welcome back, gentle reader.
btw committed to play the HORSE and PLO tonite, but if i am missing, i'm sure you'll understand ... hey, free chips are free chips ...... bugger, and the HU final ......
today i really really wanted to uber it up Iggy style. i have a load of links to insert and point u donkeys in the direction of some great reading ... but real life got in the fucking way ......
did the title get your attention ? i certainly hope so, after all, i so wanted to reserve that particular title for a big success i had in some big mtt somewhere down the line. instead, i have been forced to use it for something other than that, not at all pleasant at all, either.
and to what (whom) does the title allude to ...... er well, me, actually ......
other titles that sprang to mind ......
"i read the news today, oh boy ... the beatles"
( for the life of me i cannot remember the actual song title, weird huh ? )
"I know now why you cry." - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Qtex - The Power of Love (sic)(but what a fantastic song)
( humour is my fight or flight ... i seek humour in most nasty/painful things)
ho ho ho ... and you thought i'd never get around to the poker, did you ... well, the bitch that is variance, has come to visit, big time. right now i could not hit the side of a barn with a shotgun :)
just as well i have been donking around in low stakes mtt's. and i don't think i have been playing that bad ... you all know the story ...
tptk ... they have two pair ... trips v better trips ... small boat they have big boat, ouch ! that one really sucks ... and of course the obligatory four diamonds on the board so they suckout a flush to crush your trips, doh ! that one really hurt as well :(
so there is the problem ... here are the answers :))
The top 8 reasons When not to play poker:
When you are tired
When you are stressed: If you have other things going on, like an ongoing argument with your partner ...
When you are drunk
When you are stressed: If you have other things going on, like an ongoing argument with your partner ...
When you are not in the mood
When you are stressed: If you have other things going on, like an ongoing argument with your partner ...
When table conditions are bad
When you are stressed: If you have other things going on, like an ongoing argument with your partner ...
are the muddy muddy waters becoming clear ?
******tangent
i was worried about the lack of comments, worried that anyone was reading this at all, in fact ! a quick visit to statcounter and my faith is restored :) you shower of lazee bastards !
stats tells me i get around a dozen new visitors a day ... wheeeee !!
soa comment or two would not go amiss, please. even if the subject matter of the post is complete drivel, i am sure you could liven it up with your comments ... humourous or otherwise ...
end******
.... so back to the real life coronation street that is my shitty life ... this is getting painful ...
to be continued, after 16.00 today, when i finish work ...
welcome back, gentle reader.
i am not entirely sure how to continue ... feel like i'm washing dirty laundry in public, so to speak. I wont bore u with detail, as far as i am concerned we are both to blame and as bad as each other. We are, after all, supposed to be responsible adults.
Since i am getting my words in a pickle, i will share a text i received this morning, from my mates wife, also mrs dD's good friend ... so the poor woman is quite literally piggy in the middle !
Except this morning her and hubby and kids set off for englandshire, never to return, as hubby has a new job in the big smoke ... good luck to you both !!
anyway, she sent this text, which caught me by surprise, but brought into sharp focus how bad things have gotten ...
btw why am i writting this shit down ? a reality check for me, head out the fucking sand time.
the original text:
my parting gift:
my last advice 2 u.
U and H both know its the end
why not b adult bout it,
sit down, tlk properly,
try come 2 an amicable split emotionally and finacially?
Mk life so much simpler!
J xx
the reply:
dear sweet J
i know it, u know it,
but will H admit it ?
if she does, i am willing
to be adult about it
and amicable !!
the last text:
i think she will,
yes, she does know it;
i guess its just hard 2
admit it after so long 2gether,
u wonder what there is after !
i just want u both 2b happy &
u nd 2b apart 4 that !
show her my text if it helps
i hope you can resolve things
J xx
when you put all the crap to one side,
its quite simple,
we just don't get on, anymore.
Friday, 31 August 2007
Sunday, 26 August 2007
Thursday, 23 August 2007
rTr league and cup - pt 2
welcome back, gentle reader.
just finished the HU semi final against Mair ...
nice tight game with a lot of poker played running thru the streets.
chipped up to t1700 then back down to almost even and this happened ...
in the small blind and i get dealt 5dJd, i call, mair checks (blinds only 15/30)
*** FLOP *** [Td 3d Jh]
Mair38: bets 120
ResdentEvil: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Td 3d Jh] [9c]
Mair38: bets 120
ResdentEvil: calls 120
***RIVER*** [Td 3d Jh] [9c] [Kc]
Mair38: bets 150
ResdentEvil: folds ..... fairly sure i am beat here ... or a good bluff ??
Mair38 shows [KdJs] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
whew ! beat ... almost taken to the cleaners !
so its now t1250 v t1750
managed to chip up a little to t1340 v t1660 :)
and then this ...
i am dealt JcJd ... nice
RE raises 30 to 60
Mair38 raises 90 to 160 ...... hmmmm, lets see .....
RE raises 90 to 240
Mair38 calls 90
***FLOP***
2dTcAh ........ gawd damn fcuking Ace .......
Mair38 bets 150 ....... nice one ....... doh !
RE folds
ouch !!
down to t1100 v t1900 ...... not looking good .... oh crap
and of course it got worse ... dropped to t995 at one point .....
then i got Kd3d and flopped a K and wouldn't let go to Mairs bets of 150 on the flop and turn and collected a nice pot of 700
in the lead with t1730 v t1270
shortly after, the turning point in the game
i look down to see AQo with blinds 25/50 and raise it to 100 and mair calls
the flop is 964 rainbow ... not really what i wanted to see especially if mair called with Ax and spiked a pair
i bet 200 ... Mair calls
turn is a 7, with two diamonds on the board as well ... gawd, this is getting worse ....
i bet 200 ...... Mair calls ...... i am worried now :(
river is a 7h ... board is paired, flush draw gone but possible straight ....
i bet out 200 .... Mair38 thinks ...fold please ... thinks ... fold please please !! ... thinks ... folds
i collect a t1000 pot ... gawd that was close :)
now t2380 v t620
in the final hand soon after it was t2405 v t595
i pick up Kd5d
Mair38 raise 150 to 200 and i flat call
flop 76T with two diamonds :))
i bet 200 and mair38 calls .... hmmmm ... have you hit a set i wonder ???
turn 5s
i bet 200 and Mair38 calls 195 and is all-in
river 6h
giving me two pairs ... is it enough ....
Mair38 shows AdJc ....
whew !!
excellent game Mair, well played !
and who do i get in the final ... none other than mr cloud :))
just finished the HU semi final against Mair ...
nice tight game with a lot of poker played running thru the streets.
chipped up to t1700 then back down to almost even and this happened ...
in the small blind and i get dealt 5dJd, i call, mair checks (blinds only 15/30)
*** FLOP *** [Td 3d Jh]
Mair38: bets 120
ResdentEvil: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Td 3d Jh] [9c]
Mair38: bets 120
ResdentEvil: calls 120
***RIVER*** [Td 3d Jh] [9c] [Kc]
Mair38: bets 150
ResdentEvil: folds ..... fairly sure i am beat here ... or a good bluff ??
Mair38 shows [KdJs] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
whew ! beat ... almost taken to the cleaners !
so its now t1250 v t1750
managed to chip up a little to t1340 v t1660 :)
and then this ...
i am dealt JcJd ... nice
RE raises 30 to 60
Mair38 raises 90 to 160 ...... hmmmm, lets see .....
RE raises 90 to 240
Mair38 calls 90
***FLOP***
2dTcAh ........ gawd damn fcuking Ace .......
Mair38 bets 150 ....... nice one ....... doh !
RE folds
ouch !!
down to t1100 v t1900 ...... not looking good .... oh crap
and of course it got worse ... dropped to t995 at one point .....
then i got Kd3d and flopped a K and wouldn't let go to Mairs bets of 150 on the flop and turn and collected a nice pot of 700
in the lead with t1730 v t1270
shortly after, the turning point in the game
i look down to see AQo with blinds 25/50 and raise it to 100 and mair calls
the flop is 964 rainbow ... not really what i wanted to see especially if mair called with Ax and spiked a pair
i bet 200 ... Mair calls
turn is a 7, with two diamonds on the board as well ... gawd, this is getting worse ....
i bet 200 ...... Mair calls ...... i am worried now :(
river is a 7h ... board is paired, flush draw gone but possible straight ....
i bet out 200 .... Mair38 thinks ...fold please ... thinks ... fold please please !! ... thinks ... folds
i collect a t1000 pot ... gawd that was close :)
now t2380 v t620
in the final hand soon after it was t2405 v t595
i pick up Kd5d
Mair38 raise 150 to 200 and i flat call
flop 76T with two diamonds :))
i bet 200 and mair38 calls .... hmmmm ... have you hit a set i wonder ???
turn 5s
i bet 200 and Mair38 calls 195 and is all-in
river 6h
giving me two pairs ... is it enough ....
Mair38 shows AdJc ....
whew !!
excellent game Mair, well played !
and who do i get in the final ... none other than mr cloud :))
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
The Royal Mint - pt 1
welcome back, gentle reader.
as ever time marches on, i wanna post this and scan the bloggosphere and check rTr and check emails ... and maybe even play some poker ... ho ho ho.
I promised i'd do a financial check when i got around to it. done it and not sure its all that pretty. I'm sure you guys will tell me if i am doing ok or if i am indeed a fucking donkey and should immediately go take up knitting !
one thing i am unsure about is how to keep a record of my poker cash ? should i do as others do and periodically post my total poker cash or more likely put the totals into sidebars on this here humble blog ? probably the latter, as this will keep me relatively honest ... this is after all more for me than for you, if i may be so selfish !!
okeley dokely, the hard facts ....
*******tangent
btw did anyone notice, in one of da gamblers screenshots, yours truly is at the table, and the little note thingy is clearly seen against my position !!!
note prolly goes like this ... "he thinks he can play, jesus, what a fcuking FISH" ... oh well, personally, since i'm a glass half full type of guy, i will take it as a huge compliment :))
whatever the damn thing says .... and under no circumstances baby, do i want to know whats in it !!
end*******
The Royal Mint - £ fund poker only bank account ( spend this = officially bankrupt :)
Federal Reserve - £ funds in online bank, reserved for the bigger buy-in tourneys
Bank of America - $ funds online in active play
Bank of England - £ funds online in active play
gawd i need a smoke afore i commit this to the record ... brb
ok, i am back, this is what it looks like :
back at the beginning of July I had an active online balance of $1,000 with nothing in my online bank account and about £2,000 in my poker only bank account. but, always a fcuking but, which i have never taken into account before btw, some of my online funds are native £ sterling accounts .... not a short term problem but if the $ strengthens then my online funds will start to drop ... hence the introduction of £ funds online :)) although this adds up to $5k it should be closer to $4200 as i bought electronic goodies to the tune of $800 during the month of july ... ouch !
the latest figures are -
active online $1700
active online £ xxx *** fcuk it, need to check and add it up
bank online £535
offline bank £1,000
ffs !! i am stunned ! thats getting on for $5k ......
just a quick add up and it dont look too pretty. lets update and explain.
active online $1700
correct at the current exchange rate. minus $105 for a big buy-in at bowankers. this win should have been transferred straight back to online bank !! and minus funds which are native £ sterling accounts
bank online £535
should be closer to £800 with all my big buy-in wins. lets see, should be plus £50 from bowankers and plus £120 for the cheque i was sent .... nearly £700 so only a ton down for all the gawd damn headhunter's i entered ... well, i did re-load several times before i won :))
offline bank £1,000
this has dropped because i bought some electronic goodies ( £400 ) and funded my "bank online" to the tune of six hundred for my big buy-in experiment
so overall, i am up $500 ish. woot !!!!! no mean feat for my small stakes game. i will get these figures linked up on the right hand side of the blog and update monthly ... perhaps every other month. I deffo need to do this as my record keeping is truly atrocious and i really want to see how things pan out this year.
this years aim ? break even or show a little profit :))
as ever time marches on, i wanna post this and scan the bloggosphere and check rTr and check emails ... and maybe even play some poker ... ho ho ho.
I promised i'd do a financial check when i got around to it. done it and not sure its all that pretty. I'm sure you guys will tell me if i am doing ok or if i am indeed a fucking donkey and should immediately go take up knitting !
one thing i am unsure about is how to keep a record of my poker cash ? should i do as others do and periodically post my total poker cash or more likely put the totals into sidebars on this here humble blog ? probably the latter, as this will keep me relatively honest ... this is after all more for me than for you, if i may be so selfish !!
okeley dokely, the hard facts ....
*******tangent
btw did anyone notice, in one of da gamblers screenshots, yours truly is at the table, and the little note thingy is clearly seen against my position !!!
note prolly goes like this ... "he thinks he can play, jesus, what a fcuking FISH" ... oh well, personally, since i'm a glass half full type of guy, i will take it as a huge compliment :))
whatever the damn thing says .... and under no circumstances baby, do i want to know whats in it !!
end*******
The Royal Mint - £ fund poker only bank account ( spend this = officially bankrupt :)
Federal Reserve - £ funds in online bank, reserved for the bigger buy-in tourneys
Bank of America - $ funds online in active play
Bank of England - £ funds online in active play
gawd i need a smoke afore i commit this to the record ... brb
ok, i am back, this is what it looks like :
back at the beginning of July I had an active online balance of $1,000 with nothing in my online bank account and about £2,000 in my poker only bank account. but, always a fcuking but, which i have never taken into account before btw, some of my online funds are native £ sterling accounts .... not a short term problem but if the $ strengthens then my online funds will start to drop ... hence the introduction of £ funds online :)) although this adds up to $5k it should be closer to $4200 as i bought electronic goodies to the tune of $800 during the month of july ... ouch !
the latest figures are -
active online $1700
active online £ xxx *** fcuk it, need to check and add it up
bank online £535
offline bank £1,000
ffs !! i am stunned ! thats getting on for $5k ......
just a quick add up and it dont look too pretty. lets update and explain.
active online $1700
correct at the current exchange rate. minus $105 for a big buy-in at bowankers. this win should have been transferred straight back to online bank !! and minus funds which are native £ sterling accounts
bank online £535
should be closer to £800 with all my big buy-in wins. lets see, should be plus £50 from bowankers and plus £120 for the cheque i was sent .... nearly £700 so only a ton down for all the gawd damn headhunter's i entered ... well, i did re-load several times before i won :))
offline bank £1,000
this has dropped because i bought some electronic goodies ( £400 ) and funded my "bank online" to the tune of six hundred for my big buy-in experiment
so overall, i am up $500 ish. woot !!!!! no mean feat for my small stakes game. i will get these figures linked up on the right hand side of the blog and update monthly ... perhaps every other month. I deffo need to do this as my record keeping is truly atrocious and i really want to see how things pan out this year.
this years aim ? break even or show a little profit :))
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish
welcome back, gentle reader.
straight to it, as its way past my bedtime and for reasons explained below, i've been surfing around the bloggerdom and catching up with the weekends action, or lack thereof.
it had to happen eventually. i mean, i have spent so so long in bloggerdom during working hours, that a "flag" was bound to be raised somewhere along the gawd damn line.
Inevitable, really.
so the corporate IT monkeys have now blocked all access to blogger ... doh !
straight to it, as its way past my bedtime and for reasons explained below, i've been surfing around the bloggerdom and catching up with the weekends action, or lack thereof.
it had to happen eventually. i mean, i have spent so so long in bloggerdom during working hours, that a "flag" was bound to be raised somewhere along the gawd damn line.
Inevitable, really.
so the corporate IT monkeys have now blocked all access to blogger ... doh !
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Tomb Raider - pt 3
welcome back, gentle reader.
as usual, straight to it.
the remainder of my results thru the holiday period. Just to keep things in perspective, I will be doing a bankroll check very soon to see if I actually am in profit. these cashes look so good on the face of it ... but how much did I spend to achieve these nice congratulatory emails ?
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £10 5278565", on Aug 6 2007 2:09AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 1st and won 138.00 GBP standard prize
and collected 74.36 GBP in Heads !
another early wake ip call for the whole house ...
You have earned 121 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "HeadHunter $5K GTD 5313101", on Aug 12 2007 12:21AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 15th and won 25.00 USD!
how the hell do you go so deep and not collect a single head ...
You have earned 24 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Headhunter $3000 GTD 5278222", on Aug 12 2007 12:27AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 14th and won 17.80 USD!
... same thing again !!
You have earned 17 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £5 5313710", on Aug 12 2007 2:48AM GMT. Congratulations! You placed 31st and won 1.87 GBP in Heads !
... some nights you should just go home early ...
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
so there ya go, all done.
So back home and back to the grind, I suppose. My available hours to play poker are now severely restricted. There is no way I can play mtt's into the small hours and still get up for work !
i will leave that kinda thing to the younger generation.
as usual, straight to it.
the remainder of my results thru the holiday period. Just to keep things in perspective, I will be doing a bankroll check very soon to see if I actually am in profit. these cashes look so good on the face of it ... but how much did I spend to achieve these nice congratulatory emails ?
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £10 5278565", on Aug 6 2007 2:09AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 1st and won 138.00 GBP standard prize
and collected 74.36 GBP in Heads !
another early wake ip call for the whole house ...
You have earned 121 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "HeadHunter $5K GTD 5313101", on Aug 12 2007 12:21AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 15th and won 25.00 USD!
how the hell do you go so deep and not collect a single head ...
You have earned 24 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Headhunter $3000 GTD 5278222", on Aug 12 2007 12:27AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 14th and won 17.80 USD!
... same thing again !!
You have earned 17 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £5 5313710", on Aug 12 2007 2:48AM GMT. Congratulations! You placed 31st and won 1.87 GBP in Heads !
... some nights you should just go home early ...
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
so there ya go, all done.
So back home and back to the grind, I suppose. My available hours to play poker are now severely restricted. There is no way I can play mtt's into the small hours and still get up for work !
i will leave that kinda thing to the younger generation.
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Tomb Raider - pt 2
welcome back, gentle reader.
lets cut straight to the chase, posts with this title have a bad habit of dragging on ...
btw da gambler commented that i was a "big fish" ... lmfao ! ...make sure to tell all yer friends !! ( snigger snigger )
onwards we go. so played a shed load of poker "on holiday" with the headhunter series catching my imagination ... dread to think how much i have spent but i do have a few decent results ... lol if da gambler thought i was a big fish with my RAZZ result just wait 'till he cops a load of this ...
...... btw the RAZZ tourney had been going over 4 1/2 hours ... it was way past my bedtime ... kidz would be up in a few hours ffs ! so i quite literally gave my chips away ... the remaining 4 guys at the table probably could not believe their luck ... and might just have me marked as a fcuking big fish ... next time, oh yes there will be a next time ... i will pick a more suitable start time ......
lets get to it .... almost ... juice ! i don't write emails to myself before u comment ... snigger snigger ...
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "Head Hunter $2K GTD 5223025", on Jul 28 2007 1:05AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 78th and won 5.09 USD in Heads !
lol 2k guaranteed, i win 5 bucks
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "Head Hunter £5 5266228", on Aug 4 2007.
Congratulations! You placed 115th and won 2.12 GBP in Heads !
ffs 5 quid buy-in, i win 2 quid !!
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £10 5266305", on Aug 4 2007 2:07AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 2nd and won 144.00 GBP standard prize and collected 76.40 GBP in Heads !
think i woke the whole damn house up !! only realised next night how much head money i collected :))
well the total is over $400 ...
You have earned 145 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "Thunder $2 Tourney 5272439", on Aug 5 2007 1:49AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 4th and won 14.60 USD!
thunder are the turbo tourneys ...
You have earned 30 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "HeadHunter $2.5K GTD 5272369", on Aug 5 2007 2:08AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 28th and won 11.27 USD standard prize and collected 15.57 USD in Heads !
damn 2.5k guaranteed, i win 26 bucks ...
You have earned 19 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Account Number: 03059768 Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £5 5272688", on Aug 5 2007 4:02AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 42nd and won 2.22 GBP in Heads !
one to many games that night !!
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
thats enough ( bragging ) for one night :) ...... more to come ......
lets cut straight to the chase, posts with this title have a bad habit of dragging on ...
btw da gambler commented that i was a "big fish" ... lmfao ! ...make sure to tell all yer friends !! ( snigger snigger )
onwards we go. so played a shed load of poker "on holiday" with the headhunter series catching my imagination ... dread to think how much i have spent but i do have a few decent results ... lol if da gambler thought i was a big fish with my RAZZ result just wait 'till he cops a load of this ...
...... btw the RAZZ tourney had been going over 4 1/2 hours ... it was way past my bedtime ... kidz would be up in a few hours ffs ! so i quite literally gave my chips away ... the remaining 4 guys at the table probably could not believe their luck ... and might just have me marked as a fcuking big fish ... next time, oh yes there will be a next time ... i will pick a more suitable start time ......
lets get to it .... almost ... juice ! i don't write emails to myself before u comment ... snigger snigger ...
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "Head Hunter $2K GTD 5223025", on Jul 28 2007 1:05AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 78th and won 5.09 USD in Heads !
lol 2k guaranteed, i win 5 bucks
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "Head Hunter £5 5266228", on Aug 4 2007.
Congratulations! You placed 115th and won 2.12 GBP in Heads !
ffs 5 quid buy-in, i win 2 quid !!
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £10 5266305", on Aug 4 2007 2:07AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 2nd and won 144.00 GBP standard prize and collected 76.40 GBP in Heads !
think i woke the whole damn house up !! only realised next night how much head money i collected :))
well the total is over $400 ...
You have earned 145 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "Thunder $2 Tourney 5272439", on Aug 5 2007 1:49AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 4th and won 14.60 USD!
thunder are the turbo tourneys ...
You have earned 30 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Thank you for participating in tournament "HeadHunter $2.5K GTD 5272369", on Aug 5 2007 2:08AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 28th and won 11.27 USD standard prize and collected 15.57 USD in Heads !
damn 2.5k guaranteed, i win 26 bucks ...
You have earned 19 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
Dear dd,
Account Number: 03059768 Thank you for participating in the tournament "Head Hunter £5 5272688", on Aug 5 2007 4:02AM GMT.
Congratulations! You placed 42nd and won 2.22 GBP in Heads !
one to many games that night !!
You have earned 1 MTPs towards the tournament leaderboard.
thats enough ( bragging ) for one night :) ...... more to come ......
Eunectes Murinus - pt 1
welcome back, gentle reader.
sorry, couldn't resist. but beware !! took 4 1/2 hrs to get there ............
PokerStars Tournament #57350296, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
112 players
Total Prize Pool: $1120.00
Tournament started - 2007/08/11 - 19:45:00 (ET)
Dear ResdentEvil,
You finished the tournament in 5th place.
A $72.80 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
you earned 95.16 tournament leader points in this tournament.
sorry, couldn't resist. but beware !! took 4 1/2 hrs to get there ............
PokerStars Tournament #57350296, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00
112 players
Total Prize Pool: $1120.00
Tournament started - 2007/08/11 - 19:45:00 (ET)
Dear ResdentEvil,
You finished the tournament in 5th place.
A $72.80 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
you earned 95.16 tournament leader points in this tournament.
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
rTr league and cup - pt 1
welcome back, gentle reader.
right lets get this show on the road.
First off, the rTr HU QF 1 ... and thanks to YP for sitting out for 15 mins waiting for me. My pc refused to boot up and sat on the bios screen looking for me to hit F1 or F2 ... no luck there, as it refused point blank to accept anything typed on my usual wireless keyboard ... queue much swearing and a trip into the attic looking for an old wired keyboard ... remember children, always take a torch into the attic ... finally found a torch and an old keyboard ... bingo ! off to 'stars we go and the noble YP is sitting out ... nice one mate !
short story shorter ... I won
oh ok, just a quick resume ...
JJ v 99 ... yp raised to 120 pre-flop and i call
i bet out 120 on a scary QAT board ... yp folds ... nice laydown
we both limp to see a K22 flop and both check to see another 2 on the turn
yp calls my turn and river bet
and takes a nice 500 pot with his damned ace kicker
he now leads t1045 to t1955 ... not looking good
and it got worse ... t895 v t2105
then we both limp to see a 5 8 3 flop
yp bets 100 i raise to 300 yp calls
the turn is a K ... yp pushes for 550 ... i only got t545 left
if i lay it down i'm outchipped 5:1 ... sorry, gotta call
yikes the river is another 3 ...
Yorksh1rePud: shows [Ad 5d] (two pair, Fives and Threes)
ResdentEvil: shows [8h 7s] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
Yorksh1rePud said, "good call"
ResdentEvil collected 1790 from pot
whew ... bak in the lead t1790 v t1210
i then proceeded to call a pre-flop raise with the mighty K9o ...... wtf ???
Qc4c2d on the flop and YP pushes for his remaining 860 ... oops
and i lay it down
back to square 1 almost my t1540 v t1460
i chip up a little t1640 v t1360 and then this
i min raise to 100 and YP calls ...
*** FLOP *** [3h Kc 5h]
Yorksh1rePud: bets 145
ResdentEvil: raises 205 to 350
Yorksh1rePud: raises 450 to 800
ResdentEvil: raises 450 to 1250
Yorksh1rePud said, "****ing jock"
Yorksh1rePud said, "you show?"
Yorksh1rePud: folds
ResdentEvil: shows [Ts Ks] (a pair of Kings) collected (1800) ... he he he
now my t2540 v 460
i got cocky and stupidly called yp's push on the river and he showed a fcuking boat !!
well played yp !!
my t2180 v t820
a couple of hands later its t2330 v t670 with blinds 50/100
Yorksh1rePud: raises 200 to 300
ResdentEvil: raises 300 to 600
Yorksh1rePud said, "gl"
Yorksh1rePud: raises 70 to 670 and is all-in
ResdentEvil said, "gl"
ResdentEvil: calls 70
*** FLOP *** [5c 4c Th]
***TURN *** [5c 4c Th] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 4c Th 6h] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [Jh Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
Yorksh1rePud: shows [9d Td] (a pair of Tens)
gg YP and well played.
actual playing time was approx 20 mins and a bit weird, from my point of view, playing HU, since I dont even like short handed games ... I have no idea why, I just prefer full ring games.
good luck to the remaining quarter finalists. wonder who i'll get in the semi ?
right lets get this show on the road.
First off, the rTr HU QF 1 ... and thanks to YP for sitting out for 15 mins waiting for me. My pc refused to boot up and sat on the bios screen looking for me to hit F1 or F2 ... no luck there, as it refused point blank to accept anything typed on my usual wireless keyboard ... queue much swearing and a trip into the attic looking for an old wired keyboard ... remember children, always take a torch into the attic ... finally found a torch and an old keyboard ... bingo ! off to 'stars we go and the noble YP is sitting out ... nice one mate !
short story shorter ... I won
oh ok, just a quick resume ...
JJ v 99 ... yp raised to 120 pre-flop and i call
i bet out 120 on a scary QAT board ... yp folds ... nice laydown
we both limp to see a K22 flop and both check to see another 2 on the turn
yp calls my turn and river bet
and takes a nice 500 pot with his damned ace kicker
he now leads t1045 to t1955 ... not looking good
and it got worse ... t895 v t2105
then we both limp to see a 5 8 3 flop
yp bets 100 i raise to 300 yp calls
the turn is a K ... yp pushes for 550 ... i only got t545 left
if i lay it down i'm outchipped 5:1 ... sorry, gotta call
yikes the river is another 3 ...
Yorksh1rePud: shows [Ad 5d] (two pair, Fives and Threes)
ResdentEvil: shows [8h 7s] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
Yorksh1rePud said, "good call"
ResdentEvil collected 1790 from pot
whew ... bak in the lead t1790 v t1210
i then proceeded to call a pre-flop raise with the mighty K9o ...... wtf ???
Qc4c2d on the flop and YP pushes for his remaining 860 ... oops
and i lay it down
back to square 1 almost my t1540 v t1460
i chip up a little t1640 v t1360 and then this
i min raise to 100 and YP calls ...
*** FLOP *** [3h Kc 5h]
Yorksh1rePud: bets 145
ResdentEvil: raises 205 to 350
Yorksh1rePud: raises 450 to 800
ResdentEvil: raises 450 to 1250
Yorksh1rePud said, "****ing jock"
Yorksh1rePud said, "you show?"
Yorksh1rePud: folds
ResdentEvil: shows [Ts Ks] (a pair of Kings) collected (1800) ... he he he
now my t2540 v 460
i got cocky and stupidly called yp's push on the river and he showed a fcuking boat !!
well played yp !!
my t2180 v t820
a couple of hands later its t2330 v t670 with blinds 50/100
Yorksh1rePud: raises 200 to 300
ResdentEvil: raises 300 to 600
Yorksh1rePud said, "gl"
Yorksh1rePud: raises 70 to 670 and is all-in
ResdentEvil said, "gl"
ResdentEvil: calls 70
*** FLOP *** [5c 4c Th]
***TURN *** [5c 4c Th] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 4c Th 6h] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ResdentEvil: shows [Jh Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
Yorksh1rePud: shows [9d Td] (a pair of Tens)
gg YP and well played.
actual playing time was approx 20 mins and a bit weird, from my point of view, playing HU, since I dont even like short handed games ... I have no idea why, I just prefer full ring games.
good luck to the remaining quarter finalists. wonder who i'll get in the semi ?
Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Tomb Raider - pt 1
welcome back, gentle reader.
edit
I have been trying to get this post done for days ! Its sat afternoon, the kids are quiet, so i thought i'd get it done now ... no chance ... just been informed we are off to a friends for dinner ... a mans life is rarely his own.
so this post will get finished ... eventually.
I have been on "holiday" for the best part of four weeks. Allow me to elaborate. Our hols consist of going to englandshire to visit the inlaws. No probs, I get on really well with 'em and to be honest the thought of going abroad with the brood does not appeal to me at all. More stressful than relaxfull methinks !
So i take them all to the inlaws, have a long weekend with them and come home myself for two weeks at work ! before returning to englandshire for a week and a half myself :)
I have to say the two weeks on my own are a bit hazy as far as poker and results go ...
damn, to be continued
headhunter results and virgin mtt result
edit
I have been trying to get this post done for days ! Its sat afternoon, the kids are quiet, so i thought i'd get it done now ... no chance ... just been informed we are off to a friends for dinner ... a mans life is rarely his own.
so this post will get finished ... eventually.
I have been on "holiday" for the best part of four weeks. Allow me to elaborate. Our hols consist of going to englandshire to visit the inlaws. No probs, I get on really well with 'em and to be honest the thought of going abroad with the brood does not appeal to me at all. More stressful than relaxfull methinks !
So i take them all to the inlaws, have a long weekend with them and come home myself for two weeks at work ! before returning to englandshire for a week and a half myself :)
I have to say the two weeks on my own are a bit hazy as far as poker and results go ...
damn, to be continued
headhunter results and virgin mtt result
Friday, 27 July 2007
dawn of the dead - pt 3
welcome back, gentle reader
have you noticed, that intro is always in the singular ? I just have ... ho hum.
okely dokely. well there is actually fcuk (©dD)(the mis-spelling, for the blind or dyslexic) all to actually update as far as the $55 tourneys go, so I 'll give you a quick resume ...
played a total of 9 so far and placed thus 2-6-2-7-6-1-6-1-1
a very very small sanple I know but I was really chuffed, I did think I was gonna get totally felted, to be honest. The most pleasing result was a first place on 'stars in the plO8 game.
so where the hell did the money come from to enter these big buy-in tourneys ... you know me, if I lose $5 I am pissed for the rest of the week ...
sorry, where were we ? oh I, the money ... saved it up ... difficult since my salary account is my mortgage account ... paper statements ... mrs dD likes to look ... personally, I think she realises I play for money and is checking I aint re-mortgaged the fcuking(©dD) house !!
she is actually quite safe on that front as I am not really a gambler per se .... never done horses, footie coupons etc etc etc
I do admit to being a "degenerate poker playing blogger"
or should that be a "blogging poker playing degenerate" ...... both of those ©dD ...... he he he
personally I "prefer" the former ... better ring to it ....
wow strayed a little there ... so I thought I was good enough to play the higher buy-in ... but wanted to keep that money as a separate bank ... using neteller, I'd transfer the buy-in to my account and play the tourney, any winnings were immediately transfered back to neteller ... that plan went tits up right at the off and again right at the end
bodog the bastards, this was supposed to be a short post with no ranting ... fcuk it, to late
***rant***
bodog will take your money in 3 microseconds flat. (from neteller)
so I win $165 and want to transfer $105 back to neteller ... uh uh no no no
seem I once funded my account from a debit card and to transfer funds out my account I need to do the following ...
fax a bill to them, fax a bank account statement to them, copy and fax id (passport) to them ...
it gets worse !!
photocopy the front AND back of debit card and fax to them
it cannot get worse ... oh yes it fcuking well can ...
print off some form from their web and .. get this ...
do a brass rubbing type thing of the front of the debit card onto the damn form ... fax it to them ...
for fcuk sake ... send a rep over here and we can do it in person ... as long as the rep is one of the bodog girls ... and not a bodog gorilla ...
jesus h christ on a fcuking bike ... and the worst ? I do like to play at bodog ... bastards !
***rant***
so there ya go folks, thats the latest, well almost. It went tits up right at the end as well. Won one on titan and wanted the $250 ... applied to transfer the funds ... got a strange email from them ... something to do with sending stuff ... 3 days later fedex turn up and this was in the letter ...
Now I have to pay the cheque into my poker "account" and transfer back to neteller.
Playing poker seemed so simple at first.
have you noticed, that intro is always in the singular ? I just have ... ho hum.
okely dokely. well there is actually fcuk (©dD)(the mis-spelling, for the blind or dyslexic) all to actually update as far as the $55 tourneys go, so I 'll give you a quick resume ...
played a total of 9 so far and placed thus 2-6-2-7-6-1-6-1-1
a very very small sanple I know but I was really chuffed, I did think I was gonna get totally felted, to be honest. The most pleasing result was a first place on 'stars in the plO8 game.
so where the hell did the money come from to enter these big buy-in tourneys ... you know me, if I lose $5 I am pissed for the rest of the week ...
sorry, where were we ? oh I, the money ... saved it up ... difficult since my salary account is my mortgage account ... paper statements ... mrs dD likes to look ... personally, I think she realises I play for money and is checking I aint re-mortgaged the fcuking(©dD) house !!
she is actually quite safe on that front as I am not really a gambler per se .... never done horses, footie coupons etc etc etc
I do admit to being a "degenerate poker playing blogger"
or should that be a "blogging poker playing degenerate" ...... both of those ©dD ...... he he he
personally I "prefer" the former ... better ring to it ....
wow strayed a little there ... so I thought I was good enough to play the higher buy-in ... but wanted to keep that money as a separate bank ... using neteller, I'd transfer the buy-in to my account and play the tourney, any winnings were immediately transfered back to neteller ... that plan went tits up right at the off and again right at the end
bodog the bastards, this was supposed to be a short post with no ranting ... fcuk it, to late
***rant***
bodog will take your money in 3 microseconds flat. (from neteller)
so I win $165 and want to transfer $105 back to neteller ... uh uh no no no
seem I once funded my account from a debit card and to transfer funds out my account I need to do the following ...
fax a bill to them, fax a bank account statement to them, copy and fax id (passport) to them ...
it gets worse !!
photocopy the front AND back of debit card and fax to them
it cannot get worse ... oh yes it fcuking well can ...
print off some form from their web and .. get this ...
do a brass rubbing type thing of the front of the debit card onto the damn form ... fax it to them ...
for fcuk sake ... send a rep over here and we can do it in person ... as long as the rep is one of the bodog girls ... and not a bodog gorilla ...
jesus h christ on a fcuking bike ... and the worst ? I do like to play at bodog ... bastards !
***rant***
so there ya go folks, thats the latest, well almost. It went tits up right at the end as well. Won one on titan and wanted the $250 ... applied to transfer the funds ... got a strange email from them ... something to do with sending stuff ... 3 days later fedex turn up and this was in the letter ...
Now I have to pay the cheque into my poker "account" and transfer back to neteller.
Playing poker seemed so simple at first.
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Freeway Spanking Drunk - pt 1 & pt 2
welcome back, gentle reader.
allow me to point you in the direction of "some of the funniest stuff ever written on the internets."
"Losers, Inc."
unfortunately, not written by me ! but 100% fucking hilarious. oh, and a word of warning ...
" Disclaimer.
While we're giving out warnings, I'd say you're a 27.5:1 favorite to be grievously offended by something in here, if you haven't been already. In fact if nothing in this report offends you, you must be some kind of complete degenerate. Like us.
If you can deal with childlike behavior, half-in-the-bag buffoonery, lots of naughty words, and unbridled id, read on. If not, save yourself the aggravation.
Disclaimer time is over. You have been warned. Continue at your own peril. "
go and read " Losers, inc " ... if you dare
by Ignatious
allow me to point you in the direction of "some of the funniest stuff ever written on the internets."
"Losers, Inc."
unfortunately, not written by me ! but 100% fucking hilarious. oh, and a word of warning ...
" Disclaimer.
While we're giving out warnings, I'd say you're a 27.5:1 favorite to be grievously offended by something in here, if you haven't been already. In fact if nothing in this report offends you, you must be some kind of complete degenerate. Like us.
If you can deal with childlike behavior, half-in-the-bag buffoonery, lots of naughty words, and unbridled id, read on. If not, save yourself the aggravation.
Disclaimer time is over. You have been warned. Continue at your own peril. "
go and read " Losers, inc " ... if you dare
by Ignatious
Spartacus - pt 1
welcome back, gentle reader
straight to it ... in a minute you'll find ouy why "straight" is painful. I sincerely hope posts with this title are few and far between.
played an mtt last nite, so close to the money we can all smell it.
I am in the bb 1k/2k blinds got about t15,000
all fold to the button who pops it for 5k ... got him covered for 5k
I have ThJh ... sorry, but I gotta call, if he has better he woulda pushed
the flop Qs ... 8h ... 9h ... my my the nut straight wheeeeee ... and outs to the flush
and I check ?? he thinks and pushes ... he he he ... for his last 6k
and I smile and call :)
now, what does he have ?
what can the turn or river bring to beat me ?
turns out he has 1 motherfukking out ... can you guess ? well, can you ?
I certainly could not ...
the turn is a ...... 5 of hearts
still guessing ?
I was still scratching my head when the chips went his way ...
he, of course, had 6h7h
the ultimate bad beat motherfukker, irrespective how I played the damn hand
straight to it ... in a minute you'll find ouy why "straight" is painful. I sincerely hope posts with this title are few and far between.
played an mtt last nite, so close to the money we can all smell it.
I am in the bb 1k/2k blinds got about t15,000
all fold to the button who pops it for 5k ... got him covered for 5k
I have ThJh ... sorry, but I gotta call, if he has better he woulda pushed
the flop Qs ... 8h ... 9h ... my my the nut straight wheeeeee ... and outs to the flush
and I check ?? he thinks and pushes ... he he he ... for his last 6k
and I smile and call :)
now, what does he have ?
what can the turn or river bring to beat me ?
turns out he has 1 motherfukking out ... can you guess ? well, can you ?
I certainly could not ...
the turn is a ...... 5 of hearts
still guessing ?
I was still scratching my head when the chips went his way ...
he, of course, had 6h7h
the ultimate bad beat motherfukker, irrespective how I played the damn hand
Sunday, 22 July 2007
Excalibur - pt 2
welcome back, gentle reader.
perhaps I should stick to playing freerolls ?
the mega HORSE tourney (nearly 5,000 runners) I placed in was a satellite to a $1000 freeroll limit hold'em
2598 runners plus moi :))
three and a half hours later I bust out in 140th place
the top 549 places pay .........
I won ... $1.30 ... no, really, I did
where as a paying tourney .... on stars of course ...
I call an all-in with AA ...
stars see's fit to throw out 4 clubs ... the all-in guy has a club ... ho hum
I should have folded, of course :)
perhaps I should stick to playing freerolls ?
the mega HORSE tourney (nearly 5,000 runners) I placed in was a satellite to a $1000 freeroll limit hold'em
2598 runners plus moi :))
three and a half hours later I bust out in 140th place
the top 549 places pay .........
I won ... $1.30 ... no, really, I did
where as a paying tourney .... on stars of course ...
I call an all-in with AA ...
stars see's fit to throw out 4 clubs ... the all-in guy has a club ... ho hum
I should have folded, of course :)
Saturday, 21 July 2007
Excalibur - pt 1
Welcome back, gentle reader.
oh how we poker players like to punish ourselves. We sign up for mtt's not really paying attention to things that we should ... number of entrants ... payout structure ... et al.
It was the tourney title that caught my eye " Sagan's HORSE Freeroll " .
and I thought fcuk it, lets get some mtt experience ... and its HORSE so I have a rough idea how to play ...
So I signed up noting about 1,700 entrants with twenty mins to start ... and off I went to do a bit of this and that. Now I know a lot of people deride limit games, but if you have an aggressive table, you can soon find your chips dwindling very fast even with the blinds as low as 10/20.
Lets say four raisers preflop ... t80 to see the flop ... raise raise on the flop ... another t80 to see the turn ... raise raise and t160 to see the river ... raise raise and another t160 to showdown .... run into a few of those type of hands and you don't win the showdown and you'll be railing before you know it ... so beware !!
and thats only the hold'em hands ... cost you a lot more at razz & stud !!
twenty minutes later the tourney window pops open ... wheeeeeeeeee !
off we go, and I'm pondering strategy ... try to chip up early ? difficult in limit 'cause you cant bluff much and need the goods ... you get called down with all sorts of shite ... some of the play is truly atrocious !
strategy taken care of ... big hand, be aggressive !
it was at this point the lobby window caught my eye ... wow ! no way ! can't be !
oh yes ... 4,792 entrants plus moi ...... a whopping 24 seats "pay"
ok heres how the play went .... hah !! only kidding ... I'll give you a summary ...
4h 40mins later ... I am safe ... 18th to be precise
and how much did I scoop ?
looks like the jokes on me ... this was a satellite to a $1000 freeroll ... I kid you not
and its a limit hold'em freeroll as well starts 19.00 sunday ... can I last the two hours before the bloggerment kicks off ?
oh how we poker players like to punish ourselves. We sign up for mtt's not really paying attention to things that we should ... number of entrants ... payout structure ... et al.
It was the tourney title that caught my eye " Sagan's HORSE Freeroll " .
and I thought fcuk it, lets get some mtt experience ... and its HORSE so I have a rough idea how to play ...
So I signed up noting about 1,700 entrants with twenty mins to start ... and off I went to do a bit of this and that. Now I know a lot of people deride limit games, but if you have an aggressive table, you can soon find your chips dwindling very fast even with the blinds as low as 10/20.
Lets say four raisers preflop ... t80 to see the flop ... raise raise on the flop ... another t80 to see the turn ... raise raise and t160 to see the river ... raise raise and another t160 to showdown .... run into a few of those type of hands and you don't win the showdown and you'll be railing before you know it ... so beware !!
and thats only the hold'em hands ... cost you a lot more at razz & stud !!
twenty minutes later the tourney window pops open ... wheeeeeeeeee !
off we go, and I'm pondering strategy ... try to chip up early ? difficult in limit 'cause you cant bluff much and need the goods ... you get called down with all sorts of shite ... some of the play is truly atrocious !
strategy taken care of ... big hand, be aggressive !
it was at this point the lobby window caught my eye ... wow ! no way ! can't be !
oh yes ... 4,792 entrants plus moi ...... a whopping 24 seats "pay"
ok heres how the play went .... hah !! only kidding ... I'll give you a summary ...
4h 40mins later ... I am safe ... 18th to be precise
and how much did I scoop ?
looks like the jokes on me ... this was a satellite to a $1000 freeroll ... I kid you not
and its a limit hold'em freeroll as well starts 19.00 sunday ... can I last the two hours before the bloggerment kicks off ?
Thursday, 19 July 2007
LIVE at the Glasgow Apollo - pt 2
welcome back, gentle reader.
I really don't know where to start ... under a bit of pressure, since I know my hot tottie favourite exile reads this ... sometimes ... :))
lets do a little Tarantino ...
I had a really really enjoyable night. Acorns company was excellent and we got on well which helped calm me no end, thanks Acorn !! another relaxing factor, all the boys and girls I played with were friendly and had no probs explaining things and generally pointing me in the right direction. Excellent stuff all round and I'd recommend it to anyone.
Glasgow, it was my pleasure.
There was one guy who seemed a little obnoxious, but he was on table one and busted early. And there were plenty of regulars there who seemed ... willing ... to keep him in line :) One guy at the final table summed him up " ... he is a fcuking arsehole and only plays here 'cause he is barred everwhere else ... " always one I suppose :)
At the beginning I suppose ?
drove into town to meet up with Acorn, arrived at 7pm prompt. No one in sight ... no other parked cars ... the "club" is all locked up ... oh great thinks me. Now, the club is not in the greatest of areas and normally I'd stroll about and walk off the excess nervous energy, not here baby, I was sittin tight in the jalopy ... doors locked, eyes on full scan mode !!
10 mins later the mobile goes ... Acorn, running late, be there in 15 says he ... whew !!
At exactly the same time, a guy has driven up and starts unshackling the front door, of what I assume is the club. This is not your big casino with huge glass frontage and more lights than blackpool .... on the outside its a small industrial type unit, door on the left of a large roller shutter, not a sign or light in sight. Initially this had me running scared but Acorn had assured me it was a lot better on the inside !
True to his word Acorn turns up in his shiny new sporty car ! nice wheels mate !
We both get out and the introductions made. Glad to say my initial assumptions were correct and Acorn is indeed a nice bloke.
Is that a bit girlie ? ok ok he is cool and top bloke ! better ??
We amble in and inside is indeed a lot lot better than the outside would suggest :)
At the "desk" the bloke checks Acorn is still on the database, and he is, I fill out a registration form and that's it.
Welcome to the Wabash Club.
We then ask ... need to stop this "we" shit ... Acorn did all the talking ... me ?? I was as nervous as coo in the abattoir ...
he is told no £5 stt tonite ... £20 freezeout ... yikes !! why do I suddenly feel like this is turning into a baptism of fire ?
anyway, we have half an hour or so to kill before the tourney starts and Acorns been workin late with no dinner, so we jump in his car and "zip" into town for a bite to eat ... wheeeeeee !
No point taking my car, its a 1.2 Punto roughly 0-60 in 3.5 days !
I know I refused your offer of some chips last night, next time I'll be wolfing in there !
Back we go. Inside things are ready to roll, we pay our £20 and the next thing there's a sheet on the wall detailing table number and seat position.
19 runners so 3 tables of six six and seven. I'm table 3 Acorn table 2 both 6 handed as table 1 has seven. Oh oh thinks me ... short handed tables ... bugger ... and to make matters worse there is one guy missing from my table ! so we start with only 5 of us.
before I prattle on any further some game details.
£20 freezeout NLHE with t10,000 starting chips and a free t10,000 add on to be taken anytime during the first hour. blinds start at 100/200 with, I think, 30 minute levels. and the tables are all self dealt.
back to the table. I could not have had a better starting table. Three older guys and a guy about forty and all very friendly, excellent stuff. And some of the banter ... straight off chewin the fat ... brilliant, very relaxing ... welcome to live poker indeedy ! Quite funny really since the other 17 runners all new each other on first name terms ... Acorn and I stuck out like sore thumbs I suspect ... so all the guys introduce themselves and ask my name. they all remember my name but the only name I remember from my first table is the guy who was missing ! and he turned up about 15 mins later.
Dont remember any specific hands from the first table but I do recall raising with AK and two callers ... missed the damn flop completely ... sooooo easy to make a c-bet online .... almost checked it but I had position, there was a Q on a ragged rainbow flop so I bet out and the other two folded ... whew !!
That was one of the very very few hands I played. I was playing super tight. Probably to tight if I'd picked up a monster I think the others would have folded. and before I know it the first hour is over, and I'm handed my t10,000 add on without even asking !
Right about then or shortly after the tables were balanced. One guy from Acorns table ? and two guys ?? from the very very loud table 1 had busted and we are down to 16 runners so two tables it is.
I get reseated at Acorns table with t25,000 amid friendly calls of "watch it, these too are friends" .
Acorn got short stacked here and pushed twice I think, once on my big blind and I folded a Q rag. The third ? time Acorn pushed, not sure if it was my blind but I had AJs and called for half my stack ....
soooooo my mighty AJs v ....... A4o ........
up pops a damn 4 but I am quite happy to see my man take it and stay in. but that drops me to t15,000 or there abouts and I am quickly blinded down to t8,000 and then along come these two hands ...
sorry Acorn not sure if you were still in or not and rather remiss of me not knowing when and how, exactly, you went out .... the second and third hour are a bit hazy ...
ok so down to t8,000 and I pick up Q6s UTG and manage to limp to the flop for 2k
a Q on the flop the bb ckecks and I bet 2k ... he calls ... bugger, I have a six for a kicker
sure he has the Q and a decent kicker if not a J then certainly a T
on the turn a beautiful 6 ... he checks I bet 2k ... he calls ...
river is a blank and he checks and I bet 4k and he calls ... shit !!
I think my two pair are good and bearing in mind Kenns live lesson re slow rolling ... the guy in the big blind flips over a Q and looks at me ... I quickly turn over both cards declaring my hand ... its good, whew !!
back to t15,000 ( probably closer to t20,000?)
an orbit later, same guy in the bb and I pick up AA ... wheeeeeee
I bet out 5k all fold and bb stares at me and calls
yesssssss an A on the flop ...... oh fuck !! all hearts .....
the bb checks ... I bet 5k .... sod it, not a bad hand to go bust on ... he only calls ...
oh my fucking god ... the other A pops out on the turn ....
I contain myself, I think, he checks and I bet 5k ... he calls
the river is another heart ....
I almost collapse ... I may have misread the cards but I'm sure the four hearts are AJQ9 ...
giving him two shots at the straight flush ....
the bb checks ... I cannot lay down quads ... I bet 10k ... fully expecting to get rolled !
he folds !
back to t35,000 or there abouts.
the blinds got up to 2k/4k and I must have stole a few and got up to t45,000 before both tables dropped to 4 players and
welcome to the final table !
so i am doing ok, a lot more folding. once had 99 and folded to a big raise and a caller. no 9 appeared on the board so a good fold.
the only other thing, sorry two things, I remember from the final table ...
The Classic New Guy Mistake.
still 8 handed, I am on the button. blinds 2k/4k sitting about 6th position chip wise and it folds round to me with A4s. I decide to limp and state "call" and throw my 4 chips in the middle, the small blind does a double take and folds pronto
...the bb rips off his headphones and says "you said call" ... I nod my head ... he pushes all his chips in with a fucking big grin ...
wtf ?? seriously wtf ??
the table explodes into a riot of noise ... some laughing, some exclamations ( the quiet italian on my left silently shakes his head ) the railbirds are squawking like fcuk ...
and yours truly is the centre of attention ...
after the big blind pushes, the dealer turns back to me and says "33k on top ..."
I sit there completely confused ....
the old guy on my right says, quietly, "you called 4k but threw in four 5k chips ... you raised 16k"
and I sit ... well gobsmacked really ... couldn't talk ... grin and bear it baby ... fairly sure I blushed as well.
ooops ... apparently chips speak louder than words ... motherfukker, you dumb motherfukker dD !
in hindsight, I should have called, but at the time I thought, two wrongs do not make a right.
next time baby, I am pushing back.
so half my chips gone in a lapse of concentration. doh ! doh ! doh !
I hang in there for a couple more orbits, two guys bust and we are 6 handed.
The blinds go up to 3k/6k and I am down to t14,000 and UTG ...
last chance to push ...
A8o and I push and the only caller is th bb with his K9s ...
a 9 on the flop and u lose dD
and it might ... should ... have been so much different
I really don't know where to start ... under a bit of pressure, since I know my hot tottie favourite exile reads this ... sometimes ... :))
lets do a little Tarantino ...
I had a really really enjoyable night. Acorns company was excellent and we got on well which helped calm me no end, thanks Acorn !! another relaxing factor, all the boys and girls I played with were friendly and had no probs explaining things and generally pointing me in the right direction. Excellent stuff all round and I'd recommend it to anyone.
Glasgow, it was my pleasure.
There was one guy who seemed a little obnoxious, but he was on table one and busted early. And there were plenty of regulars there who seemed ... willing ... to keep him in line :) One guy at the final table summed him up " ... he is a fcuking arsehole and only plays here 'cause he is barred everwhere else ... " always one I suppose :)
At the beginning I suppose ?
drove into town to meet up with Acorn, arrived at 7pm prompt. No one in sight ... no other parked cars ... the "club" is all locked up ... oh great thinks me. Now, the club is not in the greatest of areas and normally I'd stroll about and walk off the excess nervous energy, not here baby, I was sittin tight in the jalopy ... doors locked, eyes on full scan mode !!
10 mins later the mobile goes ... Acorn, running late, be there in 15 says he ... whew !!
At exactly the same time, a guy has driven up and starts unshackling the front door, of what I assume is the club. This is not your big casino with huge glass frontage and more lights than blackpool .... on the outside its a small industrial type unit, door on the left of a large roller shutter, not a sign or light in sight. Initially this had me running scared but Acorn had assured me it was a lot better on the inside !
True to his word Acorn turns up in his shiny new sporty car ! nice wheels mate !
We both get out and the introductions made. Glad to say my initial assumptions were correct and Acorn is indeed a nice bloke.
Is that a bit girlie ? ok ok he is cool and top bloke ! better ??
We amble in and inside is indeed a lot lot better than the outside would suggest :)
At the "desk" the bloke checks Acorn is still on the database, and he is, I fill out a registration form and that's it.
Welcome to the Wabash Club.
We then ask ... need to stop this "we" shit ... Acorn did all the talking ... me ?? I was as nervous as coo in the abattoir ...
he is told no £5 stt tonite ... £20 freezeout ... yikes !! why do I suddenly feel like this is turning into a baptism of fire ?
anyway, we have half an hour or so to kill before the tourney starts and Acorns been workin late with no dinner, so we jump in his car and "zip" into town for a bite to eat ... wheeeeeee !
No point taking my car, its a 1.2 Punto roughly 0-60 in 3.5 days !
I know I refused your offer of some chips last night, next time I'll be wolfing in there !
Back we go. Inside things are ready to roll, we pay our £20 and the next thing there's a sheet on the wall detailing table number and seat position.
19 runners so 3 tables of six six and seven. I'm table 3 Acorn table 2 both 6 handed as table 1 has seven. Oh oh thinks me ... short handed tables ... bugger ... and to make matters worse there is one guy missing from my table ! so we start with only 5 of us.
before I prattle on any further some game details.
£20 freezeout NLHE with t10,000 starting chips and a free t10,000 add on to be taken anytime during the first hour. blinds start at 100/200 with, I think, 30 minute levels. and the tables are all self dealt.
back to the table. I could not have had a better starting table. Three older guys and a guy about forty and all very friendly, excellent stuff. And some of the banter ... straight off chewin the fat ... brilliant, very relaxing ... welcome to live poker indeedy ! Quite funny really since the other 17 runners all new each other on first name terms ... Acorn and I stuck out like sore thumbs I suspect ... so all the guys introduce themselves and ask my name. they all remember my name but the only name I remember from my first table is the guy who was missing ! and he turned up about 15 mins later.
Dont remember any specific hands from the first table but I do recall raising with AK and two callers ... missed the damn flop completely ... sooooo easy to make a c-bet online .... almost checked it but I had position, there was a Q on a ragged rainbow flop so I bet out and the other two folded ... whew !!
That was one of the very very few hands I played. I was playing super tight. Probably to tight if I'd picked up a monster I think the others would have folded. and before I know it the first hour is over, and I'm handed my t10,000 add on without even asking !
Right about then or shortly after the tables were balanced. One guy from Acorns table ? and two guys ?? from the very very loud table 1 had busted and we are down to 16 runners so two tables it is.
I get reseated at Acorns table with t25,000 amid friendly calls of "watch it, these too are friends" .
Acorn got short stacked here and pushed twice I think, once on my big blind and I folded a Q rag. The third ? time Acorn pushed, not sure if it was my blind but I had AJs and called for half my stack ....
soooooo my mighty AJs v ....... A4o ........
up pops a damn 4 but I am quite happy to see my man take it and stay in. but that drops me to t15,000 or there abouts and I am quickly blinded down to t8,000 and then along come these two hands ...
sorry Acorn not sure if you were still in or not and rather remiss of me not knowing when and how, exactly, you went out .... the second and third hour are a bit hazy ...
ok so down to t8,000 and I pick up Q6s UTG and manage to limp to the flop for 2k
a Q on the flop the bb ckecks and I bet 2k ... he calls ... bugger, I have a six for a kicker
sure he has the Q and a decent kicker if not a J then certainly a T
on the turn a beautiful 6 ... he checks I bet 2k ... he calls ...
river is a blank and he checks and I bet 4k and he calls ... shit !!
I think my two pair are good and bearing in mind Kenns live lesson re slow rolling ... the guy in the big blind flips over a Q and looks at me ... I quickly turn over both cards declaring my hand ... its good, whew !!
back to t15,000 ( probably closer to t20,000?)
an orbit later, same guy in the bb and I pick up AA ... wheeeeeee
I bet out 5k all fold and bb stares at me and calls
yesssssss an A on the flop ...... oh fuck !! all hearts .....
the bb checks ... I bet 5k .... sod it, not a bad hand to go bust on ... he only calls ...
oh my fucking god ... the other A pops out on the turn ....
I contain myself, I think, he checks and I bet 5k ... he calls
the river is another heart ....
I almost collapse ... I may have misread the cards but I'm sure the four hearts are AJQ9 ...
giving him two shots at the straight flush ....
the bb checks ... I cannot lay down quads ... I bet 10k ... fully expecting to get rolled !
he folds !
back to t35,000 or there abouts.
the blinds got up to 2k/4k and I must have stole a few and got up to t45,000 before both tables dropped to 4 players and
welcome to the final table !
so i am doing ok, a lot more folding. once had 99 and folded to a big raise and a caller. no 9 appeared on the board so a good fold.
the only other thing, sorry two things, I remember from the final table ...
The Classic New Guy Mistake.
still 8 handed, I am on the button. blinds 2k/4k sitting about 6th position chip wise and it folds round to me with A4s. I decide to limp and state "call" and throw my 4 chips in the middle, the small blind does a double take and folds pronto
...the bb rips off his headphones and says "you said call" ... I nod my head ... he pushes all his chips in with a fucking big grin ...
wtf ?? seriously wtf ??
the table explodes into a riot of noise ... some laughing, some exclamations ( the quiet italian on my left silently shakes his head ) the railbirds are squawking like fcuk ...
and yours truly is the centre of attention ...
after the big blind pushes, the dealer turns back to me and says "33k on top ..."
I sit there completely confused ....
the old guy on my right says, quietly, "you called 4k but threw in four 5k chips ... you raised 16k"
and I sit ... well gobsmacked really ... couldn't talk ... grin and bear it baby ... fairly sure I blushed as well.
ooops ... apparently chips speak louder than words ... motherfukker, you dumb motherfukker dD !
in hindsight, I should have called, but at the time I thought, two wrongs do not make a right.
next time baby, I am pushing back.
so half my chips gone in a lapse of concentration. doh ! doh ! doh !
I hang in there for a couple more orbits, two guys bust and we are 6 handed.
The blinds go up to 3k/6k and I am down to t14,000 and UTG ...
last chance to push ...
A8o and I push and the only caller is th bb with his K9s ...
a 9 on the flop and u lose dD
and it might ... should ... have been so much different
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