psalm 137 - pt 1

welcome back, gentle reader.

the first sacrifice for the worshippers of the Church of Dyson.

$6.00+$0.50 HORSE (7 Card Stud Limit) - Level IX (300/600)
seat 2: TamarindoBen (1392 in chips)
Seat 3: ResdentEvil (211 in chips) === ante will bust me in 3 hands :(
Seat 4: SeagullKing (784 in chips)
Seat 5: XXXUSCXXX (2463 in chips)
Seat 6: alicalif (5553 in chips)
Seat 7: StokerAces (832 in chips)
Seat 8: cocobearr (765 in chips)
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to TamarindoBen [Ah]
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As 7s 8s]
Dealt to SeagullKing [Js]
Dealt to XXXUSCXXX [6h]
Dealt to alicalif [Jc]
Dealt to StokerAces [8d]
Dealt to cocobearr [7c]
ResdentEvil: raises 61 to 151 and is all-in
alicalif: calls 61
StokerAces: calls 61
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As 7s 8s] [5h] ============runner runner straight maybe
Dealt to alicalif [Jc] [6c]
Dealt to StokerAces [8d] [Kd]
StokerAces: bets 300 ======================hmm check it down when there's an all-in
alicalif: calls 300
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As 7s 8s 5h] [3c] ========== ffs still runner runner ho hum
Dealt to alicalif [Jc 6c] [5s]
Dealt to StokerAces [8d Kd] [Qc]
StokerAces: bets 321 and is all-in ========= what you chasin ?
alicalif: calls 321======================the big stak call
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As 7s 8s 5h 3c] [3s] === lmfao, a pair of fawkn 3's
Dealt to alicalif [Jc 6c 5s] [4s]
Dealt to StokerAces [8d Kd Qc] [Tc]
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [As 7s 8s 5h 3c 3s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
alicalif: shows [Jh 9h Jc 6c 5s 4s Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
StokerAces: shows [Qd 3d 8d Kd Qc Tc Kc] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
alicalif collected 1242 from side pot

ResdentEvil: shows [As 7s 8s 5h 3c 3s Ks] (a flush, Ace high) collected 963 from main pot

oh yee of little faith.

A Man Called HORSE - pt 2

welcome back , gentle reader.

fullTilt $13
pokerStars $236

.... so obviously i had an enforced break from the virtual felt. Did i come back refreshed ? er no, completely knackered more like !

and went on a little life tilt.

I had ground my FT balance up to $40 ... oh come on, it was down to $3 ... and then played a few tournaments slightly outwith my 'roll ... oops

same story on 'stars, ground it up to $300 ish and ... oops ... you get the idea ... ho hum

so back to the news summary.

so after blowing off steam in tournaments outwith bankroll, i then went on a quite incredible eight bubbles in a row !!!!!!!! now that must be some sort of record ... on FT as it happens, so at least it was the small buy-in's that i hit so many 4th places.

and the summary so far ...

pokerstars

jan 14 ... 1st-$12
jan 15 ... 1st-$60 ... 1st-$24 ... 2nd-$7.20
jan 16 ... 2nd-$36 ... 1st-$12 ... 1st-$24
jan 17 ... 3rd-$4.80
jan 18 ... 2nd-$14.40 ... 2nd-$36 ... 2nd-$7.20
jan 19 ... 1st-$60
jan 20 ... 1st-$12
jan 21 ... 3rd-$4.80
jan 22 ... 3rd-$4.80
jan 24 ... 3rd-$4.80
jan 25 ... 3rd-$4.80


fullTilt

jan 14 ... 1st-$8
jan 15 ... 1st-$20 ... 2nd-$2.40 ... 1st-$8
jan 17 ... 2nd-$2.40 ... 1st-$8
jan 18 ... 2nd-$4.80 ... 3rd-$3.20
jan 19 ... 2nd-$4.80 ... 3rd-$3.20
jan 20 ... 3rd-$1.60
jan 22 ... 2nd-$4.80
jan 24 ... 3rd-$1.60 ... 1st-$4
jan 25 ... 1st-$4

and that's it ... so far.

in the last week i have deffo not been running particularly well, but that's exactly why we should all practice bankroll management.

like you didn't know that.

A Man Called HORSE - pt1

welcome back gentle reader.

some news huh ? two posts in a week !

most news items are fcuking depressing, so lets skip to the summary.

since the new year, i have (mostly)(cough cough) been sticking to strict bankroll management and it has (mostly)(there is that fcuking word again) been going well.

pokerstars

2 jan ... 2nd-$7.20 1st-$12
3 jan ... 1st-$12 1st-$24 1st-$60 ....... 3 in a row :)
4 jan ... 55th-$5.36 (416 runners) ... 1st-$24
5 jan ... 2nd $7.20
6 jan ... 2nd-$84 2nd-$14.40
7 jan ... 1st-$60
8 jan ... 3rd-$4.80 3rd-$4.80
9 jan ... 3rd-$24 2nd-$7.20
10 jan ... 2nd-$36

fulltilt

3 jan ... 1st-$4
4 jan ... 1st-$9
6 jan ... 2nd-$2.40 1st-$4
7 jan ... 1st-$4 1st-$8 3rd-$3.20
8 jan ... 1st-$4 1st-$4
9 jan ... 3rd-$8 1st-$4
10 jan ... 3rd-$1.60 1st-$4

can this form continue .......

what the fuck is wrong with blogger ??????????????

last king of scotland - pt 3

welcome back, gentle reader

sometimes you just have to blow your own trumpet :) w00t :)

PokerStars Tournament #106196255, Pot Limit Omaha (Saturdays with Dr. Pauly)
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
31 players
Total Prize Pool: $310.00
Tournament started - 2008/09/06 - 16:20:00 (ET)

Dear ResdentEvil,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $124.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

sorry for lack of updates, real life getting in the way !!

the last king of scotland - pt 3

welcome back, gentle reader

i believe i am the first 3 time (count 'em) winner ???

also, i said there was nothing better than winning a forum game ? there is, winning
Saturdays with Dr. Pauly
is fucking awesome :)

PokerStars Tournament #106196255, Pot Limit Omaha
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
31 players
Total Prize Pool: $310.00
Tournament started - 2008/09/06 - 16:20:00 (ET)

Dear ResdentEvil,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $124.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

sorry for the lack of updates, real life is taking its toll at the moment :)

days that shook the world - pt 3

welcome back, gentle reader

fuck me, it really got worse ...

as no2 son got better, she sstopped eating and drinking and on the 2nd day .......

sitting in my lap, sleeping, she had a seizure ...

999 ... they took her to Boston Hospital.

i cannot describe how useless i felt, following the ambulance, knowing she was in ther ... sick ... and only 14 months old

it really broke my heart to see her that way. we got to A&E and they said she will be staying in. the docs put her on a drip, hooked her up to several monitors ... and i think i prayed

for the first 2 days she never moved , never stirred.

on the outside. i was a poker player ... on the inside ... i was frightened, so frightened..

on the third day she came round ... i so wanted to grab her and sqeeze her tight, tell her i loved her and let her her know mommy and daddy were there. i could only hold her hand and tell her.

the doc took blood, urine and the smelly stuff. thankfully. all negative. she stil has to go for a few scans ... ecg ?? and mri ??

on day 6 i got my baby home .... i am sure i look 55 now

days that shook the world - pt 2

welcome back, gentle reader

i was suposed to return to work on the 7th ...

a few dys revious to that my middle son fell ill ...

the Winter Vomiting bug ... ugly ....

i will spare you the detail, but he was ill. after 5 ... yes 5 ... days he started eating and drinking. he is a well built little guy, but after this , he was a bag of bones. i wa really worried and almost dragged him offf to hospital ... little did i know ...

he is back to normal and eating like a HORSE thank gawd...

surely it could only get better ...

days that shook the world - pt 1

welcome back, gentle reader

as you may have surmised, me and mrs dD have a somewaht tumultuous relationship. and so to prove a point i took em all to the inlaws for christmas .... and then i left. wuld she believe me? take me seriously ? only time will tell.

in the end i gave in, i missed the boys. i travelled down to lincolnshire on new years eve. the kidz were pleased to see me ... whew !!

as for me and mrs dD ... meh ! relationships... meh !

surely it could only get better ...

Futurama

welcome back, gentle reader

oh my gawd, i feel awful !

on two counts .... i feel bad for ranting like that ... and i have a hangover :((

oh well, sometimes its good to let off a little steam !

btw thanks for comments from mair, donkey, exile and acorn :)

the day started well yesterday. went to my local for a pint with my mate and then back to his for Christmas dinner, which was superb ! always good when someone else does the cooking and he wouldn't even let me help with the dishes ! double result !
a few beers after dinner and i pretty much roll home. get the old dvd recorder fired up ... recording all of "Heroes" on the Sci-Fi channel. the whole of season 1 :)

fire the pc up for some poker. luckily for me and my bankroll i did not do anything to stupid. hell, i even manged to win one ... sorry, make that a 2nd place :) lol, how the hell i managed to "play" for 4 hours is beyond me, and my neighbour must have wondered what all the shouting was about when i eventually got HU.

Full Tilt Poker Tournament #34981698 $5 + $0.50 Tournament Fixed Omaha H/L
Buy-In: $5.00 + $0.50
130 players
Total Prize Pool: $650.00
Start Date: December 25 5:15 PM ET

Dear dD,
You finished the tournament in 2nd place.
There has been $110.50 added to your account.
You have earned leaderboard points for this tournament.
To view your current leaderboard points use the link in the Cashier window.
Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

right, i am off out for some much required fresh air

exile57

welcome back, gentle reader

sorry, can't explain ............ she is fking back

go girl go

sad but true, i fcuking miss you.

Scots Pwnage Oats

welcome back, gentle reader

well last night was britBloggerment 40. and you have to admit, we so owned it !

congrats to winner Al Eleven (theMiamiTrout aka SanJoseSalmon)

and big shout to second place ResdentEvil ( aka me :)

and well done third place Teaulc (aka theAmerican stopping the clean sweep ! )

and the bubble boy zagga (aka back from the dead with only t1140 ! )

fantastic tournament and some of the patter ... just beltin !!

and with this type of play, how could the result be in any doubt ??

*** SHOW DOWN ***
biakkax: shows [8s 3c] (a pair of Eights)
ResdentEvil: shows [Qs Th] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
ResdentEvil collected 840 from pot

and only one queen there Scott :))

*** RIVER *** [3d Qh Jh Kc] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
simonjjj: shows [9h 6h] (high card King)
ResdentEvil: shows [7s Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
ResdentEvil collected 4250 from pot
simonjjj said, "doh"

*** RIVER *** [Td 6s 8c Ks] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TanOrpheus: shows [7d 5d] (high card King)
ResdentEvil: shows [Ts Jd] (a pair of Tens)
ResdentEvil collected 4820 from pot

*** RIVER *** [7c 4h 5c As] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
biakkax: shows [2h 7d] (a pair of Sevens)
ResdentEvil: shows [8h 6s] (a straight, Four to Eight)
ResdentEvil collected 9281 from pot

i mean, the writing is on the wall when my aces are good, never been known on 'stars

*** RIVER *** [2s 6h 6s Jh] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
teaulc: shows [Ts Td] (two pair, Tens and Sixes) zagga: shows [Qs Ad] (a pair of Sixes)
ResdentEvil: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
ResdentEvil collected 8596 from main pot

but the eventual winner was on fire !!

Al Eleven: shows [5h 5c] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
Matty H UK: shows [Ad 6s] (a pair of Sevens)
Al Eleven collected 2536 from pot

biakkax: shows [2s Ts] (two pair, Eights and Deuces)
Al Eleven: shows [7s 9s] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
Al Eleven collected 8250 from pot

Al Eleven: shows [9h 7h] (a pair of Sevens)
the_cloud71: shows [Ad Ts] (high card Ace)
Al Eleven collected 5105 from pot

and he was the only man on the night who got the money in behind, against me that is, and hit his draw !!
if i had won this one then it would have been goodnite Al. then again, a fair few people went against me when they were drawing and every single one missed ! except this one, bah !!

*** RIVER *** [As 9c 8s 7c] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Al Eleven: shows [Jc Ts] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
ResdentEvil: shows [9s Ad] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Al Eleven collected 17212 from pot

Al Eleven: shows [Qs As] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
teaulc: shows [7h 7d] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
ResdentEvil said, "gg"
Al Eleven said, "gg"
Al Eleven collected 11311 from pot

i did manage to pull Al's huge huge lead back to just a 2k difference, but all to no avail ...

*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [5s 6h] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
Al Eleven: shows [8c As] (a full house, Eights full of Aces)
ResdentEvil said, "ouch"
Al Eleven collected 20632 from pot

as Al pointed oot early doors, this was the last britBloggerment of 2007 ... and I bet some people in certain quarters will be glad to see the back of it ... he he he

The Last Samurai

welcome back, gentle reader.

well this is supposed to be a short post ... when do i make anything short seeing as i so like the sound of my own voice :)
doing the usual housework on this humble blog and that means updating links.

anyone spot an error, please let me know.

been playing poker as per usual. some nice little scores and as per usual go and blow it in bigger buy-in tournaments. actually quite surprised i have any roll left at all tbh. considering the type of year i am having.
finished off a few of my little colt45 challenges - some with profit some not and one, on the face of it, fairly ludicrous challenge. i'll bore y'all to death with the full results in later posts.

i think i'll wind this here humble blog down ... poker wise ... and see if they'll have me over on ukpokerscene.

i'll keep this blog here for life in general, such as it will be. hmmmm life ... whats it all about eh ?
oh Rosie, you'd be proud. sorted my shit out. not the result i was looking for, more the bookies favouite really. painful, but sorted. no doubt as time passes, i will update my situation. certainly more for me and my sanity !!

bah ! when i started this post i knew where i wanted it to go and now ??

lets finish up.

in the coming weeks, over the "festive" period, if you come across me, please don't be offended if one or other of the following occurs.

I completely ignore all chat.
I completely trash talk the table.

one of two things will be going on.

i will be so wrapped up in my inner turmoil hence silence.
i will be freeway spanking drunk hence the trash talk.

both scenarios are likely to happen as i come to terms with my demons.

so, to those who are having it ... Merry Christmas !

to those miserable cunts (me) who are not having it ... ho fucking ho.

Live at the Glasgow Apollo - pt 3

welcome back, gentle reader.

and welcome to monday, where did the weekend go ?

actually had a good one and it goes something like this.

Friday night, teamed up with a few of the regular rTr friday night crew. we donked about in a few games, ok, i donked and they played :)
all good clean fun, the highlight had to be matty taking down a $10 45-man. nice one and very well played mate.
after that i took my weeks winnings on FT and entered a $55 H.O.R.S.E. ... seemed such a good idea at the time ... only to get to the bubble, me and two other shortstacks, who were just trying to fold into the money. unfortunately the blind increase went against me and i was forced to push against the bigstack in the damned hold'em round and he flipped over a big pair ... gg me :(

Saturday night was the live game.

and we had no less than 3 visitors from down south who had flown up just for this game !

first off, huge thanks to theBigChap for hosting the game.

big thanks to the S-man and theCousin our two dedicated drivers.

and thanks to acorn for arranging the game.

now i almost did not make the game. had a little accident with a saw, thinking at the time i'd almost chopped ... sawed ... my fucking fingertip off ! looking at the damage now, i have a nice little perfect horseshoe gash on my middle finger. don't look much, but fawk me did it bleed !! took so long to stop i thought i was off to A&E ...

the guests. finally got to meet JUICE ... theEDGE ... and ROSIE.
always fun to meet people when you have only ever read them ! funnily enough, they were nothing like i imagined. Juice wasn't to much of a surprise as i'd seen his pic on his blog. theEdge & Rosie were nothing like i'd imagined. all in a good way of course :)
very nice to meet u all and hope you enjoyed yourself as much as i did.
we headed off to theBigChaps and after an hour finally arrived. had ourselves a little £5 turbo tourney, no cash for me in that one. Acorn & Juice and theEdge took the honours.
then we moved onto a wee cash game, small stakes keep it friendly. made a small profit of £2.50 in that, so not a complete financial disaster :)
we had an early finish and had to leave at around 1am. with 6 of us heading back to acorns for the boxing ... on tv and not live, i hasten to add.
after the boxing i could not get a taxi, bugger, in the doghouse again !! well it was around 6am ho hum.

hope you guys all enjoyed the night as much as i did, looking forward to the next one already.

sunday night was britblogger ... and the dTd wildcard game.

played well in both games, getting bumped off in the britblogger after reaching the final table, out in 5th or 6th ??
the dTd game was a belter.

10 starters. one by one they all dropped. then there were 3.

me :) and two high rollers ... amatay ! and kenn !
yikes, could not get much tougher and i expected to be bounced in 3rd. hung in there though, determined to give a good account of myself and not get caught making a donk move. amatay finally nailed kenn with his flopped flush holding up against kenn's flopped set !

heads up little-fish-me against big-fish-amatay

we went head-to-head with amatay the big stack. once again i was determined not to donk out.
the blinds were starting to hurt and i did double thru once or twice, but could only get the chip lead cut to 2-1.
thought i played very well and gave a good account of myself in general.

he said " I also had a loooong head ups battle with Double D, gg m8, wp. " ... :))

mair said " the HU match between dD and Amatay was superb, was great to watch. "

and turned out quite a long, long, hard fought battle ...

then i picked up 33 ... i pushed ... he called ... with 55

presto held up, and amatay wins.

gg mrJones, very well played sir.


not to disappointed :( but it would have been nice to nail such a big scalp :)

Bullitt

welcome back, gentle reader.

lmfao !! posted the wrong fuckin hh ... ha ha ha !

[ to damned lazy to start again, so the ace hand follows this :( ] [ blushing big time now ]

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ResdentEvil [4d 3s 5c Tc] ... speculate to accumulate ... hohum

ResdentEvil: calls $0.25coffeedawgs: calls $0.25nbitner: calls $0.25MKandERK: calls $0.15Ripler: checks

*** FLOP *** [Qs 5h 6c] ... hmm got outs, arse end of the str8 tho'

MKandERK: checks Ripler: checks ResdentEvil: bets $0.25coffeedawgs: calls $0.25nbitner: calls $0.25MKandERK: folds Ripler: calls $0.25 ... lol ... they all call, of course

*** TURN *** [Qs 5h 6c] [Ts]

Ripler: checks
ResdentEvil: bets $0.50 ... fawk, this is getting ugly
coffeedawgs: folds
nbitner: folds
Ripler: calls $0.50 ... yeesh, there is always one ffs

*** RIVER *** [Qs 5h 6c Ts] [9d]

Ripler: checks
ResdentEvil: checks ... not giving him a chance to re-raise

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ripler: shows [As 6s Kc 2s] (HI: a pair of Sixes) ....... wtf ?? how can you call ??
ResdentEvil: shows [4d 3s 5c Tc] (HI: two pair, Tens and Fives)
ResdentEvil collected $3.10 from pot ... unbelievable *)
No low hand qualified

[ ahem, cough cough, here's the original post ] [ more blushing ]

why the fuck can I not get my aces to hold up when playing nlhe ??
yet they hold up here, when they really shouldn't ...

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to ResdentEvil [Ac As 2s 7c]
ResdentEvil: raises $0.25 to $0.50 ... wheeee lets get some money in that there pot
bruno papoom: folds nbitner: folds JayNT: folds bucna: folds winbet: folds
alpro1: calls $0.50
bruno papoom leaves the table ... wtf ?? was it something i said ...

*** FLOP ***
[5c Jd Ks] ... fucking typical ... bollox

ResdentEvil: bets $0.25 ... can you fold ??
alpro1: calls $0.25 ... i see he really respects my play, not.

*** TURN ***
[5c Jd Ks] [5h]

ResdentEvil: bets $0.50 ....... whee pair on board, you can fold now ...
alpro1: calls $0.50 ....... or not

*** RIVER ***
[5c Jd Ks 5h] [4d]

ResdentEvil: bets $0.50 ... cant back down now
ffsalpro1: calls $0.50 ... motherfukker !! cmon show me a 5 you cunt .......

*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [Ac As 2s 7c] (HI: two pair, Aces and Fives)
alpro1: mucks hand
ResdentEvil collected $3.70 from pot ....... lmfao, but wtf ??
No low hand qualified
Seat 1: alpro1 mucked [Kc Ah 3h 9h] ....... ha ha ha ! you are worse than me ffs *)


hi-fucking-low and a pair wins thru ?? just what the fuck is going on ??

Full Metal Jacket - pt 1

welcome back, gentle reader.

you gotta love no-limit poker ... even when it is O8 ...

*** HOLE CARDS ***
[Jc Qh Ks Tc]

dD raises to $0.20
bobranes raises to $0.50
CRAZYLAR calls $0.50
dD calls $0.30 ...... if they have good hands and the flop is high ... :)

*** FLOP *** [Js 4d Ah]

dD checks ....... nice flop, lets see what the villains think
bobranes bets $1.20
CRAZYLAR calls $1.20
dD calls $1.20 ....... flat call, just in case its brick brick

*** TURN *** [Js 4d Ah] [Ts]

dD checks ....... gotta check, for deception
bobranes bets $3.40
CRAZYLAR calls $3.40
dD raises to $8.50, and is all in ...... lets see what you guys really think
bobranes calls $5.10
CRAZYLAR calls $4.80, and is all in ....... ffs, surely not ... three straights ???

bobranes shows [Ac 5d Ad Kd] ....... my my, trips ... no flush draw tho'
CRAZYLAR shows [3d As Qd 5c] ....... sweet, only the low draw and a gutshot

*** RIVER *** [Js 4d Ah Ts] [Kh] ....... i swore a little, ok, a lot, fk fk fk

dD shows a straight, Ace high, for high
bobranes shows three of a kind, Aces, for high
CRAZYLAR shows a straight, Ace high, for high

dD ties for the main pot ($13.95)
CRAZYLAR ties for the main pot ($13.90)


damned river, and it was not even on 'stars