Khaled Hosseini

I don't know much about novelists but, taking Catherine Cookson out of the equation, obviously, this guy is definitely my favourite at the moment. I read 'The Kite Runner' last summer when I spent a fun, if hugely unproductive, time living in Norwich with Dickie - good times - and I've spent the last two days reading the follow up, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns', which, in my opinion, is equally brilliant.

So choosing last night (and most of this morning) to reread my blog IN FULL was only going to end in tears... What a fucking awful read. It ended in tears.

Even my early 'Poker... it's just not cricket' post, which, pre-Hosseini, I felt was the most perfectly crafted literary thing to come from words since Kensie from Blazing Squad's spellbindingly unputdownable autobiography, failed to bring a sm1le to the mush.

And the blog has gone downhill from there.

Spent the other half of last night watching Lady Sovereign videos on Youtube. Very productive night. Keysie, seriously, Youtube her, 'Hoodie', '9 to 5', 'Those were the days', and 'Random' will no doubt be classics when she's shot dead on the streets in a couple of years. She's just like Dizzee Rascal mate, you'll love her. Except she's white. And female. Yeah, she's nothing like him but check out 'the Rascal' being grilled by 'the Paxman' here, haha. The cheeky sm1le stretching from 0:08 to 0:10 is hilarious, the big wally:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tM1XrVVVBAk

Ah, there was gonna be a point to this post but I really need some sleep. I think you get the message though, this blog's on it's way out.

I got 99 outs but the river ain't one

Yep, I've been playing Omaha whilst listening to Jay-Z!

When registering for the $3k guaranteed NLHE multi at the last minute earlier tonight, I first accidentally registered for a $1 FL Omaha multi.

FFS.

Lost half my stack in the holdem calling an all in pre with Q7 because I thought I was good. I lost to Q8, which got a couple of 'lols'. I was nearly right, you cunts. I then went out in a big four-way all in with JTo. A fairly standard demise really. Don’t think my heart was quite in it somehow.

The Omaha was a 252 runner affair and it soon became clear that the $49.15 first prize wasn’t going to be reward enough to endure the tilt that playing FL Omaha with complete retards seemed to drive me to almost instantly. But, five incredibly stressful hours later, I was heads up Vs one of the nice guys so all was well:

*** RIVER *** [2c Kh Th Jh] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
markhrm: shows [6d 4c Ac Kc] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
pgchips: shows [6h 2d 6c 3h] (a flush, King high)
markhrm: gg
Dealer: Game #21795333073: pgchips wins pot (50768) with a flush, King high
Dealer: markhrm finished the tournament in 2nd place
Dealer: pgchips wins the tournament - congratulations!
pgchips [observer]: very well played
pgchips [observer]: gg
markhrm [observer]: ty u 2
pgchips [observer]: ty
markhrm [observer]: gl
pgchips [observer]: gl, take care
markhrm [observer]: ty u 2
pgchips [observer]: ty, laters
markhrm [observer]: bye

Fucking hell, he didn't say a word through the whole 5hr 20min tournament and suddenly, come bedtime, he fancies a natter. What's up with that? I lied by the way, it wasn’t ‘very well played’. At all. By anyone.

Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall. Niggaz.

Barak, the builder, can we fix it? Barak, the builder, 'YES WE CAN'.

Finally, a good result to report in this blog.
Peace.

Another bash...

Hands in a blog can be very boring so I'd advise against reading on.

Got past 2c/5c easily this time, only taking 370 hands for a $20.92 profit (57 ptBBs/100) and set about crushing my previous stumbling level of 5c/10c.

Ran good and got up to $80+ of the $100 needed for 10c/25c when it all went wrong again...

Can't get the pokerhand site working but:

PokerStars Game #21734357606: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 17:00:51 ET
Table 'Waterman III' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: LJ777 ($4.25 in chips)
Seat 2: vinbig ($5.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Luis Frigo ($10.05 in chips)
Seat 5: pgchips ($13.05 in chips)
Seat 6: bxP* ($17.80 in chips)
LJ777: posts small blind $0.05
vinbig: posts big blind $0.10
Puszek88: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Ac As]
Luis Frigo: raises $0.40 to $0.50
pgchips: raises $12.55 to $13.05 and is all-in
bxP*: calls $13.05
LJ777: folds
vinbig: folds
Luis Frigo: calls $9.55 and is all-in
vinbig leaves the table
*** FLOP *** [8d 2h 9c]
*** TURN *** [8d 2h 9c] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [8d 2h 9c Kh] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
bxP*: shows [Kc Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Nines)
bxP* collected $5.70 from side pot
Luis Frigo: mucks hand
Luis Frigo leaves the table
bxP* collected $28.80 from main pot
bxP* said, "sorry, bro."
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $36.30 Main pot $28.80. Side pot $5.70. | Rake $1.80
Board [8d 2h 9c Kh 9s]
Seat 1: LJ777 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: vinbig (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Luis Frigo mucked [Qh Qs]
Seat 5: pgchips showed [Ac As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 6: bxP* (button) showed [Kc Kd] and won ($34.50) with a full house, Kings full of Nines

PokerStars Game #21732001892: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 15:38:36 ET
Table 'Niobe V' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PedritoRico ($11.60 in chips)
Seat 2: SEB194 ($1.85 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($22.35 in chips)
Seat 4: Maximoff ($9.10 in chips)
Seat 5: $m0kin' @ce$ ($6.30 in chips)
Seat 6: mareilein ($5.05 in chips)
SEB194: posts small blind $0.05
pgchips: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Jd Jc]
Maximoff: folds
$m0kin' @ce$: folds
mareilein: folds
PedritoRico: calls $0.10
SEB194: calls $0.05
pgchips: raises $0.30 to $0.40
PedritoRico: raises $0.30 to $0.70
SEB194: folds
pgchips: raises $11.30 to $12
PedritoRico: calls $10.90 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.40) returned to pgchips
*** FLOP *** [8h Qd 7c]
*** TURN *** [8h Qd 7c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [8h Qd 7c 7d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Jd Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
PedritoRico: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
PedritoRico collected $22.15 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $23.30 | Rake $1.15
Board [8h Qd 7c 7d Kd]
Seat 1: PedritoRico (button) showed [Ah Ac] and won ($22.15) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 2: SEB194 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: pgchips (big blind) showed [Jd Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
Seat 4: Maximoff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: $m0kin' @ce$ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mareilein folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #21733840532: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 16:42:28 ET
Table 'Tomita II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Anjun4 ($10.55 in chips)
Seat 2: allergieker ($13.70 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($9.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Swiss777 ($19.15 in chips)
Seat 5: z_raver ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 6: JusteBelmont ($13.90 in chips)
JusteBelmont: posts small blind $0.05
Anjun4: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Jh Js]
allergieker: folds
pgchips: raises $0.20 to $0.30
Swiss777: folds
z_raver: folds
JusteBelmont: folds
Anjun4: raises $0.80 to $1.10
pgchips: raises $8.50 to $9.60 and is all-in
Anjun4: calls $8.50
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4h 8h]
*** TURN *** [Qc 4h 8h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4h 8h 8d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Anjun4: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
pgchips: mucks hand
Anjun4 collected $18.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.25 | Rake $0.95
Board [Qc 4h 8h 8d 3d]
Seat 1: Anjun4 (big blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won ($18.30) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 2: allergieker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pgchips mucked [Jh Js]
Seat 4: Swiss777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: z_raver (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: JusteBelmont (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 1: rjfisher ($2.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Franciflo ($11.35 in chips)
Seat 3: frouf ($6.35 in chips)
Seat 4: pgchips ($7.95 in chips)
Seat 6: ocram72 ($4.80 in chips)
pgchips: posts small blind $0.05
ocram72: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Qd Qh]
rjfisher: raises $0.15 to $0.25
Franciflo: raises $0.15 to $0.40
frouf: folds
pgchips: raises $7.55 to $7.95 and is all-in
ocram72: folds
rjfisher: calls $1.95 and is all-in
Franciflo: calls $7.55
*** FLOP *** [4d 8c Td]
SeltoDurka joins the table at seat #5
*** TURN *** [4d 8c Td] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [4d 8c Td Ks] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Qd Qh] (a pair of Queens)
Franciflo: shows [Ac Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Franciflo collected $10.90 from side pot
rjfisher: mucks hand
Franciflo collected $6.40 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.20 Main pot $6.40. Side pot $10.90. | Rake $0.90
Board [4d 8c Td Ks 3c]
Seat 1: rjfisher mucked [Js Ad]
Seat 2: Franciflo showed [Ac Ah] and won ($17.30) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: frouf (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pgchips (small blind) showed [Qd Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: ocram72 (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #21733501430: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 16:30:22 ET
Table 'Sun IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Franciflo ($11.50 in chips)
Seat 3: frouf ($6.50 in chips)
Seat 4: pgchips ($16.40 in chips)
Seat 5: DuckMySick88 ($10.60 in chips)
Seat 6: ocram72 ($7.75 in chips)
DuckMySick88: posts small blind $0.05
ocram72: posts big blind $0.10
rjfisher: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Jh Ah]
Franciflo: folds
frouf: folds
pgchips: raises $0.20 to $0.30
DuckMySick88: folds
ocram72: calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [4h Th 4c]
ocram72: checks
pgchips: bets $0.40
ocram72: calls $0.40
*** TURN *** [4h Th 4c] [3h]
ocram72: checks
pgchips: bets $0.60
ocram72: calls $0.60
*** RIVER *** [4h Th 4c 3h] [Kd]
ocram72: bets $2.30
pgchips: raises $4.70 to $7
ocram72: calls $4.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.55) returned to pgchips
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Jh Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
ocram72: shows [Td Ts] (a full house, Tens full of Fours)
ocram72 collected $14.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.55 | Rake $0.75
Board [4h Th 4c 3h Kd]
Seat 2: Franciflo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: frouf folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pgchips (button) showed [Jh Ah] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: DuckMySick88 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: ocram72 (big blind) showed [Td Ts] and won ($14.80) with a full house, Tens full of Fours

And I realise that some of those shoves are proper tilty but I was getting fucked all over the place so no need to analyse.

All these took me down to $31 of the $40 I started the level with after 881 hands.

Speaking of tilt (just before the AA vs KK vs QQ hand):

PokerStars Game #21734284947: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 16:58:17 ET
Table 'Waterman III' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LJ777 ($4.15 in chips)
Seat 2: vinbig ($6 in chips)
Seat 3: langer79 ($18.80 in chips)
Seat 5: pgchips ($22.35 in chips)
Seat 6: bxP* ($9.30 in chips)
Luis Frigo will be allowed to play after the button
pgchips: posts small blind $0.05
bxP*: posts big blind $0.10
vinbig: posts small & big blinds $0.15
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [8d 8h]
LJ777: folds
vinbig: checks
langer79: folds
pgchips: raises $5.90 to $6
langer79 leaves the table
bxP*: raises $3.30 to $9.30 and is all-in
vinbig: folds
pgchips: calls $3.30
*** FLOP *** [4s 3d Ad]
Puszek88 joins the table at seat #3
*** TURN *** [4s 3d Ad] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [4s 3d Ad Jh] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [8d 8h] (two pair, Eights and Fours)
bxP*: shows [Ah Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Fours)
bxP* collected $17.85 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.75 | Rake $0.90
Board [4s 3d Ad Jh 4c]
Seat 1: LJ777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: vinbig folded before Flop
Seat 3: langer79 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pgchips (small blind) showed [8d 8h] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fours
Seat 6: bxP* (big blind) showed [Ah Ac] and won ($17.85) with a full house, Aces full of Fours

and

PokerStars Game #21732363121: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/11/03 15:51:07 ET
Table 'Zachia' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: DeAad ($12 in chips)
Seat 2: ESCROB@R ($3 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($27.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Taqtiq$MJR ($3.65 in chips)
Seat 5: HokusPokusss ($4.05 in chips)
Seat 6: animalis ($12.45 in chips)
pgchips: posts small blind $0.05
Taqtiq$MJR: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Th Ks]
HokusPokusss: folds
animalis: raises $0.30 to $0.40
DeAad: folds
ESCROB@R: folds
pgchips: raises $0.70 to $1.10
Taqtiq$MJR: folds
animalis: calls $0.70
*** FLOP *** [8s 8h 8c]
pgchips: bets $1.30
animalis: calls $1.30
*** TURN *** [8s 8h 8c] [Qh]
pgchips: bets $3.80
animalis: calls $3.80
*** RIVER *** [8s 8h 8c Qh] [Tc]
pgchips: bets $4
animalis: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Th Ks] (a full house, Eights full of Tens)
animalis: shows [Qd Ad] (a full house, Eights full of Queens)
animalis collected $19.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.50 | Rake $0.95
Board [8s 8h 8c Qh Tc]
Seat 1: DeAad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ESCROB@R (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pgchips (small blind) showed [Th Ks] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Tens
Seat 4: Taqtiq$MJR (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: HokusPokusss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: animalis showed [Qd Ad] and won ($19.55) with a full house, Eights full of Queens

How's he got AQ there btw?

Soo bad from me.

Okay, will play on at 5c/10c with my $31 but if I drop below $20 for the second time, the challenge is over and I'm 16-tabling 2c/5c for life. Waste of fucking time.