Keeping Warm in Winter

[AAroddersAA]

How has nobody got it yet?

This APATer drinks Guniness, a lot of Guniness.

[fandango]

How has nobody got it yet?

This APATer drinks Guniness, a lot of Guniness.

Phil TC?

[PokerRoyalFlush9]

How has nobody got it yet?

This APATer drinks Guniness, a lot of Guniness.

. But can he fall off a chair and have a pint in his hand and not spill a drop....

[MintTrav]

I"ve got it!

It"s the man who leads others to exciting poker destinations like Vegas, Portugal, Dublin and Luton.

Richard Baker.

My go now?

[AAroddersAA]

I"ve got it!

It"s the man who leads others to exciting poker destinations like Vegas, Portugal, Dublin and Luton.

Richard Baker.

My go now?

Richard Baker is the correct answer.

Richard has represented England at WCOAP and has won Online and Team gold medals. His first APAT final table was Luton in Season 3. John wins $10 run good monies that will be delivered on Pokerstars.

[AAroddersAA]

On the train on my way to WCOAP not that impressed though my seat USB ports don"t work and the useless train staff tried to tell me I am not allowed to move to a very unreserved seat which had ones that did work.

Anyway let"s get this championship under way. Not going to be playing in it today but will get over to catch some of the mixed game final table. I think APAT can consider the mixed game a great success and am guessing that the event has been very well received with a far better field than I was expecting.

Went to the football yesterday, County were one up after two minutes but went on to lose 4-1, hopefully that is my run bad for the week over lol.

Will most likely be playing online tonight after getting to the hotel and getting everything setup, unless anybody in Stratford wants to grab a beer or some food of course in which case might decide to do that, do have a midday start tomorrow though so playing online might be the way to go.

Might just play a few hands of cash whilst on my way to sharpen the old game back up preparation has been good, confidence is high.

[AAroddersAA]

Welcome to London Stratford :-)

This is the first post from the WCOAP. Got here yesterday and quickly said hello to everybody but decided to play online rather than at the casno following a long journey. I did not trouble the scorers put it that way lol.

Great start to WCOAP for lots of the regs. Ady taking down the 8-Game, with Dai coming third, is a great result and The Mix-Max result woth Tom, Simon and Dawn winning the medals is awesome news. However it"s time to start this challenge for the bracelet. I am pre regged for the Turbo today but am tempted to change to antes only as it means if I am out I can play the OFC due to the earlier start time.

Played a little bit of online cash this morning which did not go so well:-

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18399954_6972010E57

Lost a buyin on the above hand, don"t think there is much I can do there. Also a hand I did not save saw me 3-barrell is a spot that might have been OK, but might not have been. Lost a buyin as he backdoored a flush to call my river shove, don"t think he could have called had he not hit the flush so again might have been OK.

I was down about $35 which is not too terrible considering those two hands are where I lost it really.

Good luck to everybody playing in the WCOAP this week and I will try and keep updates coming although signal is not that great at the casino. I will be heading over at about 11am - really looking forward to getting this underway.


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lotkzHsIuoA[/youtube]

[AAroddersAA]

Report for today, played like an idiot. Failure to improve over the next couple of days could lead to an early end to this festival as I am certainly not here to make the numbers up and playing like that it is all I am going to be doing.

Hopefully will be on much better form tomorrow as cannot justify playing that badly again.

[pokerpops]

Report for today, played like an idiot. Failure to improve over the next couple of days could lead to an early end to this festival as I am certainly not here to make the numbers up and playing like that it is all I am going to be doing.

Hopefully will be on much better form tomorrow as cannot justify playing that badly again.

I know that feeling, not so much from poker, but from golf. A trip having been organised to somewhere a little special, the days leading up to the event are full of anticipation and then, a missed putt or a sliced tee shot just destroys the day. In poker I guess it can show itself as a run of unplayable cards, a touch of being outdrawn, seeing other people make massive hands and get paid, even the least tilt inclined can slip over the edge.

Relax, exude patience and enjoy the atmosphere and company Steve.

[AAroddersAA]

Cheers  David, very well said, wise words, the weather here is good enough for golf at the moment  . Hopefully will do a lot better today but like I said yesterday really do need to up the game a lot on yesterday. I was not playing very well to start with but did make a set against two pair which got me a  decent stack. I then basically kept my stack level for a few hours then got a hand with KK which was just weird. I play the hand OK and he tries to bluff raise me on the river. I had no idea how he could have anything so called even though there was a flush out I just could not see how he could have it. He turns over a bluff and I then go to muck my hand as for some reason I see a flush. I realize before mucking my hand and turn it over. The dealer awards the pot to the other player, floor gets called and I win the pot. There are no complaints from anybody but for some reason it annoys me more than it should. I am up to 35K and get dealt JJ. There is a raise and a call so I make a really badly sized 3-bet and end up getting 25K in preflop against QQ. Overall just terrible. I got out when I make a reshove with J9 and am called by KK. Overall cards wise I easily ran well enough to make the final. Chris Webber took it down I watched a bit of the final table and he did deserve it. Three individual bracelets is pretty impressive in anybody"s terms.

Went of the TGI after the game and had a really good meal. Warren recommended some really nice milkshakes. That is one of the best things about this location is the great food and drink places so close to the venue.

So today is a brand new day of course will soon be time to head over to the casino for a 2pm start to the ROE game. Feel pretty good and no reason why I can"t play well in this game today. Just need to try and get my mental game in the right place.

Did play a little bit online this morning 500 Hands of $25nl Cash. This is a hand I find quite interesting as I was unsure what to do on the turn

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18413623_1E60E281C6

I do have position in this hand and when he raises the turn I am obviously miles ahead of his range. If he does have the ace I might have convinced him to make a hero fold whereas I could have called and allowed him to shove on the river.

This is another hand I might have misplayed. I am wondering if I can fold the river, probably should do, one pair is almost never good there.

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/18413674_8E8FB54C54

I won $18.73 in the session so not too bad. OK Let"s try and get this on today. Good luck to all players LEGGO.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCCPaaJrKlE[/youtube]

[pokerpops]

Run good.

The KK hand. I don"t think you should be folding to this bet size, KK is the best hand here often enough.

NB I am officially not very good at cash games, nor online.

[AAroddersAA]

Run good.

The KK hand. I don"t think you should be folding to this bet size, KK is the best hand here often enough.

NB I am officially not very good at cash games, nor online.

KK is a very bad hand confirmed today lol

Will post tomorrow but yeah see what you are saying re bet size but given how he played it one pair may be a fold, not entirely sure still tbh

[AlbusFawkes]

Only been reading this blog for a week or so, great to see how much you think about your game and your mental approach. Trust in your skills, we all have days when things don"t go to plan but you will click back into your game.

With the KK hand it is a horrible board but you lost the minimum. I think call/fold river here is 50/50.

The 55 hand, you are always getting paid if he has an A, so flatting the turn raise is the only way to get more if he doesn"t have it. Let him shove to try and steal it, if he checks make small value bet $7.

[AAroddersAA]

Cheers for the posts guys. Vince, great performance from you so far this week hope ya keep it going mate.

Yesterday was funny, I managed to lose my entire stack in level one. Not to be out done, Tom Clark does the same. We had a last longer with Karen who won it in level one. Me and Tom go to The Cow to wait for other people to be knocked out. I then go to try and find some food so wander to the hotel and order burger and chips in the bar, which takes forever to arrive so I get my iPad and watch Netflix whilst I am waiting. Have food then can"t be bothered to walk back to casino.

Played online this morning, not so good was down a buyin will post a bit about it at some point. PLO8 at 3pm today, hopefully do ok but not really my game so will see how it goes.

[AMRN]

PLO8 at 3pm today, hopefully do ok but not really my game so will see how it goes.

LOL, just LOL. I see what you did there....