19 points ...
End of Round 3 ... an even more dismal 19 points ...
Heads up nightmare for me ... 2"s with everything missed every flop ... mega disciplined to stay alive ... doubled with AK vs QQ and JJ vs A7 ... but ran out of cards and time ... to lose on the river ... albeit in behind ... K8 vs AQ ...
Did my Welsh opponent have AQ or better every hand ... it certainly felt that way ...
Day 2 beckons ... someone will blow up ... we need to be aggressive ... so perhaps some free flowing brilliance ... or perhaps 2"s and 3"s all day long!?
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Nice report Louis.
All to play for today.
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Hopefully a better report today!
I should add Chris Kelly very unlucky yesterday ... Aces cracked by AJ ... JJ cracked by KT heads up ...
Need a massive day to day ... but why not!?!
2.45pm kick off seems like a long time away ...
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APAT TEAM EVENT - DAY 2
A long wait to start - and a very quick heads up victory over Holland.
A9 into AAx (two diamonds) ... all in ahead ... sweat on the flush draw ... but over in 9 hands (8 of which won!)
Sadly little more heads up glory for Scotland 4 points from 16 ...
STT - 3rd place - and a 13 point round into the middle of the pack.
Wales and Canada battling for glory ... so "pleased" I think to find Mr Rudders on my final STT ... last night ground down by the his rack ... this time ... I called his death shove with AK ... his feeble trembling K5 ... soon the roaring Dragon ... with a 5 first card up ... (side spew) ... that said it was a table of beats ... earlier Rudders A8 into AK ... split pot ...
Earlier still ... Colin O"Prey got jiggy with his Snowmen ... only to find a pair of Polish Kings ... flop 88x .... Wow ... last years Champions down in flames ... so much luck in running ... I guess as always ...
Well played the medalists ... great first session from them both and held on ...
Very much hungry for another bite at this next year ...
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A welcome day away from the tables ... a chance to dream of nice match ups that actually hold up ...
Bought some super shirts aimed at induding headaches for my opponents tomorrow ...
Had I time I would created the following picture into a T-Shirt ...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R50zu6H13A0/RehSM33Rm_I/AAAAAAAAAOc/k9KCCZj4M78/s400/jokes-funny-bunny-pancake
Ate some fish ... so just about fuelled up for battle.
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Day 1B
3 mins to go ... Serial raiser Gareth Cash pops things up to 7200 ish on 1500/3000 (200) ... I am all in for c24,400 ... I want called for sure ... holding 77 ... but as is the way the K6 call proves inspired (just about priced in) ... first card a King ... and a six for good measure ... spew!
Good luck to Gareth - most active on the table - though the script was for him to pay me off ... and not kill me!
Weird day ... KK paid in full by KQ into Qxx ... and then just a case of small ball and occasional stealing ... stack only at risk these twice ... AA twice and no takers ... late shoves un-called ... definately happy to take a 70% shot at a c55k pot ... but tough cheese to me ... until next year!
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Day 1B
3 mins to go ... Serial raiser Gareth Cash pops things up to 7200 ish on 1500/3000 (200) ... I am all in for c24,400 ... I want called for sure ... holding 77 ... but as is the way the K6 call proves inspired (just about priced in) ... first card a King ... and a six for good measure ... spew!
Good luck to Gareth - most active on the table - though the script was for him to pay me off ... and not kill me!
Weird day ... KK paid in full by KQ into Qxx ... and then just a case of small ball and occasional stealing ... stack only at risk these twice ... AA twice and no takers ... late shoves un-called ... definately happy to take a 70% shot at a c55k pot ... but tough cheese to me ... until next year!
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Earlier still ... Colin O"Prey got jiggy with his Snowmen ... only to find a pair of Polish Kings ... flop 88x .... Wow ... last years Champions down in flames ... so much luck in running ... I guess as always ...
This scenario epitomized a fair proportion of our exit hands, a painful way to crash and burn. We must have walked under a lot of ladders recently... ;)
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Day 1B
3 mins to go ... Serial raiser Gareth Cash pops things up to 7200 ish on 1500/3000 (200) ... I am all in for c24,400 ... I want called for sure ... holding 77 ... but as is the way the K6 call proves inspired (just about priced in) ... first card a King ... and a six for good measure ... spew!
Good luck to Gareth - most active on the table - though the script was for him to pay me off ... and not kill me!
Weird day ... KK paid in full by KQ into Qxx ... and then just a case of small ball and occasional stealing ... stack only at risk these twice ... AA twice and no takers ... late shoves un-called ... definately happy to take a 70% shot at a c55k pot ... but tough cheese to me ... until next year!
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Mmm ... an evil smile ... quite like Gareth C to win it now ...
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Earlier still ... Colin O"Prey got jiggy with his Snowmen ... only to find a pair of Polish Kings ... flop 88x .... Wow ... last years Champions down in flames ... so much luck in running ... I guess as always ...
This scenario epitomized a fair proportion of our exit hands, a painful way to crash and burn. We must have walked under a lot of ladders recently... ;)
Volatility seemed particularly high ... hopefully see you next year!
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... well all the fun is over ... back to earth with a minor cash in Pokerstars $40k g"tee ... was in good shape only to lose JJ vs a7 ... and crippled ... oh well.
Curry has arrived - perfect cure ...
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... but what is the cure for Tuesday morning and no poker?
Work?
Excercise?
These seem poor cures though - one brings money ... one energy ... both useful for fuelling/funding further exploits.
Reviewed some of the footage of the Sunday night streaming ... very illuminating ...
APAT experience - very positive - time to review the calendar!
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The long slog back to parity ... -$2150
Tempted to attempt it via heads up matches ... might be madness.
1-1 in matches today ...
The one I lost ... I hit the straight on the river ... vs flopped quad 6"s ... OMG!
WCOOP is tempting me ... kicks off on Sunday ... $1.25m g"tee ... $215 six max ...
There is also a 4 max ... OMG ... so tempting ...
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Two tournaments - few cards ...
In one I push K-rag into A-rag and lose ...in the other I call with A-rag vs the K-rag push ... and lose ... it feels standard ...
Feels like quite a while since I ran good ... save it for the APAT tomorrow I guess ...
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Poker Free week ... happily about to end!
WCOOP 19 - $109 - $1.25m g"tee - 10 min Levels - 3000 chips. (6pm)
So I guess 12500+ runners ... an absurb event ... but hopefully a great event too!
I will need to acquire vast supplies of red bull ... and then get knocked out in two hours!
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WCOOP 19
1887th of 11085 ... (1440 paid) ... and super spewed out ...
Flopped a house when in for cheap in the BB vs two opponents.
78o in 778 (Two Hearts)
Versus J7 - late min raiser &
AT (Hearts) - who is doing the betting for me ...
Turn is an Ace ... to open up the absurd runner-runner Ace defeat ...
River is a Jack ... and I am out ... instead of top 100 ... with 40k vs 17k Average ...
Money in with an 85% chance to triple up ...
What next?
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WCOOP 62 - Qualifier - $5,200 buy in - $10M g"tee
All going well - but QQ vs AK ... turns into AQx ... heaven ... until JT rivers the straight ... (hell)
Of course it is just a race ... but two rivered full houses and a rivered straight in a night is time to switch the computer off!
Earlier in the day 3rd from 27 in a qualifier with two paid ... smile ...
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RT now?
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RT -$2635 (Minor Cash wins offsetting a little of tournament losses)
RT is weird now as I have lost interest in it. When I started the blog I was leaving my last job and knew that I would have six months to play poker and grind as required to pay for tickets to tournaments.
Nowadays - no time to grind - so it is pay for the ticket and WAIT for the returns.
I might be waiting forever??
Tournament form is good ... but at the crucial moment ... no traction to win the vital hand ... last night 85% chance to be more the double the average when the money went in ... river bink .. and dead ... (not far from the money)
Still a long way to go ... but very alive ... and having watched the rest of the WCOOP (to the final table) nothing to fear beyond the volatility ... which feels more massive then ever.
I am looking forward to the official report for the WCOOP ... the winner for $175k ... was all in with T7s vs AJ with c40 BB"s ... he spiked ... and the rest is history ... had he lost he was out for c$2k ... UNREAL ...
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I should add - there should still be an heroic "end" to the blog ...
Not sure I can raise the enthusiasm for WCOOP 21 today at 6pm??
Probably get my head together for WCOOP 41 - next Sunday - $215 N/L - $1.5M g"tee
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Interesting to rail various parties last night ...
WCOOP 21 - Super Slow - but little sign of much great poker going on.
Stay alive and steal what you can - and then make your move.
I went to bed with about 2500 left ... and woke with 23 ... Final table very interesting.
Some terrible play - TT vs QQ when 60 BBs deep - a neat way to throw away $100k.
One of the short stacks - just sat there to make it from 9th to 3rd - then got busy to come second and scoop $211k with no risks on the final table ... well played.
Not sure what poker is next for me ... lured by the 4-max tonight ... but 20 min levels means all night to get anywhere.
Pleasent lunch watching Greyhounds - 2 wins from 2 - one by a nose - and £140/$210 profit ... it"s almost written that I should play tonight!
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Typical poker night ...
Profits made - but lost to AT vs A6 ... river 6 ... playing Heads Up ...
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KK vs AT exit in little $3k Turbo - just outside the money ... mmm
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$10k Turbo ... just outside the money ... A9s into AA ... earlier chopped in half A5 vs 89 ... mmm ...
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Pokerstars $50+5 rebuy in for $155 ... 625 runners ... $120k in the pot.
Got into great shape with JJ vs 88 Vs AK ... but went card dead ... then losing AJ vs 88 to get back to 14th ...
Card Dead whilst the bubble bursts ... but jammed QJ into AQ ... of course spiking the Queen ... for 67th and a $398 return.
ElkY - 66th ... Moorman1 - 65th ... good company ...
A little bit of cash progress - for a $300 profit on the day ... Right direction ... but in the end just a minor cash amongst the trash ...
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Pokerstars $75 NL Turbo - 294 Runners - $20K pot
25th of 294 for Minor Cash ... J9 vs A8 in the blinds ... no help ...
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The return of the true Badger ... in control from 5 out for $525 ticket to event 15 of GSOP.
Pretty close in $530 qualifier for WCOOP 38 - lost AK vs 67 ... to be above average with 37 left for 12 seats ...
Game on ...
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... game off ... AK shove killed by the super ropey Q7 call ... to go 2nd of 4 for $320 ticket ...
963 left in Pokerstars $90k g"tee ... bit card dead ... 396 paid ... way below average ... but not under blind pressure quite yet ...
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Bubble just burst in Pokerstars $90k g"tee ... and just over average of the 395 runners left ... is this the third minor cash in a row ... $135k in the middle ... would be nice for an epic run ...
At the moment I will make a huge $22 profit!
$21k for the winner ...
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Mmmm ... 133rd of 2703 ... small stack and good timing for a lot of the play ... but last hand is JJ vs AK to go 50% above average ... would have been a nice stack to play with!
So three minor cashes in a row on Pokerstars ...
Nice Sat win on Betfair ...
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Smooth running over with the ultimate battle of the blinds in event 1 of the GSOP ...
Not much escape with AKs in the BB when the flop is A98 vs the SB : AA who limped.
APAT ... flopped top pair trying to be creative ... but got out-kicked and then hit my irrelevant kicker with a pair on the board ... no high card for a split ... was in push and shove territory ... trying to play in clever.
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8th of 199 in Betfair $8k g"tee ... played pretty well with no cards!
58th of 320 in GSOP Event 4 Pot Limit Omaha hi/lo ... again not much ammo ... shoved AK35 in to KKxx ... no ace ... no low hand ... GRRR!
Been playing micro cash sessions ... and leaving when I win a buy in ... so I think all is well except winning a fair share of the hands that have to be shoved.
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GSOP Event 5- 124th of 856 - 120 paid ...
Crippled by a shocking fish ... KK into 943 rainbow ... quite what he was doing in the hand with 56o to my 5BB raise we will never know ... turn J ... I go all in for safety ... he calls ... and spikes the 2 ... OMG ... it is sick ... I want him to call ... so I have to take the 18% chance he hits simple as that ... but it hurts ... well actually the villain was so bad I want him to fold and give me his chips later. His 51k stack lasted 10 mins ... my 3k stack got me 15 places further!
It was a weird tournament ... I played the second level badly ... but AQs vs 55 race got me back in play ... quite a run of train crashes at the end of the tournaments at the moment ... this one if avoided would have been so sweet as had my chances to die ... notably only half stack lost when fairly short KT vs AT in T high board ... all the action then against the same guy ... JJ vs QT ... QQ vs K8 ... and then the exit hand.
Next time ... it"s a long old curve to get even on the Vol ...
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Saturday Therapy?
$22 SH NL on Betair - 133 Runners ... AQ into Axx vs A5 ... turn 5 ... then TT into AA ... anyway.
Is Ascot the cure?
Probably not!
Had a bit of a bet (with a view to laying) Valenica to win the Champions league at 59/1 ... seems pretty big ...
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Horses for Courses ... Higgy"s Boy just about to run at Market Rasen ... decent value on Betfair ...
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Horses for Courses ... Higgy"s Boy just about to run at Market Rasen ... decent value on Betfair ...
Decent value ... ran very poorly despite holding a decent initial position ... back to level for the day ... hard to pick Palomar there!
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Last Horse bet of the day £20 profit on to Sarasota Sunshine ... 16/1 on Betfair ... huge ...
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Sunday Therapy ...
Very early into $22 - $3500 g"tee deepstack ... flopped straight versus flopped flush ... welcome to the cheap seats ...
Enjoying a bit of Bolton vs Man Utd 1-0 ... they really cannot defend at all ...
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Sunday turning into a nonsense of Satellite defeats ... latest version ... I shove with AQ to isolate ... and get called by K8o ... AQ vs A4 vs K8 ... only one winner there ... K on the river ... same guy takes me out AT vs K7 call ... turbo but still no need ...
May be the message is don"t play GSOP 8 ... but how can that be right?
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cant miss the mini GSOP tonight - 5000 chips and 20 minute blinds for 30k Gtd.... not bad for $22!
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cant miss the mini GSOP tonight - 5000 chips and 20 minute blinds for 30k Gtd.... not bad for $22!
Great structure - but cannot hack the through the night action!
Just finished 10th of 500 for yet another minor cash on Pokerstars ... last hand button A5 in AJ ... no help ... earlier KJ vs AK spike kept me alive so I guess a nice $195 ... to buy a ticket with ... and an early (poker) night ...
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Epic attempt to win $200 ticket smashed up by running into two full houses ... earlier AA four times ... once beaten when AA into 844 vs A4 ...
... and that was the weekend that was ... looking forward to next weekend ... a lot of work to kill in between!
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Minor Cash in Betfair ($16k) Turbo 18th of 160 ... luck in running ... but no luck in dying TT vs JT ...
Earlier got pretty close to a correct 0-0 for Valencia vs Man U ... GRRR
What next?
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Feeling a bit mauled from last night"s play ...
AK into AKx vs KK ...
Just lost with KK vs AT to a flush on the river in $200 ticket game ... still well in play ... but not really feeling the breaks are there!
Looking forward to APAT events tonight ... two final tables last time ... what this ... dust?
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... mauling continues ... fought back in $200 ticket game ... then ... KK into Qxx ... vs KQ ... Q on the river ...
Struggling to win with both KK and AK (when I hit) ... tricky times ...
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Played badly in both the APAT events ... a real mixed bag of aggression and weakness ... finally shoving A4 (no real need) on the button into AQ ...
Earlier go to 15k - before going on a bit of raise - fold mission.
Also let cheap cards river me ... and then gave a few chips to short stack ... before doubling them up in a race ...
Made a lot of loose calls (quite happy with these) but didn"t have a lot of sense of where I was post flop hence highly variable play ... annoyed ... hopefully out of my system for tomorrow ...
ABC once at the 15k mark have gone a lot better ... (note to self)
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... got up to watch golf and it is the rivers of babylon ... GRRR!
Still smiting myself with a virtual warhammer over last night"s weak post flop play - what was that about - like hitting the ball in the soup with a broom ...
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Back to the tables ... and unfortunately no joy ... losing races and running into raggy aces that had spiked ...
(Gave a few away too!)
Maybe some Turbo DS for a $215 will provide therapeutic??
(Made it to the final table at least - 2 tickets - did well after AQ vs K5 (call) defeat
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$215 ticket won from $11.70 ... with three left for two tickets ... I pick up AA
Flop 88x ... obviously the chips can go in here but I check ... checked back ...
Turn A ... check-check ... river ... is a brick ... I push ... insta call vs 88 for quads ... OMG!
Nice to rise from the dead!
But never seen that before ... turn the nut full house ... only to lose to the made quads!
Warm Up tomorrow ... what coolers will lie there?
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Sunday Warm Up - played well until AK vs AA and with the crumbs 66 vs J4 ... flop J4x
APAT ... played okay ... then KK vs AA ... then tried an absurd bluff ... oops ...
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Back to the tables ... and familiar tales ... nut flush vs flopped full house accounting for me in a $109 event on Stars ...
Just out of a re-buy event KK vs AA ... moments earlier AQ vs x444Q vs AA ... earlier still AA vs JJ vs A3 (winner) ...
What to say?
Perhaps the omens are clear to see ... running around the volatility maypole ... looking to the skies for nice match ups ...
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Part II of the mauling ...
River a flush vs the flopped Full house ... then A9 into A54 vs A3 ... obvious 2 on the turn ...
Maybe I should just stick to betting on X-Factor??
Still in running in epic $87k pot event ... but low and a long long way to go ... Shoving anything with 18 BB ...
(Flush draw exit vs top pair ... oh well)
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Backing X-Factor defo the way forward ... Storm Lee between 7/4 and 2/1 ... to be first eliminated.
Not quite sure who is voting for Wagner ... but I guess he is original!
Not sure if Diva Fever can escape the 4th elimination - but is it more of a coin flip then the odds suggest??
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... right so tonight"s $10k g"tee Turbo on Betfair is sponsored by Storm Lee ... a red haired omen?
More of the same A8s on the button vs AJ in the SB vs A6s (short stack shove) ... AJ stood up ...
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Belle Amie to go tonight - got a wedge on them at 3/1 ... much less now ...
Rangers today were a superb 12/5 on Betfair ... wow ... Celtic are so weak ... their manager so poor (vs good teams)
Samaras is like a man pulling a cart full of olives to market ...
Do he and Loovens have special training together to make them slower??
Poker aside - a whole 90 mins on the table this week ... nothing happening so squeezed woth 86s and got called by 44 ... 4 on the flop ... fair play
Weird to be following the APAT on the train to Scotland ...
Pondering whether to look up the £300 London Calling at the Fox Club Nov 4-7 (Day 1B on Friday 7pm) ...
Poker options in Edinburgh this weekend at the Coral Masters??
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Saturday Night Poker - a familiar result ...
Just outside the money I lose QQ vs AT ... yawn ... card dead before ...
I feel due some breaks - but the poker gods are as ever uninterested.
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APAT - flop top set vs up and down draw ... obvious result ... then KQ vs TT ... no help ...
What to say - played too loose for the first hour then got started with QQ vs AK - then played well - but the money goes in 75/25 and out ...
Feeling like a standard Saturday night.
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Saturday night poker in the balance ...
A lazy Saturday found me watching Alba TV"s Gaelic for beginners - featuring a windsurfing lesson ...
I foolishly switched to Scotland vs NZ for the Rugby ... it would appear we have found a new giant ... but few other straws to clutch at.
I also bought some Colin the Caterpillar Cola Bottles which should ease me through the evening.
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Sunday Nov 21st
Time to dust off my poker boots ...
GUKPT Side event today at The Vic £200+20 max 150 runners ... 25 min levels (so pretty quick)
Amazingly this is my first face to face poker since the APAT at Nottingham.
Report to follow.
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Mega Yawn!
Sunday night action ... 26th of 116 - 11 paid in the GUKPT £200 freezeout ... QQ vs AQ ... after epic card dead period ... A on the flop ... for a sadly predictible exit!
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Nil poker for me at the moment ...
Substitute activities include - dropping my blackberry in a cup of tea this morning ... total nightmare!
Amazingly it has come back to life - though in the interim period I got a much needed upgrade to a Blackberry Torch ... woo see the flames ...
First act - a forlorn attempt to get on to facebook - fat fingers on the password - but happily no lock out.
What next?
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Satuday night - another card dead special ... finally button shoving 53s into ATs of the same suit ... live cards ... but no help ...
Not much left of a very bad running poker year ... large gaps in play ... but pretty sure that it is getting harder to make any money ... more and more about winning flips and running good ... or winning when 70/30, 80/20, 90/10 ahead ... all that said I am looking forward to having time to play more.
Need to ponder Vegas ...
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APAT League match
Impatient with nothing happening ... hit an ace on the turn ... which made a straight for opponent ...
K8 in K8J vs KJ ... probably lost the min smelling a rat ... but then gave the last few chips away A9 button vs AK in the BB.
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First real poker for a while ...
$12k Betfair g"tee SH Deepstack - a nice tournament - early stages - I am 16.6% down - looking to be super active vs tight table.
Main loss - probably losing the min to the Ace on the turn - holding second pair.
Anyway - lots of play left and loose image could pay well??
Aside - Gary Anderson at 14/1 for the darts seems way too big ... maybe my saviour!
(My poker vibes poor - out before the first break!)
Oh well - a nice $10 re-buy to raise my spirits!
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Wow some great darts ...
Anderson 4 Priestley 2 ... could have been 4-0 but lost the fourth set with a 110.8 average.
A bit wobbly when under pressure - but amazing stuff.
Poker RT since start -$3200 - overall sporting RT - $400 ... nearly 21 months of slog.
So many nearly run things but who cares??
Pondering how much harder it is to make another money these days vs say 2/3 years ago.
I think the answer is a lot harder!
So what is the plan? Stay in play - get lucky? No time to play massive volumes of MTTs, no desire to play STTs or grind cash ... maybe just head to Vegas!?
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Right back on the bike ... but the bike has wonky wheels ... I am the clown.
Betfair $12k - SH Deepstack - One hour in I am 30 chips in profit ... started with 5000 chips - lost nearly all in the blinds QQ vs AKs ... then ran into three straights ... but got lucky with KT vs AQ ... and well in play!
Meanwhile in the $10 re-buy ... its KK vs A6 vs A9 vs 99 .. Ace on the flop ... and I am not the chip leader!
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Choose a spot - any spot ... how about KQ into AQ ... no help ... 27th of 632 ... card dead for an hour before exit ...
It"s the classic tale ... a minor cash ... which promised more ...
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Unlucky mate, always the big hand clashes that hit you :( Nice play and good result all the same
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Unlucky mate, always the big hand clashes that hit you :( Nice play and good result all the same
Aye - all a bit tedious at times - play for hours and lose the coin flips ... or last night run into the dominant hand.
Tempting to play again tonight!
Darts bet is going great guns ... Garry Anderson in stunning form ... would be a great start to 2011 ... and I dare say might fund a few poker trips.
Betfair Live at Fox Poker looks good Feb 12/13th.
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Fantastic result for Anderson tonight mate, bets looking good after his crushing of Barney. Here"s hoping he takes it further and keeps the consistency.
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... a fantastic two results!
I have taken a g"teed £300 profit out - with an extra £945 if he wins it.
Webster was pretty impressive tonight.
I bet on Webster to beat Taylor at 9/2 and then locked £110 profit when Taylor was threatening a comeback.
I might take a little more out tomorrow before the off - doesn"t feel that evens is correct if either Lewis or Webster step it up ... will probably have a go at Webster tomorrow at 6/5 vs Lewis but looks like another tough match.
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Still pondering the darts shake up ...
Had a bizarre notion that Sasa Papic would score today ... 24/1 at any time of the match ... worth a tenner ...
Expect Rangers to dominate today ...
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... not sure where Rangers were today ... so bad ... I guess my nonsense Papac bet saved me from having a lump on Rangers to win ...
Next up Invermess to win at St Johnstone ... 12/5 shot despite Inverness"s away record being 540 and St Johnstone"s home record being 205 ...
Tempted to play the Sunday Warm Up at 6pm ...
Also I mental note to play their "Kick Off" event on future Sunday"s - 1pm kick off - 1076 runners today - $100+9 - I guess finishing at a sensible 8/9pm.
What is going on with Chelsea ... surely a delight!
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What is going on with Chelsea ... surely a delight!
well bokked
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Did you post at 3-2 for the re-bok?
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Did you post at 3-2 for the re-bok?
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It worked!!!!
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Decent cash session to wipe out football losses plus another $265 ... playing 5 handed $1/2 ...
Could have been a lot more ... KK vs Q9 into Qxx ... runner runner flush ...
Followed by a turn card that gave me two pairs vs a straight.
Earlier created enough tilt for the K7s to re-shove into my AA ... sweet ...
Anderson on form in the darts ... pleasing ...
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In the midst of the $54 Russian daily on Betfair - 145 runners - early days - nothing happening.
Won £60 on Kilmarnock to win at St Mirren - just under 2/1 after 40 mins without goals.
Hopefully Anderson obliges in the darts for an epic start to the year.
I have decided to be a bit more disciplined this year.
Probably dumped c$1,000 on nonsense play/bets last year ... avoid this and play a $1,000 buy in ... not sure they is a Vegas trip this year??
We are heading to Lapland - may be tough to find a game there!
Also Japan/Australia/Malaysia later in the year ... maybe a mini visit to the Crown Casino in Melbourne??
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I went to the Crown, ridiculously before I picked up poker. From one end of the casino, the other end is over the horizon three time zones away. 80% Chinese from what I remember.
UL on Anderson, though I know you locked in a decent chunk anyway. Nice.
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Yeah the Crown in Melbourne is humungous, well worth a day trip at least lol
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I went to the Crown, ridiculously before I picked up poker. From one end of the casino, the other end is over the horizon three time zones away. 80% Chinese from what I remember.
UL on Anderson, though I know you locked in a decent chunk anyway. Nice.
I locked the whole thing out before the off for a £880 profit ... but annoyed that I did not bet on Lewis to score more 180s ... he was 2/1 ... and although it felt like a coin flip I dallied ...
Played some nice cash earlier to recoup MTT loss ... now up watching the Ashes ... head not into sleeping at the moment which is foolish as I have a big day tomorrow workwise ...
I guess - I can write my emails now and then hit the sack ...
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Another promising cash session de-railed by KK vs A5 in T55 ... lost the min ... but cut profits to $55 ... a convenient amount to freeroll into the $12k g"tee SH deepstack ... currently 23rd of 27 (40 paid) ... was going beautifully well until TT vs 97 in 9xx ... lost to the extra 9 on the turn ... spew ...
Just choose a spot now ... well 18BB ... can be a little patient ... try a squeeze or two ...
Another absurb night of football ... could be an amazing relegation battle ... Chelsea needing 5 points for "safety" ...
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Final Result 10th of 265 for $233 ... got out of jail with KQ into Kxx vs AA ... but then lost a AQ vs 55 race .. Axx ... 5 ...
Short stack luck required ... TJs into QQ 5 handed ...
Pretty solid stack to the year - Darts and Poker ... pleasing.
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Yeah nice start to 2011, keep running good ;D
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Mmmm ... -$140 today ...
-$85 on cash due to spiking a king on the river vs AK
Tournament - great start - then bit of a rollercoaster then 99 vs TT after a 567 flop ... always dying there with a mid stack ...
Not sure if playing cash is the correct solution to the day ... count to 1000 and then see what I think??
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Session 2 - no better : -$230 ... bed ...
I love playing cash ... I hate playing cash ... you"ve seen it all before ...
TT called by the mid stack with KJs
AQ spikes vs AA
General play was a bit too loose - which make it even harder to get again from anything you hit ...
2011 : +$1500 ... how long will that last??
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TAX RETURN JOY - £732
This is a real boose to my happiness - I was delaying my attempt to find the relevant paperwork to submit my return.
Ahead of this I had bought into the Betfair Live event - so next stop the Hendon Mob to find my next adventure!
My plan for the year it to spend half of my UK in Scotland ... could be tricky!
(I am wearing yellow cords and mountain trekking boots - ideal from my return to London!)
As a total aside - I was thinking about my last visit to Japan - some local came up to me in a pub and ask whether I was one of the contestants on their "sumo wresting reality show" ... I liked this idea ... but sadly it remains a myth.
That said when I went shopping in Tokyo I had to go to a special shop for mammoths and giants in order to buy a fur coat ... (not real fur) ...
I then boarded a plane for Melbourne for the coldest Christmas in Melbourne"s recent history ... 12 degrees C ... dressed as a Santa ... then went to the cricket ... the day I watched Symonds and Hadyn (spelling?) scored about 265 unbeaten and I got sunburned before going to the casino where I was card burned ...
4 years on and England are kick ass ... fair play to them and Andy Flower ... scorching the myth that England need an English manager ...
Where will I be in four years time?
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Interesting gambling day ...
Bet on Middlesboro to win at Burton Albion ... but closed the bet when 1-0 up ... so delighted to see them lose ...
Lost a little on the fumbling Phillips on the darts vs Adams.
Bigger bet on Dekker to win the Championship ... looking like a coin flip vs Winstanley ... and then the stumbling Adams ... nice 12/1 shot ...
Nice action ... darts is a sport.
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Lucky 7s?
Not today - in my two main tournaments - I shoved 77s into QQ and AA ...
Card dead in one, the inpatient unbeliever in the other.
... looking forward to the Betfair Live event Feb 12/13th ... but time to get my head back into business.
Good luck on the tables.
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Put in a pretty average cameo cash game appearance last night ... bad luck and bad play ... a dynamite combination ...
2011 profits eroding quickly ... mmm
On the plus side managed to fall asleep and henced fail to bet on Winstanley vs Adams on the darts ... it"s such a great gig for Adams ... £100k a year for the BDO world championship for doing nothing special at all ...
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Played some epic "fatboy football" last night ... at times it felt my mind was linked to someone else"s body ... but a good run out.
I woke this morning with the thought of pioneering a form of winter "pitch and putt" using spades and footballs ... it might catch on, and I am sure digging giant holes in the greens would go down well.
Not sure what poker can tempt me today?
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Sunday Warm Up ...
Nothing happening ... and finally out A6(BB) vs A9(Button) ...
Solution - Curry.
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Long Live ESPN Classic - An audience with Muhammad Ali - How did Dickie Davies get that gig?
I love how Ali looks like he has new clothes on, and the whole audience is in a time warp.
Next up : Superstars 1975 : European Final : could be a late night!
Tournament Referee : Dick Button
Results to follow!
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... I really need to get back to watching the Superstars Finals ... but for the moment I have punted
APAT Champions
Hendon Mob
For the forum event ... "terrible" odds om the APAT Champions ... but good to have an interest!
Poker later??
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Sunday - super sleepy - bit migrainey (if that is a word?)
I went for a walk and visited my mother who had cooked two fine loaves for me to admire ...
Whilst I admired them I recalled a fine comment by the ticket collector on a train ...
"If you look after a dog, it will last for years" ... truth is often beautiful ...
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Coin Flip MTT"s
Maybe zero skill poker is the way forward!
A $200 ticket won for $15 of nonsense ... basically you are all in until we have the winners ...
Game one ... I have the best hand to start (JJ) but not great vs 8 others!
Game two ... KJ ... flop KKJ ...
Game"s three and four ... no joy ... will play one or two more ... and get shaped up for today $200k event.
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... Coin Flip II
Another $200 ticket for $5 ... so $370 up in terms of tickets ... ridiculous ... surely got to go for the hat-trick!
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Sunday Night : No poker as in Lapland
Wanted to read the APAT results - so am on the siightly clockwork through the TV internet.
Here is my synopsis - Lapland is quiet!
Resort is funky - 8 lane bowling alley to ourselves - finished off with a 204 - a reasonable
score given the rust.
Looking forward to Betfair Live.
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Lapland is nearly over ... down to Minus 18 degrees now ... so a good day for some souvenir shopping!?
Snowmobiles were great fun - briefing was all about them handling best at c30kph ... but also that the national speed limit applies on forest tracks (I think this is 80kph) ... for good of for bad no further juice beyond 70kph but it"s a weird leap of faith going at that speed in the dark ...
Ice Go-Karting - tremendous - chance to drive sideways and only hit snow banks.
Yesterday we went for a snowshoeing adventure - 1m of powder - great fun on the way up - hilarious on the way down as I tumbled and fell about 10 times without injury.
I have never skied but it feels like this would be an ideal place to learn - amazing snow - and few people - mmm - must preserve knees - must preserve knees ... pondering ... L
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Betfair Live:
End of day 1 : 73,300 vs c60k Average.
Good event - and ahead of average all day once I turn a straight vs top pair playing 54o (late position).
Won my races ...
Looking forward to day 2:
I-pod home on the tube leveraged the following lyric in my head ...
"He knew what he wanted to say
But he didn"t know how to word it
The dirty little Herbert ..."
What does this mean?
I will think about this today ... as I patiently await a time to bet out with 54o ...
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Quick spin on the $50+4 - $12k Turbo on Betfair ... QTs shove into A5 ... no help ...
Finished 8th of 171 in the Betfair Live for £1200 ... no obvious mistakes ... ran out of cards ... KTo re-shove vs the "button steal" ... holding A9s ... 40/60 ... but no help ...
Of course another spot could have been chosen ... but happy with choices made.
Looking forward to the Betfair Live in Tallinn.
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Looking forward to the Betfair Live in Tallinn.
This - Tallinn is one hell of a city - I think an outing is just the thing that is required - PaulieD might make this one ;D
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Looking forward to the Betfair Live in Tallinn.
This - Tallinn is one hell of a city - I think an outing is just the thing that is required - PaulieD might make this one ;D
Seems unlikely at this juncture unless I bink big-time.
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Played some decent cash to sponsor the $100+8 SH Turbo on Betfair ...
Exit hand 44 shove called by KJ and KQ ... perfect ... well for about 1s ... flop KJJ ...
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Played a bit more cash - won some money - felt a bit lucky ... mmm
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Phase 2
83o s typical raising hand ... flat called ... 843 2 spades ... fingers crossed for a big pair ... I bet ... he raises ... I shove ... he turns 88 ... mmm
Was well up ... minorly down ...
Earlier - a quick exit in the $16k - flush draw and two overcards no good ...
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Post 1200
Heading to the Vic tonight to play some cash ...
TIGHTEN TIGHTEN TIGHTEN
Also looks like by sporadic home game will come back on force Feb 25th which is very plesaing.
Match reports to follow.
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Maybe I should just play games of chance ...
Blackjack to kill some time ... +£200 play £10 a hand ... ridiculous run ...
Poker ... straight vs flush ... KK in the straddle raiser before me ... I re-raise ... not quite enough to chase the raiser away ... flop is 467 ish ... I bet out they push all in ... I call ... they hold 66 ... the number of the BEAST ...
I guess I should have said it was £1/£2 straddle for £4 ... initial raise to £12 ... I re-raise to £30 ... they are playing £140 ... I have them covered ... once the flat call is made hand plays itself ... we were six handed at the time.
Nice of the Vic to give us a private table ... 5% rake ... max £10 ... might be the way forward ...
Anyway ... I clawed me way back to a minor £14 loss on the poker ... +£186 on the night ... as they headed for the craps tables and I headed home ...
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Beautiful cash session ends in tears ... KK vs AA 5 handed ... $77 profit ... last pot for $422 ... sigh ...
However the weekend has arrived ... I even got some rake back ... smile.
In a mega mix up - I am due to be "filming" a TV game show (pilot) tomorrow ... errr 8.30am start ... about an hour a way ... sigh ...
Oh how I remember the days of Going for Gold ... and Henry Kelly ... the Eurovision song contest of quiz shows ... (I failed to get through the audition ... perhaps my personality was not wooden enough??)
I think if I was reincarnated as a tree ... I would choose the cherry ... if that how it works?
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... Saturday night cash ... all a bit to aggressive and volatile ...
I could have escaped a massive hand ... 6 of spades turn me the low flush ... but I refused to believe the re-raise ... pocket sixes for the full house ...
Earlier I got involved with A6s ... by the turn it is x7AA ... and the money must go in ... vs A8 ... low card and I am out ... mmm
I hate it when poker runs come to end ...
Work to do Sunday morning ... and a ten course Chinese feast tonight ... seems a bit over the top ... will it be ten great courses ... if so I eat FTW.
Last night we went to Rodizio Rico at the o2 ... Brazilian ... meat feast ... grab a salad and then sit at your table whilst the waiters bring you endless meat ... a walking cavery though the meat probably a bit better than average ... some of the steak was but very rare and excellent ...
Poker ... poker ... where is the poker ... I think next up will be the $400k g"tee GSOP 1 next Sunday ...
... well if you exclude the absurd Coin Flip qualifier to Seville - step 3 is tonight at 6.50pm - $200+10 ticket for currently two $5k packages ... all players are all in every hand until we reach the qualifiers - ten seated ... mmm
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I can barely bear to speak about last night"s cash session ... (last hand)
KK vs JTs aipf for 50ish BB ... the end ...
(I was still +$78 - but I like to think of a cash session as a story - I raised every hand with a smile and just as the monster came over the hill with the re-pop ... I failed to notice the Juggernautic Lorry behind it ... flush on the river ... Good night Vienna ... cue Ultravox ... off to bed ...
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Cash much simpler tonight ...
KK vs AA ... one buy in $200 + change down ... Balls.
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Cash nightmares continuing in a very lively online home game ...
£400 shipped mainly due to ...
Turning low straight vs higher straight
AT vs AJ into AxxAx
Losing with trip 6s vs Flush on the river
This was all 4/5 handed so pretty gauling ...
As ever ready to attack back ... so lumping into Ashton at 7/4 to score today ... it will be weird to be rooting for the England rout ... but has to be down ... as low as 5/6 elsewhere ...
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So no Rugby rout ... but just enough to scrape me home on the handicap ...
$50k Euro Grand Prix just underway on Betfair ...
383 runners - 15 min levels - 6 out in the first 5 minutes - standard.
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102nd of 383 ... decided to limp with JJ early position hoping for a shove ... ends up 5 handed ... flop 832 rainbow ...
Happy to check ... and wait for the steal ... but vs 33 and no help ...
Overall - perhaps a message to play a bit more ABC??
Earlier lost AQ vs KT and rammed JJ into QQ ... so always stuggling ... though would have gone above average with a JJ double up at the end ...
Tomorrow night - I have a $200 ticket to the GSOP Event 1 - $400k g"tee and also a $120 ticket to qualify for Betfair Tallinn Live ...
Also likely to play the Black Belt Live in London ... busy times.
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Bidding for a poker free March ... looks tough with so many tempting sweeties before me ...
I think the rules of the game must be to do some alt activity in lieu of poker.
E.g March 10th - I am being lined up for "informal singing, followed by drinks" ... in a church ...
c.f. drinks, followed by informal singing ... always ...
Practice makes perfect so I am listening to ABBA GOLD ... followed by the selected (my selection) of Elton John ...
Perhaps they will want to sing "Ding Dong merrily on high"??? (I love this mirthful song)
Progress report to follow ...
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No poker in March - who said that?
Slow start in $16k g"tee on Betfair - 195 runners - need some cards!
(Out early AK vs 99 - played too loose earlier)
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No poker in March - who said that?
Slow start in $16k g"tee on Betfair - 195 runners - need some cards!
(Out early AK vs 99 - played too loose earlier)
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Nice one Louis. You managed a day.
If you suggest giving up poker for Lent, do you want one of us to give you slap and tell you to not be so stupid ? ;D
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No poker in March - who said that?
Slow start in $16k g"tee on Betfair - 195 runners - need some cards!
(Out early AK vs 99 - played too loose earlier)
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Nice one Louis. You managed a day.
If you suggest giving up poker for Lent, do you want one of us to give you slap and tell you to not be so stupid ? ;D
I would like to think of it as 43 hours ...
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Can we still slap you?
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Can we still slap you?
Slap me or clap me ... it was just a stroll through the poker countryside ...
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It"s dark outside - as good as any other reason to play some cards ...
Mini Cash Session for +$82 ... riverred an absurd straight when lining up a bluff ...
$12k SH Deepstack just about to start.
It"s a nice little tournament - 5000 chips - 12 min levels - c225 runners - time I won it.
In a bid to lose to some weight I have been walking a lot this week ...
I nearly broke my scales over Christmas at 16 stone 8 (Mammoth) ... back to 15 stone 9 ... soon I will fly away in the wind ... like a goose ...
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$12k was short-lived ... a fool cut me in half with AT vs my AK ...
I then foolishly gave my chips away 88 in Txx ... vs KT ...
Back to the cash ... but before that:
Fillet Steak - Rare as can be
Bottle of Merlot - (still in play)
Side - Bacon Sandwich
Side - Big pile of cheese
Correct me if I am wrong - but that is Showbiz.
What is not Showbiz - is me ordering some Champagne Flutes - and Tesco subbing them for some Tesco Finest Wine Glasses ...
... however the delivery man ... had the correct advice ... just drink it out of the bottle ...
The night is young.
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Sadly no showbiz poker on the cash tables ...
AJ raise called in the blinds ... J98 ... flop ... lost just about the min to 98s
Earlier ... lost a AK vs 99 flip for a buy in ...
Generally a little too loose ... but also lost K3 clubs into JJx two clubs ... vs JT ... no help.
Maybe I really should have taken March off poker ...
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No poker yesterday ...
At desk 6.30am - company accounts just about ready to go to the accountants.
Had lunch with my dad ... aged 78.6 years ... as I arrived he was explaining to the waitress the difference between imagination and fancy (according to Samuel Coleridge) ...
Enter waitress two ... my dad asks "what variety of potatoe is this"?
Answer - "It"s just a pototo, they come in a big bag ..."
I like this answer ... but my dad goes on to tell me of the time he challenged a shop for labelling their potatoes as "Edzell Blues" when they were clearly "Arran Victory" ... where does this knowledge go?
Tallinn qualifier tonight ...
I have been pondering my poker approach ... I"ve been pretty wild since Betfair London Live ... broadly unlucky ... but also broadly too active early on it Tournaments and broadly trying to do absurb things as cash ...
I think the summary is the usual summary ... play less ... play bigger stake tournaments ... sit on hands for a while ...
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Tallinn qualifier ...
QQ into 345 ... 79 shoves ... turns flush draw ... rivers a straight ... LOL ...
Pretty amused by the fact there are already 50000 runnrers in the poker TEN million ... looks like 2000 runners will last 30 mins or less ...
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Blog - 2 years old yesterday ...
I thought I would have a special anniversary entry ... but work and events in Japan thwarted me ...
I have just clocked up 120 hours effective work in 12 days ... no complaints ... great challenges/rewards.
What I wasn"t ready for was news of Earthquakes/Tsunamis in Japan - where my brother + family live.
They live in Tokyo and you "know" they will be okay being so far from Sendai - but you cannot help the emotional reaction caused by the pictures.
I quickly got in touch via email - Tokyo like a scene from a movie - no phones - all the highways shut - a 1 hour journey taking 11.5 hours - people driving through the back roads - jumping all the red lights.
The country is in shock ...
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Year 3
I was pondering how much harder it has become to make any money at poker ... part of that is lack of grind time ... but I am pretty sure there is much less soft play these days.
So I think the plan this year is to attack some bigger tournaments and pump up the volatility!
Another great schedule from the APAT of which I will miss most - will play the worlds - and the Pro Am - and whatever else can be squeezed in ... sad to see the Pro-League go ... but fair play in terms of allowing bigger fields for what are the main events.
GUKPT screaming out to me ... but on the face of it ... it"s a rock hard tournament with a fat £1500 buy-in ...
That said the only time I played a side event in the GUKPT - a loaded table with big hendon mob records left little impression ... standard QQ vs AQ exit as we approached the money ... sigh!
Nothing to fear - much less prone to make absurd plays face to face ...
The sensible play is to wait for the Black Belt Live ... assuming there are still seats ... ponder ponder ...
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A little cameo on the cash tables ... +$100 (half a buy-in) ... nice cards and slightly passive opponents ... long may this last ...
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Cash session II - going great - until KK vs AK ... A on river ... (bed) ... L
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Donated my chips in the APAT online sat ... daft ... L
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Back to form with a bit of a card racky +£825 playing cash ... played all sorts ... hit most things ... such is poker at times ...
Feels like a crazy fighting fund for Cheltenham tomorrow ...
Today ... felt harsh done by with regards to Maljimar ... which would have netted +£1000 ... and also a crazy last race ... albeit I would have lost on Quantitative Easing ...
Happy days ...
Louis
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How you getting on last couple of days with Chelters louis, hope it"s all going well
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How you getting on last couple of days with Chelters louis, hope it"s all going well
Lost a bit every day due to 2nd-itis ... with take on a crazy treble tomorrow ... low stake ... big win potential ...
I am seem to have acquired some timely rake back to use at the stake!
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Yeah me too mate, lots of places but backing to win lol. Thankfully small stakes for me
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Getting massively tempted to head to the Vic tonight to play some cash ...
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Horses
Once I read the form properly decided to have a mini-lump on
Alarazi (2.05) 8/1
Long Run (3.20) 9/2 and 5/1 split (lazy)
Infact I never fully checked the odds at all ... (mmm)
I will suffer the £2070 return if it comes in!
I also had a ridiculous treble not featuring the form guide on :
Brampour (1.30) at 16/1
Get me out of Here (2.05) at 14/1
Long Run (3.20) at 9/2
£10 to win ... £14,025 ... feels like Vegas if that one comes in ...
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glk
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Work done - I sprinted off to the International Club for there £60 Behemoth event ...
It"s really £70 in ... £60+5+5 for extra chips. (45 runners)
18000 chips - Level 1 25/50 ... mmm
I raise with KQs to 150 ... I get raised to 1000 ... I fancy a look ... and the flop is the beautiful ... Axx all clubs for the nut flush ... now how to make the most from the hand ... mmm
I check ... and amazingly my opponent goes for the overbet ... 5000 ... I dwell and call ... turn doesn"t look like it can help him ... so again I check ... and amazingly he goes all in ... he has AK for top pair ... and 360 BBs gone in a flash ...
Tournament is then a gradual climb upwards ... but I soon have Miss crazy on my left ... she is stacked due to hitting everything ... winning TT vs AA aipf ... and flatting with J9 vs AA ... J9x flop ... against my A8 into Axx she turns the straight but wins the min from me ...
Anyway this is all shaping up for a terrible fall ... but with blinds 1000/2000 she raises UTG to 5000 ... Button Flats for 5000 ... SB all in for c22000 ... I jam with c60000 : AKo ... she thinks for 30 secs and announces she has folded Queens ... her stack is 130k ish ... amazing ... mini speech "I know you have an ace ..." (smile)
Flop QKc .. and I am in the honey vs 99 ... river is the absurd Q ... for what would have been quads ...
Anyway ... 100k stack built vs 50k average ... a standard time to go card dead ... folding trash to make the final table ... with 55k ... soon in play with a JJ vs AJ double up ... but with 66 in the BB .. I re-shove the button "steal" ... who insta-calls with JJ ... no help ... 6th for £162 ... mmm ...
Some wild and wonderful players ... but some very interesting hands early when you are so deep ...
I also made a tiny profit playing cash in the break ... £1/£1 I make the compulsory straddle £2 ... 7 handed all call ... I make the obligatory raise to £17 ... I am only playing £110 ... next to act flats ... which is horrible as I am playing 75o ... mmm ... back to the SB ... who goes all in for £31 ... oh dear ... I have to call ... called behind ... flop is 872 ... mmm ... I check ... checked behind ... and then checked the whole way down with the board pairing on the river to give me a split pot vs the £31 all in holding 97o ... weird ...
Moral ... play ABC (at least for a few mins when you sit down!)
Looking forward to APAT stuff tomorrow ... will sit on hands for early levels ...
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Morning cash ... +$56 ... should have been a little more ... could have been less ...
Put down A9 into 9xx ... in the face of a third bullet from the initial raiser ... mmm
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Mini Session II
Played super loose ... got two walks with AA in the BB ... OMG ... -$14 ... walk away ...
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Session +$143 (playing $1/2) ... was +$300 ... ran out of cards and not requisite patience ... still a decent day ...
Time to take a break and be fresh for this eveing.
Pleasing to finally see Scotland win a game of Rugby!
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22nd of 461 in 888.com $25k ... AJ into Axx vs AQ ... mmm
22nd of 204 in APAT ... BB ... JT ... becomes two pairs on the flop ... a great chance to triple up?? ... well actually in desparate trouble needing to hit the Jack for a house ... pretty short ... would have been a mega fold ...
Great full moon outside ... time to dance with the werewolves ...
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2 cashes Louis. Nice work, considering one was a freebie.
Consistent play sir.
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2 cashes Louis. Nice work, considering one was a freebie.
Consistent play sir.
Cheers mate - consistent results - some of the play highly variable!
Luck at the end required ... I have cashed the last three tournaments I have played ... 19th from 112 in the previous one with 10 paid ... it"s all good ... but much better to win one and but eliminated early in the rest.
I have a cash game on March 29th, and then the Black Belt Live, probably little bits of cash to be played in between ...
In another Bridget Jones"s diary moment ... 15 stone 5 this morning ... (16 stone 8 at Christmas) ... more keen to kick this on ... than more MTTs.
Great turnout last night ...
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Where"s your cash game on the 29th?
Glad you used my chips to cash last night. Been rethinking both the big pots but think I lost the min with JJ < KK (?) and then once I let you see a flop with your raggedy 6 it was always going to be tough against your flopped trips. So annoying when you rep what the other guy"s got...
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A couple of mini-cash sessions ... +$134 ... could have been more if I had shut up shop ... L
(But of course - I then re-opened the shop - and lost $109) ...
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My bonkers bet for the night is :
Correct Score
St Johnstone 1 Brechin City 2 (37/1 Betfair)
Will be tempted to watch the Greyhounds instead ... not sure about any poker yet!?!
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Unbelievable cash session ... escaped with a loss of $180
Lost to flopped flush (I have a mid flush by the end)
Flopped two pairs ... vs mid stack ... Nut flush on turn
Flopped two pairs ... vs mid stack ... Straight on the turn
How to come back ...
Rivered straight flush ... all in 30 mins ...
Decided to cash out and watch the boxing ... Jalmaine Smyle looking in tremendous shape ... 5/2 vs Dilks ... madness ... got a chunk on him to win it now ...
GAME ON!
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PLO Cash ... $1/2
Going well until successive hands vs same player with
QQxx into AQx vs AAxx
KKxx vs AAxx which they stangely semi slow rolled ...
Still happy to leave with $60 profit.
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Rather enjoying this wander into PLO
Session II +$392
Was a little more up but felt obliged to call a short stack with top two pair and the flush draw ... correctly deducing they held AA but also a J to have turned the straight ... mmm.
Time for air ...
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PLO Session 3
It never lasts does it ... -$200
QQxx into Q7x ... all the money goes in with my opponent holding 77 ... turn gives a flush draw ... but the river is a 7 for quads ...
Pleased with most of my play thus far ... but obviously no escape from the above ...
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You"ve got to win your races to win tournaments ...
89th of 4751 in the Sunday Warm Up - $1235 back
Lost a big pot with TT vs AT (and earlier JJ vs 88) - so had to battle with my short stack ... got doubled up with a reasonable shove QJs vs AK (in the BB) ... but lost with 77 vs A9s ... just as it was getting interesting!
4 cashes in a row in tournaments ... hopefully this bodes with for the Black Belt Live next weekend ...
Was pleased with some of my earlier folds ... perhaps waited an orbit too many before my QJs shove ...
As usual not much inspired play to view - just card racks and suck outs - standard.
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Great run Louis and nice cash. Gutted you couldn"t kick on for the big money.
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Great run Louis and nice cash. Gutted you couldn"t kick on for the big money.
Some savage blows ... but it is the nature of the beast!
It buys another 6 attempts to slay it ...
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Played some hilarious Omaha for a minor profit ...
$1/2 with a 40 cent ante ... heads up deep stack ... I got well ahead ... but then hit against a card rack opponent ... run to the hills ...
It was actually a six pack table ... but no takers ... beyond a fleeting cameo from an opponent who donked off $200 in about 5 mins ... not too me ... sadly ...
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Congratulations being picked to captain one of the Scotland teams mate, agreat honour and I"m sure the teams will do us proud 8)
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Very much looking forward to it ...
Good reason to dust off my Omaha boots ...
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Funny gambling day to day in that I forgot Sri Lanka were playing ... I backed them at 4/1 and sold back to the market at 5/4 ... I hope they win the world cup ... but they might well just fall short ... so £193 profit very pleasing ...
Could well be time to sit on my hands until the national with these funds!
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Funny gambling day to day in that I forgot Sri Lanka were playing ... I backed them at 4/1 and sold back to the market at 5/4 ... I hope they win the world cup ... but they might well just fall short ... so £193 profit very pleasing ...
Could well be time to sit on my hands until the national with these funds!
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sod that
spin it up!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
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It"s the classic dilemma - take the money or sweat the final ... I used to always let these things run ... but these days I take a view.
It was great to close out Gary Anderson pre final earlier in the year.
Sri Lanka back out to 6/4 ... it"s a okay bet ... but if they lost their openers I think they would struggle ... will re ponder it.
I am liking the idea of a mega punt on the national ...
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Very up and down Omaha session ... ended up -$111 ... mainly due to AAxx (doubled suited) losing to the re-raising KQ43 ... he was short enough that they had to call my re-raise ... and a start KQx flop sweep up half my chips ... oh well ... classic Omaha ...
Looking forward to finding a suitable tournament and playing it small ball ...
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sod that
spin it up!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
I am liking the idea of a mega punt on the national ...
that took a lot of persuading ;D ;D
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... different pots of money in my mind ... L
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Morning Gambles
Decided to have a little interested in Sri Lanka (1/4 of profit taken)
A little on Villa to get relegated - Houllier to fold under pressure - I would enjoy this - small bet.
Black Belt Live to follow ...
Obviously a great field - but feeling good about it - last 4 tournaments played - I have cashed - just the usual hope for cards to stand up and to have some nice match ups!
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Run Good Louis
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Good luck Louis. Hope you run good and make Day 2 :)
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Cheers guys - just about to set off ...
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... quite likeing this as an update!
http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/356303/LondonLive/Manson-Massacres-Woodfield/?Updates=1
Of course I had AA the next hand too but no takers ...
I fuller report on Black Belt Live ... but I also had no action on AA earlier ...
I also seemed to win and lose all hands with and against flushes on endlessly paired boards so the action was not too extreme ...
63,200 vs 98,400 average 1500/3000 (400) blinds ... 81 left ... 72 paid ... FTW FTW FTW.
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"81 left, 72 get paid"
Can"t believe they didn"t play down to the money. That would never happen in an APAT event. ;)
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GL Louis.
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... smile
It"s a weird dynamic becuase you have two day 1"s ... hence their fear was with 39 left from day 1A was what happens if you do run the clock to 36 runners ... and then more are eliminated the next day ... who do you pay for 72nd etc ...
So day 1A was stopped 41 mins early ...
The plus side is that it is a midday kick off ... so an early bath means little of Sunday lost ... I can shopping ... that said much better to go shopping with £20k for the win ... plus another £20 for my bet on myself to win it!!
So I guess the same issue might occur for the Worlds ...
Anyway AJ for the win ...
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GL Louis.
Cheers mate ... much appreciated ...
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Held to Ranson
In what was like an oompa-loompa civil war, two shorties went into battle as fellow chip-strugglers Denison Ranson and Louis Manson (yes, Manson versus Ranson) locked horns. It was the latter who had far and the way of the best of it, dominating like Phil Taylor at the ockey with As-Ah versus Ad-6d. There was a minor sweat on the turn of a 9s-Th-9c-6h, but the 8h river sealed Ranson"s fate. Mason now up to 175,000.
GL Louis, TID
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Held to Ranson
In what was like an oompa-loompa civil war, two shorties went into battle as fellow chip-strugglers Denison Ranson and Louis Manson (yes, Manson versus Ranson) locked horns. It was the latter who had far and the way of the best of it, dominating like Phil Taylor at the ockey with As-Ah versus Ad-6d. There was a minor sweat on the turn of a 9s-Th-9c-6h, but the 8h river sealed Ranson"s fate. Mason now up to 175,000.
GL Louis, TID
is he still in
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yes
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is there a link to this
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last update was 25 left and Louis on 190k. Will try and get link for you but not sure how to post it
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we are in the same boat i don.t no iether.....tku dear
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sorry but I think it"s crashed as so many people viewing it. I can"t get back on it now myself. If you google Black Belt Poker and click Blogs there is a live update thread on it.
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tku will do....... glk later
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BB server is struggling - overload probably
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it is.................................. tryed every link on google not one of them is working
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BB server is struggling - overload probably
give me a good movie to watch ger
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Louis is on 224k and 24 left.
Good luck Louis ;D
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get in there
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good luck Louis.
One time!!
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16 left. Louis still in.
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16 left, keep going Louis ;D
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Instead of clogging his blog up - shall we go and rail on this thread
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=8472.msg139719#new
oh and come on Louis
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... thanks for all the good luck messages ...
Usual "requests" for nice match up and spots to shove ...
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Go on Louis!
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Nice take Louis, shame you didn"t get further but you must be happy with your performance ;D
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It"s a good result ... I folded some marginal stuff that would have taken all my stack ... the antes were such that you could skim along at c10BB as long as you were prepared to steal you share ...
I got a little de-railed by a serial flat calling player behind me with me missing the flops ... I think if I hit I got all their chips but happy that I did not give mine away there.
I had the opportunity with 99 vs 743 (two hearts) to shove all in vs too flat callers (in the blinds) behind ... my continuation bet was flatted behind ... turn a T ... I can still shove this ... enough of me thoughts that had some sort of monster that I walked away ... they indicated they had 66 later on ... mmm ... not sure about that ... but a really good player so maybe ... still a horrible spot and I have lost many a time with the overpair in positions like this ...
Was I playing aggressively enough ... defo with the cards ... pleased that I rode our the delerious card dead phases ... over the two days had Aces paid three times (lucky) ... I also had Aces not paid three times ... so very lucky to have them so many times ... but only need to be paid once more and the dynamic is totally changed and I can actually play some poker ...
Lots to think about ... and next poker outing to be planned etc ...
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Well played Louis. Great fun to follow APATers in other events, wish I was back for the Sunday to rail you live.
Was gutted with my own game on the Friday, so going to have to ramp up my live tournaments. Keep me posted with what you are playing.
Won"t be long before you take one of these down, based on your consistent form.
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Well played Louis. Great fun to follow APATers in other events, wish I was back for the Sunday to rail you live.
Was gutted with my own game on the Friday, so going to have to ramp up my live tournaments. Keep me posted with what you are playing.
Won"t be long before you take one of these down, based on your consistent form.
WP
have to agree only a matter of time
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Well played Louis. Great fun to follow APATers in other events, wish I was back for the Sunday to rail you live.
Was gutted with my own game on the Friday, so going to have to ramp up my live tournaments. Keep me posted with what you are playing.
Won"t be long before you take one of these down, based on your consistent form.
WP
This is the next face to face event I will play :
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/festival.php?a=r&n=8513
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wd on finalling Louis, you are on fire. time to bink a win now
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wd on finalling Louis, you are on fire. time to bink a win now
Yes indeed!
Though I am saving my luck for the Home Internationals!
There were a few marginal hands yesterday that I could have re-shoved ... but so many people eliminated doing exactly that ... wrong seemingly marginal call made ... creating big stacks for the lucky (sometimes skillful) player ... I had lots of AA starting hands ... but never his trips on my pocket pairs ...
The event made me think a lot about my game ... lots of good things ... but lots of things were it felt that there were ways to exert real pressure on good players (whereas worse players just call you because AK or top pair are unbeatable hands!)
I am still pondering this ... quite a few hands to re-run in my mind ... also pondering how many big stacks were big just because there was a massive race between two players ... one is chipped ... one has gone home ...
I was really pleased to see Peter Wigglesworth win - on my left on the table before the final table - not ideal given our stacks - but a very good player and nice guy.
Just before the final table I rather enjoyed a 1.5m pot between serial raiser and disbeliever ... they got it all in 88 vs A9 ... only one winner there ... massive call with A9 ... blinds 15/30k at the time ...
More thoughts to follow.
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... fired up a quick $1/2 NL session but managed only 8 hands for a $16 profit before my eyes began to swirl ...
Prime chance to donk off some $s avoid ... pleased!
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Seriously starting to think about playing the WSOP main event!
If my RT was still in operation it would have come back to about +$2k ... need to comb accounts though no point ...
Keeping the RT proved various thing to me ... poker is much hard now than it was three years ago being top!
The other was, once you add in expenses it is so hard to make any money!
I resolved to play mainly London tournaments and online MTTs, plus the APAT that worked calendar wise.
Great honour to be a Scotland captain, and will certainly play the worlds and the Pro-Am ...
But to Vegas?
A couple of the guys in my home game are playing the main event ... mmm ... just about $6000 returned on Sunday so why not just route it to "the greatest show on earth!" ... vol max ... although massive one of the softest tournaments around ... a giant Sunday Warm Up in Vegas ... feels very appealling ...
Watch this space ...
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I guess I had enough luck at the weekend ... but a nasty little cash session tonight for -$210 ...
Playing $1/2 on Stars ... vs a serial raiser ... I get them nice and riled by a bluff and show ... then I raise with KJ ... standard re-raise ... which I flat ... Kh83 rainbow ... they bet with everything so I flat ... turn is a 9h ... I totally hate the second bullet ... semi fearing the AK ... but I call ... river is Jh ... now I totally love the AK ... mmm ... he instantly goes all in ... mmm ... AK or ... has he just runner-runner flushed me in the style of Gareth Cash?
Mmm ... I have to call ... he holds QhTh for the straight flush ... OMG ... I could have tried to killed the action on the turn ... but I think this is just the cooler you have to take playing wild and loose ... smile ...
I just cannot bear to grind these days ... down sides to this approach but lots of "fun"
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... another day ... another plan developing ... walking about in the sun pondering whether it would better to head to Vegas a bit earlier in the series and play say a $1,500 and a $2,500 event ... with whather else to fill up a week of poker ... it"s a good choice to have ...
I have booked into the Black Belt poker "Heads Up Academy" on Saturday ... 1-7pm ... what will I learn?
It is being run by Nik Persuad : "World Heads up Champion" from 28 runners & Sam Razavi 6th in the Aussie Millions and out a little before me in the weekend Black Belt ...
It will be the first time that I have been to this type of event ... and it will be fascinating to see what the value add is ... £150 ticket seems steep but if there is a piece of magic to acquire that would be cool.
How often do people really get to play heads up when it matters?
It might have been more interesting to run an "end game" session ... "make your move" and all that ...
More thoughts to follow.
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That"s a great list of reasons to avoid an event you"ve just bought into?!
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... smile ... see what comes of it ... there might be some grains of genius ... I decided I would go to the poker events/training/seminars that fall before me ... can I persuade you to come to Vegas?
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Played the Betfair $10k - 12 min levels
Out inside an hour top pair better kicker vs top pair and flush draw followed by AT vs 88 ... no help ...
Structure a bit fast really but no excuses ... no sixth straight cash ... feels weird!
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Scrapped pretty hard to only lose $125 playing cash ... mainly due to a AK into Axx hand .. turn an 8 ... vs A8 ... great ...
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The tournament bite back begins ... $55 buy in $90k g"tee on Stars ... flopped two pairs vs flopped straight and out ... of course in a deeper format you find an escape from such folly ...
Maybe play some cash to soothe me ...
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Cash didn"t really soothe me ... starting playing and doing badly ... then some of my mega loose play helped me get paid off ... then lost to a riverred flush ... before failing to spike the the required Ace or six with 55 into 423 ... profit of $6 and run!
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Middle of the night poker ...
Quelle Horreur : I make the over bet on the turn - get called by the gutshot who spikes : $230 pot slides the wrong way ... what an amazing call ... FTS (For the Spew)
Re-build : I have one guy on tilt : let"s see who that pays??
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... and then a $506 pot slides the wrong way for me ... I flat call with JT (clubs) ... two clubs including the Ace on the flop ...
I let my opponent do the betting ... bullet ... bullet ... and a club on the river for a flush ... bullet 3 ... I re-raise ... but he holds Q7 clubs ... and I am dead ... (-$200) ...
A pretty poor week following last weekend"s mini-triumphs ... what next?
Win the National ... standard ...
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... or lose the national ...
Heads Up Poker Masterclass with Nik Persaud kinda crushed my game ... time to repair it ...
Sunday Warm Up ... a tale of nonsense ... got double up with a better kicker and then halved with QQ vs AK ... then slaughted by top pair vs trips on consecutive hands vs the same player ...
Then to the cash tables and final things going my way for a +$205 session ... it could have been a lot better ... flopped a ROYAL FLUSH ... but the extra heart on the turn killed my action ... then frop top pair on a 652 spade board ... and the 4th spade killed my hand ...
Oh well ... nice to walk away on a profit ...
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Louis did you think the masterclass was worth the money? Did you actually learn anything or think it was a waste of time?
I"d be really interested to know as I keep thinking about attending something like this.
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... great question ... certainly not a waste of time ... but the value could come in different ways.
For me it was a little bit of a wake up call to stop playing so wildly (at times).
For the specific event - if you wanted to grind $1/2 (or below) heads up play then it would sharpen you up.
Nik Persuad is an amazing analyst of the game - though the net effect here was to make me re-consider heading to Vegas this year - maybe that will save me $10k +
A lot of MTT play is pretty automatic - but playing heads up is a great chance to hone the skills in playing marginal hands (which might be useful in the MTTs).
It got me thinking about the following:
Do I really get the most value out of every pot? - No
Do I consider properly how many river cards are actually blanks - No
Do I put the maximium pressure on people to make decisions - No
The course then went into some pretty advanced stuff with regards to using pokerstove and (premium) poker table ratings to select and destroy players by systematically analysing their games as per "jungleman" ... which at the moment I really don"t have the time to do ...
But I was really pleased to have Nik shine a light and stop me playing so automatically ... it will make me a better player (in the long run) ... so I would say yes worth the money.
Caveat - I probably wouldn"t have paid the cash had I not cashed at Black Belt Live.
As a general comment - if the pro player has a great record then probably worth the pearls of wisdom they may provide - perhaps more to follow on this.
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Nothing happening on the cash tables tonight ... -$182 ... two pairs vs two opponents ... 4 spades on the board ... mmm
Playing cash feels like an epic bouncing ball - whatever ever you do it reverts to nothing much up nor down.
There is something very appealling about bouncing balls ... smile.
I was recalling when I used to play a more grinding cash game (in easier poker times) - I never really sought weak opponents to play - maybe I should??
Need to play some Omaha again ...
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Weird and wonderful cash session for -$56 ... played badly at the start but got a break catching a flush ... then AQ became a full house ... but then AJ in A88 vs 89 ... then 99 vs TT as overpairs ...
Earlier ... got a life when the stone called nuts just called by trip 9s ... very strange ... but K9 into K33 ... found KQ ... oh well ...
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Solid start to the weekend ... +$160
Cash session started playing way too loose ... but tightened a little then played every hand ... to the point where my premium hands got fairly well played ... very passive table for the most part ...
Put down AK into Kxxxx (three spades) against a new player to the table who wanted all the money in the middle ... mmm
Pre-flop I had raised and they had re-raised which I had flatted ... it felt like the best I was getting was a chop ... great price to call but was I crushed?
Time to walk in the sun ...
Get ready for tonight"s action ...
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Out in 23rd of 102 in the APAT Holdem ... killed in two strokes by mporter1 ... all very standard stuff ... 88 on the button I raise ... re-raised by A8 in the SB ... A on the flop ... then AQ vs JJ and no help ...
Enjoyed the play before this - played pretty loose but pretty much always ahead of average until the end ...
Omaha - fairly wild starting hands mainly stuggling - could have been more patient ...
Sunday Warm Up tomorrow ... looking forward to it ...
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Morning poker : lively : Micro Profit
Fired three bullets at re-raiser with a raggy board ... and they called me down with AK ... great play ... I like hands like that ... maybe next time I will have bottom pair ... (for the terrible call!)
So many time my ultra loose play doesn"t work becase people still refuse to call my good hands ... this time called down with the naked ace!
Sunday chores - need to buy some black shoes - it"s one of the worst tasks I could have - I think the idea of buying gangster spats but they really don"t work for formal events ...
Looking forward to the Sunday Warm Up - will it fill up with all the Pokerstars Shenanigans?
Then only a short week to Newcastle ... FTW
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End of the weekend ... playing some absurd cash ... for a $200 loss ...
Earlier pretty card dead in the Warm Up ... rammed AQ into AK ... time to get head down into work again ...
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The eve of the home internationals ...
I foolishly entered the APAT event - 15 min levels (a million things to do tonight) - couldn"t bear to get involved in the fold and limp fest - so instead I just about correctly folded all my draws vs the made hand on the turn ... and then got my money in good vs two runners with a full house ... but the river spiked one of the numerous options for a bigger full house ...
Tomorrow I fold the first hand earlier ... or shove it and get lucky ... Maktub ...
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What could be better than sitting in 1st Class (£8 supplement - free tea and biscuits - free wifi) on the way to a poker tournament eating HAM AND EGGS ....
... answer ... winning the poker tournament ... having eaten them for fuel and inspiration ...
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Day 1 - Home Internationals
Scotland "B" 54 points - England "B" are leading with 63 points - all to play for ...
Could have been a little better for some luck in running ... QQ vs 77 ... with Scouse singing for the 7 of diamonds which duly appeared for Matt McKinlay (England "B") to scythe my stack back to size ...
Next up for me, Matt in the Heads Up ...
It all goes to the MTT in any case ... it is worth an expected 66 points vs the rest of the games 68 points in total ...
Hopefully we run late and good ...
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Good luck to your team today Louis, been great meeting you at last mate 8)
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Flat Badger tonight ...
5 games into the Heads Up - On fire 4 wins and a defeat ... but Mary"s KK into Jxx vs Jx slaughtered on the river ... and an epic defeat for me vs Chris Kelly left us decently in the pack for the MTT ...
Unfortunately no dice for either of the Scottish teams ... my exit AQ vs JJ and no help ... a very frustrating MTT with AQ galore ... even smashed into AQ3 ... only to find Chris Kelly raising with 33 ... and sadly but correctly needing to fold ...
I guess a couple of weeks ago ... I am holding JJ vs AK when into the minor money at the Black Belt ... so long curves to ride these things out ...
Good competition - and a much more focussed field today - The format feels correct though maybe some tinkering with the 8-pack blind structures.
Great venue - somewhere to return to and run good ...
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Saturday Morning
My hotel cannot boil and egg ... they haven"t done this for ages ... there appear to be a power struggle between the kitchen and the management ...
They can sell me all manner of things including a large or small brown (or black) comb ... how many hotels carry a range of four combs yet cannot cook basic items??
... amazingly they can poach an egg ... though my request for a medium poached egg yesterday seemed to confuse them ... soft or hard only ... Who wants a hard poached egg? How hard is it going to be??
It"s a funny hotel ... we got a great deal ... and it has a laptop safe ... but it"s the type of hotel you only stay at once ... the plumbing features an incessant gurgle and the air conditioning sounds like a machinating metalic cow munching the wirey grass grown beneath the Angel of the North"s giant wings ...
I like Newcastle ... a dazzling display of scuttling hens leaving the casino ... a war zone of flesh ready for the battles ahead ... the battle to be coolest and chicest and to display the most skin ... I am sure there is space for a Northern version of "The Only way is Essex" ... a modern day Byker"s Grove ... where the petals can flourish by the fog on the Tyne ...
No more poker for a few days ... my mind is released ...
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Weird poker day ... lost in the $109 buy in $60k g"tee ... but bounced back with 31st of 264 of the $109 re-buy ... played the short stack well but once I got to the money I decided to get busy shoving QTs into AT ... and somehow riverred the straight ... now in decent shape ... I pick up AKo ... raiser before me ... obvious shove ... called in two spots ... and just about the dream set up AKo vs TT vs JJ ... but sadly no help ... flop QJx ... leaving me two tens ... to go into 8th place ... shooting for the $17k first prize ... but no ... $583.10 handy fodder for my cannons tomorrow ...
I played a weird style today ... not thought out ... but limping to show strength ... then betting out and showing the bluffs ... then doing it again and getting called down ... doh ... that said it was all pretty small ball ...
It really felt that was the spot to triple ... next time!
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... obviously time to spew $120 to a fish who called my $10 raise (playing $1/2) ... I hit my Ace ... but a horror flush on the board has "him" calling ... and hitting is 32s on the river ... oh well ...
Is it bed or more poker?
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... it should have been bed ... managed to lose to quads with my full house ... standard ...
Up and down the ball bounces ... what next?
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Saturday Morning
My hotel cannot boil and egg ... they haven"t done this for ages ... there appear to be a power struggle between the kitchen and the management ...
They can sell me all manner of things including a large or small brown (or black) comb ... how many hotels carry a range of four combs yet cannot cook basic items??
... amazingly they can poach an egg ... though my request for a medium poached egg yesterday seemed to confuse them ... soft or hard only ... Who wants a hard poached egg? How hard is it going to be??
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They get their eggs from the farm with the shell-less eggs??? WTF???
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What a night ... what was meant to be an epic poker adventure cut to shreads ...
Warm Up - AK in Axx (two diamonds) flush draw shoves and hits ...
$100 re-buy - I shove with AT called by KQo and lose on the river - to be fair in this one I had chances to make earlier marginal calls on horror boards ...
Sunday Million - I catch the J Flush on the Turn - vs the Nut flush - Argh!
Time to give up (for the night!)
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Reflecting on last night ... some nasty spots ... but pushed me towards doing some analysis ...
In my $215 buy in events on Pokerstars I have cashed 10 from 23 ... on the face of it that is pretty good ... and from memory only one when I crawled to the money ...
However all minor cashes ...
If we say that top 10 is a major cash and on average 550 paid ... then expectation is that I would need 55 cashes to expect a "Major Win" ... which is probably going to take 10 years given the amount I play!
On the same basis - I would need to play for 100 years to "expect" a win - Mmmm!
I am not sure to do with this info ... I can play more ... and surely I can also play better ... but in that 10 cashes there are Aces cracked inside the money, and a one outer defeat in the last 100, underlining the need to play massive volume or be very lucky in order to secure the massive win ...
... so why play poker ... is it fun ... I guess it is sometimes ... a challenge which takes my brain away from work ... but whereas you can always work harder ... but cannot stop your Aces gettign cracked by the 56s shove ... you can travel half way across the world and play for 5 days and lose a coin flip ... how many life times can you play to iron out the vol" ... feels like one might not be enough ...
I recall a chap getting to day 3 of an event and getting the money in good with AA vs another pocket pair and losing it on the bubble ... OMG ...
It terms of face to face play ... I think I am 2 from 7 cashes that would feature on the hendon mob ... same logic to apply ... At the International I am c4 from 11 ... and pretty sure most of the other exits were bad beats!
But three years of graft and I am level once you knock off the travel costs!
Lots of experience - but the VOL kills you - that is until it lets you ascend to heaven!?!
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Cash reflections ...
Against very good players at my home game I am plus c£2k ...
... against online players my desire to play every hand is an obvious leakage!
That said - I think playing Showbiz six pack poker is great fun when you crush the table.
This leads my to ponder an APAT cash game ... mmm
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A Royal Flush ...
... I have been in the main been avoiding news of the royal wedding ... but tonight I am watching a documentary ...
Quote
" ... like every "good" middle classed girl, Kate went to Piano lessons ..." What????
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I am not sure to do with this info ...
I"d do nothing with such a small sample size in such an event with big fields
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I think as the sample size gets bigger the expected length of time required to cash big will increase!
I am chilling this week ... losing money on Selby ... GRRR ... no poker since Sunday ...
Had a great apple pie and custard tonight and the watched "The only way is Essex" which was totally REEM.
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Interesting read on your thoughts about ironing out variance and introspection on why you play.
I have had similar questions when putting in a load of hours playing STTs only to break-even, but if you continually work on your game, then there is definitely money to be made with good game selection.
Do you play lots of different variants of poker? I have made a concerted commitment to play STTs only with one afternoon a week playing MTTs and have found good games that I can turn a profit in.
Just my views and not meant to be teaching badger to suck eggs, if it comes across like that :)
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I think my main aspiration is to win something big - so in that respect I have to accept a lot of volatilty.
I work say 55 hours a week, so limited time to play, hence grinding cash or STTs doesn"t really fit in.
I used to grind and spend winnings on tournament entries, which in a sense gave me a freeroll to take something down, but that is when the nature of massive fields kicks in ... so perhaps two lifetimes required to take down something huge ... at current pace ...
OR I need to attack high buy in events ... even more vol"
Next up is PKR Live VI £750+50 in London - Day 1B is May 20th, then finishes on May 22nd ... I think they are expecting 300 runners ... so £225k in the middle ... maybe 300 is a bit optimistic but a great pot ... (and I guess a great field!) ... 20,000 chips and 1 hour levels.
Take it Down!
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Cheers
First mini session of cash for a week ... +$47
Sunshine calling ...
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Mini Cash session 2
JJ into 986 two clubs ... turn is the hideous 5 ... fearing the 7 ... but I call the bet ... river is the J ... no more clubs for top set ... so I fell the need to call ... vs 77 ... mmm ... could have found the hero fold ... but -$143 for the session ...
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Tempted into a late registration on the 888 $35k ... didn"t last very long ... but lead me to the cash tables ... and an epic spin up on a $1/2 table ... $146 to $1065 ... and off to bed ... sweet ... L
Well ahead playing bluff-show-crush when the key hand developed ... playing trash flopped the gut shot ... just about cheap enough to draw on the implied odds ... and the beautiful 4 appeared ... and the top set is crushed for a $888 pot ...
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... the other side of the cash coin this morning for -$287 ... could have been a lot worse with the damage starting turn straight vs flush ... but then out kicked throughout the session ... could have made some hero calls ... but I think they were hero folds given the other cards that were shown down ...
Very loose table given Sunday morning and no great play ... just great cards on show ... oh well ... good weekend of cards thus far ...
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Session 2 ... and the classic cash hand vs loose fish ...
All is going tremendously well vs the calling station fish ... J4 is soon a monster into JT4 ... I put in a small bet to fill the pot ... he raises ... I shove all in ... he calls with J7 ... and the turn is a 7 ... ding ding ... a $584 pot is heading in the wrong direction ... and I am staring at a -$329 session ... and back to where I started for the weekend ... super spewy call for a decent stack ... I should really re-load and battle it out ... but his number taken for future events ...
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Headaches all day ... so only minor poker therapy possible ...
I have found an absurd game on 888 ... $1/$2 ... but you can only bring $10 to the table at a time ...
I am currently in for $70 ... losing every hand with the money in good ... I have $21 remaining ... it is amsuing in the same way as is a fruit machine ...
But my opponent ran away which gave me the perfect chance to semi-gift $110 on a six pack ... floating hands vs obvious strength ... mmm
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Betfair $15k - Winner! $3,601
Played okay - won my races - From about 18 out was pretty much in the zone.
Heads Up was epic - at last three hands I could have shove it all in with a pair on the flop - but against monsters which I smalled balled down!
Stayed alive - got lucky with QJ vs A5 - then made a house with J4s on the river ... whilst filling the pot gently chasing the flush ...
What next?
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Minor cash losses last night ... and minor gains this morning ... net $67 profit.
Out for dinner tonight ... maybe there is something juicy to find for a 9pm kick off??
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Congrats Louis
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Cheers Stu
Another day - and the flip side of the coin playing cash for -$307 - lost every race - Overpair to the board getting river flushed repeatedly ... I could of killed the action of course ...
Will need to find the right MTT for tonight!
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Nice cash Louis.
Railed the heads up for a bit. That went on for a while. :D
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Really pleasing to grind it out ... great to have the structure to support it ... on hands played would have been about 4 hours face to face ...
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Not getting much love at the cash tables today ... afternoon session for -$101 ... but had an amazing min loss ... with 33 into A35 vs 55 ... who somehow failed to get the money in!?! (Ropey straight draw possible on the river)
Back to the MTTs later I think ...
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Late into the $30k g"tee on 888 ... AA crushed vs 55 (spiked) and Q8 ... down to 137 chips ... but got back to c15k before A3 into AJ3 vs 33 ... cooler ... 111th of 624 ... 95 paid ... was looking good ... oh well ... L
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... normal service resumed ... just outside the money of a $12k g"tee ... KK vs AJs ... flush defeat ... standard ... L
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Cup Final Cash session ... $200 turned into $650 ... peaked at $800 ... could have been a lot better but for two river-flushes ...
Had a bet on Kenwyne Jones to score first which look promising when he was one on one ... but of course Man City good value for their win ...
I fancy (and have punted) Wigan to relegate West Ham tomorrow.
Crazy last day of the season if Wigan do get the win.
Might have to get involved in the Players Championship golf if i can work out who will win!?!
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... another mini poker session for +$40 ... but it is EUROVISION TIME
My top 4 are :
Slovenia
Estonia
Denmark
Hungary
Slovenia are 100/1 on Betfair ... or rather they were ... got to be worth a look ...
France"s song is sufficiently weird to be the favourite but 2/1 ... come on ...
Jedward second favourites ... unbelievable ... genius night ahead ...
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Cash Session 3 ... +$211 ... so plus $701 for the day ... time to pause for some further Eurovision trading ...
Pretty much everything terrible so far ... totally there for someone to "steal" it from France ... which was just like a weird and rubbish version of Rhydian on X-Factor ...
Slovenia for the win ...
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... so to the voting ... for me Austria was the stand out performance ... so I win most with
Slovenia ... who didn"t perform well ... mmm ... could chop it all to a profit ... mmm
Austria ... ATTACK ATTACK
Smaller trading profits on :
Hungary
Switzerland
Serbia
Georgia
It"s amazing to back and then auto lay at 20 points less for the freeroll ...
Place money on
Slovenia
Moldova - I would so love them to win it - well sort of ...
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I"d give it to the girl from Ukraine.
Then I"d vote for Denmark.
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I also have minor trading profits on Estonia and Denmark ... nothing obviously going to win it ... mmm
Money on the exchanges for Hungary ... they are still a profit for me ... but she was pretty average so I chopped my upside ... could be an error ... could be inspired ... as the money moved onto Austria ... who are now drifting ...
Maybe I should get back to the poker tables??
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Eurovision disaster ... Azerbaijan hardly inspiring ... but with Italy coming second perhaps I should just give up completely ... smile ...
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Back to the poker ... going well playing $1/2 ... standard raise to $5 from me with 66 ... player with $70 raises to $19 ... I shove all in ... he calls with A3s and spikes ... mmm ... Momentum gone ... I raise and miss for a while before leaving with a -$120 loss ...
Money on Toms for the golf who is looking good if he could make some putts ...
Feel like a low volume poker day ...
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Nightmare cash session ... last hand of note QJ into Q3x ... looking better with a J on the turn ... but vs 33 ... -$265 for the session ...
Meanwhile in the golf ... +£200 whoever wins ... and +£737 if Toms holds on ...
Nobody very convincing and some brutal holes to finish ...
Tempting to close the whole bet out and take the profit ... KJ Choi looking the more resiliant??
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Crazy finish ahead ... +£465 locked up ... but best result now is Goydos to win ... 17th ... to follow ... Toms is going in the water!
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... ten hands in the middle of the night for -$70 ... King Flush vs Trash (paid) ... Nut Flush vs House ... Sighed ... L
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PKR Live time at last ... I believe 100 runners today ... a bit disappointing in a way ... one of the early front runners Andy Nguyen who was on the Black Belt Live final table. One of my "home game" players played and lost today, trashy standatd of play but you need a start to prosper ... sounds very like the start of the Betfair Live ... fingers crossed.
I am pretty sure I can be very patient tomorrow ...
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Not a hand played for 2 weeks - it"s been very therapeutic ...
Last hand played AA vs AKs in the PKR Live ... 8 hours creative then solid play for this moment to go to 79 BB and attack ... it was a beautiful trap ... limping UTG ... but it blew up ... as it would ... the 12.14% shot flies in ... and I am dust ... there is nothing to say ... just the hollow feeling that you would expect 1 time in 8 with this match up.
In that sense it is not really a bad beat ... just the beating you need to sometimes expect and accept ... that said I don"t really have the time to play the "other" 7 tournaments to this spot to enjoy the flattening of the volatility.
The chance of winning three races in a row is only 12.5% ... and we are very used to that happening ... hence AA vs AKs is just the flipper ...
It was needless to say the only time my chips were at risk ... the format was excellent ... the play very variable ... it was the perfect set up.
Not sure what the next event is - I have been so head down with work - which is great: It feels like Vegas is off the agenda for this year - which is less great.
Pondering ...
Derby is always worth some fun - and I am on Pour Moi 6/1 seems fine - let"s see how it runs - I have a bad record in the Derby!
Webster in the darts at 60/1 - seems pretty big!
Might need to get some powder out for Britain"s got Talent - is there enough noise for Ronan to not win - it"s probably getting close to that ...
Now what else can I bet on?
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Pour Moi - providing me joy ... lost on two races after ... but plus £600
Webster fighting hard - so perhaps lock this back to a free-roll - very little liquidity at the moment.
Britain"s got talent - I have New Bounce w/o the favourite (and freeroll on the favourite)
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As a total aside :
The best "numbers game ever"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI&feature=related
Odds for next Countdown host :
Terry Wogan 2/1
Rory Bremner 5/1
Michael Aspel 5/1
Aled Jones 6/1 ... How random!
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Britain"s Got Talent - Weird night I would have won a lot on New Bounce - but still a profit in trading vs Ronan who was getting way to short at 1.3 whilst votes being counted ... you fear for insider dealing affecting the odds but yet again the talent show markest polarise!
... and Phil Taylor out ... this is too good ... sitting on plus £800 for the day ... with Webster now 5/1 from 60/1 in the darts ... market"s super thin or could crystalise there too ... Game on.
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... further darting joy with Newton 9/4 vs Barny ... gimme gimme ... I think the logic will be to chop the Webster bet down for some profit but may just chop to a £1800 ish freeroll ... nice dilemma to have ... L
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Fancy a bit of Federer magic in the tennis today ... 12/5 seems big enough to be worth a punt ...
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... was looking like an epic punt for half a set ... happily I chopped off all the down side so good luck Fed ... but NIL expectations now ...
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Outrageous darts weekend continues with a correct score on Wade to win 10-7 ... crazy match ... will take the +£150 and run ...
Semi Final draw :
James Wade vs Mark Webster
Wes Newton vs Dennis Ovens
Loving the draw ... although Wade is favourite ... Wade making hard work of it ... Newton and Ovens on form ... but will they fancy the final vs the more established player??
Ovens 15/2 is absurdly good value for the title ... with a view to trade ...
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ARGH!
Webster couldn"t across the line ... and never enough liquidity to lock the profit ... could have taken a few £200 out but happy to let it run ...
Wade has done me before ... great fighting spirit ... but really annoying ... I still get £315 if Ovens wins it ... and the value is there but can I really see it ... not sure I can?
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First poker for nearly a month ... kept running into hands ... before re-grouping ... but finally a buy-in lost with the classic 5 outer on the river spiking me ...
Yawning a bit ... maybe Yang will sort me out in the golf ... though I have the field vs Rory ...
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... yawn again ... perhaps this blog should become called "bored by variance" ...
Today - damage done by two pairs becoming river flushed ... I managed to hold onto $70 then lost them KK vs AJ to the same player ...
I was pondering the big I-Poker qualifier on Black Belt Poker ... 30 seats for the main event ... not checked out the predicted massive overlay yet ... in days of yore would have been the biggest gimme ... sad in a way that I am looking forward to Monday morning and hammering work ...
Vegas next year? What is the poker dream now?
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... friends in Vegas living it up ... a couple of my friends have scored minor cashes in the World Series Events ... but it"s torture to play so many hands and then just lose a race ... hollow ...
It did however tempt me to play a little cash ... one hour later ... race lost ... two pairs crushed on the river by a 4th diamond ... second pair counterfeited soon after ... in the tiniest of tilts I bluffed away $60 ... but decided instead to drain my Betfair account and lump £350 on Nadal for Wimbledon ... GAME OVER ...
... moments later ... email arrives about some DTD Betfair event which sounded quite pleasing although clashes with APAT Scotland ... mmm ... dilemmas ...
Reading my about friends" Vegas exploits I do wonder what end game I want ... I think that the answer is to win something of considerable size and then make a speech about, however you analyse it poker its so full of luck ... that I am now retiring ...
Alt : Win the World Amateur Crown and make a speech about "great bullets dodged and hero plays" ... In a weird way I like version II better ...
Pondering ... I guess I could do both ...
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Happily my calendar has cleared suitably for me to make the Scottish APAT in Glasgow ... July 30/31st.
Now back to work!
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Decent cash for 7th from 282 in the $35k g"tee $54 re-buy on Betfair ... last hand rammed ATo into QQ ... not the greatest match up ... had a chance to call for a likely race a little earlier ... grrr ... mmm ... $154 buy in ... $1,395 return ...
Earlier spewed $122 in the $22 re-buy ... very polar distributions between the two tournaments ... as I would like it ...
Gutted to run out of cards and match ups right at the end ... had led with 67 left ... and pretty much always in the top third since the JJ limp turn into gold ... with a 66 shove ... and a KTs coming for the spin.
Ran pretty good ... patience required at times ... the rest pretty standard ...
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Feels like I am in the wrong country today ...
Two of my home game are through to day 2 of the Main Event in Vegas ...
I am on a train to London ... mmm
Next year ...
Decided to take a punt on Gi-Mac for The Open ... 27/1 on Betfair ... though was watching Steve Stricker on Sky last night ... imperious form with the putter ... mmm.
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Enjoying my golf betting more than my poker this week ...
Managed to lose a $400 buy in last night playing $2/$4 ... it was a six pack but all the action was heads up ... it would have been a good table to join ... my opponent pretty loose ... but managed to fold pre vs AA, QQ and AK only contributing the small blind.
Big hand 76o into 623 rainbow ... turn 7 ... all the money goes in ... vs 45o ... YES!
It"s just the classic hand.
Really up for playing cash today - but rain has stopped play - torrential rain in London - will make the golf more interesting.
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... just outside the money in $12.5k g"tee .... 33 called by A5 ... Turbo so fair enough ... and tedious all in one ...
Cash Tables??
Top set ... bet ... bet ... bet ... vs rivered straight ... -$200 ... exit ...
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... golf bets blown up ... but back to winning ways on the cash table ... plus $300 after an epic triple up with 33 into K93 ... vs AK and 95o which stayed for the ride and turned a 5 ... surprising that all the money went it ... one for the lucky side of the balance sheet!
Just about decided that I will play London Calling over APAT in Nottingham ... cuts travel costs to zero.
Also getting tempted by July 23rd/24th event at the Vic - two flights £300 freeze out - total 200 runners ... just about the right amount of juice.
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... minor cash gains ... +$86 ... going great until turned two pairs vs turned straight ... tough not to pay the final bet ...
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... minor tournament cash ... c20th of 317 with $26k in the pot ... called the early shove with TT ... only to find QQ behind me ... pretty annoying ... but just one of the many patterns one observes.
Minimal Poker at the moment but 2011 looking good on Betfair ...
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/ongamepoker/MoneyBadger/poker/results/844341B3BCE046BEA497200D9F96448B.html?t=2
Has been a little cash leakage going on ... maybe a third of this.
Very much pick and choose tournaments at the moment - not really the patience for anything beyond 15 min levels - they just run to late.
As I played I watched Scottish Clans on Blighty : It"s so interesting to get beyond the caricatured view of Scottish (or any other) History ...
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Rare visit to the Vic last night.
Wild £1/£2 game ... "annoyed" to only win £105 ... the table was ripe ... but the chips flew elsewhere!
Very pleased with a bottom pair call on the river versus the player to my left who had previously shown me a bluff.
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... lousy cash session ... followed up by lousy card dead tournament.
Picking up a bad "habit" of making good calls of short stacks only to get called behind by bigger hands ...
AJ vs A9 "perfect" ... but AK behind ... and of course the A9 triples up ...
Cash earlier was "hilarious" ... short stack went from $11 to $100 by out-drawing me 3 times ... wounded I am last to act with a raise and three callers ... I raise the pot with JJ ... I am promptly re-raised by the second caller ... hard to believe I am behind ... I shove ... insta called by AQo ... who of course spikes ... just a value added race but a super negative EV play from Mr AQ ... just not today.
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Sunday Sunday ... feels like a long time since I was after to sit in my reclining armchair all day and play cards ... delightful ...
First up $109 Sunday Kick Off on Pokerstars ...
Decent start KK into A high flop and won some chips shocker ...
Back to normal now ... card dead ... sitting on my hands.
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Delight ... pretty short lived ... the day where nothing works ... 0/3 tournaments ... a real fight to get a start then eliminated thrice but KQ calls ... once vs 66 ... fair enough ... once vs my flush draw ... fair enough ... once vs my AKo ... sigh.
Overall ... not much that could be done ... good reminder that such days come around from time to time ... slightly annoying to lose to KQ all day long ...
Poker back in its box ...
Work for a week and return to the tables!
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Lousy tournament week continued on Friday night ... Betfair $50 re-buy ...
In great shape to move 3rd but lost with JJ vs AQ vs Q5 (no comment) ... Q spike ... fought back but lost to a flopped set vs the KK overpair and then lost when turning two pairs vs the flopped set ... no escape really ...
... may be tempted tonight ... but my thoughts are heading towards DTD/APAT ...
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$50k g"tee on Betfair last night ... just outside the money JJ vs AKs race lost ... just a race of course but a tedious exit .... earlier built a stack ... lost a stack vs QQ vs KJ ... and AK spiking the A vs the flopped set ... moral shove rubbish and set mine ...
Liking the look of Martin Laird in the golf as a 12/1 value shot.
Celtic to win Half Time/Full Time just under even money looks pretty good - vs a chronically bad Aberdeen side.
Not really pondered the Man City vs Man Utd game ... does it just find a way to be 1-1 at 90 mins??
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... my dislike for Neil Lennon is always growing.
Why does he think playing Stokes wide left is a good idea?
He just slows the play down and then gives the ball away.
Oh well another bet bites the dust though Aberdeen lived up to their side of the bargain but being thoroughly inept, always letting Ki and Kayal cut in.
Celtic ultra slow tempo most of the time - I dare say they will win - but really need to get Paddy McCourt on the pitch.
The match was so dire it made me think on Nigel Pepper ... defo my favourite Aberdeen player of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Pepper
My favourite Hearts player is Mohamed Berthe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Berthe
I never saw him play ... he only played the once ... away to Dundee ... but my then flatmate"s description of his play was so inspirational he has to be the winner.
I have spent many years watching Dundee United so the above mitigates some of the obvious pain this has caused me.
I am thinking of the right cliche to encapsulate this Aberdeen-Celtic game ... it"s not like "watching paint dry" ... more like "watching a fence, that someone might paint, be cannot be bothered"
It"s like the Aberdeen players are made of Meccano ...
OMG I forgot Samaras could come on for Celtic - question is will be be dragging a cart behind him as usual ...
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Good Grief ... Stokes steps in the box for five mins and scores ... pretty sure Celtic could and should have thrashed Aberdeen today ...
On the plus side for Aberdeen some of the late swoops by the seagulls showed reasonable pace ...
Aberdeen trying to stay up on goal difference already?
Neil McCann : Aberdeen"s performance was good (compared to last year) : Looked just the same to me : Prediction : Aberdeen will score c28 goals this year and get relegated (at last).
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Betfair $35k g"tee in play ... just called with A6 vs A5 and lost to the straight on the river ... sigh ... back to 38th of 53 with 40 paid ... just under 16BB ... some luck owed!
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Pointless min cash ... 37th of 292 ... last hand A4 into KK ... no help ... L
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... some nights you just cannot win ... playing the $50k g"tee on Betfair ... KT into TT2 ... turn Q ... vs QT ...
Solution Golf bets ... Keegan Bradley for the win ...
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Minor cash in Sunday Warm Up ... sigh ... QQ into KK at the end ...
+£175 on golf trading Keegan Bradley before his fall ... a solid Sunday ...
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Betfair $50k ... card dead ... I patiently wait for the AA ... get it all in pre to triple up vs JJ ... but get spiked ...
Perhaps my last hand pre Nottingham??
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Pish blog..... 8)
Really looking forward to next week and catching up.
Chris.
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Iv missed over 90 pages!
Can i tune it?... I dont think so
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Pish blog..... 8)
Really looking forward to next week and catching up.
Chris.
Smile - looking forward to playing some great cards - currently on train to London - pondering whether I can hack another attempt at the Sunday Warm Up??
Classic Sunday - hire 3/4 movies and hope I am still alive as they finish!
Feels like an incredibly long time since last at DTD - one year ago.
Even thinking back to Newcastle and the Home Internationals seems a long time ago.
Need some Silverware ...
... and more immediately some golf bets on the go!
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Not long to go now ... two more full days of work and then off to Nottingham ...
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Day 1 of Team Event.
Solid 44 points - Leaders have 55
Individually 14 points
NLHE 5th : losing AQ into Qxx vs AA and AQ vs AT in successive hands
PLO 5th : losing AAxx vs QQxx after epic card dead run
Heads Up to wins ...
Middle of the pack ... but everyone in play ...
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Day 2 - No Mistakes made - but not enough to help win Scotland a medal.
NLHE 2nd : Ousted KK vs Q6s - lots of Q"s on the board
MTT : 6th : Short Stack throughtout - waited patiently - the final shove J6 into 76 - but no joy with a 7 on the flop ...
4 exits - all in when ahead - yet top individual points scorer - but 4th place and no medal.
I guess you always look to learn something from such events - there were marginal hands to play differently - but little really that I would change beyond cards standing up.
Main Event to come - who knows where my head will be for that?
Strange to be typing this at 5.40am - one tournament to bed - with another to rise tomorrow!
Interesting chat in the bar - poker hands and ranges - and the ability to sometimes get away from coolers and then come back to win.
Some talk about the structure of the event too.
In truth I wouldn"t do a lot to it - points could be tweaked and stacks made deeper - antes could be brought in earlier to create more play - but in the end Wales" MTT prowess shines through again to take down the win.
Time for bed and to dream of raising hands of all shapes and sizes!
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Next up - how to win the Main Event on 2hrs40 sleep ...
I really don"t do late nights - but good to be leaving the bar just past 5am.
Key question - Is Red Bull or Guinness the solution?
Battle plan is in place.
FTW
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Main Event ... no joys ...
Tried to play allsorts but missed everything ... finally getting ousted with KK vs AA (JJ also folded) ... don"t think I folding that.
Great eccles cake on the way home ...
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... the Eccles cake now a faint memory ... starting to ponder the Sunday Warm up ...
Athletics betting off to a good start - opposing Farah in the 10000m - lost by a whisker - not the way I thought it would go (losing to the fast finishing Jelian) but I"ll take the money ... perhaps the pre-amble to Olympic victory ...
Next up Yohan Blake to beat Usain Bolt??? 13/1 is massive - in what should be a close race - I expect Blake will run 9.80 - so by how much can Bolt beat that??
Should be a great race ...
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WALLOP!
Bolt is the man ... look left ... look right ... then produce a massive false start!
13/1 become 1/2 in a flicker ...
+£759 on the day ...
GAME ON!
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... okay let"s keep these things going ... Newcastle vs Fulham - correct score 0-0 ... go for a walk and come back to some further winnings ...
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... obviously betting 0-0 correct scores is an ocassional hobby ...
Hard to believe Man City were 6/4 to win at to Spurs ... a reasonable missed opportunity ... could have been closer ... Dzeko superb ... going forward City both precise and powerful ...
Had a little bet on there being a penalty in the Hearts vs Hibs game.
Pondering having a lump on Man U but 2/5 is weak (or maybe about right!)
Sunday Warm Up has just begun ...
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Sunday Warm Up ...
Great start playing every hand before trapping the now disbelivers with a set ... 37.7k vs 15.5k ... even managed to lay down the overpair vs top set for a min loss ... but back to reality with my set getting gobbled up with a set between by a 4 to a flush nonsense ... time to re-group 23.3k vs 18.6k ...
Table captaincy over ... back to the semi-grind forward ...
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Break 3
20.2 vs 24.6k : 300/600 (60) : Total Runners 3130 : Left 1280 : Probably 475 paid : But amusingly you can still enter!
No pressure yet - but a shame to not have a dominate stack due to a ropey flush - I could have killled the action but I don"t think that is usually my plan.
Struggling for live sport to take in interest in ...
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... and out just before break 4 ... shoving the nut flush draw with a gut shot and an overcard vs the top pair with an up and down straight draw who dwell called would have gone to 72k vs 45k average had I spiked ... blinds 600/1200 ... a big call to make ... the right shove as we approached the money ... crumbs shoved with A4 into AK ... earlier lost 99 Vs T7 to dent momentum ...
Played well - no cigar - which goes to the top pair/draw calling "hero" ... smile ...
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Athletics betting ... and another photo finish with Montsho holding on by 3 hundredths vs Alyson Felix ... both running PBs ...
A little stake money for the 110m Hurdles (men) and 100m (women) ... both tricky races to call ...
Got to go for Jason Richardson after stunning run in the Semi Finals - 2/1 looks great
ARGH - So close - will go to the judges - but a bad start and bust ... by 2 hundredths subject to protest as the winner impeded the third placed athlete ... go the stewards ...
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Looking back at the hurdles ... Robles holds back and springs off the 3rd placed athlete ... surely they protest ... we shall see ...
Ladies 100m - took the epic value on Veronica Campbell-Brown at 12/1 - a valiant 2nd place to Jeter who finally wins something ... Fair play ... great last 10/15m ...
... weird to suddenly want the Olympics to role on.
Bank Holiday ... so cinema/curry/work ... something wrong in that trio ... but good to be caught up with my lack of sleep.
GAME ON.
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Athletics dream goes on ... obvious luck in running ... +£317 today ... Robles holds back Liu Xiang and stops him winning ... rightly disqualified but hard to see Richardson winning in a free run race ... take the money move on ...
Normally I see such monies as tickets for poker tournament but I am all pokered out for the moment ...
Looking forward to more athletics betting tomorrow though.
The odds seems to be very polarised towards the favourites and less on the current form which seems odd (but good).
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Saturday afternoon poker ... $20+2 buy in Pokerstars event ... massive field ... made up 23s in the BB flop top pairs ... always going in with K32 flop ... vs top pair flush draw ... no hold ...
Made the ultra optimistic bet on Scotland vs Czech Repulic ... Scotland as bad as I have seen them ... but somehow ahead ... one shot ... one keeper error ... they should have scored after 5 mins ... should have had a penalty ... I cannot bet it but Czech"s are a little over 7/1 to win ... massive ... but maybe their heads will go down??
Another small stake $2 re-buy about to start ... $50k g"tee ... you start with 3000 chips ... after an hour of 5 minute levels you get a 30,000 add on ... genius ... could be lively ...
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... obvious shovefest in the $2 re-buy ... approaching the money the button shove with KQ is met with A7o ...
Now to prep" for the APAT Main Event .... small field which is a shame ... the first I played of these was 236 runners ... I came 6th ... losing with AA on the FT ...
Rather enjoying the fact that my girlfriend is cooking samosas ... so good to get them 30 secs out of the pan!
Home made lamb kebabs to follow ...
Last night some epic sushi/sashimi/gyoza in a hidden gem of a Japanese restaurant near Kings Cross ... my glitz ... just great fish ...
I also bough a Raspberry doughnut Frijj Milkshake ... weird ... and spotted the legendary food item ... "****o" Hot Chilli Sauce with Shrimp and Fish ... appaarently Ghana"s Best ...
Right - see how many raising hands I can find in the first hour ...
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APAT Main Event (online) ... got going pretty quickly flopping straights ... but momentum gone QJ into QJT vs JT ... ten on the turn ... and killed 98 into K9x8 vs KT ... Ten on the river ... not a night for Tens ... shame was enjoying it ...
Will no doubt get tempted by the WCOOP1 - six pack - but two day events online are surely just a bit too much.
Always weird to balance the luck which flows each way ... flopping straights ... although I have to see as reward for being happy to play trash ... get the money in good and all that ...
Oh well ...
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APAT Main Event (online) ... got going pretty quickly flopping straights ... but momentum gone QJ into QJT vs JT ... ten on the turn ... and killed 98 into K9x8 vs KT ... Ten on the river ... not a night for Tens ... shame was enjoying it ...
Also had hearts draw Louis ;)
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... re-reading my exit hand ... was the money in on the flop with me ahead ... which ever way it was ... it was the ten spike killer ... I was short enough that the money was going in ... but would have beed handily placed ...
Weird to have a memory shimmer ... watching a re-run of Doctor Who ... must have an influence ...
Time is passing very variably at the moment ... feels like a long long time ago that I was at DTD ...
The blog is a strange list of beats and coolers, and loose cash play, yet if I nailed a big win it would feel I was ahead of the curve ...
One day I get to the post the big win - what then?
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... re-reading my exit hand ... was the money in on the flop with me ahead ... which ever way it was ... it was the ten spike killer ... I was short enough that the money was going in ... but would have beed handily placed ...
Weird to have a memory shimmer ... watching a re-run of Doctor Who ... must have an influence ...
Time is passing very variably at the moment ... feels like a long long time ago that I was at DTD ...
The blog is a strange list of beats and coolers, and loose cash play, yet if I nailed a big win it would feel I was ahead of the curve ...
One day I get to the post the big win - what then?
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Some more coolers.....then a bigger win ;)
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APAT Main Event (online) ... got going pretty quickly flopping straights ... but momentum gone QJ into QJT vs JT ... ten on the turn ... and killed 98 into K9x8 vs KT ... Ten on the river ... not a night for Tens ... shame was enjoying it ...
Also had hearts draw Louis ;)
At least my initial memory was correct ... I think the money was always going in even without the hearts ... and to be honest I hardly noticed ... so glad was I to see the raise ... it"s a classic hand ...
I wouldn"t have minded a heart - but it would have come as quite a shock - given I hadn"t noticed!
Perhaps my synapses are cracking ... another sign of my mortality ...
The first time I remember feeling mortal was after an epic night out in Birmingham ... I went to the Arsenal vs Man United cup semi-final match at Villa Park ... the one where Scholes scored a clinical finish from the edge of the box ... Arsenal were better but United were stronger (and dirtier) ... anyway Giggs was running down the wing and I was thinking not too much longer to see that .... feels like six years ago ... again time travel (or wiki) required.
So here is the question ... will there come a time when people remember their last poker hand as well as their last words when they die??
... at the moment ... it would be an amusing tale of getting the money in good and then forgetting what happened!
Maybe I should play one cash hand at least!
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Mini cash session ... lost 80 Euros ... last hand AA vs xx aipf ... as it should be ...
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Scotland 2 Czech Rep 2
True the ref had a mare - but his biggest mistake was not giving the Czech"s a penalty in the first half - it was 100% stonewall .... which sets up the classic soft penalty ... so when you dangle your foot in and miss the ball late on we"ve all seen them given ... Then Berra up to the other end and a penalty claim that you would never want given against you ...
Scotland can still make it - but given how badly they played they will need to do a lot more to beat Lithuania who won in Prague.
Prague is the key to the group - Craig Levein decided to play 4-6-0 - just after Lithuania has won there - why??
There is no answer just a 1-0 defeat.
Yesterday"s we were outlplayed and scored with our first shot - which the keeper should have saved. So we get out of jail at the end of the first half, and get put back in jail at the end of it.
Kenny Miller and Scott Brown both booked for pointless challenges - and both suspended.
Too much moaning - not enough playing ...
Athletics ... Triple Jump should be great ... pretty open in my opinion.
Phillips Idowu 2.4 - best jump on world lists : 17.59
Nelson Evera 5.1 - 17.31
Christian Taylor 6.2 - 17.68
Alexis Capello 6.2 - 17.68
Christian Taylor a fabulous bet at those odds - he"s jumped further than Idowu this year.
He also has a 17.80 just over the max wind speed +2.3m/s
Annoyingly a couple of the minor player could be villians in this analysis so a few pounds on
Sheryf El-Sheryf 17.72 this year
Fabrizio Donato 17.73 this year - (Indoor)
Why not another huge jump from the blue?
Good luck to Phillips - but odds way too short ...
Channel 4 - Analysis - Do you think if Phillips can jump 17.50m then he will win? A :YES : ???
For me 17.70m required so wide open.
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... also fancy Koech as a value bet for the 5000m ...
Marah 2.56
Lagat 2.58
Koech 11.5
Gimme Gimme.
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Fair play to Mo Farah ... I love his expressions ... like he is possessed by happy spirits ...
Christain Taylor finds an insane 17.96m to go way odds on vs Phillips who is jumping tremendously too 17.77m ... time to lock up some profits at 1/10 ... ding ding + £1000 on the Triple Jump ... regardless of the result ...
Good analysis from Moorcroft ... great chance for double gold for Farah at the Olympics.
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Bonker"s Bet to end ... Trinidad and Tobago to win the Men"s 100m relay ... it will take two batons to fall and/or disqualifications ... but why not??
Great Championships ... for GB ... and betting ... almost rude not to play the WCOOP 1 ...
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Insane relay race - stockcar racing and a world record - as a crazy betting aside I took France to win without Jamaica last night - and no liquidity to get rid of the bet - Athletics I run good ...
Ages since I enjoyed the World Championships - will miss them - need to work out the Rugby World Cup now.
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It would be wrong to not have a crazy golf bet running ... so Jason Duffner (3 behind) to win the Deutsche Bank at 47/1
I have my custard tarts and red bull ready for the WCOOP1
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WCOOP 21 ... damage done AK vs AQ all in pre flop ... and then eliminated 44 Vs AQ - Queen on the river ...
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Saturday project - to sat into the WCOOP38 $530 Heads Up ...
First Sat attempt went nowhere - nut flush draw shove vs a pair - fair enough ...
WCOOP38 is a two day event ... so amusingly my next attempt (in play) is a 4 max turbo re-buy.
Woke up with the £500 + £50 European championship event in my mind (at the VIC) - 3pm kick off - would be great but also pretty slow moving ...
I guess it still might happen!
Let"s see how the sat goes ...
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... so I made it to the show ... following a crazy $5 re-buy 4 max Turbo ... then played the better poker for 90 mins versus a guy with a great Pokerstars record ... then got it all in with trips vs all the draws on the turn ... and perhaps predictably dead ... the 30% shot always wins ...
Played some super loose cash for + $260 ...
Then played some super loose stuff in the APAT ... but went fishing for half my chips with a massive drawing hand which could have been shoved ...
... and then shoved with a massive drawing hand ... correctly called down ... and I missed ... fair play of course!
Level for the day ... back to the cash tables ...
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... a little more cash profit playing $2/$4 ... I guess it make WCOOP 40 look appealling ...
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... wow the weekend seems so long ago ... I ended it with a pretty negative cash session ...
2nd hands in AA vs 65 in the blinds flop 65x ... sweet/sour.
Then shoved AT back into KK ... all six handed ... but some of the losses could have been mitigated ... I believe.
Not sure what is next - need sleep more than to sit at a card table - Guess online at the weekend or maybe a blank??
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Betfair $35k g"tee ... $39,300 in the pot ...
Exit hand QQ vs AT all in pre flop ... flop TTx ... OMG!
8th of 288 - could have been a lot better - $1075.55 from $154 stake - handy but frustrating ...
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Betfair $35k II - 2nd of 293 for $6,438.50 - not amazingly pleased about my heads play - could not get control of the ball - so how can you score?
Epic match ups in the money : AK vs QQ v AQ & AQ vs JJ vs 88 - but my money in first ...
Final Table "epic" call downs with a weak top pair and third pair vs the Aggro brothers ...
Roll up ... roll up ...
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Match ups ... smash ups ... played a little cash ... JJ vs KK, 55 vs AK, AQ vs AK ... no help ... just like slinging a red bouncy ball into an elastic room and watching the walls pulse like fruit machines ...
Breakfast 1 : Vegetarian Samosa + Chocolate Trifle
Breakfast 2 : To follow.
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Scotland vs Argentina : I thought it would be more even money so I am pot committed to have a gamble on Scotland : Rare event - let"s hope it is a good start to the day.
I am pretty sure the Argentine"s won the battle of the anthems - great violining.
Scotland"s polished Flower of Scotland sounding a bit ridiculous ... I am not a fan of The Corries "hit" ... I would be more up for a bit of Scotland the Brave.
Extract
Far off in sunlit places,
Sad are the Scottish faces,
Yearning to feel the kiss of sweet Scottish rain.
Where tropic skies are beaming,
Love sets the heart a-dreaming,
Longing and dreaming for the homeland again
The celebration of rain - dubious
Albeit it might help the Scots in this tawdry struggle ...
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Half Time
Scotland 6 Argentina 3
Odds have been turned around - Scotland have had all the possession but a dozen turnovers!
Evans and De Luca great - but wasteful at the breakdown.
Argentina to tire at the end - a case to chop the bet back - but will let it run.
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... good grief ... chopped the bet at it got tenser ... and very nearly took the 16/1 on Argentina when Scotland went 12-6 up ... it"s just a try and conversation ... not unheard of ...
Far too many mistakes - Chris Paterson - so often the hero particularly guilty at the end.
So are Scotland really going to find a way to beat England??
So rugby over - I lose control of the TV - Fat Families : Second Helpings - OMG - If you lose weight you can ride on a horse - It"s a different world - It seems like a great incentive to put weight on ...
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What a dramatic last 20 minutes !
So assuming that the Argies do the necessary, Scotland have to beat England by about 40 points - is that right ? :o
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The GSOP just runs too late - albeit very tempting!
WCOOP 60 - I think I will play the 3pm kick off : 3am to bed is not is disaster if I am lucky enough to make day 2.
What are you playing?
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What a dramatic last 20 minutes !
So assuming that the Argies do the necessary, Scotland have to beat England by about 40 points - is that right ? :o
As I understand the bonus points rule Scotland would have to score 4 tries or more and win by more than 7 points - it is not going to happen ... (but they could in theory win 20-12 with 4 unconverted tries and knock England out) ...
Scotland blew it today - so many errors in the first half - and pathetic tackling at the end as their player danced through ... super annoying ... surely the conditions favoured us ... with similar conditions I would expect it to be close versus England but Cueto/Foden/Ashton/Tuiliga have too munch punch ...
Today felt very like the Scotland 6 England 9 - 1991 World Cup game - albeit Scotland had a much better team then - I dropped two pints of beer that day - one hit the ground so square that the liquid flumed up and hit me in the face.
Scotland have lacked any real explosive powers out wide for a long time - galling to watch.
Not enjoying Andy Robinson comments - 30 seconds of madness cost us - weak - 12 turnovers in the first half cost us - get the basic right and capitalise when you have the chance - don"t leave it to a coin flip etc ...
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Totally agree with your take on it, we were sluggish at best against a very ordinary Argentina team who got way too much respect. We should"ve kept the ball better and had more meaningful drives. Poor kicking and a poor performance punished us in the end.
We"re having our Glasgow Live event on Saturday and a few of the team are planning a liquid breakfast beforehand in Walkabout to watch this. I fear sad humiliation tbh so will probably just accept a longer lie-in, maybe just watch it on the box before heading out to the poker game.
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Played a pretty odd £1/£1 game at the VIC last night.
Table seemed to be a spill off table with generally no good players on it - lots of people arriving with micro stacks on the spin up ...
I was pretty card racked up so pretty quickly +£400 where I stayed before the epic £40 taxi home ... pleasing entree to the weekend.
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Betfair $40k g"tee tonight : $50+4 re-buy : First time in a while a Betfair g"tee has gone up!
In non-turbo tournaments have made the money in the last three tournaments played - would be nice to make it a 4-timer ...
Vic was jumping last night with the EPT in town ... an asburd £5/£10 PLO in play with a couple of £20k stacks ...
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No joy in the Betfair event tonight ... money in good vs fish on the turn ... two pairs vs flush draw ... which of course spiked ... sigh ... would have been well above average ...
Will take the early poker night and run ...
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Rugby weirdness ...
Woke up thinking Scotland need to score 4 tries!
(Correction "only" an 8 point win)
Half Time
Scotland 9 England 3
Match Odds
England 1.88
Scotland 2.52
Knife Edge stuff - GAME ON!
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Summary
Scotland need to learn how to score a try.
Tries versus (England + Argentina + Georgia - NIL)
England just waiting for a good team to beat them.
Sigh!
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England just waiting for a good team to beat them.
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The game was so ugly, so tense.
Come on Georgia !
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great performance by scotland but vey predictable result in the end.
good to see the minor nations inflicting a bit of a bloody nose.
agree that England can"t win this
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Okay performance from Scotland - they lost vs the feeble England.
England summary so far :
Mike Tindall goes to NZ on the pull
Wilkinson can only score with his favourite (remote control?) ball.
Stevens and Cole are completely hopeless in the Scrum
Moody isn"t really match fit
Where are the leaders?
Good impact players - but no platform.
Scotland - decent platform - no impact players.
Ireland for the win.
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Lazy Saturday ...
Watched the film "Source Code" staring Jake Gyllenhaal who looks rather like Gus Hansen.
I have not seen Gus play a hand on TV for ages.
Film is great - a genre I usually hate - but it lured me in and the end is crisp enough to leave me happy.
Looks like GSOP Event 8 is the winner tonight - 7pm kick off - 15 min levels - better go and find some Red Bull ...
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Late night races ... JJ vs KQ ... King on the river of course ...
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Sunday - Looks like a working day!
Poker might be over for the weekend - bad beats and bad calls rewarded - momentum clipped.
Might get some juice back on the Prix de L"Arc : Miruno D"Amour.
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Always pleasing to punt a well drawn Greyhound.
Aero Majestic an excllent trap to line win at 3/1 in the St Ledger.
Such an epic journey to Wimbledon from North London - 1 hour on the tube/train plus a mini taxi ride to the track.
Back in the day I used to watch the greyhounds at Powderhall in Edinburgh - Closed
Then Walthamstow - Closed
Maybe best I stay away - but very tempted to buy a Greyhound when I live nearer a track and have more time to follow.
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Greyhounds profits ... next stop the darts ...
Gary Anderson - reasonable value at 6/1 - lost an epic QF to Phil Taylor last year.
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Greyhounds profits ... next stop the darts ...
Gary Anderson - reasonable value at 6/1 - lost an epic QF to Phil Taylor last year.
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Bit of an epic 1st round - but the wrong result for me - format allows for it - Ritchie Burnett played well - sigh!
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Darts Trivia on Wikipedia ...
"Outside darts he makes and tests slings for chemical offshore companies as he is only a part time darts player."
Who?
A: John Henderson
Amazingly if you type this quote in google - you get a stream of almost identical cut and paste articles across the net.
I like the idea of making and testing slings ...
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Wouldn"t it get annoying having to break your own arm all the time? ;)
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Wouldn"t it get annoying having to break your own arm all the time? ;)
Good one ... Are you in London today ... I am snowed under and ill ... so no poker for me I am afraid ... well unless it is the $50+4 re-buy on Betfair??
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Scotland 3/10 in Lichenstein has to be one of the worst bets ever ...
I would so love to go to Poland/Ukraine to watch Scotland and I think Scotland might scrape home tonight but the odds are shocking ...
Very nearly sold my Ireland bet in the Rugby this morning ... Wales were mighty ... Ireland ... mini ... Wales won easily playing 8 out of 10 ...
Hard to see France betting them - England were attrocious in the first half today - decent in the second half.
I remember being in Tokyo years ago with a Welsh Friend when Wales won the Grand Slam for the first time in ages ... this time we will be in Sydney whilst the final is being played ... would be a great omen ... that was a good night in Tokyo!
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Sunday Warm up ... exit TT vs 66 aipf ... sigh ...
Didn"t play well - but you need that to stand up.
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Just about a poker free zone for the last three weeks ...
First big holiday for 2+ years : Sydney - Melbourne - Kuala Lumpur : Sweet
Melbourne drew me to the Crown for one mini cash session.
It"s a pleasing card room - and interesting cash games - I played on a $2/$3 Turbo table.
Max sit down an odd $200, only 30 seconds to act.
I lost $26 including charges ... the classic table with a lot of easy money but it all went to one player who card racked it from $180 to $1280 is about 40 minutes ...
It all started with a flopped straight versus a guy who thought he had a house - in fact the classic three pairs - what an epic donation - actually to someone else but he then spewed the rest of his $400 stack to the rack.
It makes me think of the Aussie Millions - perhaps not too realistic calendar-wise.
It also makes me think of playing more cash games.
Fox Club only 35 mins on the tube from home - they have been plugging their "Big Game" - £2/5 - capped rake at £5 a hand ...
I am back in the UK on November 1st - London Calling event on Saturday/Sunday - £500+40 - 20,000 chips - 45 minutes - let"s see where my sleep pattern lies??
2012 looks like being less poker - higher stakes - great mixture - volatility maximiser.
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I was thinking about money today ...
... which led me to the following:
"With the extension of sterling to Ireland in 1825, the Bank of Ireland began issuing sterling notes, later followed by other Irish banks. These notes included the unusual denominations of 30/- and £3."
I am pretty keen to get hold of a £3 note ...
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No further poker but did visit the Genting Highlands Casino yesterday ...
First time I have taken a cable car to a casino ... very gorillas in the mist ... minus the gorillas ...
Played mini-dice for a profit ... then a couple hands of Blackjack ... hand 1 doubled with 11 versus a 4 ... spiked a 7 ... dealer made it to twenty ... hand 2 ... 18 vs 20 ... did not feel the love ... moved to roulette ... no love either but relatively small social stakes ... minus a dinner out perhaps ...
So here I sit in Kuala Lumpur Airport pondering if I return to the Fox club on Saturday for the London Callling £500+40 event ... I think it is true to say I have only been there twice ... Final Table plus AA vs AK aipf defeat ... tempting.
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Ping - I am wide awake at 5am - how convenient ...
It"s doesn"t feel like I will be playing London"s Calling at this rate.
The nocturnal element of poker is a major negative for me.
Got back to the cash tables last night - played badly then well for a profit and then got slaughtered firstly flush into full house on the river, and secondly trips into a nut flush on the river. I let people get there - I was greedy - but sometimes one needs to be greedy in order to get fat.
Disappointing return - a couple of MTT defeats too - GRRR
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APAT - 2nd
Got the chips in good for the win A5 vs 94 - but no dice.
Would have been an epic win - middle section on the tournament was the best I have played for so long.
Early phase was interesting too with me looking to play as many hands as possible - then fully rewarded with a T8s flopped flush.
Massive stack created in two hands versus Richard Baker - Early position as chip leader I elect to limp AA - no raisers and a multiway pot ... could be trouble until A66 flops out ... WOW ... I check and Richard"s all in following an initial bet has the work done for me ... savage exit for Richard holding 62o.
Moments earlier I bought a decent pot with a micro bet with 22 as the underpair - these things don"t always work!
So seven players left - and more than half the chips with me.
I have been waiting for this ending for sometime - very happy to play relative small ball and look to pick people off.
Of course the cards still need to stand up - three players out I lose AJ vs A5 for 75-80% of the chips in play - so once we get to heads up an epic grind required.
A5 vs 94 for the win - not a chance - its only 60/40 - but post grinding it feels massive.
Mini card dead phase thereafter and increasing blinds means its QJ vs 33 for firm control - but no help for me!
I could have picked a different showdown spot but much prefer QJ type hands to A2 for your life.
Some promising play - but much easier to build momentum once the card rack has helped build the stack.
What next?
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Nice play Louis, looked like you were dominant from a fair way out so unlucky not to get the win but still a good result for fairly small buy in 8)
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Nice play Louis, looked like you were dominant from a fair way out so unlucky not to get the win but still a good result for fairly small buy in 8)
Cheers mate - Was playing the $60k g"tee on Betfair too - lost 333 vs 888 early on
Not sure what I will played today - perhaps nothing.
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Heads up - $100+8 on Betfair.
Epic battle - lost A5 vs J5 : Decided to play more of these current score 2-2.
Been playing well A5 hold for just about all the chips for 3-1 - annoying.
Aside - Having a lump at Wolves vs Wigan - Just over Evens.
Are Wigan not the side who cannot score nor defend - looks like a weak combination to me.
X-Factor - often the backdrop to Saturday and Sunday night poker!
Marcus Collins will win it - just over 3/1 Favourite : He can sing and dance - which as far as I can see nobody else in the competition can - lump.
Tonight"s eliminations - surely Frankie Cocozza has to be first out - he cannot sing or dance - just over Evens.
It would be good to gather monies on the above.
Getting very tempted to play the GUKPT Main Event in London - no travel costs - "just" a £2,500 +125 ticket price.
Dec 1st-4th - two day 1"s - last year 207 runners - just shy of £145k first prize - would come in handy.
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Betfair trawling - I "discovered" that I had bet on Motherwell to finish top excluding the Old Firm in the SPL at 6.2/1 at the start of the season.
Smallish bet but very pleasing - especially if they get a result vs Celtic today.
I love it when I watch Celtic play - Samaras the Oil Tanker a particular highlight.
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Betfair trawling - I "discovered" that I had bet on Motherwell to finish top excluding the Old Firm in the SPL at 6.2/1 at the start of the season.
Smallish bet but very pleasing - especially if they get a result vs Celtic today.
I love it when I watch Celtic play - Samaras the Oil Tanker a particular highlight.
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That"ll be rhyming slang I assume :D
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Betfair trawling - I "discovered" that I had bet on Motherwell to finish top excluding the Old Firm in the SPL at 6.2/1 at the start of the season.
Smallish bet but very pleasing - especially if they get a result vs Celtic today.
I love it when I watch Celtic play - Samaras the Oil Tanker a particular highlight.
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That"ll be rhyming slang I assume :D
Samaras is just the slowest forward in the world.
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Busted out of the Betfair $40k g"tee approaching the money my AT squeeze called by KJs - pretty pathetic call on the whole ... but only one winner there ...
Early night is good news - but was looking like I would be in good shape for another decent cash which would have been better news!
Played a slightly crazy version of a limp/super aggressive type - It was going well until a nasty little jack spiked me.
Oh well.
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Friday night poker ... decent cash progress until the ultimate smasher QT into TT3 vs 33 (big stack who has hit everything) ... Decent profit into loss in a flash.
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Saturday morning poker - and it"s the double cooler :
89o hammers into TJQ vs AKs.
I will take it as a sign that I should be doing something else with my weekend!
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Friday night cash much better this week - missed all my draws to go -$250 - played super aggressively to get to +$561 -retired at +$307 : Very volative duel with other super aggressive, $1/2 with $1,600 between us makes for some very interesting poker but I got never fished out the hand to smash their stack over.
Ding Ding - Round 2
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Anything special planned for the pending 100th page Louis?
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There is nothing planned - but I guess I could take down the Sunday Warm Up tomorrow??
Last week 58th of 3700+ runners QQ vs AA and 44 vs KJ at the end.
Played some further cash this morning - wiped out last night"s profits - mostly vs card rack fish but I could have saved $100 by tightening up just a little.
Bet on Arsenal to draw at half time/win at full time - have taken the profit out : At kick off 9/2 seemed mighty big.
Won some money on Gary Anderson the other night - 10-3 vs Wade
Have a chunk on Federer to win the O2 Tennis - 2/1 very decent - though Berdych - mega value at 23/1 - Beat 3/1 Murray fair and square last week.
Pangs that it would have been good to be Stateside this weekend - timings impossible as just back from Australia/Malaysia - sounds like it is blasting into orbit.
There is a sweet £600+60 side event at the Vic next week - so I guess I will focus on that pokerwise.
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Yawn - KT into TTxxQ vs QQ - you milk the hand and then the bucket falls over - milk everywhere.
Next stop - The Warm Up.
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99 pages in - Time for a mini reflect on where my game has gone.
It"s got better - but pretty much at even speed with across the board improvement in the play of other people.
MTT"s - I have an improving plan but yet to win anything big.
STT"s - Too boring to play
Cash - I am a small net loser due to my desire to play super aggressive - I can tone it down but then too boring to play online.
There was a time I would win at cash and buy tournament tickets - given infinite time I think that would be the plan ... But normally Poker comes after 60+ hours work and say 50 hours sleep ... Not much grind time.
Earlier in the year I did a masterclass with Nik Persaud on cash play - Amazing player - made you realise how crushed you would be playing cash versus top players.
So the non-existent grind time could become study the game time but that would be too boring at the moment.
So it"s MTTs all the way ... Most will be online but any mid range London two day events should be in target too.
Vegas - Is it going to happen this year?? I hope that it can ... My game is so much better then when I last played there ... That said I only played one MTT ... Something like AT called by KJ ... Not that short ... Sigh.
So 2012 is to be the year of the first $10k cash ... and then quickly something bigger ... Well so the plan runs ...
Before we get there next up, the Vic for a £600+60 event ... Win that set new targets for next year!
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Sunday Warm Up has just begun ...
Fancy a Gary Anderson steamroller in the darts. 16-4 or 16-5 (29/1 and 18/1 respectively) ...
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Gary Anderson stumbles out of the traps to trail 6-10 ...
Wakes up and wins 16-11.
Almost feel obliged to have a go on him a 11/2 to oust Taylor tonight - Value bet - if he flies out of the traps.
That said Taylor was immense this afternoon - especially on the doubles.
Warm Up - yet to warm up - still breathing though.
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Well Gary Anderson flew out of the traps but was quickly gobbled up but the rampaging Taylor ... I will take that one one the chin and smile.
Warm Up - short stacked for most of the 3.5 hours I played after house into quads - I finally choose to shove 33 into AA - so for the second week running I found the Aces.
My head a little in VEGAS with the APAT tour - just about resolved to get back out there in 2012 albeit maybe earlier in the year.
Monday morning to deal with first!
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Another day - another shove into AA - this time in a six handed turbo with A9 getting towards the money ...
Powder dry until the weekend - have decided to play the £600+60 at The Vic - 10,000 chips - 40 min levels - perhaps a little quick - but will suit my current game!
Will be interesting to see how many runners they get ... last year a comparable event got a meagre 65!
Would settle for 100 runners - and a shoot at £18k ish.
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Pretty pleased with this :
"Have a chunk on Federer to win the O2 Tennis - 2/1 very decent - though Berdych - mega value at 23/1 - Beat 3/1 Murray fair and square last week." Federer a bit less than 1/2 Berdych 9/1.
Even more pleased to be heading to the Vic for their £600+60 side event today - I think 100 runners is widely optimistic - but let"s see what happens!
Time to take something down.
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GUKPT side event - Early exit (Level 3) - QQ as over pair vs flopped set - It"s standard and annoying - but on balance I could and should have got away with at least some of my chips ...
Elements of my early play was pleasing - set up a maniac image in order to get paid later - but this makes the overpair very hard to fold!
Only 59 runners - I was about 10th out - doesn"t feel I gave it the maximum chance - albeit if you think you are ahead I think you have to get the chips in and force the hard (or in this case easy) decision!
Feels like a super damp squib as an end to face to face poker in 2011!
Now home - just in time for Betfair Grand Prix - and could have been out turning trip 8"s with 86 - river is a 3 - checked to me I bet - flat called by 83 for the rivered house - pretty hard to see how I was going to fold that one too! But instead I have a life!
However it"s not a long life - TT I raise the two limpers flat called by KT - flop is three clubs - villian puts in a micro bet -ahh the day of the over pair - I shove - called by the King flush draw (I had the ten of clubes) which duly spikes and dead.
I guess lots of time to ponder my attack on the Warm Up tomorrow!
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Of course - always one more tournament and one more way to lose - QQ vs AK about half way through the Betfair $30k g"tee ...
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Haunted by Queens ... this time in the Sunday Warm up ...
I limped under the gun with QQ - 5 players - not great but flop in Q87 rainbow - I bet and get one caller.
Turn J - I bet
River K - I bet and am committed - vs the inspirational AT
It"s a pretty hopeful call with three to act after with AT on the flop.
If anyone else wants to dance then I very likely get fully paid - but as it is bad calls are very well rewarded with the fishy straight on the river ...
A weekend to consign to the memory and file - QQ horror show.
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Just a late night turbo AK vs 88 and out ... not sure what is next in the poker calendar??
I am minded to play the Genting Poker Tour next year - so that would be Feb 3-5th.
I am sure some online poker before then but doesn"t seem to be much that fits face to face before the Genting.
There is a Betfair Live Feb 17-19th : $650+50 (Fox Poker Club - London)
Genting II - Southend : Mar 30th - April 1st
These gaps seem too big!
I am sure that a plan with emerge ...
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Friday night starts with the $10k g"tee SH deepstack on Betfair.
Level 1 AA vs KK double up ... pleasing ... all down hill from here I guess ...
Main event tonight will be the $40k g"tee ($50 re-buy at 8pm)
Masterchef on the TV - last of the wild livers!
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Running pretty well in the $10k ... 15th of 30 left inside the money.
In the $40k ... consecutive hands lost AKs vs A2 and 99 vs T9 ... out ...
Meanwhile it is Live Swearing in the Mosconi Cup ... Needle central ... rare to see/hear these days.
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Watching your game now mate, 11/22 :) Nice 2.4k up top. Gl Louis
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Loved the 89 FH and Q Flush to get your stack up to 90k, nice work mate, keep it running 8)
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Loved the 89 FH and Q Flush to get your stack up to 90k, nice work mate, keep it running 8)
7/13
Cheers mate : 5/7 - but 32 BB - good poker ...
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Loved the 89 FH and Q Flush to get your stack up to 90k, nice work mate, keep it running 8)
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Cheers mate : 5/7 - but 32 BB - good poker ...
Yeah still going well Louis, plenty of play left 8)
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Loved the 89 FH and Q Flush to get your stack up to 90k, nice work mate, keep it running 8)
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Cheers mate : 5/7 - but 32 BB - good poker ...
Yeah still going well Louis, plenty of play left 8)
Plenty of play but not luck ... managed to only lose 1/3 of my stack with a mid flush vs nut flush ...
Then got them in QJ into Jxx vs AK large stack ... calls for "value" and spikes ... sigh!
6th of 228 for $526.57
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Loved the 89 FH and Q Flush to get your stack up to 90k, nice work mate, keep it running 8)
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Cheers mate : 5/7 - but 32 BB - good poker ...
Yeah still going well Louis, plenty of play left 8)
Plenty of play but not luck ... managed to only lose 1/3 of my stack with a mid flush vs nut flush ...
Then got them in QJ into Jxx vs AK large stack ... calls for "value" and spikes ... sigh!
6th of 228 for $526.57
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Very unlucky Louis, nice play losing the min with that flush v flush at the FT. You got them in ahead mate and can"t really ask for more in that spot. Nice play mate 8)
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Played well - was feeling like a great chance of top 3 at least - first poker for a week felt in the zone.
Of course some luck in running earlier - but not by out-drawing people except the following hand
I raise with 76 of clubs - I get min raised by a short stack - I have to call.
Flop is 6 plus 54 of clubs - I check call the short stack who has AA - ahead but with only a 34% of winning the hand!
I spike a 6 on the river to win.
I also flop an invisible full house with T8 and a set with T5 ...
Making great progress with general small ball betting of trash at the moment - lose small - win big.
Once the stack is built can either attack or look to tighten a notch to pick people off.
Last hand 75/25 when the money flies ... if it holds I am gunning for the win.
Not sure what is next up?
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Always pleasing to partake in a winters walk to the bookies ...
Frozen tracks for the greyhounds - very disappointing to only get 2 winners from 4 races.
However a neat £35 profit.
To be re-invested on Hibs/Hibs @ 14/1 vs Rangers.
Odds are too big - new manager effect - perhaps greedy to not just bet the win @ 6/1 but I fancy Hibs to be fast out of the traps and Rangers have looked very poor post Naismith injury.
Rangers last away game a 1-0 defeat at Killie.
Inspiration or a bet of sheer folly - we shall see.
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Always pleasing to partake in a winters walk to the bookies ...
Frozen tracks for the greyhounds - very disappointing to only get 2 winners from 4 races.
However a neat £35 profit.
To be re-invested on Hibs/Hibs @ 14/1 vs Rangers.
Odds are too big - new manager effect - perhaps greedy to not just bet the win @ 6/1 but I fancy Hibs to be fast out of the traps and Rangers have looked very poor post Naismith injury.
Rangers last away game a 1-0 defeat at Killie.
Inspiration or a bet of sheer folly - we shall see.
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I was at the St Johnstone game at Ibrox the week before the Killie defeat and Rangers were lucky not to lose that as well. McGregor pulled off 2 magnificent saves and I don"t recall a single clear scoring opportunity for Rangers, so probably not folly tbh.
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32 mins in - neither team has had a shot on target ... dire
I am off to watch Puss n Boots instead of watching the second half - bet will likely be dead by then!
Watching this game makes me smile a little at the endless attempts of Rangers to buy Goodwillie for a knock down price.
It doesn"t take much to have an edge in Scottish football - so buy the edge.
Played a little satellite for a $54 ticket - lost 66 vs A2s for the flush - funny the runs one get into - bad beaten to death or running into Aces - Will be tempted to play tonight and watch the X-Factor Final.
Odds for Ladbrokes
Little Mix 6/5
Amelia Lliy 9/4
Marcus Collins 9/4 - I bet him at 3/1 - chopped back in any case.
Maybe we will get a shot on target before half time??
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Defo the worst half of football I have seen for some time ...
First shot on target in injury time from Hibs - acres of space - Griffiths crafts a back pass to the Rangers keeper - so have had a great live bet - instead I am now broadly wanting both teams to lose due to their astonishing lack of quality and desire.
Jelavic taking throw ins into the box - how can that be a good idea??
Meagre Fayre before Christmas : Pat Fenlon will probably sort Hibs out in time but who will sort Rangers?
My greatest hope for the Scottish season is that Aberdeen get relegated as things stand they would get to play against Cowdenbeath.
For my sins I support Dundee United - they played out a terrible terrible match versus Celtic last week - albeit Celtic showed some hunger to fight out a narrow win.
I have pseudo fond memories of being in the First Division beating Dumbarton 8-0 then coming back to the Premier Division (just) and finishing third with the great Kjell Olofsson terrorising everyone ... and joy of joys relegating Hibs!
Of course "we" are not safe this year either - with a royal dog fight to be the worst team in the league ensuing with greater vigor every week.
(Hibs give away a pointless penalty) - game over I guess ...
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Classic Saturday of Poker.
Betfair $60k Grand Prix - going great before losing to a river full house spike and finally 62nd of 447 - 60 paid.
Betfair $30k g"tee - 28th of 394 for $199.10
So a little down on the night have been cruising in both with 100 players left.
$30k was looking well set up - but card rack fish at table chopped me in half with a rivered flush and killed me off with A2s vs A4 - massive range - expecting a chop once cards revealed.
All this said - I had chances to make earlier stands in both tournaments - would have been marginal but gut feel is I let one too many spot go in the $60k. (Also correctly folded 66 when pretty short vs KK).
I would always prefer to find something that I would have done differently - so I do it next time - Oddly tonight I became a little bit too patient and passive ... though also fairly card dead.
Disappointing.
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Sunday Warm Up - 87th from 3500+ for $1,104.00
I played some good stuff but late on my refusal to play aggressive ABC poker wasted a few chips and then QT vs A9 no good at the end.
Weird poker weekend + $1,500 but feels like money got away.
Played 5 tournaments - cashed in three.
Very close to cash in another 62nd - 60 paid.
In the other tournament I was bad beaten twice in consecutive hands.
I guess it is all about learning and then having the game when it really matters but I hate to leave money on the pitch.
In all three tournaments that I cashed I was cruising above the average in the money and having missed all my set mining attempts I got chopped in half twice when I finally hit!
I guess I will waken philosophical about things but this is one of weekends were errors were made and only a just about normal array of beats.
Perhaps I will invest in a piece of paper that says "ABC Aggressive in the money" - I recall playing someone face to face who had a piece of paper that said "don"t do anything stupid" - he laid it in front of him and then shoved all his chips with AJ and lost vs AQ or AK ... his response was to offer the piece of paper to others at the table as he wouldn"t need it any more.
I liked that - though no-one else would take the paper!
What next - I think a dawn "til dusk work effort tomorrow - maybe some great Friday night poker to follow???
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Slaughtered playing cash at the Vic last night ... last hand KQs vs A5s ... two flushes on the river ... oops ...
Tonight a pointless min cash in the $40k g"tee - last hand KTo vs 99 - I guess it is an extra ticket.
Pointless stat - 4 cashes in last 5 MTT"s - 2 places outside the money in the other ...
How about 4 early exits and 1 big win ...
Not really pleased with my play inside the money today - ABC Aggression - it will sink back in.
If I win my race then back in play but folded one too many super marginal hands and limped one too many when at say 15BB ... it can be a great way to get a lot of chips if you spike but gets a bit transparent and of course I missed them all ...
Tomorrow perhaps!
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Took a break from Friday poker last night - worked a bit - watched darts a bit.
Then watched "Catch me if you can" - I think it"s my favourite film.
Today back to Scotland for Christmas so again no poker.
Tomorrow the double whammy of :
Sunday Warm Up @ 4pm
Sunday $10m G"tee on Pokerstars @ 7.30pm - 50,000 runners plus - $2m for the winner g"teed
I have been push my body clock into the night for this event - will probably take 13 hours to get to a final table which would be interesting!
Obviously the likeliest course of events is in bed before midnight for both - but feeling good about them.
Played a bit too much this last week and started playing some weird version of a limp-maniac - simply the wrong thing to do - but now out of my system I hope.
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Back in Scotland for the first time in two months - it"s nice to be back but 97% humidity and -1 temperature an absurb mixture ...
Salt in the kitchen saturated having taken in a swathe of damp ... back door only openable by force ... and then the need to hammer it shut with a 3kg weight ...
It"s the kind of weather that Scotland beat England at Rugby as your whole body turns to iced water.
Speaking to the neighbours - I have missed the 100mph winds which blew someone"s summer house away. Apparently NIL damage to my house but too dark to tell ... check tomorrow ... when I bought it the surveyor indicated I should budget £2k per year for random repairs ... so far he is spot on ... sigh!
I am chanting for a mild winter ... apparently Dec 21st is predicted to +10C ... last year a low of -16C
Of course my solution to the cold was to fly to Lapland at the end of January ... colder but much less humidity hence a joy to sit in the outdoor hot pool and let my hair freeze ...
This seems a world away now - and I think come the start of Feb this year - I will swap Lapland for Birmingham and the Genting tour.
Manic January of work to come first - but nice carrot at the end ...
Looking forward to the Pokerstars madness tomorrow.
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Took a break from Friday poker last night - worked a bit - watched darts a bit.
Then watched "Catch me if you can" - I think it"s my favourite film.
Today back to Scotland for Christmas so again no poker.
Tomorrow the double whammy of :
Sunday Warm Up @ 4pm
Sunday $10m G"tee on Pokerstars @ 7.30pm - 50,000 runners plus - $2m for the winner g"teed
I have been push my body clock into the night for this event - will probably take 13 hours to get to a final table which would be interesting!
Obviously the likeliest course of events is in bed before midnight for both - but feeling good about them.
Played a bit too much this last week and started playing some weird version of a limp-maniac - simply the wrong thing to do - but now out of my system I hope.
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Frank Abignail Jr, what a guy! Glad i didn"t meet him but kinda wish I"d had the chance :) You going to Brighton Louis?
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Brighton - I think it"s unlikely - only a set number of poker weekends that I can make free per year and focus will be the Genting Tour in 2012 - amazing structure - all in the UK.
I will likely add on a few tournaments in London - there is a Betfair Live around the same time as London.
I might fly to Vegas??
Assuming there is a UKIPT in Edinburgh I might play that??
APAT Worlds
Not sure what else??
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Sunday Warm Up is just that today ...
Made it just about to the last third of the field and flat called with T9 in the BB ... river is Q78 ... the raiser fires in the continuation bet I shove ... they call with KK ... I hit the straight but 4 spades makes it irrelevant ... last week the shove would have been into the A8 miss ... timing ... timing ... needed to make something happen ...
So 2 mins until the main event begins!
Let"s get all the timing and match ups right!
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The $10m event a bit of a damp squib for me ... best hand I saw was 77 ... looked to get creative vs KK twice ... and finally out KQ in to AJ ... woke up with 14 runners left ... First Eagle shoves AJ but is dominated yet turns the straight ... then proceeds to rip the Final Table apart AA, KK, QQ and 44 spiked from 6 players out ... $48k becomes $1,146k ish ... volatility central ... if you assume great play to get to 14 out ... 20 plus times the payout for being a luck box ...
Not sure if I am back in the saddle tonight ... $50 re buy on Betfair will be tempting ... didn"t feel like I got my poker fill last night ...
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I have been thinking quite a lot about Audi Sportscars over the last few months ... I have never owned a car ... though I have had my licence for 21 years ...
Today my gardener ships up in a Black Audi TT ... made me smile.
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I have been thinking quite a lot about Audi Sportscars over the last few months ... I have never owned a car ... though I have had my licence for 21 years ...
Today my gardener ships up in a Black Audi TT ... made me smile.
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Blatant "I have a gardener" brag IMO ;D
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I do indeed have a gardener ... but no car "BRAG" ... His annual retainer £412 (this year!)
Smile.
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412 for a year id want that for 3 days
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He "just" keeps the grass in order and plants a few flowers from time to time ...
In the pre gardener era my front lawn was 1 foot high more akin to a wild straw.
I am thinking about having some vivid red blooms planted for next summer ...
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Played the $50 re-buy on Betfair ... no cards last night ... a new variation on a theme tonight ... got AA four times in the first 90 mins ... three times no action ... last time vs QJ into QJT ...
Got going again ... got it all in AK vs ATs ... straight on the river ... crumbs left ... K8 shoved into AKs ... 8 on the flop ... Ace on the river ... it"s all standard stuff I know ...
Feels like there could be a spell of little poker about to start ...
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A minor wander through the poker parks tonight ... Betfair offering no g"tees on their tournaments ... now where is the Christmas spirit there?
Played Heads Up matches and Double or nothing games for +$22 ... should have been more with some run of the green ...
Not convinced a 730pm starting Sunday Million is going to work tomorrow!?!
We shall see ...
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Christmas Eve - No suitable poker - so watching re-runs of Bullseye.
It"s a great measure of how far we have come as a nation.
Sunday late afternoon magic from the 80s ... some entertainment before Highway/Songs of Praise.
Show 1 a particularly painful charity edition with the following pairings:
Phil Taylor + Frank Bruno
Bob Anderson + Linda Lusardi
Dennis Priestley + John McCririck
Frank Bruno being asked questions - for each he would give the wavering answer "Harry" ... and Jim Bowen would say for example that"s right "HAristotle" ...
John McCririck then throwing under arm for prizes which included 5 radios and 14 blenders ... you couldn"t make this stuff up ...
Here is my question - how long can these re-runs keep going?
I should point out I loved Bullseye ... and now reading Wikipedia it used to attract up to 17 million viewers ... OMG ... a third of the country watching it!
On to show 2 ... prizes inclduing ... a cordless phone ... and a (programmable) computer ... and Bully"s special prize a camcorder with what looked like a miner"s lamp attached to it.
... and they have refused to gamble!
... and the second couple are refusing to gamble £326 vs a speedboat or whatever!?! OMG
Couple 3 ... non dart player 33 ... dart player 7 ... OMG ... the special prize was a holiday to RUSSIA at the height of the cold war!?!
There are three more episodes to follow ... I think I need to play more poker ...
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Bullseye - I think they used to pick the star prizes according to where the people lived:
You live in the middle of the country where there"s hardly any water? YOU CAN WIN A SPEEDBOAT TO KEEP IN YOUR GARAGE!
You live near the coast where you are walking distance from a beach? YOU CAN WIN A CARAVAN FOR THOSE SEASIDE HOLIDAYS!
It wouldn"t surprise me if the people who were offered cars couldn"t drive!! :-X
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Bullseye now a distant memory ... back to the poker tables ...
$10k Betfair SH Deepstack to begin the evening ...
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A dismal evening of shoving into better hands ...
Pretty average play - trying to push things along albeit every Ace shove met with AQ which held plus 88 into AA ...
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... pretty average darts betting afternoon ... though got out level betting on Van der Voort ... earlier Burnett played terribly to lose to Part 1-4 despite having the higher average ... great ...
Do fancy Chisnall as great value at 7/1 vs Taylor tonight - but so many times Taylor prevails.
I think this is the last day of the Christmas holiday ... not sure I am ready to work again??
Bite the bullet tomorrow.
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Enter the Dave Chisnall express ...
Tricky decision now £75 @ 79/1 for the title yields a pretty decent number! Now back to 9/1 - can make the chop but I reckon he can out score Andy Hamilton in the next round.
It"s a very open championship.
My main value tip for the tournament was Scott Rand £129.02 @ 69/1 - now 37/1
These are of course set up to lay ... but I am minded to let Chisnell run. - Nicholson looks pretty solid vs Tabern.
Rand is in a nightmare quarter of the draw ... Anderson/Whitlock/King/Van Gerwen ... Round 2 vs Colin Lloyd no formality ... so it feels like I am jumping horses to Chisnall who I back and laid in the BDO 2010 final which he lost.
Quarter three looks like Adrian Lewis or Terry Jenkins. - Jenkins could win this based on what"s been seen so far.
Quarter four James Wade the massive favourite (vs Part/Painter/Farmer) - Painter on form
I would plump for Chisnell vs Anderson/Whitlock/King/Rand and Jenkins/Lewis vs Wade.
I guess I would then be hoping for Chisnell vs Wade in the Final.
I guess Anderson and Whitlock must be licking their lips.
Great Tournament.
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deffo lay chizzy off now.
taylor"s conquerers have always fallen at the next hurdle
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deffo lay chizzy off now.
taylor"s conquerers have always fallen at the next hurdle
Take a freeroll on Chizzy. Don"t be letting it all run. I think he"ll do Hamilton but it will be close IMO.
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I am still pondering it ... I think he should beat Hamilton ... although 2/5 so no value.
Have a nice free roll going on Beaton - who was 50/1 in running - should have had a shot for 2-2 - but now needs to struggle from 1-3.
Cannot see Whitlock winning the title for all the chat.
I am happy that Chisnall is stronger than he was when be made the final of the BDO in 2010 - great scoring power and I don"t think he will fall to the Taylor curse per se - he might run into someone averaging 100+ : But he just destroyed Taylor who averaged 100 ... all this said will probably taken the freeroll ... that said may be rational to let other favourites get beaten first to squeeze a little more value!
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Dismal darts afternoon with Scott Rand playing the clown more than the dart player ... of course Colin Lloyd spiked a 167 to make it 3-1 with Rand on double 4 for 2-2 but the attitude was more like he was going for a country stroll ...
Starting to think that Gary Anderson will blow his opponent away tonight and then Colin Lloyd then Whitlock/Van Gerwen ...
That might be bring a classic Anderson/Chisnall semi final - would it just be who hits the doubles??
I took my stake money back on Chisnall - so +£5,200 if he wins - but with Rand money now dead I need Jenkins to make sure tonight and perhaps trim that back??
I think then attack Anderson to go one better this year - could really do with Lewis getting knocked out!
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Lewis in great form on the doubles but only averaging 95.94.
Anderson looking super dodgy averaging 93.61 - albeit 11 180s and some good finishing.
Lewis looks like he could up his game - and now the favourite.
Hopefully Jenkins can close out his match (with a 100+ average) - Pipe playing well too.
Wasn"t overly impressed by Whitlock in the battle of the injured darts players - great average in his round 1 "time trial" but too short a match and no pressure.
Van Gerwen could take out Whitlock - but I cannot see either winning the championship.
Feels like Wade is getting a freeroll in his quarter!
Looks like Jenkins will need to dig deep - edgy.
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It"s all looking pretty exciting ATM.
Lloyd and Jenkins both played well IMO. I missed a bet on Lloyd, fell for the hype of Rand who I hadn"t heard much of plus I knew you had backed Rand. Agreed he seemed to clown around which was a surprise from someone who"s just turned pro. Bet his sponsors loved it. Not. The 167 crushed him though.
Good luck with your positions Louis. Don"t be too greedy though ;)
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I think that I need to be greedy ... I need to hold on to Jenkins vs Lewis.
If Chisnall cannot beat Hamilton then I deserve nothing!
Rand - the 167 was the killer - I think he would have won from 2-2 - but Lloyd is the solid pro.
Rand going Pro - I didn"t buy into all the guff about how he shouldn"t have taken on the "arduous" trip to Hull to sign forms - but he had to turn up with his game head on. In the players Championship he averaged 98 for the tournament - he just needed to keep that going.
I would have laid him vs Anderson - but sadly didn"t have the chance.
Even when Lloyd was 2-1 up he was 4/5 to win - I could have escaped with light damage there.
My current position is :
Field -£318
Chisnall + £4910
Jenkins + £4913
I could take some profits - but what the hell - charge onwards.
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Van Gerwen looks like a tremendous bet at 3.45 to beat Whitlock ... looks like a coin toss to me albeit Van Gerwen has a little to find on the averages.
Whitlock great in Round 1 against a weak opponent but made hard going to defeating Steve Beaton.
Annoyed that I didn"t bet the value shots Part and Huybrechts today - Huybrechts in particular was a value coin toss vs Nicholson.
Colin Lloyd might push Gary Anderson very close tonight too - but I suspect Gary might wake up just in time!
Tremendous tournament - laptop needs to come with me for some post dinner Sky-Go watching!
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Van Gerwen looks like a tremendous bet at 3.45 to beat Whitlock ... looks like a coin toss to me albeit Van Gerwen has a little to find on the averages.
Whitlock great in Round 1 against a weak opponent but made hard going to defeating Steve Beaton.
Annoyed that I didn"t bet the value shots Part and Huybrechts today - Huybrechts in particular was a value coin toss vs Nicholson.
Colin Lloyd might push Gary Anderson very close tonight too - but I suspect Gary might wake up just in time!
Tremendous tournament - laptop needs to come with me for some post dinner Sky-Go watching!
I think the favs will all win tonight, but I will have a small wager on Lloyd because I think that one is v close. I thought Part would beat Painter on past history and the Belgian would beat Nicholson on form so whilst my eye is in I will back a few of the apparant value bets. I can"t see Van Gerwin beating Whitlock though. No value there IMO.
GL.
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Van Gerwen stumbled out of the traps ... but getting back to 3-3 saved me £159 on the handicap +1.5 sets!
Chisnall never really left the traps and was owned by Hamilton - fair play to him - played brilliantly - disappointing.
Roll up Jenkins to beat Lewis - I feel nervous for this one - crucial darts.
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Darts
Gutted about Jenkins" loss to Lewis ... super value bet ... but no dice.
Lewis flew out but fair play to Jenkins for holding on and grinding it out, then a coin flip from 3-3.
Very close to a lot of potential money ... Next Year!
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Poker Review of the Year - 2011
Good on Betfair:
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/ongamepoker/MoneyBadger/poker/results/844341B3BCE046BEA497200D9F96448B.html?t=2&rc=898390
Poor on Pokerstars:
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/pokerstars/Honeybadg/poker/results/88145D196B7C4C858FB9D501B9AA00A9.html?t=2&rc=591378
Although playing the Warm Up and other massive field events lends itself to a negative unless you go really deep.
Face to face :
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=188966
Final Tables in the early part of the year - when the running was good.
Failed to build when the running was poorer.
Not sure what the review of 2012 will look like??
Read an article by Johnny Lodden the other day - most of it was about boom and bust then rebuilding - but the part that caught my eye was the increasing difficulty of making any consistent money in poker.
It"s a bit of a thought - huge amount of time being spent for very low expected returns albeit with the potential for massive winning spikes.
It the massive spike that keeps me going and will shape what I play going forward.
Very hopeful that the Genting Tour will freshen me up.
Vegas tempting - but very full business commitments to balance.
Happy New Year!
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2012 - Here we go again ...
1/1/2012 - Sunday Warm Up - It is my favourite tournament by far albeit it has driven me mad at times.
Time to get a major cash - FTW.
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Warmup a bit short of it"s guaranteed so far tonight - only $378k from buyins v $500k GTD. Valyoo!
Go win it Louis!
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Nice play with the almost pot-sized bet on the end Louis ... you rep"d the 7 well ... (after leading out on flop)
(http://www.neildawson.co.uk/images/louis_warmup1.png)
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Been a real struggle since ... with a mixture of no cards and average play ... however 22 BB with just over 1000 runners left ... 450 paid ... Nice double up with AK vs AJ ... but only 2/3 the average ...
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... and dead in two cuts vs the same player on consecutive hands ...
Hand one probably lost the min with 44 into 654 vs A7 suited which turned the straight - could have tried to kill the hand on the flop but looking to milk the set vs what was an under the gun limp ...
Next hand I raise in the SB with K2 - called : flop K99 (two spades) - I bet half the pot looking to get them all in - he duly obliges with T7 of spades but spikes the 3 of spades on the turn.
It"s the point of the tournament where you need to get chips together so a value added 64% looks good to me but no joy.
907th of 3100 runners - a cruel theme flopping sets and getting ousted.
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New favourite website:
http://www.celebheights.com/latest.html
Three days NIL poker.
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Back to London ...
My poker playing so far this year has extended to a whole 3 hours in last Sunday"s Warm Up ...
Currently on the train - currently 15 mins late so would need to be a late entrant if I gain inpiration on the way!?!
I decided to keep a log of hours this year for :
Work
Sleep
Poker
Excercise
At the moment excercise is narrowly beating poker ...
Sleep is narrowly beating work ...
I guess these both might reverse pretty soon!
On the attack in the BDO darts - time to land an outsider!
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Darts Extra Two :
Also from the BDO website:
Over 50% of the adult population in the UK express an interest in darts:
"An interest" - OMG
I love the idea of doing a survey that involved the question "are you interested in darts" ... perhaps it was taken outside Frimley Green??
5.7 million men and 3.1 million women are darts fans.
Not sure what would qualify you as a fan(atic)?
Maybe the PDC is only the tip of the Iceberg ... 8.8 million fans from say 40 million adults ...
So let"s say 1.5 million fans in London for the sake of an estimate : Darts set to sell out the Emirates?? Should be a breeze.
I wonder what the comparable stats would be for poker??
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Darts Extra III
As a direct result of BDO/WDF rules and standards, modern day darts players tend to be younger, fitter and generally more image conscious than their latter-day counterparts.
What is a "modern day darts player?"
Is it just the subset of darts players who are younger/fitter/more image conscious??
I am loving the "latter-day conterparts" - I am that latter-day counterpart to the young/fit/image conscious modern darts player. I am a dinosaur of the darting world but I will rise again ...
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Watched a little of the BDO Darts ...
Vintage match between Kist and Dekker with the debutant (Kist) prevailing 97 average vs 96 ... worthy of the final.
I had hoped Kist would have remained at higher odds than 13.5/1 - which is probably a fair bet.
The odds will look pretty good if he keeps playing at that level - looked rock solid.
Meanwhile another min cash in the Sunday Warm Up AKs vs TT at the end to go about 25% ahead of average.
Finished 354th of 3619 - needed to win that race as the blinds bit - played some nice stuff earlier on but no cigar!
Looking forward to the APAT online event next Saturday - looks like next poker outing.
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Played the London tourist yesterday and went up to the top of Centre Point (Paramount) and drank Port.
I think the viewing gallary is about level 33 - good views and chat.
Saturday morning - minimal hangover : Ready for the darts : Slightly annoyed by my weakness in only having a medium sized bet on Christian Kist - now just a little over 2/1 : He should slay Hankey and I might then lay off the downside vs presumably O"Shea.
Looking forward to the APAT event tonight - not sure if I will manage to "play every hand" but will likely give it a go!
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APAT fun while it lasted ... played loose got into a nice position but had momentum reversed by a Leigh Wiltshire bluff ... bravo ...
Last hand AQ spikes the turns with a bonus flush draw but is against the made set and no help ... fair play and out.
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Woke up thinking I should have been a little more patient or a little more aggressive in last night"s APAT - sure I ran into a set but I looked to play a little too tricky trappy for too long ... it all feeds in ... so looking forward to my habitual entry to the Sunday Warm Up and also the clock ticking down to the Genting Tour - still cannot decide if I will play the Thursday night event £100+9 Six Max in adddition to the Main Event.
I think the wise thing to do is just play the main event - but it doesn"t always work that way!
The flipper is to play the Saturday event if knocked out of the Main Event.
The mega flipper is to just play them all - certainly tempting!
Currently on the train back to Scotland - great time to travel - £15 upgrade to first and with free wifi and teas/coffees etc ... you instantly get your money back - This is the age of the train ....
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Sunday Warm Up
Handy start : Break 2 : 34,528 vs 14,411 average
Could have been better losing AA vs JJ (small stack) whilst beating 99.
Nice table.
Promising!
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Break 5
Bubble hand 77 in K7x vs AK ... sweet ...
187,168 vs 85,150 average - 431 players left inside the money.
Currently 26th
Blinds 1500/3000 (300)
Could have been better but for losing races vs short stacks 99 vs AT - flopped straight and 77 vs A8.
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Break 6
147,568 vs 199.456 average : 184 left.
Pretty card dead - only marginal decision whether to call down a mid-stack re-shove with A8o - super marginal but happy to fold.
Need some something to happen quickly now ...
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... and out 137th ... losing AK vs 55 and AJ vs 66 vs the same player ... small margins ... $770.70 ... $115k+ for the winner ...
Got to win your races and all that ...
I guess - I will return next week - for this battle of good versus evil ...
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TCOOP 10 & 11 today ... TCOOP 10 equals crazy darts.
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TCOOP 9 Turbo PL Omaha has to be the way forward ...
Nearly double the average with 1284 left - 495 paid (of 3770 starters)
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Tedious min cash in the TCOOP losing a flip and a 60/40 vs real trash ...
TCOOP 10 early days lost a KK vs AQ already ... weird structure so just a case of stay alive for 90 mins and take the massive add on ... start with 3000 chips ... add on 30,000 chips ... or attempt to build a mega stack ...
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TCOOP 10 - Judy below average with 8000 runners out ... only 4667 odd to go.
Bye in Round 1 of TCOOP 11 - Always pleasing.
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TCOOP 10 - Heading towards the money ... it"s the classic AQ vs AK, lose a race, then AT vs QJs and dead in three cuts ...
TCOOP 11 three wins to reach the money ...
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Heads up no joy ... flopped top set but looked to milk the pot vs flush draw which got there on the river ...
(Early night!)
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Trashy performance in the Sunday Warm Up tonight ...
True I was trying to build a stack and seems to have 65 or T9 every second hand but need to tone it down a little bit ... I did just about miss them all except the up and down straight draw but against two opponents ... I played it cool and repped the Ace on the river against the player that actually had the Ace!
I made a feeble call for a gutshot vs two players too ...
Finally out 44 vs KK (button vs small blind) a nasty spot.
So that is it until the Genting Tour begins ... a poker rest followed by either glory, folly or some beats ... let"s hope for glory!
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Monday - Friday work = 64 hours : Poker = Nil
It makes my hand last hand seem so far away - but a weak last performance.
I am not sure that it will have a positive effect in slowing me down today but I am going to head up West and play the APT £500+45 event at the Fox Club.
3pm start - 2 day event : 20,000 chips 45 min levels - Game on.
There is also a £200 freezeout at The International with a £20k g"tee so hard to know what the numbers will be - I would settle for 80 and £40k in the middle.
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APT at the Fox
111 runners with 14 re-entries @ £500+45 - 20,000 chips - 45 levels.
Summary levels 1-6 - played well hit plenty - double the average or more.
Some of the play in these levels was amazingly bad ...
Cue TT into Ax99T vs A9 ... A9 bets the river ... TT calls and sighs ... cue 2 mins of explaining he has won the hand ...
Levels 7-11 : Unbelievably card dead - though played and missed every suited or connected hand.
In fact in the whole day no AA,KK,QQ,AK.
The player to my right had been playing some super loose and spike hands so very keen for him to double me up! Infact I had position on the "aggro" players for most of the day but really wanted a proper hand to re-shove.
Level 12 - last of the day - choose a spot - AJs shove not called - and finally the 66 re-shove called by the Q2s ... and only one winner there. It"s my classic exit hand - I had one chance earlier to re-shove KJs (my "favourite" exit hand of 2011) but in the zone of no pairs or better than ATs for 5 levels I elected to wait ... marginal and frustrating ...
Managed to net +£195 at Blackjack in the mini breaks!
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Cue TT into Ax99T vs A9 ... A9 bets the river ... TT calls and sighs ... cue 2 mins of explaining he has won the hand ...
you weren"t in this hand then? (or did you have A9)
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I wasn"t in the hand ... make"s it harder to suss a table when people don"t understand how the hands rank ... (or what hand they have)
Oddly the lady with the A9 later had a race with JJ vs KQ ... into 89xTQ and thought she had lost ...
It really was a weird table -I am kind of gutted I didn"t get any hands to play in the middle section.
I had a chance to call a re-shove for 30BB when I had 80BB with AQ but on balance decided better spots to choose ... then no cards for 5 levels ... the re-shover was new to the table but then re-shoved with T9s called by AA ... the T9 won ... and of course now a reasonably big stack ... his next trick was to call a re-shove from a tight player with A3 vs KK ... Ace on the river ... It"s a bit unplayable ...
With more info it"s an insta-call - but with no info his limp UTG could be strong (could have been strong) ... It"s good to play these things but really need a lot more time to play enough to get rid of all this volatility.
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Cue TCOOP 46 - Sunday Warm Up.
A good start then AA into 9845 vs 55 ... lost the min.
Then rivered two pairs vs the rivered straight ... lost just about the min ...
I then shoved Q9s into A7 no help ...
I guess this is the type of hand I might have been shoving yesterday - albeit didn"t see many Q9s hands!
Obviously a case for re-shoving with trash to induce folds but would want to be suited/connected and none of that in the middle.
Genting seems a long way away - will be a stronger field although I guess enough qualifiers who strange ideas - looking forward to it.
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Genting Tour - Main Event - Leg 1
Made day 2 with dust (10BB) - not the aim but really no sensible spots to shove on the last level of day 1.
First two hands A9 and AQ shoved through and shown - so up to 15BB and in a tiny bit better shape.
Elected to not push 22 UTG (correctly as it happens) ...
But got killed in ridiculous fashion ... I am the BB with AJ (no SB) ... BB is 1600 ... Antes 200 ...
Late position elects to limp ... obvious shove for me ... pretty quick call with Q8s ... I don"t mind him shoving that ... but limp call??
It"s kind of pointless - but of course only one winner in the scenario ... 8 on the turn ...
Pretty disappointing would have been back to 34,800 - playable at 800/1600 (200)
(More detail later)
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unlky
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Day 1 had some super weird hands ... including my last event (APT at the Fox) ... I had gone nearly 7 hours without a AA,KK,QQ or AK ...
So nice to see AA ... I make a normal 2.7BB raise ... two callers ... not great ... flop T78 two diamonds ... not great ... I make a continuation bet ... both flat ... small balling now ... I check ... initial caller bets about 2/3 of the pot which is called so I am out cheap ... Caller 1 had flopped the straight and flush draw ... caller 2 a worse straight draw and worse flush draw ... losing a lot of chips chasing and missing both draws ...
I am pleased with losing the min here ...
Most of the day I was ahead of average but my attempts to build a stack were thwarted by bluffing into card racks who hit everything ...
Still in good order when the AA arrives again ... UTG + 1 ... standard raise ... 6! callers ... this is obviously a nightmare ... but AQx flop looks tremendous news for a check raise ... I check ... but amazingly it is checked right around ... river is a T giving a flush draw ... nightmare ... I make a small bet fearing the worst (KJ) ... one caller ... I am happy to check the river and take the pot versus the other Ace who sadly missed their two pairs ...
Had a few super marginal spots which I elected to pass on but got gready with my KK raise called in the BB ... allowing a gutshot on the river ... this checked momentum but I spent last two levels looking for spots to re-shove that just weren"t there ...
Next time ...
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Genting event seems so far away now ...
Watching the final table fairly hilarious/tedious.
Hilarious to see the guy who limped called my all in with his Q8s vs my AJ ... obviously he won that one ... and then won £16k+
He also talked me into a two hand penalty for folding out of turn - I did do it - but pretty harsh given the the dealer motioned to collect the player"s cards two ahead of me, which triggered the player to my right to fold, which triggered me to fold ...
Also the player who made a bizarre miss-click raise with QTo - blinds were 250/500 - raised to 1250 - flat called - then raised to 2250 ... I have AQo ... I thought about it for a while but no need to get committed ... of course it is a Q high flop that I would have won ... as the hand developed he explained he meant to call ... doh ... then called things down and won the and with a pair of queens ... fair enough ...
Tedious because the play was so painfully 1D - except for Barny Boatman donking off his stack with 22 into the semi slow played AK which spiked the turn ... Ruslav took that hand down and glad he won it for that alone ... overall the standard seemed pretty weak/dull ... a bit more ABC might have served me well ... that said if AJ holds vs Q8s in play on Day 2 and ready to rumble ...
Next time!
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Played a little push and shove poker $1/$2 ($40 cap) ... got well ahead then lost some flips ... yawn ...
A pointlessly early exit in the Big $11 - 10,000+ runners - flush draw shove that was always getting called.
The Big $55 has just begun - FOCUS.
Ate some venison steak and thought of swiss rolls - happy days.
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But a short night after a very early QQ vs AK ... losing to the low straight on the river ... then shoved the flush draw with up and down straight draw ... flush would have tripled me back into play but was already against the nut straight ... no escape.
Lots of tempting things to play ... mmm
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Any given Sunday at about 4pm ...
My familar friend the Sunday Warm up appears ...
It"s one of the tournaments that doesn"t get in the way of life now that it starts at 4pm.
There does seem to be a slight move in the poker world to get to more sensible start and finish times - Bravo.
Side effect is that I lose control of the TV - which for the moment means I must watch "Make it or break it" - US wannabe gymnast show - super cheesy but quite addictive - I forget what comes next in the epic Sunday TV schedules ...
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Spewy exit ...
I flat with 76s - flop 652 rainbow ... and call the bet ... call behind ...
Turn 7 - bringing the flush draw ... all in by the original raiser ... trivial call for me ... also called behind ...
The shove came from 44 ... call from 75 ... so I am 71.4% to triple up ... to nearly triple the average ... but the river is a spewy 3 ... to reward to the spewy shove ...
Exit night ... Time for Pizza ...
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Spewy exit ...
I flat with 76s - flop 652 rainbow ... and call the bet ... call behind ...
Turn 7 - bringing the flush draw ... all in by the original raiser ... trivial call for me ... also called behind ...
The shove came from 44 ... call from 75 ... so I am 71.4% to triple up ... to nearly triple the average ... but the river is a spewy 3 ... to reward to the spewy shove ...
Exit night ... Time for Pizza ...
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It"s at this point that you"re supposed to congratulate yourself on getting it in so good, and completely owning the other players........ but ffs, poker really does suck some times.
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... I think that is roughly the feeling ...
Although to be honest my thought process is more quit playing until I can play the volume required to iron out the volatility ... until then I must smile ... although not often you get both a spewy shove and a spewy call in the same hand!
I want the shove, and the call but 28.6% of the time I am dead.
It"s a weakness in the game, but the weakness keeps the volume of players so high, creating massive prizes. I am amazed at some of the play you see ... the Genting exit was worse the limp call with Q8s is simply amazing ... unless I shove absolutely every hand it is -E(X) ... if I shove every hand it is about +1% ... GENIUS!
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Did you play both warmups louis?
I have ad a major sunday shot taking session today with no school tomorrow.
played both kickoffs, both warmups, both millions
am ITM in one of the warmups, short stacked in one of the millions - out of everything else
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cashed in warm up, finishing 73rd for $1K+ change.
lost a 2.4 million chip pot for the chip lead when AA < QQ of PokerstarsPro Asia Bryan Huang
die poker
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It"s all pretty savage ...
I only played the normal warm up ... Double Vision ... Double Milking ...
I have a home game this Saturday which might be pretty deadly ... £1/£3 NL - Sit down with £300 : I expect lots of reloads ... but hopefully not from me ...
I cannot take any further beats at the moment ... which means no poker this week!
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Another week - another savaging ...
Played the Betfair $500+ 100 bounty + 50 Live event at the Fox in London.
15,000 chips - 40 min levels - 150 ish runners.
Bounced about and down around the average for most of the first six levels ... my big hands not matched up very well vs trash.
8 levels in - we had only lost three players - we then lost 3 in two hands ... a short stack shove with A6 started a mega war with KQ shoving 90BB to isolate ... called by AJs which held ... next hand a much more standard 99 vs JJ defeat but lots of new players arriving including the mid stack who played the epic KJ min raise under the gun ... I flat with AK ... flop AQx ... auto shove from the mid stack ... ten on the river ... yawn ... I am still alive but on life support ... my AA then quad me back into play ... but my 88 shove Vs AQ vs AJ cannot hold and another frustrating exit.
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Seems so long ago that the cards were in the air ...
This week has been, thus far ... 74.5 hours work ... one lunch at Harrods ...
Harrods : Nice lamb ... great deserts ... then off the to the pet section ... amazed to see live animals for sale ...
Bengal Kittens - £900 each
Boxer Dog pups - £4,200 each
Just recovering from this, I walked around the corner to see the dog grooming saloon in full swing ... sadly no dogs on the canine treadmill or being massaged ...
But bought an excellent cat nip fish for my mother"s cat ...
I"ve not been there for about 27 years ... but might return for an early morning look in the near future ... some weird and wonderful goods ... (including doggie diapers and pup cakes) ...
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I think this is now my non-poker playing blog ...
Made it to 80.5 hours work last week ... not going to make it quite so high this week ... due to a bizarre "mix up" which is going to see me watching the "Got to Dance - Live Final - at Olympia" ...
I think the plan is that next year my girlfriend"s dance group will enter ...
My plan for next year is to reclaim all this work time and play some cards ... run good ... and smile.
We shall see ...
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Enjoying the Chelsea nonsense - Rafael Benitez for the job - that would be relatvely amsuing and pointless ... I love the rationale that he could get more out of Torres ... who could get less?
I love them (Sky) asking Neil Warnock for pearls of wisdom ...
Next up the England manager farce ...
Why does the FA operate in such an asburd manner?
Surely they can work out who they want and make a discreet approach.
Just get Redknapp installed as the manager - get on with it.
Also watched Dundee United play out a terrible encounter with ICT - great form unless you watch them play - direct up front but they really cannot defend!
Scottish football getting worse and worse ...
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Just get Redknapp installed as the manager - get on with it.
Pretty sure the FA would balls this up and wouldn"t put it past them to give the job to Jamie (or louise) by accident
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I also don"t understand why Redknapp himself doesn"t just come out and say, I"d love the job in the summer if it was offered.
Hardly a secret.
The FA can"t be seen upsetting the applecart, so I get why they are sitting on the hands, and then they"d probably get themselves tied up by doing that!
FA isn"t a business, but they try to run it like it is,
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I would say that the FA should be run like a business ... but isn"t!
Business for me is just about deciding what outcome you seek and then looking at the best way to get there.
Lots of not for profit organisations that are run like businesses so the end users get the best results/most resources.
FA seems intent on minimsing results for the end users ...
Main strategies - Head in sand : Head in clouds : Hire managers with no cultural awareness of English players : No tactical awareness : Last manager to deliver - Bobby Robson?
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Purely based on percentage won v played Capello (P42 W28 D8 L6) is on top - best in a selection of managers since 1946.
But you know what they say about statistics don"t you :)
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Capello : You need to weight the importance of the games ... World Cup 2010 ...
Had England won their group last 16 game vs Ghana ... Uraguay waiting ...
Why didn"t they win the group - because they were playing playground football vs Algeria.
At half time vs Algeria - I wandered off to the gents - where an England "fan" declared he was going to stab his eyes out rather than watch anymore ...
His eyes survived despite the second half ... though not sure how they faired in the Germany game ...
Terry Venables was okay - but the rest - it"s just crazy - take a team of great players and minimise them.
Every tournament I can recall you felt that England would lose to the first decent team they played ... and pretty much that is what happened ... Euro 1996 was different ... the dismantling of Holland was superb ... Euro 2004 with Rooney fit they looked great ... without Rooney just waiting to lose a gun fight vs Portugal (always Portugal) ... Euro 2012 will be interesting ... who will they teleport in as manager??
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I have only skim read the above - to return later ... but I like the quote ...
"Bobby steps down and then we get the turnip"
He is defo my favourite English manager - Would he ever had got the job but for the crazy comebacks in the UEFA Cup (2006)?
I love his You Tube effort on speaking English in the Dutch "smoking a pancake" stylee ...
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I"ve still not managed to get back through the England memory lane you tube videos ... it"s an interest montage ... I watched England Vs Germany in 1990 in a pub owned by a German in Scotland ... crazy nights ...
My head is finally ready to play some poker again ... seems like a long time since the cards were in the air ...
Looking forward to the new look APAT League and the $6m g"tee on Pokerstars - I will skip the Warm Up and look to maximise the work that can be done on Sunday ...
The only other feature of the weekend is my return to the gym with personal trainer - how long will this last??
I like the idea of being back to 14 stone for my 40th Birthday in September ... today 15 stone 1 ... feels like a suitably tricky challenge.
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Good luck with the weight loss Louis, I know how hard it can be. I was on my way to the gym just the other evening but regrettably the walk takes you past the Ship Inn and I found the comfort of the soft sofa type seat much more appealing than the bench at the gym. Will try to go again tommorrow afternoon, will walk the long way round!
Seriously best of luck
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Looking forward to knocking myself back into shape ... until now I was broadly happy being fat!
Today"s intro was suitably testing - but a good trainer - in that he pushed but did not kill me.
Really interesting to do some boxing - super satisfying to land some solid blows into the trainers pads.
Will go twice a week and walk 50 miles - eat sensibly (reduce carbs) - see where we get to.
It might be fun to start doing some competitive sport again at 40??
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Dundee United Vs Celtic - a value bet for United to win?? 4.4/1 on Betfair - with the potential chance to chop the bet??
Small bet on the above.
Small bet on Gavin Gunning to score first too ... 40/1 ish ... Dixon to swing it in ... Gunning bullet header???
I have seen Celtic beat United so many times - but I fancy it will be close today.
United direct up front, if they can win and retain enough ball, and defend properly, perhaps two big IFS.
A bigger bet on Wesley Fofana to score first vs England at 12/1.
Less than three months until kick off - crazy.
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Aside I think 15/8 on England to not qualify at the Euros is a terrific bet.
France and Sweden without Rooney (who up front) - last game A to Ukraine - England terrible record vs Sweden.
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Good grief - I now recall why I don"t get too involved in watching football these days.
Dundee Utd the marginally better side vs Celtic until Robbie Neilson decides to forearm smash Samaras - GAME OVER.
The manager makes the wrong call in subbing off Mackay-Stevens who has stretched the play and kept the supply to Forrest at NIL - but it"s Neilson who "sold the jerseys" ...
Weak
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congratulations on your win last night in the league game, very nice result. Seeing as you are running hot - any tips for Cheltenham?
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... not running hot on sports betting ... (or horses) ... I will post if I have any notions.
Assuming Van Persie is fit for Euro 2012 - I would have thought Holland at c6/1 might be a jolly bet!
I "dreamt" that Deep Purple would win the Grand National too!
Still getting my head straight from last night - all ran pretty smooth - I felt from 20 out I had a great chance - hit a lot -stole a lot - makes one tricky to play - also won a AK vs AKs - four to a flush and Ax vs KK late on - albeit not covered either time ...
Next poker - might be round 2 on Sunday night!
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Great result last night Louis, you played like a demon throughout and it was a pleasure sharing some of it with you. Looking forward to leg 2 already with a great start for the team as well 8)
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Cheers mate - I was in the zone late on whilst delighted to play the strong no 2 whilst you were killing it - a good start for Scotland.
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Great result by you last night mate, started us off in fashion. ;) Heres to many more like that. ;)
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Well that doesn"t leave much "run good" for the warm up now, does it??
Wp btw.
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Well that doesn"t leave much "run good" for the warm up now, does it??
Wp btw.
Smile - I think with the same cards I would have been running pretty well and deep - but given the scale of the Warm Up maybe "just" getting to the last 100 before needing some more cards/skill/luck.
I was playing the $6m g"tee at the same time ... hit the lower straight and then ran into trips and then jammed JT into QQ and AK ... (or something like that!)
More satisfying to win an event than be top 100 ... but feeling due some luck in running in a bigger event ...
Bought into Day 1C of the Genting London at the end of the month.
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Genting will be next face to face poker for me ... with three day 1"s ... should get to 400+ runners @ £400 ... pretty spicy pot to win ...
It"s usually APAT that gets me back in the zone wanting to take these bigger things on ... map APAT victory on Genting ... just need to avoid lucky maniacs and a great chance to run deep ... avoiding lucky maniacs can be troublesome ...
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I thought your usual strategy was to BE the luck maniac? ;)
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I thought your usual strategy was to BE the luck maniac? ;)
In bigger tournaments - perhaps the unlucky maniac ...
Albeit it is all part of the masterplan ...
Running quite well in APAT online at the moment ...
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The week is racing by ... work ... work ... work ... followed my second visit to the personal trainer ...
My observation thus far is that if you go to a personal trainer twice a week - you might well be in pain for 6/7ths of the week ...
It"s all good ... it needs done ... I might be under the mythical 15 stone mark tomorrow ...
As I recall it clinical obesity starts for me (5 foot 10) at 15 stone ... it feels harsh ... but soon I will wave it good bye ...
If I am rolling down a hill it will reduce my momentum (p=mv) ... I would also have less potential energy at the top of a building Ep = mgh ...
As one reduces in weight - you encounter heightened risks of being blown over a cliff - it"s a risk I fear - so I will need to be careful ...
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What has happened to Man U and Man C - the massive favourites for the Europa League??
Premiership has been so weird this year - super attacking - terrible defending - which just doesn"t work in Europe.
Obviously Chelsea got back into a decent shape to win last night and Arsenal woke up for their heroic failure vs AC Milan but it feels like the best league in the world has reduced in stature ...
Of course it is 100 times better than Scottish football ...
Albeit we did have Chic Charnley ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic_Charnley
Extract:
"Chic was raised in the North of Glasgow and, evidently gifted as a footballer, was tipped for greatness. However, the early part of his career was chequered by poor discipline which gave him the reputation as a hot head. This scared many clubs away from his talent.
Chic had a voracious appetite for trouble. During a training session in Glasgow"s Ruchill Park, he was attacked by two locals brandishing samurai swords. Charnley responded by leading his teammates in an attack on the two men."
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:D Surprising he never walked into that Wimbledon team around then, Chic made Vinny Jones look more like Aled Jones
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I am reviewing this and wondering how I managed to get Chic Charnley on to my blog ...
... neatish link to Irvine Welsh ... who I saw interviewed on Melvyn Bragg"s class and culture show ... I love Irvine for saying he is now Upper Class ... due to his monies ... tongue in cheek me thinks ...
I remember when Trainspotting came out - such a great book to read - but made me a little nervous of wandering about Edinburgh at night!
Lots written about it glorifying drug use - but for me it was a tale of everyone having a story to tell - and telling it well -a spotlight into the lives of people you would never otherwise see ...
I think I should re-read it ... my favourite Irvine Welsh story regards a concerned father beating up Goofy at Disneyland for scaring the kids ... or did I dream that??
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I am not convinced by the merits of waking up at 4am on a Saturday ...
Pondering the UKIPT Nottingham - such a grind though - will see how The Genting runs.
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Saturday afternoon football.
Bet on Dundee United to beat Rangers at 2/1 ... terrible match ... Rangers the marginally better side ... but 1-0 down to a sweet strike.
Dundee United now 3/5 - so sitting on a sweat freeroll ... having closed things out.
The game feels like a pre-season friendly - how often can you play at 5/10 and be ahead of Rangers??
Managed to put my Blackberry through the washing machine this morning - It"s a hall of fame action of sheer folly - but what can you say - it"s insured - a pain to retreive numbers and to use alternative handset for a few days.
My last blackberry died in a teacup ...
Before that I dropped a phone down the toilet ...
... before that I fell into the sea ... before that I lost a phone on a hill in Lisbon ... before that a BMX bandit stole my phone whilst I was on it in North London ...
I think this was the first one still in a contract - so 13 years insurance finally gets a claim!
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Nice to re-gather some monies ... you have to wonder why Aluko not on the pitch from the start ...
Let"s follow it up with Wales to win by more then 5.5 pts ... 4/5 shot ... seems solid.
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Managed to put my Blackberry through the washing machine this morning - It"s a hall of fame action of sheer folly
I almost soiled my pants there, just so funny :D :D :D
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The blackberry is currently in a bowl of rice which will "draw out the water" ... I am not optimistic although it was only cooking at 40 degrees ...
If it came back to life - so I could get my numbers off it - it would be a tremendous result!
Sunday Warm Up has just kicked off ... card dead and missing all my draws ... not a problem if I start hitting them later.
Looking forward to APAT League match this evening - I have just about gone off online poker but this brings it back to life - It"s an interesting circle that of drifting from the game and then APAT pulling me back in by hook or crook ... very unlikely that I will be able to play many of the face to face events - unless in London.
On another note - looking at my diary for the DTD UKIPT - such a massive first prize on offer!
Mmm ...
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Sunday Warm up is driving me mad ... lots of drawing hands ... but missing them all ... no pairs in about an hour ... here come the Aces ... min raise ... all fold ... 25 BBs but need to get busy ... I should say I have min raised all sorts before and got called or re-raise every time!
Enjoying the following in the Pokerstars lobby:
Cowboys Full (Men only play money tourney)
550 play chips to enter, with a g"tee of 1,000,000 play chips
Currently 2085 runners - I am fascinated by what the style of play would be??
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Break 2 and last hand has me down to dust ...
Short stack shove ... re-shoved by another short stack ... 88 is pretty marginal ... but for the win and all that ...
88 vs A4 vs KQ ... flop is JT2 ... river is a 9 for the straight ... don"t really "mind" the AQK ... but the 9 is like being hit in the face with a spoon ...
The A4 only took 40% of my chips - so it"s the right call - especialy if KQ is the re-shove??
Anyway I have 4 BBs ...
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Enjoying the following in the Pokerstars lobby:
Cowboys Full (Men only play money tourney)
550 play chips to enter, with a g"tee of 1,000,000 play chips
Currently 2085 runners - I am fascinated by what the style of play would be??
You can thank an APAT medallist for that tournament - he got fed up of seeing Women"s tournaments and emailed Stars as a joke to ask for a Men Only tourney. That"s what he got!
(see if you can guess who the APAT medallist was...)
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Smile - it"s sold out ... 15,000 runners!
I have just seen someone bet 2000 into a pot of 100,000, he is raised to 40,000, so shoves his stack with second pair versus the made flush ... mmm
APAT event no joy - very lucky early on calling the shove with KQ into Kxx vs AA ... queen on the river ...
Played some nice stuff to build a stack - but then cut down choosing to call with AK vs early position shove 99 - You hope for the weaker Ace ... then to win the race ... but not winning races tonight ... killed with AQ vs 44 ...
It"s all a bit shovefest like for my liking - but Scotland seem to be running pretty well!
Maybe will settle down now ...
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Monday night - brain is suitably weak to the point it has selected The Love Machine as an ideal watch ...
Chris Moyles - okay on radio : Terrible on TV
Stacy Solomon - Terrible
Concept - Absurd
One series only - surely.
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Monday night - brain is suitably weak to the point it has selected The Love Machine as an ideal watch ...
Chris Moyles - okay on radio : Terrible on TV
Stacy Solomon - Terrible
Concept - Absurd
One series only - surely.
It"s a dating game Louis and the country is full of deprived/depraved/deplorable brain dead idiots. It"s a certainty to run for years :-[
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I thoughts it was quite jolly - just super weird presenters to choose ...
I am a big fan of Take Me Out ... on ITV ... which is wafer thin but jolly.
In a bizarre mix up I filmed a pilot for a Paddy McGuiness show - not a dating game - but featured people dressing up as amongst other things ... a bunch of grapes ...
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I thoughts it was quite jolly - just super weird presenters to choose ...
I am a big fan of Take Me Out ... on ITV ... which is wafer thin but jolly.
In a bizarre mix up I filmed a pilot for a Paddy McGuiness show - not a dating game - but featured people dressing up as amongst other things ... a bunch of grapes ...
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I"m intrigued, sounds bizarre ;D I"ve been on TV 3 times, once under the name of "Andy Franks" whilst drunk :D
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I think I have only been on TV twice ... a terrible Scottish TV quiz called Snap! - Win ... and the Weakest Link - Lose ...
I have filmed a couple of pilots too - but from memory neither have hit the screens!
TV - lots of sitting around - presenters are smaller and/or more diminutive than you would expect.
Anne Robinson - script writing huddle before each comeback to the constestants ...
I was the second best player on the Weakest Link - the ideal position to win from - unless a crazy contestant votes me off and plays against the strongest player and gets hammered ... doh!
We were only playing for something like £2,640 - but had I won I might well have quit my job and gone travelling for a few months - It might well have changed the rest of my life - so the doh could well be + E(X) for me ...
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One week to the Genting event - time to win something - played in a very turbo face to face tonight - small stakes - got into a good position but then ran into Aces ... then pushed A7 into xx and K3 ... flop K7K ... turn A ... but no comedy A on the river ...
Looking forward to Sunday night again with Scotland going for their third individual win in a row ...
It will be interesting to see what the numbers are ...
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Through the bouncy ball into some online blackjack ... never seen so many blackjacks in both directions ... but lost most of a buy in ... fell asleep then went to walk in the sun ... drifted into a bookmakers and got on the dream run of Eduard in the Kelso 5.15pm ... held up and strolled home at 4/1 ... was bigger ...
Awaiting the big poker night - APAT online and hopefully a late night!
Getting very tempted to play Stars too - the big $55 - look the spot on way to start 1 hour early!
Game on ...
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Game off ...
Race lost in the Big $55k AKs vs QQ
Value add race lost in the APAT TT vs AK ... was already wounded ... an enjoyable couple of hours but ran into a lot of hands ...
Perfect Saturday night structure ... shame I have been ousted ...
Good game ...
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Sad news that Jocky Wilson has died - my second sporting hero after Alex Higgins.
It was good to hear Sid Waddell speak so warmly and honestly on Sky in his memory.
"The English poison the water, so I clean my teeth with Fanta etc ..."
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Sunday Warm Up lasted 4 mins ... KK in the SB vs AA on the button ... a tricky spot ... could have set mined it ... could have become perhaps my first ever KK fold pre ... but the megan raise looked weak when it was strong ... fair play ...
Back to my reclining chair until 7pm ...
Bad gambling weekend - I thought Rangers vs Celtic - Red Card too short at 1.46/1 on Betfair - first and third red cards were goalscoring chance offenses rather than wildness but the psuedo-value was missed.
It"s all the telling Sunday blow that I should be working and not betting!
Watching Newcastle rip West Brom to pieces - pretty slick up front - no bets on this one!
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Okay the fight back begins +$200 on blackjack - crazy good run followed by crazy bad run - standard ...
Not sure if this can tempted me into the $200k freezeout on I-poker ... mmm ... runs so late! So weak that sense prevails ...
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Golf should be interesting ... Tiger odds on ... feels I need to lay this ... was going great guns until half way through yesterday ... going in the wrong direction??
Time to run some value bets on (too)
Wagner
Howell III
Bubba Watson
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Value - Smalue : Looks like I am unboard the McDowell express ...
Meanwhile Blackjack running good for another +$400 - started playing $20 a hand - spinning the stakes up if I got up $100 ... made it to plus +$850 ... but $50 a hand is pretty deadly!
Looks like I need Tiger to fall in the sea in order to get my weekend back to a decent profit ...
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Weird to be back at desk today ... comforted that some things in sport never change ... Monty P"s fielding in particular ... perhaps I should have also rememerred that Tiger "never" loses when he leads after three rounds ...
I have been watching "Cleverdicks" hosted by Anne Widdecombe - pretty tricky quiz on Sky Atlantic ... today she recounted a tale of childhood bliss when she bought "mitten the kitten from Herman the German" ... true ...
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Genting over - disappointing to not have a chance to play more having got into shove or fold territory - luck required in that spot - running in to KK with KQo not my plan!
Of course you hit the Q which would save you again so much of the range ...
Current Chip leader made it to level 21 - relatively short - then AA vs TT, next hand 88 into 864 vs K6 (who wants to get it all in!) K6 bets - 88 re-raise - K6 all in ... later in the level KK vs AJ, next hand AA vs KQ ... wow ... so roughly 350k to 3m ... back to 2.25m now ... all numbers rough trusting the blog ...
My day 2 seat was promising - those to my right donking off their chips - those to my left short stacks - but you need cards to deal with both ... how is this for a play ... 1000/2000 (200) ... UTG has 90,000 chips ... bets out 30k ... table chipleader dwell folds ... I have AT ... and pretty short I think just under 30k ... I have to fold ... micro stack has called for tilt value ... so we see the KK ... I mean wow ... chipleader declares he folded JJ ... normal KK bet is getting re-raised all day long in the spot ... I will get out of the way ... free chips or a dream KK vs JJ ... quite a lot of bad play on display ... also some good play from Jamie Burland on day 1 fun to play against ... Ellie Biessek also on that table ... now on re-entry well placed in the last 12 ... she made a "blonde" over-raise (her words) and got them all in QQ vs TT ... interesting player ... good record ... not totally convinced ... I trust she will now win it ... and well played if she does.
What else to say - strucutre is good - great field assembled - stopped alternates at about level 7 on day one - was due to be end of level 9 - now only 12 left - albeit had 170 left for day 2 which is Fox capacity - I don"t like meddling once things are running - but the TD did keep players well informed.
I thought the TD dealt well with a somewhat noisy 5 table captain table which had about 15 rulings in about the first 7 hours play ...
Next leg in Edinburgh - feels attractive - might be a bit head down until then - well unless I sat" into the UKIPT £1m g"tee tonight!
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Sunday with no afternoon poker ... turned into 60 mins on the cross-trainer ... 606 (kilo)calories burned ... pretty pleasing effort was behind the pace for 600 cals at 45 mins so speed up ...
I then watched a strange Bollywood film - I prefer their stance of films which I would characterise as creating fantasy which is fun to watch vs Hollywood which is plastic reality which for the most part you sit outside ...
How it is the countdown to APAT at 7pm and UKIPT qualifier - I am getting tempted to play it : Re-route blackjack winnings into a good cause!
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Played lots of $100 heads up matches ... current score 10-10 ... with a even break of luck I think 12-8 or 13-7 would have been a bit more correct!
Yawn yawn ... I know ...
Played the Big $55k last night - inside the money - AK vs KJ defeated - bounced back with 22 vs AA - and A8 vs AQ : I hate poker when all the wrong hands win ... but it teed up my exit hand perfectly ... I raised with 89o and flat the re-raise ... flop 954 ... the continuation bet from the re-raise duly arrives ... so I shove .... quickly called by AQ ... 76% to go to double the average if called ... A on the river ... sigh ...
It"s an okay call from the AQ for pot odds - but 3/4"s of the time I am in great shape to shoot for a big(ger) prize ...
Totally out of the zone today - no cards - and no work - hence UKIPT looking unlikely - managed to get to the gym with my personal trainer asking what hurts stomach or back ... stomach ... okay that"s great you working the right muscles ... tough going ... feeling a little stronger!
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Got smashed up on Stars with coolers and beats ... was feeling pretty in the zone ... but these things bounce you out of it no matter how much you know its just poker.
Got to the APAT event and was in a great position to cruise to some points - but my mind had "invented" some crazy masterplan which seemed to involve a lot of limp folding ... got back to life with a 78s shove with all the draws ... but gave away further chips before shoving A6 into AJ in the BB .... no complaints ... poor play ...
Meanwhile Scotland running very well - a lot of strength in depth which is great - quite a few good players yet to score.
Started the weekend planning an epic work sprint and then off to the UKIPT but it just never happened - I think a £1k token to the Vegas pot - I really do need to make it this year - days booked off work - good to have something to focus on ... game on ...
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Weird to not be at the UKIPT event this week/weekend - It would have been my first - money lies on my desk infront of me to pay in but work would not relent.
The odd thing is that it likely saves me £1k - not that I wouldn"t be confident of playing well enough to cash - just that for the most part the best you can hope for is about a 1/8 chance of making the money and then once there about a 1/10 chance of cashing big ...
So it"s a 87.5% chance of losing £1k and about a 1/80 chance of winning is a decent chunk of money - let"s be generous and say a c1/1600 chance of winning it!
Almost bizarre you would take that bet on - for an approximate E(x) of £0 profit - (-ve really) with costs! - also guess 40 hours play+
Such is poker ... at the moment I am semi-minded to put it all on the national ... perhaps an E(x) of £0 - but only takes 9 minutes ... reading wikipedia the largest ever field was 66 runners ... it lends itself to a fantasy race with two day 1"s well sort of!
I have money on Organisedconfusion at the moment and a weird ante post bet on Deep Purple ... I will sleep on the go crazy betting tomorrow lark ...
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So here it is National day - I win big on the following :
Giles Cross
Organisedconfusion
(Deep Purple - Ante Post - Spew!)
Saver on :
Kilygen
Organisedconfusion has to be tremendous value at 29/1 - if you win the Irish National and then get trained for this then that"s got to be a price ...
Giles Cross - stays forever - could have done with yet softer ground and might be a bit one paced but if a few of the finishers are too far back it must have a shout.
Deep Purple was just a weird super value ante post based on the fact that if Mon Mome can win - anything can win!
Kilygen - not to be trusted - but if it stays on its feet should be up with the front runners ...
It"s pinstickers heaven really - but let"s see how my non-poker day ends!
Good luck those still runners at the UKIPT Nottingham.
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Grand National over - bit of a crazy race.
Only bright part of the day was the bizarre gamble on Deep Purple - a glimmer of hope that my 150/1 ante post shot actually had the scope to win - I think it went off at 25/1 - not sure why?
Anyway - it"s a lazy Sunday and back to the Warm Up for me.
Following the UKIPT shining a light on the tour to play next year??
APAT league tonight - a first free seat in the making??
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Wandered off for some shopping but drifted through a bookies on the way ... +£90 on the greyhounds ... two wins from four races ...
Sunday Warm Up drifted past too ... another min cash ... lots of cards (and luck) at the start ... then suitably card dead ... acting after big stack a good chance to 3 bet so doubled with K5 vs 89 but got killed A9 vs AJ ... such is poker.
APAT - lost a big value added race AK vs QQ - Feels like it might be a poker drought now until next week and the Black Belt Live in London.
It will be interesting to see the odds this year ... last year 7th of 414 ... betting £100 e/w @ 175/1 to make the final table. I think it was 1/8th the odds so more than doubled the prize ... exit hand AQ vs KK ... standard ...
Feels like I have more game now ... maybe that means more ways to get killed!?!
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Greyhounds - Young Sid - A great run in the Blue Riband.
Grabbed the 19/1 for the Derby - not sure that will stand tomorrow.
Black Belt Live coming this weekend - so just a case of work myself into the ground and then wake up with the cards in the air on Saturday!
Looking forward to it ...
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Black Belt Live beckons.
Shame that there are no prices available on Boylesports this year - I think last year it was sold out early which allowed the pricing ...
Day 1B is sold out 225 runners - so hopefully we get to 450+ (alternates - if they are allowing them??)
5.05am at desk ... my Day 1A at work is nearly over ... day 1B to begin at 1.05pm ... L
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Black Belt was fun - played all sorts - got into a good position - but got moved and went card dead for about an hour.
Found TT to squeeze but found KK and no help - about 7 hours in.
The KK player got fully paid with AA, KK, AK and AQ within 10 hands - easy game and so on ...
APAT tomorrow - but not sure what is next beyond that ...
The love of poker on the ebb tonight ... let"s see how tomorrow feels?
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Here we go again ...
I managed to sleep for 11.5 hours which is super unlike me ...
But 4pm and the Warm Up starts ...
Watching bits of football and the Grand Prix - all very good for the neutral.
Feeling a bit hard done by in face to face tournaments of late - good moves back into KK for two tournaments in a row now ...
Nothing in the face to face calendar - the official plan is head down until the Genting Edinburgh at least albeit that is feeling less of a draw at the moment ... (I guess the draw will grow again!)
And then it would be Vegas albeit I failed to attend last year!
We shall see ...
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Poker thin week - but was sitting just outside of the money in the Big $100k yesterday when I lost 99 vs 99 vs AT - still plenty left (with a double) but no joy with QJo vs 66 ...
Moment later playing six handed zoom KK vs AA ... then turned a staight vs set ... which rivered a house ... then lost a race ...
It"s all standard ... long strings of random numbers dancing into the night ...
Until about a second ago - I really didn"t fancy playing the Sunday Warm Up - unfinished business - it would be good to finish it ...
I do love slow Sundays that turn into poker days - albeit lots of work to do first.
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No SCOOP 1 for me ... ideal tournament ... but absolutely full of the cold ... will do well to be awake at midnight for the end of the APAT!
20 min levels - 6 max : Hot Toddy and recover for next weeks offerings.
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APAT - managed to play 52 of the first 100 hands ... just below average having lost the min QQ vs KK as overpairs ...
QQ vs AQ to go to double the average - only one winner there - yawn ...
Failed to treble my dust A9 vs KT vs xx
Pleasing play/annoying result ...
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Super yawn!
Played the Big $55 ... heading towards the money ... flop trips ... lose to the straight draw ... card dead ... lose the required race ... it"s all pretty standard ...
Not sure what I think of it all ... bad enough sitting at home watching Louis Theroux ... but the thought of travelling for such fates fills me with little excitement ...
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Super yawn II ...
First hand of significance for the weekend is top pair vs two overs ... who hits the runner-runner flush ...
Maybe a sign to sleep rather than play poker??
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Currently railing your $215 SCOOP game Louis but won"t let observers chat. Squeeky bum time on bubble with your QQ V AK but glad you got the double up & you"re at least in the money now mate 8) Keep it running...........
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... cheers mate ... we"d been looking to get it in for some time ... I have fold TT and 88 to his 3-bets previously ... maybe a bit weak ... but got the chips in the end!
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N1 Louis, GL. Was beginning to look bad on first read and lot of posts on the forum appear to be quite negative at the moment(George and Shelley excepted).
So glad you is ITM. Let us know how you finish up. :)
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Tedious 389th ... for a minor cash ... I called down a short/mid stack with AJ vs AK ... mmm ...
I then shoved back A9s into AQ (big stack on the button).
Quick often I would let these positions go and wait for un-opened pots - but quite often my AJ is racing and my A9s is a mile ahead ...
Timing ... timing ... I am feeling a poker break coming up ... time to erase a million hands from my memory and come up with a new plan of attack.
Leg 3 of Genting feeling pretty unlikely at the moment ...
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... the poker gods are weird ...
Probably the best card rush of my life playing $0.05/$0.10 with guys from APAT Scotland ...
$10 to $80 before drifting back to $61.53 ...
64o into 66xx4 vs AA and the second nut flush ... followed by (next hand) J3 into 33x3x ...
Good banter ... good game ...
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... the poker gods are weird ...
Probably the best card rush of my life playing $0.05/$0.10 with guys from APAT Scotland ...
$10 to $80 before drifting back to $61.53 ...
64o into 66xx4 vs AA and the second nut flush ... followed by (next hand) J3 into 33x3x ...
Good banter ... good game ...
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Ahhh ya big fish (though Darren won that particular title last night), was great fun but Stars gave me my usual recent run of nut kicking again. That flush into your rivered house was rather painful indeed :D
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I think the best run of cards I ever had was in a £5 re-buy at the original Gutshot ...
At the end of the first hour I had 10 times the starting stack - it didn"t last albeit I did min cash.
Where is this run at the end of a (big) tournament??
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Interesting running in the APAT Friday night get together ... (great work in setting this up) ...
True I hit a lot of drawing hands - but that is why to play them ... stack built I lost KK vs Q9, AA vs top pair after the flop, and top pair vs two overs after the flop ... still had the chip advantage heads up ... albeit behind when AT failed to spike vs 22 ...
Meanwhile in the big $55 ... all in AK vs AQ vs AJ ... flop QQJ ...
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Interesting running in the APAT Friday night get together ... (great work in setting this up) ...
True I hit a lot of drawing hands - but that is why to play them ... stack built I lost KK vs Q9, AA vs top pair after the flop, and top pair vs two overs after the flop ... still had the chip advantage heads up ... albeit behind when AT failed to spike vs 22 ...
Meanwhile in the big $55 ... all in AK vs AQ vs AJ ... flop QQJ ...
Turn 10?
although that would no doubt be followed by a 10 on the river
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... no escape I am afraid ... last weekend was the killer combo of play bad ... run bad ...
Not played since albeit did play a game of "5 crowns" post picnic in the park today.
Weird to have so many cards in my hands - it"s the classic card game of minimal skill - which I duly lost!
Super weird for it to suddenly be baking hot - 28 degrees - following the five weeks of epic greyness.
Genting poker weekend - next weekend - but no plans to run to Scotland - might be a diet of APAT Sunday"s only.
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No poker tonight ...
Eurovision Song Contest - some super weird entries as usual.
I have punted Germany to win - it"s an insane 39/1.
Sweden just above evens - it might well win - but hardly the bet you want to take.
Second favourite are the Russian "grannies" - who were pretty dull - rather like a casio keyboard on autopilot with some token pseudo singing.
Of those that have gone Cyprus was semi-catchy - odds falling slightly - nothing else of note.
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No joy with the Eurovision - it"s a classic tale of the value shots being no value against a dominant favourite.
Pondered betting on Carl Froch - but failed to dive in for the value there!
Key an amazing performance - total domination from the bookies underdog.
Albeit with a penalty on the grid - Schumacher must be a little value at 21/1.
(Nico Rosberg only 4/1 for the race : Quite liking these odds as have him at 20/1+ for the title)
This year"s championship much more compelling than last year"s - another day with laptop and Sky Sports.
Must walk in the sun - Must walk in the sun - Must walk in the sun ...
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Cold poker exit in the APAT league ...
77 into Q74 vs QQ ... would have been an amazing escape ...
At the moment every hand I play makes me feel less and less inclinded to play again until the winter!
Will play the last three APAT weeks of course then take a pause.
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Cold poker exit in the APAT league ...
77 into Q74 vs QQ ... would have been an amazing escape ...
It was cruel Louis - ul.
I went on to lose the chips in two successive hands with AK though - AK < AQ and AK < AT. They must have been jinxed!
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Savage game at the moment ...
Was in the zone a few months back - but need cards to stand up - or you are two hands away from death.
Hard to justify the travel and time - given the horrible ends that so often await.
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Feels like I am in the wrong place today ... should be in Edinburgh ... but busy trying to make work related hay ...
I was super key to play all the Genting main events this year ... but that might be commuted into playing the end of year main event^2 instead?
Interesting event at the International Club
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/festival.php?a=r&n=10623
£15k g"tee - surely more like £30k with various entry points - 5 starting points and surely carnage - not checked the structure though ...
£50 re-entry means many bullets and play every hand!
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Ventured out and found a "new" way to lose half my chips ...
I flop the flush draw in position ... I call the bet ... my opponent goes all in ... in the dark ... the flush promoptly appears ... but the turn card fills up his full house ... I then lose the value added "race" ... AK vs JJ vs J8 ... J8 the obvious winner there ...
Happy to re-enter ... next exit Flush draw miss versus top pair ... standard attempt to gather chips ...
Third try ... got to a decent stack ... but no starting hands better then JJ in five hours ... and finally I re-clash with my all in the dark foe ... AJs vs 77 and out ... 5 mins too late for the last tube ... sigh ... got to wonder why they had a break before the last 30 min level of the day ...
Pretty weak turnout really ... will make the £15k g"tee ... but probably not a whole lot more ...
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APAT
AA vs 44 vs 77 ... 44 always the winner at the moment ... lost a lot of these during the season ... this one inside the money ... two other bigger pairs lost nearing the money in early weeks ... all standard ... earlier lost with AK vs A4 ... standard^2
Earlier in the Warm Up ...
JTs became trips but no good vs the flopped set which became a full house ... I maybe could have escaped with about 11BB ...
... save a better run for something bigger??
Not sure that it works that way ...
Scotland FTW
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Saturday is for gently gambling ...
Mervyn King up in a moment - surely too big for the tournament at 25/1
Also finally and too slowly bet on Holland to win Euro 2012 - only 13/2 at Betfair - should have had more ...
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Denmark 1 Holland 0
Such a weird game - if the world class Dutch strikers shot it could have been a rout.
Was pondering a monster bet on the Dutch : 14.5/1 now : Seems like a punt if their manager can manage to select their best players which I suppose he will have to now.
1988 - lost game one - won the Championship - big odds.
I love all the chat about how bad their back 4 is - oddly then linked to how England"s back 4 plus GK are the best in the tournament ... Glenn Johnson (a defender???) ... John Terry (not long since Liverpool completely torched him) ... Lescott ... dodge city ... I like Hart and Cole ... and Jagielka could step up ... as could Martin Kelly (doubtful for the opener)
Two tardy 1-0 wins and England are Euro-Beaters
Fascinating Monday to follow ...
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Good grief ... dipping my toe back into the poker pools ...
AK vs AA in event 1 ... then need to ram KT into QQ ... KxxxQ
Event 2 - Big $55k
42o into 842 rainbow ... my opponent does the betting ... turn 9 ... he is then all in with A8 ... river A ... 92 Vs 110 BBs at the start of the hand ...
So I limp on with c20BB when I ram AJ into KK and TT ... J on the river ... but no miracle ...
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Got to get up early to watch "pages from ceefax" - with accompanying lift music ...
That said better than the BBC News which is debating the definition of "solidarity" ... the German speaker"s version is you need to play by the rules or be punished ... interesting ... overall I do agree ... but it"s not solidarity ... it fairness ... but first one needs stability ...
Not exactly convinced that the US letting Lehmans fail was helpful ... it was probably "fair" ... but now we get 10 years of nightmare ... sometimes you need a fudge to keep the train moving ... once you are off the rails it"s a struggle to drive your train on the mud ...
Back to bed ...
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Rather enjoying the cricket this morning ... in front of a sp**** Egbaston crowd ... first number XI to score a fifty versus England for 106 years ...
Inept fielding/captaincy ... where is the edge ...
I know a dead rubber and people rested but there needs to be some sort of a plan ... like having an extra slip ...
Fair play to Strauss for his batting this series - but always a bit robotic as a captain.
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Rather enjoying the cricket this morning ... in front of a sp**** Egbaston crowd ... first number XI to score a fifty versus England for 106 years ...
Inept fielding/captaincy ... where is the edge ...
I know a dead rubber and people rested but there needs to be some sort of a plan ... like having an extra slip ...
Fair play to Strauss for his batting this series - but always a bit robotic as a captain.
Ha, sparse , just testing.
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Sparse. S****horpe.
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Any more ?
Sorry for the derail. :)
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Sp****. S****horpe.
Amazingly enough I was thinking of testing the concept of a sparse crowd at S****horpe for the cup game vs Arsenal ...
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France 1 England 1 ...
... once again a super weird game ... it feels like if England had any confidence they could do quite well ... but once they get 1-0 ahead ... the battle plan is to play ridiculously deep ... the second half was astonishing ... not seen the possession figures get ... feels like 65/35 to France in the second half ...
Lescott"s goal showed pretty clearly that France would struggle to defend any crosses - so why not press that home??
You could easily see England drawing every game and out.
I think someone mentioned that England have failed to beat a top team in a major championship for 10 years!
You can see why ...
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Agree, can"t be doing with Lawro (or Shearer and Hansen)
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... it was 50/50 last night who provided more insight ... Lawro or my mother (who does have eyes - but knows "nothing" about football) ...
I have a little bit of time for Shearer + Hansen ...
Get get the impression that Lineker spends his whole life walking about making/saying puns to himself and chuckling to himself ...
England so need to win the group ... QF vs Spain would be pretty scary ... Gerrard great ball in for the goal ... but running on empty in the second half ... who is going to win and retain the ball??
Fair play to the Swedish goalkeeper for jumping out of the way of Walcott"s shot too!
I like Walcott but super lucky last night ... (albeit Terry unlucky just before) ...
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Poker standard - lost to the nut flush playing JTs into Jxx - flush on the turn kills me ...
Golf Bets - Stricker 80/1 - 5 off the lead - looks value - time for one of these to come in ...
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Have you watched Jamie Carragher on ITV ?. It"s more Jeremy Kyle than Euro 2012...
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Lawro put me on major tilt last night
After Glenn Johnson had played the whole sweden team onside for the first goal then left Mellberg for the second, Lawro commented that Johnson had been England"s best defender.
He then slated Walcott for being a "one game against Croatia" one trick pony, before actually trying to claim credit himself for Walcott turning the game around for England.
But more than that, it was his whiney pessimism that had me reaching for the red button and the marginally (but only just) better "moyles commentary"
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... I like to think his brain has a capacity for one unit of information ...
Johnson is a jester in defence - albeit he made some good last ditch tackles ...
Poker - I was 30th from 8000+ going into the money of the big $11 - pretty standard to run better in smaller events!
However $12k+ up top - so time to continue running good ...
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Have you watched Jamie Carragher on ITV ?. It"s more Jeremy Kyle than Euro 2012...
LOL, Carragher is terrible, but the what d"ya expect from a koppite! It"s like Anfields boot room on these shows.
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Carragher does amuse me ... mainly because it"s as if he has entered the wrong studio ... but is just running with it ...
Now 4th of 688 remaining from 8158 ... 125 BB
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Chip lead with 620 left ... 152BB ...
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Break: 3rd from 481 ... 102BB ... hand before break ... I call the late position min raise with 67s in the BB ... flop is 789 ... but unfortunately no further imporovement for the extra 40BB pot vs QQ ...
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7 high oop v an uncapped range......
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7 high oop v an uncapped range......
Each to his own ... the hand before I won a nice pot out of position playing 65o ...
Break : 3rd of 210 remaining : 117 BB : For the win ...
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Gl btw.
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Cheers mate - back to the chip lead with 196 left ...
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Break
Back to 30th of 106 ... 41 BB ... will be needing some cards or to win some races soon ...
Got savaged TT vs 99 aipf ... flop 992 ...
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Break
Back to 30th of 106 ... 41 BB ... will be needing some cards or to win some races soon ...
Got savaged TT vs 99 aipf ... flop 992 ...
railing - got there just in time to see that one - vul
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... yeah pretty savage way to lose an extra 25BB pot ...
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Break
15th of 52 ... 41BB
Was pegged back with JJ vs BB (AQ) into QQ8 ...
Went multiway with 54s ... flopped flush ... hated the paired board ... so won the min ... mmm ... still very in play ...
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Too painful ...
JJ into 993 ... turn a Q ... but vs 33 ...
44th of 8158 ... yawn ...
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... made a very quick visit to the Fox Poker Club last night ... played ten hands of £1/£1 ... made £10 profit ... playing every hand ... as poker should be ... well sort off ...
First hands for over a month face-2-face or online.
Good to be away from it - albeit in between the WSOP main event drifted past - my two friends who played out on Day 1 and 2 - usually they do better - next year.
Golf bets on - McDowell started very well - could be a nice 33/1 shot - money a bit better spread than is sometimes the case - also on Donald/Dustin J and Noren (at very long odds).
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Played the Fox £250 Superday Super - £250+20+10 : 20,000 chips - 30 minute clock.
Great structure to get things done in a long day - something like 98 runners with 13 re-entries.
Starting table including : James Akenhead (on my left) - Steve Watts (on my right) - through in Joe Beevers and Kirit Patel ... and probably the toughest table I have sat on ...
Records :
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=52296
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=1
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=118589
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=95406
Amusing to have two Poker Million champions on the table ... also amusing to float and win vs Patel and Beevers early on ... quickly progressed to +50% of starting stack and picked up a straight up and down draw vs Watts and Patel for the probable chip lead but no help ... and back to starting stack ...
Part 2 in a moment ...
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Part II - Middle phase of the tournament - fairly frustratingly card dead - not a great spot to be in with James Akenhead playing the super aggressor ... but with about 45 left ... we are both at about half average and 20BB ... super bad news for the table as he triples up TT vs 77 vs 66 ... even worse to follow as he rivered a straight 66 vs AK whilst covered.
Meanwhile I was playing the super short stack going for hopefully live card shoves ... winning 75s vs AJ and KQ into AT (Akenhead) ... great timing ... but it cannot last forever ... Akenhead steamrolling now with an A2 vs AQ win ... followed up by a massive pot with the nut flush draw but no over cards vs a set on the flop ... it hit ... and with 15 left just about a quarter of the chips in play ... 12 paid ... I elect to fold 66 vs the shove with three to act after me ... it looks inspired with Akenhead 99 ... but flop brings a 6 and the turn another for the mythical quads when it would have mattered ... it"s all so super marginal as is my end ... on the bubble I re-shove with AT vs 88 ... but no help and the bubble is mine!
Banter was good on the table ... need to play a bit more ... missed a chance to shove earlier for what would have been a valued added race - it was a mirror head to the Akenhead re-shove - you need the overcards to make it a race - I smelled a rat that wasn"t there albeit I was behind and my foe was never folding.
Akenhead good to play against ... Watts unlucky making a great call but losing to a flush ... which chipped up a semi-calling station but the chips went elsewhere. Beevers made and died with a big move vs the overpair ... up and down with no help ... Kirit ran into AK with AT ...
Will track down the final result later ... gives me the taste again ... albeit not sure how much time I have for much more than 1 day events ...
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Absurdly hot in London - where is the happy medium of 25 degrees with a breeze??
Looking forward to playing a bit more face to face poker - albeit I think August 4th will next event - £250 1 day event at the Fox ... it has to be the way forward!
Looking forward to playing some bigger things later in the year - but really need to get head down first.
Good to play against "better" players - played some weird floaty hands - could have chosen earlier points to race.
In classic style - made the super correct - super marginal - fold that would have spiked - small margins.
James Akenhead enjoyed the maths of it ... I would have enjoyed his run of cards from 25k to 600k in about 2 hours ...
TT vs 77 vs 66 : 66 vs AK (Staight on the river to win) : A2 vs AQ win : AQs flush draw post flop war into 88x vs K8 - for massive double up with the 25% shot ...
Of course he would have preferred it in Vegas ... serial small (for him) cashes this year ...
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Time to start gambling a bit more ... (though also be more disciplined)
Bet 1 - Senegal to beat Team GB : 4.3/1
Took a bit of 5/1 on Adrian Lewis to win World Matchplay
Also a little on Uraquay to win the Olympics football ...
Let"s see how I run ...
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... Lewis gone ... but some mega trading has left me ... Terry Jenkins +£315 ... the Field -£5 ... played some great battling stuff ... can he reach the final ... and win a major final at his eighth attempt!?!
Looks like a NIL poker weekend ... with food, work and folly to accomodate!
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Watching the gymnastics ... (beam) ... train for 4 years ... fall three times in 1 minute ... (brutal) ... execution score 4.933 ... you get 0.000 if you "fall on your back" (in the vault) ... watching the final session of qualifiers this evening at the arena ... first Olympic attendence ... few more events dotted about over the next two weeks ... will be interesting to see how much value add, being at the event vs Armchair and TV!
It all plays havoc with playing any poker ...
I love the BBC commentators - why do they hire experts then insist on complementing this with idiots who have no knowledge on the sports they commentate ... no knowledge if a score is good or not ... you could be ahead of these lay commentators in about 60 mins on wikipedia ... do they add something else? Often they cannot even read the scoreboards as they appear before us ... oh well ...
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Back to The Fox for their Super Saturday 1 day event : £250+20+10 : 20,000 chips - 30 min clock - slow structure.
2pm start - I was knocked out racing on the bubble last time - at about 1am.
Could be a little earlier this week with a smaller field?? (Genting Stoke effect)
I think 98 runners plus 13 re-entries last time I played.
Hopefully a time to run good and find/bring A Game ...
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Chopped for the majority of a seat in the Super Saturday ... then ran card dead throughout ... standard ... finally re-raising all in with 55 vs 77 when hoping for the race if called ...
One day tournaments are the way forward!
And as it happens there is a £500+50 to play tomorrow.
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/festival.php?a=r&n=9554
Maximum capacity 70 - 20 online qualifiers : 20,000 chips -30 minute levels - very tempting.
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Super sleepy ... so I will keep powder dry for a bigger field ...
Have backed Dundee United to beat Hibs (Half Time/Full Time) ... would be a good way to get the day rolling.
I have punted Ryan Bailey to win the 100m - 24/1 is nuts given his run in the heats (9.88s) - probably chop the downside for the final.
Could be a very close finish - with Blake at 95% - if that is true how does he beat Blake who can run 9.75s?
I had Blake for 100m at the worlds at big odds when Bolt false started (under pressure) ... whoop whoop ...
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Hibs suitably dreadful - could/should have been much more than 3-0 ... so sitting on a £2k free-roll on Ryan Bailey (for the day) ... looking forward to the semi-finals at 7.45pm.
It"s annoying me that I think Blake will win by the tiniest of margins ... say 0.05 ... holding off the "fast finishers" ...
Hopefully Bailey can upset Bolt in the Semi Finals and I can take profits.
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Bolt back to jogging 9.87s ... oh dear ... great to see ... but bad for my "value" bet ... annoying that Bailey couldn"t re-run his 9.88 and put the tiniest bit of pressure on Usain.
Looks like it will be three men under 9.80s in the final - maybe all 8 under 10s??
Latest odds on Betfair
Bolt 1.34
Blake 4.9
Gatlin 25
Gay 90
Bailey 240
Powell 370
Bolt much more on odds for the Worlds - perhaps a bad start required.
If I look at it now it"s a no bet - maybe some "value" on Gatlin - but it"s all feeling like betting on a bad start ...
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I think it is true to say my last online hand of poker was on 20/6/2012 ... I am not really sure why?
The desire has diminished ...
... conversely the desire to play face to face has increased ...
That should equate to playing the Fox main event today - but it will have to wait a month - lazy day then off to Scotland for a few weeks away from the madding crowd of London.
The Olympics have been weird - I have enjoyed it but the enjoyment has been somewhat reduced by the BBC"s coverage and their tunnel vision - and also their inclusion of Gary Lineker as a presenter.
All the Bolt stuff bores me to death - the other night he ran the same time as Michael Johnson did 16 years ago - he"s great but Blake can beat him and may take his 200m world record.
David Rudisha breaks the 800m world record and it"s all about Bolt ... yawn ... living legend or boring legend ...
I enjoyed the total hockey of Holland beating GB 9-2 ...
The atheltics Super Saturday was great - would love Farah to double up tonight.
He is joint favourite with "Dejen Gebremeskel" on Betfair - there might be some value elsewhere??
Pondering.
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Farah is the King ... he touch 4/1 in running ... which I missed ... sigh!
Grabbed Savinova in the Women"s 800m ... ridiculous 7/2 ... won at a canter ...
No betting opportunities in the 400m relay ... just a procession ...
Well unless I bet on Ukraine to beat Britain (GB were 1.25).
Men 100m relay - odds on for the world record - 1.57 - They should subject to baton changes ...
The forecast Jamaica/USA is short enough at 1.27 - given dodgy batons - I need to be laying this I think ...
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Back to Scotland today ... so even less poker!
Enjoying the rest!
Also enjoying betting against Hibs.
They were truly dreadful vs Dundee United.
Hard to see Hearts not beating them today - a touch over evens - but I will get greedy again for the half time/full time result at 5/2.
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... and finally back to an online game ... albeit playing like a passive limping donkey with no cards ...
Still alive in the Big $109 - but with a 1/3 of the average chips after 55 mins ...
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... I recall poker ... raise all in with a gutshot and hopefully overcards vs the made set ... which becomes the house on the turn ...
Tournament II ... turn the set ... vs the flopped straight ...
Pretty average play to be honest ... playing trippy trappy and falling in my own traps ... oh well ...
Perhaps I will need to play the Warm Up to re-deem myself??
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Half Time
Dundee Untied 3 Dundee 0 - I didn"t back the half time/full time as too skinny.
In lots of ways Dundee the better team - but dismantled by a goalkeeping error, a deflection and a wonder strike from Johnny Russell.
I took a pleasing punt on Gunning to score first £13 to win £369.50 (less 5% comms).
I also took a punt on a hat-trick being scored at 33/1 - Russell has two at half time - would be a jolly one-time bet to come in.
United looking pretty slick on the break ...
My head is coin-flipping between having a headache or not ... would be a pleasing race to win for the Sunday Warm Up at 4pm ...
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Run good ... run bad ... my potential hat-trick hero sent off after 72 mins ... it was the classic scenario with the game heating up - what should have been two yellow cards became two reds and a yellow ... referee put under pressure by others joining the fray ... super dull second half with Dundee settling for their three nil defeat.
Headache has dissapated ... so poker kick off is 15 minutes away ... It has been quite a while ... need some run good ...
Struggling to find any epic bets for the evening.
Hardly value but will have a go at Jason Dufner - in the US Golf (2 off the lead hitting a 63 yesterday) - that said 6/1 is thin enough with 21 players within 5 shots.
Sergio Garcia leads but 7/2 feels mega thin - albeit you always think he could really come good again if the putter starts working.
Back to the poker ...
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Run good ... run bad ... my potential hat-trick hero sent off after 72 mins ... it was the classic scenario with the game heating up - what should have been two yellow cards became two reds and a yellow ... referee put under pressure by others joining the fray ... super dull second half with Dundee settling for their three nil defeat.
Think it was all handbags TBH and agree they should"ve been yellow. likewise Pardew yesterday, first game of the season & all that, should"ve had common sense prevail
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Seems like distant nonsense now ... I have always followed Dundee United since c1983 ... at times I have been an active fan ... which it has to be said was generally a painful experience ... if Russell and Mackay-Stevens stay then we should make it to 2nd place ...
Poker at the weekend was nonsense too ... played the tournaments okay ... but ran into massive made hands and spots where I decided to gamble but was crushed.
Meanwhile ran great on the cash tables - turning $60 into $380 - with a little drift down at the end ...
I have hunger for poker - but they are outweighed by the hunger of HMRC/VAT for monies and accounts - I would prefer to lick my window than do my VAT but that is insufficient for the authorities I am afraid ...
DTD Grand Prix is calling but it looks like being crushed ...
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Second good cash session in a row last night $200 up to $683 then cashed out at $473 getting a bit crazy ... albeit that"s how I got to the $683!
Best for today:
Sheff Wed
Raith
Stenhousemuir
Ross County
Maybe it should "just" be a massive single on Stenhousemuir ...
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Berwick Vs Rangers should be help yourself time for the Rangers forwards ... pick a score.
I watched Annan vs Berwick last week 3-2 - but both side were desperately bad.
Hat-Trick scored : 7.8 on Betfair Taken
Andrew Little is 20/1 on Hills to score a hat-trick (11/2 on Paddy Power)
Can the bookies know how bad Berwick are?
I fancy Rangers will fancy dealing out some punishment.
So I have punted Rangers to win 8, 9 or 10 - NIL (100/200/450-1)
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Rangers to win both halves at 4/5 ... gimme gimme ...
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Berwick Rangers 1 Glasgow Rangers 1 ... OMG ...
I watched Berwick last week who conceded 3 goals vs Annan Athletic in 15 mins ... bad on the gambling front ... but broadly amusing on the fallen giant front ...
How many internationals?
I watched Queen of the South yesterady in the division above - truly terrible : Queens shortly to Ibrox in a cup - perhaps they will get the 10-0 treatment ... or perhaps they will blow and Rangers will fall over??
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Train to London ... as good a time as any to plan holidays and possible poker tournaments ...
It looks like a spin to Cyprus is on the cards ... just for a week of g"teed sunshine and luxury ...
Poker - I would expect the Saturday tournament at the Fox will be too tempting to miss ...
I forgot that I had paralympics tickets that wipe out various events!
So next bow might be for the London GUKPT Main event - starting Sept 20/21st ...
The English Open at the Fox is just too spicy and too midweek ...
I have quite a lot of holiday to use so the plan is win the GUKPT then hot foot it to Cannes for the WSOPE ... "plan" ... replace with dream perhaps ...
Weird to not be at the ECOAP this weekend ... calendar crunch and I didn"t really think I warranted a place in the Scottish team ... maybe a return for the WCOAP??
Interesting hook up with the ISPT - promises to be an insane event - must find a route to qualify.
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... spent all week looking forward to poker at The Fox ... but no dice ... as work could not be contained quickly enough!
Let"s see if that becomes lucky with the Big $100 just about to kick off ...
Calendar is too full with Paralympics - it will be interesting to see how it makes me feel.
By the end of the Olympics I was pretty bored of what is an Elite event sponsored by corporates ... hard to justify the airline style pricing for tickets ... what will the legacy be??
Lowlight of the week was Templeton joining Rangers ... one night scoring at Anfield ... then electing to play in Scottish Div 3 ... dull ... let"s see if Rangers can win 10-0 this week?
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... poker gods ... AA vs TT ... T on the flop ... standard ... yawn!
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No poker ... no gambling ... but the sun has shone and I have basked ...
Scotland vs Serbia might be where it all goes wrong ... pretty much a 50/50 game ... don"t really feel that confident ...
Doesn"t look like either team can defend!
Quite enjoying Dixon getting the ball in ... what next??
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Levein"s managerial qualities are unspeakable ...
Tough group - but you have to actually try to win ... spew ...
Suitably annoyed we headed to the Paralympics ... Wheelchair Basketball finals at the 02 ...
20 mins before the off - the flickering signs of a migraine - and no pills on me - off to the first aiders - and then the doctors ... who are being asking me about my vision ... in the next cubicle a guy dressed as Elvis with a cardboard guitar ... is this some hallucinatory test ... no apparently he is a doctor ... so that okay ...
I am fading fast ... but they deal up some paracetemol and codeine and off we go back to the arena ... vision still impaired and they are whipping up a storm just before the off ... super weird sporting experience in terms of being spaced out ... but amazing in terms of skill and bravery ... flying out of wheelchair headfirst ... then doing a super press up to right themselves ... Canada won the final with their star player Patick Anderson in dazzling form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Anderson_(basketball)
I loved the Paralympics - so much more than the Olypmics - felt more real in a way - people overcoming epic adversity and coming out all guns blazing ... The first event I watched was some female powerlifting ... the winner lifted 143kg ... are you kidding ... I have not been to the gym get to see what I could shift but I would guess something like 75kg!?!
I watched the goalball finals too ... a marvellous exhibtion of eccentric sportsman slinging medicine balls towards massive goals with the best technique for defending being to put your body on the line ... thud ...
Some very interesting tactics though ... sneaking around the court to take your opponents unawares ... epic time wasting by taking super slow shots at goal ... crowd booing this ... and being told to shut up by the refs as the players could not hear the ball coming ...
I will try to find a suitable clip ...
Closing ceremony was great though ... simpler and more effective than the Olympics ...
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Finally back to a poker table entering the Unibet Open in London ...
Initial table very mixed but featuring:
Ben Vinson
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=59352
Nicolas Dervaux
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=99836
Hauke Heseding
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=213097
Nik Persaud
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3790
Starting with 400BB so lots of scope to float ... and happily I soon turned a straight (also had the flush draw) vs the flopped set ... who could not get away from donating me the extra half of his chips following my all in with the nuts ...
Further ammo - but little progress partly due to the turned Q-flush taking a very conservative view versus my turned nut flush ...
Next phase - was pretty much card dead and then moved to a new table ... soon to be followed by Ben Vinson who once again had position on me ... I"ll give him the edge on the day"s play and we both live to fight another day ... but in a crazy last level with everyone looking for spots ... all that happened was the xy got shoved into KK or AA ... my x"s and y"s were too ropey to even push ... so not by design I return with 22,100 chips ... next level 600/1200 (100) ...
Noticeable exits ... including Toby Lewis ... so pleased to be back ... needing a double ...
Back to the tables at Midday.
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Day 2 and not a hand in sight ... of course any two can be pushed but was keen to find a nice spot ...
Spot 1 was to push 89s back into maniac serial raiser pretty much knowing I will get called ... as it happened he found a caller ... so I got to see what would have been a beautiful flop including the 56 of diamonds for the straight draw flush ... he then went all in claiming at least top pair so no rabbits ...
My exit hand - early position raises - Charles Chattha flats presumably with a small/mid pair - I shove with QJs - initial raiser goes all in - leaving Chattha with a marginal decision - in which he decides to fold his pocket pair.
Sadly the original raiser holds AQo ... so drawing thin ... of course I hit the comedy queen but no further help ... oh to be against AK or JJ down ...
So no dice when it mattered ... ran well early on day 1 ... but never managed to spike a pocket pair ... one spike would have made a lot of difference ... last two and a half hours of play one pocket pair which I could have reshoved but would have been 55 vs AA vs KK ... and no Ace better than A-7 ... which would have been a chop ... not sure what is next up??
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... last action before leaving the casino was to bet on :
Motherwell
Dunfermline
Partick
QOS
4 aways - just under 10/1 - to just about pay for the entrance fee ... ding ding ...
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... but unfortunately poker was dong dong ... having being card dead so long at the unibet last night was a feast ... a feast of great starting hands and bad beats!
The APAT ME was the the exception with me playing badly and getting called for it!
In the Euro 7.5K g"tee - 20 Euro Rebuy - I had my Aces spiked with 4 clubs to a flush then built a stack before getting chopped down A8 vs T8 (straight on the river) ... then QQ vs KJ (straight on the river) ... then I squeezed QJo into KK no help at all ...
Likely the last poker for a while ... need to regain energy for next face to face MTT ... not convinced that I will get to Friday and dive into the GUKPT main event in London ... but stranger things have happened ... I would guess we are looking further away ...
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Fox Super Saturday (re-entry)
The joys of re-entry are many ... so are the woes ... as I managed to get knocked out by the same player twice!
The first exit was avoidable - but give the table dynamics and bet sizing difficult.
Blinds 50/100 ... his standard raise was to 525 ... I call with AK in position ... flop 89T all spades ... I have the Ace of spades ... he bets out ... I call ... turn is a brick ... he bets out ... I can jam ... but I choose to fold ... he shows QQ including the spade ... so was never folding ... one of the other players would have flopped a flush so pretty thin in any case ... next hand ... he raises to 525 ... and is flat called ... I raise to 2025 with KK ... he calls ... flop is 9TJ with a flush draw ... fantastic ... he checks ... I bet ... he goes all in ... of course there are reasons to fold here but I really don"t believe him ... which is a shame as he flicks over the KQo ... loose call ... full value ...
I re-enter and have fun building a stack ... until the villain is moved to my table ... we have been clashing before my exit hand ... which runs as follows ... I start with c46BB ... 500/1000 (75) ... he bets 3000 ... I call on the button ... with QJo ... flop is KT9 with a flush draw ... he bets 5000 ... I re-raise to 17,500 ... he tanks before making the call ... turn is a K and he insta shoves ... flipping KJ ... c95BB in the middle ... chip lead ... err no ... river is the brutal T to fill him up ...
Sick ...
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Of course the best remedy is to get back on the horse ...
... unless the horse is an evil beast ... selected a deepstack heads up ... looking like the trivial win when I get it all in with 98 into 982 ... vs the call of the century AKo ... K on the turn ... A on the river ... still 70% of starting stack ... and pretty deep ... so plenty of time to lose with a set to the rivered straight and then to ram 66 into TT ...
It"s all a sign that I should be working ... smile ... sigh ... smile ...
Next up the Genting online next Sunday ... enough time for my mind to delete this weekend"s poker ...
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My brain is not for sleeping ... it"s probably good in terms of being awake to play the Genting Online on Sunday ...
It"s certainly bad for work tomorrow!
Unless I write a wonderous to do list that is ...
1. Go to bed ...
To be continued.
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Obvious KK vs AQ exit in the Big $55 ... quite a struggle at the moment ... run good tomorrow in the Genting??
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Obvious KK vs AQ exit in the Big $55 ... quite a struggle at the moment ... run good tomorrow in the Genting??
Missed you at online league FT last night mate, shame we didn"t do a league 1/league 2 double ;)
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All pokered out at the moment ... had enough mental juice for a last spin at some bigger tournaments but the play well get bad beat/coolered ... followed by play average and get slaughtered cycle has taken it"s toll ...
I will return ...
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Didn"t think it was the same guy despite the name?
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really? well thats a huge coincidence!!! i take it back. work harder on this blog :p
The fact that they have different names sort of gives it away Stu :-)
One even has the same name as you.
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What am I missing?
Whilst in a trance the other I played some APAT satellite the other night ... lost two races ... both to straights ... as you do!
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Two months - no hands - all work - very little thought of playing poker ...
I think since I switched my twitter to poker following my desire to play has evaporated ... long hours to get mangled in flips and coolers ... I hope I start to see this in a brighter light ...
The Empire has a massive bad beat jackpot to win ... and I am still tempted to play the Genting Main Event ... but it is on a super volatility all eggs in one basket sense ... maybe that is the best sense to play ... it"s just a lump of money that has been aggregating over the year due to my c5 nights out in the last 6 months!
We shall see ...
SCOTLAND FTW in Stoke ...
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Played the Genting main event ...
Raced up to 40k from 30k with no starting hands in the first hour.
Then cut in half turning the staight vs the over pair to the board - who then riverred the full house ...
Villain of the peace - Wayne Eustace - who hit 7 sets/trips in about 3 hours - cannot play against that.
Rebuilt stack a little - but totally card dead - beyond endless drawing starting ends - I played most of them ...
End hand T9o into AT9 ... money in the middle for 85BBs ... vs AQ ... A on the turn ... super yawn ...
Dodged some bullets nicely to stay alive - but need to win your 71/29% shots!
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Watching the final table now ... Chaz Chattha must be licking his lips at the final table play ...
The standard commentary is "I cannot believe he did that" ... it"s all pretty dire ...
Albeit last few eliminations standard ...
Dan Hardy out in 7th ... was on my table yesterday ... good player ... 44 vs AK
Also left Stefan Wittmoss left in (again on my table yesterday) ... made a massive incorrect fold on day 1 vs David La Ronde (one of the few interesting hands) ... but then came back very well ... now at the final table called off under no pressure with AT vs QQ ... and then very lucky to get a 22 short stack shove to fold 77 (so bad) ... but still alive (albeit short) ...
So many good players eliminated earlier ... so it"s a big draw to play more ... but need to have the scope to play lots to iron out the volatility ...
Not sure what is next??
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Is it really only 9 days since I played ... seems like a super long time ago ...
Break 3 in the Sunday Warm Up ...
Just about average - having (for the second tournament running) turned a straight and lost the min to the rivered full house.
Being dealt lots of KK"s tonight which is novelty ... was in great nick until the hand above.
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Effective Exit hand ...
KK vs TT vs 77 ... T on the river ... to return to 75BB
Then
KTo into AA for 5BB
Too dull ...
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Darts is always the answer to get me betting ...
Beaton has the dodgiest record ever at the PDC World Championship ... scrapes the 1st set with the throw vs rank outsider who is now 8/1 to come back and win ... odds against for sure ... but 8/1 is massive ...
See how we run ...
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... we run bad ... Beaton finding some annoyingly good scoring to couple with appalling finishing ... his opponents has darts for both the first two sets ... but ultimately provided no effective pressure ... value bet dies ...
Outright Prices are amazing too ...
Raymond Van B 8.6/1 following a 108.31 average ... tempting ...
Gary Anderson 13/1 - fells pretty spicy too ...
Robert Thornton 54/1 - value
Feeling like I should have an economy 2013 ... out with a bang??
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Lost some money on Thornton ... Taylor is there for the taking ... albeit he hit the doubles well the other night ...
Back to the poker table tonight with a 96th of 1267 in the Big $109 on Pokerstars ... exit hand 66 vs AK ... standard/hard to complain ... won a race earlier ... long series of random numbers ... need 1111000 and not 10101010 ... as often said before ...
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Sunday Warm Up - 97th of 3446 - Was running pretty good - got to 2nd of 687 - was down to 21st of 97 - but still 40BB ... Big stack makes a standard late position raise ... short stack shoves for c12BB ... I shove all in with AQs ... straight into the Big Stack KK and short stack JJ ... needing to be (hyper) passive to avoid this smash up ... was running for the win ... won 2 from 3 of my value added races earleir ... was looking for another ... would have been a great time to find a savage Ace for the chip lead ... by the river I also have a 4 for the straight ... but no joy ... if I had lost the straight race then 28 BB ... earlier the Big Stack got going with a KTo 4 bet (all in) which was called by 99 ... flop KKx ...
Annoying way to go ... but much better than a drift to middle of the pack ...
Last poker of the year!
I think I will play the Betfair Live in London - $650 - guess 300 runners over two day 1"s - Jan 25-27th at the Aspers casino ...
See what other savage gardens I can find??
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Aspers Casino ... managed to play about ten hands of £1/1 before getting bored ... easy table but patience required ... armed with an absurdly strong gin I wondered off to play Blackjack ... got to about +£300 ... before edging back to +£150 ... wandered off to play Roulette ... downwards initially ... but hit two 8/1 shots in a row to peak at +£1150 for the night ... starting playing £25 on single numbers (no joy) before tapping out at +£900 on the night ... net of the taxi home for a plus £855 ... and some ammo for tonight.
Targets : $320 Super-Saturday Knockout & Big $109 - 6pm kick offs ... Time to win!
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You missed "oh and by the way, got engaged"... :o ;D
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That might not be good for my poker!?!
Just knocked out of the Big $55 - 119th of 2815 - standard race exit - ran best in the smallest tournament of the night ... standard ...
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Just out side of the money in the Warm Up - I lose the crucial race and then KJs gets spiked by QTo - frustrating/standard ... ran well earlier ...
Not much new to say ... it"s the epic quest for a big win ... the red bouncing ball ... bounces here there and everywhere ...
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... frustrating weekend ... but +c£1k ... which will buy some tickets ...
Nice start with a football treble +£340
Then got into the money in the TCOOP Heads Up - only to lose with the over pair vs top pair plus flush draw.
Main frustration in the Sunday Warm Up where for the second time in four weeks made the last hundred - this time finishing 76th of 3559.
Played well ran out of cards - getting dominated by a micro stack QT vs AQ (would have paid for a few more laps) - then shoving 12BB with KJ late position into AK - no help with either and out.
A few marginal spots before - and gutted to be moved when I had a player who would min raise my BB then give up unless they smashed the flop ...
Next week I guess ...
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Ding dong dell ... the weekend is nearly here ...
Betfair Live London : $500 + 100 (Bounty) + 50 : 20,000 chips 45 minute levels.
Looking forward to it.
Feeling like I might need to sit on my hands for the first few levels.
Last trip to Aspers was +£855 mainly on roulette ... so feeling buoyant.
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... perhaps I should stick to "rain man" routlette ... +£350 ... but only playing at the death due to a tedious exit on the last level of the day AQ vs A7 ... played well early on ... before getting punched in the nethers by a rivered straight ... I played it slower than I had to ... but job nearly done if AQ can find a way to hold ... earlier when short and having been hyperactive ... I got no action on AA,AK,AK,AK ... the guy with the chips the card rack who only plays when he has the goods ... it"s fair ... but it"s tedious ... AA fully paid many times ...
Earlier in the day Sam Grafton donked his chips off in record time ... saved me a few in the process ... but all in all another frustrating tournament ...
Not sure what is next ... sleep I guess ...
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... Saturday night poker -$116 ...
... Saturday night roulette +£300 ...
Hard to remember when I last played Roulette before the last few weeks - three sessions - +£900, +£300, +£300 - clearly I should never play it again.
Long strings of random numbers - choose your slice of them "carefully".
The more I play poker - the more I see "just" a long string of random numbers bobbling around - true you can bad up bad players - but once you have a table of competent players - the variance engulfs the game,
Not just the variance of results once the cards are on their backs - but the match up of hands - at the Betfair Live Event the other day - I was having a happy battle vs two Scandis for the highest VPIP - but the guy with the chips was "just" sitting there waiting for AA and getting paid everytime ... AA vs AK into Kxx and so on ... it"s brutal ... passive is the new agressive and all that ...
Meanwhile with all my bluff and shows ... still no action with AA, AK, AK, AK ... and out AQ vs A7 on the last levle of the night ... spew spew ... Barny McGrew ...
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Making a weekend of AQ losses ... out of the Warm Up called by JTs ... weird call for 15BB ... I had been playing badly ... too active in its Turbo format (today) ... in the Big $109 ... a simple AQ vs JJ race ... albeit the J was required on the river ...
Back to the Roulette ...
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... Roulette went up and down in two mini sessions but I cashed out +£5 in each ...
Just ousted 238th of 5050 in the TCOOP 49 main event - for $1883.34 - last hand QQ into KK - was timing things well before that ... it was nearly $528k up top ... so pretty spewed off ... that the chips went to the card rack who has just miss-clicked a min raise and had to fold to the all in.
Crapshoot really ... but i delivered no beats to get were I was ... (LOL - I did kill a very short stack AJs vs JJ - pot committed)
Let"s see how much of night owl action I can muster whilst I clear my desk.
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... my hilarious conqueror ... finally out in 26th ... for $8,378.60 ... when "he" had left himself with less than 1BB and called two call ins with A6o ... he was versus AA ...
Some savage blows going in at the moment ... A3 > AJ to stay alive ... $15k could be turning into a lot more ...
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... 7 way chop ... crazy stuff ...
GadMO - rivers the 3 to win with A3 v AJ to stay alive 15 out - turning a $15k exit into $252k
Kekim1 - Wins KQ vs AJ to stay alive - turning a $42k exit into $289k
Hand before the deal a crazy AA vs JJ after the initial raiser stepped aside ...
Playing for $40k now - but I am off to bed ...
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... any given Sunday ... another minor cash in the Warm Up ... 291st of 3693 ... weird tournament lost a chunk QQ vs KK as overpairs ... could have escaped part of the damage ... played the short stack pretty well got lucky with a AQ vs AK chop ... cruised to the money ... then correctly folded 99 vs QQ vs JJ ... but timing everything at this stage and jammed KJ into AJ with the 12bb open shove ...
Will played the UKIPT on London ...
Might sleep until then ...
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Standard Sunday (Warm Up) ... 347th of 3735 ... when I lost a AJ vs 88 "flip" (AJ also folded and shown)
Got to win your races ... yawn!
Last night minor cash plus 3 scalps in the $100 g"tee ($320 buy in) shootout.
Before I ran the top pair with gutshot into the made set on the flop ...
So 10 cashes from last 27 on Pokerstars ... but nothing big ...
Betting a bit on John Merrick to win the golf ...
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... rare enough that I win a golf bet ... even though I did chop it in half for the play off ...
Hard to believe how skinny the odds are on Bayern Munich vs Arsenal ... but loathed to back the Arsenal for the "value" ...
Anyway my bonkers bet tonight is for Motherwell to draw 3-3 with Dundee United.
Dundee United"s last 19 games in the league 6 wins, 7 draw, 6 defeats - scored 35 conceded 38
All the draws were scored draws including a 3-3 and a 4-4
Motherwell - in their last ten league games 3 have finished 3-2 (2 wins) ... both decent going forward ... neither can defend ... fingers crossed ...
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Sunday Warm Up - Re-run of last week - 352nd of 3689 - lost a flip KJ vs 99 at the end.
Minor Cash City Arizona!
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Late planes and fried brains ... so no poker today ...
Saw a good Wolverine at Edinburgh zoo though ...
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Watched the end of the Sunday (7) Million ... nearly $10M in the middle ...
Interesting that when they got to the final table two of the players were very much need to make the deal very sweet or play on ... they finished 1st and 3rd ...
49287 runners to 1 in 14 hours (ish) ...
6 of the Pokerstars Pros made it to the money (6309 paid!) ... none made the top 750 ... super crapshoot ... or skill based lottery ...
Was weird not to be playing ...
Looking forward to the UKIPT on Thursday (Day 1C) ...
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Short and sour - I lasted 93 mins!
Exit hand : Queen Flush vs A Flush : Both playing the same game : Car Crash ...
Played pretty loose before - lost a few AJ into J5x4 vs 54s
Lost a few versus the baby flush.
Missed the chance to lose versus KKK whilst I hit a bit of the board.
Overall a weak perfomance - but went with a plan to accumulate - missed most of my hands and got slaughtered when I hit ... albeit I could have (in theory at least) found a fold at the end!?!
Not sure what is next?
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Early bath in The Sunday Warm up ... 77 vs 99 aipf ...
Daylight saving means - Sunday Million kicks off at 630pm - so that has to be tempting!
Weekend of the early baths ... perhaps the Sunday Million is the super late bath??
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... Sunday Million ... in the money for super minor cash ... 1040th of 8755 ... KJ vs AT in the blinds ...
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Played the EPT side event 19 ... £300+30 Turbo at the Hippodrome.
Finished 9th of 37 - 6 paid.
Would have been in great shape had 88 vs 44 vs J5 held up ... I won the side but J5 is "always" winning that one ... it was a fair super value call from the short stack ... but it meant that I remained under pressure ...
No cards on the final table so I made the call with 85s from the BB for the live cards ... vs Q9 who had chased off the original raiser in the hand ... I hit the 8 ... but he hit the queen ... shame ...
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Sunday Warm Up - Raised under the gun with AA - ended up with 3 callers - and whilst I led on the dangerous 567 flop - the turn T had me behind to T7 - still alive but wounded - so 44 became a shove UTG into AK (good) but also 77 (bad) ... who hit quads ...
Feels like it might be time for a few weeks off now ...
Of course the minute I write that - time to check what is happening next Saturday ...
Maybe this will be my next appearance:
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/festival.php?a=r&n=11655 : £250k g"tee
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Sky Poker Live at Aspers : £200 + 20
Last minute decision to play ... prompted by a tweet from Don Roberts in the morning.
Something like 260 runners started - 30,000 chips - 45 minute levels - I think - pretty sure that the first level started with a 40 minute clock ... then again the blinds seemed to be 50/100 ... but we played 12 mins at 25/50 ...
The day was also destined for 14 levels - but they only played 11 - perfect timing to miss the last tube to 5 minutes ... standard stuff ...
I think something like 88 going back tomorrow with 36 paid ... Midday start ... It would have been better to play the extra three levels tonight ... anyway ...
It was a pretty weird table - half of which wanted to float everything - yet despite this the first exit was at c9.50pm - from a 2pm start. With 2 levels of the day left I was ahead of average - but largely card dead - and my flat call with Aces only paid minor dividends ...
Early on when we were 9 handed - I managed to get a full table of callers min raising with 22 UTG ... flop Q62 ... one of my callers had Q2 ... maybe didn"t win the most there ... I also got pushed off 3 hands by shown bluffs in about 90 minutes ... I smiled ... and started showing some bluffs of my own.
Not sure if they are re-drawing the tables - but if not - a tough table now.
Good fun - but could do with a card rush for day 2.
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Standard exit : AQs vs AT ... river on the straight ... yawn ... maybe about 1 hour from the money ... and would have had a playable stack ... a familiar ring unfortunately ...
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Weird to be "watching" APAT from the comfort of my sofa his Easter. Needed the break from my epic work/poker run. Need to find some freshness for both.
Pleased to see good numbers for the High Roller - will be good to make a return.
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Official gauge of poker fatigue - moment of the weekend I first ponder playing ...
Sunday 6.50pm is pretty late - usually would mean that I am sick ...
Sunday Million kicks off at 7.30pm -a little bit tempting - but I think I will pass to start the week fresh.
Feels crazy to start such an event yawning ... (have done that before)
I have the feeling that the next 12 months might be light on poker ... it makes the epic quest to win something "big" so much less likely ... but there you go ...
The natural end to this blog is that "big" win ... at the start it felt like a matter of time ... I have improved a lot since then ... but won nothing bigger ... harder and harder to win ... but also playing a little less.
When I look back - I wonder why I didn"t play more face to face in London 6/7 years ago.
I don"t really have an answer - was working hard - but particularly seven years ago there was time. I guess I was playing more cash ...
Maybe if I "met" APAT a little earlier ...
Who knows?
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Weird to be back on a (virtual) poker table after a good few weeks off ...
Late regged for a value added satelitte to the Boyle Sports IPO which starts at Aspers on Wednesday.
Three day 1"s - then played to a finish over the weekend.
Quite a strange format.
Day 1"s - starts at 7pm - then 8 40 minute levels plus a 20 minute break - for a 1240am finish.
It"s a terrible finish time - means a £40 taxi home or some crazy night bus action - why not play a few more levels!?!
Anyway - 15000 chips - 40 minute levels - but these switch to 60 mins - half way through day 2.
Day 2 - 2pm start - 2am finish.
£225 entry - and I am in for £22 at the first attempt - got lucky with a AQ vs AK chop - but otherwise played well and made three disciplined folds with top pair or better - to grind down the passive heads up opponent plus the more active player eliminated in third.
Seems a long way away with an epic week of work to negotiate first.
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Made day 2 of the Boyle Poker International Poker Open ... 37.5 BB ... middle of the pack ...
Same table all day - 40 minute levels - 9 levels played.
Start of the day I was dying for headphones with the excited puppies all clammering to tell taller and taller poker stories ...
A lot of passive play - but a couple of players who wanted to dance all day - finally I turn a straight vs one of them to double up on the last level of the day ... with my button limp 56o ... before that won a race with TT vs AQ ... my shove ...
Re-start at 2pm - and levels switch to 60 minutes half way through the day - it"s the land of great structure but feeling this should be 2 days and not 3 ... 344 runners down to 135 ... after 6 hours play ... with 45 paid maybe we are at the money when the switch is made ... a lot of min cash nonsense to avoid ...
Earlier - the young American/Lithuanian going absolutely mad on a AA into Axx - sucked out by the Q6s who made the flush on the river - the prices were just about right for the then big stack to call. It was like a beautiful poker car crash that all could see happening - clue A - after initial raise - "don"t suck out on me" - Villian hits on the river and makes the value bet - which is insta-called with a concurrent speech about it being the most disgusting hand ever in poker ... oh well ... rare for me ... but I enter into a speech about he needs to play Q6s more ... nice to have some edge at the table ... but I didn"t get to bust him ... and nor is he bust ... despite twice losing all ins where he was barely covered ... he may return with 2.3 BB ... and probably win it??
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Aspers disasters ...
Cash Mega Aggro £1/2 table ... 4 runners see the fold for £20 ... I have 67s and position ... I started the hand with c£340 ... flop K98 for the flush ... standardish c-bet ... followed by a re-raise to c£95 ... I shove all in ... tank time ... but a finally a call with KQ - Q for the Flush - which duly arrives on the river ... 23%
Tournament Exit ... KK vs TT vs A5 ... only one winner there ... I wouldn"t have minded too much if the Ace had hit as the odds were there with three runners (A5 the original and serial raiser) ... but the run out was the heinous x5xx5 ... 25%. (If the A5 is dominated something like 11-14% chance to win from there)
It"s all standard - getting chopped to death by a silent axeman - who has soaked his axe in stinging poisons ...
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Was running pretty well in the $1m g"tee on Full Tilt - but lost a race calling with 88 vs Q9 - then AQ vs AK - then lost another race - then failed with my live cards ...
Just outside the money in the Bigger $109 ... again was running pretty well ... lost a race to push me back into the pack ...
Earlyish bath in the Sunday Warm Up - again losing a race ...
Thinking about Wembley events ... so next weekend will feature the qualify for Wembley night!
Friends teeing up a trip to Vegas ... also in June ...
It would be a good time to run good ...
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Work requirements derailing poker efforts ... Sunday night is a flight to Edinburgh for an early start on Monday ...
Wigan 1-0 - 33/1 big odds
Not massive bets - but once you nominate the goalscorer - odds go crazy - Kone and 1-0 - 290/1 - seems massive? If you ran it 290 times - you might get that happening a few times.
Also - McCarthy and 1-0 - 520/1
Will buy in direct to Wembley if either of these scorecasts come in ... would be a weird way to sat in.
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... felt a little gutted to win only +£435 on Wigan last week ... could have easily bet straight at the 1-0 ... GRRR!
Anyway - Sat 2 for Wembley - Finland to win the Eurovision Song Contest - Finland just under 50/1 - They were more this morning - Pop Bubblegum plus girl/girl kiss takes on the Power Ballads. It would be the best way to qualify ... if it doesn"t win - I will have to try the normal route tomorrow night!
Denmark odds on - not as catchy as other favourites - some saver money on Finland without the favourite.
See what happens ...
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Wembley bound?
Finland did me no favours that night - so I will have to look to "qualify" in conventional fashion.
DTD new skin - fine - but hard work to get set up - database shared with Genting - fine - but cannot be a great surprise that you might want to use the same debit/credit card ...
830pm kick off - not ideal - it will be interesting to see the number of runners.
If you make it through with 50k chips - that would be 250BB - so in a way taking 25k through would be fine - might have to take a siesta this afternoon to prepare!?!
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So the Wembley dream has come true ... albeit with only 105BBs to take to day 2.
Great structure to Day 1(B) ... lots of time to get into position ... albeit the key play of the day was folding to the all in shove on a dangerous board whilst holding AQ in to JTxQQ ... flush there too ... I made the bet ... which was followed by a pretty much instant all in ... there was another spot like this later on ... so a few chips leaked perhaps ... but for the most part I was cruising following 88 turning into a set ... followed by the same spike with 33 ... vs the same opponent!
It could have easily been a much bigger stack ... had I been on the right side of the AK vs TT vs 88 (short stack) ... value added flip ... but no help ... so back into the pack ... An AK spike would have put me on 65k (325BB for Wembley) but more importantly a stack to go crushing with.
I have to make the call ... hoping for the weaker ace ... or to win the race ... however ... could have cruised into Day 2 with 200BB.
Structure is slow - but not pleasing to start day 2 with 40% of average - see what happens - win the next crucial race and feel good.
I will be fascinated by how big the field is!
Overlay??
Lots of great side action ...
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Champions League Final build up ... great final ... so pleased that the German sides prevailed over the Spanish.
Hard to put my finger on why - I think it"s a case of hard work maximising performance.
Bayern immense - but Dortmund should give them a good game.
Then of course there is the very weird fact that next week I get to wander into Wembley to play the ISPT Main Event ... field of dreams ... time to run good ...
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Played an absurd $2 re-buy on Stars - $100k g"tee - massive field - heading towards the money I decide to slow play AA in the big blind ... flop A9x two diamonds ... I keep semi-slow playing ... turn is a blank ... river is a diamond which of course has me dead ... vs Q9 suited ... it will happen from time to time ... turbo structure ... feeling need to build a stack ...
Getting tempted by the SCOOP 41 L or M?? - 4 Max
Time to play some absurd sat"s
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What a difference a week makes ... tonight mixing some terrible hyperactive play with some terrible match ups and beats ... lowlight of the satellites KK vs A2 ... no good ...
In the SCOOP 41 M - Super early it is AQ into A5x vs 55 - lost just about the minimum - but then played some super trash - before losing the flush draw shove vs second pair - pretty much the worst I have played.
In the SCOOP 41 L - Playing almost as badly - I retained a few more chips but managed to turn two pairs on an Ace high board - only to meet the turned straight - okay a bit of a cooler but did not need to be an exit hand.
Redeem myself in the big $162? Cannot play worse - good to get it out of my system!
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Big $162 - Lost the mega flip Th7h into Qd8h6h vs KsKc - was to move into top 30
Was a classic up and down bounce around ... make a stack ... lose KQ vs 66 flip vs short stack ... win the flush draw + over card vs overpair flip ... I am doing the shoving with the flush draws ... same opponent ... overpairs twice ... 1-1 on the flush flips ... fair enough ... not meant to have the overpairs both times!
Next stop Wembley?
I am score the SCOOP 42/43 might tempt me tomorrow ...
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Here we go again ... ideal start to a poker day waking up at 11.57am ... super rare to sleep so long ...
SCOOPS begin at 4pm - so I can likely plug myself in by then.
Qualified for the SCOOP 43 L - on FPP point satelitte - which was nice.
Not sure on the rest of the plan - How about a walk in the English summer??
It might only last two days - which would potentially make it twice as long as the Scottish summer??
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Dull min cash exit from SCOOP 42 M - AQ in A9x vs 99 - call the police ...
Should be my last hand before Wembley.
Looking like a massive overlay.
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Wembley set up looks like a moon scape ... I am liking that ... looking forward to it ... loving a 12pm start ...
First task is get back to an average stack and then who knows.
Feels like it could be last big poker tournament for the summer - well the Wembley series of events in any case.
Time to run good.
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... certainly not a lot of run good today ...
The draw was fine - but mixed running into massive hands with missing every draw ... one bluff caught ... so then a hell of a battle back to 25k before the following momentum killing hand ...
Early raiser - I call with KTo flop KTx - he bets I call - turn is a blank - he bets I call ... the whole hand is screaming AK ... river A ... he value bets 3.5k into about 10k ... I tank it ... AQ/AJ are about the only hands I beat (and they are remote) but I pay him off ... he flips the obvious AK ... I still had about 30BB at this stage ...
Got back into shape ... then ... Raise with T9s frop 976 ... I bet out ... min raised ... turn is a 7 ... I check ... value sized bet from super tight player ... I am out of here ... he says he had 66 ... who knows?
Then the epic death by a 1000 cuts card dead for 2 hours ... before a brief recovery AT vs KQ ... weird call ... however a short lived recovery as I re-shoved A9 vs the super active type who flipped AK ... no help ...
A battle lost - the KT hand - 93% at the turn - spew.
Weird to play at Wembley - yesterday super hot in the tents - today absolutely freezing - I lasted long enough to miss the APAT event and £250 Turbo - great structure - would have been better in the conference centre - with the ability to walk on the pitch??
It will be interesting to see how many the side events get ... let"s see what is in my mind tomorrow! Poker - maybe in my armchair??
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Decided not to venture back to Wembley today ...
Sunday Warm Up ... KQs makes the flush vs ATs ... spew ...
Focused quickly shifted to the $109 re-buy ... hand 2 TT vs AK for a double stack holds ... a surprise perhaps ...
A fairly merry progress to the money 99 paid from 879 ... then a series of marginal folds ... twice with 88 to shoves ...
Also a super weird hand ... with a raise, re-raise and all in in front of me holding JJ ... what to do ... I have called these and been crushed ... and called them and been in value added races and lost ... perhaps I was due one??
Exit hand the frustrating 6 handed ... AJ vs AQ ... had AK and AQ shoves through unchallenged ... standard exit for a frustrating 11th of 879 - for $3,060 ... $52k up top ... was needing a double to be competitive so the early folds slightly annoying in a way ... would have happily shoved them all ... but harder ... and less optimal to call them down.
Last three tables impressively aggro ... with the third all in raiser in my JJ fold hand seemingly tight ... but you "always" do the wrong thing with JJ!
I am definitely shoving the first two raises and taking my chances ...
Next up?
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... next up ... I play some deepstack cash ...
Two hands to ponder ..
42o into 2264x vs 44 ... OMG ...
AT into AxKx9 vs K9 ...
The play inbetween was not amazing - I could have extracted some further value at times - but I might have just lost more to the hands above!
I think I will fall asleep until the WSOP Mega Sat on Sunday - 7pm ...
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More horror cash yesterday with 666 vs 999, AA vs QQ aipf smashed, JJ vs QQ as overpairs, flopped two pairs vs turned straight ... coupled up with opponents always having the goods!
Played some good heads up ... but all profit killed by AK into KK followed by top pair into AA ...
Only tournment played had a KQ in to Kxx vs KJ for the chip lead by lost - they had the straight draw too but obviously calling when behind ... bet before me ... I min raise ... anyway I am still ahead of average but card head until AQ vs AK vs AK ... no help ...
Think I might skip the cards and watch (and bet on) the golf ...
Hunter Mahan - just a little over 7/1 - seems good enough ...
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Rain rain everywhere ... Cilic must be a value bet at 4/1 to beat Murray ...
Cilic is the holder (albeit opponent defaulted the final last year) - conditions are wet - Murray not looking very up for it.
Close battle - coin flip at 4/1??
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Chopped my Cilic beat at 1-0 ... had his chances ... served badly ...
Poker Tournaments followed a familiar line ...
Approaching money in $80 warm up on DTD ... AK vs AQs vs AJ ... AQs hits a flush on the river ...
DTD $215 "Main Event" ... A9 called down by QTo ... which hits a flush on the river ...
Hunter Mahan going okay ... by Rose now favourite ... will let it run for a while ...
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... run bad continues ...
Last hand I raise with 99 get called in 4 spots .... flop J98 ... I bet out ... and get it all in vs 88 ... turn 8 ...
Four snowmen of the apocalypse ...
Qualified for the Big $162 ...
Exited J6 into J76 vs JJ ...
I am sure there is a message here ...
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... run bad continues ...
Last hand I raise with 99 get called in 4 spots .... flop J98 ... I bet out ... and get it all in vs 88 ... turn 8 ...
Four snowmen of the apocalypse ...
Qualified for the Big $162 ...
Exited J6 into J76 vs JJ ...
I am sure there is a message here ...
The message being: how did you see a flop with J6?
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J6 - cheap enough - deep enough - in position - gets fully paid vs AA, KK, QQ, AJ on this flop - plus whatever bluffs/semi bluffs I can manage.
Damage done in the Warm Up today playing A4 ... flop 653 ... turn 9 ... river 7 ... vs 88 ...
Then KTo into QJx shove vs AQ (George Bedi) ...
General thought is that you "need" to look to build a stack when deep enough to be creative.
I could have just called vs the 88 - but was about the only hand (of many) that made sense and "killed me".
Playing the ZOOM tournament at 6pm ... will be interesting ... first ZOOM tournament that I have played.
See if I can find a weird and wonderful exit.
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ZOOM - AK vs AQ no good ... it"s the classic hit the K on the turn ... J on the river for the straight ... so dull ... still a little way to go to the money ... but played well ... good fun ... good format ...
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Here we go again ... the summer has gone ... time to play some poker!
Played the Big $22 on Stars the other day ... AJ into AxxJ ... vs AA ... standard ... perhaps this hand should warn me off the tables ...
Not sure how much time I will have to play ... but WCOOP 22 ... the obvious place to start ...
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WCOOP22 - made break 4 - but then AK vs JJ ... Axx flop ... x ... J ... all in pre ... just a weird flip defeat ... then A2 into A9 for the dust that remained ... needed a ten or higher on the river for a split ... but no help ... and back to sleep!
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... and basically no poker since my last post ... played a tournament the other night ... got into the money ... lost the race ... yawn!
All that said it was a resolution to look to play more in 2014!
Will try to play the APAT £200 at Aspers ... how many runners expected??
Heading to Vegas in March - but will be a cash only trip.
Once you step away from the tables/screens it seems insane to return - but fun!
More to follow ...
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Sorry, do we know you ?
The name sounds familiar, but I can"t quite work it out. The memory isn"t as good as it used to be. ;D
Glad to see you are still around Louis, hopefully catch up in London at the WCOAP.
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It"s been a long time ...
Lost track of what is happening tournament wise.
Not quite sure what I have been doing on Sunday nights - but not been playing the warm up ...
Lost in space ...
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I remember this ... 366th of 4123 in the TCOOP-17 ... choose a spot and get lucky ... 85s ... got to be live ... called up by 88 ... I of course hit a 5 ... Min Cash $366.66 ... $125k up top ...
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It has been a long time!
I was chatting to a friend the other day, and was saying that I had played about 7 hours poker in 17 months. Nearly two years since I played a face to face event (that I can remember).
Glorious sunshine in London - so I decided it was time to return to The Vic.
Super stack event - £150+15 (One re-entry allowed) - 30,000 chips - 12 * 30 minutes levels - likely to be £15k+ up top.
Level 1 25/50 - Maniac"s standard raise to 1050 - wait for cards none come - maniac will broadly three barrel anyone who calls him so an expensive game to play.
Clearly getting too much action with his 21BB approach - he goes for the raise to 1350 UTG - amusingly gets 4 callers (not including me). His first barrel only gets rid of one caller ... second barrel gets rid of nobody ... River brings a possible flush and the BB jams it all in. Escape route not taken - he dwell calls - next to act also calls - last to act folds trip tens. Pretty weird hard on level 1 of a 600BB event ... BB has the Queen Flush ... Maniac mucks ... other caller trip aces from the flop ... so we have a mega stack and two exits on level 1.
Level 2 - only 300BB now - we lost two more - happily one to me with 73s in the BB - flop 732 - he triple barrels 200BB with his UTG Q5 raise which never improved.
Now chipped up I can happily play everything in position and happily take out a speech maker with 42o, making the wheel on the turn and three times average chips by level 6.
Beautiful table is split up but momentum continues with another gift AQ vs A4 into AQx - they re-raised pre flop and barrelled it off. This took me to c170k and still 2.5 times the average.
Next table split is promising but no cards and I finished the day on 127,400 vs 104,400 average - all to play for.
I think more like £18k up top now - maybe more. Likely to be c145 runners left for today.
Looking forward to day 2 - hoping for a favourable draw to hoover up short stacks.
Standard was generally terrible - which is incredibly encouraging but there are some monster stacks kicking about - will be nice to attack these too.
So it"s a ... steak and eggs ... sunshine ... poker day ... life is good.
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Poker is too hard these days, gl for today and welcome back.
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Welcome back Louis and good luck today!
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Loved the enthusiasm of the post.
How did Day 2 go?
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Day 2 lasted 22 minutes.
Button raise from Victor Ilyukhin (super stack) vs my large stack (I am the BB)
I am pretty sure he will call any standard raise.
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=138326&_ga=1.168977697.1027150780.1402124024
I have KJ flop KJ9 all clubs.
We get it all in the turn (super brick two of hearts).
It takes him a good while to call with his flopped straight (no clubs).
I came for the win - this put him to c225BB vs average 60BB - He did not make the money.
As stated poker is too hard these days - so I might have another 17 months off??
In fairness - a good event.
Vic is a bit nicer these days.
I would play it again - Saturday afternoon flight is definitely super value.
(The steak and eggs and the sunshine were good).
Could not clear desk to play the UKIPT event this weekend (Hippodrome £400).
Not sure what is next.
Conferences/holidays/work in the way until 2016.
Been nice to super selectively gamble.
Zach Johnson for the open after 2 rounds was good at 25/1
Gary Neville for next Man U manager at 25/1 might be good - but might be a while in cooking.
I had a punt on Arbroath to win Scottish Div 2 today at 9/1 - I think that is super miss-priced in a league of absolute rags. (Let"s see if I say that at the end of today).
Scottish Treble (Hibs/St Mirren/Arbroath today).
Might make it back to an APAT event in 2016 - would be good.
I recall my debut at Walsall - great first table - albeit nobody eliminated for 4 hours.
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(Perhaps I dreamt this event at the Hippodrome - anyway it seems to have disappeared)
Why play poker when you can bet on Arbroath?
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Tedious min cash in Big $109. (Chip Lead after an hour)
102nd from 895.
Lost half AQ vs AK
Then ran 99 in to KK.
Standard.
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