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Title: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 21, 2010, 20:01:30 PM
I"ve never really been one for spending much time writing but decided it was time to share, listen, learn and basically have a laugh at what poker and life throws at us.

Brief history of playing from about 5 years ago, playing very rare tournaments at a friendly wee place in Glasgow, namely The Cincinatti Club. This then resulted in opening up a Betfair account with an initial bankroll of £50, mainly to play more often and to try my hand at affordable cash games. I started at the bottom levels of 2 c/4c and basically moved up through the levels to a point where I was regularly on 25c/50c 9 seaters. Incredibly that £50 has gone a long long way, contributing to holiday spending over the past few years for Florida, Australia, Hong Kong and Toronto and currently sits at $2115.

..........then there"s my live play. I returned to the live scene in Glasgow by visiting the Gala Casino one night to play in a £30 MTT, played really well for a minor novice, made a couple of hundred quid, and was encouraged to attend the APAT Scottish qualifier in Edinburgh by Billy Leishman (Billyho).

So there I was a few days later, nervous as hell to be honest, mulling around and chatting to all these new folk at the Maybury in Edinburgh and then it was time to shuffle up and deal! Other than one particularly great tough call i made it was pretty much a blur but a few hours later I found myself with a damn nice chip lead at the final table with 8 others and thankfully made it down to the required 7 for a seat at the Scottish final.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/ScottishRegionalFinalTable5408.jpg)

Think it"s safe to say that from that day onwards poker has become my second (non human) love, only slightly behind my love of all things music, gigs and festivals!

Update - Thanks to Ger Smyth for info about adding pics - That"s me in seat 1 next to dealer with Neil "luckybugur" Dawson on my left and Mickey "jacklevel" Paterson in seat 4. Kenny "The Kiid" McKenzie is further to the back in seat 8. No doubt we"ll discuss these guys further as the blog progresses, as I"ve become fortunate to spend more time with them (and others among you) in the 3 years since.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on December 21, 2010, 21:32:45 PM
nice one Grant

keep em coming
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on December 21, 2010, 21:58:34 PM
 ;D can"t wait for the drunk and disorderly and being told to be quiet in the Vic.......
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 21, 2010, 23:21:17 PM

;D can"t wait for the drunk and disorderly and being told to be quiet in the Vic.......


Yeah Ger think by my 3rd APAT I wasn"t quite as shy and nervous at that point, don"t remeber there being alcohol involved lol
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on December 22, 2010, 00:27:12 AM

I wasn"t quite as shy and nervous at that point


WTF
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 22, 2010, 11:11:46 AM


I wasn"t quite as shy and nervous at that point


WTF


Cheers Ger for the advice about adding photos. Added my first last night to the very first post on the thread with a wee note.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: jacklevel06 on December 22, 2010, 14:29:37 PM
No further disscusions about me please.Mrs P reads the forum. :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Chipaccrual on December 22, 2010, 14:57:40 PM
That photo can"t be for real.

Most of you look about 12, and Micky P hasn"t got a drink in his hand.   ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on December 22, 2010, 15:00:56 PM
I look forward to this blog as it progresses

GL Grant

Ian
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 22, 2010, 15:47:46 PM

That photo can"t be for real.

Most of you look about 12, and Micky P hasn"t got a drink in his hand.   ;D


I"m sure that was an APAT approved pic Leigh, and I can assure you Mickey P"s table (it"s behind him, yeah it"s panto season  ;D ) was laden with beer glasses, mainly empty of course.

Now in the run up to that particular game, I had the great pleasure of getting to the final 3 at a MTT in the Cincinatti Club in Glasgow, and further pleasure being knocked out by a certain Miss Bronwyn Campbell. Some may know her as ex girlfriend of Rangers goalie Allan McGregor, but she"s also a fine poker player, finishing 4th in the Women"s World Open the following year. Now there is a damn fine point to mentioning this, as after the event she commended me on my overall play, then proceeded to give me one single tip about playing against a woman (won"t divulge this for obvious reasons).

During that first APAT qualifier above, cruising along quite nicely with about 40k chips and down to 2 tables, a hand came along that provided me with some dilemma. I was dealt  ah  8h in my BB with blinds at 600/1200, folded round to late position then raised by a very attractive blonde girl, fold fold fold and i flat called to peel off a flop. Flop came A/2/4 rainbow and i checked to her, she almost insta shoved for about 15k more. Now this is where the initial thread post mentions my great tough call that i made. On one hand i could cruise down to the final table with my stack and  try to gain my seat for the Scottish National, the other side of the coin is that i hate that style of play and would rather go down in a blaze of glory and give myself a better chip stack to win tournaments (I"m very very keen to hear other APAT"ers opinions about this, always hungry to learn and get advice about my game).

So I decided to attempt to gain more info by chatting to the opponent and remember saying to her "It"s just a matter of how big your ace is really". At this point she gave me the sign that Bronwyn Campbell had tipped me about so i called and she flipped over A5. Unfortunately for her she got no 3 or 5 on the turn or river and I then took a commanding chip lead  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: lukybugur on December 22, 2010, 23:02:36 PM
Reading this with interest Grant. Hope u decide to come to Lloret, it would be good to catch up with you. You can leave your car at mine to save a few pennies.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 05:17:54 AM
So fast forward 2 and a bit years (we"ll discuss Dublin and London 2008 soon I promise Ger lol) and I"m back in the APAT fold at the fabulous G Casino in Coventry and loving it. I can only express my feeling of winning my satellite to get there as being a joyous moment, I"d missed these events so much since my last APAT at The Vic in 2008. Hard to put your finger on any one reason for this, but the people I'd met at my 3 events in 2008 definitely make the tournaments very welcoming and enjoyable experiences, regardless of winning or losing. Live poker is far far far more enjoyable than online play (one man's opinion), but the APAT events seem to be another entity altogether.

Reasons for my disappearance since The Vic were mainly due to illness in the form of IBS and diagnosed eventually gall stones, resulting in pain the likes of which I could only compare to having to sit through a full series of The X Factor whilst simultaneously having your teeth removed by an unqualified dentist with no anaesthetic. Thankfully after 18 long months of suffering I got the damn gall bladder removed in June and all's well again. There was also the small matter of trips to Florida, Lake District, Australia and Hong Kong using up all my annual leave for the remainder of 2008/09, and a trip to Toronto after my gall bladder op a few months before Coventry. My travel exploits I'll share at a later date for anyone wishing to know more but include some of the following highlights............

Florida Universal Studios
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/FloridaSimpsons.jpg)

Florida Hard Rock Cafe
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/FloridaSidVicious.jpg)

Lake District with Anne
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/LakeDistrict01.jpg)

Lake District with Tikay lol
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/LakeDistrictSteamTrain.jpg)

Melbourne Crown Casino
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/MelbourneCrowncasino.jpg)

Feeding Kangaroo & Joey
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Australiawithkangarooandjoey.jpg)

Best of all, the majority of this was gained because I love playing poker and alleviating other peoples" chips from them  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on December 23, 2010, 08:15:54 AM

My travel exploits I'll share at a later date for anyone wishing to know more


Please do - looking forward to it.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Eck on December 23, 2010, 09:19:11 AM
Whatever happened to Billyho? I remember sitting next to him and sure Ger was on that table too at the Maybury. Didn"t he join the fire brigade or something?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 14:52:10 PM

Whatever happened to Billyho? I remember sitting next to him and sure Ger was on that table too at the Maybury. Didn"t he join the fire brigade or something?


Yeah Eck. he"s now a fully fledged ladder climber and unfortunately his shifts don"t accomodate for the hours required at the tables. I actually knew Billy previously as I worked with his girlfriend Sharon for many years, so still bump into him at other events, parties, weddings etc ( I fear more pics will appear from these at some point, but here"s to the big guy who introduced me to APAT)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Billyho.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/BubbleBoyNoMore.jpg)

His lovely girlfriend Sharon G on the left with me and our other ex-colleague Sharon H
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/MeShazShaiggy.jpg)

Team Gala Merchant at Dublin 2008
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/TeamGalaMerchant.jpg)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 15:07:00 PM
Hands up everyone who want"s to see Billy Leishman back at the APAT tables........

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/LakeDistrictlemurs.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GreenDay1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Snoop.jpg)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 19:31:35 PM
So tonight"s there"s really just 2 options. First up we have the Betfair Xmas Turbo/APAT Bounty slugfest madness carnage that will be an axcuse for a poker game. Alternatively there"s also a good £40 buy in deepstack game at the Glasgow Alea, decision decisions!!!

Given that it"s almost minus 10 out there and The Alea card room is colder than a black widow"s bedside manner after a Tommy Sheridan style party, let the online madness begin. Good luck to all taking part  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on December 23, 2010, 21:56:47 PM
I remember Billy. I met him when a pal of mine in manchester sold his seat on the seat exchange for APAT Edinburgh and Billy snapped it up. Naturally I was the money middle man.

Top bloke, good company and a pretty decent player who ran deepish in most APAT events he played. Hope we get a chance to play again.

Glad the Fire Brigade thing has worked out for him.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 21:58:59 PM
Well that was fun, if not a bit on the ridiculous side, eventually (probably not the right word with 5 minute levels) finished 41st. had some highs & lows including limping with AK on 2.2k chips, expecting and got the raise behind then shoved and got called with AQ. Nice double up for me :)

Then had an EP short stack shove on my BB when I had AK again, fold fold fold insta call from me v AJ. K & J on flop J on river, severe dent with blinds rising so quickly. Next time on my BB at 125/250 had 2 all in"s before me and only 1100 behind. Quick calculation gave me 4/1 odds with 10/5 suited, live cards, the chips go in. Hit a straight with my 5 and my 10 wasn"t even live lol.

Dav51 on my right was being a nightmare, raise raise raise, me 2/8 2/9 3/J fold fold fold. next time he raised to 2k at 400/800 i shoved my 8k behind him with A9 only to run into his AK and get no help, deservedly so  :P

Like I said initially, lots of fun but not my style of poker so probably won"t be visiting too many turbo games again in near future unless APAT linked.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 22:24:42 PM

I remember Billy. I met him when a pal of mine in manchester sold his seat on the seat exchange for APAT Edinburgh and Billy snapped it up. Naturally I was the money middle man.

Top bloke, good company and a pretty decent player who ran deepish in most APAT events he played. Hope we get a chance to play again.

Glad the Fire Brigade thing has worked out for him.


Yeah Rob, top bloke. He sent me a text to say he"d looked at this and had a laugh at the "hands up" post. he assures me he"ll post sometime in the near future so will be great to hear from him.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on December 24, 2010, 00:25:27 AM

he assures me he"ll post sometime in the near future so will be great to hear from him.


Plus a lot more that 1 - top man and a pleasure to meet
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 24, 2010, 11:16:11 AM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ForthThistle on December 24, 2010, 13:33:22 PM
Your a Fish!!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 24, 2010, 16:05:03 PM

Your a Fish!!!!



Cheers Davie, a bit of constructive criticism"s what i"m looking for  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 26, 2010, 18:30:01 PM
So a Merry Christmas to you all, but after working on Christmas Day and Boxing Day i now know how this poor guys feels

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Footie.jpg)

Here"s to a better New Year  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 27, 2010, 23:00:05 PM
So 2010 is close to drawing to an end and here"s a little summary of the start and end of the year for myself. As usual, like most peoples, it"s had it"s highs and lows. Christmas and New Year tends to be a low key affair for me as I work part-time in NHS 24"s out of hours health service, meaning that I work when surgeries don"t. Last year ended with a set of crutches on Christmas Eve as i damaged my knee ligaments. Can"t even blame the ice & snow of last winter, one of my drunken female colleagues fell on me at our work"s night out  ::)

This year ended with another unfortunate story, with some amusement at the expense of yours truly. An old family friend now living in Hereford informed me through facebook that his older brother Martin had been murdered just a few weeks ago. He updated through social networking of the date, time and venue for the funeral arrangements and I duly attended as agreed. Once in the crematorium and the doors closed a sense of doom fell on me......yes, I was at the wrong service! Not being the rude type I endured the cremation of a complete stranger, bowed my head for the exiting bereaving family and left with my tail between my legs!

The rest of the year I"ll contribute in the run up to Hogmanay.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 29, 2010, 17:16:54 PM
2010 Part 1

So the year got off to a good start in the shape of my first ever new car, a lovely little 1.0 Toyota Aygo Blue. The scrappage scheme was too tempting to get rid of my old petroholic 1.8 Toyota Carina. My new wee car i named... Sammy Aygo
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Sammy.jpg)

Named after the slightly well know lower league footballer Sammy Igoe
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/SammyIgoe_5604501.jpg)

Unfortunately due to my aforementioned illness, poker took a back seat and I had very little play in the first half of the year. I did though follow my other love of music as normal and the gig scene kicked off again in February with a visit to see one of my first loves The Stranglers. Other gig highlights through this spell were Groove Armada, Turin Brakes and Ash.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/SDC11328.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Ash27410003.jpg)

May 2010 brought a nice trip to Inverary and June at last saw the removal of my hated gall bladder. The first half of 2010 came to a satisfactory end and I looked forward to July, getting back to the tables and the wonder that is T In The Park music festival  :)



Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 30, 2010, 00:28:08 AM
So my poker for 2010 has now ended with a very disappointing 50th of 131 runners in Betfairs $22 game. To be honest this month has been pretty awful on the felt so I"m glad of the break. A mixture of awful cards, too many distractions, poor play and ugly draws when the cards did flip has left me with a bankroll of $1750. Still doing well from my £50 start-up investment so ain"t complaining

Here"s a few highlights from my Betfair tourneys in the past few months, immortalised for my own benefit of course  8)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Poker21910.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Poker23910.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Poker031010.jpg)
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Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: billyho10 on December 31, 2010, 15:36:08 PM


he assures me he"ll post sometime in the near future so will be great to hear from him.


Plus a lot more that 1 - top man and a pleasure to meet


hi guys, thanks very much for your kind comments! as promised a wee update from the baldy one!  

well the fire service is going great, I never thought I could enjoy being at work so much.  I"m not a fully fledged firey yet, I"ve got my final assessments in July/Aug before my training period is done.  I"m also back playing basketball again having found my love for the game again and following my beloved La Lakers closely.

as for poker, the double weekly visits to the casino and online play have been pretty much reduced to a home game every couple of months with some guys from work (the lack of play has def affected my game, you gotta be playing regular to keep up confident play and good decisions, which i found out at last nights home game at the cost of £40  ::) i was also reminded of the pleasures of being card dead then finally picking up queens only to run into aces, as well as the joys of bad beats  :"().   i dabbled again recently with some low stakes online stuff but i def prefer live play.  the casino doesn"t really suit my work routine tho.  hopefully I"ll be able to play some live apat next year.

I hope santa was good to you all and wish you all a happy, prosperous and quad filled 2011  8)

and remember "this is your life and its ending one minute at a time" so that thing you"ve been thinking about doing DAE IT!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 01, 2011, 21:35:41 PM
Great to hear from you Billy, glad everythings going well for you mate. Hope you do make it back to the APAT arena in 2011, I"m so glad I got the opportunity at Coventry and highly recommend it. Shame though that I"ve taken away your Bubble Boy crown (for the time being anyway  :D )

Happy New Year to you and Shaz, and to everyone at APAT a very prosperous 2011  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 03, 2011, 23:42:34 PM
Firstly a belated Happy New Year to you all, I hope the hangovers are all gone and life"s good for everyone.

So tonight the mini league started and a very enjoyable game it was, with a great structure and plenty of play. Thanks for the table chat gang, It makes such a nice difference to the (lack of) chat in most Betfair games since the new site got up and running. Probably the main reason i haven"t bothered grinding the cash tables in the past 6 months and just played the MTTs.

So again i bubbled for the cash after Stu bok"d me :D Was going along very nicely till i ran my  ac  kc into  kh  ks and donked majority of my stack, but fairly happy with 9 points on the board before the head-hurting experience of the PLO tomorrow night. Probably shouldn"t be too honest on here beforehand but I"m not particularly experienced at PLO having played only about 20 times in cash/tourney combined. Will give it a go and attempt to gain a few more points to head to the final mini league games on Wed/Thur/Fri.

Still to post my 2010 part 2 on here as i didn"t get it updated before New Year so promise I"ll get it sorted in next day or 2.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 04, 2011, 01:40:39 AM
Just as an aside gang, any comments about the blog so far would be appreciated. Any suggestions about content so far or for future posts, I"m more than happy for a bit of constructive criticism and ideas as this is my first attempt at a blog and I"d like to improve as i go along (other than Davie B"s "You"re a fish" comment  :D )

Cheers
Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on January 04, 2011, 08:14:17 AM
You"re doing great Grant, just be yourself it"s a good read.

nb "You"re a fish"  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 04, 2011, 18:32:18 PM
Cheers Ger, and before we head to the PLO tonight I"ll admit that I"m not even quite sure what I"ll be fishing for. I"ll probably stupidly go for the mackerel when there"s a pond full of healthy salmon and trout.

As I said above i"ve only played a small number of times at Omaha but have to say that one particular experience caused my head to hurt (even more than usual) when a guy took down a rather tasty pot with a nut flush.....only for half the table to start giving the dealer abuse on passing the chips to the "winner" who made up the particular hand with only one diamond in his hole cards  :D

Glad we have a computer to figure it out for us tonight  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 04, 2011, 22:57:21 PM
So game 2 of the PLO is now over (for me at least  :D ) and another good fun game was had, despite my lasck of PLO experience. Started quite well getting up to 6k+ after busting Derek when our AA v AA clashed pre flop and my 8/9 hit a straight. Stupidly then donked most of it chasing an open end straight draw with top pair, ran into 2 pairs and got no further help other than assistance for my opponent to get his boat  ::)

At about 2.5k then had my AAJ5 hand busted by a house of 4"s & 6"s by an even shorter stack. Next hand shoved my last 650ish in with 2356 and prayed for a micro flop. Had an open ender but lost out to Ian "Pables" Thompson and finished 41st. Crazy game PLO but good fun all the same, bring on tomorrow nights re-buy.  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 05, 2011, 01:23:41 AM
2010 Part 2

So the gall bladder trouble behind me I had a superb summer to look forward to, but unfortuantely missed a couple of big outdoor music gigs during my recovery spell (Snow Patrol and Pink). Oh well guess i"ll have to do with some guy called Paul McCartney at Hampden. What a fantastic show he put on, 3 full hours of so many well known songs and a 50,000 sing-along crowd, great weather and an amazing atmosphere.......and then a couple of weeks later there was the small matter of my annual pilgrimage to the wonder that is the T In The Park festival, with a great group of family and friends and an amazing line up of acts including Muse, Kasabian, Jay-Z, Eminem, Faithless, Stereophonics, Editors etc etc etc

Editors
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Editors04.jpg)

Jay-Z
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/JayZ02.jpg)


31st July came and we headed off to Toronto for a fantastic holiday that I"ll hope to repeat again someday. A very cosmopiltan city with tons to do and being on the banks of Lake Ontario even has a lovely beach to visit if you fancy a short drive or bus run. A 2 hour (ish) drive to Niagara Falls (and it"s numerous casinos) is a must if you decide to visit, but everything else was more or less walking distance from downtown.

Toronto Blue Jays
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/344.jpg)

View from CN Tower
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/051.jpg)

Niagara Falls from Maid Of The Mist
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/364.jpg)

On return from Toronto I"m glad to say that i got back to playing some poker, mainly online MTT"s on Betfair (highlights already posted). I ended the year with the superb weekend at Coventry (more to follow) and a couple of lower key gigs in the form of Sarah Blasko and The Complete Stone Roses. August unfortunately saw me facing redundancy from my full time job of Employment Adviser, but I"m sure 2011 will see me get back on that particular horse. Thankfully i still have a part time job keeping me afloat so all"s well, life"s great and Santa gave me my new Canon Powershot camera I"ve hinted for most of the year  ;D

Complete Stone Roses
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/CompleteStoneRoses3.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on January 05, 2011, 08:25:23 AM

August unfortunately saw me facing redundancy from my full time job of Employment Adviser


There is irony in there somewhere, may 2011 be a great year for you Grant - you deserve it.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 05, 2011, 14:14:39 PM


August unfortunately saw me facing redundancy from my full time job of Employment Adviser


There is irony in there somewhere, may 2011 be a great year for you Grant - you deserve it.


Yeah Ger, there definitely is  :D , I had 50 unemployed clients to help and ended up joining them. I"ve never been unemployed since 1984 so i know I"ll be fine and my part time job have been giving me extra shifts in past couple of months so it"s not a concern.

On a far more sombre note, R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty. Saw Gerry play a couple of times, he wrote some great songs and had a fantastic voice. The likes of Baker Street and Stuck In The Middle will be etched in history but his back catalogue of songs had so many more great tracks and his "Sleepwalking" album is among my all time favourites. I, for one, feel it"s a very sad loss for British music.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: HaworthBantam on January 05, 2011, 14:19:10 PM

On a far more sombre note, R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty... I, for one, feel it"s a very sad loss for British music.


+1
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 06, 2011, 14:38:53 PM
Well last night"s re-buy was fun and a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Think I got bluffed off a hand right before the add-on that took me down to 3.8k and I didn"t get the re-buy quick enough like most folk  >:( , so went to the 2nd hour with 6.3 and looking short in comparison to most, never mind plenty of play, still 50 BBs. Got that built up to a comfortable enough 15.5k and then came the raise against a shortie with JQ only for Bill "KTMC?" to re-raise and shortie to put the rest of his stack in. Getting about 4/1 odds i called the other 650. Flop came 4/9/10 if I remember correctly with 2 diamonds, I checked and Bill checked. Turn gave me the magic 8 for the nut straight so i bet about 2.6 into the 3.2 pot, Bill shoved and I instacall obv. He flips 10/10 then paired the 8 on the river to leave me with only 4k. No complaints about any of the play but Bill must have kicked himself for giving me that free turn card, worked out well for him in the end though.
Went out not long after, think it was A/10 v 5/5 of Leigh. 10 and 5 on flop sealed my fate. Like Ger, I agree we all have to show a bit of loyalty for the last 2 games regardless of our points (only 9 from first game so need a miracle now) so I"ll be back in for the 6 handed game tonight.

On the positive side, I joined in with my regular nightly 11.15pm Betfair $22 1500 chips MTT game. Again another rollercoaster, quickly went up to 1860 despite a very very very frustrating disconnection after I 3 bet on a KJ4 flop with KJ. Thankfully found the chips in my stack when I was reconnected so the others obv folded. Got up to 2.5 k soon after then went completely card dead for ages, fell in love with the number 2 as it appeared in every hand unfortunately without one of his friends. Donked some chips off attempting a few plays then with blinds at 80/160 the hand that turned my game. Made standard raise with 6/6, against a shorter stacks BB. He called and flop came 5/7/J, BB checked, so 1200 in middle to steal and 1600 in my stack my chips got shipped. BB called with 8/8  :D
Shortly after that I was down to 183 chips and 200 in the BB. Amazingly about 10 minutes later I had about 7k after double ups galore, went on to cash, made final table with about 21k, then finished 8th for $98ish.

A fun day indeed but apologies to pc_plod, a regular on Betfair, good player and more importantly to me a great guy to chat at the table.....Busted his AK shove with my KJ on my BB when i was short stacked and left him with a few grains of sand. Hoped I was getting odds against a middle pair and only had 7 BBs left, got very lucky against him, but that"s poker and he"ll get me back someday very soon I"m sure  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 06, 2011, 20:51:38 PM
Can only say my goodwill has gone after tonight"s game. Laid down my pre flop raised 10/10 on a 9 high flop to Prestige after i raised his flop bet and he shoved......then he busted my pre-flop raised AA out when he raised my flop bet on Q high board and i shoved. He still called with KQ and hit another Q.

I"m happy in the fact that i can lay down a hand when i suspect i"m behind, but right now I no longer think I was behind on the first hand after that play. Out in level 2 and don"t deserve to be so doubt I"ll be playing again tonight till the sting goes away. That"s Poker!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on January 06, 2011, 21:00:38 PM
It"s a funny old game Saint, no sure I would have laid down the KQ either - but that"s just me
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 06, 2011, 22:23:48 PM

It"s a funny old game Saint, no sure I would have laid down the KQ either - but that"s just me


I know Ger, tbh gotta be happy that he calls and only has 5 outs. Can"t keep me down for long so decided to cheer myself up by checking out my new Canon Powershot that Santa brought me, a camera so damn good it can take a photo of itself  :P

Now looking for suggestions of Glasgow sights you may want me to practice on, keep them clean!!!!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/SDC12783.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on January 06, 2011, 22:36:08 PM
Viccies at 4am pls!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 06, 2011, 22:41:16 PM

Viccies at 4am pls!


I said keep it clean lol  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 07, 2011, 00:00:43 AM
Well I got rid of that sting and joined up for my nightly $22 game on Betfair with a calm head. 143 runners, nice prize pool and hoping to go better than 8th last night. Currently 20th of 77 on 3.6k, had a nice start then moved table and gone card dead against a table of (strangely very slow) maniacs.

Moved table after dropping to about 3k and soon picked up AA in my BB at 60/120 with 4 limpers, decided to do a ridiculous shove to look like a steal and got a call from a KJ with a stack of 1800, nice result and held up. Same level limped with K9s and bet out on flop of AK4 rainbow, got one caller. K on turn and bet out again, called again. 6 on river, value bet 1800, called and mucked  ;D Currently 6th of 42, 20 make the cash.

Ouch, down to 3.6k after A4 v A4 clash on a 4/4/6 flop, other player hit nut flush with runner runner spades  :D and out in 30th with 7/7 shoved 2.8k and A/9 called????? 9 on flop!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on January 07, 2011, 00:11:43 AM
Keep cool - and good luck - playing cash on Sky and I am up - wonders will never cease
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Cyntaf on January 07, 2011, 01:01:46 AM
Hi Grant, i can"t tell you how nice it was to see you again in Coventry. We had a right good laugh on the Sunday £25.
Some crazy hands there and a few crazy faces :P

I can"t wait for next season now, so i look forward to meeting up some time later this year. Cracking read this blog, keep it up M8. Also great news that all is well with Billy, another top guy. Actually i"m struggling to think of a bad jock I"ve met.
Sure someone will remind me... ;D ;D No, not you Stuart, you are Captain Jock and very nice(don"t wear the kilt, please).

So belated good wishes for all for 2011.

See you soon.. Paul M :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: technolog on January 07, 2011, 01:03:20 AM

Actually i"m struggling to think of a bad jock I"ve met.
Sure someone will remind me...


MickyP obv.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 07, 2011, 01:12:10 AM

Hi Grant, i can"t tell you how nice it was to see you again in Coventry. We had a right good laugh on the Sunday £25.
Some crazy hands there and a few crazy faces :P

I can"t wait for next season now, so i look forward to meeting up some time later this year. Cracking read this blog, keep it up M8. Also great news that all is well with Billy, another top guy. Actually i"m struggling to think of a bad jock I"ve met.
Sure someone will remind me... ;D ;D No, not you Stuart, you are Captain Jock and very nice(don"t wear the kilt, please).

So belated good wishes for all for 2011.

See you soon.. Paul M :)


Cheers Paul and Happy New Year. Likewise mate, was great catching up in Coventry & those Sunday tourneys made up for my bubble in the APAT but no idea how I won 1 and finished 5th in the other ;D definitely be at some of the Season 5 games so will see you then.

All the best till next time
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 07, 2011, 12:54:09 PM
OK so I don"t usually play during the day but while I reg"d for the Leg 5 game of the APAT mini league decided to stick my $5 worth in for a $1500 guaranteed 12 min 1500 chips game.
15 mins in and doubled my stack, made a couple of notes about this level as it"s been a while since I played it......If a hand has a nickname it doesn"t necessarily mean you should play it (e.g J5 lol), Try not to get sucked into the Freeroll mentality of many of the players (just saw a shove for 30 BBs with K9 instacall by A6  :D I"m interested to know is this standard at this level on other sites?
Not even ended level 2 and from 370 starters already down to 250, the Poker Gods won"t be required for this particular event so i"m sure they"ll be enjoying the lie-in.

Just donked half my stack, flush on turn busted by 4th diamond on river for guy with KK! Just saw another example of above with blinds 25/50 player shoved for 1200 with 6/6 preflop instacall by Q7, so glad the 6 came on flop tbh  :D and now down below 200 players left

Nice treble up with 8/8,  7/8/J flop and 7 on river sealed it against QQ & AQ, then laid down A/Ks on J high rainbow board after 3 calls to my 4*BB preflop raise and 2 betting on flop. One of them takes the pot with A/10s with flush on river, the other who started on the SB shows J/8os. That"s what happens when you call a raise with garbage OOP, let that be a lesson to any kids out there  ;) Now at 3.4k 63rd of 166 left.

Blinds 60/120 EP raise to 360, 1 caller mid table and I go set mining on button with 2/2. Q/6/2 rainbow flop check check check. 6 on turn, check check, put in a half pot bet and fold fold :( Break time 67th of 142 with 3.7k, average 3.9.

Went card dead after break with too much raising going on to my right and 2 of top 10 chip leaders on my left, unable really to play at all. Halfway through the 100/200 level busted out 106th with 10/10 v J/J, 9/8/5 flop. No help and I"m outta this cheap hotel......for now!!!! Never really got going, would"ve made a difference if my flush held earlier but That"s Poker  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 08, 2011, 23:42:10 PM
Looks like I"m surely a non contender now for Lloret De Mar, it"s all gone the shape of the pear. Mum taken into hospital last night and discovered today that she has a perforated ulcer  :( Not currently able to withstand surgery so she"s on mega anti biotics and fluids and next few days are pretty crucial so the poker"s pretty insignificant for now.

Best wishes to everyone playing, i"ll still check the updates and live feeds through the weekend when I get a chance. I know win or lose you"ll all have a fantastic time  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Waz1892 on January 08, 2011, 23:52:16 PM
Not good news, sorry to hear, and of course hope all is well pretty soon.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on January 09, 2011, 00:03:21 AM
Poker means feck all, family does. All my good wishes Grant, and a speedy recovery to your Ma.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 09, 2011, 00:35:23 AM
Thanks guys, doubt it"ll be a speedy recovery so just need to look after my wee ma for the time being and I"ll look forward to the next APAT even more
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: SirPercival on January 09, 2011, 08:53:02 AM
Best wishes to you and your family Grant.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: technolog on January 09, 2011, 12:44:02 PM
Look after your Mum Grant. She"s the best friend you"ll ever have and certainly better than this bunch of reprobates. Hope everything goes well and she makes a quick return to good health.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: lukybugur on January 09, 2011, 19:22:40 PM
Best wishes to your Mum Grant.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 09, 2011, 21:45:30 PM
Thanks gang, just back from hospital and much more upbeat. Yeah she has more tubes than the London underground but they seem to be doing their job, so she appeared brighter and a bit stronger than she was last night. Still on oxygen and not allowed any food for now so gets tired even after just a 1 hour visit so we decided to let her get a bit of rest and I"ll see her again tomorrow.

Cheers again for all your good wishes.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on January 09, 2011, 21:49:54 PM
happy - nice news
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Zanshin on January 09, 2011, 23:29:48 PM
Glad to hear things are looking up for your mum and we wish her all the best.



Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 09, 2011, 23:40:06 PM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 10, 2011, 13:55:02 PM
I now present to you my first photo on my new camera, especially for Pables, but unfortunately not from closing time at the Glasgow nightclub Victorias. Very chuffed to say it"s a double first as it"s the first time I"ve ever seen a real woodpecker, noticed this afternoon in our back garden, a wonderful little Great Spotted Woodpecker  :)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GreatSpottedWoodpecker.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 11, 2011, 00:17:37 AM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: lukybugur on January 11, 2011, 22:49:34 PM
Ting, ting.

Is that the sound of the 50p coin hitting the bottom of the bad beat tin ... ??
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on January 11, 2011, 23:07:36 PM

I now present to you my first photo on my new camera, especially for Pables, but unfortunately not from closing time at the Glasgow nightclub Victorias. Very chuffed to say it"s a double first as it"s the first time I"ve ever seen a real woodpecker, noticed this afternoon in our back garden, a wonderful little Great Spotted Woodpecker  :)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GreatSpottedWoodpecker.jpg)



Doesn"t look like the requested pair of great tits to me Grant  :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 11, 2011, 23:18:56 PM

Ting, ting.

Is that the sound of the 50p coin hitting the bottom of the bad beat tin ... ??


Not a chance mate, he had a royal flush draw, he"s got 15 outs on flop and possibly thinks his king is good as well tbh. Beaten by a massive draw but I couldn"t really play it any other way at that point in the game unless I fold.

And yes, the great tits have still to be witnessed  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 13, 2011, 09:43:38 AM
Unfortunately yesterday my mum passed away after her short illness. Thankfully she didn"t suffer much and the hospital took good care of her. A shining light at the end of this is that my beautiful daughter Corinne rang yesterday and it"s the first time she"s spoken to me for over 4 years. She"s reached the ripe old age of 20 today so a huge happy Birthday to Corinne!

My thanks go to the amazing staff at Stobhill Hospital in glasgow, everyone who"s provided support and to friends for their condolences messages.

Cheers
Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: billyho10 on January 13, 2011, 11:25:40 AM
Hi Grant. So sorry to hear about your mum.  Just heard from Sharon so logged on to see if you had posted.

Just to let you know Sharon and me are thinking about you. Please pass on our sympathies to the rest of the family and if there is anything I can do please let me know.

Billy

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Zanshin on January 13, 2011, 11:51:51 AM
Hi Grant.

Very sorry to hear the sad news, our thoughts are with you.

It"s good that Corinne called.

Derek.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on January 13, 2011, 22:49:20 PM
Hi mate

sorry to hear about your mum. My thoughts are with you

Rob
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Chipaccrual on January 13, 2011, 23:07:47 PM
Grant,

Really sorry to hear about your mum, our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

Glad your daughter got in contact, sounds like you really appreciated that.

Take care mate.


Leigh
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: technolog on January 13, 2011, 23:16:27 PM
So sorry to hear of your loss Grant. I know from experience that there aren"t many tougher times than this. Hope you sort things out with your daughter. Take care.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Waz1892 on January 13, 2011, 23:32:26 PM
Grant,

Really sorry to hear that.  Thoughts are with you, Take care.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 14, 2011, 16:09:34 PM
Thanks gang, your thoughts and best wishes are a great source of strength. We"ve just about organised everything now and had loads of support.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 17, 2011, 02:05:31 AM
Betfair  >:(

After a very traumatic week and now playing a waiting game I decided that some poker may take my mind off things that have been going on and give me something else to focus on tonight. Managed to play the 8.15 $22 MTT with no probs but attempted to do the same in the 11.15 game and various 10c/20c cash tables and was unable to register. Incredibly the site has taken my full buy-ins for these and not responded yet to e-mail i sent about 3 hours ago so I"m not a happy man!!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 25, 2011, 22:22:25 PM
Sorry I"ve been pretty much out the loop in the past 2 weeks due the sad departure of my mum, but I"m hoping to re-start the blog over the next few days. Her service went fantastically well, performed by my cousin Adam Dillon, who has his own parish in Moffat. Adam hit the perfect tone of sadness and light hearted humour and I"ll never know how he was able to deliver those succinct thoughts aloud, particularly considering he also had his own personal memories of his Aunty Maureen.

I"ve now also had my "lost" funds returned by Betfair (eventually!) so I"m considering my next poker steps carefully. This may also involve a change of site as I"m not impressed by their handling of the above fiasco and the length of time it took to resolve the problem. I"m especially  >:( at the fact I missed out on the London Live sat after playing the 5 mini-league games. Any thoughts and tips on other sites would be very welcome.

I"d also like to thank you all for your amazing support. Since my mum fell ill I was receiving messages from APAT"ers on here and on Facebook, with so many words of encouragement to help me through this spell, You"ll never know how much strength it provided. It"s just confirmed what i re-discovered at Coventry, that the APAT community is stronger than ever, with a fantastic group of active and supportive members.

My final note is happy one  8) After 4 and a half years without contact from My daughter Corinne, We"ve now been re-united and agreed to meet up again tomorrow. I"m sure there will be slow progress ahead but after missing her for so long I"m delighted at the prospect of any kind of progress at all.

Cheers again for all your messages and support gang, see you all soon at the felt  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 19, 2011, 03:38:49 AM
Had a couple of games on Betfair on Tednesday night, namely the old regular $22 MTT 1500 12min game at 11.15 and the $54 2500 12 min game at 1am. Not much to write home about, cashed in 10th in the latter and busted out halfway in the former, being pretty card dead and donking some chips making moves and getting nowhere.

I did though have the pleasure of sharing a table with Mark "Big Redders" Redshaw and enjoyed some good friendly banter with a very likeable bloke......not my first impression of Mark tbh as I first encountered him in Dublin 2008, when I got down to the final 30 very late on the Saturday night and unfortunately got moved to his table, where he had a pretty mammoth chip stack and was pretty relentless in being table captain to my obvious frustration and inevitable downfall lol. Think I went out 26th on that occasion, busted by the table vice captain, a young Irish guy possibly Barry? Smith.

Glad to say I finally got to chat to Mark with Tim Magnus about a month later, I believe on our way home from London after The Vic (I know Ger, i"ve still to address that one  :D ) , and discovered that beneath those bulletproof shades there lies a thoroughly likeable guy. Another of you APAT gang I look forward to sharing a table with in season 5.

But that"ll have to wait for now, as in only 2 sleeps time I"m off to New York for the appropriately named Annie "Big" Apple"s 40th birthday 8) Really looking forward to getting away for 5 days, especially somewhere I"ve never been before with so much to offer. catch up with you all on my return, Cheers.
 
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: samuel_9 on February 19, 2011, 11:21:50 AM
have a good one
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on February 24, 2011, 08:10:11 AM
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/images3/i/2004/170/b/4/Happy_Birthday_Emote.gif)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 02, 2011, 23:17:43 PM
Cheers for the birthday messages on here and FB. Had a fantastic time in New York and will definitely go back again sometime, though hopefully for more than 5 days. Unfortunately never made it out of Manhattan, hotel was right opposite Madison Square Gardens, 10 blocks down from Times Square and had so much to do and see but not enough time.
Annie Apple got to Broadway to see Jersey Boys on her 40th, surprisingly far more enjoyable than I had anticipated so that was a real bonus. We also made it up the Rockefeller Centre, saw the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, Wall Street, Tiffanys, Central Park, Natural History Museum, had lots of great food and drink and walked for miles and miles and miles in the freezing cold.......all absolutely worth every step.

Pictures to follow  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 03, 2011, 18:53:31 PM
This ones just for Ian, apologies for not catching a pair together and the fact i think it"s Blue and not Great, other than that i"m happy with it  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/TitFeb11007.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on March 03, 2011, 19:27:32 PM
Thanks very much Grant, it surpasses any expectations I previously had  :-\
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 03, 2011, 20:34:17 PM

Thanks very much Grant, it surpasses any expectations I previously had  :-\


Tried my best mate, you almost got a Robin"s a**e instead lol

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Robin.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 08, 2011, 01:36:35 AM
Had a nice wee cash of $309 on Thursday night Betfair 1am game for finishing 4th and felt good coz I"ve not been getting much play, so decided tonight would be a good night to follow it up. How wrong can one person be  :-[

Played the 2 * $22 games at 8.15 and 11.15, was busted in both with AA and KK by 9/6 and 5/2 respectively after playing the hands in a very standard way. Both times raising preflop and 3/4 bets on flop then getting re-raised and a further call to my shove. Bingo"d both times by river to 5 outer in first hand and flush in latter.

Had fun in the Furness game in between and had a very enjoyable chat on a well know Social Network (c) site with Debbie afterwards.

And then the poker got even worse.........going along nicely in the $54 game at 1am and got up to 3.5k, picked up  :as:  5s in late position and made standard raise, got re-raised by SB, called from the BB and had odds of 7/2 to peel a flop. Happy Days thought it was Friday at 5 to 5 and Crackerjack  had just came on TV  js :2s: 4s SB bets 300, BB shoves for 1500, I flat and SB shoves so i obv ship the rest.

SB flips  kc ks BB flips  8s 9s


Turn  kd
River   4c

FML think it"s time to give it up  :D

On a more serious note, I played the hands properly just got very very unlucky on all 3 occasions. Would play them all again the same way in future as I was fave all the way against them.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 11, 2011, 13:11:36 PM
Played my usual $22 game at 11.15 last night after having a night off on Wednesday and things seem to be going a similar way. Didn"t pick up much in early levels and table waqs extremely aggro so didn"t get involved much till i got soem info from the hands that were being flipped over. With blinds at 40/80 and not much more than my starting stack of 1500 I run into one of the aggros when he raised in EP and called my re-raise when I had  :as: js on the button.

This guy"s range is pretty wide, I"ve watched him for about 40 mins now play similar ways with A6, Q10, KJ etc so think I"m ahead. Flop comes 2/2/3 rainbow and he insta shoves for the rest of my stack, putting all my info together I still think I"m ahead so call. He flips A8 and all"s good till the 8 hits on river FML. Can"t even buy a split pot just now and out another tourney after making the right play.

Had been chatting a short while before to Debbie Kimm and realised I"ve missed the cash games from Betfair (pre merge), so decided to play a wee cash game to get rid of the cobwebs and played a single 15c/30c game. Glad to say this went better and I ended after 2 hours with over treble my starting stack and cashed out $92. May focus on this for a while as it used to be a regular part of my game and I particularly enjoy the social side of it, having some good chat with opposition and not moving table every 15 minutes. In last night"s game I came across MLudlow who suggested he had notes on me, claiming a took him down a number of times with "Mad Hands"  :D. I obviously disagreed with him, only to pick up 3/5 very next hand and raise in cut off with 2 callers behind. Hit a 5 on flop, check check, bet and got 1 caller. Blank on turn checked to me again, bet 2/3 pot get a call again. 3 on river and same story check, bet, call. Took down a nice wee pot and got the "I told you so" speech from Mr Ludlow  ;D

Maybe I"m taking MTT games too seriously and focus more on preserving my stack, there"s never that fear of being donked out in cash games as my bankroll takes that away. Maybe I"m just riding a wave of tournament suck outs and bad luck that"s making me feel negative at the moment. One things for sure, when I get outdrawn in a cash game and lose a fairly big pot I don"t get upset, i just re-load. When it happens in MTTs it often leads to being busted out the tourney and leaves a sour taste.

Anyone any thoughts on this?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 12, 2011, 02:36:40 AM
Well changed my mind again and decided to play the regular $22 11.15pm game again. 154 runners tonight and I"m running good, at 3rd break sitting chip leader at FT with 66k :). Updates to follow

Update is pretty ugly  :D. First level after break saw 2 shorties busted, then at 800/1600 it all went severely pear shaped. Next shortie on list shoved 5BBs into my my BB with AJ, I call with A9 and no help. Same player very next hand does same with A9 and I re-shove on SB with JJ, he hit 99 on flop! 2 hands later I ran 10/10 into KK, get flopped an open end but no more help and lights out for me with $98 in 8th place after all that hard work  :"(

promising night that ended up very disappointing, sigh.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Quasar on March 12, 2011, 10:17:01 AM

unlucky Grant. Better luck tonight.

Going to practice some of the things we chatted about. See if it can improve my game. Can"t make it any worse  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 14, 2011, 01:11:27 AM
Great performance Debs, very well done. Hope it lifts the confidence again, just what you needed I reckon :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Quasar on March 14, 2011, 01:24:46 AM

Great performance Debs, very well done. Hope it lifts the confidence again, just what you needed I reckon :)


Thanks Grant, for the tips and the railing. What a brilliant night lol  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2011, 19:15:28 PM
Had a bit of a mixed bag last night and this kind of sums it up........played a 15c/30c table for about 90 mins and left before tourneys started, finishing with almost double my buy in with $57+

Busted out Furness game very early after making a preflop raise with  ac  kc flop comes 10 high 2 clubs on board and there"s a pot bet of 240. Figuring i"m probably fave I raise it up to 800 and all the chips are in pre and I"m up against 10/J. J on turn and no club or Q to help sees me with the proverbial chip and chair and sharp exit.

Got down to 34th in the $22 MTT and with blinds at 125/250 shoved my remaining 3k with A 10, called by K J and failed to hold up after K & J appear on board.

Also played in a $3 MTT to alleviate boredom more than anything and cashed for the sum of $5.15 after 2 and a half hours of what can only be described as a complete donkfest  ;D

More of the same tonight methinks, hope to see some of you at the tables


Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2011, 20:54:29 PM
Yes more of the same as promised......started the 8.30pm $11 MTT and 20 mins in have got my stack up to 3.2k from 1.5 after a couple of loons decided their A5 and 45 where good against my KK :) after my pre flop raise and a 5 came down on flop lol

Updates to come.....

Newcomer to table at level 3 with 12k chips lol. Thankfully on other side of the table but already putting questions to shorties and outdrawing when he gets called, example in last hand had  jd  5d bet throughout and runner runners a flush, quickly up to over 14k so need to suss this one out. Level 4 40/80 and he"s just called an all in of 910 with J7 against AK, obviously hits the J and busts another. Thankfully next hand I"m up to 4.4k with 4/6 on a 2/3/4/8 board and no takers on turn.

End of level 4 and just got a beating with top2 OOP and run into flopped nut flush  :( down to just over 1k and back to the drawing board. back up to just over 1.5 starting stack after a shove from SB on a A35 flop with A4, get 2 others shove behind so expect the worst and they flip A5 and 24, turn 6 river 7, one guy out and I split with the other :) very lucky boy lol. 2 mins left of 60/120 level so fold/shove time coming up

Out after break with shove on button in open spot with A5 called by A8, 8 played with only 2 overs and ace on board. Damage was done earlier running into that flopped flush ..... chin up and on to next game  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2011, 23:23:54 PM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Quasar on March 15, 2011, 23:30:33 PM

Good luck Grant  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2011, 23:34:32 PM


Good luck Grant  :)


Thanks Debs, I"ll update above :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 16, 2011, 22:42:10 PM
Playing my usual Betfair $22 1500 chips 12 min levels at 11.15pm, would love to see some of you guys there if you can make it  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 17, 2011, 15:57:47 PM
Won"t go into last night in any detail, except to say doubled up in first level with a set of 5"s and some fool thought his J/10 was good on a 10 high flop. I then got stung with pocket 8"s OOP, my raise called pre, c bet with one over K on flop, called again, blank on turn so bet again and called again then gave it up on river. Got creative a while later with 5/6 on a 2/4/J flop, checked to me and my bet called. Another 4 on turn saw villain bet out and call my raise, blank on end and this time the J/10 was actually good  :D

Was downhill from there and not long before i went out my AQ being called by 44 and no help from the board. Only leaves me to say that I found myself getting sucked into the aggro of recent tables I"ve been on, possibly because I doubled my stack early, probably more likely because I lacked focus
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 17, 2011, 18:53:58 PM
So tomorrow will see the Cheltenham Grand Annual Drinking Handicap at Alfredo"s bar in Glasgow, to celebrate all that is good in life with some friends  8) Tonight I"ll warm up with a couple of cold cans while watching the Rangers v PSV game & simultaneously playing the Bronze Freeroll. Currently on a 15c/30c cash table and so far up to $47.

Cheltenham has been a frustrating event up till now, lots of 2nd"s 3rd"s and 4th"s and my downfall of betting to win and not each-way. Today had my bankers doubled, only £10 but Kalahari King didn"t quite make it to join Big Bucks in winners enclosure so will look forward to Gold Cup day tomorrow, win or lose always a very enjoyable time with the guys  :D

Good luck to you all, whatever you"re punting on
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 17, 2011, 21:34:21 PM
Still in freeroll, crazy stuff lol. Currently 40th of 133 left from 804 starters. Top 90 get something, Top 20 get Betfair live sat ticket + cash

Now got Mark Porter on table with me, into last 100 now and on 10k, Mark on 5k

just ignore that, quick switcharound, mark now on 25k after AK and KK shoved, both called and held up :)

And I"m out in 76th, thankfully Mark still going along nicely with 22k.

Finally, well done to Mark, a long drawn out affair to win a $24 ticket + $3.90 but 19th out of 804 runners is very good going.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 21, 2011, 19:58:12 PM
A bit of advice needed here gang on a few hands, honestly want to know if I"m doing the right thing, not a bad beat moan but obviously linked.

First hand up blinds 25/50 and I have 2.8k with  qh qs. Guy in mid position with  ad1 td has 1.25k chips raises to 150 preflop and i re-raise him to 600, he calls. Am I right in believing this is a dumb call, considering I"ve already answered his question and he"s only leaving himself 650 chips behind. Needless to say he hit 2 diamonds on J high flop and he now has odds to call any bet on flop so chips go in and he hits flush on river.

2nd hand need advice on blinds 60/120 I have  tc ts utg so raise to 360, guy behind me min raises to 600 and button shoves for for more than my stack. I lay it down pre flop, again want to know if you"d do the same. The min raiser called the shove with  9c 9d and button flips  ad1 jd. Thankfully he hit his jack but i was scratching me head at the play when I saw the cards.

Final hand I"m keen to get thoughts on, blinds 80/160 I have  kc kh in cut off, EP raises to 480, another calls so i shove my remaining 1.8k. Now if you"re the guy in EP what"s your range for calling?

In addition to above have to say the table wasn"t particularly aggressive, only cards I"d shown in game were QQ twice (Other hand held up against a KQ) and I hadn"t been that involved due to lack of cards and bigger stacks to my right.

Cheers
Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on March 21, 2011, 20:08:55 PM
hand 1 - 3 bet less, say to 450, unless you are last to act in which case jam.

hand 2 - you didn"t put the stacks down so don"t know if this is a bad fold or not - generally speaking it is probably a good pass

hand 3 - nothing wrong here - original raisers range will be pretty wide for calling here. He"s not raising then folding to a 11X shove
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PauletweRoper on March 21, 2011, 20:22:46 PM
I think you made the right decisions in all the hands. But got unlucky on another day you will be glad they made them moves and you will have their chips.
Hand one he made a bad call, he should of either be folding or pushing all in with his chip stack.
Second hand you have seen 2 acts of strength with the min raise then with the shove. You have to lay it down.
Final hand I think you make the right move, personally if I was the early raisers then I"m only calling with the top 4 hands.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 21, 2011, 20:29:50 PM

hand 1 - 3 bet less, say to 450, unless you are last to act in which case jam.

hand 2 - you didn"t put the stacks down so don"t know if this is a bad fold or not - generally speaking it is probably a good pass

hand 3 - nothing wrong here - original raisers range will be pretty wide for calling here. He"s not raising then folding to a 11X shove


hand 2, guy on button jammed for 3.5k and had us both covered
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on March 21, 2011, 20:46:05 PM


hand 1 - 3 bet less, say to 450, unless you are last to act in which case jam.

hand 2 - you didn"t put the stacks down so don"t know if this is a bad fold or not - generally speaking it is probably a good pass

hand 3 - nothing wrong here - original raisers range will be pretty wide for calling here. He"s not raising then folding to a 11X shove


hand 2, guy on button jammed for 3.5k and had us both covered


probably a correct pass then
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 22, 2011, 00:08:32 AM
Cheers for the comments guys, thought I may be losing the plot and was keen to get your opinions. Been getting a real bad run of out draws lately and laying down big starting hands. On the plus side, just got my first ever Royal Flush  ;D

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T5-128855842-38
played at "Table #4" for USD TC from 2011-03-21 19:01 until 2011-03-21 19:02



Seat 2: Santino1967 (775 in chips)  
Seat 3: jopeka1972 (3,650 in chips)  
Seat 4: Adrian_01 (2,390 in chips)  
Seat 5: orestis48 (3,130 in chips)  
Seat 7: viptrek (895 in chips)  
Seat 8: the cabbag27 (5,670 in chips)  
Seat 9: TROVALAFEDE (2,045 in chips)  
Seat 10: laku11 (1,560 in chips)  



ANTES/BLINDS
the cabbag27 posts small blind (40), TROVALAFEDE posts big blind (80),

PRE-FLOP
laku11 folds, Santino1967 raises to 775 and is all-in, jopeka1972 calls 775, Adrian_01 folds, orestis48 folds, viptrek folds, the cabbag27 folds, TROVALAFEDE folds.

FLOP [board cards: TS,TH,3C ]


TURN [board cards: TS,TH,3C,AH ]


RIVER [board cards: TS,TH,3C,AH,KH ]


SHOWDOWN
Santino1967 shows [ JH,QH ]
jopeka1972 shows [ 8C,8S ]
Santino1967 wins 1,670.



SUMMARY
Dealer: viptrek
Pot: 1,670
Santino1967, bets 775, collects 1,670, net 895
jopeka1972, loses 775
Adrian_01, loses 0
orestis48, loses 0
viptrek, loses 0
the cabbag27, loses 40
TROVALAFEDE, loses 80
laku11, loses 0


Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Quasar on March 22, 2011, 00:29:34 AM


waiting for the double up  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on March 22, 2011, 00:31:00 AM

Cheers for the comments guys, thought I may be losing the plot and was keen to get your opinions. Been getting a real bad run of out draws lately and laying down big starting hands. On the plus side, just got my first ever Royal Flush  ;D

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T5-128855842-38
played at "Table #4" for USD TC from 2011-03-21 19:01 until 2011-03-21 19:02



Seat 2: Santino1967 (775 in chips)  
Seat 3: jopeka1972 (3,650 in chips)  
Seat 4: Adrian_01 (2,390 in chips)  
Seat 5: orestis48 (3,130 in chips)  
Seat 7: viptrek (895 in chips)  
Seat 8: the cabbag27 (5,670 in chips)  
Seat 9: TROVALAFEDE (2,045 in chips)  
Seat 10: laku11 (1,560 in chips)  



ANTES/BLINDS
the cabbag27 posts small blind (40), TROVALAFEDE posts big blind (80),

PRE-FLOP
laku11 folds, Santino1967 raises to 775 and is all-in, jopeka1972 calls 775, Adrian_01 folds, orestis48 folds, viptrek folds, the cabbag27 folds, TROVALAFEDE folds.

FLOP [board cards: TS,TH,3C ]


TURN [board cards: TS,TH,3C,AH ]


RIVER [board cards: TS,TH,3C,AH,KH ]


SHOWDOWN
Santino1967 shows [ JH,QH ]
jopeka1972 shows [ 8C,8S ]
Santino1967 wins 1,670.



SUMMARY
Dealer: viptrek
Pot: 1,670
Santino1967, bets 775, collects 1,670, net 895
jopeka1972, loses 775
Adrian_01, loses 0
orestis48, loses 0
viptrek, loses 0
the cabbag27, loses 40
TROVALAFEDE, loses 80
laku11, loses 0





way things were going wonder you won that one  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 22, 2011, 01:51:41 AM



waiting for the double up  ;)


Cheers for railing Debs, glad I made it to cash but shame about the end result and $41 for the hard work lol.

True Ger, been a bit of a rough time lately. Thankfully made use of my royal flush chips to build enough to cash in 14th, with the help and encouragement of the lovely Debs.....and winning a race against a shortie for a change with 5/6 v 3/3  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Quasar on March 22, 2011, 18:37:20 PM


thanks Grant, not so lovely this morning when I had to get up for work lol

You played well and at least you cashed. The win next time  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 23, 2011, 02:05:05 AM
Tonights experience went a bit like this.......played a couple of 5c/10c tables and got up to $26 & $15 dollars in a pretty short spell, trip 5"s becoming a FH against a flush helping the cause. Someone joins the former to my right with half buy in and starts to go a bit aggro, every few hands just shoving all in pre when no raise came in before him :D After stealing a few blinds and on his BB I deliberately limped utg with  ah qh , 2 others limped along before he reached for both barrels and in went his $5+ so I immediately shove behind, one of limpers punts his last $3+ behind and cards go over. Villain has  kd  7c and limper has  :as:  8h

Flop comes  ad1  qd  7h , life is good but turn and river provide 2 more diamonds and villain almost trebles up  :D Never mind, such is life and all that, I"ll get it back from him pretty soon, no probs.......he immediately left the table! Lost another pot on other table soon after with AA v JJ all in on turn with 10 high board and three hearts with ace in my hand, obviously other player binked J diamonds on river. Decided to end the cash games a while later with a little added to the bankroll.

Played the usual $22 tourney at 11.15, played like a clown, went out 70th & no more poker for me for the night  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: monkeyman on March 23, 2011, 22:01:46 PM
Mmm, thought I"d seen your name lurking in the Betfair microstakes tables again. Welcome to my world
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 23, 2011, 23:11:09 PM

Mmm, thought I"d seen your name lurking in the Betfair microstakes tables again. Welcome to my world


Hope to bump into you again soon Simon, it"ll be fun  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 24, 2011, 01:00:24 AM
Feeling pretty sick right now in $22 game, just been runner-runnered to consecutive straights against shorties when i held dominating hands against them with KQ v KJ and QJ v Q10. Amazingly I"m still in tourney, now 15th of 25 from 116 starters but should be up with the big stacks  >:(

Ah well, 2 hours of solid play to build a nice stack, outdone by 2 sick outdraws and I"m out 18th with top 15 cashing. Ever played really well at golf but your ball continuously hits the wrong bit of slope or divets and ends up in a bunker or rough. Kinda how frustrating poker is at the moment for me.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 24, 2011, 03:58:47 AM
Just for Bainn  :D

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, R5-129406586-1186
played at "Teneriffa" for USD RM from 2011-03-23 22:55 until 2011-03-23 22:56



Seat 1: vannu ($11.16 in chips)  
Seat 2: .GPK ($15.26 in chips)  
Seat 4: sds252008 ($21.27 in chips)  
Seat 5: Ruim81 ($19.55 in chips)  
Seat 6: maxlane ($3.66 in chips)  
Seat 7: rejax ($10 in chips)  
Seat 8: Iansult ($8.37 in chips)  
Seat 9: Santino1967 ($10.75 in chips)  
Seat 10: Arii_XSI ($9.58 in chips)  



ANTES/BLINDS
sds252008 posts small blind ($0.05), Ruim81 posts big blind ($0.10),

PRE-FLOP
maxlane folds, rejax folds, Iansult folds, Santino1967 raises to $0.30, Arii_XSI calls $0.30, vannu folds, .GPK calls $0.30, sds252008 folds, Ruim81 folds.

FLOP [board cards: 6S,QC,JS ]
Santino1967 bets $0.70, Arii_XSI folds, .GPK calls $0.70.

TURN [board cards: 6S,QC,JS,5C ]
Santino1967 bets $1.75, .GPK folds.

SHOWDOWN
Santino1967 wins $2.33.



SUMMARY
Dealer: .GPK
Pot: $2.45, (including rake: $0.12)
vannu, loses $0
.GPK, loses $1
sds252008, loses $0.05
Ruim81, loses $0.10
maxlane, loses $0
rejax, loses $0
Iansult, loses $0
Santino1967, bets $1, collects $2.33, net $1.33
Arii_XSI, loses $0.30


Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 29, 2011, 03:03:17 AM
Was cursing the fact that my usual $22 game at 11.15 was bombed due to Betfair maintenance so decided for a bit of a laugh to join the madness of the Betfair freeroll, after bombing out the Furness friendly.

To cut a long story short....from 680 runners I put in my best performance of 2011 to finish 2nd for the almighty sum of $2.04  :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Freeroll28thMarch.png)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: mporter123 on March 29, 2011, 12:35:13 PM
Nice cash Grant, I wish I ran as good as you.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 29, 2011, 16:48:43 PM

Nice cash Grant, I wish I ran as good as you.


;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 30, 2011, 11:06:57 AM
Got a request for jury duty through 2 weeks ago for this morning so came in from work last night after midnight and didn"t really see any point in playing due to early rise. Got up at 7.30 am plenty of time for 9.30 show at court, drove 15 mile round trip into town, pay £3 parking (which I"m now told I can"t claim back  ??? ) walk rest of the way and go through security check at court.

Hand my jury citation over at reception desk and receptionist enquires "Did you call the jury line last night sir?"
"Yes" says I, "Unfortunately the wrong message was on the automated reply" says he "and you won"t be required today"

What a complete waste of feckin time, energy, fuel and money.....not to mention the fact that I"m working again till midnight tonight and probably need to go through the process again tomorrow  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: SirPercival on March 30, 2011, 11:28:25 AM
I would love to do jury duty. Never been asked though :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on March 30, 2011, 12:57:54 PM
I was supposed to do Jury service a couple of years ago but due to work I was unable to attend. It was the Coroners court (is that spelt right) the trial lasted 3 months  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: samuel_9 on March 30, 2011, 13:02:40 PM

I was supposed to do Jury service a couple of years ago but due to work I was unable to attend. It was the Coroners court (is that spelt right) the trial lasted 3 months  :P
caranors
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 01, 2011, 12:29:12 PM
So far so good, no jury duty yet  ;D

On another matter, just looking at the London Live thread reminded me of APAT World Final at The Vic in 2008. Someone on the thread is mentioning celeb spotting so please don"t make the mistake I made of being drunk when I met Willie Chan (obv Tann)  :D

Sorry Willie, I can only blame the fact that the old firm game was shown earlier that day on the casino big screen.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 02, 2011, 01:13:57 AM
Aggro Table, happy days so far

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T5-131694825-4
played at "Table #8" for USD TC from 2011-04-01 19:06 until 2011-04-01 19:08
 
Seat 1: skez_x (5,060 in chips)  
Seat 2: Santino1967 (2,560 in chips)  
Seat 3: peter24979 (2,480 in chips)  
Seat 4: wiszkis76 (1,950 in chips)  
Seat 5: _mus_ (2,440 in chips)  
Seat 6: FrauLangsau (1,830 in chips)  
Seat 7: paulomatos51 (2,440 in chips)  
Seat 8: PALATIANH7 (2,500 in chips)  
Seat 10: BennyLinder (3,420 in chips)  
 
ANTES/BLINDS
paulomatos51 posts small blind (10), PALATIANH7 posts big blind (20),

PRE-FLOP
BennyLinder folds, skez_x raises to 80, Santino1967 calls 80, peter24979 calls 80, wiszkis76 calls 80, _mus_ folds, FrauLangsau folds, paulomatos51 folds, PALATIANH7 folds.

FLOP [board cards: 9C,6C,8C ]
skez_x checks, Santino1967 bets 260, peter24979 folds, wiszkis76 raises to 1,870 and is all-in, skez_x folds, Santino1967 calls 1,870.

TURN [board cards: 9C,6C,8C,QC ]

RIVER [board cards: 9C,6C,8C,QC,TC ]

SHOWDOWN
wiszkis76 shows [ 9H,7H ]
Santino1967 shows [ JH,JC ]
Santino1967 wins 4,090.
 
SUMMARY
Dealer: FrauLangsau
Pot: 4,090
skez_x, loses 80
Santino1967, bets 1,950, collects 4,090, net 2,140
peter24979, loses 80
wiszkis76, loses 1,950
_mus_, loses 0
FrauLangsau, loses 0
paulomatos51, loses 10
PALATIANH7, loses 20
BennyLinder, loses 0


Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 02, 2011, 14:24:27 PM
Ah well, last night finished 26th and back to same old story of only variance actually coming in my direction in later stages is that of which particular side of my groin I"m actually gonna get kicked  :o

Exit hand last night a prime example, with the guy on my left raising any preflop limpers and guy 2 to his left mopping up any that he misses I deliberately limped in cut off with AQ at 125/250 with 3.7k. Guy on my left duly obliges to raise to 1k every1 folds and I shove the lot. He calls and I caught him with Q9  ;) Happy Happy happy, very unhappy when 9 hit river  :"(

Got up to 8k earlier on in game after my early double up with my over pair JJ which ended up becoming the straight flush and a set of 6"s that got paid off nicely, then had a sick hand that donked a fair stack of my chips. Again another JJ which i raised with pre flop and got called. Flop came JQK so i bet out and get flatted, turn came K and same pattern of play so i"m now a bit concerned about a bigger boat. I check called on river when a ******* Q came down and found villain with K 10  >:(

Back to hitting great drives again only to end up in the sand, but onwards to next game happy that it"s not how I"m playing, just bad old rotten luck.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Quasar on April 02, 2011, 14:32:01 PM

Unlucky Grant  :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 06, 2011, 13:42:10 PM
Finally sorted out my bankroll at Betfair and deposited $300 in 888 and played my first game on their site last night. Missed first 45 minutes as i wasn"t home from work yet then settled down with my 3k chips with blinds at 40/80. Watched a few hands to get a feel for it and saw an ugly amount of limping preflop, generally 6/7 handed with nobody having a clue where they were after the flop.

First hand I played in cut off had  8c  9c with 2 limpers already in so raised it up 3*, button and one of limpers called me. Lovely bingo flop of  7c  ts  jc   ;) , action goes check, I bet 480, button min raises to 960, EP folds and in went my remaining 2.2k chips. Button calls flips 10/7 and spikes another 10 to send me packing  :D

Very short and not very sweet, but a good taste of what maybe in store on 888.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on April 06, 2011, 15:04:58 PM
Very short and not very sweet, but a good taste of what maybe in store on 888.


Very unlucky Grant. If I had a fiver for every time I"ve been rivered on 888 I could retire. Oh wait...  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 06, 2011, 16:03:51 PM
Shame it was  th and not the  tc he spiked, but that"s poker.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 07, 2011, 13:35:04 PM
Played the Newcastle sat last night and got up to around 10k at one point before running AA into 88 on an 8 high all hearts flop with the ace in my hand. All went in and the 8"s held so left me pretty short. Shoved in open spot about 10 mins later with A6 and ran into AK behind. Well done to the 4 who binked a seat, look forward to seeing you all down there  8)
Played my first 888 cash table last night but kept it low at 5c/10c as I"ve limited my deposit and hope to build my account. Started with $10 and finished with $36+ so happy with return and will dabble further again tonight.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 09, 2011, 22:42:17 PM
playing my first PLo game on 888 to brush off the cobwebs before Newcastle. Currently 9th of 25 from 89 runners so happy with play thus far. Blinds up every 10 mins so will get going again pretty soon I imagine
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 10, 2011, 19:50:08 PM
Finished my PLO tourney in 19th last night and doubled my $10 buy in on a PLO cash table. Worthwhile exercise to get some play in and sharpen up the skills before the Home Internationals. Now to league business tonight  ;D  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 19, 2011, 04:12:23 AM
Been playing some PLO cash for practice before Newcastle but decided to play $11 MTT on 888 tonight for a change. Made my first 888 FT from 251 runners so happy with my play and see where it goes from here  8)

Finished 5th for $198, fairly happy with result despite having a calling station ARCMike on my left, floating every raise I made and getting lucky (e.g. raise with 66 he calls pre and calls 3/4 bet on a J/10/10 flop turn brings another J and he couterfeits me with 8/9  >:(

Still happy with result and almost doubled my new 888 account ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: SirPercival on April 19, 2011, 09:17:24 AM
Nice one Grant.

Save all your "one time" tokens for thursday/friday!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 19, 2011, 12:37:07 PM

Nice one Grant.

Save all your "one time" tokens for thursday/friday!


Yeah will do Stu and hope to have a few reserves for saturday/sunday as well  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 22, 2011, 09:15:09 AM
Great time at the Home International 1st day, won some and lost some but got a few points on the board for the team and happy with my play over all (no brromsticks required lol). Looking forward to day 2, good fun regardless of outcome but hope we can take it down. Brilliant catching up with all the APAT gang again  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 23, 2011, 12:59:55 PM
Had a couple of hours reflection on the Home International game when I got back to the hotel. Have to say huge congratulations to the wales A Team, to get all 4 players on to the FT from 32 runners is pretty fantastic. On our team performance I can only say that we gave ourselves a chance from Thursday evening"s SnG"s, leading by 7 after both rounds 1 & 2 then being only 2 behind England B overnight after round 3. Also have to give a shout out individually to Andy Kingan of the England B Team, who played superbly consistent over the 2 days and was a pleasure to share a table with (when he wasn"t taking my chips  :D )

Final day saw us under a fair amount of pressure after mediocre scoring in the heads up, though I loved my 2 games against Steve Roderick (great game that swung back and forth but ended in defeat after about 50 minutes) and against Ger Smyth Jnr ( again a great game, poor Ger seemed to hit middle pair every time I had top pair, got low in chips and clawed them back, then finally re-raised my button raise with 55 and ran into my AA).

The MTT was a very mixed bag that became a different monster after the early exit of team mates Ian and a while later Stu. I decided at that point to try to build chips as getting deep into the points was about the only way we could possibly win over all. Needless to say that plan backfired when i tried to rob Dan Owston with 3/4  :-[

So 5th place at the finale and feel like I"ve just watched Black Swan again over the past 2 days, a nice beginning, a strange middle and very much a WTF ending!

Now set for the individual UK Championship and can play my own game without considering team position, scoring, responsibility etc. Sure I"ll be just as focussed though and looking forward to meeting up with the gang again.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 24, 2011, 22:49:58 PM
A very disappointing UK Amateur game was had in the end, particularly the nature of my exit which stung for a while. Was down to just over 5k at 100/200 with 6/6 in the small blind when cut off (Andy Blair) raised to 550. Wasn"t uncommon on table 5 to have raising on my right with Tod Wood in between and John Murray just beyond Andy so I flat called to see the flop and was very happy to see 2/2/10 and checked it back to Andy. He bet 500, I raised to 1800 and he shoved. I called believing i was ahead and caught him at the rob with K/6os. Looking good to get back above starting stack until King on river busted me  :(

I was obviously fuming at Andy"s play, he said he thought he"d get me off the hand but with a re-raise and half my stack already in there what did he hope I had that I would lay down by then?

Anyway, still had a great few days with the APAT crew, just a bit deflated at the end and was glad to be heading home at lunch time today after a few beers to dull the pain last night  ;D

See you all on the virtual felt very soon and hope to catch up in person at the Scottish in July (Cardiff would be nice but Anne goes on holiday on 27th May so babysitting duties for me lol)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 15, 2011, 20:47:04 PM
Very disappointing quick exit from the Online league game (again). Picked up AA in BB, 3 bet to 240 after iunitial raise from EP to 80, chips all in on 8/10/J flop and of course set of 10"s flipped FML.

Same question keeps rearing it"s ugly head after the online league games........why am i playing so poorly? TBH I have no idea but the hand above is a prime example. With a starting stack of 3k and 15 minute blinds I should be able to see the hands out there that are beating me and pick a better spot. I do it often enough in other tournaments and cash tables but seem to be lacking focus on a Sunday night when I need it. Let the Glasgow team down again by scoring nil points and need to get my act together.

Answers on a postcard please!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Mikeyboy9361 on May 16, 2011, 09:00:11 AM
Can"t really remember how the betting went in this hand Grant, other than I think you could have got away from it. You got married to the Rockets, was I really going to call off all my chips with just one pair. Unlucky though always sick to lose with Aces.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 17, 2011, 01:44:39 AM

Can"t really remember how the betting went in this hand Grant, other than I think you could have got away from it. You got married to the Rockets, was I really going to call off all my chips with just one pair. Unlucky though always sick to lose with Aces.


Yeah Mikey definitely should"ve got away from it, I checked flop to you, you bet half pot, i raised to 1000, you re-raised and I shoved. You gave me the answer with the re-raise and you"re right I fell in love with the rockets. I"m sure I would lay that down in other games after you re-raise my 1000 and that"s why I"m sure it"s a sunday night online league thing. Haven"t performed well in many of the games at all.

Cheers for the input mate
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 04, 2011, 22:36:09 PM
Haven"t been on forum for a while, been dodging tournaments to grind low stakes 5c/10c cash tables on 888 in hope of building my bankroll up. In past month gone from $180 up to $300 back down to $200 and currently $250 after my $22 satellite buy in for the Scottish.

So glad I won my seat coz I"m working on Thursday night when sale goes ahead and off to the small event that is my annual pilgrimage to T In The Park for the weekend afterwards. Yep, only 4 sleeps till the music and partying begins in Balado, really can"t wait  8)

Good luck to everyone else in satellites over the next couple of days.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 06, 2011, 13:42:18 PM
Sigh sigh sigh, bad couple of nights at cash tables and down to $190 now. Run really bad and lady luck failed me miserably, a couple of hands stand out in particular as being a bit on the harsh side.

:as:  :2s: in BB, raised to 3* in MP, one caller in LP and I decide to see a flop...happy days  qs  8s  4s. I bet out 70c, original raiser pops it up to 2.50, LP calls and i obv ship it all in. MP calls for his stack and LP folds. He flips QQ and board pairs on river FML.

Worse was to come, again in BB with  :2d:  :2h: and LP raises after 2 limpers and i go set mining. Happy happy happy when flop comes  4c  :2s:  4h :). Same again i bet out, get raised etc etc etc he flips JJ. Another 4 on river counterfeits me FML again and again and again lol.

Just a bad run and know that it"ll swing back again if I just play my usual game so no worries. Will prob play tonight after work then a few days off poker to enjoy the wonder of T In The Park  8)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: mporter123 on July 06, 2011, 18:50:34 PM
Betting out these flops is kinda gross. Not sure there is an arguement for doing it? Especially the second hand where villain will c bet so much of the time. Hands are coolers so wouldnt change the outcome but potential for missed value. Just out of interest what other hands would you be leading out with in these spots? If your doing the same with a lot of your range then I guess its better but so many people just auto raise these donk bets even at the micros.

T in the park line up looks awesome, enjoy it!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on July 06, 2011, 21:47:39 PM



T in the park line up looks awesome, enjoy it!


The weather forecast on the other hand  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 06, 2011, 23:45:33 PM

Betting out these flops is kinda gross. Not sure there is an arguement for doing it? Especially the second hand where villain will c bet so much of the time. Hands are coolers so wouldnt change the outcome but potential for missed value. Just out of interest what other hands would you be leading out with in these spots? If your doing the same with a lot of your range then I guess its better but so many people just auto raise these donk bets even at the micros.

T in the park line up looks awesome, enjoy it!


Hi Mark

On these low level cash tables I"ll lead out with just about anything, hit, miss, draw or complete air regardless of flop. By leading out I"m building the pot for myself if anyone comes along for the ride. If nobody does then so be it, take it down and move on to next hand.

Ian, bring on the rain and mud, at T In The Park it makes no difference  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on July 06, 2011, 23:51:58 PM
Enjoy m8, I look forward to another FT with you, in Glasgow maybe?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 01, 2011, 08:35:12 AM
What can I say about the weekend of the APAT Scottish Amateur Final? Too much at the moment but enough for now to say I loved meeting up with everyone again, loved playing against many of you and the overall experience of winning the title is still a bit head spinning just now.

Can"t recall too many hands right now but a few flopped flushes and straights spring to mind along with my epic bluff against Scouse with 6/7 which binked me 2 pairs on the turn and river  :D . I"m sure I played a pretty solid game 95% of the time, made some bold moves on occasion and put myself out there in order to win the it. I got a huge (few) chunk(s) of luck over the 2 days, no doubt about that, flopping flush over flush against Scouse (again) to bust him out was very harsh on him and fortunate on me.

Great weekend gang, hope there"ll be many more to come soon  ;D

Fat Charlie Sheen

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on August 01, 2011, 11:30:58 AM
You got to run good to win and you did just that, solid game Grant. Good to see you agin.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Donka on August 01, 2011, 13:28:17 PM
Congrats on winning mate. Played like a gent.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: mporter123 on August 01, 2011, 16:38:06 PM
Congratulations Grant, was pleased to see you TID.

Are you playing the WCOAP? Will you be buying a pair of oversized headphones?

I hope this diary becomes instantly more Ballaaa... I am expecting tales of credit card roulette and VIP games at DTD!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: scouse3465 on August 02, 2011, 13:13:15 PM
congrats again mate , and glad it was you who coolered me ! as for the 67 hand you jammy git lol !! Made up for ya going on and taking it down hope to see ya again soon fella  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Cyntaf on August 02, 2011, 17:19:29 PM
Hey Grant, sorry i missed the weekend(no not just Apat, the whole weekend). Hehe!

Anyway, congrats mate, so pleased you won a gold. You are a star matey, hope to see you in Nottingham.

Cheers Paul Mac :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 02, 2011, 23:40:02 PM
Cheers again gang, had so much support and good wishes through here and my facebook wall, it"s really very surprising but just confirms what a great bunch of mates and poker players i have. i"m a lucky man.

Just reading some bits and pieces about the game and actually wasn"t quite aware how aggressive i was during the game. I recall the first 3 levels getting very little cards and having the patience of a saint, commented at one point that I"d seen 6/2os at least 7 times in first 2 hours. I pretty much built my stack on day 1 to 63k by not getting involved with anything that didn"t have serious potential, especially with a set miner 2 seats to my left and a table full of real potential, including my heads up opponnent Jamie, Richard Baker (18th) and Mark Lockhart (very unlucky to finish 8th) . Yeah I binked some serious flops and got a few cheap/free cards to river a few (Debs Duncan was on the wrong end of a 4 flushed ace of spades  ::) when she rivered the broadway)

Day 2 started with me 7th in chips planning to be cautious (wary of bubbling  :-\ ), but 2 short stacks changed that plan by shoving all in against me when i picked up pocket 10s and pocket kings early on. I very quickly ended up with a very playable stack of 140k then got more creative (that 6/7 hand against Scouse springs to mind). I found myself chip leader and the bubble bursting sooner than I had expected, really sorry it happened to Glasgow team mate Craig Rattray, especially after he built his stack up on day 2 from 38k to over 100.

Once we hit FT I became focussed on only 1 prize. Sounds arrogant at my level with my experience but my first 2 objectives (make day 2 then don"t bubble again) had already been achieved and I was now freerolling on a $20 satellite. More than anything I now wanted "my Scottish" trophy.

YeahI got aggressive from that point on and yo-yo"d quite significantly. On seeing the FT spectator standing acrioss from me with his Charlie Sheen "Winning" T-shirt, hearing Rob had changed his avatar to same and then escaping a huge donk against Jon Bannerman when he gave my all in shove some serious consideration before calling me on a 446 flop with AK against my A7. I luckily paired thae board and split the pot, Andy Duncan commented "that trophy has your name on it" and i actually believed it. Busting Martin with my runner runner flush when I"d plumped for my open end straight draw just confirmed things really 8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 05, 2011, 23:12:25 PM
So the morning after the night before saw us head up to Aberfeldy for an already planned few days away. 4 days without poker (planned), almost without internet (unplanned - damn wi-fi in amongst the hills) and without alcohol (aye right!). Had a fantastic time, the scenery was pretty awesome and always good for the soul. A few pics below, the final one for Scouse especially - get yer lips round that fella (see below)

Aberfeldy
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AberfeldyAug2011006.jpg)

Schiehallion
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AberfeldyAug2011008.jpg)

River Tummel from Pitlochry Dam
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AberfeldyAug2011052.jpg)

Loch Tay
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AberfeldyAug2011037.jpg)

Braemar Princess Royal Stadium
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AberfeldyAug2011086.jpg)

Me and Anne (the badge Scouse, not the cigar  :D )
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AberfeldyAug2011070-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on August 07, 2011, 10:33:36 AM
Just returned home from two weeks away. I missed it all, no internet, no nothing.

VWP Grant, many congratulations ! Hope to see you at DTD.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 08, 2011, 00:56:06 AM

Just returned home from two weeks away. I missed it all, no internet, no nothing.

VWP Grant, many congratulations ! Hope to see you at DTD.


Cheers Ian, sounds like the kind of holiday we all need  ;) Down to work the DTD weekend, so far swapped the Sunday so just need a kind soul to fix the Saturday and I"m there.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 08, 2011, 22:56:52 PM
Got my seat for the APAT WCOAP and now looking forward to my next APAT adventure. Attempted about 6 times to book a room with Travelodge to join Pables, Phil & the gang at the Wollaton, but on each occasion was declined (don"t they know who I am????  :D )

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 09, 2011, 12:41:44 PM

Got my seat for the APAT WCOAP and now looking forward to my next APAT adventure. Attempted about 6 times to book a room with Travelodge to join Pables, Phil & the gang at the Wollaton, but on each occasion was declined (don"t they know who I am????  :D )




gave up on Travelodge after calls to my bank and Travelodge didn"t reslove the problem. Now booked at Hylands, fairly close in Queens Rd. I"ll be driving down sometime on the Saturday and happy to take any travellers from Glasgow/M74 areas. PM me if you would like a lift.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 09, 2011, 14:36:01 PM
To be seen at a DTD table near you at the end of August, I really couldn"t help myself  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/CharlieSheenWinning.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Foggy on August 09, 2011, 15:42:40 PM
Would that be small, medium, large, xl, or above
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 09, 2011, 16:14:32 PM

To be seen at a DTD table near you at the end of August, I really couldn"t help myself  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/CharlieSheenWinning.jpg)


Hopefully (maybe optimistically) Large will suffice  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 14, 2011, 12:00:40 PM
Carnage last night on 888 cash tables, thankfully still low level 5 c/10c but took a hell of a beating. memorable hands included AA busted by AK after 3/4/5 betting and all in pre (KK on flop  >:( ), QJ turned into a FH and chopped FFS, turned straights twice rivered by flushes etc etc etc and so on and so on..........
Gave up at $30 down, followed Rob"s progress at UKIPT despite the poor PS updates and hoping to cheer him to victory today when i finish work at 2pm. Get it sorted Rob and take it down mate, couldn"t happen to a nicer guy so glglglglgl 8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on August 15, 2011, 01:23:28 AM

Carnage last night on 888 cash tables, thankfully still low level 5c/10c but took a hell of a beating. memorable hands included AA busted by AK after 3/4/5 betting and all in pre (KK on flop  >:( ), QJ turned into a FH and chopped FFS, turned straights twice rivered by flushes etc etc etc and so on and so on..........
Gave up at $30 down, followed Rob"s progress at UKIPT despite the poor PS updates and hoping to cheer him to victory today when i finish work at 2pm. Get it sorted Rob and take it down mate, couldn"t happen to a nicer guy so glglglglgl 8)


Hi grant...I as you know play the same levels....for now...lol...I played a lil tonight..quickly lost 4 buy ins.....really annoying....but felt I was playing ok,n it was simply varience....I managed to win back 5 buy ins....so happy enough...I"m aiming to take shots at the nxt level soon....

My question to you is what is your criteria for moving up?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 15, 2011, 15:01:17 PM


Carnage last night on 888 cash tables, thankfully still low level 5c/10c but took a hell of a beating. memorable hands included AA busted by AK after 3/4/5 betting and all in pre (KK on flop  >:( ), QJ turned into a FH and chopped FFS, turned straights twice rivered by flushes etc etc etc and so on and so on..........
Gave up at $30 down, followed Rob"s progress at UKIPT despite the poor PS updates and hoping to cheer him to victory today when i finish work at 2pm. Get it sorted Rob and take it down mate, couldn"t happen to a nicer guy so glglglglgl 8)


Hi grant...I as you know play the same levels....for now...lol...I played a lil tonight..quickly lost 4 buy ins.....really annoying....but felt I was playing ok,n it was simply varience....I managed to win back 5 buy ins....so happy enough...I"m aiming to take shots at the nxt level soon....

My question to you is what is your criteria for moving up?


You"ll probably get different answers to this Chas and would be worth starting a new thread in General Poker page. My philosophy is basically if I"m regularly winning at a certain level and building my bankroll and I then have the bankroll of 50 buy-ins at the higher level then I"ll move up. At the moment I have the bankroll to go up to 10c/20c but recently been yo-yoing up and down on 5 c/10c and not consistently rising so I"ll wait for now.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 15, 2011, 15:28:42 PM
On the poker front had a lot of fun last night and got some of my recent losses back. Basically over a space of 10 minutes on one of my tables i turned $9 into over $40 because a Mexican guy named Gamas (serial 3/4 BB raiser) went on mega-tilt, here"s a wee summary of what happened.

First hand that started it was 4 way limped hand on my BB when i had J/7os. Flop came Q/7/3 rainbow and Gamas half pot bet after i checked, another guy called so i flat as well to see the turn. Turn gives me trip 7 so i check again coz I"m sure Gamas has the Q. He duly fires a half pot bet again, 2nd guy folds, I raise, gams re-raises i shove and he stupidly called with the Q and raggy kicker. No further help for him and he doubled me up.

He proceeded to give me some very personal abuse in the chat box, along the lines of you fishyyyyy piece if sh****t, you such a puuuuuu**y etc etc. I happily replied he"d been eating too much chilli coz of the amount of hot air he was blowing out of his a**  :D

Very very soon after he raised UTG to $1 and I picked up AQs on the button. I typed in chat box why don"t I let you win some back and shoved my $18+ all in, he insta called with A/10os and got no help again  ;D. Again a load of verbal came in my direction and I just had a good laugh at this guy blowing up.

Very next hand on his BB I had one limper to my right and I picked up KK, decided to limp as well fully expecting Mr Gamas to do the raising for me and he gladly obliged making it $2 to play. I had already started typing in the chat box Ok one more chance is all I"m giving you and shoved my stack in the middle. He called with A8s and re-loaded again  :D

So there"s the lesson for today, you feel like your tilting, click that "sit out" button, go make a cuppa, have a smoke, anything to get your head together for 5 minutes and let the pressure drop.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 16, 2011, 12:42:42 PM
The wee man"s going back to school tomorrow and it can"t come soon enough. Our summer has been so bad that I"ve almost felt as though I"ve been grounded by Annie Apple due to the number of days he"s been stuck indoors (and me stuck with him  >:( ). Glasgow summer seems to have just blended into autumn around the 2nd of July, we"ve been more wet up here than a synchronised swimming team gearing up for next years olympics.

Never mind, only 11 sleeps till I head to Nottingham for the APAT adventure that is the WCOAP. Anyone have any memories of The Vic in 2008 they"d care to share?  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 16, 2011, 16:43:21 PM
What was I saying about yo-yoing at the 5c/10c level a few posts ago. Was up about 2.5 buy ins earlier and going along nicely till I hit nut flush on turn, got rivered by a 2 paired house. Then raised with Q/Q had a re-raise behind and flat called. On a 9/9/2 flop, it all went the shape of the pear with a raggy 5 on the turn running into 9/9 (bizarrely 3rd day in a row I"ve run an overpair up against quads  :"( )

Hey ho, on we go. Poker off for a while, dust myself down and get it going again later  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 17, 2011, 00:41:55 AM
Got my daughter Corinne and her fiance Jordon coming over for dinner tomorrow. "What time will I pick you up"? I ask, "Say about half 6" she replies. What to do about my 13 year old stepson Cameron who could eat for Britain if you let him? Methinks better feed him early before he goes Resident Evil on me  :o
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 19, 2011, 16:14:07 PM
I hate gutshots, that is all!  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 24, 2011, 22:27:58 PM
A couple of decent days, going steadily upwards again in the bankroll, helped today by a lovely royal flush of clubs and quad 2"s. Not bad despite having AA busted by QQ yesterday and KK runner runner flushed when all in against JJ on 8 high flop.

Great to see the Glasgow team and mini-event on 1st October gathering momentum http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=9406.msg152924#msg152924

Really looking forward to DTD on Saturday, always great meeting up with everyone, just need an invite to a Tighty Sit n Go over the weekend and my life will be complete  ;D GL to everyone in the team and side events before I get there on Saturday, I"ll be railing with interest as ever.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on August 24, 2011, 22:43:02 PM
I had a club Royal last week and made $3 dollars, quite good really as the straight flush I had about 3 hands earlier only made me 77c.

See you the weekend m8

Ian

ps McGuigan BIN No 736 Shiraz Viognier, bit rough at first then slowly smooths itself out, in Wollaton Travelodge prob early night........... stud tomorrow!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 24, 2011, 22:54:10 PM

I had a club Royal last week and made $3 dollars, quite good really as the straight flush I had about 3 hands earlier only made me 77c.

See you the weekend m8

Ian

ps McGuigan BIN No 736 Shiraz Viognier, bit rough at first then slowly smooths itself out, in Wollaton Travelodge prob early night........... stud tomorrow!


GL in the stud game mate, looking forward to catching up with you all Saturday  8) And now onto writing up my recollection of my last WCOAP in 2008 at The Vic (Ger, Mickey P etc can fill in the blanks lol)..........
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 24, 2011, 23:23:27 PM
What can i say about the WCOAP at The Vic in 2008? Probably not as much as some others could say tbh  :D Amazingly it was my last WCOAP and I"m stunned that 3 years have passed already and I missed 2 others.

Started Saturday on a tough table including Nigel Johnson, Jeldon Fernandez, Mark Redshaw and we had some early casualties, notably Mark on all-in flop with a nut flush draw with Jeldon flopping the 7-J staright. Took me a while to get going but I progressed slowly through the day while Nigel and Jeldon seemed to be hoovering up on a regular basis. I went out fairly late on the Saturday night and was then left with the full day Sunday to enjoy a few shandies as my hotel and flight were booked for the Monday.

So Sunday had none other than the Old Firm game screend live at the casino, followed by some dross churned out by the EPL (possibly Liverpool v ****nal but not really sure by the time I got to the 4pm kick off, maybe slight inebriation to blame for this  :o). At about 7pm and after a few (?) lagers, followed by a few (?) Jack D & coke I decided in my drunken wisdom to play a £1/£1 cash table (NB all you younger players out there, wisdom and drunken should never be accompanied by anything resembling poker)

I recall having around £90 in my pocket so cashed £50 of it to sit in the game. Realising I only had 50 BBs I decided not to get too involved but was forced on my first SB with Q/10 and others flatting/folding before me. the flop brought Q/10/2 and with £6 in the pot I bet out £4 only for the BB to min raise and a guy in LP to call so i duly added my other £4. Turn brought the bingo Q so I put out a £12 bet into the £30 pot, BB min raised again guy in LP called so I duly shoved my remainder. BB shoved behind (selfish bas***d scared off the LP guy  :D ) and he flipped 10/10. Glad to say that single hand sent me on my way to turning that £50 into £750 by the time I left The Vic at 2am(ish).

During that 6/7 hours there were a few more drinks consumed, a bit of lively banter at and around the table, a very unfortunate introduction to Willie Chan  :-[ (more inebriation to blame for that 1) and some would say a bit of chastising from the management  ::). There was the occasional railing from a few of you APAT"ers but much of this I have no memory of, so please feel free to fill in the blanks  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on August 24, 2011, 23:39:01 PM
sounds idyllic  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on August 24, 2011, 23:40:27 PM

sounds idyllic  ;D


LOL it was Epic
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on August 24, 2011, 23:47:52 PM
I just remember speaking to you in breaks, asking if you had lost it yet, but you just kept on felting anyone and everyone who was stupid enough to ante up ;D ;D

You also kept buying me drinks, as a thank you for sponsoring you for the zip wire. I think you only meant to buy me one, but you kept forgettting you had bought me one so it was..."Rob , I must get you that drink I owe you"

I did try to explain....honest :D :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 25, 2011, 00:06:57 AM

I just remember speaking to you in breaks, asking if you had lost it yet, but you just kept on felting anyone and everyone who was stupid enough to ante up ;D ;D

You also kept buying me drinks, as a thank you for sponsoring you for the zip wire. I think you only meant to buy me one, but you kept forgettting you had bought me one so it was..."Rob , I must get you that drink I owe you"

I did try to explain....honest :D :D


Always happy to buy drinks with other peoples" money  :D Did you go deep in 2008 Rob, I vaguely remember you and Nigel Johnson still playing on the Sunday
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: MintTrav on August 25, 2011, 00:32:53 AM
The Vic 2008 - the last time we were joined by Brendan Hartnett.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on August 25, 2011, 00:34:14 AM

The Vic 2008 - the last time we were joined by Brendan Hartnett.



Was it? - sadly missed
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 25, 2011, 00:52:43 AM

The Vic 2008 - the last time we were joined by Brendan Hartnett.



A good reason to have a wee toast for his memory at the weekend, never met him but heard so many good things about the man  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 30, 2011, 22:34:58 PM
The APAT WCOAP at Dusk Till Dawn was a fantastic experience, most of which will stay in my memory for a long long time (unlike the spell between drinking jagaer bombs, sambuca and JD then getting back to the hotel on Saturday night  :D ) That Saturday night alone made up for any disappointment that would follow at the tables, I had such a great time with so many great people. Thank you to all the regular APAT"ers, and just as importantly, the new faces I got to put names to and got to know a bit better over the weekend.

Despite my best laid plans the poker consisted of the main event, unfortunately only on the Sunday, and the Omaha on the Monday. A brief summary of both below:

ME - Started very well (despite being *cough cough* randomly drawn with Ian "Pables" Thompson on my left) and got better very quickly, before the end of level 1 knocking out the unfortunate Harry Briggs with  A s 4s on a 4/4/7 flop against his KK, all in on flop. It seemed to be a bad day for many with KK by all accounts in the room, Ian also came a cropper against QQ all-in pre and Q hit. I went slowly downhill afterwards raising then missing with premium starting hands (One I recall involved AQ called down by 2/3 and he hit a 2 on turn) or raising and folding PP"s with overs/draws etc on board. Costly but really only denting my stack slightly. The most costly hand came against Linda Iwaniak when I flopped an open end straight draw, bet out and called by Linda, then in addition turned a flush draw, bet out, raised by Linda and called by me. Hit the flush on river and check called suspicious of bigger flush and duly ran into the nuts, just sigh  ::)

Think by end of level 6 I was down to about 10k, moved table and quickly doubled up again to over 20k on a stop and go in my BB, calling with Qh 9H, hit 2 hearts on flop, shoved by me, called and hit  8). Then had some fish trouble when raising in LP with Ah 10h and getting called by BB, who proceeded to check call me on a 10/7/4 flop and raggy turn only to hit a second pair on river with 4/5 (ffs!). Just that kind of day with my aces tbh, most days your happy with his play but horrid when they donk you with flopped bottom pair. My run of bad luck was complete after catching my ace on flop with A4os against QQ, only to get 4 flushed and busted lol. 10pm Sunday night, 100 left in day 1b and I wasn"t among them  :(

Never mind another day brings another opportunity and Monday was either the DTD £50 game or the APAT PL Omaha, I rightly plumped for anything with the APAT logo attached. This, even though I knew £50 spent on Omaha was really just for some more experience and learning, to get a better understanding of the head hurting 4 card variation. I can recall very little about this hand or that hand other than 3 in particular. The one that busted me out (KK again lol v Bainn"s AAQ10), the JJ98 hand which flopped 8 high with 2 hearts for my flush draw, I bet out and was called, then the J on the turn was declared dead when Danny Partridge stated he"d raised on me on flop (he did actually put more chips in middle than my bet and was given change). Watching that Jack disappear was brutal so I gave up my hand, then the QQ hand I (correctly) laid down that would"ve hit the nuts. I absolutely loved it, the banter from other players, the international flavour round the table, the format and over all I think I played my best Omaha so far. Finishing 28th of 114 for me was a very respectable result and could"ve been ever better, but for my timing with Bainn behind me with his big hand  :D I suspect I"ll be explring PLO a bit more in the near future.

I also loved railing the guys who were going along nicely in all the Sunday & Monday games, well done to you all for cashing, winning, FT"ing and just generally being awesome people (you all know who you are  ;) )

As ever I"d be very glad of any feedback from those I shared a table with, always keen to learn more and expand more - other than my ever growing waist  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 31, 2011, 21:05:28 PM
Guess last night"s online SH tourney was always gonna end in tragedy. Steady enough start, up to almost 13k and then Boom Shake The Room  :"(

Pre raise with JJ to 1200 and get 1whitedove along for the flop. He left himself about 4.8k so i decided to check the 8/6/4 rainbow flop to him and he duly fired another 1200 at it. I raised him for the rest of his stack and he fortunately popped the rest in the middle with 3/3. Oops, who put that 3 on the river  ::) Fkn virtual dealers for you  :D

Hung in there a while longer (longer than 1whitedove at least), had a couple of nice tables with James Edwards, Chris Kelly and Don Roberts so was fun while it lasted before Chris took me out. Felt it was pretty quick action and was a donkfest after not too long, worrying that i felt that despite more hands seen due to only 5 at table. Obviously concerned about how quickly the donkfest will start in other games with full tables.

Disappointingly couldn"t access the Omaha tonight especially after enjoying the live event on Monday. My DTD page states it"s running on 2nd September with 6 names registered for it. Not quite sure what"s going on there  ???
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on August 31, 2011, 21:29:08 PM
"Oops who put that 3 on the river?" Classic
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 01, 2011, 12:18:44 PM
Those smart phones really do live up to their name. A certain Mr Clegg was apparently visiting the aftermath of the Tottenham riots in the past couple of days and while wandering round the electronics aisle of the local Currys, had a look at some of these phones. One of the phones was overheard calling him a traitor and telling him to f**k off.....I really must buy one, very impressive!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 01, 2011, 14:01:10 PM
Currently 42/54 in 193 runner $10 tourney on 888. Still got 25 BBs so not desperate yet but needing to build my stack when the opportunities are there.

Well done to Steve Redfern finishing 3rd in 15euro game on DTD last night, enjoyed railing your game mate, nice play and decent return  8)

Update - Now up to 9/49 and quadrupled my stack in 2 hands with AK and QQ  ;D . 16k+ blinds now up to 125/250 with antes.

2nd update - 17/31, moved table and card dead surrounded by 4 of top 10 chipstacks. Blinds 150/300 so still plenty of time  ;)

Final update lol - out 23rd (20 paid FML) after my AK busted by a donk call (13 BBs) with Q7os ffs. Of course I missed and he hit his queen, sick the number of idiots getting rewarded for stupidity. Earlier lost about 6k of my 16k as well to 9/4os after raising and missing with AQ. Hey ho, on we go. we all know the odds are in our favour next time  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 02, 2011, 02:42:12 AM
Currently 2 of 23 in 120 runner $20 888 MTT. Top 20 paid so hope no crash like last night  ::)

Update - Now 1/17 with 75k..........need to ask the question, why shove for your stack into the chip leader with this hand  :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Poker1stSeptember2011.jpg)

2nd update - heading to FT, now 3/10 after donking a chunk of chips to 3 short stacks with AJ (yeah Stu I know  ::) ), 5/5 and 7/7. Still healthy with 50k and blinds 400/800  8)

Final Update - A Shape The Went Of Pear (rearrange as necessary). Went horribly downhill with KK running into AQ and ace on flop, then had AQ on K high flop and had to lay down to a shove, QQ on a 10/J/K flop and another shove laid down (prob should"ve went with this?). Final hand A8 diamonds with 8BB"s called by 6/6 and no help. Out in 8th, very disappointed in how the final table went, lost my last 5 50/50 races so pretty harsh finale. Still $96 in the bankroll so on to the next game tomorrow.

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 03, 2011, 01:20:37 AM
Just busted out $20 tourney with a horror. In BB at 50/100, utg raises to 275 gets 2 callers (yeah it was that kind of table so I call with 6/8 suited for value and get a 4/6/8 rainbow flop. Close to 1200 in middle I fire 800 in, utg shoves with AA for my stack, others fold and I duly call. Runner runner kings FML  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 03, 2011, 02:30:19 AM
What would you do here????

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, R5-172135482-393
played at "Gilroy" for USD RM from 2011-09-02 20:19 until 2011-09-02 20:20



Seat 1: Monica_90 ($22.77 in chips)  
Seat 2: painkil1er ($17.67 in chips)  
Seat 3: bulgur22 ($14.63 in chips)  
Seat 4: XXKOTURXX ($21.25 in chips)  
Seat 6: yell2332 ($22.28 in chips)  
Seat 7: Santino1967 ($22.57 in chips)   :as:  qs
Seat 8: Remlali ($20 in chips)  
Seat 9: circoflax ($20 in chips)  
Seat 10: troel ($39.79 in chips)  



ANTES/BLINDS
PLAYER_SITIN
, XXKOTURXX posts small blind ($0.10), yell2332 posts big blind ($0.20),

PRE-FLOP
Santino1967 raises to $0.60, Remlali folds, circoflax calls $0.60, troel folds, Monica_90 folds, painkil1er folds, bulgur22 folds, XXKOTURXX folds, yell2332 calls $0.60.

FLOP [board cards:  9h ,  7s ,  6s ]
yell2332 checks, Santino1967 bets $1.34, circoflax raises to $4, yell2332 calls $4, .........

I"ll post how the hand played out after the online champs tomorrow night  

Cheers
Grant

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on September 03, 2011, 03:54:25 AM
Flush hunting....$11 in pot....$2 odds to call....I,d discount the  9s,just to be careful...so 8 outs...roughly 32%....I hang around till the river too if the price is right....but I think you only get to see the turn..awkward position....hope u didn"t squeeze....that"s my simplistic take
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on September 03, 2011, 09:26:40 AM
Think I just ship them in there. Any turn spade from calling just kills your action so go for the max here
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on September 03, 2011, 11:23:28 AM
I"m with Rob, I"m shoving....... not got enough finesse for anything else  :-\, two overs and nut flush draw if you discount the strt flush draw

shiiiiiip it m8  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 03, 2011, 12:54:12 PM

Flush hunting....$11 in pot....$2 odds to call....I,d discount the  9s,just to be careful...so 8 outs...roughly 32%....I hang around till the river too if the price is right....but I think you only get to see the turn..awkward position....hope u didn"t squeeze....that"s my simplistic take


Ruled out the 2.66 call even though i have the odds to call, simply because I need a quick response (timer running down) I"m in mid position and too much in middle on the turn to lay down if I miss the spade. So was really left with 2 decisions. I"m also ruling out the check call from yell 2332, believe he may have something like 7/8 or 9/8, way the betting"s gone and general table play up to now, suspect circoflax has an over pair or a set but yell2332 is drawing..........damn those timers when you have a decision to make!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 03, 2011, 22:13:23 PM
..........so here"s how it played out, sighhhhhhhh

Santino1967 raises to $21.97 and is all-in, circoflax calls $19.40 and is all-in, yell2332 calls $21.68 and is all-in.

board cards:9h ,  7s ,  6s  
TURN [ 9s ]
RIVER [ 7c ]

SHOWDOWN
Santino1967 shows [  qs  :as: ]
circoflax shows [ 9d: 9c: ]
yell2332 shows [ 6d: 6h: ]
circoflax wins $57.10, yell2332 wins $4.56.
 
SUMMARY
Dealer: bulgur22
Pot: $64.66, (including rake: $3)
Monica_90, loses $0
painkil1er, loses $0
bulgur22, loses $0
XXKOTURXX, loses $0.10
yell2332, loses $17.72
Santino1967, loses $22.28
Remlali, loses $0
circoflax, bets $20, collects $57.10, net $37.10
troel, loses $0


Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: noble1 on September 04, 2011, 13:37:57 PM
scenario if BB folds 100% of the time with whatever he had to your rrai.
Quote
suspect circoflax has an over pair or a set
so when u shoved did u expect him to call everytime? eg - he never re-raises in spots like this with air or weak hands etc..

no fold equity only 1 call, u lose money
board
6s 7s 9h

player1 - AsQs  - 46.855% equity
player2 - QQ-99 - 53.145% equity

player1 - AsQs - 41.530% equity
player2 - QQ-99,77-66 - 58.470%


Quote
I"m also ruling out the check call from yell 2332, believe he may have something like 7/8 or 9/8

hmm maybe a bit of narrow range..
tricky spot because to obtain a positive gain u need the BB to call a small % of the time if u shove with his oesd"s.. all on your reads...
my only query is did u think considering yell"s position that after seeing yourself shove and circoflax calling, that yell would still after seeing that action consider his TP or OESD to be good and go with his whole range 100% of the time? if u had no read that yell would stack off this light then a call is more +EV imho.. if u throw in a % of sets and 2pairs into his range to check call the flop re-raise but he won"t call any shoves with worse than 2pair then shoving is the worst option [-EV] especially if your initial thoughts were that circoflax only re-raises in these spots with over pairs and sets..

board
6s 7s 9h

player1 - AsQs - 30.543% equity
player2 - JJ-99,77-66,76s - 32.746% equity
player3 - 66,9h8h,9s8s,8c7c,76s - 36.711% equity [scenario if the BB has a wider range but calls 2 all ins with a pair+OESD a certain amount of the time]....

even when u juggle ranges and allow a certain % of combos for whatever action then the option of a shove is at best just break even...
the option of calling made me chuckle because allowing for whatever ranges and also if the turn is a spade, ACE or QUEEN then add in how u would anticipate the action going, then folding could be a correct decision on the flop :)

Quote
Ruled out the 2.66 call even though i have the odds to call, simply because I need a quick response (timer running down)

have a plan? 2callers, plus a not very great flop texture, so u had 30secs to think before u made your action to consider ranges and how villains would react with theirs, then after the re-raise and call, you had another 30 secs :) plus a time bank?
if u was multi tabling or watching porn etc at the time, then yes its a tough spot ;)
if u had your HUD running, one stat that would of helped u out a bit would of been circoflax"s raise cbet % plus with any reads/notes on them making non std plays [flatting raises with BIG PAIRS pre or slow playing sets etc] would of helped...

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 04, 2011, 20:22:10 PM
Cheers Noble for a great response. With hindsight in this position I should be folding, particularly as my reads are based on one session at this table, having not been on Betfair much since the move to 888. The play from circoflax is pretty standard for someone with the overpair or set (or complete air), though I"m still particularly baffled by yell"s check on that draw heavy flop, especially if he"s not raising behind any bets. His call after my bet and c"s raise is possibly more baffling given the strength of his hand.

No porn on the go to distract me (honest  ;) ), tbh more hopeful than anything that circoflax has an overpair and not a set (anything other than aces I reckon my odds are good), fully expected yell to fold behind unless he"s already made a straight and just being overly cautious about spade on turn.

Didn"t fancy seeing a turn card and missing as stated prev. Yell"s been a bit of a check/call type since sitting at the table so suspect he"ll auto pass action to me on the turn regardless of turn card. With $14 then in the middle, any bet at that stage by me would commit me to the river anyway. Would i check to Circoflax and give up the hand if i missed the spade? Probably not.............and possibly my biggest strength/weakness in poker  ::)

Very appreciative of your insight, I"ve never used a tracker (definitely a weakness) but would value any advice about which to use (conflicting info about one over others, do you choose Nike or Reeboks etc)

Cheers
Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 04, 2011, 21:59:11 PM
Plumped for a wee PLO game tonight, just for fun and experience. Amazing the number of people on 888 playing this with apparently very little clue what they"re doing e.g calling raise and re-raise with  ah  :2h: :2c: 7d. Doubled stack to just over 4k in 4th level so going along fairly well with very few decent hands till now and mucho foldo.

Update - half hour later, blinds 100/200 went up to 8k sitting 11/44 from 117 starters. Having a good laugh at some of the crazy hands people are willing to donk off with. Went back down to 4k after running 2nd nut flush into nut flush, sigh......now 26/36.

Final update   ::) just more sigh as i turn nut straight with 3k in middle and ship my final 1.8k only to be rivered by flush. Finished 27th Hey ho was good fun and more PLO experience. Didn"t get any really big starting hands, but a few double suited straightening hands that i made the most of.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 05, 2011, 20:17:47 PM

Just busted out $20 tourney with a horror. In BB at 50/100, utg raises to 275 gets 2 callers (yeah it was that kind of table so I call with 6/8 suited for value and get a 4/6/8 rainbow flop. Close to 1200 in middle I fire 800 in, utg shoves with AA for my stack, others fold and I duly call. Runner runner kings FML  :D


Was pretty down earlier about how bad i"m running at the mo, with particular highlight of the fact i got busted last night when i got it all in on flop of A/10/2 with A/10 v A/2 and the inevitable 2 outer came. had some good advice from Steve redfern so got back on the horse tonight, only to get busted twice with 2 hands again when i"m a big favourite, one very similar to above..........

8/10 suited, flop 10/8/K rainbow needless to say all in on flop against AA and another K is binked on river

K/K 4 bet pre and called by 9/9, all in on J high flop and busted again, the turn puts me out of my misery and I"m left wondering again how long will this sick run continue?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AMRN on September 05, 2011, 20:23:01 PM
It"s a ****e game at times, but so long as you are getting in with the best of it in these spots time and again, variance will sort itself out. Just got to stick at it..... but make sure you don"t succumb to "injustice tilt".

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 05, 2011, 20:31:09 PM

It"s a ****e game at times, but so long as you are getting in with the best of it in these spots time and again, variance will sort itself out. Just got to stick at it..... but make sure you don"t succumb to "injustice tilt".




Cheers Steve. Determined to stay focussed mate, but struggling to enjoy the game and think this has to be my worst run since I started playing about 5 years ago. Pretty sure I"m not making any crazy errors (probably more passive tbh, checked a turn with top pair against a guy 5 mins after the KK hand above, and he hit his K on river after floating my flop bet). Very frustrating though and very tempting to just switch the computer off for a couple of days at least.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 06, 2011, 09:33:11 AM


It"s a ****e game at times, but so long as you are getting in with the best of it in these spots time and again, variance will sort itself out. Just got to stick at it..... but make sure you don"t succumb to "injustice tilt".




struggling to enjoy the game and think this has to be my worst run since I started playing about 5 years ago.


For this reason I"ve made a decision to leave off the poker for a couple of days at least. I always draw parallels with golf and poker for some reason. Any golfer will remember days when they feel they hit the ball sweet as a nut, watch the ball soar down the middle of the fairway, hit an angled slope and kick right or left into some horrid clump of tangled up rough or awkward bunker. You want to snap your club in half and head straight to the 19th hole for a couple of shandies  :D

I"ve been hitting those shots on the poker table for over a week now (and the dealers are lucky they"re not wearing any 9 irons) so time for a break methinks, but obviously just to come back refreshed. In the meantime I"ll get into some job hunting, finishing off Stephen Fry"s autobiography, listen to some music and general chilling out  ;D  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on September 06, 2011, 11:24:10 AM
I had a week off there grant too....varience is a bugger...n I was tilting....

Good analogy with the golf...p.s.I was not only getting bad beats,but the cruncher was some nugget defending a limp with 73s n rivering a flush to a nice hand I had..pretty hard to take....
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 06, 2011, 13:30:57 PM

I had a week off there grant too....varience is a bugger...n I was tilting....

Good analogy with the golf...p.s.I was not only getting bad beats,but the cruncher was some nugget defending a limp with 73s n rivering a flush to a nice hand I had..pretty hard to take....


Yeah had similar a few nights ago (another to the collection) against a complete numbnut who sat with 20BBs and reloaded a few times (suspect there was alcohol involved). Made preflop raise AJ against Q3 and he defended his BB, got a A/7/J flop, check, check - 3 on turn and he instashoved so i snapped him and he rivered a 3  :D Glad he had min buy in but it still stung a bit.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 06, 2011, 13:54:39 PM
Just having a chuckle at the golf analogy. I remember playing at Clober Golf Course near Bearsden a few years ago and between the 7th & 8th holes going into 4 bunkers through the 2 holes. In the 3rd of these bunkers on the par 5 8th attempted to knock my ball further up the fairway with something like a 5 iron, ran my ball into the 4th bunker, held my club horizontally (snap over the knee stance lol) but then in a lighter mood swayed from side to side and burst into a rendition of "Mr Sandman"  :D

Days gone by before the knee ligament injuries.......at Vale of Leven course in an amateur competition  :)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/ValeOfLeven1stHole.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 07, 2011, 12:18:56 PM
On a positive note, well done to Rudders snr for binking 2nd in the Ipoker 5.5k last night. Enjoyed cheering him on FB till 4.30am but eventually had to give in to sleep when his HU battle was becoming epic. Nice work sir  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 09, 2011, 22:07:49 PM
Woohooo, after a week of chaos and dust our new bathroom is finally installed, new suite, new walls, new floor, new ceiling..........the works basically. Martin and Mark from Crilly & Co been doing the work since Monday, very good company, worked through lunchtime, tidied up each day. A nice change to some previous "contractors" I"ve used  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 11, 2011, 09:50:37 AM
After a couple of days break from playing, railing others and watching tutorials instead, managed to get a few 10c/20c NLHE cash tables up and running last couple of nights. Glad to say I"ve managed to get back to increasing rather than decreasing, up about $45 in a few sessions. More importantly managed to stop the bleeding with losing hands, where I might in the past have gone to war post flop (e.g last night - 10/9 in limped BB with a 10/10/8 flop, behind all the way to A/10 and managed to minimise loss to about $1.50). Not sure this more conservative style on cash tables suits me tbh, but fairly happy with short term outcome so far.

Big thanks to Noble for a re-direction to Flopturnriver videos on Youtube, hadn"t seen these for a couple of years but picked up some good tips by refreshing my knowledge during my wee break from playing  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Foggy on September 11, 2011, 20:43:28 PM
Don"t you fall asleep playing these levels?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 11, 2011, 20:47:20 PM

Don"t you fall asleep playing these levels?


Building my bankroll again Chris, so can"t afford to fall asleep  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Foggy on September 11, 2011, 20:50:10 PM
I understand mate but you are a better player than 10 -20, reload and win some
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 11, 2011, 21:14:39 PM

I understand mate but you are a better player than 10 -20, reload and win some


Only have a 12 hour contract at work so spare cash on the short side Chris. Been running pretty bad recently as well but i know I"ll get back to higher levels if i stay patient mate.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 11, 2011, 21:37:35 PM

Woohooo, after a week of chaos and dust our new bathroom is finally installed, new suite, new walls, new floor, new ceiling..........the works basically. Martin and Mark from Crilly & Co been doing the work since Monday, very good company, worked through lunchtime, tidied up each day. A nice change to some previous "contractors" I"ve used  :)


The end result, just taking a bit of time for the grey floor tile grout to clear........

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/NewBathroom009.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/NewBathroom006.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/NewBathroom008.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 12, 2011, 13:49:56 PM
For anyone who didn"t see this on Facebook last night on Carla Goddard"s wall..........just sigh, ouch, FML, Pfffft!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Quads.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: gerry5421 on September 12, 2011, 15:17:24 PM

For anyone who didn"t see this on Facebook last night on Carla Goddard"s wall..........just sigh, ouch, FML, Pfffft!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Quads.jpg)



Just SICK!!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 12, 2011, 18:48:58 PM
On a cheerier note, just PMSL  :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Sef on September 12, 2011, 20:59:58 PM

On a cheerier note, just PMSL  :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999



:D :D classic
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 18, 2011, 14:57:28 PM
Loving being included in the APAT Forum team for Luton, really strong team and great people into the bargain. So looking forward to this already and Annie Apple"s even thinking of joining me for this one.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Cyntaf on September 18, 2011, 16:59:55 PM
Congrats Grant........Beer, beer beer and maybe a .......................................beer. ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on September 18, 2011, 17:20:59 PM
Very well done Grant, very much deserved after your recent results  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 19, 2011, 09:41:15 AM
Cheers guys look forward to joining you all. May grab a few beers if we can make it on the Friday Paul, otherwise I"ll probably be sober  ;)

On another note, thoroughly enjoyed matchday 9 of the online league last night. Finally put in a decent performance finishing 6th and enjoyed being part of an ever growing Glasgow team top scoring last night. Well done and many congratulations to last night"s winner Joe Carr Hill from Team Kent, especially following hot on the heels of his win in the previous night Irish Online Championship  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 19, 2011, 13:48:14 PM
Been at work this morning and just caught up on the news, very sad news about Ginger McCain  :( he"ll forever be remembered for his record in the world"s best known steeplechase and of course for the legendary Red Rum - RIP Ginger.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on September 19, 2011, 15:35:36 PM

Congrats Grant........Beer, beer beer and maybe a .......................................beer. ;D


Did someone mention...... Beer? ? ? ? Congratulations mate.. looking forward to seeing you down there  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 19, 2011, 17:53:50 PM


Congrats Grant........Beer, beer beer and maybe a .......................................beer. ;D


Did someone mention...... Beer? ? ? ? Congratulations mate.. looking forward to seeing you down there  ;D


Likewise Phil, magic stuff, looking forward to being team mates  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: HaworthBantam on September 19, 2011, 18:41:16 PM



Congrats Grant........Beer, beer beer and maybe a .......................................beer. ;D


Did someone mention...... Beer? ? ? ? Congratulations mate.. looking forward to seeing you down there  ;D


Likewise Phil, magic stuff, looking forward to being team mates  8)


It"s going to be a blast. The only problem is that Amanda"s using it as an excuse to buy another outfit or two...  :D

So long as she doesn"t get lost in the bathroom again...  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 21, 2011, 15:42:56 PM




Congrats Grant........Beer, beer beer and maybe a .......................................beer. ;D


Did someone mention...... Beer? ? ? ? Congratulations mate.. looking forward to seeing you down there  ;D


Likewise Phil, magic stuff, looking forward to being team mates  8)


It"s going to be a blast. The only problem is that Amanda"s using it as an excuse to buy another outfit or two...  :D

So long as she doesn"t get lost in the bathroom again...  ;D


Better not let Annie Apple see this or she"ll get similar ideas lol
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 21, 2011, 23:08:33 PM
Chatting to Cap"n Gerry on FB, reminded myself of stooopid (but fun) stuff I"ve done over the years (normally alcohol fuelled).

Circa 20 years ago on way home from a Friday after work drinking session got stopped by a group of "Jakeys" (Glasgow Alcoholic Nomads) at the bottom of Hope Street, one of them enquiring to me whether or not i could spare a quid for a pint for Christmas. "You"ve not had a pint for Christmas, that"s shocking" I replied..."come on guys follow me". So I duly took the 6 of them into the local Denholms Bar, found a large round table at the back of the pub, asked them all what they were drinking, then walked straight back out the pub without ordering  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 22, 2011, 21:11:46 PM
Quiet few days on poker front other than a $22 MTT on 888 last night, where I got busted out 8 before the cash with AK on a K high rainbow flop. Trapped fishy villain perfectly, check shoved after he bet 1k into a 2k pot, he called for his last 8.2k with open end and yeah, of course, I hit my 2nd pair on the river  :(

Tuesday night had a visit to the Glasgow ABC to see the legend that is Gary Numan. Always a pleasure to see my all time hero on stage, lost count of how many times I"ve seen him since my first ever gig in 1980. A great set-list highlighting his new album Dead Son Rising but with a few surprises in the form of old Tubeway Army tracks from their first album and a B Side I don"t think I"ve ever heard live before.

Supported by Jayce Lewis, who commented he"d made it all the way to Glasgow from South Wales......what a shocker that was after the recent Scottish APAT :o  :D  :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GaryNumanABC200911059.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GaryNumanABC200911035.jpg)

Jayce Lewis
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GaryNumanABC200911004.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on September 22, 2011, 21:50:32 PM

Chatting to Cap"n Gerry on FB, reminded myself of stooopid (but fun) stuff I"ve done over the years (normally alcohol fuelled).

Circa 20 years ago on way home from a Friday after work drinking session got stopped by a group of "Jakeys" (Glasgow Alcoholic Nomads) at the bottom of Hope Street, one of them enquiring to me whether or not i could spare a quid for a pint for Christmas. "You"ve not had a pint for Christmas, that"s shocking" I replied..."come on guys follow me". So I duly took the 6 of them into the local Denholms Bar, found a large round table at the back of the pub, asked them all what they were drinking, then walked straight back out the pub without ordering  :D
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That"s LOL mental.....
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 23, 2011, 02:15:22 AM
Just had 2 stinkers on 888 $33 tourney, standard of play just dreadful. Blinds 15/30, A/10 on button raise and called in 4 places, flop A/10/4 rainbow checked round to me I bet 2/3 pot and get 2 callers. 8 on turn same play but only 1 caller, 2 on river and binked by villain with 3/5os ffs.

1480 chips left, Next level with AA raise in EP to 150, re-raised to 525 by next to act, called by SB and I ship my stack....both call with JJ and A2suited. JJ hit nothing, A2 hit a flush  >:( .
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on September 23, 2011, 06:53:47 AM
Here"s a weird one grant......I don"t have a blog...so I,ll stick it on here...alea turbo the other nite....on the button with 10 j.....called a min raise...and about 4 players see the flop which was Q K 2....free card to the turn..total blank 4....an early position bets small...3 of us see the river....which is a lovely ace...no flush possible......anyways I bet get raised,n I shove....n get called....he declares a str8....n I"m thinking fml,bloody chop....but hang on,all the chips are coming my way....huh?.....he was playing the 3 5 os.....wp that man....lovely....
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 23, 2011, 15:46:06 PM

Here"s a weird one grant......I don"t have a blog...so I,ll stick it on here...alea turbo the other nite....on the button with 10 j.....called a min raise...and about 4 players see the flop which was Q K 2....free card to the turn..total blank 4....an early position bets small...3 of us see the river....which is a lovely ace...no flush possible......anyways I bet get raised,n I shove....n get called....he declares a str8....n I"m thinking fml,bloody chop....but hang on,all the chips are coming my way....huh?.....he was playing the 3 5 os.....wp that man....lovely....


nice one  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 02, 2011, 22:38:59 PM
In the red corner - Not been playing much this week, busy DIY"ing unfortunately and seems to be a never ending job. In work currently and got more shifts through most of the week so don"t see much poker being played this week either.

In the blue corner - Yesterdays Team Glasgow event was fantastic, great to see people making the effort from other areas to join us, including a group of 8 from Dumfries and Galloway, some from Tayside, Lothian, Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. Pretty sure other commitments and poor weather resulted in a few not making the event, but the 38 who came along all had a great time and played in the right spirit. Well done to Neil Paterson for taking this down, winning almost £500 and a rather small trophy  :D Hope we can do it all again sometime and maybe even make the mini Team Glasgow an annual tournament. The Stanley Mint looked after us really well so hats off to them as well  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 09, 2011, 14:07:29 PM
Still DIY"ing for Britain unfortunately, bit of a Forth Rail Bridge scenario going on once bathroom was finished.......obv the rest of the house needs doing now  :D

Managed a couple of online MTTs in past couple of nights. Friday night finished 15th in 240 runner $11, very strange ending to the game though  ??? Had a blind v blind confrontation when I was 15/15 with around 6 BBs at 800/1600 level with antes........with a  9d  6c  :3c: flop and  7c  4c in my hand, the SB checked to me and I happily shipped them in as probable favourite. SB very strangely called my over pot bet with  qh  5h and of course I missed everything to lose out to the Q high  >:(

Last night in same MTT kinda got caught up with a short stack at 100/200 + antes and 5.8k chips, decided to take him on with his 4th preflop shove in a row for 1.25k when already in the BB with 8/8. He flips JK and hit K on river, could"ve probably avoided it tbh but hey ho. Ended up card dead for a while after and no real spots to steal or even see a flop with a decent starting hand. Went out 50th when my AJ ran into the mighty A6 in LP and you can guess the rest  :D

Work today till 7pm then look forward to the Online league game 11 at 8pm...............and no doubt be back at the DIY again by 8.30pm  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 13, 2011, 03:27:08 AM
Been doing so much DIY lately that I"m now starting to look even more distressed than the reclaimed wood I"m working with  :(

Looking forward to Luton so much now, should be a fantastic weekend and think I deserve this one more than ever.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bear21 on October 13, 2011, 06:19:14 AM
dIY at 3.30 in the mornin
Now that"s commitment !!!!! LOL
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 15, 2011, 12:52:00 PM

dIY at 3.30 in the mornin
Now that"s commitment !!!!! LOL


Been much the same last 2 nights and jobs just seem to get more gruesome. Picture the wee round guy on top of a set of ladders with a very long extendable roller pole trying to paint a 18ft high stairwell ceiling, not a pretty sight and very bloody scary into the bargain  :o Thankfully that job"s done now and onto glossing the staircase bannister. Glad to be in work over next 4 days to get a rest  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 16, 2011, 02:06:00 AM
Just recalling some more stoooopid stuff I"ve done and had a wee chuckle. Went through a spell of bluejacking people when bluetooth became widely available and a couple of the more memorable ones were....

1/ sending a message from ucg.co.uk to anyone who"d been daft enough to leave their bluetooth on, while seated in Odeon cinema with ads running awaiting the start of Casino Royale......Congratulations, you"ve won 2 tickets to see Casino Royale at any UCG Cinema

2/ sending a message from oneill.co.uk while sitting in an O"Neill"s bar in Merchant Sq in Glasgow.......Congratulations you"ve won a free pint of Caffreys at any O"Neills, just show this text to redeem from out bar staff.

Annie Apple had a good laugh in the cinema as a few folk in their seats close by were displaying the first message to whoever was seated with them, sahme they"d already just paid for their tickets at the rival Odeon. The latter gave me and my mates a fair bit of amusement in the pub, as 2 guys did just that, only to leave the barmaid as preplexed as they were staring at mobile phones without a clue what they were on about ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 18, 2011, 19:47:53 PM
Really sad and embarrasing day for Rangers with John Grieg quitting. The new owners should hang their heads in shame, disrespecting a man who"s given his life and shown loyalty and dignity they"ll never even imagine  >:(  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 20, 2011, 23:34:01 PM
So guess what? My DIY"ing is finally complete  :) ..........for now at least  :D. Bathroom done, cupboards rebuilt, spare room finito and hall stairwell redecorated. Those last 2 have the small matter of new carpet to put down but Luton here we come . Only one more sleep and can"t wait. Was determined to get that hall finished before we leave and doubted it for quite a while due to the number of coats required to change all the wood from magnolia cream to chestnut brown. Glad it"s over and laying the carpets will seem like a stroll now...............when we get home!!!

See you in Luton tomorrow night, looking forward to catching up with you all.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on October 21, 2011, 11:04:51 AM
Looking forward to seeing you in a bit mate... Im heading off in t minus 2 hours ish x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 25, 2011, 13:38:45 PM
Loved being part of the APAT Forum Team in Luton and had a superb time. Slightly deflated at the end when we just didn"t get the luck needed to squeeze enough points for the team tourney and Ian just missed out on a victorious end to a fantastic tournament.

For my part it all started really well on day 1, first hand i recall was calling a raise from Ross Johnson (Roscopiko) with  7s 9s on button,  5s 6c 9c flop then  9h 7d turn and river....nice  :)

Soon after raised in MP with  jh jd called by Betfair"s gnasher in SB and check called by him on  tc  td  4d  flop (with his 4th flopped trip tens in first 2 levels or so). VEry pleased to see  jc on turn  ;) and think I got got paid off with value raises on river with both hands.

Hit the heady heights of 20k then went card dead for hours and table got a bit more aggro 3 seats to my right once the table balancing started. Spent ages just hoping to get some reasonable hand to play with and got a steady stream of 8/3, 7/2, 9/2 etc etc. The one that hit me hardest was with  9d td, called by Alan Lake, who check called 2.6k with a lovely flop of  ad1 kd 6d so things were looking up till the  qd landed and I found myself down to 6.5k when paying off Alan on the river with his  jd qh  :"(

Got one double up then dropped back to 8k, again with no spots or cards to play but crucially got a treble up late on Saturday night against Ant and Dan when my QQ held up against AQ and Mr Owston"s mighty 9/2........glad and surpised to have made it to day 2 with 23.5k and into the top 50 for team points.

With BB at 2k on Sunday it was never gonna be a poker game for me if I couldn"t get chips fairly early, shoved behind a raise with 8/8 and got to my highest of around 32k then frustrated having to fold open shoving hands behind a raise and 3 bet/shove on 3 occasions with BB at 3k (my 4/4 would"ve housed on river  :D ), busted out not long after when my AK v 99 fizzled out on a very raggy board and finished in 25th place and 26 points for the team.

Well done to each and every one of our team, particularly Phil, who like me was just clawing and grinding his way through the points with fewer chips and definitely took a few for the team. He got very unlucky when all in with AQ v A6 down to around 30 players, but again had luck against him when he had to chop with a double paired board  ::)

What can I say about Ian Thompson, other than I wish I"d had his cards, his skill and his good looks. Great performance mate, shame it was Silver in the end but gotta be happy with how you played. Fantastic preformance from him, also from individual winner Nick, those who cashed and Rob"s Gambling Network Team winners  8)

And to everyone else who played and contributed in the APAT spirit, I tip my hat to you all, including Des and Rich working as hard as ever and Emma and Bridget for looking after Annie Apple on her first ever APAT/poker excursion.

And a few memories to round it off...
Great casino and staff
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/APATUKTeam2011001.jpg)

Friday at the Luton Home Game.........JP and Ian, looking good
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/JPandIanM.jpg)

The magnificent 7..............and me
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/APATForumTeam.jpg)

Starting day 2 with my small bag of chips, usually I opt for the large bag with brown sauce and black pudding
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/APATUKTeam2011018.jpg)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on October 25, 2011, 16:11:47 PM
Good to meet you Grant over the weekend. Did you like my speech play with the quad Queens ;). I'm not talkative at the tables unless I really know the person so the next time we meet I will be more sociable.  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 25, 2011, 16:21:01 PM

Good to meet you Grant over the weekend. Did you like my speech play with the quad Queens ;). I'm not talkative at the tables unless I really know the person so the next time we meet I will be more sociable.  


:D Yeah....Wayne "think we have the same hand" Parker, very glad I had an underpair and didn"t have the ace so was easy for me to throw mine. Was a great weekend mate and also good to meet you. All went badly downhill for me with that seat of doom 2 to your left. I was desperate to get a hand against either one of them and got nothing but muck for hours  till I flopped that flush against Alan. You played well mate, got some nice hands, picked your spots well and built your stack nicely through Saturday. Hope to join tables again soon, at least now we"ve met properly  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on October 25, 2011, 22:46:25 PM
Great to finally meet you Grant. Next time we must find time to sit down at the bar !
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 25, 2011, 23:26:26 PM

Great to finally meet you Grant. Next time we must find time to sit down at the bar !


Also great meeting you at last Ian and definitely got to grab that pint another time. Wasted my Friday night at the G Casino bar, obviously before the poker  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 30, 2011, 01:34:23 AM
Currently on a 10 hour nightshift, which is now 11 hour nightshift thanks to the wonders of BST and clocks moving back. Hands up if you love outdated practices  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 30, 2011, 20:27:50 PM
F****ng fuming right now coz of 888, who despite almost a full season of our online league, still don"t seem to be able to get the start time right for this on a Sunday night. I did 11 hours nightshift last night, slept most of today then log on at 5 minutes to 8 to play for the Glasgow team, only to find I"ve missed the first hour and been blinded down to just over 10 BB"s. This is meant to be a professional business so get a grip FFS  >:(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 01, 2011, 00:55:09 AM
Just finished 4th in $7 97 runner Omaha game on 888, was going along nicely till I ran my flopped set of Queens into a flopped set of Kings and went down to 14k, clawed my way back up to almost 35k then went out on this sicko lol

Serious question as I"m inexperienced in Omaha, can you lay that down on river when he"s more or less put you all in?

Cassava Hand History for Game 240504312 *****
$800/$1,600 Blinds Pot Limit Omaha - *** 01 11 2011 00:38:17
Tournament #33935815 $6.85 + $0.65 - Table #10 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: hellracer42 ( $57,365 )
Seat 4: Kbuntu ( $49,178 )
Seat 7: MFkaki ( $53,421 )
Seat 10: SantinoAPAT ( $34,036 )
hellracer42 posts ante [$160]
Kbuntu posts ante [$160]
MFkaki posts ante [$160]
SantinoAPAT posts ante [$160]
MFkaki posts small blind [$800]
SantinoAPAT posts big blind [$1,600]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SantinoAPAT [ 4c,  :3s:, 5d, 4d ]
hellracer42 folds
Kbuntu calls [$1,600]
MFkaki folds
SantinoAPAT checks
** Dealing flop ** [  :2c:,  :2s:,  jh ]
SantinoAPAT checks
Kbuntu checks
** Dealing turn ** [ 4h ]
SantinoAPAT bets [$2,320]
Kbuntu calls [$2,320]
** Dealing river ** [  tc ]
SantinoAPAT bets [$6,240]
Kbuntu raises [$28,000]
SantinoAPAT raises [$23,716]
Kbuntu calls [$1,956]
** Summary **
Kbuntu shows [  ts, 6h,  td, 4s ]
SantinoAPAT shows [ 4c, 3s, 5d, 4d ]
Kbuntu collected [ $69,192 ]
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Fatcatstu on November 01, 2011, 03:42:16 AM
Personally no, think its just take your medicine time really
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 01, 2011, 16:20:46 PM

Personally no, think its just take your medicine time really


Cheers Stu, no preflop raise so was only putting him on J/10, J/2 10/2 etc and believed I had hime beaten. Thanks for your reply.

Also finished 9th in a 98 runner $6 game afterwards but got it in good on the turn with a flopped set and was rivered by a straight. Very happy to cash in 2 Omaha tourneys in a row and could"ve had different results in both so must be doing something right now in the 4 card head hurter  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on November 01, 2011, 18:32:45 PM

Well done to each and every one of our team, particularly Phil, who like me was just clawing and grinding his way through the points with fewer chips and definitely took a few for the team. He got very unlucky when all in with AQ v A6 down to around 30 players, but again had luck against him when he had to chop with a double paired board  ::)


Just read this mate, thank you and a huge kiss from me  :-* we both ran as deep as I think we could considering the stacks we came back with, well played as well mate. Absolute pleasure being in the team with you and also meeting the wonderful Annie Apple, hope she enjoyed the weekend with the rest of us reprobates x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 01, 2011, 23:22:00 PM


Well done to each and every one of our team, particularly Phil, who like me was just clawing and grinding his way through the points with fewer chips and definitely took a few for the team. He got very unlucky when all in with AQ v A6 down to around 30 players, but again had luck against him when he had to chop with a double paired board  ::)


Just read this mate, thank you and a huge kiss from me  :-* we both ran as deep as I think we could considering the stacks we came back with, well played as well mate. Absolute pleasure being in the team with you and also meeting the wonderful Annie Apple, hope she enjoyed the weekend with the rest of us reprobates x


Cheers mate, yeah she had a good time and we got a chance to visit an old friend on the Monday before we came home. Hope to catch up with you again soon, hope the arm"s still on the mend!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on November 01, 2011, 23:26:08 PM

Just finished 4th in $7 97 runner Omaha game on 888, was going along nicely till I ran my flopped set of Queens into a flopped set of Kings and went down to 14k, clawed my way back up to almost 35k then went out on this sicko lol

Serious question as I"m inexperienced in Omaha, can you lay that down on river when he"s more or less put you all in?



Erm - umm - aaahhh - NO FECKING WAY -- cooler that is all swear at the screen and gird your loins and attack again.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on November 02, 2011, 21:52:08 PM

Personally no, think its just take your medicine time really

Horrible horrible spot. I can"t fold there and probably go broke.

Is check/call a better line on the river though as you don"t really want to get stacks in with your hand? Does he turn up with two"s full very often here (it"s about the only hand you beat with that action)? He has taken a really strange line if he has that hand as he would have flopped trip twos and should therefore bet out. If he did check the flop with just trip two"s then he may flat the turn but if he is flatting the turn I would expect him to flat the river. Unless he has filled up but even if he did his hand would not really have got that much stronger. I don"t think four"s full beats much with that river action.

I would still go broke though.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 06, 2011, 01:28:06 AM
Just binked the North American Omaha online  8) Happy Days
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Curlarge on November 06, 2011, 02:32:54 AM

Just binked the North American Omaha online  8) Happy Days


vwp mate. I saw you were doing well. You"ve obv. got the hang of PLO PDQ!! :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on November 06, 2011, 02:53:37 AM
 Brilliant grant...v w p
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 06, 2011, 09:36:05 AM


Just binked the North American Omaha online  8) Happy Days


vwp mate. I saw you were doing well. You"ve obv. got the hang of PLO PDQ!! :D


Cheers Richard and Chas. Think I started getting my head around PLO just around the DTD WCOAP and figured I played pretty well there to come 28th of 114 so decided recently to have another stab at it. I"ve played in 6 PLO tourneys this week and cashed in 4 (just outside cash in 1 of the others), with last night"s win obv the highlight  ;) Must be doing something right.......I think!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: mporter123 on November 06, 2011, 15:31:21 PM
Another top result Grant, nice work
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 06, 2011, 15:34:56 PM

Another top result Grant, nice work


Cheers Mark, loving PLO at the mo but won"t get carried away  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 07, 2011, 18:29:53 PM
Stone Roses just been confirmed to headline T In The Park 2012, I"m slightly damp  :-[
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 08, 2011, 14:37:29 PM
Enjoying these $6 and $7 Omaha games on 888 and enjoyed railing Richard "Curlarge" Baker to a win in this last night. Seems to me that a large percentage of the players have got less idea than me about the strength/weakness of their hand. This leads to lots of limping, lots of flops and some inflated pots when they hit a pair or just about any draw. Very easy to exploit when you get big starting hands or you get all over a cheap flop with things like double suited middle straightening cards (still not quite sure what to do with these preflop myself tbh, so usually try see a flop).

Here"s an example of the kind of standard around on these tables. Not a bad beat story, I just got unlucky.....but important thing is that I knew I was way ahead of the mad Mannux pre coz he"d been getting jiggy with similar hands since we sat down. Saw him call a 4 bet shove just before this with 2/3/3/6 single suited then run like god with not much better against A/K/K/10 double suited before I met a similar fate with this....I actually feel worse for the short stack Taradog tbh, coz he had us both dominated.........enjoy  :D Well done again to Richard for his win  8)

Cassava Hand History for Game 380101367 *****
$25/$50 Blinds Pot Limit Omaha - *** 08 11 2011 01:20:06
Tournament #34070602 $5.50 + $0.50 - Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: 44Sniper ( $2,102 )
Seat 2: JanoFrandsen ( $7,526 )
Seat 3: SantinoAPAT ( $5,609 )
Seat 6: taradog ( $1,110 )
Seat 7: manuxx8989 ( $12,482 )
Seat 9: walyygator67 ( $490 )
Seat 10: garis77 ( $1,950 )
walyygator67 posts small blind [$25]
garis77 posts big blind [$50]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SantinoAPAT [  kc  kd  qc  th ]
44Sniper calls [$50]
JanoFrandsen folds
SantinoAPAT raises [$225]
taradog raises [$800]
manuxx8989 raises [$2,750]
walyygator67 folds
garis77 folds
44Sniper folds
SantinoAPAT raises [$5,384]
taradog calls [$310]
manuxx8989 calls [$2,859]
** Dealing flop ** [  7c  :2d:  js ]
** Dealing turn ** [  9s ]
** Dealing river ** [  7s ]
** Summary **
SantinoAPAT shows [kc  kd  qc  th  ]
taradog shows [  ks  ad1  kh  6h ]
manuxx8989 shows [  9c  9h  4h  ac ]
manuxx8989 collected [ $3,455 ]
manuxx8989 collected [ $8,998 ]


Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 08, 2011, 14:52:03 PM
Sorry, should"ve also said.....yes I should probably still lay this down and let the shorty go with this guy. I"ve got a big enough stack and not much invested to this point, but I can"t look a gift horse in the eye and say no sometimes  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 10, 2011, 19:31:58 PM
Been reading with (a little) interest all this Vegas nonsense planning and mustr admit I"m very very jealous that I"ll be missing out on what"s shaping up to be the most epic APAT adventure in 6 years. Glad to see that Mr Tight is now definitely attending, surely there"s nobody in poker who deserves to be there more than our very own TD/Dealer/Walking Poker Festival. You"re a legend and a gent Richard, In hope it works out to be as enjoyable as it promises to be. And that applies to you all, have a fantastic time everyone  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 10, 2011, 23:55:16 PM
Manchester seat won for $20, hotel booked for Sat/Sun, 3 and a half hour drive to see the mob and catch up on the Vegas stories..........magic darts  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on November 11, 2011, 08:26:07 AM

Been reading with (a little) interest all this Vegas nonsense planning and mustr admit I"m very very jealous that I"ll be missing out on what"s shaping up to be the most epic APAT adventure in 6 years. Glad to see that Mr Tight is now definitely attending, surely there"s nobody in poker who deserves to be there more than our very own TD/Dealer/Walking Poker Festival. You"re a legend and a gent Richard, In hope it works out to be as enjoyable as it promises to be. And that applies to you all, have a fantastic time everyone  8)


+1
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on November 11, 2011, 10:09:22 AM


Been reading with (a little) interest all this Vegas nonsense planning and mustr admit I"m very very jealous that I"ll be missing out on what"s shaping up to be the most epic APAT adventure in 6 years. Glad to see that Mr Tight is now definitely attending, surely there"s nobody in poker who deserves to be there more than our very own TD/Dealer/Walking Poker Festival. You"re a legend and a gent Richard, In hope it works out to be as enjoyable as it promises to be. And that applies to you all, have a fantastic time everyone  8)

Come on mate there is a still a week to go get it booked if you still can !!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 11, 2011, 10:39:52 AM



Been reading with (a little) interest all this Vegas nonsense planning and mustr admit I"m very very jealous that I"ll be missing out on what"s shaping up to be the most epic APAT adventure in 6 years. Glad to see that Mr Tight is now definitely attending, surely there"s nobody in poker who deserves to be there more than our very own TD/Dealer/Walking Poker Festival. You"re a legend and a gent Richard, In hope it works out to be as enjoyable as it promises to be. And that applies to you all, have a fantastic time everyone  8)

Come on mate there is a still a week to go get it booked if you still can !!!!!!!!!!


Wouldn"t miss it if I could afford it Steve. Working a 12 hour contract has it"s downside I"m afraid  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 11, 2011, 12:42:04 PM
Silly pics today, just coz I"m in that kind of mood.....RIP Sir Jimmy

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/ApocalypseNowThen.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 11, 2011, 13:05:03 PM
And another legend, RIP Sir Bruce

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Bruce.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 13, 2011, 21:31:21 PM
Online league game 14, just sigh. Make up 60 chips in BB with  4h  :2h: after a raise to 90 and a call from SB. Hit a 7/2/2 flop, half pot bet from SB called from me and likewise from original raiser. K on turn checked to me and i bet half pot again, shove from original raiser and we"re up against AK......K on river and FML  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 14, 2011, 23:23:23 PM
Strange personal facts tonight, following on from informing Ian "Pables" Thompson on another thread that I once had the indignity of singing naked in The Iron Horse bar in Glasgow at their Friday night karaoke. It was a very unfortunate rendition of Queens "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" during my stag night many years ago, in order to get my clothes back from my mates.

When I was about 5 years old, babysitters went out leaving myself and my younger sister at home alone for a while. I proceeded to set fire to our bedroom whilst attempting to light the gas fire with some comics  :o Any older generation forumites may recall a nylon bed throw that I believe was called a candlewick, which when ignited became flamable in a very short space of time, then dripped along our carpet setting that on fire into the bargain - Thankfully I had a little sense left to get my sister out of the house then phone 999. What I recall from this call was "which service do you require please?"..........my reply was along the lines of "FIRE FIRE FIRE FIIIIIIIIIRE"

On a lighter note - I"ve been on TV 3 times in my life, once using the name of "Andy Franks" while drunk in a Scottish TV sports debate show. The others were Play Away when I was 10 years old and National Lottery show 2 years ago, shame I was only in the audience though, a wee holiday would"ve been nice  ;) I"ve also been on John Beattie"s Radio Scotland show earlier this year and made a few appearances in Scottish newspapers for different reasons, none of them as "the accused"  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 15, 2011, 11:10:55 AM
Going through one of those runs at the mo, get it in good and lick your wounds. PLO last night level 3 25/50 raise to 200 pre in SB then almost flop the world and check, catch him red handed (though he had a decent starting hand tbh) with a shove behind his pot bet. Top pair, nut flush draw, wheel draw, happy days

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO1.jpg)

I miss each of my 14 to improve (even though I don"t need them), he hits 1 of his 3 lol

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO2.jpg)

50p in the dish!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 22, 2011, 23:10:38 PM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 24, 2011, 00:41:54 AM
Pables is a stuffed cat apparently, so decided I"d join in on that and let you all know Grant Santino is a disco dancer. I look nothing like the guy, move nothing like the guy, wear even worse clothes than the guy, but unfortunately share the same first name  ::)

Here"s the "legend" in action - 3 minutes in, very unfortunate  :D
http://youtu.be/khH2utH66sg
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 25, 2011, 13:25:26 PM
Been an eventful week. Last weekend having a couple of freebies, winning tickets for the Alabama 3 gig at Glasgow ABC on their website and at the Rangers v St Johnstone game as my bro-in-law"s company has a private box. Monday saw Annie Apples mum discharged from hospital after picking up a couple of infections, but unfortunately having to go back in again yesterday for the same.
Alabama3 gig
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Alabama3atABC181111003.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Alabama3atABC181111005.jpg)

Worked on Wednesday night, with another few shifts to come tomorrow, Sunday and Tuesday nights before the Manchester APAT next weekend. If anyone sees me go near a cigarette while I"m there feel free to give me a slap around the head for being a numbnut, my carbon monoxide reading is currently down at 2 and I"m looking for it to stay there or lower.

Not much poker lately other than a few MTT Omaha games with regular suck outs on the river against me (much as above), flopped top set all in on flop v flush draw, flopped 2 pair rivered by bigger 2 pair etc etc. Not complaining, doing everything right and standard (certainly on 888) is that large numbers of them seem to have not much clue what their doing, how bad shape they"re in etc. Here"s a prime example, just lol
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO3.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 25, 2011, 14:00:21 PM
And fresh from the current game.....another I lost after flopping a full house and getting it in on flop  :D Thankfully it"s a cheap buy-in and I"m still alive at 1st break with just over 5k (same as average) and 19/54/130
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO4.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 27, 2011, 14:35:37 PM
This kind of thing puts all of life"s woes into perspective, such sad sad news. RIP Gary Speed, Welsh legend and a true professional  :(

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16118668

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 29, 2011, 01:38:31 AM
Just finished 3/113 in $6 PLO game on 888, happy with my play again and $62 in the bankroll  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on November 29, 2011, 10:37:07 AM
You are getting good at PLO
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 29, 2011, 14:45:45 PM

You are getting good at PLO


Cheers Wayne, the play on there"s a bit soft tbh. I"m better than the guy a few posts above getting jiggy with his JJJ on AKQ flop lol
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 30, 2011, 14:28:34 PM
Finished 12th in $6 PLO last night just outside top 10 cash, but happy again with play, losing out with flopped wheel and flush draw against 6 high straight and no help with flush. Currently sitting 3/30/120 in $2 afternoon PLO game with 14k v ave 8k and top 20 cash. Won"t amount to much money,  even up top, but more good experience for v small outlay  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 30, 2011, 14:57:46 PM

Finished 12th in $6 PLO last night just outside top 10 cash, but happy again with play, losing out with flopped wheel and flush draw against 6 high straight and no help with flush. Currently sitting 3/30/120 in $2 afternoon PLO game with 14k v ave 8k and top 20 cash. Won"t amount to much money,  even up top, but more good experience for v small outlay  8)


2nd break in the money 5/14 with 18.6k v ave of 18.4, blinds 400/800 w antes
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 30, 2011, 15:19:05 PM


Finished 12th in $6 PLO last night just outside top 10 cash, but happy again with play, losing out with flopped wheel and flush draw against 6 high straight and no help with flush. Currently sitting 3/30/120 in $2 afternoon PLO game with 14k v ave 8k and top 20 cash. Won"t amount to much money,  even up top, but more good experience for v small outlay  8)


2nd break in the money 5/14 with 18.6k v ave of 18.4, blinds 400/800 w antes


and gone in 7th, shoved behind a short stack with 9/10/J/K double suited and called behind me by bigger stack with AA** flopped 10/J  ;D turn A  :( ............no queen for straight and i"m outta this cheap hotel  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 01, 2011, 15:09:26 PM
And another min cash last night (18/117) in the $7 PLO game, with a little help from this little beauty, who just happened to run into another 2 players with 2 nice diamonds who did all the work for me with the betting raising and shoving on the flop , while I just clicked the call button ;)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO5.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 02, 2011, 20:11:23 PM
So 3 hours of my shift left then (hope to) get home sharp after 11pm, (hopefully) get a good sleep and (better bloody) set off at 8am tomorrow to pick up Chas Kearns (bhoywonder) and Alex Thompson (Newlimproved)..........then it"s Manchester, beware Team Glasgow  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: amcgrath1uk on December 02, 2011, 22:43:33 PM

So 3 hours of my shift left then (hope to) get home sharp after 11pm, (hopefully) get a good sleep and (better bloody) set off at 8am tomorrow to pick up Chas Kearns (bhoywonder) and Alex Thompson (Newlimproved)..........then it"s Manchester, beware Team Glasgow  ;)


no doubt will bump in to you over the weekend, known Chas for a long time but not met up yet. Should make for a fun weekend!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 02, 2011, 23:48:21 PM


So 3 hours of my shift left then (hope to) get home sharp after 11pm, (hopefully) get a good sleep and (better bloody) set off at 8am tomorrow to pick up Chas Kearns (bhoywonder) and Alex Thompson (Newlimproved)..........then it"s Manchester, beware Team Glasgow  ;)


no doubt will bump in to you over the weekend, known Chas for a long time but not met up yet. Should make for a fun weekend!!


Look forward to it Asa, we"ll be the 3 guys with the bloodshot saggy eyes lol
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on December 03, 2011, 19:18:09 PM
Have a gr8 weekend Grant, see you next year :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 05, 2011, 23:22:10 PM
Another fantastic weekend with the APAT gang, though sorry to see many were still nursing post Vegas symptoms and didn"t make it. Had an amazing time with my Team Glasgow mates Chas & Alex, brilliant seeing old friends again and getting to know others a bit better.

The game itself started very well and I was fairly early up to 21k, making a few good bets and river calls and getting some nice hands. All was good till Johnny Zaib on my left was moved then replaced by the CL Asa not long after. I then lost around 5k of my stack in few hands but still felt things were healthy enough and I was playing well. Had a great table, good chat, good play and good people.......then we got split and i ended up on a table with pretty regular raising going on at my right while I ran completely card dead. The table included 2 of the final 3 (Laura and Yangran) and many new faces I"d never played before. I recall getting 10/3os 4 hands in a row and over a period of 2 hours eventually asked the dealer to give me any sort of hand without a 3 in it, or at least give me another of his friends for company

Unfortunately just before 10pm I got the dreaded AJ with only 11 BBs in an open cut off only to run into Laura"s AA on the BB. Most bizarre hand of the weekend was actually in the 7pm casino game on the Sunday night. With A2 and a 3/5/8 flop, which went check check. 350 chips in middle, I bet 200 on turn when 4 came down and gave me straight. Now at this point the tourney break had just started and others were vacating the card room. My opponent dwelt.......and dwelt.....and dwelt....to a point where I actually pleaded with the guy to just fold and allow us to at least get some of the break. I ended up telling him I had the straight and that if he had 6/7 he could take my whole stack. He dwelt some more and in the end had clock called on him and after 8 minutes in total folded a 5 .......just WTF  :D

Took 6 hours to get back to Glasgow due to snow etc so very very tired and will post some more tomorrow with a few pics of my own. To everyone I shared a beer, table, chips or laugh with, I"m grateful to have had the privilege. Many congratulations to George on his win and to Yangran and Laura for their medals. To everyone who cashed, very well done (especially my travelling buddy Chas in 11th) and very bad luck to Alex finishing 15th after playing very well over 12 hours, but also well done to him for making it 2 day 2"s in only 2 APATs  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 06, 2011, 13:23:54 PM
Chatting to Chas and Alex about music, gigs, festivals and stuff during the drive home yesterday so this is mainly for them.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/022.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/023.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/021.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 06, 2011, 20:29:20 PM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/023.jpg)


The Gary Numan ticket on the right hand side is one of my most personal posessions for a couple of reasons. Anyone who knows me well will know he"s been a hero figure since my first gig in 1980 (sneaked out the house when I was 13 and went to Glasgow Apollo on my own  ;) ). The ticket is from the later 1983 Warriors tour at same venue, where I managed to sneak backstage and met the whole crew, resulting in the photos below. 31 years since that first gig I"ve probably now been to somewhere in the region of 25 of his gigs and he"s better than ever.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/025.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/028.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/026.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on December 06, 2011, 21:59:20 PM
Grant...u need to get out more.....lol...joke....amazing photo really.....going way back I imagine....best gig please?....n have u met Gary numan....meant to ask......


Pink Floyd Maine road....check the price..wow....

I contemplated seeing that as a 16 yr old...but didn"t have the nerve
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 06, 2011, 23:26:21 PM

Grant...u need to get out more.....lol...joke....amazing photo really.....going way back I imagine....best gig please?....n have u met Gary numan....meant to ask......


Pink Floyd Maine road....check the price..wow....

I contemplated seeing that as a 16 yr old...but didn"t have the nerve


Yeah mate....those 3 pics above the whole band autographed my 1983 programme above their poses when I got backstage and met them. Gary Numan also autographed the individual page he"s on and the back of that ticket. His mum and dad (seriously  :D ) - Tony and Beryl, autographed the bottom page. There"s another page in programme I didn"t take a pic of that"s autographed by his backing group Tik & Tok.

2 best gigs I"ve ever been at were both Kasabian, atmosphere at their show is always incredible. Been to a real wide range of stuff from Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Japanese pianist, Slam 3D rave at Ingliston, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Sham 69, Stranglers etc etc etc
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on December 07, 2011, 13:03:24 PM
One of the best gigs I've been to is Meat Loaf about 15 years ago, been several times since but does not compare to that one (his getting on now)  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 07, 2011, 14:15:56 PM
Just saw Ger"s comment on Chas" (Bhoywonder) profile  :D Decided it may be time to give mine an update as so much has happened since May 08!

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=1422.msg21580#msg21580
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 07, 2011, 16:23:20 PM
A few unusual incidents from Manchester, though the first one is just the most recent in a growing list of inanimate objects that have taken an aggressive dislike to my head..............
1/ The Premier Inn Swinton hotel hanging basket decided an unprovoked attack was in order on Saturday!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/015.jpg)
2/ During the APAT I took down a 4 way pot at showdown with 6/2os when my 6 played on a 5 low board. My recollection of this is that both Chas Kearns and Charles Mason mucked face down, leaving me to flip with Gary Philips" 4/2 for the chips  :D
3/ On trying to negotiate Manchester City Centre to attempt to pick up Alex and grab some food before hitting the motorway home on Monday, I kinda gave up when I spotted another Premier Inn. Asked the lovely Sinitta at reception if we could park the car there to go find Alex and thankfully she agreed. Me and Chas then walked round the corner, sat in a Witherspoons and phoned Alex. Alex it turned out had literally just walked into that very same Premier Inn to warm up and grab a drink. We had a rather strange 3 way telephone conversation again with the lovely Sinitta before feeding our faces and heading back round the corner to meet Alex.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 08, 2011, 02:02:20 AM
Any kind of explanation for this? Answers by email to justwhatthe****@888.com
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Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AMRN on December 08, 2011, 08:56:34 AM

Any kind of explanation for this? Answers by email to justwhatthe****@888.com
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Justfrightening.jpg)



Explanations..... um....... Clueless Omaha players? Drunk Omaha players?  Omaha players too busy shagging the cat to bother playing properly?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: jbworldwide on December 08, 2011, 10:25:15 AM
I bet 2263 scooped as well.

In hi/lo too many people shoot for the low
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 08, 2011, 12:09:49 PM

I bet 2263 scooped as well.

In hi/lo too many people shoot for the low


It wasn"t Hi-Lo James  :D you want to see the outcome?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 08, 2011, 12:31:36 PM
Glad to say I busted this relentlessly lucky maniac before the cash and I finished 7th last night for just over triple my $6 buy in. This was just 1 of the regular binks he was getting.....(Not sure why the seating moved 45% to the right in 2nd pic  ??? )
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Justfrightening2.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 09, 2011, 03:22:17 AM
Another PLO FT going along fairly well till I busted out 6th. Happy again with my play, just a bit of run good at FT would be nice for bigger cash. $21 in the coffers this time

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO6.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 09, 2011, 23:12:47 PM
Finished work at 9pm and back in again at 8am so decided no game tonight. However I"m thoroughly enjoying railing Louis "Honey/Moneybadger" Manson in the Betfair 10k guarantee $54 buy in SH game. 220+ runners, now at FT with $540 locked up and $2.4k up top, nice work Louis, hope you T.I.D mate 8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 10, 2011, 20:43:56 PM
Think I"ve already mentioned on here, possibly just once or twice, my love of (almost) all things music. It"s safe to say I"m a bit of a hoarder on that front and recently decided enough is enough and time for a clear out, with over 7 thousand tracks on my IPod there"s really no excuse to keep the vinyl I"ve preserved over the years. So I found myself with EBay enticing me over, though this time to sell rather than buy. Happy to say that I"ve now sold my first 7" single in the form of Jeff Beck"s version of Wild Thing. The second one, a Depeche Mode track, strangely went to a guy in Argentina  :D .......move over Derek Trotter, Mr Sheen"s coming to clean up. This time next year I"ll be about 30 quid better off in Paypal :)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/WildThing.jpg)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 11, 2011, 14:01:14 PM
Only 1 game of PLO last night, had a few flops and missed completely then on level 3 got it all in pre after 3/4 bet. A/A/K/10 double suited v A/A/7/6 double suited, obv split pot possibilities till runner runner spades gave opponent one of the flushes.....count to 10 aaaaaaannnnnddddd breeeeeeath  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 15, 2011, 00:00:49 AM
So last night busted out the APAT Brighton sat after Ian "Iliketrips" Matthews did exactly that after I flopped top pair and flush draw, missed the flush draw and he hit his flopped middle pair for trips on river. Went out soon after when my AQ was obv dominated by A7  ::)

Another min cash in PLO game when I finished 15th in 120 runner $6 game after flopping a set and getting outdrawn after getting it in on flop. 888 really should sort out the payment structure though coz it"s kinda pointless only getting your money back due to the fact they pay more than the 10% standard as soon as it hits 100 runners and jumps to 20 making the money.

Gripe over, currently sitting 3/23/119 in tonights game with 19k and blinds at 200/400. FT this time and run deep? Update Just busted 2 shorties to get rid of the bubble and now 3/19 with 25k  8)

2nd Update - FT and CL with 39k  8)

Final Update - Took a big hit with 7 left and, yes you guessed it, a flopped top set! Ran into a straight then went shortie with 5 left. Doubled up twice to get back up to 50k but with 3 left tried to get value for a turned 2 pair with AK v smaller 2 pair and opponent binked straight with 10 on river  :( shouldn"t have made it cheap for him tbh, so my own fault. 3rd of 119 for $65 and change, the kind of result I"ve deserved for my recent play after a bunch of min cashes following outdraws. Can only blame myself for the outdraw tonight though, live and learn  ;)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/PLO7.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 15, 2011, 14:25:07 PM
Woohoooooo the wee round chap had a job interview yesterday and just binked a Full Time job from Santa, will hopefully start in New Year  ;D  ;D  ;D Happy Days
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on December 15, 2011, 14:31:17 PM

Woohoooooo the wee round chap had a job interview yesterday and just binked a Full Time job from Santa, will hopefully start in New Year  ;D  ;D  ;D Happy Days


Nice one soft lad  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 15, 2011, 15:01:20 PM


Woohoooooo the wee round chap had a job interview yesterday and just binked a Full Time job from Santa, will hopefully start in New Year  ;D  ;D  ;D Happy Days


Nice one soft lad  8)


Thanks Ger, after 18 months with only a 12 hour contract it"s exciting and a relief at the same time  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on December 15, 2011, 15:34:57 PM

Woohoooooo the wee round chap had a job interview yesterday and just binked a Full Time job from Santa, will hopefully start in New Year  ;D  ;D  ;D Happy Days


Wiiiiiiii!!!!! Great news Grant... congrats! Don"t be splashing out too much on my Xmas present mate though  :-*
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 15, 2011, 15:44:48 PM


Woohoooooo the wee round chap had a job interview yesterday and just binked a Full Time job from Santa, will hopefully start in New Year  ;D  ;D  ;D Happy Days


Wiiiiiiii!!!!! Great news Grant... congrats! Don"t be splashing out too much on my Xmas present mate though  :-*


Cheers mate, will reserve you a beer at our next adventure  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on December 15, 2011, 16:55:56 PM
Excellent n well deserved methinks
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 15, 2011, 19:26:20 PM

Excellent n well deserved methinks


Cheers Chas, think anybody who can secure a new job in this current climate deserves it as well  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: SirPercival on December 15, 2011, 19:31:59 PM
Nice one Grant.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 16, 2011, 00:50:00 AM

Nice one Grant.


Thanks Stu, looking more promising for season 6 already  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 16, 2011, 02:01:34 AM
OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on December 17, 2011, 14:19:01 PM

OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.

Your a fish....... Oh sorry we were meant to be being helpful right :-)

I really like the poker updates, keep them. I can understand some people not wanting to do it but I am going to try and keep a record of tournament buyins and winnings next year as well as how I do in cash games. I would love to see how other people do so I can see how much of a fish I am compared to other people *lol* I was going to try it this year but set unrealistic targets in terms of volume for myself and had to go away and start all over again.

I also like seeing hands where you have to make a tough decision and why you make that decision - very interesting and a good opportunity to learn for both the poster and the reader imho.

Also what are your poker goals for 2012

Congrats again on the new job. Does it mean you will be at more live events in 2012?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 17, 2011, 15:03:19 PM


OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.

Your a fish....... Oh sorry we were meant to be being helpful right :-)

I really like the poker updates, keep them. I can understand some people not wanting to do it but I am going to try and keep a record of tournament buyins and winnings next year as well as how I do in cash games. I would love to see how other people do so I can see how much of a fish I am compared to other people *lol* I was going to try it this year but set unrealistic targets in terms of volume for myself and had to go away and start all over again.

I also like seeing hands where you have to make a tough decision and why you make that decision - very interesting and a good opportunity to learn for both the poster and the reader imho.

Also what are your poker goals for 2012

Congrats again on the new job. Does it mean you will be at more live events in 2012?


Thanks Steve, yeah obviously means I"ll have more spare cash for Live poker, which I love. Need to see once I find out how rotas will work how I tie this into APAT but know that weekend work will still be involved coz I"m staying with NHS 24, just in a different role. The hands I post up have raised some interesting comments, particularly those that I put in the Academy. I"d like to think I"ve taken on board some of the comments added by the likes of yourself, George, Noble etc etc. Will endeavour to keep doing the same if people are happy with it but I"ve given up using tracking software, still tend to go on my own reads and instincts, which so far have served me well. See you in Brighton I hope  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on December 17, 2011, 16:24:55 PM



OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.

Your a fish....... Oh sorry we were meant to be being helpful right :-)

I really like the poker updates, keep them. I can understand some people not wanting to do it but I am going to try and keep a record of tournament buyins and winnings next year as well as how I do in cash games. I would love to see how other people do so I can see how much of a fish I am compared to other people *lol* I was going to try it this year but set unrealistic targets in terms of volume for myself and had to go away and start all over again.

I also like seeing hands where you have to make a tough decision and why you make that decision - very interesting and a good opportunity to learn for both the poster and the reader imho.

Also what are your poker goals for 2012

Congrats again on the new job. Does it mean you will be at more live events in 2012?


Thanks Steve, yeah obviously means I"ll have more spare cash for Live poker, which I love. Need to see once I find out how rotas will work how I tie this into APAT but know that weekend work will still be involved coz I"m staying with NHS 24, just in a different role. The hands I post up have raised some interesting comments, particularly those that I put in the Academy. I"d like to think I"ve taken on board some of the comments added by the likes of yourself, George, Noble etc etc. Will endeavour to keep doing the same if people are happy with it but I"ve given up using tracking software, still tend to go on my own reads and instincts, which so far have served me well. See you in Brighton I hope  8)

Listening to comments from the likes of George and Noble is good +EV poker, well done. You should keep doing this.

Unfortunately listening to comments from me is likely to be a leak. Try and cut this out of your game in the new year and results will get even better I"m sure :-)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 17, 2011, 18:16:25 PM




OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.

Your a fish....... Oh sorry we were meant to be being helpful right :-)

I really like the poker updates, keep them. I can understand some people not wanting to do it but I am going to try and keep a record of tournament buyins and winnings next year as well as how I do in cash games. I would love to see how other people do so I can see how much of a fish I am compared to other people *lol* I was going to try it this year but set unrealistic targets in terms of volume for myself and had to go away and start all over again.

I also like seeing hands where you have to make a tough decision and why you make that decision - very interesting and a good opportunity to learn for both the poster and the reader imho.

Also what are your poker goals for 2012

Congrats again on the new job. Does it mean you will be at more live events in 2012?


Thanks Steve, yeah obviously means I"ll have more spare cash for Live poker, which I love. Need to see once I find out how rotas will work how I tie this into APAT but know that weekend work will still be involved coz I"m staying with NHS 24, just in a different role. The hands I post up have raised some interesting comments, particularly those that I put in the Academy. I"d like to think I"ve taken on board some of the comments added by the likes of yourself, George, Noble etc etc. Will endeavour to keep doing the same if people are happy with it but I"ve given up using tracking software, still tend to go on my own reads and instincts, which so far have served me well. See you in Brighton I hope  8)

Listening to comments from the likes of George and Noble is good +EV poker, well done. You should keep doing this.

Unfortunately listening to comments from me is likely to be a leak. Try and cut this out of your game in the new year and results will get even better I"m sure :-)


You know your stuff as well Steve, I"m always glad of any advice from you also. 2012 targets? Don"t really set myself targets but would love to defend my Scottish title with vigour, keep improving both my HE and PLO game.....and hopefully now won"t need to keep emptying my online bankroll to keep myself afloat now that Im starting a FT job  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 18, 2011, 14:50:49 PM
Happy that I"ve sorted my first trip for 2012 to Brighton and looki forward to the next APAT adventure  8) On the home front, it"s minus freezing degrees and very icy here but looking Christmassy with only 7 sleeps till Santa arrives.

Played a $6 PLO last night when i got home from work after midnight last night and sure I was a victim of chip dumping. Was sitting 8th of 12 with Top 10 cashing and went card dead with Top 3 chip stacks surrounding me and raising just about every hand. Had 2 shorter stacks on our table making up our 6, and both following raises from a Greek player Panathas shoved behind him, and he folded to both players with odds of around 3/1 and a healthy stack to bust either of them. I then went short stack not long after and only got one raise through for the blinds before ending up all in with 9/10/J/Q double suited and getting no help. Panathas also spent the whole time at that table dishing out personal abuse to each of the other players, so got a bit of verbal fired back at him when I exited in 12th. To be honest even without the chip dumping I"d probably have only sneaked into the money anyway, I had such a bad run of garbage when we got down to about 15 players.

C"est la vie, move on and play another game after work tonight for a better result  ;)  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 21, 2011, 00:29:53 AM
So my blog"s 1st Anniversary has arrived  ;D For those of you who like to partake in the promised quiz, feel free to join in http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=10209.0

For all of you in the wonderful world of APAT I wish you and your families a great Christmas and the best ever 2012. Looking forward to seeing you all in Brighton already but for the time being have a good "un

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Santa.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AceOnTheRiver on December 21, 2011, 19:23:12 PM

OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.


Really enjoying it Grant and great to meet you this year. I won"t b/s you, I skim read a lot of the back story (i.e. from before I knew you) but keep a lookout for your updates now and what comes across is your quality as an individual.

Good luck with everything in 2012.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 21, 2011, 19:27:48 PM


OK gang, doesn"t seem like it but on Wed 21st December I"ll celebrate my new job with my 1st Blog Birthday. Now on 21 pages and going strong but I"m looking for a bit of feedback, constructive criticism, what you like, what you dislike etc etc (Too much of this, not enough of that, "you"re a fish" - D Blacklaw  :P). Even comments about my play, online, live or both are welcome.

I"m thick skinned, won"t take anything personal but I"ll listen, so please feel free to share your thoughts. At some point during the festive period I"ll also run a daft quiz, obv nowhere near as good as Leighs, but there will be an element of fun and a little prize for the winner.


Really enjoying it Grant and great to meet you this year. I won"t b/s you, I skim read a lot of the back story (i.e. from before I knew you) but keep a lookout for your updates now and what comes across is your quality as an individual.

Good luck with everything in 2012.


Cheers JP I appreciate the feedback mate. Likewise, it"s been a pleasure getting to know you more after finally meeting you. Hope you have a superb Christmas and New Year and see you in Brighton in January  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ForthThistle on December 21, 2011, 21:39:58 PM
Your a FISH...

Happy Days....

Keep up the Good work...
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 22, 2011, 00:36:48 AM

Your a FISH...

Happy Days....

Keep up the Good work...


;D Sounds about right Davie lol Hope you and the family have a superb Christmas mate  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on December 22, 2011, 09:19:30 AM
Deffo keep up the swings of ur poker...n ur walk to plo pro...n win Brighton....right I gotta go to IKEA n buy new drawers....fml...
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 23, 2011, 01:45:41 AM

Deffo keep up the swings of ur poker...n ur walk to plo pro...n win Brighton....right I gotta go to IKEA n buy new drawers....fml...


Cheers Chas, hope got the Ikea stuff sorted  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 25, 2011, 09:13:46 AM

So my blog"s 1st Anniversary has arrived  ;D For those of you who like to partake in the promised quiz, feel free to join in http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=10209.0

For all of you in the wonderful world of APAT I wish you and your families a great Christmas and the best ever 2012. Looking forward to seeing you all in Brighton already but for the time being have a good "un

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Santa.jpg)



A Merry Christmas to each and every one of my APAT family, hope you and your own families have a superb day and get spoiled rotten. I"m in work till 3pm but look forward to a great day when I head home. All The Best  8)

And when you"ve finished with your presents feel free to have a go at my wee quiz above  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on December 25, 2011, 10:02:59 AM
All the best Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 02, 2012, 09:24:58 AM
Happy New Year to all you lovely APAT members out there. Not the best start to mine after soemone hacked my Facebook and Hotmail accounts but thankfully limited the damage pretty quickly. Look forward to 18 sleeps and our next encounter in Brighton  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 15, 2012, 21:23:44 PM
Well it"s been almost a fortnight since I"ve updated on here, not much to add TBH as I"d been working through Xmas and New Year up to 8th January. Went to visit my brother Graeme and family in Pontefract on 9th, always a great time to be had when we get together, even more so since we lost our brother Gary 7 years ago this very day. I also celebrated my lovely daughter Corinne"s 21st last night and generally been enjoying life a bit too much while I"m on holiday till 25th  ;D

Only down side over the last couple of weeks has been the lack of poker, including the disappointment of missing the APAT online Euros last night. I can only add that I"ll be aiming to make up for this in 5 sleeps when I hit Brighton  ;) Look forward to seeing you all on Friday!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 18, 2012, 19:13:44 PM
Brushed off the cobwebs with my first MTT in 2012 in a $3 Betfair game. Have to say I"m happy with the overall play, used advice from George and Co about value, bet sizing etc when I had the goods. More advice about spotting weakness with absolute air, then the good old fashioned 8 BB shove in open cut off with A/10 once I"d cashed 23/222. Called by BB with K/J, 10/J/Q flop kinda finished me off before my 2 pair on river drove the last spike home. Good to be playing again and so much looking forward to being in amongst the APAT crew at Brighton again on Friday  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 19, 2012, 16:12:19 PM
Been really enjoying Ray Crowe"s blog "rays life and poker" and just remembered I"d promised if he resurrected his blog that I"d share a wee story with you all. After reading about his horrendous accident with the chimney stack, his fighting spirit and his attitude to life, I"m pretty sure we have a few things in common. His blog has had me sometimes gasping, sometimes laughing, sometimes in awe and fully aware that he's out on his own in the story telling department..but here's mine anyway :p

Sept 1994, saw my daughter Corinne (then 3 years old) go through a horrid illness with kidney problems. This night in question saw us wait for the on-call doctor for a number of hours to come visit her, and when he arrived I knicked out to buy cigarettes from the local ice cream van as I"d none left.

On my way back 2 guys jumped me and gave me a bit of a beating with a hammer. Physically they made a real mess of me, skull fractured in 3 places, cheek fractured and almost made me visit the local registrar afterwards to change my name to John Merrick. I believed I was facing the big au revoir when i was lying on the pavement with blood coming from different parts of my head, thankfully that same doctor got me an ambulance pretty sharpish, wrapped a towel round my head, and almost got into a fight himself when my mates tried to bundle me into a car instead. Wish I could thank him today, he surely saved my life.

I"m not ashamed to admit I got a long spell of counselling afterwards, leading to me understanding a bit about the brains instincts. I questioned myself for months about what I could"ve done to stop what happened, to finally be told by my counsellor that my brain automatically went into fight or flight mode. It"s safe to say that initially I was more British Airways than British Bulldog and tried to leg it. My vision was a bit wonky after the first hammer blow to the face so I ended up over the bonnet of a car, which thankfully wasn"t in flight mode at the time, but it still did enough to thwart my progress and meant I had no choice but to enter fight mode for a while till they left me to my fate.

So if you see me or Ray in Brighton at the weekend with a smile on our faces, it"s probably because people like Ray Crowe and Mr Sheen are so damn glad to still be here enjoying the good things life can throw at us and doing our best not to worry about the more minor problems we also face. Win, lose or draw in poker or life, I"m so grateful that we still have the opportunity to be taking part ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: SirPercival on January 19, 2012, 20:17:29 PM
Amazing story Grant, hope you stopped smoking after this.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: samuel_9 on January 21, 2012, 20:56:50 PM
hope your little girl is ok .......and nice 2 c  you r as well ...they cant keep a good man down ...just inposible can not be done... hope 2  see u in season 6...and glk at brighton glk
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 23, 2012, 22:48:08 PM
Thanks Ray and Stu, yeah she"s fine Ray and way too quickly turned 21 and all grown up lol. Nowhere near as remarkable a story as yours Ray, to endure your accident as a kid and come through with a smile is pretty incredible. Look forward to catching up with you in season 6 mate  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 24, 2012, 09:16:25 AM
Home with reflections of the APAT European 2011 in Brighton at the weekend and have to say it was a bit of a rollercoaster all round  ;D

Friday saw a straightforward jaunt from Glasgow to Gatwick Airport, beer with Davie Pilkington and shuttle to Gatwick train station. All going well till I attempted to get my train tickets from the automated machine and discovered I"d left my phone in the pub at the airport....so shuttle back to the airport bar (dragging poor Davie along for the trip) and thankfully got my phone back, thanks to the staff at the bar  8)

Got to Brighton slightly later than hoped but had a nice relaxing night in the Bright Helm pub with a few drinks and a lot of laughs with great company Paulie, Glenn, Asa, Michelle and the aforementioned "Slightly Awkward Situation" Man. Went back to the hotel, enduring what can only be described as a 100 yard Stag/Hen assault course to get from one building to the other and had a fairly early night after a fairly long day.

Saturday saw another telephone induced detour walking from hotel to the West Quay for lunch, when my phone Sat Nav decided to steer me away from the lovely walk along the prom, way up the hill to Eastern Rd to what was clearly Brighton Prep School, no suitable location for a refreshment or 6  :-[. Again, slightly later arriving at the original destination and lunch, this time with Andy, Caz and Davie...........and then there was the small matter of a poker game to play!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 24, 2012, 10:51:52 AM
A nice stroll along the Brighton prom
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/003.jpg)

Why is my Sat nav sending me up here?  ???  ::)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/006.jpg)

Found the bar at last, now if only someone had told me it was right next to the casino  :D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/013.jpg)

......So the APAT Euro started well when i saw table 4 included JB, JP and Ian Matthews, and turned out to be a very enjoyable experience with a good bunch of others as well. The game started poorly, early on down to about 6k after making 2 crying calls on turn and river against JP"s K high flush after flopping a set. Almost went out soon after with 9h 10h on a  7h Jh Ac flop against AJos but thankfully hit 6h on river to get back up over starting stack. I then went on a run with very nice hole cards or hitting just about every board i was involved in, including a lovely turned and rivered   4h 4c to go with my  4d  4s after a checked  7c  8c  9c flop  8) Cranked my stack up to about 31k before JP then commented he was posting a headline "Grant Speirs Didn"t Hit Shocker" when I missed with (I think) an open end draw.

Then the wheels came off in Level 8 with KK, which I believe I played fairly well pre (straightforward 3 bet to 2700 for 1/4 of Catalin Pedescu"s stack) but very badly post flop on A/Q/10 flop and doubled up his A/10os. Just before the end of the level the final nail arrived when I 3 bet jammed with JJ and ran into Mike John"s AK and he got his pair on the turn.

Well done to the 4 from our table who went through to Day 2, including JP and JB, very well played guys *looks unsuccessfully for little tipping hat icon*  8). I also thoroughly enjoyed the Sunday deepstack turbo game at the casino, good fun but far less memorable, almost as disappointing though, going out with  Qc Jc v  10s Js when all in pre. To anyone I met along the way or shared a table with, thanks for the memories, here"s just a few of you  ;)

More Scaredy Cat than Pables Cat  :P
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/010.jpg)

JB Railing Bruno and Co or waiting for a pit stop?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/011.jpg)

Learned from the Des Duffy Photography School
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/021.jpg)

Think he owned me in the Sunday Turbo.........but I have a valid excuse  ;)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/017.jpg) .........................

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: samuel_9 on January 24, 2012, 13:11:41 PM
nice 2  c u had a good time hope 2 c u in season 6
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 24, 2012, 16:34:22 PM
Just spectacular, that is all!
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on January 25, 2012, 07:33:24 AM
Good stuff grant....just catching up with apat stuff n ur blog...always a good read...roll on season 6 for hopefully more adventures..
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on January 25, 2012, 18:28:52 PM
Love the write up Grant.. sorry I missed it mate, hopefully see you in around 3-4 weeks time fingers crossed :) x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 25, 2012, 21:19:27 PM
Cheers guys, looking forward to Season 6 already. In the meantime, here"s a few more of the APAT"ers who provided a load of highlights from Brighton  8)

Jason and Kylie?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/020.jpg)

The wonderful Frank Bailie (....or The Mighty Cormach to some)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/015.jpg)

A slightly fuzzy, but still fantastic, Michelle Gascoine (my fault, not hers)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/014.jpg)

Ian Thompson (again without Brazil Top :P) with Naz Wrigley
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Brighton%20Jan%202012/016.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on January 25, 2012, 22:15:03 PM
Love the photos Grant, especially love the one of Naz, I will recount to you all later in the week on the hand where Naz absolutely pwned me with Aces  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: HOLDorFOLD on January 26, 2012, 00:17:35 AM

Love the photos Grant, especially love the one of Naz, I will recount to you all later in the week on the hand where Naz absolutely pwned me with Aces  ;D



;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  worthy of a recount  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 28, 2012, 14:14:18 PM
Absolutely loving JP"s Twitter page #golfshotsnamedafterpeople  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 08, 2012, 01:25:31 AM
Back pain for over a week has curtailed sitting at the computer for any length of time and therefore the pokerz  :( Also go into hospital tomorrow for minor day surgery so if you see me on any online poker table at any point tomorrow, just say the word anaesthetic please to remind me I should be nowhere near the virtual felt and more importantly my bankroll  :D

On the positives this week, I had a lovely few takes on Sunday night after JE mentioned on twitz he was having a little punt on the Superbowl. Being in pain and unable to sleep I decided to do the same, then scored 3 individual bets with Cruz getting first T/D, NY giants -3.5, and with about 4 minutes to go any NY Giants win while they were 2 points behind with NE in possession  ;D Helps to ease the pain of missing the poker recently...........well just slightly!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 11, 2012, 14:41:47 PM
back up and running last night in a $5.50 MTT on Betfair, min cashed finishing 86th of about 750. Was always running lower than average ggetting absolute rubbish for most of the 2+ hours. Managed to quadruple up with pocket 8"s about halfway through after shoving 2.3 k at 200/400 and got 3 callers, flopped a full house to get me going again at least ;D.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 15, 2012, 22:17:08 PM
Now between working full time again (finally) and shipping (kerching) into my EBay account from flogging all my Whitney Houston vinyl   :"( , I"ve been a busy boy recently and not had much poker to speak of. Really happy with the online league announcement tonight, looking forward to playing for Scotland in the league, and finally have the best excuse ever for opening a Pokerstars account. Annie Apple was wondering what to get me for my birthday on 24th....would my first deposit be rude to ask for?  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 28, 2012, 19:54:15 PM
OK so series 6 officially starts for me tonight even though I doubt I have any chance of getting to Coventry on Easter weekend  ::)

Doesn"t mean i can"t try my damndest  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: KarmaDope on February 28, 2012, 19:57:45 PM

OK so series 6 officially starts for me tonight even though I doubt I have any chance of getting to Coventry on Easter weekend  ::)

Doesn"t mean i can"t try my damndest  ;)


If you win, I"ll buy your seat from you as I can"t even register on William Hill.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 28, 2012, 20:01:32 PM


OK so series 6 officially starts for me tonight even though I doubt I have any chance of getting to Coventry on Easter weekend  ::)

Doesn"t mean i can"t try my damndest  ;)


If you win, I"ll buy your seat from you as I can"t even register on William Hill.


No probs, it"s a deal  ;D Hope you and Julie are doing well
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on February 28, 2012, 23:24:55 PM
Coventry bubble, deja vu  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 01, 2012, 23:28:01 PM
So first impressions of WH and have to say there should be gold in them thar (william) hills. Nothing so far though due to a few pieces of horrid dealing, which are best not to delve into right now *shakes 50p tin*  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on March 02, 2012, 00:33:32 AM

So first impressions of WH and have to say there should be gold in them thar (william) hills. Nothing so far though due to a few pieces of horrid dealing, which are best not to delve into right now *shakes 50p tin*  :P


ipoker mate....3rd biggest after stars n partypoker...I believe...
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 09, 2012, 01:17:19 AM
Having a bit of fun playing the WH $1 late night MTTs recently & cashed 19/422 last night for the grand sum of $2.53  ;D Was great chatting to a fellow Glaswegian (now in Limerick) Rabhaw on there tonight. Hopefully he"ll join the APAT gang when Cork gets another visit in season 6!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 10, 2012, 14:32:45 PM
Wee Sammy Aygo had his 2 year service this morning so on the way home I managed to nip in to The Alea to see a few of the guys at the SPT Glasgow before it starts. Good luck to Chas Kearns and Davie Blacklaw over the weekend and to Debbie Kimm & any others I know playing the simultaneous leg in Brighton. Was great as ever seeing Tighty but kinda wish I hadn"t popped in as I"m gutted to be sitting at home now and not playing  :P

Fingers crossed now for the racing at Sandown with Song Sung Blue (2.40) & Devil To Pay (3.15) for a wee each-way double.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 11, 2012, 18:27:38 PM


Fingers crossed now for the racing at Sandown with Song Sung Blue (2.40) & Devil To Pay (3.15) for a wee each-way double.


Both came to be in contention from mid division about 3 out then were ready for the knacker"s yard 2 out  ::)

Tonight sees the start of the new league and numbers are looking fantastic for week 1, possibly hitting 400 before the start in 40 minutes, with the Scotland team looking as strong as any. Good luck to all my team mates, hope we get off to a flyer, and all the best to everyone else taking part.

Thanks to the pre season hard work of Des & Rich, the team captains and all members, the APAT spirit is well and truly alive & kicking for Season 6  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 12, 2012, 20:33:13 PM


Thanks to the pre season hard work of Des & Rich, the team captains and all members, the APAT spirit is well and truly alive & kicking for Season 6  8)


Just wtf??? 547 runners for the opening league game, that"s pretty damn awesome, and what  a game it turned out to be with a Scottish winner and 4th for yours truly. Some fantastic banter on the way also, shared a good few tables with many over the 7 and a bit hours, particularly good catching up for a while with Foggy (Chris) and Asa for a much shorter while   :D

$415 for the opening salvo also means that I"m now freerolling for the rest of season 6 league games  8) and a few of you already know how much I enjoy freerolling   ;)

And to all the railers I tip my hat, kept the encouragement levels up for that last few hours when it was needed most, particularly Chas, who sent me a few texts along the way also.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 14, 2012, 21:17:31 PM
Champs league 2nd leg on ITV Chelsea v Napoli - Clive Tylldesley " Torres is warming up"........was waiting for Andy Townsend quirking "Yeah Clive, for the past 15 months"!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2012, 00:42:17 AM
Currently 4/28/78 in $25 deepstack on WH with 25k from 6k starting stack..........a bit more run good would be nice again tonight  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2012, 01:11:03 AM

Currently 4/28/78 in $25 deepstack on WH with 25k from 6k starting stack..........a bit more run good would be nice again tonight  ;D


WH tourney lobby really does suck, at level 13 I"m now 4/21? with 33k but apparently also 21st with 7k  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2012, 01:17:34 AM
Hell yeah, WH is the biz  ;) now on level 14 and CL/18 with 53k  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2012, 03:16:58 AM

Hell yeah, WH is the biz  ;) now on level 14 and CL/18 with 53k  8)


Another 4th place finish and $190 for my $25 buy in so a bit more in the WH bankroll  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 15, 2012, 18:24:54 PM
Big thanks to Suzanne & Asa for railing me last night well into the wee small hours, much appreciated  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 17, 2012, 11:04:17 AM
Hi Ho Hi Ho
It"s off to the pub we go
I drank some booze
I backed some coos
Hi Ho

A great annual day out with the mates yesterday despite having zero picks enter the winner"s enclosure. Made up only in the last race because 3 of us agreed to stick a fiver each and split the winnings. Bellvano was one of the choices (not miine obv), coming in at 20/1  8)

Very sad to see the legend that is Kauto Star pulled up early in the Gold Cup, a very disappointing way to probably end his amazing career. I"m thinking now that maybe Synchronised could go on to fill his illustrious horseshoes after a fantastic run to follow on from his outstanding display in the Lexus. Meh, what do I know? I usually back donkeys  :D

So here"s to next year, looking forward to it already.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 17, 2012, 14:38:31 PM
And now for something completely different...........my Christmas prezzie of tickets for Spamalot finally comes to fruition tonight as we"re off to the King"s Theatre in Glasgow for a night of jollity. Coconuts at the ready and even after such a dismal display by Scotland in the rugby I"ll always look on the bright side of life  ;D

Did I hear one of you lot just whistling there?   :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 19, 2012, 21:20:10 PM
Nice weekend was had (after the Saturday morning hangover passed). Glasgow"s King"s Theatre was packed out for the last night of Spamalot and a fun packed laughalot it was (but too short  ::) ). The cast were superb, Todd Carty in particular and (very surprisingly coz I"ve never ever ever liked her) Bonnie Langford. Some magical funny songs and great scenes ("lovingly ripped-off" they advertise), great memories of Monty Python"s Holy Grail came flooding back and reminded me I"ve not watched any of the Python movies for way too long. Must rectify v soon!

Then there was Week 2! Almost 500 runners again, a Scottish winner, a Scottish Team triumph with 3 final tablists and top points. What more could a man ask for? A better dealer maybe when you"re ahead pre then also hit on the flop? Meh!  :D

*Shakes his 50p tin*  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on March 19, 2012, 22:01:48 PM
Holy Grail, brings back one of my all time fav scenes...

I"ve had worse....  :D

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eMkth8FWno[/youtube]
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 19, 2012, 23:25:47 PM
Yeah they did that Phil " It"s just a scratch"  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 23, 2012, 23:20:37 PM
Right so I"m in that place that shouldn"t be named, but I"ll give you a clue.....Yorkshire"s in it! At my brothers for the weekend and managed to download WH to my netbook no probs for tomorrow night. Different story with Stars, which is telling me my password"s wrong after downloading the software >:( NO IT"S NOT!!! Get a grip Stars, it"s the same password I"ve used in previous 2 weeks and now you"re telling me Im gonna miss week 3? Not a happy man and not keen to reset my password, especially as the software is asking for my e-mail address to send the new password to (surely Stars already know this?).
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: samuel_9 on March 24, 2012, 11:11:25 AM
u most be a LOT older that i thought u where phil
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 24, 2012, 18:42:49 PM
So now I"m pretty sure my Stars account has been hacked as Im just off phone to Paypal who confirm someone has tried to empty my account yesterday  :"(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 25, 2012, 12:29:57 PM

So now I"m pretty sure my Stars account has been hacked as Im just off phone to Paypal who confirm someone has tried to empty my account yesterday  :"(


Emailed Stars security last night and still no reply. Feel utterly hopeless coz I can"t access my pokerstars or Hotmail to change my passwords so I"m fearing the worst the longer this drags on  >:( Looks like I"m def out of the online league game tonight as well so gutted about that too
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 26, 2012, 20:34:19 PM


So now I"m pretty sure my Stars account has been hacked as Im just off phone to Paypal who confirm someone has tried to empty my account yesterday  :"(


Emailed Stars security last night and still no reply. Feel utterly hopeless coz I can"t access my pokerstars or Hotmail to change my passwords so I"m fearing the worst the longer this drags on  >:( Looks like I"m def out of the online league game tonight as well so gutted about that too


FFS! Another 36 hours has passed and still no reply from Pokerstars, Shocking lack of customer service and I"m officially very very close to going on an extremely loud rant if they don"t reply to my 4th e-mail.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 30, 2012, 12:57:25 PM
Pokerstars! Is there anybody out there?

Surely there"s a better way to run a massive business than to leave your customer waiting day after day after day for an e-mail response which hasn"t appeared in a week, or to leave them waiting for the hope of a phone call, which only arrives when you"re out at work! FFS give me a phone number and I"ll happily ring you! I"ll give you any ID, proof, evidence you need to get my account opened again to let me play in the league which was the only reason I joined your site in the first place!

Sometimes in poker I go with gut instinct! I"m sure that"s why I didn"t join Stars for 5 years and probably still wouldn"t have if APATs online league wasn"t sponsored by them (I only opened my account the day before matchday 1).

For a week I"ve tried not to get stressed about this but every day brings more frustration and confusion as my futile attempts to get my account re-opened fall on deaf ears  :"(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 01, 2012, 00:46:15 AM
Thanks to some hard work from Des and Ryan at Pokerstars I"m now back up & running. Unfortunately sexy borris seems to have helped himself to a $50 transfer, then strangely gave me $25 back  ??? Pokerstars are on his case now so i"ll leave it to them.

Happily I"ll now see you all at the online league game tomorrow night again  8) Just don"t mention the Omaha  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: amcgrath1uk on April 01, 2012, 01:10:18 AM

Thanks to some hard work from Des and Ryan at Pokerstars I"m now back up & running. Unfortunately sexy borris seems to have helped himself to a $50 transfer, then strangely gave me $25 back  ??? Pokerstars are on his case now so i"ll leave it to them.

Happily I"ll now see you all at the online league game tomorrow night again  8) Just don"t mention the Omaha  :P


c"mon man, even I outlasted you in the Omaha ;)

Glad to hear you"ve sorted out on stars!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 01, 2012, 01:51:32 AM


Thanks to some hard work from Des and Ryan at Pokerstars I"m now back up & running. Unfortunately sexy borris seems to have helped himself to a $50 transfer, then strangely gave me $25 back  ??? Pokerstars are on his case now so i"ll leave it to them.

Happily I"ll now see you all at the online league game tomorrow night again  8) Just don"t mention the Omaha  :P


c"mon man, even I outlasted you in the Omaha ;)

Glad to hear you"ve sorted out on stars!


Flopped top2 with AQ mate and unfortunately A on river gave me 2nd nuts coz K on turn gave someone else the cheese  ::)

To celebrate going out the Omaha first getting back onto Pokerstars though i"m currently going deep in a 320 runner $5 game on WH, sitting at the mo 6/18 after just doubling up with your fave hand  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Des on April 01, 2012, 02:03:36 AM

Thanks to some hard work from Des and Ryan at Pokerstars I"m now back up & running. Unfortunately sexy borris seems to have helped himself to a $50 transfer, then strangely gave me $25 back  ??? Pokerstars are on his case now so i"ll leave it to them.

Happily I"ll now see you all at the online league game tomorrow night again  8) Just don"t mention the Omaha  :P


Glad they got it sorted for you in the end Grant and I have to say I"m hugely surprised that this issue stretched out as long as it did.  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 01, 2012, 02:17:32 AM


Thanks to some hard work from Des and Ryan at Pokerstars I"m now back up & running. Unfortunately sexy borris seems to have helped himself to a $50 transfer, then strangely gave me $25 back  ??? Pokerstars are on his case now so i"ll leave it to them.

Happily I"ll now see you all at the online league game tomorrow night again  8) Just don"t mention the Omaha  :P


Glad they got it sorted for you in the end Grant and I have to say I"m hugely surprised that this issue stretched out as long as it did. 


Been a frustrating week Des but happy to be back on Pokerstars for the online league and without too much damage to my bankroll. Thanks so much again for all your help, you"re a gentleman and a legend  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 02, 2012, 22:15:24 PM
So back on Pokerstars at least and all"s good. No joy with Facebook or Hotmail  ::) If you receive any rude messages from my accounts then please be assured that none of this nonsense is coming from me  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 09, 2012, 21:59:09 PM
Other than week 1 of the league it has to be said that pokerstars is not a happy hunting ground (Yet!). Not overly concerned about my play but some rather hefty outdraws are seeing me get pretty frustrated. Weeks 2 & 4 of league games I exited mid division after hitting a flop and getting runner runnered, then last night with about 20k and 50 runners left, saw me flop a FH only to lose to a 2 outer on the turn. Only surprise is that Mattej left me with about 5 BBs when he called me after a raising session on the river!

More of the same on PS cash tables, had flopped set of kings busted by flopped set of 4s with both stacks in middle of Omaha game and the 1 outer landed  :( Never mind, keep doing what i"m doing and sure the hands will hold most of the time  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 12, 2012, 00:33:58 AM
Glad the site"s back up & running again and I"m now looking forward to Cardiff in 6 weeks after booking my flight (£75 with Flybe  8) ) and 2 nights at The Big Sleep, which appears to be fairly close to the casino. Not looking likely at having any other travelling Scots as a certain other rival operator is running an MTT in Edinburgh that weekend as well, but if anyone fancies joining me then feel free to PM me.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 14, 2012, 19:20:32 PM

Glad the site"s back up & running again and I"m now looking forward to Cardiff in 6 weeks after booking my flight (£75 with Flybe  8) ) and 2 nights at The Big Sleep, which appears to be fairly close to the casino. Not looking likely at having any other travelling Scots as a certain other rival operator is running an MTT in Edinburgh that weekend as well, but if anyone fancies joining me then feel free to PM me.


Good to know I was wrong about that 1, got Chas & Jamie Kearns joining me for a wee Welsh adventure   ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: amcgrath1uk on April 14, 2012, 20:40:06 PM


Glad the site"s back up & running again and I"m now looking forward to Cardiff in 6 weeks after booking my flight (£75 with Flybe  8) ) and 2 nights at The Big Sleep, which appears to be fairly close to the casino. Not looking likely at having any other travelling Scots as a certain other rival operator is running an MTT in Edinburgh that weekend as well, but if anyone fancies joining me then feel free to PM me.


Good to know I was wrong about that 1, got Chas & Jamie Kearns joining me for a wee Welsh adventure   ;D


Excellent news :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 14, 2012, 20:50:53 PM



Glad the site"s back up & running again and I"m now looking forward to Cardiff in 6 weeks after booking my flight (£75 with Flybe  8) ) and 2 nights at The Big Sleep, which appears to be fairly close to the casino. Not looking likely at having any other travelling Scots as a certain other rival operator is running an MTT in Edinburgh that weekend as well, but if anyone fancies joining me then feel free to PM me.


Good to know I was wrong about that 1, got Chas & Jamie Kearns joining me for a wee Welsh adventure   ;D


Excellent news :)


Can"t wait Asa, really looking forward to it, especially given the online run I"m (not) having. Got into the cash today in a $5 MTT on Stars with 922 runners, was sitting 2nd in chips with about 250 runners left..........then

A/K v J/10 - no cigar
A/Q v Q/10 - not a single panatella
A/K v 6/6 - anyone got a spare woodbine?
9/9 v K/2 (yes, really all in pre for his stack) - now smoking roll-ups after a K/2/x flop

busted out in 97th after my 4/4 ran into AQ and of course only 1 of us got any help from the dealer  ::)

Just got knocked out a WH tourney as well when my KK was no good for 10/4os  :o

So I"m much more keen to get on to a real table as my PC may not be working much longer  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: amcgrath1uk on April 14, 2012, 21:07:49 PM




Glad the site"s back up & running again and I"m now looking forward to Cardiff in 6 weeks after booking my flight (£75 with Flybe  8) ) and 2 nights at The Big Sleep, which appears to be fairly close to the casino. Not looking likely at having any other travelling Scots as a certain other rival operator is running an MTT in Edinburgh that weekend as well, but if anyone fancies joining me then feel free to PM me.


Good to know I was wrong about that 1, got Chas & Jamie Kearns joining me for a wee Welsh adventure   ;D


Excellent news :)


Can"t wait Asa, really looking forward to it, especially given the online run I"m (not) having. Got into the cash today in a $5 MTT on Stars with 922 runners, was sitting 2nd in chips with about 250 runners left..........then

A/K v J/10 - no cigar
A/Q v Q/10 - not a single panatella
A/K v 6/6 - anyone got a spare woodbine?
9/9 v K/2 (yes, really all in pre for his stack) - now smoking roll-ups after a K/2/x flop

busted out in 97th after my 4/4 ran into AQ and of course only 1 of us got any help from the dealer  ::)

Just got knocked out a WH tourney as well when my KK was no good for 10/4os  :o

So I"m much more keen to get on to a real table as my PC may not be working much longer  :D


Yeah I did notice, was in the same tourny ( see facebook), managed to get it in on a KKJ flop with KQ and lose to 99 :/ for a 100k pot.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 15, 2012, 17:34:07 PM
Well done to Suzy finishing 2nd in the Betfair 10k guaranteed and to Chas for his 8th place in a 400ish runner MTT last night  8) I thoroughly enjoyed railing both well into the early hours along with a few other APAT regulars. Looking forward now to matchday 6 of the online league in next couple of hours, good luck to everyone playing.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 17, 2012, 21:40:34 PM
So matchday 6 has come and gone with a slightly deflating individual result of 16th place having been up around the top 5 chip leaders for a good spell when into the cash. Once into the points and with 100k After flopping a flush against Ross Johnson?Roscopiko (my IOU"s against him are adding up  ;D sorry Ross) ran 10/10 twice into bigger hands (1 seen KK and other folded to on turn), bleeding half my stack in the process. Drifted for a while then got it in with AQ & about 10 BBs left, unfortunately against AK  :D and my rollercoaster ride came to an abrupt end.

Well done to Chas for his 2nd FT in 2 nights and Ross for his 4th place, both could"ve gone even higher with a little break from those Stars dealers  :P

More points on the board for the team with 2nd overall and with a 6 point lead after week 6 things are looking good for the Bravehearts. Mon The Scots!!!

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 22, 2012, 20:39:58 PM
Matchday 7 and high hopes before the start. Going along well enough and up to just over 5k, then boom  ::) Get it all in pre with AA v Mark Lassman"s KK and the Pokerstars virtual bar stewards kick me in the chucks once more. 11k pot would"ve had me sitting fairly comfortably but hey ho. Never mind, still plenty of Scots still in for more points  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 23, 2012, 15:01:49 PM
General Observations about Pokerstars after 6 weeks

The APAT league is outstanding
The virtual dealers often take a dislike to me  :D
You can"t bluff someone who"s paid no attention to the player, board, texture etc  ::)
If they"re in auto click mode, you"re probably getting called with 3rd pair
Aces are never a 4/1 favourite
Zoom poker is mental, fun & lucrative.....but a real kick in the stones when you get it all in pre for 320 BBs with AA v 67os  >:( .....and don"t expect any chat when you bump into a team mate

I still have to resolve my hacking problem with them and they"ve assured me they"re going to phone me tomorrow night, so hope to get this resolved then.

Their software is easy to use and runs smoothly. The staff have been friendly enough and helpful, just not easy to get hold of when you need them.

Up to now it"s been a mixed bag of good and bad but I"ll continue with it, if for nothing else the APAT sponsorship and online league........and probably a bit more Zoom  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: jayteejack on April 23, 2012, 17:54:29 PM
AA were never a 4- 1 favourite. U forgot to factor in the penguin :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 23, 2012, 18:59:43 PM

AA were never a 4- 1 favourite. U forgot to factor in the penguin :)


Penguin Power  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 24, 2012, 13:45:27 PM
Yet again get it in pre, just sigh sigh sigh

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/AAagain.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 26, 2012, 01:53:31 AM
All went a bit aggro preflop with the result of a shove to my right & me folding (quite rightly  ::) ) Anyone hear that sigh again  :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Damn.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 04, 2012, 23:12:21 PM
Hell Yeah  ;D


PokerStars Hand #79916998768: Tournament #571010695, $2.50+$0.25 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2012/05/04 18:04:28 ET
Table "571010695 128" 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: ibins88 (2800 in chips)
Seat 2: SantinoAPAT (8276 in chips)
Seat 3: AIRAT-TAT-KZ (5102 in chips)
Seat 4: Mr S Rostein (4008 in chips)
Seat 5: andutzu ung (5355 in chips)
Seat 6: tigris1313 (2700 in chips)
Seat 7: sergiudv (4886 in chips)
Seat 8: linkins2 (1122 in chips)
Seat 9: 007 OLDMAN (4775 in chips)
007 OLDMAN: posts small blind 50
ibins88: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SantinoAPAT [Js Ks]
SantinoAPAT: raises 142 to 242
AIRAT-TAT-KZ: folds
Mr S Rostein: calls 242
andutzu ung: folds
tigris1313: folds
sergiudv: folds
linkins2: folds
007 OLDMAN: folds
ibins88: calls 142
*** FLOP *** [Qh 5s As]
ibins88: checks
SantinoAPAT: bets 424
Mr S Rostein: calls 424
ibins88: folds
*** TURN *** [Qh 5s As] [Ts]
SantinoAPAT: checks
Mr S Rostein: bets 600
SantinoAPAT: calls 600
*** RIVER *** [Qh 5s As Ts] [9c]
SantinoAPAT: bets 960
Mr S Rostein: raises 1782 to 2742 and is all-in
SantinoAPAT: calls 1782
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mr S Rostein: shows [Ac Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
SantinoAPAT: shows [Js Ks] (a flush, Ace high)
SantinoAPAT collected 8308 from pot
Mr S Rostein finished the tournament in 1503rd place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8308 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 5s As Ts 9c]
Seat 1: ibins88 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: SantinoAPAT showed [Js Ks] and won (8308) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: AIRAT-TAT-KZ folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 4: Mr S Rostein showed [Ac Ad] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 5: andutzu ung folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 6: tigris1313 folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: sergiudv folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 8: linkins2 (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 9: 007 OLDMAN (small blind) folded before Flop
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 05, 2012, 23:48:43 PM
All in pre again, just WTF Stars!!!!

PokerStars Zoom Hand #79973550876:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2012/05/05 18:38:58 ET
Table "Hartley" 9-max
Seat 1: dimitris200 ($8.43 in chips)
Seat 2: Keys43 ($13.22 in chips)
Seat 3: Meden8 ($13.44 in chips)
Seat 4: Aju!ntje ($17.03 in chips)
Seat 5: briscasio ($17.81 in chips)
Seat 6: MaxRhab ($10 in chips)
Seat 7: SantinoAPAT ($17.71 in chips)
Seat 8: Ivan_Rank1 ($10.89 in chips)
Seat 9: kevka321 ($9.15 in chips)
Keys43: posts small blind $0.05
Meden8: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SantinoAPAT [Ac As]
Aju!ntje: folds
briscasio: raises $0.20 to $0.30
MaxRhab: folds
SantinoAPAT: raises $1 to $1.30
Ivan_Rank1: folds
kevka321: raises $7.85 to $9.15 and is all-in
dimitris200: folds
Keys43: folds
Meden8: folds
briscasio: folds
SantinoAPAT: calls $7.85
*** FLOP *** [7h 2h 6h]
*** TURN *** [7h 2h 6h] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [7h 2h 6h Ah] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SantinoAPAT: shows [Ac As] (a flush, Ace high)
kevka321: shows [Jd Qh] (a flush, Ace high - Queen higher)
kevka321 collected $17.91 from pot

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Usual.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 06, 2012, 00:04:58 AM
And to make up for it :)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/Makesupforit.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 07, 2012, 17:20:27 PM
Had a good time railing Mr Baker last night in the Sunday Storm (until my bed & early rise for work won). What a great performance to finish 34th in a field of 35,000ish. I"m sure he"ll be wondering "what might have been" today, but i for one can only say very well done to the big man. To get that close to then fall before the FT will be pretty gutting but to finish well into the top 1% is a fine achievement  8)

Well done also to Geo Dickson for an excellent result in the league, helping Scotland hugely to 3rd place and points on the board that we maybe didn"t look like getting for a while. Cheers Geo  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 15, 2012, 22:50:04 PM
So the variance continues to kick me in the chucks, just sigh. Should"ve dumped it on turn but what can you do?

Table "Watts IV" 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Bluff Man573 ($10 in chips)
Seat 2: Nuvo74 ($6.68 in chips)
Seat 3: just_Lubo ($8.18 in chips)
Seat 4: clemente4864 ($8 in chips)
Seat 5: forwinincash ($4.21 in chips)
Seat 6: Gosbee10 ($9.12 in chips)
Seat 8: SantinoAPAT ($9.12 in chips)
Seat 9: Genosage ($10.13 in chips)
Gosbee10: posts small blind $0.05
BCE_|\/|OE: is sitting out
SantinoAPAT: posts big blind $0.10
clemente4864: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SantinoAPAT [Ah Ad]
Genosage: folds
Bluff Man573: calls $0.10
Nuvo74: calls $0.10
just_Lubo: folds
clemente4864: raises $0.30 to $0.40
forwinincash: folds
Gosbee10: calls $0.35
SantinoAPAT: raises $1.80 to $2.20
Bluff Man573: folds
Nuvo74: folds
clemente4864: folds
Gosbee10: calls $1.80
*** FLOP *** [3c 7d Kd]
Gosbee10: checks
SantinoAPAT: bets $2.94
Gosbee10: calls $2.94
*** TURN *** [3c 7d Kd] [Qc]
Gosbee10: checks
SantinoAPAT: bets $3.98 and is all-in
Gosbee10: calls $3.98 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3c 7d Kd Qc] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Gosbee10: shows [Kc Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Queens)
SantinoAPAT: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Gosbee10 collected $17.99 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.84 | Rake $0.85
Board [3c 7d Kd Qc Qh]
Seat 1: Bluff Man573 folded before Flop
Seat 2: Nuvo74 folded before Flop
Seat 3: just_Lubo folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 4: clemente4864 folded before Flop
Seat 5: forwinincash (button) folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 6: Gosbee10 (small blind) showed [Kc Ks] and won ($17.99) with a full house, Kings full of Queens
Seat 8: SantinoAPAT (big blind) showed [Ah Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 9: Genosage folded before Flop (didn"t bet
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Cyntaf on May 15, 2012, 23:09:32 PM
How bad can one man run.............Take a week off Sir :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 15, 2012, 23:19:07 PM

How bad can one man run.............Take a week off Sir :)


No Paul I"m fine, honestly mate. Fault in that hand was the ridiculous raise to 2.20 pre lol. Kinda left me without any play once my flop bets been called. Won most of it back elsewhere and gave up for the night so all good again  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Cyntaf on May 16, 2012, 15:45:44 PM
Great stuff.....Hope you is going to Cardiff. C u There if so Grant... :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 16, 2012, 16:53:30 PM

Great stuff.....Hope you is going to Cardiff. C u There if so Grant... :)


Fly down on Saturday morning with Chas & Jamie Kearns (bhoywonder & silverfox). Great couple of guys to travel with, who i got to know after sharing the seat next to Jamie from the beginning all the way to HU in the Scottish Final in July. Looking forward to it loads mate, especially catching up with all the APAT regs and Captain Cymru.

10 sleeps and counting, see you then  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 17, 2012, 21:32:07 PM
So now only 9 sleeps to Cardiff and to make life just a wee bit more exciting I"ve discovered I"ve been chosen to captain Team Braveheart at the ECOAP Team event at DTD in August. I"m hugely proud and honoured to take forward a Scotland team into battle against our Euro rivals, who are already boasting an amazing line up of captaincy themselves. No doubt gonna be an amazing 4 days in Nottingham  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on May 18, 2012, 07:42:35 AM
Huge congratulations on the Scotland captaincy and good luck in selecting the team. Right choice after the last season in my opinion.

Hope you come second :-)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on May 18, 2012, 11:05:26 AM
Wohooooo!!! Congrats Grant well chuffed for you mate, top man and well deserved. Will seek you out for a beverage or two when I get down there fella x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 18, 2012, 17:08:21 PM
Cheers guys, would obviously love both of you to get a place in your respective teams as well and no reason why you shouldn"t be excellent candidates  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on May 18, 2012, 18:50:49 PM

Cheers guys, would obviously love both of you to get a place in your respective teams as well and no reason why you shouldn"t be excellent candidates  ;)


No team event for me Grant, combination of work, home life etc, and being lucky having done it last year at the Home Internationals for England already, be good to see some fresh blood, I"m sure Steve will pick a cracking team...  will be down for the events over the weekend though mate, will see you then for a beer or 3  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on May 19, 2012, 12:31:48 PM
well done on the scottish captaincy Grant

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Cyntaf on May 19, 2012, 13:06:44 PM
Congrats Grant, I know you"ll give 100% for the cause.

WD and look forward to Nottingham.. :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 21, 2012, 13:24:01 PM
Thanks again everyone, looking forward to it so much  ;) For anyone interested here"s the official link to the Team Scotland ECOAP page. See you all in Cardiff before then  ;D

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=11202.msg179233#msg179233
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on May 23, 2012, 10:30:41 AM
Thx for the rail last night grant.....felt like a thief this morning....twas a good deal...lol
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 23, 2012, 13:54:12 PM

Thx for the rail last night grant.....felt like a thief this morning....twas a good deal...lol


Was a pleasure railing Chas and great entertainment. Getting a 4 way chop with only 10% of the chips in play mate, fantastic negotiating  ;D When you applying to go on The Apprentice?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 24, 2012, 02:19:18 AM
I saw these "parma" things on Come Dine With Me tonight and have to admit they look rather tasty. Anybody know anything about them?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Erimus on May 24, 2012, 08:39:13 AM

I saw these "parma" things on Come Dine With Me tonight and have to admit they look rather tasty. Anybody know anything about them?


If it is a Parmo you are talking about, it is unique to the Middlesbrough/Stockton area , never seen it on offer either in takeaway form or in a restaurant any further south than Northallerton about 15 miles away.

It is either an escalope of pork or chicken in breadcrumbs covered in White bechemel sauce and topped with cheddar cheese, usually the size of a  frisbee.

The standard can vary from the ridiculously bad in certain takeaways to an absolute joy in a decent restaurant.

This dish became popular in the eighties in a really rough restaurant in the eighties called the Europa in the Boro, it was the only place to eat after the nightclubs kicked out so there was always a massive q, it was always seved with chips, salad ( half a tomato and a lettuce leaf) and tinned peas, I don"t think it ever reached Michelen Stars status for some unknown reason but that was where the legend was born.

Nb if it was not a Parmo you were talking about then apologies, but every day is a learning day.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Paulie_D on May 24, 2012, 15:39:40 PM
You mean this:

(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/10/1/1254406734651/Parmo-001.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on May 24, 2012, 17:05:27 PM
"Posher"* variants...

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/images/2007/11/05/parmo_posh203_203x152.jpg)  (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/487116416_20b47200a3_m.jpg)

*you get more than half a tomato and a lettuce leaf with it x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on May 24, 2012, 17:31:08 PM
Step away from the Parmo, just saying...
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 24, 2012, 23:01:00 PM

"Posher"* variants...

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/images/2007/11/05/parmo_posh203_203x152.jpg)  (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/487116416_20b47200a3_m.jpg)

*you get more than half a tomato and a lettuce leaf with it x


That one on the right looks kinda like the one on Come Dine With Me and it was a girl in the Tees area
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 28, 2012, 19:32:13 PM
APAT Cardiff

In the year of the diamond jubilee it seemed appropriate that the queen would visit me with regularity in Cardiff. Unfortunately every time I picked one up, I seemed to flop one to go with it, but then run into someone else with a bigger hand. Vikrum Mehta had me completely owned at our table sitting directly on my left, and I feel no shame in saying that as he"s a fine player. Ran AQ into AA more than once (though did bink a straight against Steve Robinson with one of them), QJ into AQ a couple of times and my final exit appropriately with QJ v AJ, flopped a queen but out to the nut flush.

The 4:45am rise on Saturday to get the 7am flight wasn"t ideal, followed by 26 hours of poker, alcohol, more poker, more alcohol and a rivered 1k cash pot at Les Croupiers meant I was a complete wreck on Sunday. Not best to then sit down for the APAT PLO game, and it showed when i didn"t bother to lay down my FH 1st hand in and another river made it my sharpest exit in a live game ever.

My travelling buddies Chas & Jamie Kearns made it a weekend to remember, we had some great laughs along the way and i can"t thank you guys enough for being superb company. Always a pleasure catching up with all the APAT regs (you know who you all are) and was also great to meet the likes of Lucas & Fidel for the first time after some great online games with them. To the locals I met, I also tip my hat to the likes of Jamie and The Doc for adding to the experience and to the G Casino & Les Croups staff for making us all welcome and looking after us. To the chinese restaurant manager I can only say that you"re a crazy lucky fish, but i do hope our paths cross again sometime soon  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 08, 2012, 00:31:37 AM
Nottingham 4 nights booked for the ECOAP, £112  ;) Cheap as chips thanks to the page of Paulie D esquire and a bit of swap over after 2 days from Travelodge to Holiday Inn Express
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 09, 2012, 13:53:00 PM
Been reading the blog of Sir Des of All APAT and his opening salvo brought back some really fond memories of my mum, who many of you will know passed away in January 2011. Today would"ve been her 72nd birthday and I have a tendency to look back on the good with a smile, as opposed to sadness.

What Des wrote about his bus trip reminded me about the strange way your brain operates after a bereavement. She was the first person to enter my head when I won the Scottish APAT in July, simply coz I knew she"d have an even broader smile than me at that exact moment. She"d also be over the moon to know I"ll be captaining Scotland at DTD in August when we all meet up for the ECOAP. Even now, I"ll occasionally still pick up my mobi and go to phone her and for some strange reason still have her number on my phone.

So here"s to Wee Mo, Happy Birthday Mum, Love you always  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 12, 2012, 00:02:42 AM
Just finally watched Moneyball, directed by and starring Brad Pitt as has-been pro baseball player Billy Beane, now General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. Based on factual events around the 2001 & 2002 seasons, it"s a very interesting take on how The A"s took on the baseball big boys with a far smaller budget. Other than that I won"t give any more away, other than to say there are some fine strong performances and if you like baseball or know anything about the game, then you"ll surely love this  8)

Think Rounders for poker players  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 13, 2012, 00:24:01 AM
All gone a bit Van Per-shaped!

So all teams have now played their opening games in Euro 2012 and I for one have been rather bored till today. Add to that the fact that I pinned my hopes from day 1 for a Netherlands win and Van Persie as top scorer  :D So it really couldn"t have started much worse for me. Thankfully I"m feeling much more inspired following the Greece v Czech and Poland v Russia games this evening, particularly from some of the fantastic intricate play and movement during the latter.

After watching the first lot of games I can only suggest that the likes of Netherlands, Spain & France could play with the same kind of direct approach and urgency, as opposed to trying to walk the ball into the opponents area. Not only would it be far more entertaining but would possibly reap them more rewards.

Here"s hoping Van Persie & Co put it into practice, play with a bit more width and flair, don"t rely so heavily on Schneider and get themselves back in the running  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on June 13, 2012, 08:29:08 AM
The first rounds of games in any tournament are always cagey; it should liven up now as in last night. I'm on the Germans    
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Des on June 13, 2012, 10:36:21 AM

Been reading the blog of Sir Des of All APAT and his opening salvo brought back some really fond memories of my mum, who many of you will know passed away in January 2011. Today would"ve been her 72nd birthday and I have a tendency to look back on the good with a smile, as opposed to sadness.

What Des wrote about his bus trip reminded me about the strange way your brain operates after a bereavement. She was the first person to enter my head when I won the Scottish APAT in July, simply coz I knew she"d have an even broader smile that me at that exact moment. She"d also be over the moon to know I"ll be captaining Scotland at DTD in August when we all meet up for the ECOAP. Even now, I"ll occasionally still pick up my mobi and go to phone her and for some strange reason still have her number on my phone.

So here"s to Wee Mo, Happy Birthday Mum, Love you always  :)


Nice post Grant.  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 19, 2012, 22:13:49 PM
Just back from a couple of days in St Andrews and while I was there became slightly confused. Weren"t these clowns moonlighting in Ukraine over the past 10 days?  ::)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/StAndrewsRoslynPeeblesJune2012039.jpg)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 22, 2012, 18:30:41 PM
Many of you will no doubt know that,  following redundancy from my main employment in Jun 2010, my bankroll took a bit of a beating over last 2 years due to only having a 12 hours a week part-time job for 18 months of it, up till january this year when I finally got back into full time employment. Basically any money I won at poker was used to supplement my income and keep me afloat. This has meant that my levels have dropped significantly and other than my 4th place in the opening week of the online league, there"s really been not much to cheer about.

So I"ve found myself playing these little low-stakes MTTs, needs must and all that, more or less to keep me conditioned till my full time wage levels out my finances again and I can make a reasonable deposit into my account(s). I"ve also found myself playing far less than I"ve ever done over the past 5 years and that can"t be a good thing.

Last night I"m quite chuffed to say that i gave my meagre bankroll a nice boost when I finished 2nd of 1865 in a little $1 Stars MTT for a nice profit of around $230. It was a long 7 hours grind, but for me feels very very worthwhile in the general scheme of things  ;)  
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on June 22, 2012, 18:43:05 PM

I finished 2nd of 1865 in a little $1 Stars MTT for a nice profit of around $230.


Now that is a healthy return - nice one Charlie  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Curlarge on June 22, 2012, 19:02:21 PM

Many of you will no doubt know that,  following redundancy from my main employment in Jun 2010, my bankroll took a bit of a beating over last 2 years due to only having a 12 hours a week part-time job for 18 months of it, up till january this year when I finally got back into full time employment. Basically any money I won at poker was used to supplement my income and keep me afloat. This has meant that my levels have dropped significantly and other than my 4th place in the opening week of the online league, there"s really been not much to cheer about.

So I"ve found myself playing these little low-stakes MTTs, needs must and all that, more or less to keep me conditioned till my full time wage levels out my finances again and I can make a reasonable deposit into my account(s). I"ve also found myself playing far less than I"ve ever done over the past 5 years and that can"t be a good thing.

Last night I"m quite chuffed to say that i gave my meagre bankroll a nice boost when I finished 2nd of 1865 in a little $1 Stars MTT for a nice profit of around $230. It was a long 7 hours grind, but for me feels very very worthwhile in the general scheme of things  ;)  


vwp mate.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: fandango on June 22, 2012, 20:00:41 PM
Nice Grant not easy to plough you"re way through fields of that size..Super ROI for $1 congrats.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 22, 2012, 20:27:33 PM
Cheers guys, happy with how I played and overall result. Hopefully can continue to build on it and get back to levels I was at in 2008/9 now that I don"t have to keep withdrawing the money. Nice play in the Big $55 as well Curly, you"ll run deeper again one of these days soon mate  ;) Cheers also to Chas, Suzanne and GiMac who railed me for spells through the night, didn"t finish till 6.45 this morning so all encouragement was welcome  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 24, 2012, 02:03:07 AM
Chris Kelly is on fire in the predictions comp, hope his run continues tomorrow  :D

ck1888     CZE       GRE        FRA        ENG        
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 04, 2012, 02:27:48 AM
Been decorating a freshly plastered bedroom and it"s taking forever. Dust everywhere so constantly cleaning while I work  ::) Woodwork all done, bed rebuilt, 1 last coat of emulsion tomorrow then new carpet down on Thursday. All this in between working and playing poker so not enough hours in the day.

Never mind, finish everything on Thursday then off to the wonderful world of T In The Park till Monday for 3 days of liver abuse with 80,000 others, some of the best live music possible and just the most incredible atmosphere on the planet. Bring on the rain, the mud and of course the wellies and ponchos  8)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/BigWheel.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/GreenDay2.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 04, 2012, 11:40:09 AM
Our office IT system has decided to take annual leave today, praise the lord and hallelujah  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 11, 2012, 11:43:33 AM
Now almost fully recovered from this year"s T In The Park, which for the most part was an endurance event of 9 hour days up to the ankles in mud, but still the best weekend of your life for the amazing music on offer and ridiculously unique comedy value (e.g. after 16 hours of rain a very large puddle pond appears in campsite.....so 2 guys plop their camping chairs right in the middle of it then sit there for a couple of hours holding fishing rods while they drink their beer  :D)

There are about 10 different stages around the arena with a great variety of bands/artists, our viewing went as follows:

Friday The Jezabels; Kaiser Chiefs; Temper Trap; Florence & The Machine; Snow Patrol

Saturday: The Wailers; Django Django; Simple Minds; Benjamin Francis Leftwich; Mull Historical Society, Noel Gallagher; Stone Roses

Sunday: James Morrison; Rita Ora; Josh Osho; Spector; Keane; Elbow; Kasabian

Despite the rain and mud and my body feeling it"s full 45 years, I"m glad to say Mr Daniels and all those bands named above kept me running to the very end. Tickets already in the bag for the 20th TITP in 2013, and yes, I"ll be counting the sleeps to that one as well  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on July 11, 2012, 15:41:10 PM
Cracking line ups Grant, how did you find the Stone Roses? Thought they were excellent at Heaton Park even with Ian Browns dodgy vocals as the gig progressed.. What was the crowed like as well? Myself and Kat were right at the front up against the barriers of the "cheap" area and basically had to endure :

1) Pints of pi$$ chucked all over
2) Kat going to the loo and a couple barging in to do some "lines"
3) Random kn*bheads basically wanting to get those extra few inches near the front which started with me turning round eventually to tell a couple of lads to f*ck off.. in the end I couldnt physically turn round and the general vibe of the crowd was pretty nasty... fights breaking out etc
4) Getting kicked in the head time after time by people in wellies as they got "surfed" over the barriers due to the crush

Chatting to some randoms after they said thats just a typical gig nowadays.. and yes probably being at the front wasn"t the call to be honest.. but the crowd was just full of ar$eholes :(

God I sound old :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: duke3016 on July 11, 2012, 15:53:01 PM

God I sound old :(


Sums it up nicely I feel  ;D ;D ;D

p.s. You booked Portugal yet.....
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on July 11, 2012, 15:55:33 PM

p.s. You booked Portugal yet.....


Costs added up = win according to the Stockton Rock... just need to ask the boss if I can have some time off. He"s a proper ar$hole  ::)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on July 11, 2012, 17:00:19 PM


p.s. You booked Portugal yet.....


Costs added up = win according to the Stockton Rock... just need to ask the boss if I can have some time off. He"s a proper ar$hole   ::)


Did he go to the gig aswell?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on July 11, 2012, 18:59:14 PM



p.s. You booked Portugal yet.....


Costs added up = win according to the Stockton Rock... just need to ask the boss if I can have some time off. He"s a proper ar$hole   ::)


Did he go to the gig aswell?


;D he indeed did... as we are one and the same.. there"s me waking up everyday and telling myself not to encourage my ever increasingly rampant schizophrenia..  :-\
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 11, 2012, 19:56:06 PM
Felt Stone Roses were on good form Phil and crowd wasn"t too wild, only disappointed they didn"t play any of the Second Coming album as it includes some of my favourite songs (Straight To The Man, Begging You etc) Like most gigs/festivals there"ll always be a small number of numbnuts who get too drunk/wasted, start pushing in or staggering around and bumping into you. I"ve never yet had a red card in a gig crowd for sticking an elbow out when needed  ;) just saying!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 15, 2012, 23:46:03 PM
Answers on a postcard please..........50p in tin and admittedly on tilt  :D

PokerStars Hand #83379221570: Tournament #582829403, $3.00+$0.30 USD Omaha Pot Limit - Level VI (40/80) - 2012/07/15 18:32:49 ET
Table "582829403 5" 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: YaVezuchiy (2940 in chips)
Seat 2: any2cardsQ10 (5820 in chips)
Seat 3: hernanipoker (2485 in chips)
Seat 4: WezzFez (8970 in chips)
Seat 5: Chrille69 (3000 in chips)
Seat 6: thestonk (4408 in chips)
Seat 7: AARPRATES (2835 in chips)
Seat 8: vennor (6366 in chips)
Seat 9: SantinoAPAT (4608 in chips)
YaVezuchiy: posts small blind 40
any2cardsQ10: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SantinoAPAT  10d 3c  10c Qc]
hernanipoker: raises 200 to 280
WezzFez: folds
Chrille69: calls 280
thestonk: folds
AARPRATES: calls 280
vennor: calls 280
SantinoAPAT: calls 280
YaVezuchiy: calls 240
any2cardsQ10: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c 9c Jh]
YaVezuchiy: checks
hernanipoker: bets 320
Chrille69: folds
AARPRATES: folds
vennor: calls 320
SantinoAPAT: calls 320
YaVezuchiy: calls 320
*** TURN *** [4c 9c Jh] [10h]
YaVezuchiy: checks
hernanipoker: bets 720
vennor: folds
SantinoAPAT: raises 3288 to 4008 and is all-in
YaVezuchiy: folds
hernanipoker: calls 1165 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2123) returned to SantinoAPAT
*** RIVER *** [4c 9c Jh 10h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hernanipoker: shows [3h 5d 6s 4h] (a flush, Jack high)
SantinoAPAT: shows [10d 3c 10c Qc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
hernanipoker collected 6810 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6810 | Rake 0
Board [4c 9c Jh 10h 8h]
Seat 1: YaVezuchiy (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: any2cardsQ10 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: hernanipoker showed [3h 5d 6s 4h] and won (6810) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 4: WezzFez folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 5: Chrille69 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: thestonk folded before Flop (didn"t bet)
Seat 7: AARPRATES folded on the Flop
Seat 8: vennor folded on the Turn
Seat 9: SantinoAPAT (button) showed [10d 3c 10c Qc] and lost with a straight, Eight to Queen
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: MintTrav on July 16, 2012, 20:57:55 PM

Answers on a postcard please


A flush beats a straight, Grant.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on July 16, 2012, 21:00:27 PM


Answers on a postcard please


A flush beats a straight, Grant.

WHAT? SINCE WHEN?

Why do I not know about this?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on July 16, 2012, 21:29:55 PM
surely a fold pre there grant?

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 16, 2012, 23:00:58 PM

surely a fold pre there grant?




On the button against these guys Rob.....not a chance ;) Original raiser was lucky to still be in at this point and I was sure I was ahead when chips went in. Shoulda been raising on that flop tbh but still can"t believe he called for the rest of his stack with such a poor draw lol
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 22, 2012, 02:42:55 AM
I watched a couple of last year"s Oscar faves today, namely War Horse and The Descendants. Before I sat down with the munchies, the former I wasn"t too interested in and the latter I was really looking forward to, though TBH I found the results were completely the opposite.

War Horse was far more exciting, emotional and entertaining than I expected it would be, with very strong performances from a largely British cast, including Tom Hiddleston, Peter Mullan and Emily Watson. The star of the movie "Joey" completely stole the show though and had me enthralled throughout.

The Descendants, despite a fine performance from George Clooney, didn"t fill me with any inspiration at all as it fizzled out to a rather undramatic conclusion. I had high hopes for this misfit family drama, which admittedly had it"s moments, but nowhere near enough to keep me interested for 2 hours. Ultimately it left me with no empathy or feeling for the characters, despite their vulnerabilities, weaknesses and traumas that surrounded them.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 26, 2012, 15:54:38 PM
Finished 33rd of 5777 runners last night in the Big $4.40 on Stars and felt pretty deflated afterwards. Played solid poker for the vast majority of the 7 hours and for most part was well above chip average for about 5 and a half hours of it. Made a couple of costly errors late on when tiredness started slapping me about the face about 4am and left myself struggling once into the final 100. After a recent 112/3000+ and 11/130 I"m needing to iron out the concentration lapses late on to make that final push.

Cheers to all who railed me on well into the early hours including Sharon Roberts, Chas Kearns, Johnny Barr, Ray Crowe and Gary Purcell (who was in the same tourney for a long time & I look forward to seeing again at the Scottish in October).

Thanks gang, much appreciated.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 27, 2012, 01:52:10 AM
and 87th of 2958 runners tonight in 5k guaranteed. Dumped out unceremoniously with flopped 2 pairs v set  ::) Was all going so well again up to that point, other than losing 10 minutes earlier with KK v A5 short stack AIPF for 1/3 of my stack, who still hit his ace despite the BB showing A/10 folded  :D

17 of 23 won at showdown (73%) and 27 pots won without

There"s always tomorrow................ ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 29, 2012, 00:34:48 AM
Last night I decided to get a bit of low stakes cash PLO for a nice change. Only $12.50 investment and just over $10 profit but happy with the practice.

Tonight managed to get out for a nice bite to eat at Bella Italia and a visit to cinema for Dark Knight Rises. TBH the movie wasn"t dark enough for my liking and was more New York than Gotham, but still a throroughly enjoyable watch with some good performances. My old workmate Cameron Jack even got a speaking role so after what seems like a lifetime of TV parts, stage and musicals my fingers are crossed that we"ll see much more of him on the big screen  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 30, 2012, 10:32:52 AM
Back on the horse again last night and my first ever game in the Sunday Storm. Pretty horrendous event TBH don"t recall winning a hand, missed 2 boards with AK in first 3 levels that were fairly costly then induced a raise on aggro table with AQ and shipped in behind the raiser and 2 callers with AQ for 30BBs. Duly got called by one of the callers with A8, who duly went on to bink a flush and bust me out. Happy with how I played the hand against those opponents on that table as I was confident I was well ahead of their ranges.

Went on to $5.50 1000 capped tourney later on and some more sick beats saw me exit in 7th for a tidy $150. At FT was sitting pretty comfortable and again induced a shove from a shortie (for his 3rd time after I min+ raised). I snap called him, again for same reason I"m sure I"m ahead of his range with A7 and caught him with 5/7....you can guess the rest. A while later AA no good v shorties Q/10, but did take a small side pot to keep me afloat. Final demise saw me shove with AQs on button for 16 BBs behind an even shorter stacks all in, only to run into SB with KK and no help  :(

Still another decent result and getting closer to the (at the moment) elusive top prizes  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 31, 2012, 12:15:56 PM
Things that make you go Mmmmm

Sat down at 2 PLO cash tables last night for a bit more training and still can"t get my head round the max buy-in for 2 c /5c being $12.50 yet for 5 c /10c it"s $10 Mmmmmmmmm ??? Anyways I bought in to both for max as usual looking forward to a couple of hours of leisurely fun.

1st hand at the 5 c /10c table I sat down with auto-blind in cut off with 2c 3h 9s Js, someone raised in EP to 25c and got 3 callers so seemed rude to fold  ;). Flop delivered 8s 10c Qs  ;) ;) ;) ;) ........this hit 3 of us straight in the chops and we were all in pre as betting went mental. I was up against QQxx and As 7s xx, blank turn made me smile and I"m sure river made everyone smile initially when the 10s dropped ;D Straight up from $10 to 28 first hand, Mmmmmmmm!
Ended the 90 minute session with $44 total and a little more profit for the bankroll.

Not expecting much action in next couple of days as I gear up for holiday in Sorrento on Friday, only 3 sleeps and I can"t wait to go see the big yellow globe in the sky and spend some quality time with Annie Apple and 2 of our friends. Good times ahead as tomorrow brings an August full of optimism  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Swinebag on July 31, 2012, 21:20:13 PM


Not expecting much action in next couple of days as I gear up for holiday in Sorrento on Friday, only 3 sleeps and I can"t wait to go see the big yellow globe in the sky and spend some quality time with Annie Apple and 2 of our friends. Good times ahead as tomorrow brings an August full of optimism  8)


love this part of the world

enjoy it Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 01, 2012, 00:44:12 AM



Not expecting much action in next couple of days as I gear up for holiday in Sorrento on Friday, only 3 sleeps and I can"t wait to go see the big yellow globe in the sky and spend some quality time with Annie Apple and 2 of our friends. Good times ahead as tomorrow brings an August full of optimism  8)


love this part of the world

enjoy it Grant


Cheers Rob, never been to Italy so looking forward to it humungously. Still managed to squeeze in a nice wee $8.80 PLO 187 runner MTT tonight as well and finally got a victory after 10 days of hitting the bar and just wide of the posts   ;D

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Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 01, 2012, 23:45:52 PM
.........and finished 11th of 201 tonight in same $8.80 PLO for another $28.14. AIPF and ahead till flushed on river. Woulda loved another deep run and was hopeful at least of FT spot, but can"t complain as I was never really up amongst the chippies.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 02, 2012, 23:24:34 PM
3 nights in a row in same tourney and 3rd cash, finishing 15th of 185 after flopping Q flush v A flush. Off to Sorrento tomorrow for my first trip to Italy and a week in the sun. Leaving laptop at home so no poker for at least 7 days, seems a shame after 8 cashes in 12 days but glad for the break TBH. GL to everyone at the tables over the next week  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 17, 2012, 03:56:31 AM
Nice little win again in 245 runner Stars $3.30 PLO game tonight for $150  :) Despite the fact it"s almost 4am big thanks to railing Bainn & Gina Weiss, much appreciated to keep the focus  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 05, 2012, 19:40:57 PM
Came back from Nottingham to no Broadband as planned switchover from BT to Sky last Wednesday didn"t go to plan due to the fact that the latter stupidly hadn"t posted my new router to me till I managed to get them on the phone. Thankfully back to normality now and looking forward to catching up with everyone again following the most awesome weekend.

Thanks huge amounts to my Scotland team mates for their performances over the first 2 days, our points tally didn"t do our play justice in the end but a fine time was still had all the same. Many congratulations to Frank & the Republic of Ireland team on their win and to the others who contributed to such a great event 8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on September 05, 2012, 20:12:33 PM

Came back from Nottingham to no Broadband as planned switchover from BT to Sky last Wednesday didn"t go to plan due to the fact that the latter stupidly hadn"t posted my new router to me till I managed to get them on the phone. Thankfully back to normality now and looking forward to catching up with everyone again following the most awesome weekend.

Thanks huge amounts to my Scotland team mates for their performances over the first 2 days, our points tally didn"t do our play justice in the end but a fine time was still had all the same. Many congratulations to Frank & the Republic of Ireland team on their win and to the others who contributed to such a great event 8)

Well said that man.

However let"s not look back but forward. 5 weeks on Saturday APAT arrives in Glasgow. Should be amazingly awesome, can you recommend show us some good establishments on the Friday :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 05, 2012, 20:18:37 PM


Came back from Nottingham to no Broadband as planned switchover from BT to Sky last Wednesday didn"t go to plan due to the fact that the latter stupidly hadn"t posted my new router to me till I managed to get them on the phone. Thankfully back to normality now and looking forward to catching up with everyone again following the most awesome weekend.

Thanks huge amounts to my Scotland team mates for their performances over the first 2 days, our points tally didn"t do our play justice in the end but a fine time was still had all the same. Many congratulations to Frank & the Republic of Ireland team on their win and to the others who contributed to such a great event 8)

Well said that man.

However let"s not look back but forward. 5 weeks on Saturday APAT arrives in Glasgow. Should be amazingly awesome, can you recommend show us some good establishments on the Friday :D


Unfortunately I"m working that Friday till 10pm and it"s not likely to change  :( Where are you staying Steve? If your near the city centre then it"s like most towns with a load of cheap ale establishments (eg Wetherspoons & Lloyds) within walking distance.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on September 05, 2012, 20:37:12 PM



Came back from Nottingham to no Broadband as planned switchover from BT to Sky last Wednesday didn"t go to plan due to the fact that the latter stupidly hadn"t posted my new router to me till I managed to get them on the phone. Thankfully back to normality now and looking forward to catching up with everyone again following the most awesome weekend.

Thanks huge amounts to my Scotland team mates for their performances over the first 2 days, our points tally didn"t do our play justice in the end but a fine time was still had all the same. Many congratulations to Frank & the Republic of Ireland team on their win and to the others who contributed to such a great event 8)

Well said that man.

However let"s not look back but forward. 5 weeks on Saturday APAT arrives in Glasgow. Should be amazingly awesome, can you recommend show us some good establishments on the Friday :D


Unfortunately I"m working that Friday till 10pm and it"s not likely to change  :( Where are you staying Steve? If your near the city centre then it"s like most towns with a load of cheap ale establishments (eg Wetherspoons & Lloyds) within walking distance.

10pm is early, it"s apat.

Staying in the etap by the casino. I know at least three others are as well so could easily get a taxi somewhere.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on September 06, 2012, 11:27:25 AM
Staying in the etap by the casino. I know at least three others are as well so could easily get a taxi somewhere.


Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 06, 2012, 12:17:44 PM

Staying in the etap by the casino. I know at least three others are as well so could easily get a taxi somewhere.


Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !


Full of very small pubs that are really good midweek but a real squeeze at weekend. The exception would be The Loft which is a good size and has a great atmosphere
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: HOLDorFOLD on September 06, 2012, 12:19:17 PM

Staying in the etap by the casino. I know at least three others are as well so could easily get a taxi somewhere.


Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !


The exclamation mark at the end there has scared me a bit  :-\





Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 06, 2012, 21:55:13 PM


Staying in the etap by the casino. I know at least three others are as well so could easily get a taxi somewhere.


Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !


The exclamation mark at the end there has scared me a bit  :-\







Nothing scary about Glasgow"s West End  ;) Just don"t let the SatNav send you in the other direction  :o
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on September 06, 2012, 22:30:54 PM



Staying in the etap by the casino. I know at least three others are as well so could easily get a taxi somewhere.


Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !

The exclamation mark at the end there has scared me a bit  :-\

Nothing scary about Glasgow"s West End  ;) Just don"t let the SatNav send you in the other direction  :o

I don"t have sat nav, I am perfectly happy getting lost. I agree exclamation marks can be scary but we really have no choice here, we just have to trust Grant and go where he says. Without the steady influence of Paulie, Ger or Jaxie the Friday night could get FUBAR. Last time they were not there we ended up playing poker (despite my best effort to locate Paulie and rescue the evening) - well everybody else ended up playing poker, I went home *lol*. We are required to maintain the best standards of APAT.

Let"s just hope we don"t walk into one of those SPL Old Firm derby"s by mistake....... Oh Wait :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on September 06, 2012, 23:36:09 PM
Anywhere on Sauciehall Street will do you. Just leave enough change for a fish supper in the cab ranks.

tip..... Do not jump the queue!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on September 07, 2012, 09:24:47 AM

Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !

The exclamation mark at the end there has scared me a bit  :-\  


I do tend to over use the exclamation mark  :( but only to accentuate a point  ;D I"ve had plenty of good nights on Ashton Lane, both midweek and weekend. Great atmosphere, very friendly.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 08, 2012, 13:26:00 PM


Ashton Lane in the West End is usually a good night !

The exclamation mark at the end there has scared me a bit  :-\  


I"ve had plenty of good nights on Ashton Lane, both midweek and weekend. Great atmosphere, very friendly.


ditto Ian, now trying to change my shift to have a wee APAT night out before the game  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 10, 2012, 21:44:30 PM
Pilgrim"s Progress

Due to my unfortunate lack of broadband I never quite got round to a proper write up after the ECOAP, don"t worry I"m not going to start one now  :P

Other than to say an extended weekend at DTD saw some of my APAT favourites finally get their long awaited rewards with Golds in the team, 6 max & of course main event. I had the good fortune of sharing most of Day 1 at that ME on our starting table 35 with a certain Carl Pilgrim, with whom I enjoyed a few laughs, a few friendly confrontations with his pocket jacks, all in the company of many other fine fellows along the way who treated me to a very enjoyable 10 hours, which I"m sure will be hard to top at any future poker table. These included Bob Bulman, Chen Tam, Kevin O"Hanlon, Chris Peers and Carl"s eventual HU opponent Dean Marden.

Until this point I"d had very few opportunities to share a table with Carl other than during a some of the APAT online encounters, during which I"ve found him to be a solid player respected highly by all on our great site. He & Emma have been sound company when we meet up & I"m glad I"ve got to know them a bit more over the past few years, so I was as delighted as anyone when he proved to himself (as if proof was actually needed ::)) he"s a fine player of this mad game we"ve all come to love, and he overcame a fine field of 276 players to secure one of the biggest titles and prizes APAT has provided in it"s first 6 seasons. Well done again Mr Pilgrim  8) All the very best at your future AV events and I look forward to our next APAT meeting.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 24, 2012, 12:19:04 PM
Very well done to Paul Sefton on winning the ECOAP online ME last night, great performance from The Sef with an impressive 2nd for Graeme Morl. Thoroughly enjoyed the game, despite hitting most of my nice hands early on and not getting paid for the big pre flop hands in later stages. Also enjoyed the banter at FT between Al Armitage and Tom Clark in a light hearted Scotland v England confrontation that involved quite a bit of fish & chips and didn"t get out of hand  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: fandango on September 24, 2012, 13:25:12 PM

Pilgrim"s Progress

Due to my unfortunate lack of broadband I never quite got round to a proper write up after the ECOAP, don"t worry I"m not going to start one now  :P

Other than to say an extended weekend at DTD saw some of my APAT favourites finally get their long awaited rewards with Golds in the team, 6 max & of course main event. I had the good fortune of sharing most of Day 1 at that ME on our starting table 35 with a certain Carl Pilgrim, with whom I enjoyed a few laughs, a few friendly confrontations with his pocket jacks, all in the company of many other fine fellows along the way who treated me to a very enjoyable 10 hours, which I"m sure will be hard to top at any future poker table. These included Bob Bulman, Chen Tam, Kevin O"Hanlon, Chris Peers and Carl"s eventual HU opponent Dean Marden.

Until this point I"d had very few opportunities to share a table with Carl other than during a some of the APAT online encounters, during which I"ve found him to be a solid player respected highly by all on our great site. He & Emma have been sound company when we meet up & I"m glad I"ve got to know them a bit more over the past few years, so I was as delighted as anyone when he proved to himself (as if proof was actually needed ::)) he"s a fine player of this mad game we"ve all come to love, and he overcame a fine field of 276 players to secure one of the biggest titles and prizes APAT has provided in it"s first 6 seasons. Well done again Mr Pilgrim  8) All the very best at your future AV events and I look forward to our next APAT meeting.


Thanks Grant your kind words mean a lot and to hear such nice things from people who understand the dynamics of poker are very humbling. A memory that I will cherish for ever, it"s impossible to put into words the feeling you get when you have so many of your fellow poker players cheering for you both live and online AMAZING! Doesn"t come close  :)
Indeed as you say playing online often against each other is fun and always a challenge as we both have respect for each other, but spending that time on the first day at DTD I can honestly hand on heart say was the most enjoyable to date even better than the FT, was lucky to have position against you all day (just unlucky to have Dean to my left), as with your game my decision making would of been a lot harder, Chen was an absolute pleasure to have at table impossible to read but a great laugh.. Emma could not of wished for a better bunch of guys to help her through the long hours of boredom, and that is what makes me feel so indebted to all you peeps out there, having to rely on Emma for so much in everything I do it puts me in a hard place when it comes to live Poker as you know she pretty much has no interest, but now is coming around when she knows there are true friends like yourself, Ian, Ger, JP , Phil, the list goes on who treat her so well THANKYOU ALL.
Hope to see you at Stoke end of Nov start of December, have booked my hotel as have found inlaws will look after kids  ;D
Shame I can"t make Glasgow but hope you manage to retain your well earned title, Emma and me will be cheering you on from Ipswich don"t you worry.. Thanks again for your kind words x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Sef on September 24, 2012, 13:55:34 PM

Very well done to Paul Sefton on winning the ECOAP online ME last night, great performance from The Sef with an impressive 2nd for Graeme Morl. Thoroughly enjoyed the game, despite hitting most of my nice hands early on and not getting paid for the big pre flop hands in later stages. Also enjoyed the banter at FT between Al Armitage and Tom Clark in a light hearted Scotland v England confrontation that involved quite a bit of fish & chips and didn"t get out of hand  ;D


Thanks Grant. Loved the tourny, loved the banter and loved the rail. All in all it was a good night/week
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 01, 2012, 21:49:42 PM
Week 1 of league 2 in season 6 saw me get off to a flyer, binking flopped sets and straights and leading to being clear CL for the first half of the game. Things dried up a bit through the middle stages when i lost a couple of AIPF races v short stacks with a big ace v PP. I managed to pick things up again in the latter part of the game to make the FT in a pretty healthy state on around the 200k mark, but disappointingly ended in 5th place for 16 points and no team points, after doubling Andy D with his rivered 2 pair, then a 3 bet with JJ went wrong on a KcQcX flop. That left me with an open spot on the button with just over 70k at 5k/10k and in it went with 4/5suited. BB left me with only 1 live card on 4/4 lol and no help for me.

WP to Ute, Sian & David for their top 3 finishes and hat tipping to Andy D for his immaculate grinding skills at that FT. Very well played all others, looking forward to week 2 already and hopefully get the Team Scotland train rolling  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 05, 2012, 22:28:04 PM
Had a nice 3rd place in a 20euro game on poker.co.uk midweek for just over 200 euros so all in all not a bad week on the new site. Looking forward to week 2 of the league and 8 sleeps till the big event at Alea  ;)

That obviously means it"s only 7 sleeps till i meet up with the APAT travellers for a few beers in Glasgow city centre and any locals who want to join us are very welcome  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on October 05, 2012, 22:52:05 PM

Had a nice 3rd place in a 20euro game on poker.co.uk midweek for just over 200 euros so all in all not a bad week on the new site. Looking forward to week 2 of the league and 8 sleeps till the big event at Alea  ;)

That obviously means it"s only 7 sleeps till i meet up with the APAT travellers for a few beers in Glasgow city centre and any locals who want to join us are very welcome  ;D



FML................. On 30 days consultation from Tuesday  :( and not going to Glasgow   :"(  :"(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 05, 2012, 23:36:46 PM


Had a nice 3rd place in a 20euro game on poker.co.uk midweek for just over 200 euros so all in all not a bad week on the new site. Looking forward to week 2 of the league and 8 sleeps till the big event at Alea  ;)

That obviously means it"s only 7 sleeps till i meet up with the APAT travellers for a few beers in Glasgow city centre and any locals who want to join us are very welcome  ;D



FML................. On 30 days consultation from Tuesday  :( and not going to Glasgow   :"(  :"(


Don"t worry mate we"ll make up for it another time, your priority comes first bud  :-*
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 10, 2012, 12:39:22 PM
Yesterday saw the NHS 24 annual conference and achievement awards in Perth, which turned out to be a very enjoyable wee day. Presenter Kaye Adams was a very worthy and funny facilitator for the day, but the highlight was an hour long talk from 2012 Olympic Gold (and previous triple silver) winner Katherine Grainger. It was a very motivational experience and humbling to get a chance to wear her medal.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/KatherineGraingers2012Gold_zps981c88c3.jpg)

NHS 24 Cardonald Service Support Team won the award of "Excellence Matters" for the work we do in NHS 24, so it was nice also to be recognised by our own colleagues. I can only add a big thanks to my team for looking after me since i joined them in January. It has been, and continues to be a daily learning experience because of the range of tasks we"re involved in.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 12, 2012, 13:18:14 PM
Today unofficially sees the start of the APAT Scottish weekend and I"m looking forward to defending my title hugely..........but before that, there"s the small matter of meeting up with a few of the APAT regulars and Team Scotland mates for a few drinkles in Glasgow  :)

Looks like we"ll be at Lloyds in West George St if anyone fancies joining us. I"ll certainly be there, probably from about 7pm and hope this time there are no "issues" at the bar  ;D

See you all there, and if not, hope to share a table with you tomorrow  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: nosey-p on October 12, 2012, 14:15:28 PM
Have a good night and weekend Grant, not playing this one (wish I was)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 12, 2012, 14:21:45 PM

Have a good night and weekend Grant, not playing this one (wish I was)


Cheers Wayne, sorry you won"t make it but look forward to catch up again soooooooon.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on October 12, 2012, 14:49:25 PM

See you all there, and if not, hope to share a table with you tomorrow  8)


Will be there for a quick couple before last orders I hope Grant.. looking forward to seeing you and everyone x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 12, 2012, 16:49:46 PM


See you all there, and if not, hope to share a table with you tomorrow  8)


Will be there for a quick couple before last orders I hope Grant.. looking forward to seeing you and everyone x

Look forward to a hug already mate  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on October 12, 2012, 17:41:33 PM
Today unofficially sees the start of the APAT Scottish weekend and I"m looking forward to defending my title hugely....


The very best of luck Grant !  :)  Wish I could have joined you all for the weekend  :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 12, 2012, 23:58:29 PM

Today unofficially sees the start of the APAT Scottish weekend and I"m looking forward to defending my title hugely....


The very best of luck Grant !  :)  Wish I could have joined you all for the weekend  :(


Cheers Ian, sure we"ll meet up again sometime soon mate  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on October 13, 2012, 09:38:46 AM
Best of luck Grant!

May your nut flush get run into by a lower made flush for the majority of the chips once again  :D

UL Steve  :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 13, 2012, 11:27:54 AM

Best of luck Grant!

May your nut flush get run into by a lower made flush for the majority of the chips once again  :D

UL Steve  :(


As Phil Oakey once said "Theses Are The Things That Dreams Are Made Of"  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 17, 2012, 00:37:06 AM
So the APAT Scottish Championship has now passed and there"s now a new title holder  :"( Well done Alan Horsburgh, by all accounts the man played a superb game and I don"t believe was ever below average stack (once he actually got round to taking his seat  ;D ).

For my part i can only say that i defended my title with vigour and honour, trebling my stack in the first few hours then reaching the height of 60k by around the midway point of Saturday. I was hitting sets, straights, flushes and full houses for fun and getting paid off for the most part. TBH I could probably have squeezed a few more chips out of a couple of these hands but decided to either get some value or was concerned about other bigger draws that could"ve landed. The final half of Saturday night was more of a grind, particularly after running into a blind v blind confrontation against Craig "Zozzy" Dawson on my left when i had KK and my 4 bet was flat called by him. Craig assured me afterwards that the Ace on the flop saved me any further pain beyond the turn as he already had 2 of those other bad boys hiding under his chip guard. My demise at 1.15am with 77 v AA was appropriately at the hands of a certain Jonathan Bannerman, who may well have gone on to win my title last year had i not been a complete luckbox. Jonathan has now played 2 APATs, finishing 4th last year and 10th a few days ago. he has a great game and will surely pick up some very nice prizes in future......he just has to get himself away from his computer more often  ;D  

My first game at the Alea was a massively enjoyable experience and I thank Michelle, their staff and the ad-hoc dealers who all performed very well to play their part in making another APAT adventure run smoothly over the 2 days.

Hats off also to Matt & Adam who filled a couple of well worn shoes to keep the players entertained and the forum masses updated on the forum as much as they possibly could. Well done lads, you were a great team throughout!

For those who made Day 2  ::), the money, the FT and the medals give yourselves all a huge pat on the back. But the ultimate accolade is always for the winner, so many congratulations Alan, a very well deserved win and the title is now yours to enjoy  8)...............till the next time at least  :P

Now it"s a few days for me away to Aberfeldy tomorrow for my post APAT retreat and a bit of chill out time. We will no doubt meet again on the virtual felt on Sunday night though, looking forward to it already  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 31, 2012, 18:13:12 PM
A great week just got better  :) Got tickets to see the manic nonsense of Ross Noble on Friday night in Glasgow so really looking forward to that after having a hilarious night at his Perth gig a few years ago. Had the fantastic announcement that I"ve been chosen to be part of the superb Scotland "A" Team with Cap"n Jo, Mary, Paul & Gordon and thrilled to be joining them in Stoke at the end of November.

Finally, today I received news that I have an interview for an excellent job within NHS 24 that I think I"m ideal for. Obviously don"t have the job yet, but just to get the opportunity to get into a role which will utilise skills I"ve built over 25 years, but not used much in the past 3, fills me with a huge amount of hope for the future  ;)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AceOnTheRiver on October 31, 2012, 19:10:52 PM

A great week just got better  :) Got tickets to see the manic nonsense of Ross Noble on Friday night in Glasgow so really looking forward to that after having a hilarious night at his Perth gig a few years ago. Had the fantastic announcement that I"ve been chosen to be part of the superb Scotland "A" Team with Cap"n Jo, Mary, Paul & Gordon and thrilled to be joining them in Stoke at the end of November.

Finally, today I received news that I have an interview for an excellent job within NHS 24 that I think I"m ideal for. Obviously don"t have the job yet, but just to get the opportunity to get into a role which will utilise skills I"ve built over 25 years, but not used much in the past 3, fills me with a huge amount of hope for the future  ;)




Good News!!
Good News!!
Good News & Good Luck!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on October 31, 2012, 20:59:12 PM
Gr8 news Grant, let"s hope you get that wee bit more of run good in your work life. GL in Stoke  :-*
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on October 31, 2012, 22:27:20 PM

Good News!!
Good News!!
Good News & Good Luck!!


+1 Looking forward to seeing you in Stoke mate x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 31, 2012, 22:56:52 PM


Good News!!
Good News!!
Good News & Good Luck!!


+1 Looking forward to seeing you in Stoke mate x


^^^^^This too^^^^^ It"s gonna be awesome mate  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 01, 2012, 22:01:54 PM
For those who don"t already know and haven"t seen my FB page. 30th November will see me play the Home International team event with my new, but as yet unformed, moustache. Strangely, this will have vanished when we sit down the following day for the individual tourney. Of course, it can only be Movember  ;)

Myself and my colleagues/team mates had our final shave this morning so I"ll keep you posted with updates. If you"re keen to find out moreabout Prostate or Testicular Cancer, gain or raise awareness, or make a donation then please feel free to follow my link

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113 (http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113)

Much Appreciated
Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 06, 2012, 14:45:15 PM

For those who don"t already know and haven"t seen my FB page. 30th November will see me play the Home International team event with my new, but as yet unformed, moustache. Strangely, this will have vanished when we sit down the following day for the individual tourney. Of course, it can only be Movember  ;)

Myself and my colleagues/team mates had our final shave this morning so I"ll keep you posted with updates. If you"re keen to find out moreabout Prostate or Testicular Cancer, gain or raise awareness, or make a donation then please feel free to follow my link

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113 (http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113)

Much Appreciated
Grant


5 days since my last shave and here"s an update  :o Please keep donations coming gang and many thanks to those who already have done. Promise I"ll dye it Blue for the APAT Home International if I raise enough money  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/6thMovember.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Fatcatstu on November 06, 2012, 17:02:24 PM
Im doing this aswell Grant. Got  a somewhat majestic Handlebar tache going on at the minute.

Put me down for some money when we meet in Stoke :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 25, 2012, 19:52:27 PM
In work today at lunch time saw a girl heating up super noodles in the micro. Nothing wrong with that TBH.........until she whipped out a pair of chopsticks to eat them  :D WTF?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: SirPercival on November 26, 2012, 12:57:09 PM


For those who don"t already know and haven"t seen my FB page. 30th November will see me play the Home International team event with my new, but as yet unformed, moustache. Strangely, this will have vanished when we sit down the following day for the individual tourney. Of course, it can only be Movember  ;)

Myself and my colleagues/team mates had our final shave this morning so I"ll keep you posted with updates. If you"re keen to find out moreabout Prostate or Testicular Cancer, gain or raise awareness, or make a donation then please feel free to follow my link

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113 (http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113)

Much Appreciated
Grant


5 days since my last shave and here"s an update  :o Please keep donations coming gang and many thanks to those who already have done. Promise I"ll dye it Blue for the APAT Home International if I raise enough money  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/6thMovember.jpg)



The guy lying down on the bed behind you seems to like your tash a lot!! :o
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 27, 2012, 12:37:22 PM



For those who don"t already know and haven"t seen my FB page. 30th November will see me play the Home International team event with my new, but as yet unformed, moustache. Strangely, this will have vanished when we sit down the following day for the individual tourney. Of course, it can only be Movember  ;)

Myself and my colleagues/team mates had our final shave this morning so I"ll keep you posted with updates. If you"re keen to find out moreabout Prostate or Testicular Cancer, gain or raise awareness, or make a donation then please feel free to follow my link

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113 (http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3250113)

Much Appreciated
Grant


5 days since my last shave and here"s an update  :o Please keep donations coming gang and many thanks to those who already have done. Promise I"ll dye it Blue for the APAT Home International if I raise enough money  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/6thMovember.jpg)



The guy lying down on the bed behind you seems to like your tash a lot!! :o


Trust you to see some strange optical illusional phallic symbol  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 03, 2012, 23:19:55 PM
An epic weekend with so many highlights was had by all in Stoke and I can"t thank Des, Leigh & Matt enough for arranging these amazing events.

Thursday night was a riot with much alcomahol and the worst excuse for a poker cash game I"ve ever been involved in  :D Such fantastic company round that table made the whole night so memorable and the 5am finish didn"t dampen the spirits.

Friday"s team event was played in the best spirit ever with superb banter round the tables and some great play. I was chuffed to get off to a good start by winning my STT NLHE for 8 points. Apologies to big Curly for my terrible miss-read which saw me double up in the PLO against his double suited AA, but didn"t help me avoid going out 7th after playing like a complete novice. Very disappointed with my performance in that one, I got a point more than I actually deserved. The MTT gave me a chance to redeem myself and I was going along nicely up to 18k, but with blinds at 800/1600 didn"t leave much play. I duly ran my PP (77?) into the KK of Carl while he was running on DRS. That left me with a few BB"s and I duly went out shortly after in 14th place. After a very poor start for Scotland A Team I"m glad we played ourselves back into things, climbing from 7th to 4th and a shot at a bronze medal. Unfortunately we missed out on that after losing the play off to England B, who deservedly took the spoils. Big Thanks to Jo for choosing me to join the team, I hope to do the same again  ;)

The individual main event on Saturday started badly after losing a few decent pots, 2 of these with QQ. I went down to 8k fairly early but clawed myself back into things midway through the day to reach about 30k. Crucial hand around this stage saw me flat a min+ raise & call on the button with KQ suited. On the flop of Q55, I had the rest of the original raisers 8k chips in the middle with 10/10, only to see a 10 spike on the turn and leave my stack pretty much crushed with the blinds now elevated. I never got going again after this and with blinds at 500/1000 shipped my last 12kish in with 88 only to run into Karen Mead"s JJ on her blind  ::)

Huge congratulations go to my fellow Scots in the B Team for their Gold in the team event. They played a strong game throughout and were worthy winners. No disrerspect to the England B Team, but any other HU result would have been a travesty after the STT & MTT performances.

To the monster that is Carl Pilgrim, there"s no more can be said about his awesome achievement that hasn"t been covered already. I rate him hugely, both as a player and a man, he"s just legendary. Well done also to Adam Sharples and Stu Ward for their ridiculous "chop" in the Stud and to Darren Shallis on his PLO win.

APAT events never cease to amaze me. Just when you think you"ve been blown away on your last trip, another comes along to provide more enjoyment, laughs, friends and memories than ever before.

Here"s to the next one  8)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/StAndrewsDay.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 15, 2012, 03:05:51 AM
For a fair amount of time now I"ve considered going back to play a bit on Betfair. Those of you who know me or read any of my blog will know it was a happy hunting ground for me over the first 2 or 3 years when I started out. Playing with changing APAT sponsors in last couple of years has meant I never got my Betfair account going again after withdrawing my funds when I got made redundant.

So I gave in to my demons recently and made a small deposit, started playing micro cash without making much real progress, then in past few nights started playing in tournaments. Last night I cashed in a late night $11 game, though only for just $24, then tonight ran deep in their $1500 guaranteed, finishing 4th of 371 to get $140+ for the cost of just $5.50  ;D

Not massive amounts of money, but would love to get this account going again like I did before. Stick to the low buy-in games for now and see how things run.........I"ll keep you posted  ;)

Cheers to GiMac, Shaz Roberts & Karen Mead for railing while I was into the 2nd half, much needed beyond 1am onwards  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 16, 2012, 14:25:37 PM
2 MTTs again last night and 2 min cashes, 24th of 159 in $11 game and 38th of 357 in $5.50. Happy with play in both though did get lucky on occasions. I was left pretty gutted in 2nd game, when towards the end I posted blinds 4 hands of 5 when BF decided I should move tables after my BB and moved me utg on my new table  >:( With increasing blinds & antes and having been card dead, this damaged my stack in comparison with multiple Jagerbombs on Stu Ward"s grey matter  :"(

Still, another 2 cashes on BF so can"t complain  :)

It then left me some free time to rail Asa in his 500 runner $8.80 game on Stars, where he finished a very creditable (and profitable) 8th 6th 7th, very well done bud. Cheers again to those who railed us both over the evening, much appreciated
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 16, 2012, 18:57:17 PM
How to lose friends and tilt people  :D  :D

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T5-295345373-18
played at "Table #1" for USD TC from 2012-12-16 18:40 until 2012-12-16 18:41

Seat 1: Santino1967 (2,584 in chips)  
Seat 2: -DDDeen4ik- (823 in chips)  
Seat 3: llIIlIIIllII (6,820 in chips)  
Seat 4: jacek2121 (1,805 in chips)  
Seat 5: ChildInTime5 (1,830 in chips)  
Seat 6: FlyinFinn91 (1,710 in chips)  
Seat 7: V-Wulff89 (1,735 in chips)  
Seat 9: 586527 (3,605 in chips)  
Seat 10: Chr-Cobra-68 (2,420 in chips)  

ANTES/BLINDS
Chr-Cobra-68 posts small blind (15), Santino1967 posts big blind (30),

PRE-FLOP
-DDDeen4ik- folds, llIIlIIIllII folds, jacek2121 raises to 95, ChildInTime5 folds, FlyinFinn91 folds, V-Wulff89 calls 95, 586527 folds, Chr-Cobra-68 calls 95, Santino1967 calls 95.

FLOP [board cards: 9S,2D,KD]
Chr-Cobra-68 checks, Santino1967 bets 228, jacek2121 calls 228, V-Wulff89 folds, Chr-Cobra-68 folds.

TURN [board cards: 9S,2D,KD,6H]
Santino1967 bets 548, jacek2121 calls 548.

RIVER [board cards: 9S,2D,KD,6H,2H]
Santino1967 bets 368, jacek2121 calls 368.

SHOWDOWN
Santino1967 shows [ 6C,2C ]
jacek2121 mucks cards [ KS,JH ]
Santino1967 wins 2,668.

SUMMARY
Dealer: 586527
Pot: 2,668
Santino1967, bets 1,239, collects 2,668, net 1,429
-DDDeen4ik-, loses 0
llIIlIIIllII, loses 0
jacek2121, loses 1,239
ChildInTime5, loses 0
FlyinFinn91, loses 0
V-Wulff89, loses 95
586527, loses 0
Chr-Cobra-68, loses 95

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 17, 2012, 00:41:14 AM
Well done to Cap"n Sef , Team Scotland and all our team mates for taking down the league again against tough opposition, and to Carl Pilgrim for winning the final game tonight, despite facing some adversity along the way.

Here"s to Season 7  8)

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 25, 2012, 12:00:46 PM
A Huge Merry Christmas to one & all in APAT Land
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on December 31, 2012, 15:29:36 PM
Hope you all have a great Hogmanay, Best Wishes for 2013.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 07, 2013, 22:47:27 PM
To anyone I"ve missed a belated Happy New Year to you all. So it"s time to start planning for the year ahead and it"s been a mixed start. Having worked through much of the festive spell, I tried to get into the spirit of things by joining in with Tombola and Raffle ticket buying in our contact centre. With the former I had the equivalent of a bad beat, when staring down bottles of whisky, various wines and many other wonderful goodies, I picked the winning ticket for........a jar of cranberry sauce and a jar of caramelised onions  ::) I redressed the balance in the raffle though by winning a bottle of champagne  ;D

Unfortunately gonna miss the APAT team event at Luton at the end of January but thankfully have a nice weekend to look forward to for our birthdays at the end of February in this lovely setting http://www.lake-hotel.com/gallery.aspx (http://www.lake-hotel.com/gallery.aspx)

Sammy is gonna be 3 years old on 28th January, meaning his warranty and all the perks of that will now be gone  :( The dreaded MOT will now be an annual sweat. Worse still, I"ve only gone and lost my insurance stuff and have no idea who my policy was with  :D Not a major problem at the moment you"d think as it runs till the end of May, but I"ve no idea whether or not I have breakdown cover just in case wee Sammy decides to throw a sicky once his warranty expires. I"m sure there are a couple of teachers in our wonderful community who would happily pass me a dunce hat for that one  :-[

Hope things are all running smoothly for you all, best wishes for 2013, good luck to everyone playing in Luton and a huge "run good" to those who"ll be going for the Edinburgh UKIPT.

Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 09, 2013, 01:34:25 AM
EPT commentary tonight......"Haven"t seen such a wet flop since Waterworld"  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Zozzy on January 09, 2013, 02:16:37 AM
Betfair poker are changing yet again to "New Betfair Poker" which means they will be moving to the ipoker network. Will you still be playing on there Grant ?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 09, 2013, 22:33:17 PM

Betfair poker are changing yet again to "New Betfair Poker" which means they will be moving to the ipoker network. Will you still be playing on there Grant ?


I"ll try Craig, still playing low stakes and maybe that"ll increase numbers on the site a bit. Slow going making decent profit with small numbers and few available cash tables. Bugs me that there"s no waiting lists at the cash tables and it"s very much hit & miss when a seat comes up.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 10, 2013, 00:06:40 AM

I"ve only gone and lost my insurance stuff and have no idea who my policy was with  :D


A certain car insurance website answered my plea for assistance by replying to an email I sent out.... and now i feel EPIC  ;D Got Sammy"s policy clarified and I"m organised for my warranty expiring at the end of month now.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Supernova on January 10, 2013, 17:46:15 PM


I"ve only gone and lost my insurance stuff and have no idea who my policy was with  :D


A certain car insurance website answered my plea for assistance by replying to an email I sent out.... and now i feel EPIC  ;D Got Sammy"s policy clarified and I"m organised for my warranty expiring at the end of month now.


My car has just hit the 3 year warranty thing too and when I asked the breakdown cover was due to expire at the same time so I went to moneythingy.com and got one for either 29.00 or 36.00 for the year (can"t remember) so don"t forget this. If you get stuck/outrageous quotes pm me and I"ll dig out mine for a phone number/web addy for you x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 10, 2013, 22:08:39 PM



I"ve only gone and lost my insurance stuff and have no idea who my policy was with  :D


A certain car insurance website answered my plea for assistance by replying to an email I sent out.... and now i feel EPIC  ;D Got Sammy"s policy clarified and I"m organised for my warranty expiring at the end of month now.


My car has just hit the 3 year warranty thing too and when I asked the breakdown cover was due to expire at the same time so I went to moneythingy.com and got one for either 29.00 or 36.00 for the year (can"t remember) so don"t forget this. If you get stuck/outrageous quotes pm me and I"ll dig out mine for a phone number/web addy for you x


Thanks Shaz, much appreciated. Hope you had a fantastic birthday and feel even more epic  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 14, 2013, 21:20:06 PM
Who let this mutha****in dog on this mutha****in page?  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/Roundy/SamuelLJackson_zps98827b2b.jpg)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on March 29, 2013, 11:02:25 AM
WCOAP weekend in Nottingham and I can"t get refused a drink, just gutted not to be with you all  :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: cashman on March 29, 2013, 21:48:46 PM

WCOAP weekend in Nottingham and I can"t get refused a drink, just gutted not to be with you all  :(


WISH YOU WERE HERE   :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 22, 2013, 12:34:07 PM
Anyone seen my mojo  ??? Last spotted at the end of 2012 in the Stoke area!  :"( Please return it immediately  :-*  :-*
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 30, 2013, 15:57:39 PM
Who the fck  on earth decided it would be a good idea to let Grub Smith commentate on the Aussie Millions coverage? Been watching it through the High Roller tourney, PLO & NLHE cash games and I"m tempted to stop watching it before the ME starts. I almost slipped into a coma last week listening to him!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Curlarge on April 30, 2013, 18:12:31 PM
You"re alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   :-* :-*

Was getting worried
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 06, 2013, 12:35:12 PM

You"re alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   :-* :-*

Was getting worried


Yep definitely alive in body but was lacking in soul rich. Hadn"t played any live poker since December or online since January, been missing my regular feast of gigs & haven"t been to anything since T in the park last July. Thankfully decided to remedy that yesterday by venturing out to The mint casino in Glasgow for a nice deepstack game, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Flopped quads early then milked a bunch of chips from a lady who called my preflop 3 bet with K4os against my AK, and then called every street down to the river when she hit her King  ;D

Wheels fell of in level 5 when another AK ran into AQ with an ace on flop and turn and guess what on river  :D Amazingly my opponent didn"t double himself up by only min-raising my river bet when he hit his queen, but dented my stack pretty badly. In level 6 a shove with flopped nut flush draw/straight draw missed completely v flopped 2 pair and that was that.

No arguments about my play, got paid fairly well with my big hands and could"ve lost more when I was behind. More imporatntly got back on the horse and felt the bug again  ;) maybe will lead to seeing you all again soon!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: amcgrath1uk on May 06, 2013, 13:13:07 PM
Good to see you back on the scene!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: ian.ski309 on May 07, 2013, 09:43:08 AM

Good to see you back on the scene!


+1  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 07, 2013, 12:41:42 PM


Good to see you back on the scene!


+1  ;)


Cheers guys, don"t think I could"ve withstood another of Grub Smith"s commentaries anyway so had to get out the house at some point  ;D No way I"m getting to Wemberley as my brother turns 50 on 31st May and it"s party central in Pontefract for us  ;) Will def catch up again in Season 7 though.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 30, 2013, 16:25:46 PM
Like a large number of others I"ll be heading to Engerland tomorrow, but stopping short at Yorkshire instead of Wemplay, to have a massive weekend for my brother Graeme"s 50th.

All the best to everyone playing on the green turf & whatever coloured felt, would say I"d love to join you all, but on this occasion I"m far happier going to celebrate with my family  ;)

"Mon The APATers!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on June 04, 2013, 21:18:34 PM
Amazing performances at the ISPT in particular from Matt & Leigh, and the worst possible river card for Leigh that ended his fantastic run. Take A Bow gents  8) Well done to all others who cashed and performed really well. Would love to make it to next years, here"s hoping  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on July 07, 2013, 11:16:48 AM
Long time no see Grant, you playing any this year?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 18, 2013, 03:03:18 AM

Long time no see Grant, you playing any this year?


Hi Steve, just been out of the loop and not playing anything much in 2013. Was hoping to make the trip to Cardiff but not looking likely as just back from T In The Park over weekend and should be off to Aberfeldy at end of the month with Annie Apple. Gutted more than anything that I"ll miss a certain stag doooooooooooooo  :(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: PHIL_TC on July 18, 2013, 10:29:44 AM

Gutted more than anything that I"ll miss a certain stag doooooooooooooo  :(


:"( was hoping you"d make it Grant.. been way too long mate. Sad times fella. Just make sure you get to one soon.

[ x ] Miss ya
[ x ] We all miss ya x
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on July 19, 2013, 01:14:34 AM


Gutted more than anything that I"ll miss a certain stag doooooooooooooo  :(


:"( was hoping you"d make it Grant.. been way too long mate. Sad times fella. Just make sure you get to one soon.

[ x ] Miss ya
[ x ] We all miss ya x


Sorry bud, would"ve loved to be there and share your weekend  :"(

[ x ]  Same Here  :-*
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: pables on July 20, 2013, 19:31:27 PM



Gutted more than anything that I"ll miss a certain stag doooooooooooooo  :(


:"( was hoping you"d make it Grant.. been way too long mate. Sad times fella. Just make sure you get to one soon.

[ x ] Miss ya
[ x ] We all miss ya x


Sorry bud, would"ve loved to be there and share your weekend  :"(

[ x ]  Same Here  :-*


:"(   :"(
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Curlarge on July 20, 2013, 19:42:39 PM




Gutted more than anything that I"ll miss a certain stag doooooooooooooo  :(


:"( was hoping you"d make it Grant.. been way too long mate. Sad times fella. Just make sure you get to one soon.

[ x ] Miss ya
[ x ] We all miss ya x


Sorry bud, would"ve loved to be there and share your weekend  :"(

[ x ]  Same Here  :-*


:"(   :"(


+1
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 04, 2013, 10:33:15 AM
Hope you"re all having a great time in Cardiff. Just back from 6 days in Aberfeldy and setting off today for a couple of nights at Kendal in Lake District, but still had the APAT swirling around in my head coz I know what I"m missing.

You"ll probably know by now that my poker exploits have been minimal in 2013 to say the least but I"ve got back on the horse in small stakes games recently and had a nice little win on poker.co.uk last night in the 666 guaranteed game for 179 euros. It was great to get the buzz back as it"s been crucially missing this year, hopefully I now have a small bankroll to follow on from this.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and GL to those still running or playing the local casino tourneys.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 12, 2013, 01:21:04 AM
Past 3 nights I"ve played the 10 euro 800 guaranteed on poker.co.uk, finished 1st, 6th & 3rd for around 400 euros return. Wondering why I stopped playing for so long  ;D

Cheers to Tom Clark for his great company last couple of nights and joining me at FT last night for an unlucky 2nd place when he could"ve taken it down with a little bit of run good.

Unfortunately got loads of stuff on this week while I"m off work and may miss the computer, but hope to get the run going again soon  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 13, 2013, 20:53:35 PM

Past 3 nights I"ve played the 10 euro 800 guaranteed on poker.co.uk, finished 1st, 6th & 3rd for around 400 euros return. Wondering why I stopped playing for so long  ;D



Cashed in same game for 4 in a row in 7th place last night, as well as cashing in the 3k guaranteed in 10th. Yom also cashed in the 800 in 5th and was unlucky to exit. Not a huge return of 103 Euros but decent enough for only 2 tourneys entered. Going for 5 in a row tonight at 9.30pm and already chipped up in the 3k guaranteed to 13k  ;)

Hope you"re all running good tonight
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 14, 2013, 01:15:59 AM
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii  ;D

Finished 2nd in the 3k guaranteed for over 600 Euros and took 6 bounties in the Headhunter game for a small profit, before falling short of the FT & cash in 14th place. Unfortunately my bid for 5 cashes in a row in the 800 guaranteed were thwarted by a cancellation due to low numbers, but hey, it"s only been delayed  :P
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Curlarge on August 14, 2013, 09:52:33 AM

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii  ;D

Finished 2nd in the 3k guaranteed for over 600 Euros and took 6 bounties in the Headhunter game for a small profit, before falling short of the FT & cash in 14th place. Unfortunately my bid for 5 cashes in a row in the 800 guaranteed were thwarted by a cancellation due to low numbers, but hey, it"s only been delayed  :P


Very nice run mate, long may it continue xx
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 14, 2013, 12:30:06 PM
Cheers Rich, yeah I hope so but it"s great just to have the enthusiasm back for playing again as well  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 15, 2013, 14:12:28 PM


Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii  ;D

Finished 2nd in the 3k guaranteed for over 600 Euros and took 6 bounties in the Headhunter game for a small profit, before falling short of the FT & cash in 14th place. Unfortunately my bid for 5 cashes in a row in the 800 guaranteed were thwarted by a cancellation due to low numbers, but hey, it"s only been delayed  :P


Very nice run mate, long may it continue xx


8)  8)  8)

Binkety bink, Chopped HU last night in same tourney for 721 Euros, was pretty tired by that point and had a few beers watching the Eng v Scot game (damn good game for a friendly and better performance from Scotland than of late, despite the result  :P). Cheers everyone for the continued support on the virtual felt, it means a lot to the wee round guy.

Night off tonight as I"ve also spiked myself a free ticket for the Kings Of Leon gig at Bellahouston Park. Keep on running good troops!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on August 24, 2013, 00:10:47 AM
Still going pretty well on the ole online felt with 2 tourneys last night & 2 FTs.......but wishing I was able to be at DTD for the UKCOAP and Home Internationals. Cmon The Scots!!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: AAroddersAA on August 31, 2013, 18:27:03 PM

Still going pretty well on the ole online felt with 2 tourneys last night & 2 FTs.......but wishing I was able to be at DTD for the UKCOAP and Home Internationals. Cmon The Scots!!!!

Out of interest Grant are you playing Glasgow?
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: bhoywonder70 on August 31, 2013, 19:41:13 PM
grant please stop cluttering my fb feed with crushing scores,,,kthxbye....(joking)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 01, 2013, 01:25:34 AM


Still going pretty well on the ole online felt with 2 tourneys last night & 2 FTs.......but wishing I was able to be at DTD for the UKCOAP and Home Internationals. Cmon The Scots!!!!

Out of interest Grant are you playing Glasgow?


Yeah Steve reserved my seat and won"t miss it  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 01, 2013, 12:59:59 PM
Running pretty bad past few nights, especially when getting towards the business end of games holding 80% hands. Despite this I"m still managing to make some profit over the piece and another 2nd place with 9 bounties in the poker.co.uk Headhunter last night gave me some consolation for my other bust outs, and 124 Euros to more than cover my weekend tourneys.

Look forward to sharing the felt with you all again tonight..........and promise I"ll keep my frustrations under control tonight  ;) Apologies to Dave Howard last night for letting that spill over a bit when he had me well & truly sussed during a badly executed bluff  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: dwh103 on September 01, 2013, 13:38:17 PM
Never a problem mate :)

See you at the felt this evening (just don"t bluff me! Can"t fold ;))
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Zozzy on September 01, 2013, 17:58:57 PM



Still going pretty well on the ole online felt with 2 tourneys last night & 2 FTs.......but wishing I was able to be at DTD for the UKCOAP and Home Internationals. Cmon The Scots!!!!

Out of interest Grant are you playing Glasgow?


Yeah Steve reserved my seat and won"t miss it  ;D

I really enjoyed the Glasgow Leg last year. I remember being tangled in quite a big hand with you Grant.
I am looking forward to this one, and meeting up with you again.
You seem to be doing ok on the online tables so good luck with that in the mean time.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 01, 2013, 19:59:55 PM




Still going pretty well on the ole online felt with 2 tourneys last night & 2 FTs.......but wishing I was able to be at DTD for the UKCOAP and Home Internationals. Cmon The Scots!!!!

Out of interest Grant are you playing Glasgow?


Yeah Steve reserved my seat and won"t miss it  ;D

I really enjoyed the Glasgow Leg last year. I remember being tangled in quite a big hand with you Grant.
I am looking forward to this one, and meeting up with you again.
You seem to be doing ok on the online tables so good luck with that in the mean time.


Yeah I was going along nicely till that hand Craig  :P Look forward to see you and good luck to you in the meantime as well mate  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 02, 2013, 13:51:27 PM
So after about 4 weeks of being back at the felt I have to be happy with my efforts over the piece and large ROI, even despite the rather awful outdraws I"ve had over the past few days (Losing AIPF"s include AA v KJ, AA v K10, QQ v 77, JJ v 44 etc etc) We"ve all been there and we all bounce back while we"re getting it in good, so i know it"ll trun again.

My downfall last night was of my own making though with a creative button 3 bet in the Welsh online with 3/2 diamonds, hitting a 2/3/6 flop and still being rivered by a flush when all in on the turn. It was memorable, if only because Dayefac who delivered the almost fatal blow still exited the game before me  :D

......So £30 invested, a bankroll of over 600 Euros and in addition withdrawal of £920, can"t be bad for the month after a 6 month break  :)

Thoroughly enjoyed the APAT onlines over the weekend and at least getting to say Hi to many of you again, hope to see you all for real sometime soon. Keep running well till then  ;)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Zozzy on September 04, 2013, 02:45:21 AM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 04, 2013, 12:36:43 PM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 09, 2013, 01:55:52 AM
Vernon Kay doing analysis on the Ch4 NFL coverage  :o

Actually sounds like he knows what he"s talking about though, but TBH I wouldn"t have a Scooby  ;D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 10, 2013, 20:18:11 PM
Finding myself recently like a demented girl watching a horror movie. Get the chips in, see the cards flip over and turn my head away from the monitor in the hope that the dealer won"t help out villains when I"ve got it in good  :D
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on September 10, 2013, 21:13:47 PM
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 06, 2013, 14:31:07 PM
After a great run at the felt when I started back in August and pretty much a serious shafting through September, when my only run good seemed to come in the APAT/LPPL/IPO Mini League, It was a nice return to playing 3 APAT games last night with the Irish Online ME, PLO and Mini League finals. Always great catching up with all you lovely peeps ( even if it is in a chat box) and great experience sharing tables with you all.

Managed to build a nice stack to be in amongst the Top 10 most of the way in the ME, floated/fished a 4 card straight against Asa which was harsh with 88 v AA on a K45 flop, only to come a very quick cropper with around 30 players left, when an AIPF against Jason Kemp with KK v AJ saw a nice blank flop but J turn and J river leaving me with about 12 BBs and shipping in very next hand in MP with 66 only to run into KK behind  :-\

The PLO started in similar fashion when I just about felted John Murray with rivered quads fairly early and went on again to build a nice stack the luckboxed my way through the FT to beat Ger Smyth & Ian Thompson FTW.

The least said about the LPPL/IPO Mini League final the better. Never really got going again after my flopped top 2 was bettered by a flush & straight draw that hit it"s straight. Should"ve folded the river bet, my own fault that I convinced myself it was a missed flush draw  :D Did at one point manage to get back to just below starting stack but with blinds rising and cards drying up there was never going to be a good outcome in this.

Great chat along the way, always a pleasure sharing a table with you all and I look forward immmmmmensely to meeting up with those of you who can make it to Glasgow  8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 07, 2013, 00:10:18 AM
Just enjoyed railing APAT Team Wales" Jason Kemp (PokerGym) to a 3 way chop in the poker.co.uk 10k guaranteed for a lovely return of 1800 Euros, very well played Jason and well deserved for the final table patience and belief 8)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on October 08, 2013, 15:51:18 PM

Just enjoyed railing APAT Team Wales" Jason Kemp (PokerGym) to a 3 way chop in the poker.co.uk 10k guaranteed for a lovely return of 1800 Euros, very well played Jason and well deserved for the final table patience and belief 8)


Another good wee railing experience last night after I busted out of the 600 game in 16th place, when Mr Trav Mint Murray went on to scoop top spot. thankfully on this occasion I had some interest at the same time while still in the Headhunter game, eventually finishing 4th with 6 bounties for a small profit of 61 Euros  :)
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on November 22, 2013, 13:44:17 PM
Been seriously neglecting this blog of late and not sure why TBH  ??? Been quite enjoying life of late, loved the Scottish APAT and played really well to make Day 2 with a healthy stack (happy with 80k despite losing a few flips in last level of Day 1 v shorties), made the correct call on Day 2 to get my chips in pre with AK spades against a mad 40BB 3 bet shove but ultimately busted out in 22nd place very disappointed, when a 9 spiked on flop v my opponents A9os. That"s Poker....siiiiiigh  ::)

Big thanks to those I shared tables with, especially those who I"d only known previously as a username, was a pleasure playing against the likes of Izzy Boyle, Craig Denham, Steve Kearns live for the first time. A few of the other regulars and locals helped to make it one of the most fun poker experiences ever  8)

Gary Numan gig at Glasgow ABC was awesome, with a great set-list mixed of old faves and a chunk of tracks from his recent album Splinter. Happy that for the first time since 1983 this album made it in to the mainstream Top 20, a really good mix of stomping electro/industrial sounds and darker, thoughful atmospheric tunes. Some very interesting guitar work throughout and layers of unusual stuff that even the pioneering Mr Numan hasn"t really used before.

Looking forward to Christmas now and hoping that the new year will finally see some personal burdens lightening. In the meantime still playing a fair amount of low level online games, particularly PLO & PLO8 of late but switching around between sites to keep the enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on January 05, 2014, 19:56:49 PM
Pokerland, it"s been too long since I visited your green and pleasant felt. I hope and trust the entire population has enjoyed their Christmas festivities and wish you all a Happy New Year and very prosperous 2014.

2013 was a quiet year for me on the APAT front and I hope to catch up with you all more this year, in the meantime I"m sure I"ll enjoy some virtual meetings in the near future and some railing into the wee small hours when I"m able

All The Best
Grant
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 22, 2014, 13:42:39 PM
Truly gutted my APAT exploits in the past year have been very limited for a number of reasons. To a wonderful couple I"ve met a number of times I"m even more sorry that I didn"t get to say a fond farewell to face-to-face.

Jack & Dawn, I hope someday our paths will cross again and wish you both an amazing future over the pond in Ohio. Until then, have an awesome time in Portugal and enjoy a few shandies and some great weather. All The Best
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Post by: Santino67 on January 19, 2015, 22:41:15 PM
Hellllloooooo world :)

Eventbrite booked for Edinburgh, been too too tooooooo long!!!
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on May 18, 2015, 01:25:04 AM

Hellllloooooo world :)

Eventbrite booked for Edinburgh, been too too tooooooo long!!!


Another Edinburgh trip so soon :) 4th/5th July for season 9 looking possible with my new shifts
Title: Re: Grant's Glasgow Banter
Post by: Santino67 on April 27, 2016, 02:39:55 AM
Hi gang, hope you"re all doing well and life"s treating you great.

Just thought I"d stick a wee post in here following our trip to Glasgow"s Tollcross International Swimming event at the weekend to witness the incredibly talented offspring of Mr AMRNAPAT Steve Redfern, daughter Rebecca and son Matthew. Thoroughly enjoyed catching up with him, even if for a very short time.

I"m sure most of you already saw the social media postings about these talented kids but I have to include my huge congratulations to them both on their amazing feats. I truly hope and believe that they"ll both go on to much bigger and better things in future. Hard to imagine Rebecca beating a world record that"s stood for 14 years could be topped, and Matthew beating his PB"s every day he was in the pool, but I believe some day in the not too distant future it may well be by both. I feel privileged that I witnessed a couple of their fantastic achievements and will hope to do so again.

Glad to also report that I"ve returned to the felt recently, with interest from a group of keen work mates, played 3 live tournaments in Glasgow in the past couple of months, cashing in 2 of them for £270 and £100. Also attempting to spin up my bankroll on Coral during that time with Freerolls and low stakes cash tables, so far up to £55, steady and slow progress but I"m not in any rush.

Well done to all of you who"ve had a great season, I"ve been seriously missing the APAT events in particular. Was also great to catch up with Tom Clark at my most recent Glasgow game and I"ll look forward to joining you all for something next season.

Cheers
Grant