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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #870 on: May 01, 2011, 14:22:12 PM »
It looks like fate has decided to play a hand. My current PC has thrown a wobbly, so until a new graphics card and some more memory arrive in the post I"ve got to make other arrangements. I"ve got a choice of either my old PC which has Windows 2000 or my even older laptop with Windows 98. What this all means is that I don"t have access to Hold'em Manager (which requires at least Windows XP), so without that tool to use, I"ll be playing tournaments only. A part of me thinks this is not a bad thing at all
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #871 on: May 01, 2011, 14:57:21 PM »

It looks like fate has decided to play a hand. My current PC has thrown a wobbly, so until a new graphics card and some more memory arrive in the post I"ve got to make other arrangements. I"ve got a choice of either my old PC which has Windows 2000 or my even older laptop with Windows 98. What this all means is that I don"t have access to Hold'em Manager (which requires at least Windows XP), so without that tool to use, I"ll be playing tournaments only. A part of me thinks this is not a bad thing at all


;D watch the results improve  ::)

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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #872 on: May 01, 2011, 19:45:15 PM »


It looks like fate has decided to play a hand. My current PC has thrown a wobbly, so until a new graphics card and some more memory arrive in the post I"ve got to make other arrangements. I"ve got a choice of either my old PC which has Windows 2000 or my even older laptop with Windows 98. What this all means is that I don"t have access to Hold'em Manager (which requires at least Windows XP), so without that tool to use, I"ll be playing tournaments only. A part of me thinks this is not a bad thing at all


;D watch the results improve  ::)


Not playing for a few days would also improve my results!
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #873 on: May 01, 2011, 21:26:19 PM »


It looks like fate has decided to play a hand. My current PC has thrown a wobbly, so until a new graphics card and some more memory arrive in the post I"ve got to make other arrangements. I"ve got a choice of either my old PC which has Windows 2000 or my even older laptop with Windows 98. What this all means is that I don"t have access to Hold'em Manager (which requires at least Windows XP), so without that tool to use, I"ll be playing tournaments only. A part of me thinks this is not a bad thing at all


;D watch the results improve  ::)


Ger, you are a genius. Already I have made a whopping $2.95 from a freeroll on Betfred. World domination awaits
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #874 on: May 02, 2011, 16:39:41 PM »


It looks like fate has decided to play a hand. My current PC has thrown a wobbly, so until a new graphics card and some more memory arrive in the post I"ve got to make other arrangements. I"ve got a choice of either my old PC which has Windows 2000 or my even older laptop with Windows 98. What this all means is that I don"t have access to Hold'em Manager (which requires at least Windows XP), so without that tool to use, I"ll be playing tournaments only. A part of me thinks this is not a bad thing at all


;D watch the results improve  ::)


Nearly did have something to celebrate. I took that $2.95 from the freeroll and invested it in a $2.40 sng which I won. I then won 2 more which was interesting as there is a bonus of $2000 for anyone winning 4 on the trot.  Having won 3, the twelve starting players had been whittled down to 4 when I shoved,got called,hit 2 pair and saw my opponent hit a runner/runner flush. I suppose I shouldn"t complain as I"d had a lot of luck up to that point; its just a shame it happened when there was a lot at stake. Next time.
   Cash tables? Pah, nasty things!

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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #875 on: May 06, 2011, 23:18:48 PM »
My cash table holiday continues and tonight I sat down for 888"s $33 Friday Challenge. I didn"t cash (282nd out of 846) but was staggered at how bad the standard of play was for the buy-in. There is a temptation to say to hell with bankroll control,forget cash play, play only once a week and play this all the time as I"m 99.9% certain I"d make a good profit in it. I won"t do that though. Oh, no.

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« Reply #876 on: May 07, 2011, 18:58:11 PM »
Time for a shot at the WSOP tonight courtesy of my friends at Betfair. Apparently I"ve got a ticket for a freeroll where the one and only prize is a $5700 side event package (I think its events 54 & 56). With only 2000 starting chips and 8 minute levels its probably going to be all-in or fold all the way, so I"ll probably get knocked out in time to have a crack at something else  
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #877 on: May 07, 2011, 21:48:58 PM »
803 runners and after 1.75 hours I went out in 76th with my pocket tens being rivered by an AQ. Probably wouldn"t have been able to get the time off work anyway   >:(
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #878 on: May 08, 2011, 19:51:55 PM »
Woo hoo, success at last. This little beauty was a mammoth £1.10 buy-in, £20 guaranteed tourney on Sky which netted me a £17.60 first prize. There"s no stopping me now.

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« Reply #879 on: May 09, 2011, 22:45:42 PM »
No play tonight, but I feel a little bit better after catching JP Kelly play a hand in a very strange way in one of the SCOOP events last night. It was 6-handed and I believe was in the highest buy-in of the three tournaments. He raised UTG, was 3bet from later position and called the 3bet. The flop had two aces and he check called. I can"t remember how the action went on the turn, but when the river had been dealt, the board contained two aces,two fives and a possible flush. On the river he again check/called and lost the pot when his opponent turned over A 10. Aside from flat calling a 3 bet then check/calling the same opponent twice on such a scary board, I have absolutely no idea what he put his opponent on that made him think he was winning. It cost half his stack. Maybe as I"m only a humble amateur and he is a world class pro, maybe there is some genius-level thinking in his play that my poor little brain can"t handle, but if someone had done the same in a $10 tourney, I"d have been rolling around laughing.  
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #880 on: May 15, 2011, 19:08:53 PM »
Grrr, my PC problems are continuing. After getting my current model back in apparently working order, 3 days reconnecting it, shortly after I"d downloaded PKR and been knocked-out of a tournament on Pokerstars, it gave up the ghost. Maybe it was feeling the same as me after my friday night out..............  So back to my Windows 2000 previous model and back to my previous existence as someone who made a few quid in tournaments but couldn"t really be bothered with cash games.
 As luck would have it I"ve had little time to play in the last few days.  I"ve recently decided to do some voluntary work and because I don"t like taking the easy option, I signed-up for the Norfolk Mental Health Befriending service. After CRB checks and training are completed I"ll meet once a week with someone who has a serious long-term mental health condition and who finds themself socially isolated. These people get referred to the volunteer scheme by social workers within the Norwich-based specialist mental health team and mostly have either Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder. I have no previous experience of dealing with these conditions, but luckily I"ve got some well-informed contacts within Social Services who have been kind enough to point me towards some reference material. Therefore some of what was previously poker time is now being taken up by something altogether more rewarding. Sometimes playing cards just isn"t that important.    
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« Reply #881 on: May 19, 2011, 00:18:04 AM »
With no more developments on the PC front for a few more days at least, I"m not so much taking a break as easing back a bit from the relentless cash table/hold"em manager assault. A few days ago I found I had £3 in a Sky poker account, entered a small £1.10 tournament, won that, have had a few more minor cashes and have recently discovered the joys of 6-handed cash play. I think that one of my biggest failings when playing cash tables, even with 3 or 4 on the go at any time is that I have a tendency to get bored and try lots of silly moves. Admittedly I"m playing at a barrell-scrapingly low-level,but so far I"ve been incredibly disciplined since I started messing around with the smaller tables, so maybe its worth a try when I get back into full-on wannabe grinder mode.    
  I"m also aware that I"ve been neglecting my blogging duties of late and as its 10 days since I posted my last video by a Scandinavian heavy metal band, here"s another one.

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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #882 on: May 19, 2011, 17:53:24 PM »
And now for something completely different. Earlier this week,those kind souls at Pokerstars placed a token worth $11 in my account to be used as entry into a SCOOP event. At the time of receipt, there were only 3 tournaments remaining of that value and of those, there was only one I could feasibly play. Tonight"s the night and, joy of joy, its an Omaha hi/lo competition. Like most variants, I"ve dabbled in Omaha hi/lo cash play and had a very successful 2 months last summer before I inexplicably decided to try something else. Having said that, I am also capable of playing the game far worse than any other poker type, so who knows which me will turn up tonight? Maybe I"ll take the safe option and try and fold my way into the money.  
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #883 on: May 19, 2011, 19:16:41 PM »

And now for something completely different. Earlier this week,those kind souls at Pokerstars placed a token worth $11 in my account to be used as entry into a SCOOP event. At the time of receipt, there were only 3 tournaments remaining of that value and of those, there was only one I could feasibly play. Tonight"s the night and, joy of joy, its an Omaha hi/lo competition. Like most variants, I"ve dabbled in Omaha hi/lo cash play and had a very successful 2 months last summer before I inexplicably decided to try something else. Having said that, I am also capable of playing the game far worse than any other poker type, so who knows which me will turn up tonight? Maybe I"ll take the safe option and try and fold my way into the money. 


Woo hoo. 14 minutes in and I"ve just gone from 5K to 11K in one hand ;D
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Re: If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one
« Reply #884 on: May 19, 2011, 21:58:24 PM »
Not sure how I"ve done it, but I"m still bumbling along. 6257 runners and at the third break I"m 651st of 2424 with payouts to 900th  
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