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Well, owing to extreme boredness, i have decided to start up one of these blog jobbies to run up to the European Championships where i will be attempting to defend my title!!
At the minute, i am waiting for tonight to come round for a little home game with some mates at rileys, which will be my first game of poker for nearly 3 weeks, the last one being in Estonia!!
The break was partly money enforced, but mainly as i just felt the need to take a few weeks off, to try and get a bit of a reset in and rid myself of the increasingly loose aggressive game that i have been developing over the last 6 months.
Now i am not saying that being Laggy is bad, but when your using it as poorly as i have been it most definately does not help!
So, if you like, stick with me and give me some help and we will see how things go! Will update tonight after the poker and let you all know how it has gone, if anyone is reading!!
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looking forward to following this Stu aggression FTW
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Cheers mate, will be waiting and seeing how i feel at poker tonight, should be fun though!
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Well, I would say that was interesting but it wasnt!!
I really feel like i am trying to figure my game out at the minute. I have gone from a fairly tight player, to a very aggressive one, and tonight tried o be tight, and frankly i was just awful.
Was card dead, didnt let myself open the taps up and play aggressive and ended up being blinded down to 5x and shoving into a 1.1k raise for another 4k with AJ and running into AQ.
Sigh.
Its really reaaaaallly annoying, i feel alot better when i am playing Laggy, but i havent got it mastered yet. Suppose the only way to get better is to keep at it, but I find it far easier at teh APAT events then I do paying against my mates, which is what i do most of the time!!
Time will tell i suppose, got to keep on plugging at it, but poker shall be on the back burner for a week or so, as next week is dedicated to Leeds festival.
Gutted to be missing the Worlds, but unfortunately Blink 182 are a band that i cant risk not seeing!
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"Gutted to be missing the Worlds, but unfortunately Blink 182 are a band that i cant risk not seeing!"
This comment makes me feel so old ... I saw them years ago ... was all going a bit mental ... so much better to get these guys live.
Trying to remember the last gig I went to!
Feels like it might have been Chelmsford/Reading 2006 ... Epic sets from Radiohead and Pearl Jam ... happy/swirly/drifty days ...
I still think you should be playing poker though!
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i feel alot better when i am playing Laggy
Yep that"s the way to do it
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Today my mouth had a battle with a chewit of the blackberry pursuasion, it lost. a tooth to be precice. I run so well.
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Oh and in other news when i grow up i want to be Optimus Prime.
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Oh and in other news when i grow up i want to be Optimus Jack Prime.
FYP
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Nice evening had today, finished work at 6 and went to my sisters.
Its her anniversary today, so the rest of my mum dad and brother come over to babysit our 1 year old nephew and have a takeaway.
That lad really is superb, best way to lift spirits i have ever found, never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Cricket tomorrow, our team is struggling massively this season, with relegation looking likely after 3 years of winning the league. We are in a transitional period at the minute with alot of younger players coming through, so the drop down a division should see us find out level again and let us rebuild properly.
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First update in a few days, work has been hectic!!
Relegation was confirmed on sunday, as we suffered another defeat after gifting the opposition 60 more runs than they should have, on a personal note the leg spin is coming along well, taking a wicket and getting a few edges and nearly bowled out of my 6 overs, off for another practice in half an hour!!!
Leeds festival is nearly upon us, still dissapointed to be missing the poker like, but good luck to Phil and everyone else i know,l i will be watching the updates from the festival and railing you all!
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Look forward to reading more :)
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Well that"s everything bought for the weekend! Bloddy expensive these festivals!
Looking forward to getting set up tomorrow and it being pimms o"clock!
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Arrived, tent pitched, pimms poured, air bed being a bitch. Pump doesn"t fit hole. I run so bad!
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Just dropped my son at the station, will hit the Fest site in the next hour or so. His first festival.....oh dear ;)
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We shall look after him!
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Just got back from a wonderful weekend in leeds!!!
Wow, just wow. Some great music, great laughs and great company most importantly.
Camped with some friends of friends who are now friends of mine, all good banter, never stopped laughing.
On a side note, i am never going to drink again, it got utterly ridiculous at points. Absynth is no ones friend.
Highlights include :
Zebrahead - 9th time i have seen them, and this was the best set yet. Bass player also pointed us out in the crowd which was a nice touch!
A day to remember - Didnt player a "lighter" set as tehy were at leeds, it was actually heavier than the set they played at download.
NoFX - Just the most hilarious banter of all time.
Blink 182 - Was the band i wanted to see more than any other and they didnt dissapoint. An hour and a half of top rock music and cock jokes!!!
Guns N Roses - Expected Axl to spoil things, but apart from being 30 mins late onto stage, they were IMMENSE. The stage show was breathtakingand the sound was awesome. Axl still has a top top top voice, and they plaued all the classics which was good.
Now i am going to have a nmassive fry up and go to bed i think! Hope your all enjoying the worlds!!
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Playing at the pub! Not going. Too badly so far x
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Brian harland (erimus7) is apparently the biggest card rack ever!
I am 1k up after first 2 levels, playing ok feeling good!
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Well, it was only a 10 man £15 SNG at my local, but i WON!!!!
Dont believe how thoroughly pleased i am am with myself!!! Won £75.
Played alright, bit tight but got a bit of my game back and made a few moves, down to 3 handed it was VERY nitty and it took me a while to loosen up, but when i did i built myself up from 3rd to chip leader which was pleasing.
Always nice to get AA against A4 heads up mind you :D
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You are my hero :o
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Well, it was only a 10 man £15 SNG at my local, but i WON!!!!
Dont believe how thoroughly pleased i am am with myself!!! Won £75.
Played alright, bit tight but got a bit of my game back and made a few moves, down to 3 handed it was VERY nitty and it took me a while to loosen up, but when i did i built myself up from 3rd to chip leader which was pleasing.
Always nice to get AA against A4 heads up mind you :D
a bit nitty??
a BIT????
Never seen so many walks 4-handed - including the button folding when UTG (you you NIT) had folded and the BB had already looked at his cards and pushed them away only to get them back with the reminder of his position
Your KK vs my QQ helped too...
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Just got back from a wonderful weekend in leeds!!!
Wow, just wow. Some great music, great laughs and great company most importantly.
Camped with some friends of friends who are now friends of mine, all good banter, never stopped laughing.
On a side note, i am never going to drink again, it got utterly ridiculous at points. Absynth is no ones friend.
Highlights include :
Zebrahead - 9th time i have seen them, and this was the best set yet. Bass player also pointed us out in the crowd which was a nice touch!
A day to remember - Didnt player a "lighter" set as tehy were at leeds, it was actually heavier than the set they played at download.
NoFX - Just the most hilarious banter of all time.
Blink 182 - Was the band i wanted to see more than any other and they didnt dissapoint. An hour and a half of top rock music and cock jokes!!!
Guns N Roses - Expected Axl to spoil things, but apart from being 30 mins late onto stage, they were IMMENSE. The stage show was breathtakingand the sound was awesome. Axl still has a top top top voice, and they plaued all the classics which was good.
Now i am going to have a nmassive fry up and go to bed i think! Hope your all enjoying the worlds!!
Yep, my lad got back in one piece and not too worse for wear! He said Blink 182 were awesome, and said the Mosh pit was great, whatever that is? Also he said Weezer were good, again????
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In response to dave, i was basically in a position where one of the other stacks was going to blind the **** out of himself, i was by far the most active of the 3 of us (not hard i know) but i went from 3rd to 1st so must have done something right :)
If your going to get overly excited by QQ its your own fault IMO :p
MikeyW
Mosh pit = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKU7gdxncE&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jKU7gdxncE&feature=related) well thats a wall of death into a mosh pit.
They arent as bad as thy look actually, people generally look after each other in there. I did it for years, find it all a bit of a hassle now really!
Weezer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL_WvOly7mY)
Very good band! Were brilliant live.
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Never heard of this Moshing malarky before - just wasted 10 minutes of my life watching vids on YouTube. I"m so pleased to say that when I went to these gigs in the 80s, we would get the odd twat slam dancing, but thankfully the art of Moshing wasn"t yet discovered.
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Never heard of this Moshing malarky before - just wasted 10 minutes of my life watching vids on YouTube. I"m so pleased to say that when I went to these gigs in the 80s, we would get the odd twat slam dancing, but thankfully the art of Moshing wasn"t yet discovered.
Its definately an aquired taste, and like i say, i dont do it anymore, as the kisd now dont really get it. Back a few years ago there was a definate code to it all. You look after each other, make sure no one gets hurt, and if someone IS acting like a bit of a ****er they definately get put in their place quickly!
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Well! 2nd little sng of the week and 2nd win! played with 6 other mates at rileys in a little game we do every week and it was a brilliant night, top laugh all the way through and of course winning does help.
the TAG was combined with a little scullduggery which seemed to work ok, and i am actually begining to like poker again!
This was Mr TC"s first game after the worlds and he was apparently letting off a bit of steam. Or being a big old tompkyfish. Basically calling every preflop raise and seeing what happened.
Still as Ger says, your never worse than 50/50!!
Also, said respected APAT stalwart has confessed his love for Rusks as well. Something slightly worrying about that man sometimes!
All in all, a top night and takes the weeks winnings to £115 off £25 buy ins. That"ll do thanks!
Night all
x
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Never heard of this Moshing malarky before - just wasted 10 minutes of my life watching vids on YouTube. I"m so pleased to say that when I went to these gigs in the 80s, we would get the odd twat slam dancing, but thankfully the art of Moshing wasn"t yet discovered.
I caught Metallica"s gig in Manchester on their most recent tour, the mosh pit was just in front of where I was sat. To say that some of them had been nasally ingesting recreational pharmaceuticals is an understatement. Plenty of missing teeth and broken noses by the end of the gig. :(
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WP last night fella. And you call me a fish for calling a raise made by aces with 2 3? haha.. good times, lucky sod.
I"m only slightly worrying?? actually to be fair.. rusks and a nice hot cuppa go down a treat. No replacement for hobnobs of course.
Anywho. Bacon sarnie time for me right about now. Good times.
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In response to dave, i was basically in a position where one of the other stacks was going to blind the **** out of himself, i was by far the most active of the 3 of us (not hard i know) but i went from 3rd to 1st so must have done something right :)
If your going to get overly excited by QQ its your own fault IMO :p
To be fair QQ is so far ahead of your PF raise range that any other move would be -EV
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Well, been quiet on the poker front recently, off to the pub again tonight hopefully so will see how that one goes.
hope youa re all well!
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Well, been quiet on the poker front recently, off to the pub again tonight hopefully so will see how that one goes.
hope youa re all well!
The most riveting blog of all time this is... ::)
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Well, been quiet on the poker front recently, off to the pub again tonight hopefully so will see how that one goes.
hope youa re all well!
The most riveting blog of all time this is... ::)
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Better than yours phil, unfortunately some of us actually have to WORK for work... :-*
So! We aer returning to where it all began tonight, The Eagle pub on a thursday night... oh my.
Should be a fun night at least, but i will NOT be relying on it as a barometer of how i am playing.
Unless i win.
Tonight i shall mostly be raising. Lots.
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I hate poker
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I hate poker
Obviously one of the perils of being an aggressor is that occasionally you will find someone demonstrating their defiance with monster hands like kc :2c:
On the plus side you did increase your stack of Sklansky dollars....
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Right, before poker tonight a full and reasoned explanation of my post from last thursday!
As said, played at the local the other night, 9 person £10 sng.
I feel like i played the best i have played for months as it happened. Was very aggressive, raising alot and attacking weak play as i wanted to. Not felt in control of a table like that for AGES.
1st hand i got screwed over in...
i have 88, raise it up pre about 4.5 times the bb due to a couple of limpers.
Hit my 8 on the flop. Cant remember the details but i bet out, get a call off one of the more... interesting... players in the pub, who ends up hitting the straight he called down with (he called the raise pre flop with J9 off!!), costing me half my stack when i folded to his shove on the river. NH Sir...
THEN, i build my stack back up to about 6k from 2k in the period following the break, again am playing well.
Am oin SB, it is folded round to our friend from previous hand, who raises to 1200 with blinds 200/400.
I look down and see AQ off, and re pop him to 4,2k, He loks at me and shove, so i obv call. He shows K2 clubs.
I even manage to hit my A on the flop. Which is nice until he hits a club on the turn and river to get a runner runner flush.
Wonderful.
I have since calmed down a bit and realised that i played bloody well which is nice, just need for the varience to sort its life out and i will be laughing.
In the mean time i will be back on it again tonight and will let you all know what happens.
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Well, another night of pub poker is about all i will say about that!
Not really possible to play a tourny with 15 min levels and a 2.5k starting stack i dont think, but the people are nice and the food you are given is top notch. was some cracking ribs served up last night!
Thursday is next up, really looking forward to it and am looking to continue my play from last week!
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The most riveting blog of all time this is... ::)
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Well, another night of pub poker is about all i will say about that!
Hmm a blog about poker and no stories - different
Not really possible to play a tourny with 15 min levels and a 2.5k starting stack i dont think, but the people are nice and the food you are given is top notch. was some cracking ribs served up last night!
Food critic stuff is good though
Thursday is next up, really looking forward to it and am looking to continue my play from last week!
Can"t wait for the stories from this one - bookmarked and on notify
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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There is really only so much you can say about calling a pre flop raise with 10 6 off, getting to check a K high flop, hitting your 10 on the turn and calling a fairly sizeable bet, then hitting the 5th card to your flush on the river! Oh AND putting half your stack on the line pre and snapping the tightest player in the pub when he puts you all in with A6. No binkage against his JJ unfortunately.
The Irish flips went very well mind you, hit a straight flush AND quads!
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There is really only so much you can say about calling a pre flop raise with 10 6 off, getting to check a K high flop, hitting your 10 on the turn and calling a fairly sizeable bet, then hitting the 5th card to your flush on the river! Oh AND putting half your stack on the line pre and snapping the tightest player in the pub when he puts you all in with A6. No binkage against his JJ unfortunately.
The Irish flips went very well mind you, hit a straight flush AND quads!
Skill always pays in the end...
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Well, another night of pub poker is about all i will say about that!
Hmm a blog about poker and no stories - different
Not really possible to play a tourny with 15 min levels and a 2.5k starting stack i dont think, but the people are nice and the food you are given is top notch. was some cracking ribs served up last night!
Food critic stuff is good though
Thursday is next up, really looking forward to it and am looking to continue my play from last week!
Can"t wait for the stories from this one - bookmarked and on notify
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
This made me giggle alot :D
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Alright then, being as how your all whinging sods.
Morning!! Nice relaxing day today, gonna basically sit on me backside, car is already in for its MOT, not hopeful of it passing mind you, as its a total heap, but we shall see come 11.30am.
Got the nephew round today, he is in a superb mood. Really brightens up my day when i see him :)
Poker tonight which will take forever to come round, but am really looking forward to it! And promise i shall post lots of nice detail about it and everything.
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Nephew making me laugh already.
Mother ward "Right, heres some toys, sit in your seat and i will tidy up" (to the nephew not me)
Elias then proceeds to throw every toy he is given on the floor in distinctly unimpressed fashion.
get up there lad!
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Mother ward "Right, heres some toys, sit in your seat and i will tidy up" (to the nephew not me)
Funny enough it would not have surprised me if it was you ::)
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I think i enjoy Charlie the singing catapillar more than he does to be honest! High quality entertainment!
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baby sitting duties nearly complete my mind turns to tonight.
First Question.
How drunk should i get
a - Not a drop
b - Have a polite couple
c - A fair few
d - get smashed
e - Ger proportions.
and secondly
How agressive should i play
a - Stockton Rock
b - Only premiums
c - Mix it up a bit
d - of course its a good idea to show that 2 4 bluff to mr "i just folded kings"
e - Ger "I am never worse than 50/50" Smyth.
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How drunk should i get
e - Ger proportions.
How agressive should i play
e - Ger "I am never worse than 50/50" Smyth.
obv innit, often imitated never copied
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I shall do my best sir. Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that :D
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At the pub. 4 pints for 8 quid. Let the night of duke commence!
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a - Stockton Rock
b - Only premiums
this made me chuckle
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Well. My head hurts!
The 4 pints for 8 quid went downa treat as did the shots my mate shovelled down my neck!
The poker ended somewhat abrupptly from memory, was playing fairly well again, getting a bit frisky, check re raising with straight draws and such, then i got pissed and decided to chase down a straight and flush draw and lost half my stack due to not concentrating, woops!!!
Got it in against 2 people with KQ, one had ad1 9d the other had jh jd so wasnt too upset, until the flop had a jc js on it for quads! woops!!!
Ended up being convinced to go to town for a boogie, which was achieved thanks to Mr Phil TC swapping T shirts with me, as i was wearing my Wigan RL top and wouldnt have been able to get in. Very nice of him, even left me some nice sweat patches as a bonus!
Today is definately a day of rest, was looking forward to watching the Ryder Cup, but thats a washout now too, good start from Europe though, i really do think this is going to be somewhat one sided to be honest.
Hope you are all well!
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Very nice of him, even left me some nice sweat patches as a bonus!
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Someone come cook me tea please. this hangover is particularly brutal.
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Right its nearly bed time for me i think, 3pm start on the beer tomorrow for my birthday, will try and post before the carnage ensues!!
night all x
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Live update.
At pub 20 mins.
2 jaegerbombs and 1 bottle of jaques consumed. Nice steady pace then!
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Have a fecking good one Stu (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/cheers.gif)
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Another jaegerbomb and 1 more jaques down. Total spent..... feck all.
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Well, what a night that was, i say night, i mean day.
Hangover just starting to wear off thankgod, myself and the stockton rock have been suffering!
Burned through about 80 notes, drank farrrrr too much, but had a top night with some great friends!!!
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Back to work today. SIGH! 1-10 and i really dont wanna be going in, but ho hum!
Hate the post holiday come down, really do. Even had to have a shave. FML.
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Just had a shave you say ;D
(http://kinabalukini.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/ugly-women-3.jpg)
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^^^^^ this still makes me giggle very much.. that and the fact its actually flattering to Stu ;D
p.s. where"s my tshirt? :-*
p.p.s I"ve washed your rugby top.. seeing as though its your birthday x
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It makes me gigle as well.
your shirt is in the wash, will bring you it on thursday :D
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Well, i appear to suffering from the early stages of man flu, started with a sore throat and cough last night, now the nose is going and my eyes hurt. This is not going to be fun.
In the mean time however i am going to try and soldier on. Pub tonight with Phil, my brother and lucie (if phil turns up, he has a notoriously poor track record. Unless he has a genuine good reason, in which case appologies!) Which will be nice, good to have a chat away from the poker table.
Poker at the local tomorrow, try and keep the level of play up whilst getting all my run bad out the way before Coventry in November i think!
On a side note, it is actually mirroring last year quite alot at the minute, i feel i am playing well, but seem to get sucked out on a fair bit, this happened in the run up to Luton last year, and when i got there my run good came back, so hopefully it will be much the same this year and i can make a good run at the defence!
Right, hope you are all well, speak later,
Stu
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pub las t night was fun, Matty, Lucy, Matty and rick. With the non brother Matty and Rick paying for me to go to a great rock night, which has resulted in a slight headache and a VERY sore throat from loads of singing. Top top top night tho. Prob the best (that i can remember) in a very long time.
Plans for today, bit of world of warcraft i think, the nephew is round today too, but i am still feeling like hell so will have to keep my distance. Cant be having the wee man coming down with anything!
Poker tonight, really looking forward to it. Same plans as always. Not in work til 1pm tomorrow. So am gonna get hammered.
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Poker tonight, really looking forward to it. Same plans as always. Not in work til 1pm tomorrow. So am gonna get hammered.
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What are you pulling faces at pops?
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Well, my day of computer games turned into a day of snoozing on the sofa watching man v food. happy times!!!!
Just waiting for poker time to come around so i can take this hang over out on some people at the pub.
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Well, my day of computer games turned into a day of snoozing on the sofa watching man v food. happy times!!!!
Just waiting for poker time to come around so i can take this hang over out on some people at the pub.
That went well! Motsonned at the first opportunity!!
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Yeah that happens everyweek that does dave. Unavoidable. Enjoyed it again tho!
Tonight i will be attempting to play the Online League after tea at franky and bennies. Might miss the first level or so and am GOING to be drunk. Hope i get Ger on my table!!!
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Hope i get Ger on my table!!!
Be careful what you wish for ;D ;D
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Hope i get Ger on my table!!!
Be careful what you wish for ;D ;D
Well, i cant remmeber the last time i did well in one of these, so might as well have some fun while i am losing my chips eh?!
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On another note, HUGE well done to Adrian Lewis for hsi massive win over Phil Taylor last night. Final should be a good "un tonight, if Lewis turns up like that again the lad has it sewn up against Wade.
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Well just came 5th in the Division one game, after losing a 3-1 chip lead!!
One massive hand, my ac kc v qh qs
hit an A high, 2 club flop, another club on the turn, and then he managed to hit the only Q he can to win the hand. If i win that i am sat on 113k with the ad1ext stack being about 20k.
SODDING SIGH!
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UL - really unlucky - I am distraught for you - really ::)
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Sarcastic git! Deserved tho. No. More bad beat moans. Promise. Maybe.
Tonight I shall be playing the satellite for the Europeans! Bring it on!
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Sarcastic git! Deserved tho. No. More bad beat moans. Promise. Maybe.
Tonight I shall be playing the satellite for the Europeans! Bring it on!
See you at the tables Stu :o
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Well, have registered for the APAT satalite, and the Furness friendly poker game. I take it that means Ger isnt playing then?
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Well, have registered for the APAT satalite, and the Furness friendly poker game. I take it that means Ger isnt playing then?
wee man has extra curriculum university activities this evening - you know - getting smashed in Chester
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Well, have registered for the APAT satalite, and the Furness friendly poker game. I take it that means Ger isnt playing then?
wee man has extra curriculum university activities this evening - you know - getting smashed in Chester
its a vital part of any degree is that Ger. I take it you are wholeheartedly encouraging?
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Well, have registered for the APAT satalite, and the Furness friendly poker game. I take it that means Ger isnt playing then?
wee man has extra curriculum university activities this evening - you know - getting smashed in Chester
its a vital part of any degree is that Ger. I take it you are wholeheartedly encouraging?
Started his training in 2007
(http://www.gerardsmyth.co.uk/assets/images/drink_in_rome.JPG)
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Good man. I need a beer.
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The Duke, avoiding me as usual!
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The Duke, avoiding me as usual!
Wait your turn - I am being owned enough as it is
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You havent played a hand from what i have seen!
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You havent played a hand from what i have seen!
quit peeking 8)
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Its more entertaining watching you fold than watching me fold ???
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And he avoids me AGAIN!!! Chicken :)
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Just realised that folding to the seats in a satalite may not be my game.
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GET IN!!!
Seat won at first time of asking for the European Championships. This actually means a hell of a lot to me, cant wait to get down there and see you all at the tables :D
Another beer Por Favor!
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First big game of the season tonight. Middlesbrough v The Leeds dirty scumbags.
If we lose this i will be distraught. Utterly gutted. Been a while since we have played them, the rivalry is definately still there!
Also got the cricket club presentation tonight, i wont be winning any awards as i only really played well in the last 4 games of the season... 31-0-145-7 in total, which is not at all bad for a leg spinner! Looking forward to january so we can get back in nets and get some proper practice ready for the new season.
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Well, 30 mins in, 1-0 down and looking god awful.
No midfield, no desire to pressure the opponents, no options going forward. Scott McDonald is rubbish, Kris Boyd is fat. Both true stories.
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Did i mention i love Kris Boyd?
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Did i mention i love Kris Boyd?
and you don"t like Luciano Becchio ::)
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Did i mention i love Kris Boyd?
and you don"t like Luciano Becchio ::)
despise is more accurate.
Him and gordon strachan.
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And to make matters worse you"re going to take a hammering from Norwich next weekend.
You"re right about Leeds though.
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Got your CV in to Mr Gibson yet?
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And to make matters worse you"re going to take a hammering from Norwich next weekend.
You"re right about Leeds though.
Most likely :(
Got your CV in to Mr Gibson yet?
NO actually, good thinking though, i am AWESOME on football manager!
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i am AWESOME on football manager!
Are you hyper aggressive, playing 1-1-8 formations, attempting to bluff and confuse the opposition by playing the likes of Jason Lee & Carlton Palmer upfront in must win encounters while slow playing Villa & Messi on the bench?
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i am AWESOME on football manager!
Are you hyper aggressive, playing 1-1-8 formations, attempting to bluff and confuse the opposition by playing the likes of Jason Lee & Carlton Palmer upfront in must win encounters while slow playing Villa & Messi on the bench?
WOuldn"t that make him Steve McLaren?
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I would play a 4-1-3-2 formation, encouraging short passing football as it happens.
Poker last night went well, came 2nd, played tight early on then gradually stepped it up as the night went on, few bluffs thrown in for good measure and it was most enjoyable.
Heads up lasted 1 hand, my 55 v A8o, A on the flop and that was heads up done. 30 notes for the nights work.
1 month 1 week til Coventry, cant wait! Me and The Stockton Rock have our appartment booked, is gonna be awesome to see everyone again!
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Well, 1 month to Coventry, and i really cant wait.
Got the time off work confirmed, teh Stockton Rock has booked us an appartment thingy by all accounts, event is registered for. Happy days!
The Stockton Massive"s ranks have been further swelled, there is looking to be Chairman TC, Stuart Ward, Stockton Rock, Mark Wright (final tabled in scotland last sesason) gary Motson (watch this lad, probably the luckiest player ever, you are all going to hate him :|) Dave "Pokerpops" Amos, Lucy Amos, David "Fiddy" McGowan (makes The Stockton Rock look like Gus Hansen) and possibly Dave Carey.
Of that lot, Motson, both the Amos", Fiddy and Carey could be making their APAT debuts, i know they are all gonna love it!
In the meantime, tomorrow night me and Matthew are off to Glasgow tomorrow to watch Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold at a gig. 6 hour round trip, for a 3 hour gig, when i have work at 9am on wednesday. Well worth it though!!
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No blogging for a while!!
Been working loads to be honest, its a right bugger, run up to christmas has started too, so its only gonna get worse!
The gig on tuesday was epic, 2 great bands on top of their game, made all the driving well worth it. Would recommend them both to anyone.
Poker tonight, should be good craic. Apparently there is danger of Phil TC showing up too, which is an utter rarity these days!!
Will do a more in depth blog tomorrow.
Hope your all well!
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poker didnt go well thursday. ran my AK soooooted into someone who got married to 9 5 suited after my PFR. Didnt go well when he hit his flush on the river.
Shall be playing the online league tonight, try and get stockton some points. We struggle mainly because we only get about 4 people playing a week, which really isnt good enough. But, we shall persevere and see what happens tonight
Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
in other news, i am VERY hungover.
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Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
LOL be careful what you wish for ::)
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Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
LOL be careful what you wish for ::)
Well you have been doing a good job of avoiding me recently!!!
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Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
LOL be careful what you wish for ::)
Well you have been doing a good job of avoiding me recently!!!
Only because you are out before the final table 8)
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Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
LOL be careful what you wish for ::)
Well you have been doing a good job of avoiding me recently!!!
Only because you are out before the final table 8)
hahaha :p
I final tabled last time :p
I have a crate of beer to keep me company whilst playing tonight, be warned :)
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Just been given the devastating news that there is no sunday dinner in the ward household today.
FML.
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HA! Forgot to mention. I shall be sporting a moustache when you all see me in Coventry. Every year we do a "Tache for cash" charity event at work, where we have to grow a silly moustache for a month. They picked November. So i will fully be expecting some severe jip when i am down there!
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poker didnt go well thursday. ran my AK soooooted into someone who got married to 9 5 suited after my PFR. Didnt go well when he hit his flush on the river.
Shall be playing the online league tonight, try and get stockton some points. We struggle mainly because we only get about 4 people playing a week, which really isnt good enough. But, we shall persevere and see what happens tonight
Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
in other news, i am VERY hungover.
1. 9 5 hearts is pretty strong vs your raising range - I had to call to defend my limp
2. You fired out on an unconnected board and didn"t leave much room to fold
3. I had sooooooooooo many outs on the flop - had to shove and see both both turn and river
4. You still could have folded
5. I hope we get drawn on the same table at Coventry - will be fun!
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poker didnt go well thursday. ran my AK soooooted into someone who got married to 9 5 suited after my PFR. Didnt go well when he hit his flush on the river.
Shall be playing the online league tonight, try and get stockton some points. We struggle mainly because we only get about 4 people playing a week, which really isnt good enough. But, we shall persevere and see what happens tonight
Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
in other news, i am VERY hungover.
1. 9 5 hearts is pretty strong vs your raising range - I had to call to defend my limp
2. You fired out on an unconnected board and didn"t leave much room to fold
3. I had sooooooooooo many outs on the flop - had to shove and see both both turn and river
4. You still could have folded
5. I hope we get drawn on the same table at Coventry - will be fun!
1 - Your a fish
2 - You hadnt hit either
3 - Your a fish
4 - You could have folded pre flop. Fish
5 - Me too. Fish.
:P
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poker didnt go well thursday. ran my AK soooooted into someone who got married to 9 5 suited after my PFR. Didnt go well when he hit his flush on the river.
Shall be playing the online league tonight, try and get stockton some points. We struggle mainly because we only get about 4 people playing a week, which really isnt good enough. But, we shall persevere and see what happens tonight
Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
in other news, i am VERY hungover.
1. 9 5 hearts is pretty strong vs your raising range - I had to call to defend my limp
2. You fired out on an unconnected board and didn"t leave much room to fold
3. I had sooooooooooo many outs on the flop - had to shove and see both both turn and river
4. You still could have folded
5. I hope we get drawn on the same table at Coventry - will be fun!
1 - Your a fish - - - it"s you"re not your
2 - You hadnt hit either - - no but I had the best chance of winning the hand...
3 - Your a fish -- -- see 1 above
4 - You could have folded pre flop. Fish - - - Yeah right! I was on a roll and I had 9 5 hearts!
5 - Me too. Fish. - - - Bring it on Son
:P
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poker didnt go well thursday. ran my AK soooooted into someone who got married to 9 5 suited after my PFR. Didnt go well when he hit his flush on the river.
Shall be playing the online league tonight, try and get stockton some points. We struggle mainly because we only get about 4 people playing a week, which really isnt good enough. But, we shall persevere and see what happens tonight
Hopefully i get Gerfish at my table tonight :)
in other news, i am VERY hungover.
1. 9 5 hearts is pretty strong vs your raising range - I had to call to defend my limp
2. You fired out on an unconnected board and didn"t leave much room to fold
3. I had sooooooooooo many outs on the flop - had to shove and see both both turn and river
4. You still could have folded
5. I hope we get drawn on the same table at Coventry - will be fun!
1 - Your a fish - - - it"s you"re not your
2 - You hadnt hit either - - no but I had the best chance of winning the hand...
3 - Your a fish -- -- see 1 above
4 - You could have folded pre flop. Fish
5 - Me too. Fish.
:P
xx
A pedantic one at :p
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Just got in from the local red tooth tourny, came 2nd, splitting first prize for a nice £50!
What a night though.
Early doors, got AK, and a raise from my good friend Gasry motson. One limper and i re raise fairly large, he calls. Flop has 3 clubs and an A on it, mr limpy puts 500 in, i re raise to 1600 ( you start with 2k) dwells and calls. Turn is another A, he checks, my remaining chips go in, he snapos me off to show A4 and i double up and take him out. Nice start.
Pick up a few more pots. Its my BB and Phil TC raises to 250 when the blinds are 50/100. Get a call, i look down and see A2 so i make up the rest. I start the usual chirp at Phil, who claims he is happy. Not as happy as me when the flop is 345. I check, Phil shoves for 1500 into the 750 flop, other guy folds and i call. He then claims he folded because "my check was too hard". Nice read. Phil flips JJ and despite the turn being another 4 i take out the chairman of the Stockton Massive. Make the break with about 7.5k, have some fantastic food, then we get our extra 1.5k (bork) and we redraw for seats again. New table, some of the smae players on it, some new ones.
I get QQ and there is a raise to 800 with the blinds at 200/400, i make it 3200 to go and get called after a bit.
Flop comes 9 high and villain insta-pushes, i call and he sighs as i flip my QQ and shows his JJ. One of the other players proudly says he has folded a J. WOOP!! Orrrrrrr not. River is a J and i am taken down to 3k. :(
Lots of all ins later and i manage to get my stack back up to 8k.
Get it all in with K7 on a K high flop, against someone with 97 of spades with 2 spades for his life, he spikes the spade on the river and i am back down to 1.5k
Again, lots of all ins, with 44 standing up against QJ and a few other hands not seeing showdown and i make final table with 11k.
I then got a few hands...
KK led to another double up. AA stood up and took 2 people out and i got to heads up with a monster chip lead. We split the money as i am nice and then mark went on to hit a runner runner flush to beat my made straight and that was that.
Fun night tho, loved every second!
ALSO, i didnt use any run good up and used a healthy dose of run bad!!!
Off to bed now, work at 6.
Another bad beat, sigh.
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Luckbox ;D
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KK led to another double up. AA stood up and took 2 people out and i got to heads up with a monster chip lead. We split the money as i am nice and then mark went on to hit a runner runner flush to beat my made straight and that was that.
Fun night tho, loved every second!
Sounds like a good deal, you know how bad you are heads up with a massive chip lead :P
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KK led to another double up. AA stood up and took 2 people out and i got to heads up with a monster chip lead. We split the money as i am nice and then mark went on to hit a runner runner flush to beat my made straight and that was that.
Fun night tho, loved every second!
ALSO, i didnt use any run good up and used a healthy dose of run bad!!!
Off to bed now, work at 6.
Another bad beat, sigh.
You sure you didn"t get any run good?
luckbox!
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After the amount of times i havent seen these hands recently, YES i am sure i didnt use any thankyou :)
Even Gary palmer said i was runnign so bad atm :p
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Finally a bit of time for an update!!
Played poker on tuesday and came 2nd for 2nd consecutive week. It feels like i am playing pretty damn well, still a few little things to iron out, but i am feeling good, as soon as the varience starts to even its self out i will be flying for a bit!
Currently watchign David Haye in a training session, then at 3pm on skysports 1 its a re run of his demolition of John Ruiz from his last title fight. Definately watchign that one.
Saturday he fights Harrison, and there is only 1 way it is gonna go. Harrison will be hit in the first round, realise how much power Haye has, and his arse will fall out. Haye will stop it in the 3rd. People try and big up Harrisons power, but 1 luky punch against a fighter who is average at best and was punched out!
Come on David lad, retire Harrison once ond for all!
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No post for a week, sorry!
Poker has been, well... ****...over the last week.
The particular pureveyor of this misery has been non other than old TC Tompkyfish! Managing to get his chips in and come from behind massively. But, ho hum, played well last night, ran a cracking bluff with 6 high, 4 bet shoving early doors which was enjoyable, lost most of my chips when someone flopped a straight with 5 9 after calling my raise pre. Sigh, nh.
Seriously debating whether to play on tuesday and thursday next week as varience is massively tilting me at the minute. I am just hoping and praying it all comes back at Coventry. Like i say, feel like i am playing as well as i can, but varience is just being massively unkind atm. Phil keeps pointing out that this happened before last year, i can only hope that the similarities keep going, as it is becoming increasingly tought to take :p
In other news, i am skint til next friday, which sucks balls, and i am working without a day off until i go to luton next weekend, which also sucks balls!
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No post for a week, sorry!
Poker has been, well... ****...over the last week.
The particular pureveyor of this misery has been non other than old TC Tompkyfish! Managing to get his chips in and come from behind massively. But, ho hum, played well last night, ran a cracking bluff with 6 high, 4 bet shoving early doors which was enjoyable, lost most of my chips when someone flopped a straight with 5 9 after calling my raise pre. Sigh, nh.
Seriously debating whether to play on tuesday and thursday next week as varience is massively tilting me at the minute. I am just hoping and praying it all comes back at Coventry. Like i say, feel like i am playing as well as i can, but varience is just being massively unkind atm. Phil keeps pointing out that this happened before last year, i can only hope that the similarities keep going, as it is becoming increasingly tought to take :p
In other news, i am skint til next friday, which sucks balls, and i am working without a day off until i go to luton next weekend, which also sucks balls!
Title defence fails in Geographic mix up shock!
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Sigh.
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Well, we are nearly there and, to be honest with you, i am shaking with excitement!!
There is nearly all the stockton massive in attendance, we are even bringing a few railers down with us!
Just had a re read of the live update thread and a few of the articles on the web, and it sent a shiver down my spine.
In all seriousness, as any live event winner will tell you, it was the proudest moment of my life when i won that, and while i might not win it again this year, i intend to give it everything i have, and whoever does win it is going to have to bloody earn it!
Also looking forward to seeing people i havent seen in a while again, the likes of Ger and James, i am sure the banter is going to be fantastic, its always nice to meet up with friends you havent seen in a while!
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There is nearly all the stockton massive in attendance
There goes the neighbourhood 8)
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Your either with us orrr.... sensible.
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Well, another sleep out the way, 4 more shifts left at work to battle through!
general excitement amongst the stockton massive for the coming weekend, apart from the threat of snow which appears to be getting more and more real!
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Well, thursday night and decidded against playing poker tonight. Think that the only thing it would do would be to tilt me massively, and i am happy with the way i am playing, so no need to run the risk!!
Watching NFL tonight, gonna look for a site to watch the cricket on, as the NFL will be taking up the tv all night :(
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Live stream found for the 2nd day of the cricket :)
COME ON LADS!
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ONe more sleep til coventry :) happy days!
unfortunately 1 more shift at work to :(
England have hauled themselves back into the 1st test brillliantly, some top bowling in the last 2 sessions after an average 1st :)
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I utterly hate the review system in cricket.
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Awake at 6am due to over excitement, mother ward is plying me with tea, coffee and (hopefully) sausage sarnies.
Excitement is still there, undampened by Englands plight.
Cheating Aussies.
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How did you get on Son?
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How did you get on Son?
x
Harsh *******!!
Well, actually now it is over, its quite a relief for some reason. Was like a bit of a cloud over my head by the end of it, hopefully this is going to clear my head and let me get back to playing at my best :) As long as i dont get beaten by QQ when i have KK by some little scrot who put me on life tilt by calling clock after 2 mins of a decision for my tourny life when i have top 2, THEN waits for me to go and calm down and come back, to tell me he did it "cause he was bored".
sigh. GG temper.
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You kniow I love you Son x
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Before i start, let me make the following clear.
I am not doing thsi just for sympathy, nor do i really care if people want to take the piss after reading it. I am just doing it to try and get my head together and hope that people have some constructive ideas for me.
Tonight, i am probably feeling the lowest i have ever felt about poker.
Myself and a good friend and fellow member of the stockton poker crew had a good chat on the way home, and quite frankly it was ****ing depressing.
We used to play witha group of friends on a thursday night, and i really used to look forward to it every week. The standard of players was varied, we sometimes fell out, but everyone was playing to the best of their abilities, and it brought the best out of my game.
I by no means won every week, but i felt as if it was making me think about every hand, i had plans every time i got involved, i was thinking properly about my game, and i wasnt making that many mistakes. I was playing at what i feel is the best level i have reached yet, playing aggressive and picking my spots well, but knowing when to fold if i had to.
I barely ever limped EVER. I hated it. If i got involved i did it properly, no matter what the cards i had chosen to play.
Now however, i utterly hate myself at the poker table.
We play on a tuesday night at a pub, and its, quite frankly ****. (I know, its a pub league, what do i expect etc etc etc)
I have lost my ability to control a table, i am finding myself limping in all the time, with any 2 carrds most of the time, just hoping to hit.
I dont raise much any more, mainly as something in te back of my head is saying to me "whats the point, your going to get called and they will always hit the flop"
This has led to me limp-folding for ****s sake! LIMP FOLDING!!!!!!!!
I just feel like there is literally no point in me playing, Yeah the people are nice, and the food we get is good. But i have realised, i want somethign more from it. I want to be challenged, i want to play poker!!!
Unfortunately, since we stopped playing or little game ona thursday, there is litterally no where to play poker to a decent standard, or what i used to perceive to be a decent standard, any more.
When i turned up to the Europeans in Coventry, i was what i would call, massively undercooked.
I had had no practice playing good poker. I have lost my ability to do so. I cant remember playing any of the (very few) hands i played thinking about what was happening and what the situation was.
I didnt have plans when i was playing hands, i was just doing it.
This really isnt what i want from poker at all, and i really do fear that i am totally losing the love for it.
I dont want to just turn up and play with people who have no idea (god i sound patronising as ****) I want to play and think and feel, i am pretty sure that my instincts in poker used to be damn good, now they are dulled beyond belief.
Honestly, if i cant find a game soon that is goign to go back to testing me and my abilities and give me the chance to get better, i am seriously jsut gonna jack it in.
Problem is, there isnt anywhere like that that i know of in the North East.
I think i have reached a serious cross roads in my poker playing life, and i am honestly not sure where its gonna end up
And it upsets me.
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Stu - chill - life is a roller coaster not just poker - it sucks 90% of the time you have to put all things in perspective you cant win all the time its the beauty of the game (and life) Play poker and life the same way take the rough with the smooth (I know you a bit and I think you can do that) you can fool most of the people some of the time but the one you have to be true to is yourself. Party time the next time we meet
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I just feel like there is literally no point in me playing, Yeah the people are nice, and the food we get is good. But i have realised, i want somethign more from it. I want to be challenged, i want to play poker!!!
And it upsets me.
I think you"re way out of line here.. the chicken and pepper ciabatta tonight was an absolute delight.. what more could you want ;)
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Son, you have to stop thinking of Tuesday night as being Poker - it"s not.
It is to Poker what Crazy Golf is to Golf, it uses much of the same equipment but it ain"t the real thing.
The food is the real deal though :)
Restore the Nobber Nine I say. Or some similar grouping of invited players
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That"s the problem Dave, I ain"t playing poker anywhere anymore!
I have sent out a faceboook message :) x
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That"s the problem Dave, I ain"t playing poker anywhere anymore!
Time to change the name of the blog then. >:(
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Stu, for what it"s worth, I also went to Coventry after a spell of very little Live play over the past 12-18 months. Playing online definitely helped but the dynamics of a live table are so different, so i approached Coventry with a fair amount of fear, but also excitement about being back in the APAT fold for the first time since 2008. It was great to meet up with the gang again, enjoy the weekend and just play the cards and players that were in front of me.
It sounds like you just need to take a break from the game for a while and I think we all go through spells like that occasionally. Give it a couple of weeks then try a few online games and see if you get the bug back. Hope it works out for you.
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o well after saturday night i would say your poker is better than your drinking. maybe take up omaha for a while as more concentration is required and could be more challenging for a man of your varied talents.
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That"s the problem Dave, I ain"t playing poker anywhere anymore!
Time to change the name of the blog then. >:(
Done pauly mate :p
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OK, we have agreed to start the old thursday night game up again, and i am hoping that this is going to help me get back to loving poker again. I shall blog tomrrow night to let you all know how it goes. hopefully it will a bit of a happier posting :)
thanks for the posts though, i really appreciate the input from all of you :) x
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Stu, for what it"s worth, I also went to Coventry after a spell of very little Live play over the past 12-18 months. Playing online definitely helped but the dynamics of a live table are so different, so i approached Coventry with a fair amount of fear, but also excitement about being back in the APAT fold for the first time since 2008. It was great to meet up with the gang again, enjoy the weekend and just play the cards and players that were in front of me.
It sounds like you just need to take a break from the game for a while and I think we all go through spells like that occasionally. Give it a couple of weeks then try a few online games and see if you get the bug back. Hope it works out for you.
Cheers mate.
We have got our old players back having a game on thursday night. After a bit of contempation i am hoping that i will be able to get back into things and get more importantly back to enjoying myself!
If not i may well take your advice i think :)
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My brief observations while i have a minute FWIW
- There is nothing wrong with going back to a bit of ABC
- You can still get into complex situations post-flop playing ABC, your experience will give you an Edge
- There will always be donkeys at the table. tbf they pay their money and they can play how they want to
- Don"t laugh but......... nit it up for a bit (PM sent)
- You know limp-folding is bad, apart from certain specific situations (e.g. your limp gets raised, 3-bet & 4-bet) but limping itself is not always a bad thing. Pick a number of hands to limp call with from EP and reassess after the flop
- Squeeeeeze! If you are better than the donkeys at the table they will give you free chips. Do it with Raggy aces, Mid-pairs, sc"s... if you get called, then it"s your turn to hit.
I could go on but.... I have a job (I"m obv not that good at poker see ;))
Good Luck Mate!
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- There will always be donkeys at the table. tbf they pay their money and they can play how they want to
Damn right - Oh (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/getmecoatij1.gif)
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- There will always be donkeys at the table. tbf they pay their money and they can play how they want to
Damn right - Oh (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Smileys/default/getmecoatij1.gif)
i dont debate that, the problem is i have been sucked down to their level :p
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my OCD is kicking right off today.
Face book will not allow me to place someone i play poker with into the relevant group on my chat thingy. It is driving em to distraction, and making me swear lots.
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Wow, this is nice.
I am so excited for poker tonight its silly!
We have 10 of us all willing to play every week :D Its so good to be looking forward to playing poker again.
We are gonna do a league and the winner will get some money to buy in to a tourny or something. Even talk of us getting a forum going and trying to enter the APAT team event next year, look out APAT :D
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Wow, this is nice.
I am so excited for poker tonight its silly!
We have 10 of us all willing to play every week :D Its so good to be looking forward to playing poker again.
We are gonna do a league and the winner will get some money to buy in to a tourny or something. Even talk of us getting a forum going and trying to enter the APAT team event next year, look out APAT :D
Nice one Stu, hope it goes well tonight 8)
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Cheers mate. Just gonna see how things go, try and get me mojo back ;p
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Something to cheer you up Stu x
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/JdBgAgGnBDjePvyW
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lololololol quality work TC. :)
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Well poker last ngiht happened.
And i loved it :)
Was brilliant to be playing with those people again, and was a top night. The banter was first rate, the poker was (in general) good, and i felt like i played very well indeed.
There was a couple of outdraws against me to double some people up, and i ran into AA with A3 when we were 3 handed which never helps really. BUT i really enjoyed myself for the first time in ages.
In terms of how i played, like i said, i thought i did well. Ran some nicely timed bluffs, got paid on 2 streets by the Stockton Corpse when i flopped a set of 10"s, got some one off a J4J4x board with 7 high.
I dont feel like i butchered any hands either to be honnest. The limp folding was put back in its box and locked away somewhere, which is the most pleasing part of the night for me :p
Ended up coming 3rd, so got my money back for the evenings poker.
Bring on next week :D
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Ahhh that"s great news! Doesn"t matter where you finished as long as you enjoyed the night.
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Excellent news, so you are definitely going to be playing APAT next season ?
It"s just we want to announce the added value, and always like to consider your buyin as part of the package. ;)
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Excellent news, so you are definitely going to be playing APAT next season ?
It"s just we want to announce the added value, and always like to consider your buyin as part of the package. ;)
Announce away :D
i might still be coming to spain yet :p
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There was a couple of outdraws against me to double some people up...
Sigh.... ::)
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There was a couple of outdraws against me to double some people up...
Sigh.... ::)
ha.
hahahahaahahhahahaha.
and indeed...lol.
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Ran some nicely timed bluffs, got paid on 2 streets by the Stockton Corpse :o when i flopped a set of 10"s
This I find hard to believe ;D
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Ran some nicely timed bluffs, got paid on 2 streets by the Stockton Corpse :o when i flopped a set of 10"s
This I find hard to believe ;D
"tis true - I witnessed it - he almost got called on the river too...
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Glad you enjoyed the night ;D Think it was Greg Raymer who says treat it as leisure interest, enjoy it and if you break even or win then you"ll be happy
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currently being massively tilted by Expedia saying it cant verify my card to take payment for my flight
ffs!!! it gets more expensive by the fecking day :(
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Well, went out to staff party on saturday.
Went out after to a club, my mate ended up being shot out by bouncers and given a kicking on the way despite not doing much wrong, and i proceeded to fall over lots outside, resulting in a painful wrist and a bit of a cut on my forehead. super.
Also as a result i have lost my car keys, which means that my car is currently abandoned in Tesco, whcih is luckily enough the place i work. Hopefully getting a new key sorted tomorrow.
FML.
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Do you ever have a night out where you don"t "lose" something?
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Do you ever have a night out where you don"t "lose" something?
He"s held onto his "cherry" pretty well ;D
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You need to have a word with your lass Dave :)
And occasionally ger, but not very often :(
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You need to have a word with your lass Dave :)
And occasionally ger, but not very often :(
Nahh I asked yer mam x
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I wouldn"t bother asking her, we aren"t into that kind of thing in my family, I worry about you sometimes x
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I wouldn"t bother asking her, we aren"t into that kind of thing in my family, I worry about you sometimes x
I"ll resist the temptation to make a further disparaging remark about yer mam (she specifically asked me not to) and simply accept the invitation to say "I rest my case"
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I am never drinking again
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I am never drinking again
Good man - abstinance is good for the soul ::)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjn5E96ANQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjn5E96ANQ)
I am VERY proud to be from teesside and be a son of middlesbrough, this video sums it up for me. Absolute pride and passion for my area. no matter what anyone says
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjn5E96ANQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpjn5E96ANQ)
I am VERY proud to be from teesside and be a son of middlesbrough, this video sums it up for me. Absolute pride and passion for my area. no matter what anyone says
Having visited Vienna, Tallinn, Prague, Tennessee, New York, Dublin etc this year there"s no place like home mate, proud as well matey.
Actually..
....f*ck that.. Tallinn wins ;D
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I am never drinking again
Was saying exactly the same thing at exactly the same time on the 28th. How well you were able to focus on a computer long enough to type it out though. That"s fair going imo.
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Having visited Vienna, Tallinn, Prague, Tennessee, New York, Dublin etc this year there"s no place like home mate, proud as well matey.
Actually..
....f*ck that.. Tallinn wins ;D
DAMNIT! DAMNIT! DAMNIT!
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Actually..
....f*ck that.. Tallinn wins ;D
sigh Tallinn was awesome
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I am never drinking again
Was saying exactly the same thing at exactly the same time on the 28th. How well you were able to focus on a computer long enough to type it out though. That"s fair going imo.
Went out for a few games of darts at 2pm
Rolled in to the house at 4.20am. Sigh.
Work at 9am. SIGH.
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Buying a new set of darts today, big big decisions to be made!!
On a side note, no i am not one of those who only play around the time of the world champs!
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Well, finally got booked up to go to spain, going to be on a budget, but its still gonna be a stormer.
I am flying out on Thursday morning due to lack of seats on friday flights, so will most likely be a bit drunk by the time you lot arrive, but you will be eargerly anticipated.
just 3 more shifts to get through at work, then we are ready to go!
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Expecting a quick de-brief of all the places of interest when we arrive - counting on you ::)
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Expecting a quick de-brief of all the places of interest when we arrive - counting on you ::)
oh dear... i will take a wander round find places with tits of interest and try and remember for whence you all arrive!!
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well the league game was a non starter really, played ok, got to about 19/50, then decided that my A* was obv a good spot for a 4 bet shove.
Or not s it happened!!!
3 more shifts left at work, then the Spanish adventure starts.
I cant wait to see you all again, i reckon its going to be a classic :D
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Someone i know at work got he horrible news today that her dog is going to have to be put to sleep tomorrow. Terrible stuff, poor girl is in bits about it.
Had it happen myself and its one of the nastiest things ever, despite ehat some people say, they become much loved parts of the family, and i know my dog was like a brother to me. Except probably a better poker player than The Rock.
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Someone i know at work got he horrible news today that her dog is going to have to be put to sleep tomorrow. Terrible stuff, poor girl is in bits about it.
Had it happen myself and its one of the nastiest things ever, despite ehat some people say, they become much loved parts of the family, and i know my dog was like a brother to me. Except probably a better poker player than The Rock.
Never a good thing
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http://www.justin.tv/poker24h7d?#/w/749555728/3 (http://www.justin.tv/poker24h7d?#/w/749555728/3)
here you go, for those interested, poker tv, 24/7
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Up and about, and very excited.
Boarding paass...yep
Money....yep
Shuttle pass....yep
hotel booking...yep
Leaving the gold medal at home this time incase any horrible russians rub themselves with it :)
See you all shortly, cant wait for you all to arrive :)
this is gonna be a classic
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APAT report.
7k chips lost in 1 hand in first level with 4 high.
sigh.
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Ok, cant be arsed doing an APAT spain write up as me head is frazzled.
Went back to work on thursday to be told i was going to an assessment centre for management at tesco. This has resulted in me doing non stop workshops and mock interviews with my deputy store manager and Personell Manager for the last 3 days.
Anyway, 1 more day of mental torture to go through then it is upon me.
And i am ****ting it.
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well, assessment centre is tomorrow.
Had an intense 2 days getting prepared for it, and frankly, my brain is fried, so i am gonna go to play some not-poker at the pub tonight jsut to tilt me sufficiently for it.
GG job WP.
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Well poker last night wasnt too bad.
Have promised myself to tighten up a bit, and i did last night, the result was a 8th place finish, for my 1st final table appearance in a while, ran 1010 into KK (fml why is it always KK!) to go out, lost a pretty meaty pot with AJ v A7 a
On the work front i today had my assessment centre for management in Tesco. As some of you may have noticed on facebook today, i was rather nervous!!
Turn out it was for no reason, as i became the first person from my store to score 100% (unconfirmed reports of being 1st person in the area!) So i am now a trainee manager at Tesco, which is brilliant really :D Chuffed to bits with myself :D
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Well done Stu - never in doubt, never in doubt
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Top man WP sir :)
Does this mean a definite Vegas in November???
Oh.. when can I call round to cash in on your presumably larger staff discount card?
My stock of beer and hobnobs are below critical levels :P
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Top man WP sir :)
Does this mean a definite Vegas in November???
Oh.. when can I call round to cash in on your presumably larger staff discount card?
My stock of beer and hobnobs are below critical levels :P
It will almost certainly mean vegas in november, provided i dont **** up before i get a job as a manager :D
any time you need to do some shopping let me know mate, you can have 10%
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Well done Stu - see you in November!
If I mention your name at Tesco"s, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, can I get 10% too?
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Well done Stu,
can I get some clubcard points by email pls ;)
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I know i am loud jack, but i dont think they know of me in leicester...yet :p
Ian, i cant sort you out with that, however Phil is a massive geek, so can probably hack something to hook you up :)
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Congrats on the job Stu well done, see you l8r on tonight for a game.
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cheers brian, there shall be a few beers consumed tonight, but i am going to look to continue my new tight game i think :)
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Well poker last night was fun, i managed to pull back my aggressive game, play some good solid poker with a bit of fun mixed in occassionally.
Hit 5 sets in the night and STILL went out in 5th lol
Hand that did for me, folded to me on the button, with the stockton rock in sb and lucy amos in bb, neither of which had shown a desire to get in volved with previous raises by myself in the same situation (infact Lucy had folded 66 to a raise from me the orbit before!)
Anyway, i pop my raise in with 10 5, Rock folds (shock) and lucy calls.
Flop 10 J 5. She bets, i raise, she goes all in i call she flips over 55, which leaves me on 550 with the blinds at 500/1000
GG!
Overall felt much better about my game though, felt far more in control of the table and had alot of fun still, could be onto something here!
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Anyway, i pop my raise in with 10 5, Rock folds (shock) and lucy calls.
Flop 10 J 5. She bets, i raise, she goes all in i call
So Brother Rock, just what hand did you put her on ;D
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making a rare forray into the world of online poker tonight, playing the 66k g"tee KO now on Full Tilt and just satalited into the 440k g-tee for $2 :)
one time plez.
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853/1500 in $66KO, 720th is min cash, jsut lost a chunk with a hand that i posted on the Poker acadamy bit, and then another 5k the hand after with AK v KJ AIPF which mr villain manages to hit runner runner straight with!
Also treading water in the $440k g-tee double deuce, not had anything to get going with!
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112/451 in the 66k 46$ locked up so far, would liek more tho thanks :D
5890/8229 in the 400k one, bout 4k below average, still struggling for hands!
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Go get "em Tiger.
Congrats on the new job. Just back from Bolton. Jack and I went quite deep, 29th for him and 13th for me (£100). Good weekend, missed the boys from Stockton though!!!
Mind you there were some very similar funny accents there as well. Newcastle, Hetton etc...couldn"t understand a word they said, so it felt like you were close by!!!!!
Assume that you will be going to Vegas a day early as usual to suss out the facilities????
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Ended up with a few fairly sick beats and cashing for $90, bit disappointing but hey ho!!
Yeah, would have liked to be down there, cant believe you let one of the geordie scumbags come 2nd tho!
Well done, was railing all the APAT regulars on the updates, it was a good showing by a few of you by the sounds of things.
I reckon me going to Vegas a day early would possibly be the worst idea ever, bye bye money!
Looking forward to season 5 now, i have a new strategy to try for my next APAT, sober poker. Christ.
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Ended up with a few fairly sick beats and cashing for $90, bit disappointing but hey ho!!
Yeah, would have liked to be down there, cant believe you let one of the geordie scumbags come 2nd tho!
Well done, was railing all the APAT regulars on the updates, it was a good showing by a few of you by the sounds of things.
I reckon me going to Vegas a day early would possibly be the worst idea ever, bye bye money!
Looking forward to season 5 now, i have a new strategy to try for my next APAT, sober poker. Christ.
Funny I never thought I"d see those three words together. Sober, Poker and Christ!!!!!!
p.s. especially on a blog from you :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Ended up with a few fairly sick beats and cashing for $90, bit disappointing but hey ho!!
Yeah, would have liked to be down there, cant believe you let one of the geordie scumbags come 2nd tho!
Well done, was railing all the APAT regulars on the updates, it was a good showing by a few of you by the sounds of things.
I reckon me going to Vegas a day early would possibly be the worst idea ever, bye bye money!
Looking forward to season 5 now, i have a new strategy to try for my next APAT, sober poker. Christ.
Funny I never thought I"d see those three words together. Sober, Poker and Christ!!!!!!
p.s. especially on a blog from you :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
If you put these three words in Google the second entry is this
Donkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia... from the shadow of Christ"s crucifixion, placing the donkey at the foot ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey -
spooky or what ;)
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nearly the name of my blog!!! i won 155$ @ cash ;last night, i may go lose it now as i am a little drunk :)
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Forgot about this!!
Well, for the first time ina while, tonight i will be playing poker with the distinct absence of drunkeness or a hangover.
Also looking to continue along my path of selective aggression, and i cant wait :D
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Been an age since i have posted in this sorry!
First things first, well done to Phil TC on making the England team for the Home Championships, about time you got picked for one of these mate, told you it would happen!
I am still $4k ahead on the hendon mob tho :p
Secondly, and the reason for re opening this, myself and Matthew "The Stockton Rock" Ward have booked up to get to Vegas in November :D
Excited doesnt even begin to describe it to be honest. Gonna be a fantastic trip, with brilliant people. I really cant wait.
Side notes about said trip.
I WILL be playing this event sober. Seriously. I know. But after what happened in spain i want to get back to trying to play well again, rather than just getting steaming drunk!
Dont worry though, the rest of the holiday is fair game :D
In other news, my manager is at a different store for 3 weeks, so i am in charge! Been a hard week so far, but its all good experience and will hopefully speed up me becoming a manager and getting the lovely pay rise in time for Vegas :D
Cricket season starts on 17th of April which i am very happy about. Been really praticing the leg spin hard and am looking forward to putting it into practice out in the middle.
Off to pub for arrows this afternoon, then to the home game tonight, looking to take out England International Phil "Silly hair" Tompkyfish
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.. looking to take out England International Phil "Silly hair" Tompkyfish
You know I"m a cheap date.. bottle of cherry lambrini and I"m all yours :-*
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.. looking to take out England International Phil "Silly hair" Tompkyfish
You know I"m a cheap date.. bottle of cherry lambrini and I"m all yours :-*
bubble boy, how did you get selected??
england prooooooooooooo!
xx
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bubble boy, how did you get selected??
;D in life as in poker my friend, class is permanent... learn some and one day you might get picked too ;) x
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bubble boy, how did you get selected??
;D in life as in poker my friend, class is permanent... learn some and one day you might get picked too ;) x
you keep your class, i will keep winning. deal?
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bubble boy, how did you get selected??
;D in life as in poker my friend, class is permanent... learn some and one day you might get picked too ;) x
Saucer of milk for Table TC ;D
Have a good three weeks in charge PokerSon
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Today marks the start of 11 weeks of preparation for the Middlesbrough 10k run in september.
knocked fags on the head, cutting back on beer, eating more healthy.
first run of just under a mile today. nearly died.
this is gonna be bloody hard work
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It gets easie Stu believe me.
In my recent Iron man series I had to consider not drinking the evening before and after the event ::)
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Today marks the start of 11 weeks of preparation for the Middlesbrough 10k run in september.
knocked fags on the head, cutting back on beer, eating more healthy.
first run of just under a mile today. nearly died.
this is gonna be bloody hard work
Place and time of the next run please - Don"t care where or when I need to be there ;D
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Please take recording aparatus!
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i am not sure the constant swearing as i run was helping tbh. still, i will persevere, gonna weigh myself to,morrow so can keep track of how much i lose.
oh, day 1 of not having a fag, i am more miserable than Ger in a place that doesnt serve booze or allow strippers.
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monthly update :p
Sat at Center Parcs in cumbria.
Lovely place this is, house has a hot tub, sauna, steam room. All the family are here (or will be by tomorrow) Lovely relaxing way to spend a week after my first week on my management placement!
Poker wise, still playing a thursday, but not got to any APAT's to play this season,m which is massively upsetting, but i am aiming to get down to the worlds, just need to figure out a way of paying into things as my card wont seem to work on DTD :(
Hope we are all well x
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPnOASOWIU
today i am listening to this kind of music :)
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Time for an update!
x
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you read my mind pops :)
So!!! the team championships are upon us!!
The nerves have gone and have been replaced with excitement and a determination to do well.
I feel my game is in decent knick, played last thursday and while i came 2nd, i felt its the best poker i have played in months. was still aggressive, and was really thinking things through as i played and usually coming to the right call, including a call on the river with 5th pair!!
I havent played this week, but have been thinking about hands andd my game in general loads, and been visualising us bringing the golds home!
I really do think we are amongst the favourites, probably with the welsh boys, but we have some top performers and i just have a feeling we are gonna do well.
Also looking forward more than anything to seeing everyone again, i was gutted in newcastle when i was only there for 1 night, so am really looking forward to this so much.
Before we arrive in nottingham, myself and The Rock are off to Peterborough to see the mighty Boro in the carling cup.
this i am not so confident about
see you all soon, i really can barely wait!!
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Ok then, time for a report!!
As you all know, i came a mighty 2nd bottom in the individual points tally for the team event!
Not sure how to feel or where to start really!! I made my appologies to my team mates at the event, still feel like i let them down a bit, if i had got some more points we could have been in contention so i suppose we will never know.
After taking some time to think about things these are my thoughts.
STT 1
Got my stack up to about 5k early doors, without showing a hand, felt like i was really playing well and was picking my spots really well. Made a call with 88 when the blinds were 50/100, i raised to 500 and a member of team scotland shoved for about 2k more. I made the call, as i think we might be flipping, but now, after looking back and talking it through with Rudders, I now think/know that this should have been an easy fold, he hadnt played a hand (literally) thus far and i can afford to chuck away the 500 and go back to picking up pots after that as i had been. Then was too busy talking to realise a member of team Canada had raised, i shove my 82o and she makes the call with 1010. Woops!!
Omaha -
Played well here! Really enjoyed it, got to 4 handed and realised that my opponents deffo had a skill edge, so i took the route of sheer aggression to get to 2 handed, where i went down, but not complaining with 2nd place!
HU
Got Brendan Byrne here, tough tought tough game!
Started off really well, and hitting a FH against his 2 pair gave me a decent chip lead, unfortunately, everytime i thought i had a decent spot to make a bluff at, Brendan picked up a hand. The prime example being me having to say "Jack high" and seeing brendan flip his paired Ace!
Got it in with A10ss against 77 and got no help so that was that really, felt like i played it really well, it just wasnt gonna happen!
Day 2
STT
Make raise pre with QQ after Ger had limped, get the call, flop comes x67, he checks, i bet, he raises a bit, so i call, turn is 7, check check, river 9, Ger bets, i fold showing my QQ and he flips 67! MBN :p
Then get KK on bb, its limped by about 5 people i think, make a raise, get a few callers, flop is 6 2 3, American bets 500, i shove 2.5k, Eck shoves over top, Eck has 66 and thats me done AGAIN lol.
MTT
Horrible table with Young Rudders and Brendan Byrne to my direct left. Lovely.
Won a bit, lost a bit (including a horrid bet on the river into Rudders jr which just made no sense) Then locked up for about 40 mins.
Got AQ, raised pre, got 2 callers, flop comes xx9, Canadian bets, i raise him for most of my stack, he shoves, i have to call, he flips K9o and i miss. Out again.
I dont particularly like his play here, at all, but suppose he has called pre with that hand, so he had to go with it once he had hit top pair. Out again!
Overall, i feel like i have played really well, and at least it gave me plenty of time to talk to people like Rudders Snr, Brendan and Paul McGuiness about things, all of who were brilliant and di a good job of reassuring me that they thought i had played well, cheers boys, it was really appreciated.
Being able to talk to players like that has given me alot of things that i want to use going forward and will hopefully help me to step up to the next level.
Well dones go to Paul McGuiness for being a double world champ, absolutely chuffed to bits for you mate, couldnt be more deserved for a cracking human being!
Also to Phil TC for his bronze in the 6max, was gutted you diddnt get your gold mate, but really well done on a corking performance!!!
Oh and Wales, as soon as we got out of it, was desperate to see you win, your all top lads and it was very well deserved for a cracking performance.
Cheers to everyone who got me so drunk i was falling asleep in my chair at DTD, appreciate all the generosity, and i will be buying people drinks when i next see you all!
Finally thanks to James Barber for letting me and the Stockton Rock stay at his flat, had a cracking time, and he looked after us well. Top man, love ya loads.
I am (after announcing my retirement on friday) going to the local Gala tonight to give it all another go! Only question is, do i wear my England top while i am there!?
This really all came together to remind me why i love playing APAT events, you are all, without exception, absolute stars, and i cant wait for my next taste of it, which will probably be Vegas! Bring it on.
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Cracking report PokerSon :)
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Off to the brand spanking new G casino in Stockton with Phil Tompkyfish tonight for the 10+10+10. Anticipating the same cack fest as at the gala.
These little adventures NEVER go well. Ever.
I am not overly sure i have ever cashed in a non APAT casino tourny.
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Off to the brand spanking new G casino in Stockton with Phil Tompkyfish tonight for the 10+10+10. Anticipating the same cack fest as at the gala.
These little adventures NEVER go well. Ever.
I am not overly sure i have ever cashed in a non APAT casino tourny.
Take it down Stu and TC.
Have fun - and most importantly - 37 more sleeps.
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Stu is on tilt. Phil is winning. Write up to come!
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Stu is on tilt. Phil is winning. Write up to come!
FML. This is all :-[
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Stu is on tilt. Phil is was winning. Write up to come!
FYP ;D can"t wait for the details from the One Armed Bandit.
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Well, brand shiny new casino, same results!!!
Some particular highlights included :
Mr random at end of table pushes for about 8 bigs, he has been a bit bonkers, random guy 2 seats later calls, i call with qd td on the button
Flop comes Q high, random man bets 500, i shove for about 2 k, he folds
At which point (http://www.statesidestills.com/prodimages/attenborough_richard_jurassic_park_38554l.jpg)
who is dealing, promptly picks up the flop and burn cars and puts then on the bottom of the deck.
We point out this should not be done, as the hand is still on going, so he puts them back again, very kindly.
He then proceeds to burn TWO cards then deal the turn, then burn again and deal the river, which gives the other guy who is all in a runner runner straight and a 4k pot.
I thought i had seen something amiss, but wasnt sure, until about 3 mins later, after the next hand had started, when phil, who is in the seat next to me points it out. **** my life.
I bust shortly after with a massive case of life tilt after said Jurrasic Park starring dealer exhibits some CORKING string betting skills too.
Phil makes it to final table, and is going well, until his KK is beaten by AJ (the other player claiming for the rest of the night that he was racing...LOL) and THEN the following happens.
Phil raises early position with AA, 3 seats after him shoves, as does the guy in the hijack. phil obv calls and is shown 1010 by original pusher, and A10 by hijack.
All looks rosy for our one armed bandit, until the case 10 drops on the turn, leaving phil with a bowl. Sigh.
Going back on tuesday? Probably!
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ok so, am off to the casino today for the £50 deepstack freezeout. sigh, when will i learn???
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ok so, am off to the casino today for the £50 deepstack freezeout. sigh, when will i learn???
Free (http://www.sydneyarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sunday-roast-300x200.jpg) FTW though mate! Enjoy x
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only redeeming feature i would presume.
Will post some updates for the limited time i am in.
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Registered and awaiting kick off, wish me luck, let"s do this thing one time!!
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Tourney off, played cash instead lost it with top pair and flush draw to riveted gutshot all in on the turn, ah well, tempted by another 50 pound on at the other casino tonight
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back to G casino tonight for 10+10+tilt pt 2.
The stockton rock and the stockton fossil shall be joining the stockton one armed bandit and stockton cock, we are all having a last shorter bet we are that confident of our abilities to do well!
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back to G casino tonight for 10+10+tilt pt 2.
The stockton rock and the stockton fossil shall be joining the stockton one armed bandit and stockton cock, we are all having a last shorter bet we are that confident of our abilities to do well!
ahem
I can obviously identify the "rock" and the "one-armed bandit" but I believe that I and Brian may well be offended to learn which of the two remaining soubriquet applies to us...
By the way - the Rock played more hands than you did! VPIP after 16 hands of 0% is not the stuff of champions
Back again tonight for the £5 turbo?
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I think this was before he knew you were going Dave and I"m presuming the Stockton cock is in fact himself.. could be wrong though.. however more importantly is Stu going to stop being a f anny and take back such comments as on facebook last night as
"decided that I have vastly over rated my ability and am from now on only playing with my mates on a Thursday"
and
"not won money live apart from home games for ages. If I can afford APATs then fair enough but not gonna bother really"
Is this the end for our beloved Stockon cock??? :-\
*edit* just found out that f anny is automatically changed to donkey when saving... you learn something new everyday x
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At this moment not feeling like taking it back at all, still totally disillusioned with poker at the minute.
The Stockton cock is indeed myself, you are the Stockton fish Dave :p
All the above said, I am still very much stupidly excited and looking forward to seeing everyone in Vegas so much, it"s going to be legendary!!
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whilst everyone else is at luton, i am working to get the pennies in place for a certain trip to las vegas! bloody rich people!
not played poker this thursdday, already feeling better for it, my head is in a much better place, might give it a bit more time, see how things go :)
right off to work i go, glglgl to everyone who is down there enjoying themselves :)
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G again tomorrow?
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Playing the 10 plus tilt plus tilt again. Second level, double starting stack. Counting no chickens, new dealer who no doubt hates me x
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Playing the 10 plus tilt plus tilt again. Second level, double starting stack. Counting no chickens, new dealer who no doubt hates me x
The original dealer hates you more...
But give Sasha time to get to know you better :P
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Waiting for parents ward to return home with fish n chips and i am then off to meet some of the lads from cricket for a beer.
Currently on 28 hours awake and counting, this is difficult.
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Waiting for parents ward to return home with fish n chips and i am then off to meet some of the lads from cricket for a beer.
Currently on 28 hours awake and counting, this is difficult.
LOL hard core - will you regal them with the story of the "lady" in the car when we were in the taxi home ?
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Waiting for parents ward to return home with fish n chips and i am then off to meet some of the lads from cricket for a beer.
Currently on 28 hours awake and counting, this is difficult.
LOL hard core - will you regal them with the story of the "lady" in the car when we were in the taxi home ?
no, almost certainly not :D
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(http://www.onlineholdemgames.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Pai-Gow-Poker.jpg)
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(http://www.onlineholdemgames.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Pai-Gow-Poker.jpg)
Like!!! Downloaded a Pai Gow app for my iPhone today too :) Happy happy days!!
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Downloaded a Pai Gow app for my iPhone today too :) Happy happy days!!
I"ve been searching for an Andriod App but no success yet! :(
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There"s even a book on Apple for The perfect strategy.....
Of course you"ll need an iPad to read it!!!!
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Downloaded a Pai Gow app for my iPhone today too :) Happy happy days!!
I"ve been searching for an Andriod App but no success yet! :(
Pai Gow Poker by Donutman Software on Android - fill your boots
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Waiting for parents ward to return home with fish n chips and i am then off to meet some of the lads from cricket for a beer.
Currently on 28 hours awake and counting, this is difficult.
LOL hard core - will you regal them with the story of the "lady" in the car when we were in the taxi home ?
no, almost certainly not :D
Details will be required on Thursday son...
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Woop poker tonight, get to meet up with some good friends who i havent seen in 2 weeks due to Vegas :)
Should be interesting to see if i can carry my form on back into england, i have my doubts personally!!
Still, poker will be played, beer will be drank and banter will be had.
Oh, and i am gonna take all of the Fossil"s chips, or die trying. More likely the latter, the nut peddling old nit :p
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Lol that"s the nicest thing you have called me for a while,
Them chips are yours for the taking, not.
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Can i have them instead..............erm just post them on here and i"ll pick em up laters ;D
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Wow, thought i would update :)
Proud moment today, been appointed as Stockton On Tees captain for next season :)
Really am honoured to be taking over from Phil, who has done a top job. We have such a talented group of players up here,o with niumerous champions and medalists kicking about, and we constantly punch above our weight for a "small" club.
I will personally be playing alot more now, especially with it not being the cricket season, so will hopefully be able to add to the success with my own particular brand of lunacy at the tables!
We really need to set acheivable goals for ourselves. We are, realistically, not likelky to challenge for the league title, but by god we will be giving it a good go :D
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Congrats fish ;D ;D ;D
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Congrats fish ;D ;D ;D
Cheers Ger, i think my style of captaincy may be a little more... vociferous than Phils :D
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Congrats fish ;D ;D ;D
Cheers Ger, i think my style of captaincy everything I do may IS be a little significantly more... vociferous than Phils :D
FYP
... and congrats ;D
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Congrats fish ;D ;D ;D
Cheers Ger, i think my style of captaincy everything I do may IS be a little significantly more... vociferous than Phils :D
FYP
;D ;D ;D
Congrats Capt. Fatcat ;)
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Congrats fish ;D ;D ;D
Cheers Ger, i think my style of captaincy everything I do may IS be a little significantly more... vociferous than Phils :D
FYP
;D ;D ;D
Congrats Capt. Fatcat ;)
Why thankyou :D :D :D
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You and Phil going to Brighton Stu? Need to get introduced properly if you are mate.
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You and Phil going to Brighton Stu? Need to get introduced properly if you are mate.
Me yes, Phil no.
I am sure we shall be introduced, will get you a pint in mate :)
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Good choice for new captain imo, say what you want about Stu (most of us do and he takes it well) he is a good poker player and pantheistic about, well everything.
Stu, have a good Christmas, New Year etc and I will see you in Season Six. Hopefully at another final table.
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Good choice for new captain imo, say what you want about Stu (most of us do and he takes it well) he is a good poker player and pantheistic paralytic most of the time.
Stu, have a good Christmas, New Year etc and I will see you in Season Six. Hopefully at another final table.
FYP ;)
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Panthewhatnow?!?!?
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Panthewhatnow?!?!?
You weren"t the only one to have to google that Son and the fact that Rodders chose to use the word in your diary suggests he may have mistaken you for someone else?
Well done for taking on the Captain"s job thingy - have to see if I can"t play a few of these myself next season
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Well done for taking on the Captain"s job thingy - have to see if I can"t play a few of these myself next season
You were Stockton"s 5th highest scorer this past season Dave ;)
Stu... if you"re interested...
Pos |
Player |
Season points |
1 |
Gary Palmer |
30 |
2 |
Mark Wright |
28 |
3 |
Richard Ellis |
25 |
4 |
Gary Motson |
22 |
5 |
Dave Amos |
21 |
6 |
Phil Tompkyfish |
14 |
7 |
Matt Dobson |
6 |
x
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Well done for taking on the Captain"s job thingy - have to see if I can"t play a few of these myself next season
You were Stockton"s 5th highest scorer this past season Dave ;)
Stu... if you"re interested...
Pos |
Player |
Season points |
1 |
Gary Palmer |
30 |
2 |
Mark Wright |
28 |
3 |
Richard Ellis |
25 |
4 |
Gary Motson |
22 |
5 |
Dave Amos |
21 |
6 |
Phil Tompkyfish |
14 |
7 |
Matt Dobson |
6 |
x
Where"s The Rock, The Cock & The Fossil (Actually is that the 8th Book in the Chronicles of Narnia?)
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I personally didnt play as many games as i should/would have liked to, this is an issue i will be rectifying next season.
Still worried that Des was so alarmed by me being appointed captain he immediately announced a change in the whole system to make sure i wasnt going to be a captain next season!
I think the Cock, Rock and fossil would be more like a tribute to the upcoming "The Hobbit" film
Brian is about as old as Gandalf...
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Really struggling to sleep at the minute, probably a side effect of working nights for 2 weeks.
SO as i was awake i thought i would do a bit of grinding on poker stars :)
not a bad little session, bought in to 7 tournies (mtts, husng) for a total of about $30 and cashed for a total of $80 in them.
Frustratingly small amounts considering i won 3 x $3.50 hu matches and got a 2nd and a 1st in 18 $5 mtt"s!
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Well done for taking on the Captain"s job thingy - have to see if I can"t play a few of these myself next season
You were Stockton"s 5th highest scorer this past season Dave ;)
Stu... if you"re interested...
Pos |
Player |
Season points |
1 |
Gary Palmer |
30 |
2 |
Mark Wright |
28 |
3 |
Richard Ellis |
25 |
4 |
Gary Motson |
22 |
5 |
Dave Amos |
21 |
6 |
Phil Tompkyfish |
14 |
7 |
Matt Dobson |
6 |
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Where"s The Rock, The Cock & The Fossil (Actually is that the 8th Book in the Chronicles of Narnia
I don"t think I scored a single point this season even though I played most of the games, a mixture of playing bad and running bad, nah just playing bad.
I think I may be placed on the transfer list after last seasons efforts
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Good choice for new captain imo, say what you want about Stu (most of us do and he takes it well) he is a good poker player and pantheistic paralytic most of the time.
Stu, have a good Christmas, New Year etc and I will see you in Season Six. Hopefully at another final table.
FYP ;)
I have no idea what I actually meant stupid phone I suspect it was something else though
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Today has been a taxing one in the world of tesco.
Went in to work Thursday morning at 8am for my 8-5 shift, and was promptly asked if i would clear off home and come back in at 10pm to work a night shift, and work 10pm-7am on friday night too.
Sigh. I had previously got my thursday shift changed specifically to be able to go to play poker thursday ngiht. gg that.
So i agree and cant get a wink of sleep at all as i am not tired after a good nights kip, go back into work, work til 7am at which point my body realises it has been awake for 24 hrs and kicks off at me.
Cracking days sleep today, ready to go for another night.
Then i get invovled in a text message battle with my team leader about new years day working arrangements as we are open.
Shift that needs covering - 6am-12pm - not a nice one i can appreciate.
Now, when i was team leader, if i couldnt get shifts on bank holidays covered, i would do it myself. My manager never asked me, he never had to, but if i said no, he would have damn well told me i was doing it.
I dont mind doing my bit for the department, and have been increasingly covering more and more shifts recently.
Today i decided this stops, so i enetered hard nosed ******* mode. Im now hugely unpopular (believe that or not :p) and my team leader is working 6-15, just for good measure.
As my last text read to him.
"**** dont roll up hill.
mate."
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drought ended.
chopped the local G 10+10+10 for 145 notes with just a buy in and an add on.
may have cracked AA with AJ and AA with 57cc, but thats irrelevant IMO :p
stockton fossil 3rd after running his AQ into my A10.
stu is a happy bear.
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Luck box
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Luck box
+1
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Nice score Stu, 2012 is a good year to win the lot imo.
Still playing the PLO cash online? How is it going (surely the worlds most tilting game *lol*)
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Missed what seems like a cracking weekend in Brighton by the looks of it, I was gutted to not be able to go, so i will leave it there, apart from to say a massive well done to James Barber, who i am sure everyone will agree is one of the most popular final tabalists of all time. Massively well deserved mate, chuffed to bits for you, you defionately have a big win in one of these coming up :)
So. Instead of Brighton, i spent saturday and the night in Coventry at the Ricoh Arena.
Travelled down and arrived at mid day with Phil TC, my brother Matty, and fellow stockton massive members The Stockton Fossil, The stockton corpse, Gary Palmer and Mark Wright.
The match itself was a horror show, we got done 3-1 and ended the match with 9 men. We were poor, Coventry are possibly the worst team i have ever seen Boro play, there is no chance they are avoiding relegation.
Now, Championship ref"s. Horrendous. Truely, spectacularly Dump. Gave nothign for ages early on, then went beserk with the yellow cards out of no where. Had little to no control over the match at all. This has been a recurring theme in alot of the games i have been to recently. Something needs to be done about it!!!
Oh, and Coventry"s fans. Terrible as well. Not many turned up, and the ones that did refused to sing or make noise until they were 3-0 up and playing 10 men, and even then they shut up when we scored to make it 3-1!!!!
Right, so the match was finished, and we headed back to the bar for a few pints and to make plans. Plan turned out to be that while other people were getting themselves changed and stuff, I would drag the stockton Corpse to the bar and initiate him into the random shot game :D
He"s not a fan.
We make our way over to the casino, and get some food as we are all starving. This is where it got interesting.
The useless little nonce who was serving us could not do anything at all right. Drinks orders were messed up repeatedly, which led to me having to lend the Corpse one of my 2 pints i had til his arrived (some 30 minutes later) And the food order being butchered to hell as well, with Gary not having anything and phil getting the wrong thing!!!
We had regged for the £15 freeze out (with re entry allowed) and while we ambled accross to take our seats, Gary got all our food and drink bill for the resteraunt wiped off! WINNING!!!
Right, so the poker.
My first buy in lasted me approximately 25 minutes, as the locals took great pleasure in displaying Binkage abilities like i have never seen! I stomped off muttering under my breath about how that casino is cursed and went to the bar after poointing out to the rest of the stockton massive jsut how bad a player one of the locals actually was. 2 jaegerbombs later, and i had re registered and been seated at Phil TC"s table.
Hand of note 1
Horrible, buck toothed ginger lass of about 25 years of age who had binked a flush against me on my first table when calling a raise pre with Qd 3d and calling bets to the river where she hit her flush, moves onto our table and into the seat next to me.
I look down at 7d 7c and limp in to see a flop 3 ways which comes Jc Jh 7h (suits not accurate, i was pissed)
I check raise her bet whoich has been called, she flats that and the other local gets out of the way. Turn comes nothing of concequence and we get it all in, the river is a blank and her AJ c Kdes up short v my FH and she is knocked out, and i am on my way towards 25k in chips.
This stack would be up and down more than a sleeping Technolog in a hotel lift for a while, and we get moved tables again.
Hand of note 2
Sat on a table with Gary Palmer of the stockton massive, i am sb to his bb.
Random lady limps from the button, i look down at Jh 8h in the sb and make up the rest of the 1.2k and gary decides to stick a raise in. Lady folds and i decide that seeing a flop would be a grand idea, so i call out of my stack of about 35k.
Flop comes 88x which was a pleasant surprise, and we both check it.
The turn brings more good news as a J turns up to give me the house. Another check from our sneaky hero, and Gary P puts about 6k into the pot, which after some mutterings from myself was called.
The river was nothing of note, and i bet out 14k to which Gary instantly puts his chips in, i call and show my hand, and Gary gets up and walks off chuntering non to quietly. Apparently he had KK. Oooops.
This moves me up and towards the 70k+ range and chip lead in the tourny, ahead of the stockton Corpse, and our very own Stockton rock in 2nd and 3rd.
That was until i raised my brothers BB with AA, which he called, and got it in on a flop where he hit a 4 that he had with his K against my AA, which held up and i was over 100k and on my way to the FT.
The final table was.... interesting.
I took a few more people out and was suddenly sat with around 2/3 of the chips in play at the cash bubble. So i thought it was only right to go all in every hand and decimate the now steepening blinds and effectively cripple everyone at the table.
The stockton corpse sat out effectively as i did his laddering work for him, although one guy got UL as his JJ ran into my AK which was never going to lose.
Heads up lasted about 3 hands, as i went all in blind due to the fact that i had about 9/10 of the chips, and she had sod all!
Ended up winning it for £265 notes which was a welcome bonus after the amount that had been spent on booze!!
Back at the hotel, phil and gary locked themselves out of their room, i decided that parading around the corridors of the hotel in my boxer shorts moving signs about was a cracking idea and when we eventually went to bed the whole world had been put on a turntable!!!
There we go. Possibly the longest post in APAT blog history :D
Waiting for TL;DR
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did read - now my life is effectively over ;D
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did read - now my life is effectively over ;D
Not sure where it came from, but i actually quite enjoyed it!
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TL;DidR
should be in bed instead
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TL;DidR
should be in bed instead
Aye, you should. Well done again fella, now get some kip :p
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That was until i raised my brothers BB with AA, which he called, and got it in on a flop where he hit a 4 that he had with his K against my AA, which held up and i was over 100k and on my way to the FT.
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Well done Son :)
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Just in from a cracking night out. Anyone wants some money I"m playing Omaha now. This should be interesting
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Just in from a cracking night out. Anyone wants some money I"m playing Omaha now. This should be interesting
Sooooo.... you flopped a set of 10"s and then what happened? :-* x
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Just in from a cracking night out. Anyone wants some money I"m playing Omaha now. This should be interesting
Sooooo.... you flopped a set of 10"s and then what happened? :-* x
The foot went down, the manic grin appeared, the adrenaline coursed through the veins, smugness reigned
Then
The hazard lights came on, the airbags inflated, the ego deflated and bright lights burst as the poker life flashed before the victim.............
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Home game tonight, missed last week due to work. Already at the pub with the rock, beer is flowing. I predict a mid table finish tonight, play well early doors then lose it all later on being aggressive trying to get chips in. It"s always the way!
Night out after will be fun as always though!
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Open invite Stu Ball
Get your arsium down here, stay in my house, hit the aquarium, get hammered and relax you are too tense ;D
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good idea
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Last week went to plan, won chips early doors, got pissed, shoved 33 into AK and lost, and then shoved KQ into the same persons KK and lost that too! Night out after was awesome, hangover on friday was not.
Tonght there will be (slightly) less pissedness and i am feeling a strong showing coming on for some reason, we shall soon see!!
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Well last night was fun!!!
Started off like a train, got a fair few chips in early and made a nice bluff with 72o which worked.
Then made a **** play against a short stack. I failed to take notice of his stack size when i check raised with a gutshot, and folded when he shoved, it was terrible on many different levels.
That took me down to 3.5k at the first break. Which was back up to 7k the hand after the break as i found 99 and shoved into the afore mentioned players raise, he thought i was at it (dont know where he gets this impression of me, i really dont) and called with k7, which missed.
Built up to about 18k, then had a series of standard shoving spots 4 handed as the blinds got bigger .
AQ losing to 44 and AJ no good when i ran into the bb"s QQ.
Had no problem at all with how i played any of the hands, apart from the one i mentioned earlier. OH!!! ANNNNNND having Q10 on a Qxx board, against a nitty player, turning a Gutshot to go with my top pair and saying "you have KQ dont you...sigh...go on then i"ll call" whiffing my GS on the river and insta folding, for her to kindly show me the KQ.
Love calling bets when i have put the other person on a hand that was beating me, its one of my key strengths i find.
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Just organised to get a visit off the APAT legend and good friend that is Mr James "JBWorldwide" Barber next week. Cant wait for it, got a couple days off work for when he comes up.
He shall be introduced to the Stockton Massive home game on Thursday night, god help him!
Happy times!
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Matthew ward. **** player, utter card rack. Kings 3 times in 40 mins. I have rebought and been slow rolled. It"s going well
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Just organised to get a visit off the APAT legend and good friend that is Mr James "JBWorldwide" Barber next week. Cant wait for it, got a couple days off work for when he comes up.
He shall be introduced to the Stockton Massive home game on Thursday night, god help him!
Happy times!
Whens
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Arriving tomorrow?
Beverages?
x
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Just organised to get a visit off the APAT legend and good friend that is Mr James "JBWorldwide" Barber next week. Cant wait for it, got a couple days off work for when he comes up.
He shall be introduced to the Stockton Massive home game on Thursday night, god help him!
Happy times!
Whens
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Arriving tomorrow?
Beverages?
x
Think he said 3pm, so you need to get all your **** in order by then sir!!!
Was thinking The Eagle, then into yarm, round there for a bit, onto Tommy Sherratons in Stockton, then to Rileys, then maybe casino after that.
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Congratulations on your recent appointment as Captain of Vice for the North East son :)
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Got detoured off the A1 yesterday coz junction 49 was closed off and ended up in Yarm ??? Think it was a schoolboy error on my part leaving my SatNav at home, but diversion signs were nowhere to be seen so probably drove about 10 miles more than I should"ve. Thankfully worked my way back towards Scotch Corner before running out of fuel ;D
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Ok so i have the time off this weekend to come to coventry. Woop!!! Unfortunately i have neither a room to stay in or a main event seat :(
I will still be there regardless though :D
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Well, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a certain Ger Smyth Snr. to the North East of these fair lands, im off work today, but back in at 7am tomorrow til 4... that should be fun.
Tomorrow we will initiate Ger into the Stockton Massive properly with our home game and shed loads of beer, got today to get through yet though!!
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Well, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a certain Ger Smyth Snr. to the North East of these fair lands, im off work today and supposed to be back in at 7am tomorrow til 4... but that"s never going to happen.
Tomorrow we will initiate Ger into the Stockton Massive properly with our home game and shed loads of beer, got today to get through yet though!!
FYP
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Well, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a certain Ger Smyth Snr. to the North East of these fair lands, im off work today and supposed to be back in at 7am tomorrow til 4... but that"s never going to happen.
Tomorrow we will initiate Ger into the Stockton Massive properly with our home game and shed loads of beer, got today to get through yet though!!
FYP
This is the problem, it HAS to happen :(
Easy day today then go mental tomorrow me thinks :D
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[youtube=425,350]www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWfA9akzkhw[/youtube]
I fear the worst...
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I think the best we can hope for is puking zombie mode.
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No no no. I made it in and all is ok at this moment in time. 4 hours and we are back on it :) x
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Off to the local G tonight for their 10+10+10. Never ever done any good at this, but its a laugh. Enjoying playing live at the minute besides not having any results to speak of recently, maybe this is my time to start turning things around :)
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At the same table as Dave Amos and the Stockton fossil. First level just finished, I put no chips apart from my blinds across the line. I am a rock.
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Can anyone give me some tips on pai gow before the weekend as I am off to The land of Luxor and its pools and 104deg in the shade temps 8)
Ty in advance Ian
ps gutted to be missing Cardiff ;D
Good luck to all there!
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Can anyone give me some tips on pai gow before the weekend as I am off to The land of Luxor and its pools and 104deg in the shade temps 8)
Let the dealer set them for you and drink yourself stupid ;D
Have a great time
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Can anyone give me some tips on pai gow before the weekend as I am off to The land of Luxor and its pools and 104deg in the shade temps 8)
Let the dealer set them for you and drink yourself stupid ;D
Have a great time
Que eff fooooooookin TEEEEEEEE
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So, tomorrow see the return to the North East of not one, but 2 APAT legends.
Ger Smyth (Snr) and James Barber are making the trip up to join us for our home game, which i cant wait for :) Last time Ger came up, i won, and indeed last time James came up i.... WON :) This to go with me winning last week with a brutal display of luckboxing even Andy Overton would have been proud of means i am a shoo-in for this one too.
Now, the problems with said theory. One of them.. He looks liek a Walruss. And he is arriving at approx 1pm. This means i will be drinking from approx... 13.02 . Oh well, go on then :D
Massive shame that Poker pops cant be there, but i am sure we will get by.
In our little home game of 10 people or so, we have got alot of APAT medals, final tables, side event binkages, DTD binkages and more. I will have an ask round tomorrow, it is something i am quite proud of, as when myself and the Stockton Rock started out 6 years or so ago, this is all something that i would have never imagined could have happened.
The way we have all come on as players mainly by talking to each other about it all is quite astounding, it really is. We have a wide contrasts of styles, from the tightest of the tight to the loosest of the loose, but we enjoy every time we play immensely. It is always played in a good spirit, and we like to have visitors come along and ermmm... spice it up a bit....
Some of our lot havent played APAT, hopefully we can get them involved in all of this too.
There we go, some random, rather disjointed thoughts from myself :)
953 posts, a whole lot of tournaments, some memorable trips away and some fantastic friends made.
Cheers everyone. Have a good night.
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OK be afraid - very afraid - it will be epic ::)
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Just had a phonecall off senior. He is on his way, meeting us at the pub between half 12 and 1. This is going to be FUN :) :)
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Just had a phonecall off senior. He is on his way, meeting us at the pub between half 12 and 1. This is going to be FUN :) :)
Wishing I was there
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Sounds like a great home game. Enjoy.
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Good spot that Pauline, you sat outside??
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Just had a phonecall off senior. He is on his way, meeting us at the pub between half 12 and 1. This is going to be FUN :) :)
Wishing I was there
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Incoming.... sooooooooooooon x
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Good spot that Pauline, you sat outside??
Don"t be daft man...why on earth would I sit outside a pub*? It"s too far from the feckin" bar!
*Unless I"ve got me oglin" glasses on.
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Good spot that Pauline, you sat outside??
Don"t be daft man...why on earth would I sit outside a pub*? It"s too far from the feckin" bar!
*Unless I"ve got me oglin" glasses on.
You are Paulie_D (aka Paulie) - you just send minions to the bar for you !!!!!!
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Ger Smyth. Whenever he leaves people feel sad.
A giant amongst men. Someone i am so glad i met. Hope to god we see each other before DTD in august.
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Ger Smyth. Whenever he leaves people feel sad.
A giant amongst men. Someone i am so glad i met. Hope to god we see each other before DTD in august.
That"s easily resolved!
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i am trying my best :) just need work to comply
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Well, back to work after a 2 week holiday today, which i must say i am looking forward to...
Had a great 2 weeks off, went to Download festival, came home from download festival, went back down to download festival! It was really very wet and muddy, more so than was bareable, which has led us to have a change of tactics for future festivals, admitting to ourselves that we are getting too old to camp so may have to hotel it in future instead!!
Came back for a few days and then went away to a B&B near leeds called Foxwood house which was fantastic, just relaxed for 3 days, that has really recharged the batteries after what had basically been a massive drinking session for the week or so before it.
England in the Euro"s is proving to be an interesting one. While we dont look anything special at all, there is a bit of steel to this lot in my opinion. JOhn Terry is looking like he is well up for it and has proven why he was rightly picked over Rio Ferdinand, and if you add Rooney back in there up top it gives us a bit more drive and desire which will help going forward.
We wont win it obv, but will be interesting to see how far they can get :)
Right, as mentioned i am at work today, so i need to set about shaving this beard that i have lovingly cultivated over the last 2 weeks. Sigh.
Hope you are all well!
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.... to have a change of tactics for future festivals, admitting to ourselves that we are getting too old to camp so may have to hotel it in future instead!!
you what?????
which page are you on??
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Well, got a spare $30 on Stars so i am tonight mainly going to give playing 180 man sit n go"s a try.
Any hints for a fat useless fish?
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Get em in bad ;D
Aquarium for me
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Get em in bad ;D
Aquarium for me
Thin i can manage that, the cards have hardly been spectacular so far!!!
GL sir, raise hell mate :D
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Open beer.
Click raise.
Click re-raise.
Click all in.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cSTYRVSTU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Rinse and repeat.
Simple x
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Open beer.
Click raise.
Click re-raise.
Click all in.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cSTYRVSTU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Rinse and repeat.
Simple x
Stu likes this :D
How are ya flower? ENjoy India? x
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First 2 so far
Buy in $2.50 - 3/56/180 - stack 10.7k - blinds 200/400/50
Buy in $2.50 - 13/26/180 - stack 9.5k - blinds 400/800/75
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Stu likes this :D
How are ya flower? ENjoy India? x
All good mate... was knackered after India, did the business though.. just had a fantastic few days away with Kat here just south of Scotland :
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No mobile coverage... just what was needed, gutted to be back though :(
Are we getting involved by the way? http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11401.0
The massive need to be represented x
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Buy in $2.50 - 1/14/180 - stack 39.5k - blinds 800/1600/150 made the cash in the first one :D
Oooh that looks awesome, glad you enjoyed it :D
Im in, we need to rally some of the stockton boys tho, The Fossil is a must, as he is damn near a pro. Think Poker pops will be interested? Who else?
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sigh
Buy in $2.50 - 23/180 n number 2. Lost AK
Still in number 1 tho...
Buy in $2.50 - 2/8/180 - stack 46.3k - blinds 1k/2k/200
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Im in, we need to rally some of the stockton boys tho, The Fossil is a must, as he is damn near a pro. Think Poker pops will be interested? Who else?
Just had a quick look at the points scorers from our lot for the online league... only me, Brian and Gary M scored :-\
Brian 21
Phil 15
Gary M 10
I know Gary P plays some... Mark? Lucy? your bro up for it? Be good if we could get 2 teams together x
GL in the 180"s mate.. 100% cash please ;D x
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Im in, we need to rally some of the stockton boys tho, The Fossil is a must, as he is damn near a pro. Think Poker pops will be interested? Who else?
Just had a quick look at the points scorers from our lot for the online league... only me, Brian and Gary M scored :-\
Brian 21
Phil 15
Gary M 10
I know Gary P plays some... Mark? Lucy? your bro up for it? Be good if we could get 2 teams together x
GL in the 180"s mate.. 100% cash please ;D x
Already busted one, but 1/5/180 in the other atm
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Im in, we need to rally some of the stockton boys tho, The Fossil is a must, as he is damn near a pro. Think Poker pops will be interested? Who else?
Just had a quick look at the points scorers from our lot for the online league... only me, Brian and Gary M scored :-\
Brian 21
Phil 15
Gary M 10
I know Gary P plays some... Mark? Lucy? your bro up for it? Be good if we could get 2 teams together x
GL in the 180"s mate.. 100% cash please ;D x
But yes, Dave surely?? We must be able to make a couple teams lol :p
If we ever play poker again on a thursday we can ask folk :p
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Buy in $2.50 - 3/180 - $32 won.
Was chip leader, but doubled a few people up looking to donminate, and to be fair they played pretty terribly.
What is the expected cash rate etc in these things? Just so i dont go on tilt if i dont cash my next one?
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But yes, Dave surely?? We must be able to make a couple teams lol :p
If we ever play poker again on a thursday we can ask folk :p
Pops would be a given I"m sure if he can play....
I"m sure we can get 2 teams together
I"ll be there next week mate I hope to sort x
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But yes, Dave surely?? We must be able to make a couple teams lol :p
If we ever play poker again on a thursday we can ask folk :p
Pops would be a given I"m sure if he can play....
I"m sure we can get 2 teams together
I"ll be there next week mate I hope to sort x
Good man! I havent played in 3 weeks now :( i miss it!!!
Another 3 180"s fired up, see how long before it goes wrong...
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First one of second three bust out 143rd. Not a rousing success, lost with K10o shoving 10bb from my bb into 2 limpers, he calls with K10 of diamonds and flops the flush!!
Buy in $2.50 - 32/122/180 - stack 2.7k - blinds 75/150 out in 49th
Buy in $2.50 - 28/109/180 - stack 3k - blinds 75/150 Buy in $2.50 - 15/57/180 - stack 6k - blinds 200/400/50
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Annnnd 27th in the last one, so no cash there either. Played ok, bu the avg stack when at that stack is around 10bb tops, so its deffo a bit crapshooty.
Still a little profit for the session.
Call of Duty time now i think.
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Well, i have reached the 1k in posts for APAT, quite the achievement!!!
Tonight see"s me return to the home game for the first time in 5 weeks and i cannot wait. Only played poker once live in that time, which was a little 28quid profit in the local G casino cash game.
I am actually worried that i am going to have forgotten what i am doing... (enter sarcastic comments and jokes here) as it has been so long. Couple this with the fact that historically i dont do well after long breaks from the poker table and i am fairly nervous about it!!
I think my problem is that i am a player who relies on momentum a fair bit, once i get going i am ok, but getting to that stage takes some effort, and i have to start from scratch now!
But ho hum, we shall see how it goes!
In other news i shall be keeping an eye on the new blog by Stockton Massive frequent visitor JBWorldwide. Top lad and should make for some cracking reading, we all wish him the best :)
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So we have a dilema. I have £170 in free shares to cash in tax free from work.
We have 2 choices
a - Use said money to buy into a couple of tournies at the ECOAP
b - use said money to pay for a bit of going to Portugal in November.
Genuinely torn!!!
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easy, a then win them!
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So! The European championships are just over a week away, and i cant wait!!!!
Poker has been... sporadic at best in the home game over the summer, as it usually is to be honest, it tends to get back to being more regular over the autumn/winter months, as holidays calm down.
Either way, i havent really played as much as i would have liked really, but it is what it is. Last week will be the last poker i play before the European Championships, as i am working this thursday and wont be playing next Thursday as its the day before we travel down to Nottingham, so i would like the save the money to spend over the weekend :)
As it happens, i felt that last week was the best i have played poker in ages. I got my stack up to over double starting stack, and had done it without any major drama for once! Then Phil got involved :p
I raised A9 pre, and he called. The flop came down A9x, 2 hearts, and we ended up getting it all in and he binked on the turn. I didnt take it well at the time, mainly as i had been drinking since 3pm!!!!!
Just cant wait to get sat down in the main event and play some lovely deepstacked poker and to see how it goes really. Not going down there with any expectations, am just looking forward to seeing everyone again.
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So, despite the fact that i am now off work for a week, my body still decides to wake up at 7am, so i decided that a little blog update might be in order :)
Well, the time is nearly upon us where we get to travel to a far flung part of the country (everywhere is far flung when you live in Yarm :p ) and meet up with some great friends and play a bit of poker and drink alot of beers! Like Phil mentioned in his blog, it seems to have been a long time coming this week, I only had 3 shifts to get through at work and they took forever to get out of the way
The Europeans will always be a bit special to me, wont go into why :p But i havent done well in them in recent years, probably due to the fact that i seem to think that doing shots of sambuca at 11am is good preparation! This has led to me putting an alcohol limit of 1 pint per hour on myself for the main event. Hopefully this means that i am able to make day 2 and the cash at least :)
Tonight see"s the Stockton Massive homegame minus Pokerfishpops and Lucy as they are at Leeds festival (i probably would be too if it wasnt for the Europeans, but you have to get your priorities right!!) Looking for a good solid performance (play every hand and luckbox my way to money) in preparation for the big weekend :)
See you all Friday, 3pm in the bar at DTD. Safe Journies whereverr you are coming from.
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See you all Friday, 3pm in the bar at DTD. Safe Journies whereverr you are coming from.
DTD open @ 16.30 on the Friday, nice start 8)
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See you all Friday, 3pm in the bar at DTD. Safe Journies whereverr you are coming from.
DTD open @ 16.30 on the Friday, nice start 8)
Ive been misinformed by Tompkyfish. I am sure we will find somewhere to sell us a beer.
I take it you wont be joining us due to international duties?
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See you all Friday, 3pm in the bar at DTD. Safe Journies whereverr you are coming from.
DTD open @ 16.30 on the Friday, nice start 8)
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See you all Friday, 3pm in the bar at DTD. Safe Journies whereverr you are coming from.
DTD open @ 16.30 on the Friday, nice start 8)
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Paulie D. An officer and a gentleman. Will you be making an appearance?
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Paulie D. An officer and a gentleman. Will you be making an appearance?
Natch....said as much in Phil"s (much better) blog :)
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Have fun guy"s, despite my best efforts circumstances conspired against me and Friday is not possible
See you all Saturday.
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Paulie D. An officer and a gentleman. Will you be making an appearance?
Natch....said as much in Phil"s (much better) blog :)
Hurtful Paulie, just hurtful!
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See you all Friday, 3pm in the bar at DTD. Safe Journies whereverr you are coming from.
DTD open @ 16.30 on the Friday, nice start 8)
Ive been misinformed by Tompkyfish. I am sure we will find somewhere to sell us a beer.
I take it you wont be joining us due to international duties?
What!!! Duke not going to be there for the pre-requisite APAT kick-off drinks!!!
Pub next door to hotel Mr Ward ;)
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I will be where the esteemed travel guru suggested
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I will be where the esteemed travel guru suggested
VINDICATION! AFFIRMATION!
I love it.
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I will of course go where I am told. Total faith in the guru, he has never let us down in the past!!!!
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Well, the weekend of poker is about to begin.
After much humming and harrington playing the home game tonight, looking forward to it. Easy on the beer tonight as driving to dtd tomorrow but it should be fun to get a few hands in tonight and hopefully win a few pennies!!
Spent a bit of time today playing some stud, thoroughly confusing game!! Am going to put myself on the alternates list tomorrow if it hasn"t sold out so that will be interesting!!
Really just can"t wait to meet up with people now, it is, as Ger might say, going to be epic.
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I will of course go where I am told. Total faith in the guru, he has never let us down in the past!!!!
This is true ... Hawaiian cocktail bar being proof of the pudding there (cough, the one you didn"t manage to get to) ;)
21 hours to go ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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So, tonight see"s the Stockton on Tees home game as usual, with a twist this time!
Special guest appearance by JP Round. The massive are out in force tonight and there are 13 of us playing at the G casino, where Pokerpops has apparently managed to negotiate a free round of drinks for us with the management! How he does these things i will never know. The plus side of being a poker celebrity i suppose!!!
I am currently lobbying Phil TC and the Stockton Rock to drink all day before JP"s arrival this evening (this EVENING btw?!?! Whats THAT all about?!??). Its a ****ing lovely day up in the North East, perfect for a nice walk into yarm to sit in a beer garden or 4. Ger will be able to tell you the delightful pubs of Yarm and Eaglescliffe.
Poker wise, i won this last week somehow. As usual this involved a rebuy.
Every week I tell people I am going to play tight. Every week they call me a liar. Fairly offenseive in my opinion, Im probably the second tightest player at our homegame now!
So i raised first hand with KK from the BB. Got the usual 4 or 5 callers. Flop comes J high with 2 clubs, so i fire away again. 2 callers. Turn 3c to which Gary Palmer fires out a 2k bet (we only start with 7.5 lol) I call that as the board has paired to i have outs. Tompkyfish calls as well. River is another club. Tompkyfish shoves all in, Gary folds his 6 high flush he made on the turn. I fold my kings. GG half my stack.
THEN I get involved with 73o (still paying tight as you see) Flop A73dd I open shove for about 10x the pot and get called off by A2dd. Turn.... 3d gg rest of first stack!!!
After that, there was a bit of cardrackery and i got a double up with the first hand of my second stack. People never believeing you CAN work if you flop broadway.
The rest of it was a bit hazy, apart from my brother coming in an hour late, sitting down and hitting a full house with his first hand ad doubling up!! DO NOT PAY THE NIT!!!!!!!
Towards the end of this, the adventurous players (myself, Pokerpops, Tompkyfish) have uually been vanquished by the Nits who all just sit there and pass chips round til they have 2bb"s each, then the luckiest one wins) This time, someone let the (fat)cat amongst the pidgeons and i was able to do some late on shoving to take a few players out, despite Phils best efforts at making the whole table be card dead by dealing ****e.
Heads up lasted about 1 hand i think it was, my KQ against anths AJ. KKx flop and that was good enough!!
Right, i reckon its very nearly Beer o"clock, so if you will excuse me!
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uh oh
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uh oh
qft AND +1
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THEN I get involved with 73o (still paying tight as you see) Flop A73dd I open shove for about 10x the pot and get called off by A2dd. Turn.... 3d gg rest of first stack!!!
I"m confused...you have 73o..fair enough, you have a monster.
Flop comes A73dd, you flop two pair and slow play by shoving and are called by ad1 2d...so the A on the flop wasn"t a diamond
Which means that the flop held ax 7d 3d...right?
But turn is another 3d (dead hands money returned) but you boat up..so how did you lose to an Ace high flush?
I smell bs.
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updating error. turn was not 3d. I told you its all a bit hazy. I definately lost to a flush with 73.
I was most upset as i played the hand like a genius.
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Like a genius....I"m sorry you massively underestimated the strength of your villain"s hand.
There is no way they fold for a 10x pot bet with top paid and the NFD. ::)
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Like a genius....I"m sorry you massively underestimated the strength of your villain"s hand.
There is no way they fold for a 10x pot bet with top paid and the NFD. ::)
especially not someone who is nicknamed Tighty/loosey and was DEFINATELY loosey last week :D
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Like a genius....I"m sorry you massively underestimated the strength of your villain"s hand.
There is no way they fold for a 10x pot bet with top paid and the NFD. ::)
You haven"t played the Thursday night nobbers game yet have you Paulie?
There"s no way they fold with top pair or the NFD
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Like a genius....I"m sorry you massively underestimated the strength of your villain"s hand.
There is no way they fold for a 10x pot bet with top paid and the NFD. ::)
You haven"t played the Thursday night nobbers game yet have you Paulie?
There"s no way they I fold with top pair or the NFD
FYP :D :P
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Like a genius....I"m sorry you massively underestimated the strength of your villain"s hand.
There is no way they fold for a 10x pot bet with top paid and the NFD. ::)
You haven"t played the Thursday night nobbers game yet have you Paulie?
There"s no way they I fold with top pair or the NFD
FYP :D :P
fyfyp :p
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Like a genius....I"m sorry you massively underestimated the strength of your villain"s hand.
There is no way they fold for a 10x pot bet with top paid and the NFD. ::)
You haven"t played the Thursday night nobbers game yet have you Paulie?
There"s no way they I fold with top pair or the NFD
FYP :D :P
fyfyp :p
Touche sir! Wp :p
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Definitely played the hand way beyond geniouseque. 73os is basically the nuts here although you should probably shove pre as if you had you probably WOULD have made the full house on the turn and quadrupled up.
Excellent use of 9th level thinking for metagame purposes though imo. Very impressive.
Enjoy Yarm tonight, pretty sure that group of degenerates are going destroy it in less than a month so best make the most of it.
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73os is basically the nuts here
Nah - If I remember rightly it is K4 off ;D ;D ;D
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JP is here!! In the eagle and the beers and laughs are flowing. Happy happy days :)
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JP wins against Stockton rock after 2 hour heads up!!
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Last night I bought in to the APAT euro online 5euro rebuy job at the last minute and it was great fun :)
I took the initial rebuy straight away and spent until the end of the rebuy period peddling that 3k to varying levels of success!! The action was fast and furious and a few people on our table burned through a fair few rebuys, but I wasn"t one of them surprisingly!! After avoiding the carnage for the first hour and taking my add on, I was sat midfield on about 9k.
This was followed by a table move and meeting up with cut large and dear John, who I would be playing with for the rest of the night. Thre was also a (brief) appearance from a certain Mr Smyth, who shoved all in after I had chipped up a bit, and my AQ beat his 99 to send him packing with a solitary "FFS" for my troubles.
Granted, from here on in, I went on a bit of a heater, finding a lot of massive hands pre to short stack shoves and I soon found myself atop of the leader board. The structure never really allowed for much play but picking spots to maintain stack levels and steal blinds was great fun.
Eventually we got to the final table of 10 and the cash positions. This is where I went a little card dead.
I got KK at one point and got it aipf with dear John Murray, who managed to wake up with AA and take half my stack!! This damage was mended by calling an all in from a somewhat active player withJJ and holding so we were comfy again.
Going was tough though, and as we got to 6 handed I found a few spots to shove in, unfortunately into bigger hands, the biggest damage coming from Andy Overfish who"s 99 left me with about 500 chips, which I spun back up to 2 bb before finally succumbing and finishing 6th for 70 odd euros and some POTS points :)
The banter was superb, I have never enjoyed playing online do much, so thanks to all the players and the rail who also contributed to it all.
Well done to John and ul to Don making his comeback. Great performance mate!
PL Onaha high low tonight. That should be tilting :)
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There was also a (brief) appearance from a certain Mr Smyth, who shoved all in after I had chipped up a bit, and my AQ beat his 99 to send him packing with a solitary "FFS" for my troubles.
You were lucky I was economic with my comment ;D
the biggest damage coming from Andy Overfish who"s 99 left me with about 500 chips
Oh right they held up did they ::)
PL Omaha high low tonight. That should be tilting :)
Guaranteed.........
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PL Omaha high low tonight. That should be tilting :)
Guaranteed.........
As was the stud .....
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Morning!!!
How are we all?
Where to start? Well work has taken over my sunday afternoon which is lovely, I have ALOT of work to do on my management folder that they insist you have. Bloody stupid IMO, why not just let people get opn with managing folk? Why do i need a PDP and learning logs and action plans? Stupid company, I wanted to spend the day playing call of duty!!!
We fly out to Portugal this week, and I only have 2 more shifts left at work. Cant begin to express how much I am looking forward to this. We have had a damned rough ride of it recently, my Dad has been diagnosed with lung cancer and started his Chemotherapy on friday, so we have all been on edge for a few weeks now. I honestly couldnt even begin to comprehend how much this throws your life upside down when you get that news, and it has been horrible, but we are sticking together as a family, and it is all about me and Matthew being strong for my mum, dad and sister IMO. We WILL fight it, and we WILL win. End of.
So yeah, I need to go get the rest of my money for Portugal, and hope and prey that they are going to let me buy into the tournament on the day, as i couldnt afford it when Rich was sending the moneys over! Its going to be a lovely few days with some of my favourite people in the world. Bring it on!!!
After this, it is a couple weeks wait to the APAT Home Internationals, which i am utterly stoked for :) I couldnt be happier with the makeup of my team, I relaly do feel that i have 4 players who are suited ideally to the point scoring format that we are playing (not so much me as i proved in the World Championships!) and I have high hopes and expectations in what is going to be a tough event against some very tough players!
NFL Sunday today, my fantasy team has a very tough matchup against my mate Jonny. I basically need Arian Foster to run all over Buffalo and I took a huge punt by picking up the mercurial (read terrible) Michael Vick to destroy the worst defence in the NFL against New Orleans!
Beer will be had either way :D
Love you all
Stu
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Sorry to hear about the old fella.
Thoughts are with you and the Wards on the road to recovery
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Hope you dad"s road to recovery is an easy one mate. Thoughts are with you and your family.
The management folder (PDP"s PLP"s and all the rest of it) will be worth it as well, managing people is not an easy task and I have huge respect for everybody who does it at any level. You are going to come across so many challenges whilst keeping an entire store worth of people happy and motivated in work and have to make some tough decisions along the way I have no doubt. You have a huge responsibility to those people to put in the time to make sure their working environment is as good as it can be. You give it to them and you will get it back. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a team you built performing on their own. You are an ideal personality do do it as well so give it your all and you will succeed.
Enjoy Portugal see you on the Thursday night in Stoke hopefully.
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Sorry to hear about your dad, Stu (and Matt).
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I do pray and I am now
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Thanks guys, it really does mean alot, i mean that.
Like i say, the treatment has started and we are just putting all our efforts into making sure he is ok through the Chemotherapy.
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Best wishes to you and the family Stu, hope your dad copes OK with the treatment.
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Sorry to hear about your Dad, thinking of you all and wishing him a speedy recovery. Keep working that PMA :) See you in stoke!
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Cheers you 2 :) really appreciate it :) Nothing but positive thoughts around here :) you shall indeed see us there, i cant wait :) x
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Today i will mainly be splashing about in a few low stakes 180 man things on stars. Wish me luck!!!
Currently
1.5k 76-174 in the first one.
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Ok, a bit of a trip report, as much as i can muster/remember!!!
Thursday, myself and Lucy eventually arrived in the tropical stoke. After a (much shorter than Glenn"s) taxi ride we arrived at the pub and were soon joining Ger, Paulie, Rich and Glen in full flow, and awaiting the arrival of Phil, Matty and JB to complete the set.
As the last bell was rung, we decided to move over to the casino, meeting up with alot of people, most of whom"s faces are a little fuzzy due to alcohol intake!!!
3 card poker ensued, I lost a bit, Rich won alot, Ger pointed out the free seats on the 1/1 cash table. Myself, Ger, Lucy, Barber and grant, and Im not sure who else to be honest sat down, and the carnage commenced!7
We ended up playing until c.5am! I walked away at some point about £100 up, mainly thanks to the following -
Ger is talking (shock) and claims to have 2 3 off suit. He promptly raises.
I look down at 2 3cc. So decide that as i am ahead I will raise.
Then Lucy gets involved. Re raising to 20-odd pounds, with Ger pretty quickly calling. I had c.£45 left behind at this point, so decided the best place for it was in the middle of the table, getting called by both Lucy and ger, follwed by a "woops" from myself.
flop x x x (dont remember that bit, not overly important for my purposes) turn 3..... river......3 Lucy had JJ, and got knows what ger was messing about with!
After thsi the night is a right off (as are most of them) and after much begging I convince Lucy and Ger to let us go back to the hotel (i got up for work at 5.45am on thursday so have been awake for 24 hours) AND they had stopped serving alcohol! Considering my preperations for the Team event to be completed perfectly, I went to bed.
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Ger pointed out the free seats on the 1/1 cash table. Myself, Ger, Lucy, Barber and grant, and Im not sure who else to be honest sat down, and the carnage commenced!
That was possibly the most epic fail of my life...........or the most enjoyable few hours I"ll ever have ;D
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Well, stockton home game tonight, looking forward to it, as it looks likely to be the last one of the year according to peoples plans, so will no doubt get messy.
My mission for tonight is to "stop wanting to win and fecking enjoy it" under orders from Lucy, so I shall try.
In all seriousness I know I havent been my usual self for a while now (thank god etc etc etc) and it is a bit difficult as even when i dont think things are on my mind, they are still lurking at the back of it. Its been a tough week this week, the old fella has caught a chest infection, which isnt good with his lack of immune system due to the chemo.
He was in hospital tuesday for most of the day on a drip for antibiotics, then got sent home, he was then back in yesterday for a blood transfusion that took most of the day. Today, he was in the doctors to get more blood taken to see if he was well enough to get his chemo treatment tomorrow. He is onto round 3 now, so was due an Xray to see if they could see any progress, but that could be rendered useless by the infection!!!
All very stressful!
Beer and the best, most kind and understanding people in the North East tonight should be just what I need to relax my brain.
And hopefully ENJOY MYSELF!!!!
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A drink for your dad tonight my mate, hope hes on the mend today.
My mission for tonight is to "stop wanting to win and fecking enjoy it" under orders from Lucy, so I shall try.
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And hopefully ENJOY MYSELF!!!!
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Well, stockton home game tonight, looking forward to it, as it looks likely to be the last one of the year according to peoples plans, so will no doubt get messy.
My mission for tonight is to "stop wanting to win and fecking enjoy it" under orders from Lucy, so I shall try.
In all seriousness I know I havent been my usual self for a while now (thank god etc etc etc) and it is a bit difficult as even when i dont think things are on my mind, they are still lurking at the back of it. Its been a tough week this week, the old fella has caught a chest infection, which isnt good with his lack of immune system due to the chemo.
He was in hospital tuesday for most of the day on a drip for antibiotics, then got sent home, he was then back in yesterday for a blood transfusion that took most of the day. Today, he was in the doctors to get more blood taken to see if he was well enough to get his chemo treatment tomorrow. He is onto round 3 now, so was due an Xray to see if they could see any progress, but that could be rendered useless by the infection!!!
All very stressful!
Beer and the best, most kind and understanding people in the North East tonight should be just what I need to relax my brain.
And hopefully ENJOY MYSELF!!!!
Got fingers crossed that he kicks the infection ASAP and is back on the right road to recovery!
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Well, stockton home game tonight, looking forward to it, as it looks likely to be the last one of the year according to peoples plans, so will no doubt get messy.
My mission for tonight is to "stop wanting to win and fecking enjoy it" under orders from Lucy, so I shall try.
In all seriousness I know I havent been my usual self for a while now (thank god etc etc etc) and it is a bit difficult as even when i dont think things are on my mind, they are still lurking at the back of it. Its been a tough week this week, the old fella has caught a chest infection, which isnt good with his lack of immune system due to the chemo.
He was in hospital tuesday for most of the day on a drip for antibiotics, then got sent home, he was then back in yesterday for a blood transfusion that took most of the day. Today, he was in the doctors to get more blood taken to see if he was well enough to get his chemo treatment tomorrow. He is onto round 3 now, so was due an Xray to see if they could see any progress, but that could be rendered useless by the infection!!!
All very stressful!
Beer and the best, most kind and understanding people in the North East tonight should be just what I need to relax my brain.
And hopefully ENJOY MYSELF!!!!
Hope it all works out mate and that your dad is back in good health really soon.
Have a great night tonight.
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Thanks everyone, really do appreciate it :)
Poker last night was standard. We started with 11 people, the final table was 10 people.
I really enjoyed sitting watching it.
Shoved 11bb with k10hh from small blind when folded round to me into Brian "the fossil" Harland"s bb. He wakes up with AJ. Gg.
Dad is still struggling massively with his chest infection, he can barely talk either at the minute due to it. After being his personal taxi and gofer for the last few days, he thought that he would say thankyou by giving me whatever form of virus he has. I think it"s AIDS. The bad version. Feel like cack!!!
Due to being Ill, he wasn"t allowed to do his chemo today, but they x rated his chest again and the consultant was delighted with the results. The cancer has definately not got any bigger and might even have shrunk a bit, which after 2 cycles of chemo is superb progress!! We are all over the moon with that result :) onwards and upwards :)
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That"s good news at the end there.
... they x rated his chest again
By the way - this is an x-rated chest
(http://imghumour.com/assets/Uploads/Cleavage.jpg)
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No, that"s a DD rated chest.
"...has a wonderful hypnotic power."
Not unless she can make them spin it don"t. ;D
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No, that"s a DD rated chest.
"...has a wonderful hypnotic power."
Not unless she can make them spin it don"t. ;D
(http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics6/nipples.gif)
Happy now?
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Happy now?
I could comment but...um......erm.....ah....what was I saying?
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Excellent news on your Dads progress, sounds very positive.
Glad you enjoyed watching the final table last night and well done on almost making it yourself.
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Excellent news on your Dads progress, sounds very positive.
Glad you enjoyed watching the final table last night and well done on almost making it yourself.
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Well, played the home game last night, and actually managed to come 3/12 for a cash which was wholey unexpected being as how i usually come last!!! A few interesting hands.
it is the last hand before the break at 100/200. I am sat with roughly 6.5k and raise AKcc from early position to 450 Folds round to the Stockton Rock who decides to make it 1400. FML. I cant fold AK (even though i should) and peel (horrible i know) Flop comes 234 rainbow, I check, he checks. Turn is a Q. He bets out and i fold, he shows AA. GG 1400 chips.
Ran into AA AGAIN when my bb was min raised twice in a few hands by the chip leader who was UTG 4 handed to my BB.
Folded the first one, second one, where I had actually taken the chip lead by c/c all the way down when he was donk betting every street when i had an A on AAxxx board. Anyway, the second time i look down at KQcc and decide to see a flop.
Flop come KQ3, i check, he shoves for like 25k into a 6k pot (lol)
I call
Turn 9
River A.
Sigh. This took me to 12k with the blinds at 600/1200 which I promptly lost in short order to the same luckbox who went on to win with the Stockton Rock 2nd.
Had a cracking night out after with Dave Carey and got thoroughly hammered and danced the night away :)
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Sorry folks, this is goig to be depressing, and if i were you i wouldnt read on agt all, Im jsut putting this down to get it out of me somehow, I cant put it on facebook, as my sister will worry.
Lying here in my bed, I am in the next room to my parents. Dad is in bed, its where he spends a fair bit of his time nowadays, even though he doesnt sleep much, he is just absolutely shattered from the chemotherapy.
As i lay here feeling sorry for myself as i have got a bit of flu, all I can hear in the background is the utter pain and torment that he is going through in the other room. Coughing and spluttering, even though his throat is so sore that he hasnt been able to speak for 3 weeks.
It makes him constantly feel sick. He has trouble breathing sometimes. He has jsut got over a fairly bad chest infection as the chemo whipes out your immune system. The worst thing is that at the minute, i cant be near him as im ill, if he catches it, then it will mean more hospital appointments for anitbiotics through a drip, and more blood transfusions.
Seeing the way that this is effecting a man who was always a mountain, a pillar of strength for the family is utterly heartbreaking, Im in floods writing this. He is taking this all far better than I ever could, and i suspect that we dont know the half of what he is going through. We are all there for each other, and always will be, but at times this horrible, vile disease can leave you feeling utterly alone and frankly helpless.
We WILL get through this. We WILL beat this, and we WILL get to see my dad be able to sit there, have a chat with us and hear him laugh.
Thank god I know so many fantastic people. You are all keeping me sane at the moment.
Stu
xx
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Don"t ever apologise for venting your frustration on here.
We are all here for you - If you need a chat you have my number......
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As Ger has said Stu. my dad found out too late to have chemo, think of the positives, and here if needed!
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{{{{{Chief Scout}}}}}
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Thanks all, really does mean so much to me.
God sorry Asa mate, heres me venting my spleen and not paying any thought to people who have been through it. So Sorry mate.
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Stay strong for yourself, for your family and more importantly for him mate. He"ll already know you"re all suffering with him but he"ll fight with every ounce he has and draw from each and every one of you to beat this, and it"ll be the sweetest victory ever.
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Thanks all, really does mean so much to me.
God sorry Asa mate, heres me venting my spleen and not paying any thought to people who have been through it. So Sorry mate.
Not an issue Stu, was a fair time ago. The focus is on you, him and your family. Nothing else. As Grant said, be strong, be positive.
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Sorry to read this stu. Stay strong, stay positive. We are all behind you
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I can only echo the others, never ever be sorry for being honest about how you feel. As I"ve said before that positive attitude will count for so much and I"m sure your Dad appreciates that more than you know.
Thinking of your family and sending a million positive vibes. Remember you have a lot of people that think the world of you and are with you every step.
J
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Don"t ever apologise for venting your frustration on here.
We are all here for you - If you need a chat you have my number......
+1
Say strong mate, sounds like your dad is getting through it and winning but getting there is one hell of a rough ride and a tough battle.
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Don"t ever apologise for venting your frustration on here.
We are all here for you - If you need a chat you have my number......
Ger says it all here Stu. Vent to any one of us at any time 24/7 ... you have a lot of numbers ... please use them if you need them. xxx
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Sorry to hear this mate.. Wishing your dad a full and speedy recovery, Emma sends a huge (((((((HUG))))))).
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Love you and Matty mate, just down the road and over the bridge for a beer and a hug any time. Your dads a true fighter like the 2 of you and will get through this no problems, stay strong x
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Thanks guys, you are all, without fail, superstars :)
I know im hard to deal with, and the last 2 trips away with you lot i have had somewhat epic breakdowns, so thanks for all being so utterly fantastic, its with support like yours that we all get through as best we can.
Love you all
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So!! Time to put this blog to some use I think.
I have been playing Omaha cash online as the main thing I do now for a few months. This used to mean that I played it on a thursday night after a night heavily on the beer and see how quickly I could burn through my bankroll!!
Recently however something has changed and I have found myself actually....winning money at it!
So. I have decided that I am primarily going to focus on Omaha micro cash from now on. To be honest it is a game I find much more stimulating than Holdem. It makes me think, I can feel myself paying more attention to what I am doing, I am trying my best to cut out horrible moves (still make plenty though) and I have recently employed Poker Tracker to help me mainly keep a closer eye on profit and losses, teh player stats are still a mystery to me at the minute!!
So, the details. This month so far looks as follows...
Hands played - 1978
VPIP - 60
PFR - 17
BB/100 - 21.5
Total Won - £128.26
This is all done from playing 0.05/0.10 PLO hi on apat.co.uk.
Now, I have litterally no idea what most of the stats i have just put up mean, but i intend to find out!!!
I will also put on here that All time (since July last year when I joined, I am -£46.74 at Omaha, this is a stat that I am VERY interested in, and would love to turn it green as soon as possible!
Finally, before I look to see if there are any spots i think might generate good discussion, I would like to say thanks to Steve Roderick. He has sat there and listened patiently to my ramblings over facebook and is a wealth of knowledge and advice about both Holdem AND Omaha, and someone who I rate very highly, as a person and a poker player.
He has given me some great encouragement over the last couple of weeks, and i really appreciate it and will keep tapping into his Omaha knowledge to try and improve myself.
So, there we have it, an actual purpose for the blog!!!
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Good idea Stu, don"t know how much help I was with PLO to be honest, I am pretty sure you are better at the game than I am.
Hope to see you keeping this updated with sessions (which reminds me I must do a post tonight when I get home). It is good for motivation and tends to keep your mind focused. I like to do at least monthly updates and more if I am playing more often than normal.
Good Luck with the PLO grind. Reckon you will do well.
Think you need to reduce the VP$IP (I know that you know this) but this game makes it easy to feel unbeatable when you are running over the table and sitting with 5 buyins in your stack. It can turn on you just as quick though. Might be worth asking a better PLO player what is a good VP$IP/PFR stat.
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Think you need to reduce the VP$IP (I know that you know this) but this game makes it easy to feel unbeatable when you are running over the table and sitting with 5 buyins in your stack. It can turn on you just as quick though. Might be worth asking a better PLO player what is a good VP$IP/PFR stat.
According to this guy from CardRunners... but looks about right to me, your VPIP should be much much lower.. but you know that already x
(http://seanpoker.net/img/VPIP/plo_pfstats.jpg)
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Think you need to reduce the VP$IP (I know that you know this) but this game makes it easy to feel unbeatable when you are running over the table and sitting with 5 buyins in your stack. It can turn on you just as quick though. Might be worth asking a better PLO player what is a good VP$IP/PFR stat.
According to this guy from CardRunners... but looks about right to me x
(http://seanpoker.net/img/VPIP/plo_pfstats.jpg)
A tight nitty maniac? Can"t be Stu - he"s an APAT Omaha champion
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So, Im playing against people who are playing
78/13
37/16
63/19
so everyone, and I do mean, nearly everyone, at this level plays well above the parameters above.
Do i not miss out on value if I feel that i have an edge on the table by tightening up so m uch that i barely ever get to see a flop?
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Think you need to reduce the VP$IP (I know that you know this) but this game makes it easy to feel unbeatable when you are running over the table and sitting with 5 buyins in your stack. It can turn on you just as quick though. Might be worth asking a better PLO player what is a good VP$IP/PFR stat.
According to this guy from CardRunners... but looks about right to me x
(http://seanpoker.net/img/VPIP/plo_pfstats.jpg)
A tight nitty maniac? Can"t be Stu - he"s an APAT Omaha champion
If we abbreviate it to titty maniac, it"s probably nearer the truth.
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Think you need to reduce the VP$IP (I know that you know this) but this game makes it easy to feel unbeatable when you are running over the table and sitting with 5 buyins in your stack. It can turn on you just as quick though. Might be worth asking a better PLO player what is a good VP$IP/PFR stat.
According to this guy from CardRunners... but looks about right to me x
(http://seanpoker.net/img/VPIP/plo_pfstats.jpg)
A tight nitty maniac? Can"t be Stu - he"s an APAT Omaha champion
If we abbreviate it to titty maniac, it"s probably nearer the truth.
winner
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Think you need to reduce the VP$IP (I know that you know this) but this game makes it easy to feel unbeatable when you are running over the table and sitting with 5 buyins in your stack. It can turn on you just as quick though. Might be worth asking a better PLO player what is a good VP$IP/PFR stat.
According to this guy from CardRunners... but looks about right to me x
(http://seanpoker.net/img/VPIP/plo_pfstats.jpg)
A tight nitty maniac? Can"t be Stu - he"s an APAT Omaha champion
If we abbreviate it to titty maniac, it"s probably nearer the truth.
winner
Cant beat tittys :)
Ok so after that, im playing alittle tiny session before i sleep now,
on one table i am 37/19... sat with double my buy in.
on the other i am playing 49/10 sat with about half a buy in profit
there may be some truth in phils table!! In other news, I get dealt Q4xx ALOT in omaha apparently.
Is there anyway to filter for hands that i get dealt lots rodders?
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So it"s invasion pt1 next week and I can"t wait :)
I"m not actually sure who is coming up, but I know Ger and JB are, and in preparation I have the whole week booked off work so I can give the required care and attention to the proceedings!!
This Sunday is the Super Bowl which is always good, especially with the Monday off work for once so I can go bonkers :) its a good day/night with friends and I will be cheering Baltimore on mainly as ray Lewis deserves to bow out with a Super Bowl win, but also partly as I get to spend allllll night winding Dawn up on Facebook :) its really the perfect way to start what will be an awesome week :)
Thursday - ger arrives, probably meet in The Eagle about 2pm and get on the beer, play some pool and darts before heading to the G for the home game.
Friday - wait to see what time those 2 surface and head into yarm high street to frequent one or 2 of the 7 pubs :) probably head over to the casino later on
Saturday - see Friday
Sunday - stay in bed as liver has disintegrated
As ger himself might say.... Priceless
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In London at the mo. Looking forward to r&r next week.
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What news of the plo grind?
Will there be a month end report?
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You will NOT be winding me up on Super Bowl night because I refuse to watch the fecking thing! Baltimore can suck an egg and hope they get absolutely crushed on the night. I"m not a fan of the 49ers either, but not as bothered by them. Lose-Lose either way, so nope...I"ll be washing me hair that night. Stupid game anyway.
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You will NOT be winding me up on Super Bowl night because I refuse to watch the fecking thing! Baltimore can suck an egg and hope they get absolutely crushed on the night. I"m not a fan of the 49ers either, but not as bothered by them. Lose-Lose either way, so nope...I"ll be washing me hair that night. Stupid game anyway.
Couldnt agree more
Altho i wont be washing my hair!!
Really wanted Texans to get there - sigh
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You will NOT be winding me up on Super Bowl night because I refuse to watch the fecking thing! Baltimore can suck an egg and hope they get absolutely crushed on the night. I"m not a fan of the 49ers either, but not as bothered by them. Lose-Lose either way, so nope...I"ll be washing me hair that night. Stupid game anyway.
Couldnt agree more
Altho i wont be washing my hair!!
Really wanted Texans to get there - sigh
See I love the texans too :( but got to want the fairy tale finish for ray Lewis :)
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Well, as Ger has pointed out, tomorrow Yarm is set for The Invasion pt 2, and i cant wait :)
Ger, JB and Michelle are up for the weekend and its always a pleasure to welcome guests :) Ger arrives at 2.30, Barber at 3 and Michelle... well no one ever knows do they? It will no doubt start in the Eagle where Matty will fleece us out of a few quid playing darts as usual, and I will get my arse handed to me at pool too!
A few beers later (ok alot) and we will head over to the casino (possibly via yarm highstreet) for the Stockton Massive Homegame, where I will get tangled up in a battle with Ger which will end in one or most likely both of us not making the final table!
Really looking forward to it, got the full weekend booked off so we can give it our full attention after last time where work kept on getting in the way!!!
It is indeed going to be, PRICELESS.
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Tip on binking Freerolls and Stars 8k runner tournaments please?
kthks
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Get lucky ldo
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Tip on binking Freerolls and Stars 8k runner tournaments please?
kthks
Is this supposed to be a thinly veiled brag that Stu won something?
This would have been believable - but it"s Stu.
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Tip on binking Freerolls and Stars 8k runner tournaments please?
kthks
Is this supposed to be a thinly veiled brag that Stu won something?
This would have been believable - but it"s Stu.
Nah. He couldn"t pull off the win. Only managed 5th. :D
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Tip on binking Freerolls and Stars 8k runner tournaments please?
kthks
Is this supposed to be a thinly veiled brag that Stu won something?
This would have been believable - but it"s Stu.
Nah. He couldn"t pull off the win. Only managed 5th. :D
Im gutted, i will go console myself but rubbing 20"s on my titties.
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Tip on binking Freerolls and Stars 8k runner tournaments please?
kthks
Is this supposed to be a thinly veiled brag that Stu won something?
This would have been believable - but it"s Stu.
Nah. He couldn"t pull off the win. Only managed 5th. :D
Im gutted, i will go console myself but rubbing 20"s on my titties.
It will need to be 20ps, fifty $20 bills isn"t enough for your titties
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Tip on binking Freerolls and Stars 8k runner tournaments please?
kthks
Is this supposed to be a thinly veiled brag that Stu won something?
This would have been believable - but it"s Stu.
Nah. He couldn"t pull off the win. Only managed 5th. :D
Im gutted, i will go console myself but rubbing 20"s on my titties.
It will need to be 20ps, fifty $20 bills isn"t enough for your titties
Top rubz :)
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Evening!!
Well, its been a very mixed week so far in the Ward household as always!!!
Early doors, I was lucky enough to get selected by Steve Redfern to represent England at the upcoming World Championship of Amateur Poker. What an absolute honour. I am obviously over the moon to have the chance to play for England for a 3rd time. Its not something that you ever expect to be picked for, but i am so looking forward to it.
I can remember talking to Tony about how much i would like to be have been on the team with them at the Europeans (when they won silver), now it has come true!!
Steve has picked such a strong team to go to battle with, Steve is a top player himself and fiercely patriotic. Asa, Tony and Carl are all fantastic players with a brilliant pedigree in APAT and wider poker, and i am sure that we are going to have a fantastic team spirit, back each other and fight for each other and give the rest of the countries that are playing absolute hell. Win as a team, lose as a team. I am sure it will be the winning part of things for us though :)
On the other hand, my young nephew Elias went into hospital today for an operation on his legs tomorrow to help him walk.
Its a long story, he was born very premature and with Cerebal Palsey, and has thus far been able to crawl, but unable to walk in his nearly 4 years. The doctors have decided that he needs operations on both legs, effectively to break the bones, reset his hips and heal the bones again, which will also involve cutting tendons to allow the bones to heal again. He has the operation on one leg tomorrow, then the other in a month and will have both legs in casts for 2 months each.
Honestly, i feel sick for the poor little fella, but it is something that is hopefully going to enable him to have a much better future, and if it leads to him walking, then i hope the pain is all going to be worth it.
Tomorrow will be nervewracking for us all, especially for my sister and Brother in Law, but i cant wait to go see him thursday and spoil the little hero rotten. :)
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Well Done on the deserved pick for England.....
Sometimes the ones we love have to go through pain and we feel that pain acutely ourselves but have to keep upbeat for them, the Ward"s are strong and come from a long line of fighters, fingers (and all other appendages) crossed for the wee man and praying all will come good in the fullness of time.
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Loads of cyber hugs and good vibes being shipped wee lad"s way. xx
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Congrats on the England pick again mate.. fingers crossed this time the England shirts a lucky one. Hope the little fellas OK mate.. beers next week x
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I"m sure young Elias will soon be walking better than you. Though from some of the photos I"ve seen of you recently, that may not be too difficult :)
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Thanks everyone :)
The op has been and gone, we"d man is still groggy but has had a bit of food which is good. He is on an epidural at the minute which is obviously far from ideal. Myself and matty are going up to see him tomorrow, which I can"t wait for.
After that we are going for a few ( ;D ) beers and to see a band called Reel Big Fish them off for a bit of a boogie :)
They are a band that we all grew up hearing so to get the chance to see them in boro is one we couldn"t pass up :)
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The home game was back on last night after a few weeks break, and it was great fun as usual :)
Was great to see Phil Tompkyfish again, he has been going through a hard time as you all know, but was in fantastic form last night.
Some highlights from my hungover recollections :
Folding K10 on a xxx1010 3 hearts board to a bet and a min raise on the river.
[ ] i was right
The valet being an utter bellend for no good reason (i was well behaved last night, except for the following)
Some tit in the casino"s £10 rebuy comp who was dealing on one of the tables setting his lip up and being informed that he was a c-unit by half of our table, he soon shut up :)
Matty Ward being the Stockton Luckbox and hitting every hand going.
Came 3rd for £30
Went to Boro for a dance, then realised i hadnt cashed in my 3rd place. FML.
All in all, a great night!
In other news, I have started a little weight loss challenge of my own with all the rest ging on, not for charity or the like, just for me :)
Started off bang on 14 stone on monday, am now 13st 10lbs, so its going in the right direction. I am looking to lose 3 stones hopefully by June in time for download festival.
Its going to be a bloody hard slog, but I reckon its dooable.
Invasion in 1 week 6 days :D
Worlds in 2 weeks 6 days :D :D
Loving life at the minute :)
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Well, it is upon us!!!!
The troops are mobilised and en route to the sleepy market town of Yarm in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The local pubs have been restocked, the Eagle has Battoned down its hatches, my car is about to get a tidy out ready to pick Ger, Ger Jnr and Rodders up from Darlington train station, then the drinking can commence :)
Really cannot wait to see everyone again, its going to be a fantastic few days with a fantastic bunch of people.
Next week sees the World Championships roll round.
My schedule has changed somewhat from when it first got announced as I have been picked to represent England again. Really cant wait for this, its a massive challenge, but Steve has picked one of the strongest England teams I have seen to attack this one, and if all things are equal, we should be in and amongst it come the medal matches.
Looking forward to seeing everyone down there, and for the first time in a long time i will be maintaining a level of sobriety whilst playing poker, as i have a staking deal going on with a few friends! That should be interesting!
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Tomorrow sees the start of the WCOAP and I"m ridiculously excited by it all :)
First up is the Team Event, where I will be joining Asa, Steve, Carl and Tony in a bid to finally bring those gold medals back to England for the first time. Steve has picked a great team, and I am sure we will be there or there abouts come the medal shootouts :)
Afte this, I entr the staked part of my weekend.
I have asked for 100% staking as being picked for the team event has added nearly 90 pounds onto the expected cost of my trip if I didn"t. I am amazingly grateful for the faith shown in me by the people who backed me and am confident of giving them a return on their money.
Then I am playing the HORSE event on Saturday. This is an event I am really looking forward to. Stud, Omaha and holdem are sting points for me at the minute and I am learning razz fast :) it should be a great experience with some very good players taking part, but I am hoping to cash
Then it is on to main event day 1b.
I was saying to Rodders the other day, I have actually never felt like my game has been in better shape. I have made some deep runs in the stars micro millions events this year (cashing 2/3) and generally feel on top of my game.
I"m sure when I am playing my best, I"m a match for most of APAT, so again am looking hot a deep run and to make a cash at the least :)
These tournaments will all be played SOBER. Yes, I know, you don"t believe me, but I will be cutting alcohol intake form as I don"t want to be playing on other peoples money drunk. I will also not be drinking too much after events, as I don"t want to play hungover as its not fair on them.
In other news it is great to see the return of Tighty in a commentating role for the weekend. I have put my name down to do some "colour commentary" with him, which I look forward to immensely.
Hope to see you all there. Have a safe trip where ever you are coming from.
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Someone warn tighty to get a 20 second delay built into the feed!!!
and to buy a beep machine
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Someone warn tighty to get a 20 second delay built into the feed!!!
and to buy a beep machine
Im going to be sober, it should be ok :p
On another note, GL to us all this week, lets get some money won!
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That one is for my dad. #hopeheisproud
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Pokerpops is for sure :)
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Congratulations mate! Finally a lucky England shirt for you and one we dont have to burn and dance round naked ;D
Hope you bought Asa and Carl a beer or 10.. absolutely amazing set of results. Enjoy today fella, will be up Sunday for proper beers!
Your dad will be proud as punch I"m sure x
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Absolutely delighted for you guys. Very well played! No doubt your Dad will be thrilled too. xx
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That one is for my dad. #hopeheisproud
You prolly don"t need to win anything for him to be proud, but I"ll bet this helps a little bit. Wesll done mate, very pleased for you.
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As some of you know, I had to leave the WCOAP very early Sunday morning after a phone call from my mum.
Thursday morning my Dad was rushed to hospital having trouble breathing at 5am and was eventually diagnosed with a chest infection at about 10am, but he insisted that I travelled down to play poker.
Playing for England was a great honour and I will love my team mates for ever, this is something that they can"t take away from us ever :)
It was also probably the hardest I have ever found it to play poker in my life.
I played Saturday as usual and thoroughly enjoyed the company, you are all the best bunch of people in the world.
Sunday morning I got a phone all at about half 6 from my mum, Dad had deteriorated over night and gone from talking, eating and feeling ok, to having to be put into a drug induced coma. Lucy rushed me back up north and dropped me straight at the hospital, where my mum, brother and sister were already there.
We would stay there thought the day, most of it was spent dozing on and off in the waiting room. Every time my mum asked if I wanted to go in to see Dad, I would say "later"
My mum, sister, Matty and brother in law all went in to talk to him, I sat in the waiting room like a coward.
We have gone back in today, and I forced myself to go into the room and see him. It was the hardest thing I have ever done. He has barely an inch of skin without a line or cable on it. His kidneys aren"t working properly, as his blood pressure is so low and won"t raise no matter what they do.
I struggled to speak. I just burst into tears.
All I could manage to say was I love him and to beg him to get better.
God I hope he listens. It doesn"t look good.
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Big hugs Stu.
It"s not cowardly believe me.
You automatically think of your dad as this indestructable being, and you can"t bear to see him in any other way.
I went through the same thing.
If you need anything, you know what to do.
Thinking of you and praying for a recovery xx
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Not at all cowardly and oh so very brave to share it
Hugs and love and all the good thoughts in the world
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Our thoughts are with you Stu x
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The emotional mangler continues.
My mum has just returned from the hospital. When my self and Matty came away they were fitting him to a monitor that puts a probe much closer to his heart so they could get more accurate readings.
After a couple of hours, this machine appears to be saying that his Blood Pressure has returned to near as damnit normal, and they are pretty confident his Pneumonia has cleared as his chest is no longer blocked up.
Now, this is immense news, and has resulted in a few (more) tears being shed, but it is also no where near being out of the woods yet. His kidneys are still not functioning 100%, which could be due to any number of factors. So he is having a bit of dialysis tomorrow, along with a CT scan to check on his lungs and heart.
If his blood results remain steady in the meanwhile, they will begin to wean him off the medications he is on, eventually with the aim of bringing him out of his Coma.
So, a long long long way to go, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Lets just hope it isnt another train.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FROM ALL OF US FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, TEXTS, MESSAGES ON HERE AND ON FACEBOOK. THEY HAVE BEEN A MASSIVE SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR US ALL, AND I LOVE YOU ALL FOR IT, I CAN NEVER EVER GET CLOSE TO REPAYING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, BUT YOU HAVE ALL OF OUR LOVE.
Thanks
stu xx
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Excellent news Stu :):):)
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Excellent news Stu :):):)
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Just read the news about your Dad Stu. Glad he is getting better. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
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Thanks all, there is still a hell of a long way to go yet, and am just hoping and praying that this progress is still there in the morning, but it is welcome if only for the sake of my mum.
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Thanks all, there is still a hell of a long way to go yet, and am just hoping and praying that this progress is still there in the morning, but it is welcome if only for the sake of my mum.
I"m pretty sure that if you added "Team England 2013 WCOAP World Champions" under your England C entry your Dad would be most impressed when he wakes up. :)
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Thinking of you mate
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Only just had a chance to catch up on the news, pleased that things have improved a bit and have everything crossed that this week brings lots more progress
Thinking of you
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Thinking of you hunni xxx
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Well, what a few days this has been.
Latest news is that today they have taken him off his blood pressure medication, which is massive news, and his kidneys have gone back to functioning fully, so he is making solid progress.
They think the Pneumonia is clearing as they arent sucking gunk out of his chest anymore. They did a scan 2 days ago (i think, the days are merging together at the minute!!) but they are awaiting the previous scans from before he was admitted from the other local hospital where he is getting his cancer treatment from and apparetnyl there is no news on that yet, so in the meantime they are going to continue to presume that he has/had a bloodclot on his lung and treat him accordingly
There is no news as to when they plan to bring him out of his coma, but i can assure you that as a family this will be better than every birthday, christmas, easter and anything else put together.
Thankyou all for your continued support and thoughts and prayers you have been a constant source of strength for us all.
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Heres hoping the recovery goes from strength to strength.. We are both thinking of you and your family mate x
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Heres hoping the recovery goes from strength to strength.. We are both thinking of you and your family mate x
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Heres hoping the recovery goes from strength to strength.. We are both thinking of you and your family mate x
+1
+1000000
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When you got the news whilst away playing poker, and had to leave prematurely, it was a helluva throw back to Cardiff 2009 for me. I know exactly where your head was at and how you were feeling - and I know it"s not pretty! I hope and pray that your Dad pulls through - it sounds like his progress is promising.
Just remember that your APAT family, and in particular your England team mates, will always be there for you.
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Thanks everyone.
Today I have been given the "day off" by mum, so am at the pub having a couple with the lads. Happy days x
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Great news Stu. Enjoy your beer and I hope the progress keeps coming thick & fast x
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So they are looking at weening him off his ventilator at the hospital, unfortunately this means having a
track trach trachey a tube put into his throat for a smaller tube to be put in to help his breathing.
My mum tells me this is great progress and a step towards him waking up, but im finding it fairly difficult to be positive about it today for some reason. We have also been warned that he is very likely to have sever hallucinations when he wakes up, due to all the drugs and medicines he has been on whilst in his coma. This is not going to be any fun at all!!
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Bad news from the hospital.
They have found that Dad"s cancer has spread into his other lung and it is nearly non funtional, and he has a cavaty in his other lung which means that is leaking air into his chest cavity. There is nothing that they can do for him, and they are withdrawing treatment tonight.
They have promised us that he will be kept under sedation, so I imagine it will just be like him passing away in his sleep. He wont feel any pain at all.
RIP Malcolm Ward
Love you dad. xx
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Sad, sad times, we are here for you Stu....
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Big hugs Stu xx Here if you need me anytime xx
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Such sad news Stu.
All our thoughts are with you, Matt and your family.
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Sad, sad times, we are here for you Stu....
Me and Emma +1
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so sorry guys
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Very sorry to hear the sad news, my thoughts are with Matt and yourself.
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Sorry to hear your news Stuart, Susan and I are thinking of you all, sad times.
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Sad, sad times, we are here for you Stu....
+1 from me. Gutted for you and your family and thinking of you all xx
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So sorry for you Stu. Thoughts are with you tonight. Best wishes from all the Redferns :(
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Sorry to hear Stu,
Thoughts with you and the family
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So sorry Stu. Big hugs to you & Matt xx
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Our thoughts are with you & your family Stu xxx
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Words are hard to find, but consider yourself and Matt thoroughly hugged and know that you"re loved.
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Sad, sad times, we are here for you Stu....
Me and Emma +1
Joobs and I as well. *hugs*
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:"( Thinking of ye {{{{hugs}}}} xx
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Thanks everyone. He passed away at 22.35. We all had a chance to give him a kiss and say what we wanted to say.
It"s going to be a hard time, but with all the support we have already had offered, I am sure we will make it through. Thank you all so so much xxx
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Thanks everyone. He passed away at 22.35. We all had a chance to give him a kiss and say what we wanted to say.
It"s going to be a hard time, but with all the support we have already had offered, I am sure we will make it through. Thank you all so so much xxx
Our deepest condolences Stu and family, we send all our love and if you need to chat you know where we are xx
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Thoughts are with you Stu, Matt and family. Big hug from me fella
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So, sorry to hear your sad news Stu and Matt. :"(
I know I speak for all APATers, when I say that he has left us with a wonderful legacy with you two fine young men, about which he was obviously rightly proud.
RIP Mr. Ward
Love to the whole family.
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So, sorry to hear your sad news Stu and Matt. :"(
I know I speak for all APATers, when I say that he has left us with a wonderful legacy with you two fine young men, about which he was obviously rightly proud.
RIP Mr. Ward
Love to the whole family.
+1
Too true
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Aw mate! So sorry to hear this Stu.
Love to all the Wards
RIP Mr Ward
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Deepest condolences mate. Sending virtual man hugs. Just hang on to those positive memories - they become so valuable. Rest assured, while it hurts like **** at the moment, it gets easier with time.
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RIP Mr Ward.
I"m glad you got to say goodbye and hope your pain eases soon. Much love to you both and your whole family.
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I"m so sorry to hear about your loss & I know how much it hurts. Love & virtual hugs to you all.
RIP Mr Ward
xXx
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Its good that you got to say goodbye, feeling your pain xxx
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Thoughts are with you Stu, Matt and family. Big hug from me fella
+1
RIP Mr Ward
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I don"t have the words Stu.
Hugs!
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Very sorry to read your sad news Stu.
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So sorry to hear that Stu, deepest condolences.
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Sorry to hear your sad news Stu. Thoughts and prayers are with you, Matt and your family.
RIP Mr Ward
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RIP Mr Ward.
Thinking of you. Hugs and love to you, Matty and the rest of your family .... you"re there for Mamma Ward and we"ll be here for you xxx
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Thanks for all your kind words and wishes guys, its totally humbling and overwhelming, this is reason APAT is so great :)
Im feeling ok so far today. Been with my Mum (shirley), Matty, my sister Claire and brother in law Ade and the nephew Elias and we went to visit my granny (dads mum) We just sat and had a general chat which was really nice.
Starting to sort out arrangements for the funeral today, its difficult to try and guess what dad would have wanted, and i know mum is agonising over it!
We got our broadband through BT for free as Dad was an employee, but that agreement will now cease as he is no longer employed by them, so can anyone recommend a good, reasonably priced but super fast broadband provider please?
Many thanks xx
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We got our broadband through BT for free as Dad was an employee, but that agreement will now cease as he is no longer employed by them, so can anyone recommend a good, reasonably priced but super fast broadband provider please?
PlusNet. I have an unlimited FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) package for £19.99 per month (half price for first 6 months), and am getting speeds between 34 and 40mb consistently, and there is no issue with my 250gb+ per month usage. Customer service is excellent! FTTC is way better than I expected (I can"t get cable to the house so FTTC is the only option).
www.plus.net
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We got our broadband through BT for free as Dad was an employee, but that agreement will now cease as he is no longer employed by them, so can anyone recommend a good, reasonably priced but super fast broadband provider please?
PlusNet. I have an unlimited FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) package for £19.99 per month (half price for first 6 months), and am getting speeds between 34 and 40mb consistently, and there is no issue with my 250gb+ per month usage. Customer service is excellent! FTTC is way better than I expected (I can"t get cable to the house so FTTC is the only option).
www.plus.net
Can"t really beat that.. but I"ve had no problems with Virgin mate.
http://store.virginmedia.com/broadband/compare-broadband/30mb.html
30mb line > 12 month contract is £17.50 a month for 3 months then £22.50 a month x
As per texts thinking about you fella, much love x
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Mate, just found out the news. So sorry for your loss. If there"s anything I can do/advise with just let me know.
Thoughts are with you, Matt and all your family.
RIP
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Ahhhhhh Stu :( Gutted for you and the family mate. having been there with my mum 2 years ago I can only wish you all a huge amount of strength through this tragic time.
All the best to you all
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So very sorry to hear your news Stu - my sincere condolences and thoughts are with you and all your family.
I found it really hard planning my Dad"s funeral in December. In the end the way I got there was to close my eyes and imagine him watching it and seeing his reaction would each detail make him cringe/laugh/feel daft etc?
I think it worked - the day was a haze but now I look back on it and have quite fond memories. Wishing you all the best for the difficult days ahead.
Love
Deb
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thanks again everyone. we really do appreciate every last message. You are all worth your weight in gold.
I dont know why, but I am finding tonight particularly hard.
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I apologise for very belated condolences, but I just found out your very sad news :"(
My heartfelt condolences to you and your family. My thoughts and prayers are with you and I will light a candle.
I wish you all strength for the funeral as I know this will be very tough.
xxx
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Best of luck for tomorrow, keep your chins up (that"s yours and Matt's chins for clarity :)) and give your dad the send off he deserves. I"ll be thinking of you x
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Best wishes to you all.
Glenn
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Thinking Of You Today............
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Thinking Of You Today............
+1, big hugs x
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Thinking Of You Today............
+1
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Thinking Of You Today............
+1
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For Malcolm
[youtube=425,350]www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vm4ltNE68c[/youtube]
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Been a while since i have posted, so thank you again for all the lovely messages :)
The funeral was a lovely, lovely ceremony and we were all blown away by the amount of people who turned up, which was way way WAY beyond what we expected.
A nice wake with family and some good friends was followed personally by a trip to the pub with my best mates, who I love to bits. Was a really good way to send the old fella off :)
The amount of paperwork that needs to be done after someone dies is bloody mind-boggling. It has been a bit of a stress, but we are getting there finally. Our last goodbye to Dad (for the time being) will be on Friday by the look of it, when we scatter his ashes, its sure to be another emotional day, but its all steps on the long road ahead.
In other news, I am looking to play the GUKPT Omaha side event next week. Omaha is a game that I love, and I have put a staking thread up on here looking to sell 50% of my action. I will be playing it regardless, sold 10% so far, so if you fancy a bit of a sweat then get over there and get involved :)
Just a quick word about a good mate and one of the Stockton Massive, Brian Harland.
This man is a total hero, and a very very good poker player. As you will undoubtably know, he has a staking agreement on here, which I am lucky enough to be a part of. He has made alot of final tables for us so far, and has ran the stake up by $1800 in just 4 months so far, but I know that he is getting really down on the game at the minute.
He plays alot, and has the best temperement of anyone I know, and its not nice seeing him getting more and more knarked off at variance.
So, Brian, you are doing awesome mate, jsut keep it up and try and get back to enjoying the game. Im sre we can try and help this on a Thursday if you can get yourself down :)
Hope you are all well. x
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So today is the day that i play my first ever GUKPT side event, the £75+ £8 PLO event, i really cant wait.
Stockton is NOT the mecca of PLO, and i think that there will be some decidedly under average players taking part (GiMac is playing ffs :p ) I cant wait to get sat down and playing tonight, it starts from 6 and i am sure that i will be trying to update the staking thread and facebook as much as possible :)
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So today is the day that i play my first ever GUKPT side event, the £75+ £8 PLO event, i really cant wait.
Stockton is NOT the mecca of PLO, and i think that there will be some decidedly under average players taking part (GiMac is playing ffs :p ) I cant wait to get sat down and playing tonight, it starts from 6 and i am sure that i will be trying to update the staking thread and facebook as much as possible :)
Two things for you to consider StuSon
1) There is a cash PLO game at G or Gala three or four nights a week with a solid bunch of regular players who, contrary to popular opinion, have a lot of clue about the game. Ben Ning, Paul Wilson (wheelchair, middle-aged) Johnny Chan, Rocky, Luke, all make money at the game, as does your mate Adrian, not to mention Mo "welcome to England, I raise blind" Latif
2) Update in breaks, not in game. Headphones and focus are the order of the day.
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So today is the day that i play my first ever GUKPT side event, the £75+ £8 PLO event, i really cant wait.
Stockton is NOT the mecca of PLO, and i think that there will be some decidedly under average players taking part (GiMac is playing ffs :p ) I cant wait to get sat down and playing tonight, it starts from 6 and i am sure that i will be trying to update the staking thread and facebook as much as possible :)
Two things for you to consider StuSon
1) There is a cash PLO game at G or Gala three or four nights a week with a solid bunch of regular players who, contrary to popular opinion, have a lot of clue about the game. Ben Ning, Paul Wilson (wheelchair, middle-aged) Johnny Chan, Rocky, Luke, all make money at the game, as does your mate Adrian, not to mention Mo "welcome to England, I raise blind" Latif
2) Update in breaks, not in game. Headphones and focus are the order of the day.
cheers pops :)
I am sure there will be some people who know what they are doing, but I cant see it being that large a % of the field. Im not underestimating anyone though, and I will be playing my A game all the way through.
I have the iPod on charge as we speak, am really really really looking forward to this, its getting 100% of my focus and attention. If i go out, it wont be through me making a mistake.
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Agree with Dave, its not your usual G crowd, gl any way.
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Wow, not posted in here for a while!!
We are on the eve of travelling to Donington Race Track for Download festival! Much excitement in the Ward household as me, The Rock and Dave are heading down in the early hours of the morning.
We have alcohol. Lots of alcohol.
Roughly 170 cans of lager and cider, a box of wine, a bottle of Jaeger, a bottle of Absynth (real, foreign, 85% absynth, not that tat you get over here) and a bottle of apple sours. This is jsut to last us all day tomorrow and when we arent in the arena the other days (arena is open 11-11 every day)
SOme great bands are playing, there is roughly 30 we want to see over the weekend, so it is going to be awesome, as long as there isnt tooooooo much rain....
If i make it through this (im getting too fecking old) we have Coventry APAT to attend, and i really am very very excited for that too. It feels like forever since I have seen everyone, so is going to be fantastic :D
The next one I will make after that will probably be Phils last hurrah on 3/4 August, so going to have to have a proper stab at winning Coventry, as the August one will be a write off!
Hope everyone is well.
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It does seem like forever. We will correct that in Coventry are you and Matt both attending. Enjoy downloading your festival.
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Just read Asa"s blog and realised I havent done a cricket update!!!
This week was a good week, as my team (3rds) won away at Maltby in our local derby, which is good as they are a bunch of annoying sods! Personally took 3-24 off 6 overs. I was then called into the 1st team for a 20/20 cup match v a place called Dales, wherever that is.
We set them a target of 148 off our 20 overs, with one of our younger batsmen (18) belting 85 off 44 balls, including 3 sixes on the bounce. Was a great knock, he is gonna be a star for us in the coming years is this boy.
We took to the field, and I came on first change and took 5-0-21-2, which i was delighted with. Also snaffled my 3rd catch of the season!!
My bowling has come on alot this year, am varying my pace alot better recently and am turning it further than i ever have done. Am on 8 wickets all told now, and am aiming for 20 before the season is out.
Miss out this weekend due to the festival I am off to, but we have another winnable game v Newton Aycliffe, am sure i will be in contact with the club via twitter, where we try and do a commentary of each game that the club plays. #ycccom
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Hope you have better luck setting up camp than Joobs and Adam have had. She"s posted a pic and the state of things the morning after suggests they need help. lol
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Hope you have better luck setting up camp than Joobs and Adam have had. She"s posted a pic and the state of things the morning after suggests they need help. lol
Setting up camp?
Stu will be in a hotel somewhere like last year
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Hope you have better luck setting up camp than Joobs and Adam have had. She"s posted a pic and the state of things the morning after suggests they need help. lol
Setting up camp?
Stu will be in a hotel somewhere like last year
I always said he was a sensible chap really.
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Hope you have better luck setting up camp than Joobs and Adam have had. She"s posted a pic and the state of things the morning after suggests they need help. lol
Setting up camp?
Stu will be in a hotel somewhere like last year
I always said he was a sensible chap really.
Not so sure...
Stuart Anthony Ward **** the rain. Sat in our tent in my boxer shorts!!
Thursday, 13 June 2013 at 13:35 (18 hours ago) via mobile
That (along with a few more posts around the net) suggests he is in fact camping. :o
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Hope you have better luck setting up camp than Joobs and Adam have had. She"s posted a pic and the state of things the morning after suggests they need help. lol
Setting up camp?
Stu will be in a hotel somewhere like last year
I always said he was a sensible chap really.
Not so sure...
Stuart Anthony Ward **** the rain. Sat in our tent in my boxer shorts!!
Thursday, 13 June 2013 at 13:35 (18 hours ago) via mobile
That (along with a few more posts around the net) suggests he is in fact camping. :o
Apparently it"s dry there so far, few drops of rain will have him rushing to lastminute.com
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Well he"ll be in a Premier Inn somewhere now then cos we only live 30 minutes away and it"s been stair-rodding on and off all afternoon ;D
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I know it"s not April, but this might cheer Stu up a bit ;D ...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xksfShPraTQ[/youtube]
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and it"s been stair-rodding on and off all afternoon ;D
I had to read that a couple of times before I realised it wasn"t dirty.
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WhenTF are we gonna see pictures of APATers caked in mud? My patience is wearing thin.
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Well he"ll be in a Premier Inn somewhere now then cos we only live 30 minutes away and it"s been stair-rodding on and off all afternoon ;D
Why is everybody taking the micky out of him over this. It is a very sensible move.
Hotel > Tent
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We did indeed make it the whole way through!
The rain on thursday started just after we got our tent pitched, so we hid in there for a bit until it cleared up in the evening. Wellies and waterproofs were needed thursday and friday, but by saturday the whole place was drying up nicely, and judging by the suntan i now have, the festival was moved to the face of the sun on sunday!
Was a fantastic weekend with 2 of my best mates, some great music and a load of beer, couldnt have asked for it to be any better really.
Am off work til friday now, so have plenty of time to recover a bit, which is a godsend!!
In the meantime, I need to start to make arrangements for the Cardiff stag do. Need to make sure Philip barely makes his wedding me thinks...
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So, we are now 1 day away from event 2 of the APAT calender, excited much?!?!
I have ben on nights all this week, got one left tonight, then home for half a days kip, then down to the Ricoh, hopefully arriving around 6pm i would think.
Really looking forward to the weekend, although it was only in April, the World Championships feel like ages ago! Am looking forward to seeing you all again, as i said somewhere else, I have missed everyone loads, and indeed missed APAT events in general.
Coventry is a casino with which I have a.... chequered past :p
In my more wild days, it was the place where I defended my European Championship title in 2010, which was an utter horror show. I got the clock called on me, got KK beaten by QQ for my tourny life (by the clock caller!) drank the casino out of Jaeger, got accused of being racist, and then won the PLO8 side event on the sunday in my first ever time of playing it!! Some weekend that one was!!
Since then, I have been down there while watching Boro play Coventry, at which time I smashed their local re entry comp to little tiny pieces.
No matter what happens, it is always a fantastic laugh, and I am looking forward to sharing a beer or 2 with some great friends.
Safe journey to everyone travelling, see you all soon!
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So, we are now 1 day away from event 2 of the APAT calender, excited much?!?!
I have ben on nights all this week, got one left tonight, then home for half a days kip, then down to the Ricoh, hopefully arriving around 6pm i would think.
Really looking forward to the weekend, although it was only in April, the World Championships feel like ages ago! Am looking forward to seeing you all again, as i said somewhere else, I have missed everyone loads, and indeed missed APAT events in general.
Coventry is a casino with which I have a.... chequered past :p
In my more wild days, it was the place where I defended my European Championship title in 2010, which was an utter horror show. I got the clock called on me, got KK beaten by QQ for my tourny life (by the clock caller!) drank the casino out of Jaeger, got accused of being racist, and then won the PLO8 side event on the sunday in my first ever time of playing it!! Some weekend that one was!!
Since then, I have been down there while watching Boro play Coventry, at which time I smashed their local re entry comp to little tiny pieces.
No matter what happens, it is always a fantastic laugh, and I am looking forward to sharing a beer or 2 with some great friends.
Safe journey to everyone travelling, see you all soon!
Have a great weekend Stu. I"m absolutely gutted I can"t be there, especially to help plan whatever you"re thinking about for Cardiff! Best of luck for it, you definitely deserve some run good!
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So, we are now 1 day away from event 2 of the APAT calender, excited much?!?!
I have ben on nights all this week, got one left tonight, then home for half a days kip, then down to the Ricoh, hopefully arriving around 6pm i would think.
Really looking forward to the weekend, although it was only in April, the World Championships feel like ages ago! Am looking forward to seeing you all again, as i said somewhere else, I have missed everyone loads, and indeed missed APAT events in general.
Coventry is a casino with which I have a.... chequered past :p
In my more wild days, it was the place where I defended my European Championship title in 2010, which was an utter horror show. I got the clock called on me, got KK beaten by QQ for my tourny life (by the clock caller!) drank the casino out of Jaeger, got accused of being racist, and then won the PLO8 side event on the sunday in my first ever time of playing it!! Some weekend that one was!!
Since then, I have been down there while watching Boro play Coventry, at which time I smashed their local re entry comp to little tiny pieces.
No matter what happens, it is always a fantastic laugh, and I am looking forward to sharing a beer or 2 with some great friends.
Safe journey to everyone travelling, see you all soon!
Have a great weekend Stu. I"m absolutely gutted I can"t be there, especially to help plan whatever you"re thinking about for Cardiff! Best of luck for it, you definitely deserve some run good!
Cheers mate, massive shame you cant be there mind you :(
Will be a special one for me personally this one, just hoping I can do a decent run and do the old fella proud :)
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So, we are now 1 day away from event 2 of the APAT calender, excited much?!?!
I have ben on nights all this week, got one left tonight, then home for half a days kip, then down to the Ricoh, hopefully arriving around 6pm i would think.
Really looking forward to the weekend, although it was only in April, the World Championships feel like ages ago! Am looking forward to seeing you all again, as i said somewhere else, I have missed everyone loads, and indeed missed APAT events in general.
Coventry is a casino with which I have a.... chequered past :p
In my more wild days, it was the place where I defended my European Championship title in 2010, which was an utter horror show. I got the clock called on me, got KK beaten by QQ for my tourny life (by the clock caller!) drank the casino out of Jaeger, got accused of being racist, and then won the PLO8 side event on the sunday in my first ever time of playing it!! Some weekend that one was!!
Since then, I have been down there while watching Boro play Coventry, at which time I smashed their local re entry comp to little tiny pieces.
No matter what happens, it is always a fantastic laugh, and I am looking forward to sharing a beer or 2 with some great friends.
Safe journey to everyone travelling, see you all soon!
Have a great weekend Stu. I"m absolutely gutted I can"t be there, especially to help plan whatever you"re thinking about for Cardiff! Best of luck for it, you definitely deserve some run good!
Cheers mate, massive shame you cant be there mind you :(
Will be a special one for me personally this one, just hoping I can do a decent run and do the old fella proud :)
He would be no matter what! I will say that I will make up for missing Coventry when I"m in Cardiff ;)
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In my more wild days
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In my more wild days
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That was my first experience of Stu I thought he was ok :-)
I wasted that weekend in the poker room when things were happening at the bar. I have not been back since think this time might be different.
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GL fella, think positive, less of the Jaeger and racism this time ;) and good things will happen.
Failing that. Beer x
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As annoying as working in retail is, Teaco has a great range of benefits, probably the best in the sector for its staff.
One of these is that every year we are given a % of our yearly wage as free shares. I have been in this for many years, but mainly just forget about it
So, got a lovely letter through the post today, telling me that I got some free shares that have matured so I don"t need to pay NI or tax on them, this comes to about £850. The flights to Vegas and back are £650. Premium economy is about £1k. So, after expecting to have to stump up the money out of my own pocket, Tesco have decided to pay for me.
Next question, do I put up the extra 200 notes and upgrade to premium economy, or do I stay cattle class and use the rest of the money towards my hotel?
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Stay cattle - Premium not worth it IMO.
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Stay cattle - Premium not worth it IMO.
What is everybody else doing, I am happy with either although will definitely come back premium. Have booked cattle over there but will upgrade if everybody else is. Would be good although extra money in Vegas is never a bad thing.
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Stay cattle - Premium not worth it IMO.
What is everybody else doing, I am happy with either although will definitely come back premium. Have booked cattle over there but will upgrade if everybody else is. Would be good although extra money in Vegas is never a bad thing.
If I go...(sigh), I always do Premium....for me (as a Person Of Size) the extra space is a necessity.
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Stay cattle - Premium not worth it IMO.
What is everybody else doing, I am happy with either although will definitely come back premium. Have booked cattle over there but will upgrade if everybody else is. Would be good although extra money in Vegas is never a bad thing.
If I go...(sigh), I always do Premium....for me (as a Person Of Size) the extra space is a necessity.
Big Fecking +1
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I will obviously have to see if my brother can afford it, if not then i will just go all back of the bus with him :)
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Wiiii free money and talk of upgrades to first class obv means I can disregard some daft saying sorry I can"t go to Cardiff :)
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Wiiii free money and talk of upgrades to first class obv means I can disregard some daft saying sorry I can"t go to Cardiff :)
I wish it was about the money, cause that wouldnt be a problem. Unfortunately work arent keen on me having that weekend off :(
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Wiiii free money and talk of upgrades to first class obv means I can disregard some daft saying sorry I can"t go to Cardiff :)
I wish it was about the money, cause that wouldnt be a problem. Unfortunately work arent keen on me having that weekend off :(
What? WHAT?! :o Oh hellllllllllll no....you HAVE to be there and that"s an order. We"ll organise kidnappers if required, because your absence is not acceptable. Who"s going to give the midget a hard time ffs?! Sort this out Lads...PRONTO!
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Wiiii free money and talk of upgrades to first class obv means I can disregard some daft saying sorry I can"t go to Cardiff :)
I wish it was about the money, cause that wouldnt be a problem. Unfortunately work arent keen on me having that weekend off :(
What? WHAT?! :o Oh hellllllllllll no....you HAVE to be there and that"s an order. We"ll organise kidnappers if required, because your absence is not acceptable. Who"s going to give the midget a hard time ffs?! Sort this out Lads...PRONTO!
You all honestly have no idea how gutted I am.
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Wiiii free money and talk of upgrades to first class obv means I can disregard some daft saying sorry I can"t go to Cardiff :)
I wish it was about the money, cause that wouldnt be a problem. Unfortunately work arent keen on me having that weekend off :(
What? WHAT?! :o Oh hellllllllllll no....you HAVE to be there and that"s an order. We"ll organise kidnappers if required, because your absence is not acceptable. Who"s going to give the midget a hard time ffs?! Sort this out Lads...PRONTO!
You all honestly have no idea how gutted I am.
obv. not gutted enough. :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Hitlist
1. Remove skirt and put trousers back on!
2. Find cahoonas and use them!!!!!!
There ya go, job done.
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Unfortunately work arent keen on me having that weekend off :(
The most shockingly k.nob.ish thing I"ve ever heard. And you mr ward have said plenty x
sort your life out
love and kisses
Phil
On a beach
In Spain
With a lager
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FFS Stu, get it sorted. Find someone to swap shifts with. Pay them ffs.
Or just dont turn up to work that weekend. But your attendance in Cardiff is mandatory, surely?
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Do you not think that If there was anything I could do about it I would?????
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I really think that this is unnecessary pressure being put on someone in regard to their livelihood.
If Stuart could make Cardiff, I think we all know he would. If there was a .000001% chance he could make it, he would do all he could to make that happen.
(Someone needs to step up to the plate and be Stu for the weekend) ;D
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If there was a .000001% chance he could make it, he would do all he could to make that happen.
I believe that to be the truth. After all, we all know that if he has that %age chance on the flop he isn"t letting go!
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I really think that this is unnecessary pressure being put on someone in regard to their livelihood.
If Stuart could make Cardiff, I think we all know he would. If there was a .000001% chance he could make it, he would do all he could to make that happen.
(Someone needs to step up to the plate and be Stu for the weekend) ;D
Oh no you don"t! I"ve put a lot of work into training Jack to keep his clothes on in public. Who else can we pick on?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I[/youtube]
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Jack is basically retired anyway. Wasn"t Stu like his student. Obviously gutted that Stu can"t make it but he would be there if it was possible. He will be expected to continue to try of course lol. As for somebody stepping up for Stu, people should be careful, isn"t Cardiff the home of Dan Owston and friends #justsayin
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Well, along time since my last post.
Brief up date!! We came third in the Home Internationals, all credit to Paulie, James and Dann. They were all superb and fantastic team mates to have, would do it all again with them in a heartbeat, another international medal locked up and thats the full set now, will have to rethink the INternational retirement i had decided i was going to put myself into after the first day!!
Inother news, I somehow managed to get second place in last nights Welsh online main event! Lovely silver medal and 330 euros to go with it, but am still slightly disappointed. Got it in twice good v Damo headsup, and at one point was 1 card away from picking up the win, but he ended up spiking the river. I really wanted to go to the Champion of Champions event, but never mind will have a crack at another one!!!
I am also currrently getting staked by Steve Rodderick in $2.50 180 man tournaments on Poker Stars.
After a few days of playing and a starting bankroll of 44250 we are currently sat at $300, so a nice steady start, and i feel like I already have a pretty good grasp of the tactics needed in these, so am hopeful of getting us some decent money in by the end of the stake!
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Wow lost 39950, big hole to get out of, assume a typo, well done on result last night, see you soon.
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Well, along time since my last post.
Brief up date!! We came third in the Home Internationals, all credit to Paulie, James and Dann. They were all superb and fantastic team mates to have, would do it all again with them in a heartbeat, another international medal locked up and thats the full set now, will have to rethink the INternational retirement i had decided i was going to put myself into after the first day!!
Inother news, I somehow managed to get second place in last nights Welsh online main event! Lovely silver medal and 330 euros to go with it, but am still slightly disappointed. Got it in twice good v Damo headsup, and at one point was 1 card away from picking up the win, but he ended up spiking the river. I really wanted to go to the Champion of Champions event, but never mind will have a crack at another one!!!
I am also currrently getting staked by Steve Rodderick in $2.50 180 man tournaments on Poker Stars.
After a few days of playing and a starting bankroll of 44250 we are currently sat at $300, so a nice steady start, and i feel like I already have a pretty good grasp of the tactics needed in these, so am hopeful of getting us some decent money in by the end of the stake!
wpm8 xx
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After a few days of playing and a starting bankroll of 44250 we are currently sat at $300, so a nice steady start, and i feel like I already have a pretty good grasp of the tactics luckboxing needed in these, so am hopeful of getting us some decent money in by the end of the stake!
there are tactics?
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Wow lost 39950, big hole to get out of, assume a typo, well done on result last night, see you soon.
Sigh.
Even im not that bad...
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Wow lost 39950, big hole to get out of, assume a typo, well done on result last night, see you soon.
Sigh.
Even im not that bad...
sure??
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So, as you may have realised, I like to enjoy myself!! This usually involves lots of beer and/or lots of food, and with Christmas just a few weeks away I am very worried.
It has dawned on me that I have really piled the weight on over the last 6 months. This is probably due in part to my stopping smoking (over a year without touching one, TYVM) and general inactivity on my part.
It is easy to blame this on my dodgy knees, which Tbf ARE dodgy, but it is something that I use as an excuse far too often nowadays so that I can just sit on my backside!
I used to play football every week, and whilst I do still play cricket, standing at slip and bowling a few overs of leg spin is hardly pushing any boundaries!!
SO! I have decided that I need a challenge.
I am going to lose 4 stones in weight in a certain amount of time (any realistic suggestions welcome, I honestly have no clue how ling would be a challenge?) And I am going to complete a half marathon AND marathon next year, to raise money for Cerebral Palsy charities.
I was thinking about a penalty system where I pay £10 per lb I am away from reaching my target or something similar, and if others want to sponsor me too that would be awesome??
CP is a matter close to my heart, as my 4 year old nephew suffers from it. He was born 12 weeks premature and while he is able to crawl about happily, has never been able to walk due to problems with his legs.
I am sure I have bored you all to bits about him in the past, but he really is my hero, and I know that he would love nothing more than to take one step, never mind run, so for me to be as lazy as I have become is just ridiculous.
So! I will keep this updated once I start with how the weight loss is going and also how my running progresses.
GL fat lad!!
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Good luck with this mate, great cause!
It took me 6 months to lose 2 stone in the run up to the wedding
For me :
I found it VERY tough, gym 4 times a week upto 4 hours at a time.. would recommend finding a gym partner with similar goals if possible to motivate on those days when you lose the will.
A healthy weight loss is supposedly 2 pounds a week.. so using maths that would be around 6-8 months. However it"s never that easy. You"ll lose a lot early days and then your body will adjust and it gets harder and harder to lose. I would say 4 stone possibly in 12 months but it"s a big ask mate. I know I couldn"t do it.
After a while, they"ll be weeks when you put weight on, never give up, its just your body adjusting.
Oh.. use decent scales as well, I used the old Wii fit which was spot on. Always weigh yourself at the same time every day, first thing probably the best.
Don"t fad diet.. losing weight is simple really. Burn more calories than you eat. Which means exercise and hard work.
I know you very well obv Stu and I know if you put your mind to it you can achieve this no problems. Have every faith mate and will support you in every way, if that means drinking your share of the beer I"m willing to put myself on the line ;)
Good luck mate. Much love x
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I do still play cricket, standing at slip and bowling a few overs of leg spin is hardly pushing any boundaries!!
ISWYDT :)
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I do still play cricket, standing at slip and bowling a few overs of leg spin is hardly pushing any boundaries!!
ISWYDT :)
Ithangyoo
Cheers Phil, all tip advice :) cutting out beer is my main thing once again I feel. Last time I lost weight (2 stones) I stopped the beer and moved on to vodka diet coke, which helped, so will probably try that again.
If you ever fancy coming for a run then let me know, a man with your half-marathon experience could teach me a lot :)
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Good luck with this Stu - awesome personal challenge, and even better when it benefits such a good cause.
Phil mentions the early weight losses - these really are easy if you just make one simple (??) adjustment.... stop drinking alcohol, and the weight will fall off in the early days. It"s once your body rebaselines that the next phases are really tough.
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I lost 7 stone in 7 months.
Now obviously you"re not the man I am but I"m sure you could manage a stone a month - if you want it to be challenging :)
The tenets of my regime were:
2000 kcals/day,
weigh everything & record calorie intake - no cheating,
walk 4 miles per day as fast as possible (I"d prolly be running now though :) ) trying to beat my best time.
Jaxie will sponsor you 50p/lb.
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Good luck with this Stu..
Why not have a chat with that nice Mr Dale ;D maybe he can set up a charity tournament on BOSS open a justgiving page and we can donate to your cause there, I will donate hell I will even donate a Bounty prize for whoever knocks you fat head out of the tournament :-*.
Another incentive maybe if you lose 4 stones you will end up with a perfectly toned sexy figure like mine!!
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Hell of a target you"ve set yourself there Stu - but it"s for a really good cause and with that motivation I bet you can do it.
I can"t offer any weight loss tips (obviously!). In fact I even put weight on when I trained for my first GNR. Lots of running meant I was eating like a horse - more so than normal. ;) But I"ve had my share of knee issues too, so any help/advice you need with the running, just ask! I"ve got a 12 week half marathon training plan that works for me - but everyone"s different. You can give it a try, and adapt it as you go. Let me know if you want it.
One thing I would say is get a good pair of running shoes asap. Go for gait analysis to a specialist running shop if you can. Up and Running in Darlington sorted me out, and was the best investment I made. Nasty knee and shin pain went away when I got the right shoes. They videoed my running and noted I over-pronated when running so needed stability support. Made a big difference.
Good luck buddy!
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Definitely get your run checked and buy the right shoes. I was at the doc last week after many weeks of shin pain and that"s what she suggested too. We"re off to check it out tomorrow, but do yourself a favour and get it done from the start to swerve unnecessary pain later.
You can do this! You"re a stubborn ol" goat when ya get your mind set on something and APAT already has filters in place for the days when you want to rant. :-*
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Definitely get your run checked and buy the right shoes. I was at the doc last week after many weeks of shin pain and that"s what she suggested too. We"re off to check it out tomorrow, but do yourself a favour and get it done from the start to swerve unnecessary pain later.
You can do this! You"re a stubborn ol" goat when ya get your mind set on something and APAT already has filters in place for the days when you want to rant. :-*
+1 to all of this ;) (except the snog at the end of course)
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I know it"s hard to believe but I too have shed lots of weight (in the past)
Last time, I did it by the rather obvious method of eating less and doing more. Gym three or four times a week, ate fruit instead of chocolate and avoided the obvious things like chips and such.
Getting yourself into the routine of Running or going to the Gym is doubly good IMO cos it ratchets up the impact and the motivation.
Oh, and give up alcohol, it is doubly bad for dieters because not only does it change the way you metabolise food it also makes a pizza or kebab seem like a good idea.
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Thanks for all the advice guys :)
So, am getting some new shiny scales today, so my first official weigh-in will be tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow will be interesting as it"s my day off which usually consists of sitting on my arse and eating lots!
Mother Ward has decided to join me akin trying to lose a few pounds which will be good as we can keep each other going.
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Thanks for all the advice guys :)
So, am getting some new shiny scales today, so my first official weigh-in will be tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow will be interesting as it"s my day off which usually consists of sitting on my **** and eating lots!
Mother Ward has decided to join me akin trying to lose a few pounds which will be good as we can keep each other going.
Good luck to both of you!
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Matthew now getting involved? ;)
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Cheers Adam :)
No pops, he would vanish if he lost any more!!
I will be posting weekly weight loss on here, just for my own record and a bit of a brag really :)
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So, starting weight was 14st 8 lbs, as of 10 mins ago, i weigh 14st 1.5 lbs (very specific these weight watchers scales!!!
Had a really good week. Apart from last night, I have drank nothing but water and been eating 2 meals a day, very healthy stuff, and cut out all of the crap i used to eat in between.
Really good start, just need to keep it going now!
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We are officially a week into operation stopbeingafatsod and have managed to lose 8lbs, so weight is now officially 14st.
It has been a bit easier than i thought so far in terms of the willpower needed to not eat the rubbish that i used to. Not had any biscuits or cakes or chocolate this week, and taking my own food in to work from home has not only saved me money, but has enabled me to eat a bit healthier too!
In other news, my car engine decided it wanted to pack in the other day, the garage have told me that a piston has shattered in a valve and i either need a new engine or a new car, so am off out car shopping today, which should be expensive.
I have my eye on a Honda Civic type R or a CTDi version, which both cosrt in the region of £7k second hand, so we shall see how that goes.
Also tonight is a christmas meetup with the stockton massive for a game of poker and a huge amount of drinking (JD and diet coke for fatlad please!) Be really good to see a group of people that i dont see often enough anymore.
hope you are all well.
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In other news, my car engine decided it wanted to pack in the other day, the garage have told me that a piston has shattered in a valve and i either need a new engine or a new car, so am off out car shopping today, which should be expensive.
I have my eye on a Honda Civic type R or a CTDi version, which both cosrt in the region of £7k second hand, so we shall see how that goes.
Alternatively, ditch the car and buy a bike. That"ll save you approx £6.5k, and cycling everywhere will help you drop your weight massively. ;)
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In other news, my car engine decided it wanted to pack in the other day, the garage have told me that a piston has shattered in a valve and i either need a new engine or a new car, so am off out car shopping today, which should be expensive.
I have my eye on a Honda Civic type R or a CTDi version, which both cosrt in the region of £7k second hand, so we shall see how that goes.
Alternatively, ditch the car and buy a bike. That"ll save you approx £6.5k, and cycling everywhere will help you drop your weight massively. ;)
hahaha, why not just not get a bike and i can run everywhere?!!?
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hahaha, why not just not get a bike and i can run everywhere?!!?
Stu. Stockton Massive"s Forrest Gump ;D x
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/manber212/gifs/crazy_forest_gump_wave.gif)
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hahaha, why not just not get a bike and i can run everywhere?!!?
Stu. Stockton Massive"s Forrest Gump ;D x
"Life is like a box of sugar free chocolates"...
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hahaha, why not just not get a bike and i can run everywhere?!!?
Stu. Stockton Massive"s Forrest Gump ;D x
"Life is like a box of sugar free chocolates"...
Run, Stuart, run!
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hahaha, why not just not get a bike and i can run everywhere?!!?
Stu. Stockton Massive"s Forrest Gump ;D x
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/manber212/gifs/crazy_forest_gump_wave.gif)
Hahaha :)
Does this make you Bubba?
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Get yourself to the Auctions Stu, I bought a Saab 1.9TDi yesterday for less than 3K, bargain. And FYI a Civic 2.2CTDI black 80K miles 08 plate went thru for less than 3.5K!
And Steve it depends what bike you buy, the Saab was for my eldest lad, and still cost less than his bike!!
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And Steve it depends what bike you buy, the Saab was for my eldest lad, and still cost less than his bike!!
Wow! Was it this one by any chance?
(http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/archives/rusty_bike102copy.jpg)
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And Steve it depends what bike you buy, the Saab was for my eldest lad, and still cost less than his bike!!
Wow! Was it this one by any chance?
(http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/archives/rusty_bike102copy.jpg)
LOL, if I knew how to put photos on here I"d show you :)
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LOL, if I knew how to put photos on here I"d show you :)
Mike... http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=13605.0
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So, next week is the team championships, and I really cant wait for it.
Preperations were put on hold yesterday, as my mums Mum, my Gran, sadly passed away at the age of 90 after a vrey short battle with a chest infection, which unfortunately she wasnt strong enough to battle.
This has hit my poor mum hard, as it is still less than a year since my Dad passed away. Its such a hard time for her, but she is the most remarkable person I know, and is dealing with everything with a dignity and poise that I know that I couldnt muster.
There was some fears that the funeral would be next saturday, but t has been organised for Friday the 31st instead, so I will be attending that and then shooting off to Stoke when we are done there.
Thanks to Jack for being so understanding, the man is a star and both him and Dawn have had some very kind words for me over the last day or so, and it is much appreciated.
As i said, i really cant wait for the team event :) This is the one event that i have never played, and being picked to represent APAT is a massive honour, especially when I am playing with the fantastic team mates that Jack has picked! I would also like to point out to people who are writing us off as a bunch of hopless alcoholics who will be out of the event in double quick time, that we have plenty of APAT experience, and lots of success too, so write us off at your own peril!!!
On the Sunday night down there, it is Superbowl time!!
We usually get together as a group up in stockton and watch it together in the local Walkabout, but this year, the stockton massive is mobilising and invading stoke :) So glad the lads are coming down, it is sure to be a top laugh, so if you are still about on sunday night, come and join in the fun :)
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So, next week is the team championships, and I really cant wait for it.
Preperations were put on hold yesterday, as my mums Mum, my Gran, sadly passed away at the age of 90 after a vrey short battle with a chest infection, which unfortunately she wasnt strong enough to battle.
This has hit my poor mum hard, as it is still less than a year since my Dad passed away. Its such a hard time for her, but she is the most remarkable person I know, and is dealing with everything with a dignity and poise that I know that I couldnt muster.
There was some fears that the funeral would be next saturday, but t has been organised for Friday the 31st instead, so I will be attending that and then shooting off to Stoke when we are done there.
Thanks to Jack for being so understanding, the man is a star and both him and Dawn have had some very kind words for me over the last day or so, and it is much appreciated.
As i said, i really cant wait for the team event :) This is the one event that i have never played, and being picked to represent APAT is a massive honour, especially when I am playing with the fantastic team mates that Jack has picked! I would also like to point out to people who are writing us off as a bunch of hopless alcoholics who will be out of the event in double quick time, that we have plenty of APAT experience, and lots of success too, so write us off at your own peril!!!
On the Sunday night down there, it is Superbowl time!!
We usually get together as a group up in stockton and watch it together in the local Walkabout, but this year, the stockton massive is mobilising and invading stoke :) So glad the lads are coming down, it is sure to be a top laugh, so if you are still about on sunday night, come and join in the fun :)
Seriously to begin with mate, again sorry to hear about your gran but glad to hear you will be in Stoke.
I agree to call your team a bunch of hopeless alcoholics is very short sighted and not a true reflection. Let"s consider who we have in the team. Dawn and Jack are both excellent alcoholics with a lot of experience. Micky is of legendary status in many ways. To be fair you are quite good as well, the same can be said of Phil and Darren. Dai is bound to be pretty good, he"s Welsh like. Karen did fall into a bush recently apparently but she did out last most of us that night at the bar. So yes as alcoholics I would say you tick all the boxes and are not hopeless at all.
Sunday Superbowl party will be awesome looking forward to meeting up with The Massive again. Could get messy.
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Sunday Superbowl party will be awesome looking forward to meeting up with The Massive again. Could get messy.
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sorry to hear about you gran mate, glad you"ll be amongst friends soon after saying goodbye to her xx
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sorry to hear about you gran mate, glad you"ll be amongst friends soon after saying goodbye to her xx
Thanks everyone :)
Honestly can"t describe how much I am looking forward to seeing everyone :)
Have gone back to work today, but am begining to think that may have been a mistake
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SO! I have decided that I need a challenge.
I am going to lose 4 stones in weight in a certain amount of time (any realistic suggestions welcome, I honestly have no clue how ling would be a challenge?) And I am going to complete a half marathon AND marathon next year, to raise money for Cerebral Palsy charities.
I was thinking about a penalty system where I pay £10 per lb I am away from reaching my target or something similar, and if others want to sponsor me too that would be awesome??
CP is a matter close to my heart, as my 4 year old nephew suffers from it. He was born 12 weeks premature and while he is able to crawl about happily, has never been able to walk due to problems with his legs.
I am sure I have bored you all to bits about him in the past, but he really is my hero, and I know that he would love nothing more than to take one step, never mind run, so for me to be as lazy as I have become is just ridiculous.
So! I will keep this updated once I start with how the weight loss is going and also how my running progresses.
GL fat lad!!
3 months on and with an upcoming beerathon this weekend. Update please.
In other news I"ve bought a "desk bike" to help me lose some weight. In summary. It"s sh ite. Doesn"t even fit under the desk x
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SO! I have decided that I need a challenge.
I am going to lose 4 stones in weight in a certain amount of time (any realistic suggestions welcome, I honestly have no clue how ling would be a challenge?) And I am going to complete a half marathon AND marathon next year, to raise money for Cerebral Palsy charities.
I was thinking about a penalty system where I pay £10 per lb I am away from reaching my target or something similar, and if others want to sponsor me too that would be awesome??
CP is a matter close to my heart, as my 4 year old nephew suffers from it. He was born 12 weeks premature and while he is able to crawl about happily, has never been able to walk due to problems with his legs.
I am sure I have bored you all to bits about him in the past, but he really is my hero, and I know that he would love nothing more than to take one step, never mind run, so for me to be as lazy as I have become is just ridiculous.
So! I will keep this updated once I start with how the weight loss is going and also how my running progresses.
GL fat lad!!
3 months on and with an upcoming beerathon this weekend. Update please.
In other news I"ve bought a "desk bike" to help me lose some weight. In summary. It"s sh ite. Doesn"t even fit under the desk x
Update...
Lost 6 lbs since christmas, its a ballache! Not been able to do any running, or indeed any exercise as my notoriously ****ed knee (for other readers, i dislocated it when i was 15/16 and had a full reconstruction on it, so it likes to dislocate itself for no reason nowadays) has been playing up. Not even played cricket yet, so am hoping that the weight will start to fall off once i get back to being active.
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Well, after a break of 2 years, I am making a return to APAT Holdem main event poker!!!
There has been a combination of factors that have meant I haven"t played since August 2013 i don"t think, which i forever ago, anf while I played the Dublin Omaha main last season, and made a dash down to Luton last year, I didn"t play the main then.
I can honestly say that I haven"t been this excited for a game of poker in ages, I am getting the same buzz as i used to get when I first started attending the big events, and I am definitely thinking that the break could have been a good thing.
I have spent a lot of time reading through some of the blogs on here, people like Ger, Rodders, Dave Amos and Phil TC, and it just made me realise how much I have missed being in and around the scene, so when the chance came up, it was really a no brainer.
It has been said before, the fantastic people are what makes APAT what it is, I can honestly say that you lot are some of the finest folk I have ever, and will ever meet.
I was reading back through my own blog (it really is garbage compared to a lot of other peoples, there are some top writers on here!) and came to the part of it in April 2013, when I went from winning the World Championship with England, to losing my Dad within the period of a few days. The support I received from my friends on here reduced me to tears, and made me realise just how lucky I have been to have this great organisation in my life.
Obviously, the Europeans hold a special place in my heart, and I am looking forward to coming to Manchester and having another go at getting a bit of glory.
See you at the weekend.
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Great post and looking forward to seeing you in Manchester, Stu.
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Won"t ever forget when you won the Europeans mate for 2 reasons, firstly you falling asleep in the back of the car heading back home cuddling your trophy, and secondly because you"ll never let us forget :P
The friends we"ve made through APAT are friends for life, no matter how often you see them. Have a great time this weekend mate, great to see you back. Man hugs x
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Won"t ever forget when you won the Europeans mate for 2 reasons, firstly you falling asleep in the back of the car heading back home cuddling your trophy, and secondly because you"ll never let us forget :P
The friends we"ve made through APAT are friends for life, no matter how often you see them. Have a great time this weekend mate, great to see you back. Man hugs x
I knew on Day 1 that you were going to win the European back then. Reckon you can crack Aces with the mighty Queen Six again this weekend?
Has someone warned the G Manchester that they"ll need extra beer stocks?
Have a great weekend. Hoping to renew my APAT adventures soon too, Newcastle looks very tempting.
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Won"t ever forget when you won the Europeans mate for 2 reasons, firstly you falling asleep in the back of the car heading back home cuddling your trophy, and secondly because you"ll never let us forget :P
The friends we"ve made through APAT are friends for life, no matter how often you see them. Have a great time this weekend mate, great to see you back. Man hugs x
I knew on Day 1 that you were going to win the European back then. Reckon you can crack Aces with the mighty Queen Six again this weekend?
Has someone warned the G Manchester that they"ll need extra beer stocks?
Have a great weekend. Hoping to renew my APAT adventures soon too, Newcastle looks very tempting.
Hahaha, love how the updates looked like I just called his all in with Q6!!
Really can"t wait for it, I"m hoping to get to Newcastle as well, so is The Rock. You coming Phil?
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Won"t ever forget when you won the Europeans mate for 2 reasons, firstly you falling asleep in the back of the car heading back home cuddling your trophy, and secondly because you"ll never let us forget :P
The friends we"ve made through APAT are friends for life, no matter how often you see them. Have a great time this weekend mate, great to see you back. Man hugs x
I knew on Day 1 that you were going to win the European back then. Reckon you can crack Aces with the mighty Queen Six again this weekend?
Has someone warned the G Manchester that they"ll need extra beer stocks?
Have a great weekend. Hoping to renew my APAT adventures soon too, Newcastle looks very tempting.
Hahaha, love how the updates looked like I just called his all in with Q6!!
Really can"t wait for it, I"m hoping to get to Newcastle as well, so is The Rock. You coming Phil?
Be rude not to I"d reckon, although doubtful I"d get there on the Friday night with having the spanner staying over.
Will have to make up for it on the Saturday and Saturday night x
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Won"t ever forget when you won the Europeans mate for 2 reasons, firstly you falling asleep in the back of the car heading back home cuddling your trophy, and secondly because you"ll never let us forget :P
The friends we"ve made through APAT are friends for life, no matter how often you see them. Have a great time this weekend mate, great to see you back. Man hugs x
I knew on Day 1 that you were going to win the European back then. Reckon you can crack Aces with the mighty Queen Six again this weekend?
Has someone warned the G Manchester that they"ll need extra beer stocks?
Have a great weekend. Hoping to renew my APAT adventures soon too, Newcastle looks very tempting.
Hahaha, love how the updates looked like I just called his all in with Q6!!
Really can"t wait for it, I"m hoping to get to Newcastle as well, so is The Rock. You coming Phil?
Be rude not to I"d reckon, although doubtful I"d get there on the Friday night with having the spanner staying over.
Will have to make up for it on the Saturday and Saturday night x
Excellent!!!!! Think wigmo is looking at coming up on the saturday night too, i would imagine i will already be there dribbling on myself.
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Trip report needed for Manchester including:-
Late night strolls back to hotel from casino
People not knowing the difference between a car and a bedroom
50k bluffs on the river and calls of said bluffs
How rugby is a stupid game
I could request so much more here but sometimes what happens at APAT has to stay at APAT
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Trip report needed for Manchester including:-
Late night strolls back to hotel from casino
People not knowing the difference between a car and a bedroom
50k bluffs on the river and calls of said bluffs
How rugby is a stupid game
I could request so much more here but sometimes what happens at APAT has to stay at APAT
Will be writing one tomorrow mate :)
Currently in bed watching NFL :)
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Trip report needed for Manchester including:-
Late night strolls back to hotel from casino
People not knowing the difference between a car and a bedroom
50k bluffs on the river and calls of said bluffs
How rugby is a stupid game
I could request so much more here but sometimes what happens at APAT has to stay at APAT
Will be writing one tomorrow mate :)
Currently in bed watching NFL :)
O rly?
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Trip report needed for Manchester including:-
Late night strolls back to hotel from casino
People not knowing the difference between a car and a bedroom
50k bluffs on the river and calls of said bluffs
How rugby is a stupid game
I could request so much more here but sometimes what happens at APAT has to stay at APAT
Will be writing one tomorrow mate :)
Currently in bed watching NFL :)
O rly?
Must be busy sharpening his Crayons Dawn x
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Must be busy sharpening his Crayons Dawn x
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Must be busy sharpening his Crayons Dawn x
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Hahaha nailed it Phil..
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All well deserved abuse!!
I have probably forgotten a lot of the detail however!
Arrived mid afternoon with Lucy on the Friday, after a bit of a battle with Manchester traffic, arriving at the beautifully situated Travel Lodge on Basra Bury New Road, a 10 minute wander from the casino.
As we got there, Rodders and Warren were checking in (booking a room in Warren"s case, as he hadnt bothered to do so before he travelled!) I dropped my bag in the room and Lucy declared she needed to tart herself up, so I messaged Rodders and arranged to convene at the bar while we waited for the other 2.
We got a pint in and had a chat, and proceeded to wait for what felt like forever for them to get themselves ready. Worryingly, Lucy beat Warren downstairs, I can only presume he was doing his hair.
Another pint was consumed, and in this time I was coming under increasing pressure from Ger to make our way to the pub, as he was in the company of irritating man. I failed to see the problem.
Now, Tom and Asa had assured me that it was no more than a 5 minute walk to the pub, luckily i am a fat lazy swine and decided it was best to get a taxi. A 5 minute TAXI RIDE later, we arrived at the pub. 5 minute walk my fat arse.
Already there were a large number of familiar faces, many hugs and handshakes were given, irritating man was told for the first time that weekend that if he touched me I would set him on fire, and another beer was ordered.
After a while, a number of the group decide to clear off for a pre organised meal at some buffet or other around the corner, I decided that, as it was my birthday, I would adopt the "eating is cheating" method and myself, Rodders, Ger and Lucy stuck around at the pub and continued drinking.
We eventually decide that a taxi to the casino was in order, which Ger managed to hail down in double quick order, and we arrived at the G casino and got another beer.
Myself and Ger decided that 3 card poker would be a grand idea at this point in time, and plonked our backsides at the table, with a couple of locals and away we went, while Rodders (who was beginning to show sign of feeling the pace by this point) went to play some cash poker.
A young gentleman appears at the 3 card table and starts throwing obscene amounts of money about the place, losing a few hands, before hitting a straight flush and winning about £4000, MBN. At least he got the beers in!
At this point, Rodders comes back over, waving his £7 profit from the poker about and rambling on about seeing Brian Harland in the card room. Lucy takes off to see if she can spot him, but returns declaring that Rodders is talking rubbish.
We retreat to the bar, and are joined by a few of the group who have been for food, and this is when it starts getting a bit hazy. I have vague recollections of Jaegermilks, shots and beer, then Lucy walking me half way back to the hotel, before returning to the casino.
I also have rather more vivid memories of falling over my own feet about 50 yards from the hotel and landing rather heavily, resulting in a grazed elbow and a knee that felt like someone had tried to tear my foot off.
Anyway, I get into the hotel, and retire to the room without further incident, also managing to keep all my clothes on and without stealing any fire extinguishers. Result.
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Must be busy sharpening his Crayons Dawn x
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So glad I wasn"t drinking anything when I scrolled down! :D
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Well done Stu. Now get part two done. Chop, chop... :-*
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So, Saturday.
Woke up, and after coming round, I notice that my room mate is missing... Being the kind, caring, considerate soul I am, I send her a message, asking where she is, and flick the TV on.
Eventually I realise I have a mouth like Gandhi"s flip flop and go downstairs to get something to drink out of the veding machine. After getting ripped off to the tune of £1.90 for a bottle of Diet fecking Coke, I sit with Bill Shephard for a bit, before having to run back upstairs to have a quick chunder. I must be getting old.
Again message Rodders, and meet him in the lobby and we get a taxi back to the Weatherspoons we were at the night before to get breakfast.
As we walk in looking for a seat, we spot irritating man and look frantically for somewhere else to sit join him and order a big breakfast, which I also decide to accompany with a pint. This appear to sort me out, and at about 11.30 we decide to move over to the casino.
It doesnt seem to matter how many times I play APAT events, I will ALWAYS arrive at the casino far too early. The worst part of the weekend is the waiting around to start!!
We are joined again by a whole host of APAT regulars, including BRIAN YATES who convinces the casino to put his beloved West Brom on the big screen. What a crap match that was!!!
I buy in to the tournament and decide to take a wander into the card room to take a look around, and say hello to Des, who I havent seen in what seems like forever.
Des, as we all know, is a legend. If it wasnt for him, we would have none of this, and we wouldn"t have made all the life long friends we have now. He is also one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet, and we had a nice catch up.
Much to my surprise, he also had a Lucy with him! Apparently, she decided to sleep in her car the night before! Muppet.
Anyway, a few more beers were had and it was finally time to get sat down and play some poker.
As you may know, this was my first APAT main in 2 years, and I wont mind admitting that I was slightly nervous.
My starting table had a few familiar names on it:
8 - 1 Stuart Ward
8 - 2 Barry John Simpson
8 - 3 Craig Whitehouse
8 - 4 Kenneth Mcbride
8 - 5 Ben Russell
8 - 6 Dave Burns Bond Villain
8 - 7 Terrance Clayton
8 - 8 Kevin George Kent
8 - 9 Kevin John Odriscoll
8 - 10 Prosper Ifeanychukwu
I started off cautiously, keeping myself out of trouble and playing quite conservatively, my first real action coming after closing the action with 89cc after a raise and 3 callers.
The flop came Kc 9h 9d (suits approximate)
Kev bet the flop, and was called by Prosper, and I flatted.
Turn 10s
Kev checks and Prosper fires out a heafty sized bet, which I flat again, Kev shakes his head and gets out of the way.
River Jc And Prosper fires out 3k, blatently ignoring my clear signals that I was happy with a check!
After a while, I call and flip my cards over, and he mucks fairly quickly (this would become a theme for him throughout his day!)
So a nice start, and in the next few levels, I pretty much played 5 hands and won them all, showing no worse than JJ each time!
First major hand of the day came at 100/200 when it was raised by MP and called elsewhere, I am in the BB and look down at ad1 A s and repop it to 3600 and was called in both places.
The flop comes down 3s 5s 6c and after I bet out, the original raiser ships all in for 18k. I call and the cards are on their backs
He shows ad1 6h
Lovely!
The turn is the even more lovely 4s
The river... 7h
I wont lie. I was mildly peeved.
We chop the pot, i get up and go for a wander, regaling everyone who will listen with the story of the hand that had jsut transpired.
I return to the table a while later, and am promptly dealt AA again in the bb. It is folded round to the sb, who raises it up, and I obv put in a decent re raise. He peers around the dealer and asks me how much i have. Now i am fairly OCD with my stack, so am constantly counting and tidying it, so I already know what i have and tell him i started the hand with 38k. He sits back, and calls.
The flop comes Q x x and he bets out, I re raise and he shoves it in, which i snap off
He tables AQ and the board bricks out after I enquire him how he intends of wriggling out of this spot.
I continue to pick spots pretty well, and feel like I was playing my A game, hitting hands and generally in control of the table.
We then got broken, I was genuinely gutted, the table had been an absolute pleasure to play on, the people were fantastic, and I enjoyed all of their company immensely.
Anyway, the move puts me in the seat next to APAT legend Paulie D, who I arrive to find with a shortish stack and ready to make some moves.
A few hands later, and it folds round to Paulie in the sb and he looks at his cards, and immediately moves all in, i pick my cards up, look at the bottom one and see an A and declare my call. Paulie tables his 88 and i spead my cards to reveal the other A to go with the first one (MBN) and send Paulie on his way. Ooops!!!
At this point we are moving towards the end of the day, and things are starting to get a bit more serious. There is a gentleman with a similar stack to mine, with everyone else shorter stacked.
I take a decent pot off the other large stack, after raising pre and firing all streets on the Ax10xJ board, and getting him to fold his A on the river with my 77.
Then it happened.
I doubled up a short stack for a 26k pot when my K10 was no match for his K2 AIPF (hitting 2 more 2"s was just excessive IMO)
I then decide to get those chips back immediately and raise 78 suited from late position and was called by the bb.
Flop came K high, Paul checks, I bet and he calls, the turn comes a blank, but gave me a flush draw, so after he checks, I bet again, and he calls.
River comes a total brick and he checks again. So I start thinking (mistake number 1 i hear you cry, dear reader)
He has called me all the way down, so I am pretty sure that he will call a normal sizd bet, which by now would have been about 15-20k. I am convinced that he has a K, but I also know that I wouldnt be calling off pretty much all my stack (i think he started the hand with about 5k more than me) with 1 pair, this late in the day, so I pump my remaining 50k into the pot.
He sits there for a long while, and to be honest, I was pretty sure he was going to fold.
He didnt, and showed his KJ, I muck my hand and that was that!
Game over.
I wont lie, I was gutted. I was second guessing myself about the hand, and maybe I didnt need to play it, but now I think back on it, I am happy with what I did, and would probably do it again.
The facts of the day are that I only went below my starting stack once in the whole tournament, and I honestly felt in control of both tables that I played at.
I have really missed playing APAT main events, and this proved to me that I definitely have the game for it, and has given me the taste for playing more.
Anyway, I was found by Rodders sat at the bar with a beer and a shot at about 2am, and after another beer, we headed back to the hotel as everyone else had cleared off!
It was decided that a taxi was a better idea this time round, and we arrived back without any further issue.
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Lucy convincing everybody, including me, that I was talking rubbish about seeing Brian in the card room was pretty funny. Even more so when Brian confirmed I had seen him in the card room (are we sure he is right on that, I think he might have just been drunk). Asa lost my £7 profit on Roulette btw (muppet that he is).
God help Newcastle at the end of next month if rumours of a Stockton Massive return are true.
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Lucy convincing everybody, including me, that I was talking rubbish about seeing Brian in the card room was pretty funny. Even more so when Brian confirmed I had seen him in the card room (are we sure he is right on that, I think he might have just been drunk). Asa lost my £7 profit on Roulette btw (muppet that he is).
God help Newcastle at the end of next month if rumours of a Stockton Massive return are true.
Newcastle is on my horizons so there should be at least one sober Stocktonian.
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Oh ******** I might have to do this now.
Its a perfectly feasible excuse for blowing off my Aunt"s wedding.
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Any thoughts on tonight"s football results Stu? Maybe the Liverpool Game or City even, not sure what other games there were.
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Any thoughts on tonight"s football results Stu? Maybe the Liverpool Game or City even, not sure what other games there were.
Man Utd are one of the most boring, toothless teams I have seen.
Boro more than matched them for pretty much the whole game, barring the last couple of minutes of extra time, and were full value for the result in the end I think.
We have Everton next at The Fortress, and it issnt a game we should be scared of at all. It is very winnable, this cup lark is all getting a bit exciting all of a sudden!!
Midddlesbrough - The ONLY team to have won at Old Trafford and The Etihad in 2015. Fact.
Premier League? You"re having a Laugh.
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Strictly speaking you only drew at Old Trafford but history will show the tie was won there.
Workmate who is a Man Utd fan was more annoyed that United still couldn"t beat Boro with an extra 30 minutes. She did say the better team won and that it would of been unfair if United won the shoot-out..
Well done the Boro, take Everton out for me please....
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Just thought I would pop in.
This has been suitably neglected!
So, what is going on?
I"m back at College, doing my AAT level 2 certificate, which should lead to me doing some book keeping next year.
Being back in college is really enjoyable, and the change of career is quite exciting. I will be using the money I get from book keeping to do one qualifications, and it should let me attend a lot more APATs next season.
In 3 weeks 6 days, myself, my brother and a mate from up here will be about to set off to Manchester for a night in the Raddison Blu at the airport with some legends like Ger, wee man and Rodders to name a few. Rodders mentioned a restrained couple of drinks, I freely admit that it will be carnage! Have you tried having a restrained couple of drinks with Ger???
On the Wednesday we will be flying out to Las Vegas, for a week of debauchery in Sin City! Lots if our "Degens Poker" group going out, with most of them arriving later in the day, although our advanced scouting party of Tom Clark, Rich Baker and Debbie get out there a few days before I believe.
Rumour has it that I am throwing myself off that daft assisted fall thing on top of the stratosphere.
I"m doing it for charity, and it"s a great cause that helps my nephew who has cerebral palsy. I will be putting up a just giving page in the near future, so please give something if you are able.
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Great news on the AAT stuff Stu. A soon to be fellow accountant.
If you fancy chatting about spreadsheets and reconciliations at the next APAT event, you know where to find me.
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Great news on the AAT stuff Stu. A soon to be fellow accountant.
If you fancy chatting about spreadsheets and reconciliations at the next APAT event, you know where to find me.
:)
Oh I will look forward to it :p
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Updates between now and Vegas please Stu, get the forum going again. Few questions for you
1) Drinking plans for Vegas
2) Poker Plans for Vegas
3) Thoughts on Boros performance in the Premiership
I actually already aware of the answers to these question but your posts are entertaining so encouraging more and it encourages Vegas talk.
Re: Have I ever tried to have a restrained couple of drinks with Ger? Yes of course, a few times, and I am not the type to give up!!!
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Updates between now and Vegas please Stu, get the forum going again. Few questions for you
1) Drinking plans for Vegas
2) Poker Plans for Vegas
3) Thoughts on Boros performance in the Premiership
I actually already aware of the answers to these question but your posts are entertaining so encouraging more and it encourages Vegas talk.
Re: Have I ever tried to have a restrained couple of drinks with Ger? Yes of course, a few times, and I am not the type to give up!!!
Ok, here we go
1 - This is kind of organic. It just happens how it happens. Obviously we get complimentary drinks if we are playing poker/gambling at the tables, so I will be filling my boots at them points!! Great way of doing it is while playing Pai Gow, which I believe Ger has a formula for to show how it is actually making money to drink and play!
2 - Poker wise I want to play a few more than I usually do over there, there are some daily little tournies on the mornings which fit in quite well as it frees up the afternoons for general drinking and gambling!
The Aria $240 deepstack is one I am pretty much positive I will play in. Its a great card room so am definitely going to be visiting it at some point!
Last time we were there, we played down at Binnions, which was such great fun. Hopefully we will get a fair few of us down there again and can have a load on the final table again!
The twice we have been over, I have actually found the poker quite easy to play. This year however I havent got any volume of poker at all behind me, so I have little idea of how I will play when we actually get sat down!!
3 - Boro have had a weird start to the season. We are being a bit too defensive for my liking. We played Spurs a few weeks ago, and in the first half we were dreadful and 2-0 down, but after half time, we blew them off the park. We will have to see how things go. We have Waford at home on Sunday, which is a game I am going to, and that should be winnable for us, I would just like to see us go out and get at a team, rather than sit back and try and keep it tight.
In other news, I appear to be having a fair bit of success with NFL betting recently.
I tend to bet on individual players and the yardage they will get in individual games. This weekend we had 5 of 6 bets come in I think it was, with the other being scuppered by an injury early in the game.
The bookies over here definitely make some mistakes when setting the yardage they expect players to get, its just a case of sifting through the bets to find them.
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I believe Ger has a formula for to show how it is actually making money to drink and play!
Infallible formula ;D
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I believe Ger has a formula for to show how it is actually making money to drink and play!
Infallible formula ;D
Now posted on Ger"s fantastic blog.
Seriously, Ger"s blog is one of the best I have ever read, and it is a massive shame that some of the stories on there were lost into the ether after the server migration, they were all pure gold! Perhaps he should rewrite them :D
So, 3 weeks today, myself, my brother and a mate from up here will be venturing down to Manchester Airport.
We have booked into the Raddison Blu Hotel, which is attached to the departures terminal. I have stayed there before, and it is brilliant, you rock up, park outside the hotel, give them your car keys and they take your car away to park it for you. The bar is pleasant, and the food that it does is absolutely superb. The fact it is a 3 minute wander to departures is a massive added bonus too. Especially with the hangover that drinking with Ger invariably incurs!
The Venetian deepstack is on while we are over there, and I might look at one of their tournies to replace the Aria $240 deepstack on the Saturday, as we are looking to go and watch the UNLV Rebels play in the college football, which kicks off at 1pm, so would clash.
I think I might join the Smyths at the shooting range as well, that sounds fun.
This week I will be setting up my Just giving account for my charity suicide jump off the top of the stratosphere. Im sure I will have lots of APAT regulars there for "support" (laughing very loudly)
In the meantime, another 2 weeks of work. Weather isnt too nice for gardening at the minute, but it is paying for Vegas, so musnt grumble!
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So last night was our cricket club AGM.
I am quite heavily involved, and next season will be no different. I am now 2nd XI captain, Club Development Officer and assistant groundsman!
I love the club, having only ever played there, and we are at a bit if a crossroads, with dwindling senior membership meaning that we have to look towards blooding the youth at the club, which I am really looking forward to.
It"s going to be a tough couple of years, but after that we should be well placed to kick on again. Im glad to be playing my part in that :)
Disappointed that Ger won"t be staying in Manchester airport with us pre Vegas flight!! Boooooo.
Rodders has been playing plenty of poker in the build up to going, getting himself right mentally and making sure his game is in good working order.
I havent played in months. I will probably get drunk and try and cause as much mayhem at the tables as i can.
2 weeks 5 days.
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Rodders has been playing plenty of poker in the build up to going, getting himself right mentally and making sure his game is in good working order.
I havent played in months. I will probably get drunk and try and cause as much mayhem at the tables as i can.
I"ll pick you in a profitability race ;) Mayhem wins in Vegas most times :)
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Rodders has been playing plenty of poker in the build up to going, getting himself right mentally and making sure his game is in good working order.
I havent played in months. I will probably get drunk and try and cause as much mayhem at the tables as i can.
I"ll pick you in a profitability race ;) Mayhem wins in Vegas most times :)
Hahaha we shall see, I can see rodders smashing it up this year to be honest.
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Rodders has been playing plenty of poker in the build up to going, getting himself right mentally and making sure his game is in good working order.
I havent played in months. I will probably get drunk and try and cause as much mayhem at the tables as i can.
I"ll pick you in a profitability race ;) Mayhem wins in Vegas most times :)
Hahaha we shall see, I can see rodders smashing it up this year to be honest.
That makes one of us *lol*
Gutted to see Ger is not able to make Manchester. We will have to try and do him justice at the bar....... Actually forget that, just remembered we are being sensible.
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Come on then folks, what would we do in this spot?
Apologies if it looks dreadful, i have just copied it from the hand history as im still playing, interesting spot though i think
***** Hand History for Game 15605040462 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $5.50 USD Buy-in Trny:129839689 Level:15 Blinds-Antes(2,500/5,000 -500) - Friday, October 21, 16:11:09 BST 2016
Table Featherweight. $1,000 Gtd (129839689) Table #3 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9/9
Seat 6: CanucksRule ( 121,368 )
Seat 7: EdinhoEdison ( 47,780 )
Seat 4: _RICKYmARTIN ( 85,126 )
Seat 3: clio12 ( 301,811 )
Seat 8: dancer1954 ( 56,907 )
Seat 2: fatcatstu ( 430,292 )
Seat 5: mika_essien ( 105,901 )
Seat 9: papa_smurf2 ( 53,010 )
Seat 1: rinrus ( 128,626 )
Trny:129839689 Level:15
Blinds-Antes(2,500/5,000 -500)
rinrus posts ante [500]
fatcatstu posts ante [500]
clio12 posts ante [500]
_RICKYmARTIN posts ante [500]
mika_essien posts ante [500]
CanucksRule posts ante [500]
EdinhoEdison posts ante [500]
dancer1954 posts ante [500]
papa_smurf2 posts ante [500]
EdinhoEdison posts small blind [2,500].
dancer1954 posts big blind [5,000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to fatcatstu [ Jh Kc ]
papa_smurf2 folds
rinrus folds
fatcatstu raises [13,500]
clio12 calls [13,500]
_RICKYmARTIN folds
mika_essien folds
CanucksRule folds
EdinhoEdison folds
dancer1954 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Ts ]
fatcatstu bets [19,500]
clio12 calls [19,500]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
fatcatstu
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Shamless brag.
Today I entered a 1cent satellite on Party Poker, won that one, won the next one, entered the 1k guarenteed lightweight and thought i might as well win that too!!
Had Rodders on team view watching me, always good to have someone of his calibre watching on and talking through your play with you. Nice confidence booster before Vegas that.
And it meant that i missed 5 a side in the freezing cold.
Happy days.
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Shamless brag.
Today I entered a 1cent satellite on Party Poker, won that one, won the next one, entered the 1k guarenteed lightweight and thought i might as well win that too!!
Had Rodders on team view watching me, always good to have someone of his calibre watching on and talking through your play with you. Nice confidence booster before Vegas that.
And it meant that i missed 5 a side in the freezing cold.
Happy days.
I didn"t really say much though just basically watched and agreed with most of your plays, and the ones I didn"t you played the spots better than my idea"s anyway *lol*
One of the best displays of proper aggressive poker I have seen for ages from about 7 players out there was only one winner of that tournament . It was actual relentless aggression and none of them had a clue what to do about it. I think you raised about 80% of hands from 6 handed forward and even when somebody called you and won you had the chips back in no time as they were scared to get in a pot with you without a massive hand. Play like that in Vegas and you will do well. Very well played.
PAI GOW
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Cheers mate, always good to get your feedback, it helps massively.
Oh and inbefore Leigh comes on and makes my 268000% ROI look like nothing :p
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Come on then folks, what would we do in this spot?
Apologies if it looks dreadful, i have just copied it from the hand history as im still playing, interesting spot though i think
***** Hand History for Game 15605040462 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $5.50 USD Buy-in Trny:129839689 Level:15 Blinds-Antes(2,500/5,000 -500) - Friday, October 21, 16:11:09 BST 2016
Table Featherweight. $1,000 Gtd (129839689) Table #3 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9/9
Seat 6: CanucksRule ( 121,368 )
Seat 7: EdinhoEdison ( 47,780 )
Seat 4: _RICKYmARTIN ( 85,126 )
Seat 3: clio12 ( 301,811 )
Seat 8: dancer1954 ( 56,907 )
Seat 2: fatcatstu ( 430,292 )
Seat 5: mika_essien ( 105,901 )
Seat 9: papa_smurf2 ( 53,010 )
Seat 1: rinrus ( 128,626 )
Trny:129839689 Level:15
Blinds-Antes(2,500/5,000 -500)
rinrus posts ante [500]
fatcatstu posts ante [500]
clio12 posts ante [500]
_RICKYmARTIN posts ante [500]
mika_essien posts ante [500]
CanucksRule posts ante [500]
EdinhoEdison posts ante [500]
dancer1954 posts ante [500]
papa_smurf2 posts ante [500]
EdinhoEdison posts small blind [2,500].
dancer1954 posts big blind [5,000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to fatcatstu [ Jh Kc ]
papa_smurf2 folds
rinrus folds
fatcatstu raises [13,500]
clio12 calls [13,500]
_RICKYmARTIN folds
mika_essien folds
CanucksRule folds
EdinhoEdison folds
dancer1954 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Ts ]
fatcatstu bets [19,500]
clio12 calls [19,500]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
fatcatstu
All in obviously.
Get called and blink the Queen
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Cheers mate, always good to get your feedback, it helps massively.
Oh and inbefore Leigh comes on and makes my 268000% ROI look like nothing :p
Like i would :)
By the way, did I ever mention that time I won..........................
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Play like that in Vegas and you will do well. Very well played.
Odds on that ??? ;D ;D
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Play like that in Vegas and you will do well. Very well played.
Odds on that ??? ;D ;D
Odds against.
Sunday is NFL night in the Ward household, and I like to have some bets.
Todays bets are on, Im not telling you what they are due to not wanting to Bok myself/look silly if my good run is snapped!!!
Currently sat with a beer, watching the Giants v Rams live from Twickenham.
Having NFL games over here is fantastic, we go once a year to Wembley and its always a fantastic experience and a great weekend with mates in London.
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wow, apparently even mentioning them is enough for a Bok! Terrible nights betting, which is annoying as my strike rate on these has been really good so far. Oh well, onwards and upwards!
2 weeks 1 day until going to manchester. Thats 15 days. Thats not long!
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wow, apparently even mentioning them is enough for a Bok! Terrible nights betting, which is annoying as my strike rate on these has been really good so far. Oh well, onwards and upwards!
2 weeks 1 day until going to manchester. Thats 15 days. Thats not long!
360 hours...
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That sounds like even less time :D cheer pops :D x
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Come on then folks, what would we do in this spot?
Apologies if it looks dreadful, i have just copied it from the hand history as im still playing, interesting spot though i think
***** Hand History for Game 15605040462 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $5.50 USD Buy-in Trny:129839689 Level:15 Blinds-Antes(2,500/5,000 -500) - Friday, October 21, 16:11:09 BST 2016
Table Featherweight. $1,000 Gtd (129839689) Table #3 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9/9
Seat 6: CanucksRule ( 121,368 )
Seat 7: EdinhoEdison ( 47,780 )
Seat 4: _RICKYmARTIN ( 85,126 )
Seat 3: clio12 ( 301,811 )
Seat 8: dancer1954 ( 56,907 )
Seat 2: fatcatstu ( 430,292 )
Seat 5: mika_essien ( 105,901 )
Seat 9: papa_smurf2 ( 53,010 )
Seat 1: rinrus ( 128,626 )
Trny:129839689 Level:15
Blinds-Antes(2,500/5,000 -500)
rinrus posts ante [500]
fatcatstu posts ante [500]
clio12 posts ante [500]
_RICKYmARTIN posts ante [500]
mika_essien posts ante [500]
CanucksRule posts ante [500]
EdinhoEdison posts ante [500]
dancer1954 posts ante [500]
papa_smurf2 posts ante [500]
EdinhoEdison posts small blind [2,500].
dancer1954 posts big blind [5,000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to fatcatstu [ Jh Kc ]
papa_smurf2 folds
rinrus folds
fatcatstu raises [13,500]
clio12 calls [13,500]
_RICKYmARTIN folds
mika_essien folds
CanucksRule folds
EdinhoEdison folds
dancer1954 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 2d, Ts ]
fatcatstu bets [19,500]
clio12 calls [19,500]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
fatcatstu
Fold pre, not a nice hand to play oop
As played you get called in one spot which is ok. You are the biggest two stacks, so you don"t really want to get in a big pot with a marginal hand which is going to be hard to play oop. The flop is not too good and really misses you range, does not really hit a caller either, no obvious draws ect. I don"t dislike the flop bet too much as he is going to give up quite often which is fine. Bet size is ok.
When you get called he can have a 10 or some kind of under pair to the 10. Looks like you have missed as well on that flop. I suppose he could be floating. Maybe there is a case for the turn bet based on this but I think it gets called a lot once the flop has been called.
I would usually just check/fold turn as I don"t think you get too many folds on the turn which call the flop, although you might get them off on the river. if I do fire the turn I am betting most rivers as well (not a king or a jack though). I don"t want to get in a big pot though.
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We discussed this at the time and you weren"t so mean :p
As it happens, I bet the turn and he folded.
This feels like a long time ago now, I have played a lot of hands over the last couple of days!
I think at this point in the tournament I was pressing the gas and looking to put pressure on every hand.
He has to be damned sure that he is ahead to continue against a big stack like the one I was wielding. It felt like a great pressure to fire some bullets at him and lay down a marker.
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So a few days ago, I started playing poker for Bankroll Supply!
At the minute, I am part of a group grinding out satellites on Party Poker, its not the most glamorous thing in the world, but Im really enjoying myself.
I have made a decent enough start, and am in profit for my 3 days played so far, and when I get used to the sats and how they play and what tactics need to be employed I am sure that I will do well at them.
I have played about 3000 hands since starting, and I am already becoming immune to some of the fantastic beats playing large volumes of hands online can bring, I cant promise that will transfer to my Live game however.
It HAS reignited my passion for poker, and I am very much looking forward to Vegas, and am confident I can do some damage over there.
10 days time. Not long to go now :)
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I am very much looking forward to Vegas, and am confident I can do some damage over there.
Guaren-fecking-teed.
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Boro secure a great 2-0 win today against Bournemouth, along with a goal from Gaston Ramirez that, had Messi, Bale or Ronaldo scored it, would have had media types across the land pulling their plonkers off.
Here is a link to our 2 strikes, being as we all know that Boro are APATs adopted football team.
http://www.flashscore.com/match/OCYeTiu9/#video (http://www.flashscore.com/match/OCYeTiu9/#video)
Next weekend, Boro go to give Pep Guardiola a lesson in the beautiful art of defending for your lives. In attendance will be none other than APATs own Tom Clark, who will be sat in the Boro end!
He is in Manchester, as he flies to Vegas on the Sunday.
Vegas. 10 days away. Dont know if anyone has mentioned it yet.
10 DAYS
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Boro secure a great 2-0 win today against Bournemouth, along with a goal from Gaston Ramirez that, had Messi, Bale or Ronaldo scored it, would have had media types across the land pulling their plonkers off.
Superb goal UTFB
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Boro secure a great 2-0 win today against Bournemouth, along with a goal from Gaston Ramirez that, had Messi, Bale or Ronaldo scored it, would have had media types across the land pulling their plonkers off.
Superb goal UTFB
UTB!
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7 DAYS :)
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So, its 5 days until we travel to Manchester for pre Vegas beers!!
Off out this morning to pick up our $$$$ for the week, the exchange rate has hit harder than usual after all the daft racists voted for Brexit and crippled the country, but we wont let that dampen the mood!
I should really do a check list for things i need, but im ****e with that kind of thing.
Ooooh! While I remember.
As i have mentioned before, I am jumping off the top of the Stratosphere while we are there, all for charity.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/StuartWard (https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/StuartWard)
If anyone bored enough to read this, could go on there and have a look that would be fantastic. Thanks.
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Dollars bought! Now need travel insurance and to print out some documents and I will be sorted bar the packing, which will be done Tuesday morning :)
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Because of the high Court decision the pound has strengthened. Tomorrow"s rate will be over 1.3. Timing is everything. :D
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Knew it fecking would. *******s.
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This time in 1 week, a few of us will be living the high life in Vegas.
No I wont shut up about it!
I will also be playing Wee Man in our fantasy NFL league. In the last 5 weeks, I have won ALL my games, romping to the top of the league in the process. In my way next week is Wee Man"s side who have won 1 game all season and are languishing at the foot of the table. It is like Man City v Sunderland.
It will be a blood bath.
I will NOT be a gracious winner, as we sit in the sports book at the Venetian watching it as a group.
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My god being a Boro fan is great.
After a slow start to the season, in the last 3 games we have drawn away at a very good arsenal side, beaten Bournemouth who were undefeated in 4 games and today we got a well deserved late equaliser v Man City.
Tom Clark was in the Boro end today, getting his first taste of being part of the Red Army. Hope he enjoyed it!
Proving we belong in this league, bit by bit.
Anyway, with that out the way, all thoughts are now on Vegas. A few of our group venture out today and tomorrow, the rest of us have a few days to wait!
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Hahaha just seen that Ger!! UTB!!!
Today has seen lots of messages from the likes of Tom and Pables who started their pilgrimages to Vegas this morning, they will both be 3 or 4 hours out at the minute I would think. Hope they are having a safe trip, and preparing Vegas for the main invasion party!!
So I have sorted the folllowing
ESTA (still to print off)
Travel insurance (still to print off)
Money (in hand luggage)
Passport (in hand luggage)
Clothes are washed and ready.
Suitcase in bedroom
Toiletries ready.
Anything else needed? I"m dreadful with this kind of thing!!!
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How thoroughly predictable.
Awake at 5am. Can only mean one thing.
It"s travel to Manchester day!!!!!! Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
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Up as well but for other problems - mainly work - be glad when the work mobile is switch off
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Up as well but for other problems - mainly work - be glad when the work mobile is switch off
Mine is gone, holiday mode fully engaged travel to Manchester has commenced.
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Ooooh! While I remember.
As i have mentioned before, I am jumping off the top of the Stratosphere while we are there, all for charity.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/StuartWard (https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/StuartWard)
If anyone bored enough to read this, could go on there and have a look that would be fantastic. Thanks.
FWIW...Stu"s now at the Strat signing multiple disclaimers.
In about 10 minutes he"ll be jam I mean...jumping.
If you are FB friends with Laxie...you can watch it live.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p526x296/15107444_10155400181573776_2656316414433443519_n.jpg?oh=845a9fd706a525c652680459af80378f&oe=588A4747)
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Live
https://www.facebook.com/dawn.dineen3/videos/vb.681018775/10155400705568776/?type=2&theater¬if_t=live_video¬if_id=1479148557909453
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Gear On
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https://www.facebook.com/dawn.dineen3/videos/vb.681018775/10155400739173776/?type=2&theater¬if_t=live_video_explicit¬if_id=1479151488550357
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https://www.facebook.com/ger.smyth.3/videos/10154740142594776/ (https://www.facebook.com/ger.smyth.3/videos/10154740142594776/)