4 years ago
Thursday 22 July 2010
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Thursday 20 August 2009
19/61, $2249.20
Still no Omaha to report, just been playing the odd holdem tournament.
I seem to be going deep in a lot of my tourns at the moment, so I shouldn't be too grumpy, but... I keep making big mistakes late on. And, with the top heavy payouts, it can't be done.
Keysie was nice about one I made deep in a $5r last night but it was a fucking embarrassing stacking tbh. I needlessly came 11th/2500 for $260 ($5.4k ftw). Pisssssed off about that one.
Tonight, with 10 left in an $11 freeze, I made this call:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4604746
...ffs.
I was raising a lot and running into very little resistance so I'm not sure how light he's shoving here... Maybe the call is okay and I caught the top of his range, who the fuck knows?
I happened to get lucky to finish 7th/1700 for $501 after that with $2.8k ftw. Sigh.
It's now looking a lot like I'll be playing Holdem WCOOOOOPs with my tickets in September.
I seem to be going deep in a lot of my tourns at the moment, so I shouldn't be too grumpy, but... I keep making big mistakes late on. And, with the top heavy payouts, it can't be done.
Keysie was nice about one I made deep in a $5r last night but it was a fucking embarrassing stacking tbh. I needlessly came 11th/2500 for $260 ($5.4k ftw). Pisssssed off about that one.
Tonight, with 10 left in an $11 freeze, I made this call:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4604746
...ffs.
I was raising a lot and running into very little resistance so I'm not sure how light he's shoving here... Maybe the call is okay and I caught the top of his range, who the fuck knows?
I happened to get lucky to finish 7th/1700 for $501 after that with $2.8k ftw. Sigh.
It's now looking a lot like I'll be playing Holdem WCOOOOOPs with my tickets in September.
Sunday 16 August 2009
15/61, $1569.33
Played zero hands of O8 again. Sorry to let you down Hannes, in courage I am lacking at the moment.
Played some holdem tournaments though. I’ve had three devastating top 100 finishes in 3000+ player multis in the last two days, the latest of which was a 22nd out of three and a half million players in one of the freerolls today for a profit of about three and a half millionth of a cent.
25th in an $8.80 freezeout, 85th in a $5 rebuy and 22nd in the 100FPP freeroll, where it was $3.4k, $7.5k and $3.2k ftw in each. I completely fucked up the $5r but lost big races in both of the others.... Boooooooooooooooooring, I know, sorry, but what else am I going to write about?
My profit since the last update comes mainly from the $109 WCOOP seat I sh1pped today in another AMAZZZZING $7.50 sat.
So that’s a second WCOOOOOP event to dread in September.
Boooooooooooooooooring blogging from me atm, soz bout dat.
pgggggg
Played some holdem tournaments though. I’ve had three devastating top 100 finishes in 3000+ player multis in the last two days, the latest of which was a 22nd out of three and a half million players in one of the freerolls today for a profit of about three and a half millionth of a cent.
25th in an $8.80 freezeout, 85th in a $5 rebuy and 22nd in the 100FPP freeroll, where it was $3.4k, $7.5k and $3.2k ftw in each. I completely fucked up the $5r but lost big races in both of the others.... Boooooooooooooooooring, I know, sorry, but what else am I going to write about?
My profit since the last update comes mainly from the $109 WCOOP seat I sh1pped today in another AMAZZZZING $7.50 sat.
So that’s a second WCOOOOOP event to dread in September.
Boooooooooooooooooring blogging from me atm, soz bout dat.
pgggggg
Friday 14 August 2009
13/61, $1436.72
Hannes, thanks for the kind and gently put words of support man. I love it!
Cash is still not going well (I'm not even sure if I'm playing profitably at the moment), but I ran good enough today to sh1p a $320 WCOOP ticket in one of the incredible satellites that Stars are running at the moment.
It's a non-transferable ticket, which means I'll have to play one of the WCOOP events in September. I've got ages to decide which event to play and I'll probably just go with whichever variation of this horrendous fucking game that I'm hating least come September.
And, the way things are going, the best day to be on the look out for me is probably:
8-Sep,
Event 15 - $320
FL Badugi
Cash is still not going well (I'm not even sure if I'm playing profitably at the moment), but I ran good enough today to sh1p a $320 WCOOP ticket in one of the incredible satellites that Stars are running at the moment.
It's a non-transferable ticket, which means I'll have to play one of the WCOOP events in September. I've got ages to decide which event to play and I'll probably just go with whichever variation of this horrendous fucking game that I'm hating least come September.
And, the way things are going, the best day to be on the look out for me is probably:
8-Sep,
Event 15 - $320
FL Badugi
Thursday 13 August 2009
12/61, $1086.90
Hello pgchips, We have transferred USD 100.00 from your account to 'skolsuper' as per your request.
Well, that's the gym bet done and dusted. ggggwpwp. I've cancelled my gym membership too. Fuck exercise.
This week is looking like a write off. I've played, at most, 0.0000000147% as much as I did in the first week. Sometimes I can't seem to sit at a table for longer than a few minutes before getting annoyed by something and then tilting because of it. It's always completely standard things I get annoyed by too. High cards on the flop when I've raised a low hand, and vice versa, is often all it takes to piss me off and get me wall-punching. This, obviously, happens a normal amount of the time every day if I play enough, but some days it bothers me more than others. And on those days I either start to play shit or pack in a session early.
Yesterday, I quit a session one hand in. I was sat waiting for the big blind to reach me on 12 tables when I got dealt A2ccxx in the bb on my first table. Flop came down K84cc and the pot got big, turn brought an ace and I check folded to a shove. I sat out and closed Pokerstars, absolutely fuming because of one ugly turn card.
I watched The Incredibles and Night at the Museum instead of playing, good stuff.
When I feel like this, I don't normally play at all, but with the pressure of the $10k to make, I thought I could push through. Clearly I can't, so from now on, if I'm not in the mood to play, I just won't bother. I don't know when I'll be happy playing again but when I do, I'll be hitting it very hard in an attempt to make up for my childishness. And I'll play loads until I burn out and go all depressed again.
I'll let you know when I'm back playing. So, until freeroll day...
Well, that's the gym bet done and dusted. ggggwpwp. I've cancelled my gym membership too. Fuck exercise.
This week is looking like a write off. I've played, at most, 0.0000000147% as much as I did in the first week. Sometimes I can't seem to sit at a table for longer than a few minutes before getting annoyed by something and then tilting because of it. It's always completely standard things I get annoyed by too. High cards on the flop when I've raised a low hand, and vice versa, is often all it takes to piss me off and get me wall-punching. This, obviously, happens a normal amount of the time every day if I play enough, but some days it bothers me more than others. And on those days I either start to play shit or pack in a session early.
Yesterday, I quit a session one hand in. I was sat waiting for the big blind to reach me on 12 tables when I got dealt A2ccxx in the bb on my first table. Flop came down K84cc and the pot got big, turn brought an ace and I check folded to a shove. I sat out and closed Pokerstars, absolutely fuming because of one ugly turn card.
I watched The Incredibles and Night at the Museum instead of playing, good stuff.
When I feel like this, I don't normally play at all, but with the pressure of the $10k to make, I thought I could push through. Clearly I can't, so from now on, if I'm not in the mood to play, I just won't bother. I don't know when I'll be happy playing again but when I do, I'll be hitting it very hard in an attempt to make up for my childishness. And I'll play loads until I burn out and go all depressed again.
I'll let you know when I'm back playing. So, until freeroll day...
Sunday 9 August 2009
8/61, $1070.27
Hello pgchips, We have transferred USD 200.00 to your account as requested by 'skolsuper'.
Keysie, the lazy fucker, didn't even last a week! That's the gym bet. I agreed that if I don't continue with my thrice weekly gym visits that I'll ship him $100 back. And the $100 booze bet is still live, obviously.
I've added it to my profit for the month purely to make my stats look a little better. I'm absolutely certain that I'll be shipping it all back too him before August is over, so hopefully he won't mind me considering his money 'profit' for the time being!
If it wasn't for the VIP freerolls it would have been a whole day off for me today. A fun day playing snooker and chilling round my 'Penthouse Friend' Ben's apartment was rudely interrupted by two HOLDEM freerolls, which I had to play. Small cashed them both for about $100 total before getting back to the pizza eating and in front of TV sitting.
So, my day off has turned into the most profitable day of the challenge so far.
Easy life.
Keysie, the lazy fucker, didn't even last a week! That's the gym bet. I agreed that if I don't continue with my thrice weekly gym visits that I'll ship him $100 back. And the $100 booze bet is still live, obviously.
I've added it to my profit for the month purely to make my stats look a little better. I'm absolutely certain that I'll be shipping it all back too him before August is over, so hopefully he won't mind me considering his money 'profit' for the time being!
If it wasn't for the VIP freerolls it would have been a whole day off for me today. A fun day playing snooker and chilling round my 'Penthouse Friend' Ben's apartment was rudely interrupted by two HOLDEM freerolls, which I had to play. Small cashed them both for about $100 total before getting back to the pizza eating and in front of TV sitting.
So, my day off has turned into the most profitable day of the challenge so far.
Easy life.
Saturday 8 August 2009
Friday 7 August 2009
6/61, $752.38
Jason just will not stop saying 'Hi pgchips' to me now, he absolutely loves it. It's getting a bit annoying to be honest, and I'm a little worried that people think there's something going on between us. I'll have to ship him a few dollars in the morning and ask him to stop.
Hardly played at all today, I'm showing an horrendous lack of commitment to this so far. Need a good day tomorrow to pull this week out of the bag.
Hardly played at all today, I'm showing an horrendous lack of commitment to this so far. Need a good day tomorrow to pull this week out of the bag.
Thursday 6 August 2009
5/61, $615.33
Nothing interesting to report today really... Jason said 'hi' to me again, which was nice. Completely free of charge too. Sh1p it!
Took my second trip to the gym earlier and it was only marginally less painful than the first. I may actually, very, very slowly, be getting fit here. Though it'll only last until October I suppose, when I'll probably never go to the gym again. Something to look forward to.
Still behind Penthouse pace but I've pulled it back slightly. Want to reach $1k before the end of the week ideally.
Haven't punched a wall since Monday.
Goodnight.
Took my second trip to the gym earlier and it was only marginally less painful than the first. I may actually, very, very slowly, be getting fit here. Though it'll only last until October I suppose, when I'll probably never go to the gym again. Something to look forward to.
Still behind Penthouse pace but I've pulled it back slightly. Want to reach $1k before the end of the week ideally.
Haven't punched a wall since Monday.
Goodnight.
Wednesday 5 August 2009
4/61, $360.37
Not putting in anywhere near as many hours as I need to be at the moment and, despite an okay day today, I'm still way behind penthouse pace:
(10000/61) x 4 = $655.74
The best part about today was hearing one of the regs talk for the first time. I've played thousands of hands with a guy called Jason_Lebt and he's never said a word to anyone. But, today, he spoke...
'hi pgchips'
My heart stopped. I couldn't stop the tears of happiness welling up. Such a touching moment...
... And a fucking expensive one too, as I sent the $3 that I promised to ship him if he said it. You're nothing more than a prostitue, Jason, and now the world knows it.
Absolute bargain, mind you, give him a try!
(10000/61) x 4 = $655.74
The best part about today was hearing one of the regs talk for the first time. I've played thousands of hands with a guy called Jason_Lebt and he's never said a word to anyone. But, today, he spoke...
'hi pgchips'
My heart stopped. I couldn't stop the tears of happiness welling up. Such a touching moment...
... And a fucking expensive one too, as I sent the $3 that I promised to ship him if he said it. You're nothing more than a prostitue, Jason, and now the world knows it.
Absolute bargain, mind you, give him a try!
Tuesday 4 August 2009
3/61, $167.69
I dragged myself out of bed to get down Edgbaston for the last day of the third ashes test today/yesterday (Monday) and I was rewarded with eight hours of Australian stump-blocking! They did it well to be fair to them, I enjoyed it.
Got tanned to fuck in the two hours of sunsine we had too. Imagine the tan I’d have if the sun had come out at all when I had a spare week in Evesham ffs.
In other news, I’ve picked an embarrassing time to run cold poker-wise… this challenge is looking like a joke. These fun hands from Sunday and Monday means I’ve only shown the smallest of profits since Saturday:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544456
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544419
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544442
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544438
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544436
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544434
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544430
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544427
Bit out of order, Stars.
It's nice to get the action though because, if I didn't, I'd be forced to play aces properly. And that is far too much hassle. I don’t give a fuck who I annoy by posting those hands, by the way, I feel better.
I’ve punched various walls in my house repeatedly over the last couple of days, and if this run continues, with me getting stronger going to the gym three times a week, I’m seriously worried about the future of my knuckles. And walls.
Well, let’s just hope it turns around.
Got tanned to fuck in the two hours of sunsine we had too. Imagine the tan I’d have if the sun had come out at all when I had a spare week in Evesham ffs.
In other news, I’ve picked an embarrassing time to run cold poker-wise… this challenge is looking like a joke. These fun hands from Sunday and Monday means I’ve only shown the smallest of profits since Saturday:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544456
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544419
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544442
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544438
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544436
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544434
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544430
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4544427
Bit out of order, Stars.
It's nice to get the action though because, if I didn't, I'd be forced to play aces properly. And that is far too much hassle. I don’t give a fuck who I annoy by posting those hands, by the way, I feel better.
I’ve punched various walls in my house repeatedly over the last couple of days, and if this run continues, with me getting stronger going to the gym three times a week, I’m seriously worried about the future of my knuckles. And walls.
Well, let’s just hope it turns around.
Monday 3 August 2009
Sunday 2 August 2009
Day: 1/61. Profit: $161.91
Ran horrendously slow today... but that's enough about my exploits on the treadmill!
I didn't cash in either of the freerolls for the third week in a row. That's fucked up. Ran a bit slow at cash too, but played a lot of hands, which is a good sign.
I just went for a run on the treadmill today and I did not enjoy it one bit. I'll try and keep it going but I'm thinking about shipping Keys $100 earlier rather than later - 3 days a week could kill me.
Sleep and back on it tomorrow.
I didn't cash in either of the freerolls for the third week in a row. That's fucked up. Ran a bit slow at cash too, but played a lot of hands, which is a good sign.
I just went for a run on the treadmill today and I did not enjoy it one bit. I'll try and keep it going but I'm thinking about shipping Keys $100 earlier rather than later - 3 days a week could kill me.
Sleep and back on it tomorrow.
Friday 31 July 2009
Day: 0/61. Profit: $0
It all kicks off in a few minutes then...
Here are my first-day plans:
Saturday 1st August
1. Sleep for a number of hours.
2. Get up bright and early (midday at the earliest) for a trip to the gym.
3. Sleep for four or five hours.
4. Win the Supernova freeroll, cashout $10,000 of the prize money and book a two month long holiday to PORTUGAL without my Dad.
5. Sleep.
I'll let you know how it pans out.
Ps. Hannes, I'll happily teach you O8. My lessons are free of charge due to the fact that I may or may not know what I'm talking about.
PPs. Stodgy, I'll answer your questions soon, mate.
Here are my first-day plans:
Saturday 1st August
1. Sleep for a number of hours.
2. Get up bright and early (midday at the earliest) for a trip to the gym.
3. Sleep for four or five hours.
4. Win the Supernova freeroll, cashout $10,000 of the prize money and book a two month long holiday to PORTUGAL without my Dad.
5. Sleep.
I'll let you know how it pans out.
Ps. Hannes, I'll happily teach you O8. My lessons are free of charge due to the fact that I may or may not know what I'm talking about.
PPs. Stodgy, I'll answer your questions soon, mate.
Thursday 30 July 2009
A $4 Bathmat, $200s worth of Prop Bets and an impossible $10,000 Penthouse Challenge
Yesssssss, another blog post title without a swear word in it! FUCK ME, I'M CLASSY. Well, that’s what I’m posting to talk about, so I guess I’ll just tick them off in order.
Mitchell Street Masters, which was held this year at Dickie’s house in Norwich, turned out to be well worth the trip. I lost a bit of dosh in the two events I played, and made some dosh at cash, but the big winner of the weekend was the banter. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as much as I did this weekend (especially at Sunday’s cash game). I had a fucking great time, cheers Dickie.
To explain the 'Bathmat' bit in my title, my pokering highlight from the weekend was the £2.99 bathmat I sh1pped for winning a pot with J2. It doesn’t matter that I risked £10 worth of chips to win it, it’s mine now, the nutter folded.
A couple of prop bets with Keysie:
1. Nothing fucks up my health on a day-to-day basis more than alcohol. So, when Keys expressed his wish to quit drinking for a while, it was always going to be prop-bet time. It’s a $100 bet that we can go without booze until the start of October. First one to crack ships the other $100. I fancy my chances of getting through this one and really hope I can.
2. Nothing fucks up my health on a day-to-day basis more than lack of exercise. So, when Keys expressed his wish to exercise more often, we both snapped up another prop bet. We must go to the gym at least three days a week for at least an hour a time until the start of October. Keys will be getting a personal trainer so he’s offered me 2:1 on the bet - $200:$100. Again, first to break the rules ships to the other. Seriously don’t fancy my chances here. WP Keys.
The Penthouse Challenge is certain to be my toughest and most time consuming challenge to date. It came from an alcoholly conversation I had with my mate Ben who was trying to convince me to move into the same block of apartments as him.
Ever since I spent a week on my own in Evesham earlier this month, all I’ve talked about is moving out of my shared house in Bearwood and into a place of my own. The house I’m at in Bearwood is filling up rapidly with only one of the seven bedrooms now unoccupied so this place is now far too crowded for my liking. Having never had a place of my own, that’s what I want to do next.
The only ‘must’ for my new home is for it to have a nice outside bit, either a garden or a massive balcony. We quickly decided that the only suitable apartments in his block are the penthouses on the top floor which have a big outside bit to waltz about in. Unfortunately, at £1150 pm, this 20hr a week 10c/25c grinder simply cannot afford it.
Not playing less than 20 hours a week anyway…
Earlier that day, I had been looking back over my year playing O8 and my lack of volume depressed me a bit. I had made notes at the start of the year, writing down how much I could make if I played 100k hands a month, or 125k hands per month running at so many ptbbs/100. Some of the regs I know find the time to play 100k a month so I was horrified when I looked back through my poker tracker to see that I haven’t managed to play a single 50k hand month yet this year.
Between April 1st and May 11th I played less than 7k hands, ffs!
I’ve managed to play over 40k hands in each of May, June and July, playing a lot better and feeling much happier than at any time in the year. But, the truth is, 40k hands a month is less than 20hrs a week. I can hardly claim to be working my bollocks off at the moment. And, obviously, my laziness is costing me a lot money.
So, with plans of a serious grind in mind, I decided to finish the conversation with:
“But if I make $5k in both of the next two months, I’ll live in one of those penthouses for six months.”
And the fucker’s holding me to it.
If I stick to playing 10c/25c for the next two months, this is going to take a hell of a lot of hard work. In fact, barring another result in a freeroll, it may be impossible, but I’m giving myself the option of moving up if I feel like it.
This could be my most embarrassing challenge failure of all time but, to summarise my plans:
If I make $10,000 profit by the end of September, I’ll piss it all up the wall living in a ridiculously expensive penthouse.
And everyone’s welcome to the massive pissup I’ll be holding on October 1st!
I hope to be blogging regularly over the next two months,
Sorted.
Mitchell Street Masters, which was held this year at Dickie’s house in Norwich, turned out to be well worth the trip. I lost a bit of dosh in the two events I played, and made some dosh at cash, but the big winner of the weekend was the banter. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as much as I did this weekend (especially at Sunday’s cash game). I had a fucking great time, cheers Dickie.
To explain the 'Bathmat' bit in my title, my pokering highlight from the weekend was the £2.99 bathmat I sh1pped for winning a pot with J2. It doesn’t matter that I risked £10 worth of chips to win it, it’s mine now, the nutter folded.
A couple of prop bets with Keysie:
1. Nothing fucks up my health on a day-to-day basis more than alcohol. So, when Keys expressed his wish to quit drinking for a while, it was always going to be prop-bet time. It’s a $100 bet that we can go without booze until the start of October. First one to crack ships the other $100. I fancy my chances of getting through this one and really hope I can.
2. Nothing fucks up my health on a day-to-day basis more than lack of exercise. So, when Keys expressed his wish to exercise more often, we both snapped up another prop bet. We must go to the gym at least three days a week for at least an hour a time until the start of October. Keys will be getting a personal trainer so he’s offered me 2:1 on the bet - $200:$100. Again, first to break the rules ships to the other. Seriously don’t fancy my chances here. WP Keys.
The Penthouse Challenge is certain to be my toughest and most time consuming challenge to date. It came from an alcoholly conversation I had with my mate Ben who was trying to convince me to move into the same block of apartments as him.
Ever since I spent a week on my own in Evesham earlier this month, all I’ve talked about is moving out of my shared house in Bearwood and into a place of my own. The house I’m at in Bearwood is filling up rapidly with only one of the seven bedrooms now unoccupied so this place is now far too crowded for my liking. Having never had a place of my own, that’s what I want to do next.
The only ‘must’ for my new home is for it to have a nice outside bit, either a garden or a massive balcony. We quickly decided that the only suitable apartments in his block are the penthouses on the top floor which have a big outside bit to waltz about in. Unfortunately, at £1150 pm, this 20hr a week 10c/25c grinder simply cannot afford it.
Not playing less than 20 hours a week anyway…
Earlier that day, I had been looking back over my year playing O8 and my lack of volume depressed me a bit. I had made notes at the start of the year, writing down how much I could make if I played 100k hands a month, or 125k hands per month running at so many ptbbs/100. Some of the regs I know find the time to play 100k a month so I was horrified when I looked back through my poker tracker to see that I haven’t managed to play a single 50k hand month yet this year.
Between April 1st and May 11th I played less than 7k hands, ffs!
I’ve managed to play over 40k hands in each of May, June and July, playing a lot better and feeling much happier than at any time in the year. But, the truth is, 40k hands a month is less than 20hrs a week. I can hardly claim to be working my bollocks off at the moment. And, obviously, my laziness is costing me a lot money.
So, with plans of a serious grind in mind, I decided to finish the conversation with:
“But if I make $5k in both of the next two months, I’ll live in one of those penthouses for six months.”
And the fucker’s holding me to it.
If I stick to playing 10c/25c for the next two months, this is going to take a hell of a lot of hard work. In fact, barring another result in a freeroll, it may be impossible, but I’m giving myself the option of moving up if I feel like it.
This could be my most embarrassing challenge failure of all time but, to summarise my plans:
If I make $10,000 profit by the end of September, I’ll piss it all up the wall living in a ridiculously expensive penthouse.
And everyone’s welcome to the massive pissup I’ll be holding on October 1st!
I hope to be blogging regularly over the next two months,
Sorted.
Sunday 12 July 2009
I’ve found my spiritual home - Evesham
Okay, so I’ve got no idea what that means. And even if it does mean something like what I think it means it certainly isn’t true. I just thought it would make a change to have a nice title for one of my blog posts. Some of my past efforts, including ‘CUNT’, ‘Fuck me, I run like a cunt’, and ‘Tanni Grey-Thompson’, are just ugly, ugly, and ugly.
Not that I’m saying that I think Dame Tanni is ugly, you understand.
In fact, I’m sure I remember watching the Olympics or a marathon one time, when I was much younger, and feeling a little attracted to a young Tanni. Erm, actually, thinking about it, I was probably a bit too young to have fancied her but I definitely felt something.
Pity? Perhaps.
Or maybe I was just gagging for a go on her ‘little bicycle thing’. But, either way, I was far from repulsed by Tanni Grey-Thompson back in her hayday and, as far as female athletes go, if she could stand, she would definitely have been up there with them. Literally.
What the fuck am I on about? This is not what this post is supposed to be about at all. But, while I’m on the subject, I might as well tell you that, back in my marathon-watching days, I was also partial to a bit of Paula Radcliffe (only OBE btw?). When I was that age, the London marathon was just a 7hr porno as far as I was concerned. Ahh, to be eight again…
Zwei words for you Joanne Pavey, nein danke.
FML, who am I kidding? I love you Jo. And your socks.
After deciding that factor 50 sun block was, let’s say, a little too safe for my tanning needs, I made the trek into Evesham town centre in search of something less sensible. The only thing steeper than the price of the bus fares into town here, I’ve discovered, are the hills the bus has to climb to get there. So you get what you pay for, I suppose, fuck walking it.
£3.90 though? Come on, really?
I got into Evesham and the first thing I noticed was that the place was full of birds. Women, I mean, town was swarming with them… Brilliant.
And butterflies as well (actual butterflies), there were millions of them.
Yep.
I’d say that they were pretty much my only two noteworthy observations of Evesham town centre but, quite frankly, what more do you need to know? Nice women AND butterflies. In the Midlands. Who knew?
I snapped up some factor 25 on ‘buy one, get one free’ in boots, window-shopped an iphone and got the bus back home through the mountains. I added the newly acquired sun block to the already unnecessarily large collection I’d started two days earlier on the kitchen side and sat and waited for it to stop raining!
And waited. And waited. And waited.
Today is the last day of my little ‘holiday’ in the country and I’d say there’s been an average of one hour of sun a day. At an average time of 7.30pm on the night. All four bottles of sun block have remained untouched and I haven’t bothered to sit out in the garden at all. My skin is still as white as the snow that rests on the garden this morning. (Okay, okay, I’ve exaggerated there…it’s just frost.) Seriously, though, I’ve been so unlucky with the weather and it’s been by far the second most depressing thing about this ‘holiday’.
The most depressing thing about the ‘holiday’ (which, despite how I come across, I’ve really enjoyed by the way) was the book I decided to read on Friday while I sat and waited for the sun to come out. My dad and his lovely partner have an impressive collection of books here in the house and I had a lot of greats to choose from. There’s some Conan-Doyle up there, a bit of Tolkien. There’s even some Dickens I could have opted for. But what does this bright spark decide would make a suitable Friday afternoon holiday read?
The Diary of Anne Frank.
Great choice, son. I was pretty much in tears from about page four onwards. It really affected me. I read it all in one sitting and I was still not feeling myself come Saturday afternoon. It reminded me of watching Titanic years ago. Except Titanic wasn’t a book. And is completely different, but you know what I mean. Relentlessly fucking depressing.
Luckily, I found ‘How to lose a guy in 10 days’ on DVD late Saturday afternoon and I laughed my bollocks off watching that so I’m back to normal again now. But it was touch and go as to whether I would ever smile, or even enjoy anything, ever again for a while.
If you know someone that’s going on holiday any time soon and fancy playing a little practical joke on them to completely ruin their fun, buy them a copy of Annie F for the plane. IT WILL FUCK THEM UP. But you’ll probably all laugh about it in years to come.
It’s looking more and more like I’ve really got nothing to say in this post actually, this is just blogging for the sake of blogging so I’ll bring this weirdness to an end. But I might as well take the chance to wish Keysie good luck on day 5 and beyond in the main event in Vegas. He in the money and still has a stack to do some damage with.
So run good, mate.
Not that I’m saying that I think Dame Tanni is ugly, you understand.
In fact, I’m sure I remember watching the Olympics or a marathon one time, when I was much younger, and feeling a little attracted to a young Tanni. Erm, actually, thinking about it, I was probably a bit too young to have fancied her but I definitely felt something.
Pity? Perhaps.
Or maybe I was just gagging for a go on her ‘little bicycle thing’. But, either way, I was far from repulsed by Tanni Grey-Thompson back in her hayday and, as far as female athletes go, if she could stand, she would definitely have been up there with them. Literally.
What the fuck am I on about? This is not what this post is supposed to be about at all. But, while I’m on the subject, I might as well tell you that, back in my marathon-watching days, I was also partial to a bit of Paula Radcliffe (only OBE btw?). When I was that age, the London marathon was just a 7hr porno as far as I was concerned. Ahh, to be eight again…
Zwei words for you Joanne Pavey, nein danke.
FML, who am I kidding? I love you Jo. And your socks.
After deciding that factor 50 sun block was, let’s say, a little too safe for my tanning needs, I made the trek into Evesham town centre in search of something less sensible. The only thing steeper than the price of the bus fares into town here, I’ve discovered, are the hills the bus has to climb to get there. So you get what you pay for, I suppose, fuck walking it.
£3.90 though? Come on, really?
I got into Evesham and the first thing I noticed was that the place was full of birds. Women, I mean, town was swarming with them… Brilliant.
And butterflies as well (actual butterflies), there were millions of them.
Yep.
I’d say that they were pretty much my only two noteworthy observations of Evesham town centre but, quite frankly, what more do you need to know? Nice women AND butterflies. In the Midlands. Who knew?
I snapped up some factor 25 on ‘buy one, get one free’ in boots, window-shopped an iphone and got the bus back home through the mountains. I added the newly acquired sun block to the already unnecessarily large collection I’d started two days earlier on the kitchen side and sat and waited for it to stop raining!
And waited. And waited. And waited.
Today is the last day of my little ‘holiday’ in the country and I’d say there’s been an average of one hour of sun a day. At an average time of 7.30pm on the night. All four bottles of sun block have remained untouched and I haven’t bothered to sit out in the garden at all. My skin is still as white as the snow that rests on the garden this morning. (Okay, okay, I’ve exaggerated there…it’s just frost.) Seriously, though, I’ve been so unlucky with the weather and it’s been by far the second most depressing thing about this ‘holiday’.
The most depressing thing about the ‘holiday’ (which, despite how I come across, I’ve really enjoyed by the way) was the book I decided to read on Friday while I sat and waited for the sun to come out. My dad and his lovely partner have an impressive collection of books here in the house and I had a lot of greats to choose from. There’s some Conan-Doyle up there, a bit of Tolkien. There’s even some Dickens I could have opted for. But what does this bright spark decide would make a suitable Friday afternoon holiday read?
The Diary of Anne Frank.
Great choice, son. I was pretty much in tears from about page four onwards. It really affected me. I read it all in one sitting and I was still not feeling myself come Saturday afternoon. It reminded me of watching Titanic years ago. Except Titanic wasn’t a book. And is completely different, but you know what I mean. Relentlessly fucking depressing.
Luckily, I found ‘How to lose a guy in 10 days’ on DVD late Saturday afternoon and I laughed my bollocks off watching that so I’m back to normal again now. But it was touch and go as to whether I would ever smile, or even enjoy anything, ever again for a while.
If you know someone that’s going on holiday any time soon and fancy playing a little practical joke on them to completely ruin their fun, buy them a copy of Annie F for the plane. IT WILL FUCK THEM UP. But you’ll probably all laugh about it in years to come.
It’s looking more and more like I’ve really got nothing to say in this post actually, this is just blogging for the sake of blogging so I’ll bring this weirdness to an end. But I might as well take the chance to wish Keysie good luck on day 5 and beyond in the main event in Vegas. He in the money and still has a stack to do some damage with.
So run good, mate.
Monday 6 July 2009
Grass and fields and that.
“Is factor 50 sun block good or bad?”
“I’m pretty sure that’s the highest they do, mate, you’re not getting tanned with that shit.”
Well, I wish some fucker had told me this before I went out and bought two litres of the stuff. I’m going to end the day whiter than I started it walking around wearing this greasy layer of concrete all day.
So, I’m in the lovely Midland countryside this week, looking after my Dad’s house in Evesham while he’s away. Okay, it’s no Portugal, but I’m looking forward to having a nice house to myself for a week or so. And, provided the sun stays out (and I buy some sensibly factored sun block), the spaciousish (try saying that word out loud) garden should provide the perfect place for me to top up my tan. (Though by ‘top up my tan’ this reclusive grinder, of course, means ‘start a tan from scratch’).
This week has turned out to be great timing for me to get away because I’ve put myself in the nice position of not feeling under any pressure to play cards. A few of you know already that I had a nice run in the weekly Supernova $75k freeroll on Saturday night, scoring my biggest ever tournament win of $5,437.50 for a 4th place finish.
I was an ‘orrendous nit literally all the way through the tourn because that’s the only way I know how to play hold em nowadays but it did the trick. I was lucky enough to get it in good AND HOLD in almost all of my all ins.
It was an outdraw that got me going:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437421
But after that, I'm no expert, but it seemed like a fairly standard run to the final table:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437433
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437475
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437517
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437551
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437625
where everyone was guaranteed $1k.
This massive hold early on at the ft:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437756
sent me on my way to four handed second in chips. But then this flop, sadly, spelt the end of my tournament:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437857
Obv.
I’ve played four of those tournaments since I was gifted Supernova status, and had two top 40 finishes. Easy game! So, with 52 of them a year (on top of the 12 $100k freerolls), I should be able to add a few hundred thousand $$ a year to what I grind out at cash.
A couple of people have asked me whether I’ll be moving up in stakes with this win, but the answer is no.
Firstly, I need most of that money offline for now so I’ve cashed out over $5k of it, leaving myself a comfortable $1k bankroll to continue playing $25 O8, completely worry-free.
And, secondly, I don’t actually want to move up yet. I’m still learning things about O8, and getting better, and learning more and earning quicker with every month I play. Until I feel completely happy that I know everything about every situation Vs every type of player, I’d rather carry on playing low stakes. See you at $2/$4 in the year 2147, folks.
I’m currently running at over 12ptBB/100 at 10c/25c, with over $700 coming in per month from Supernova bonuses. So, Dstar and Jeesus and co, you'll be happy to hear that I'll be sticking around until I’m winning at at least 20ptbbs!
I hate to be the kind of blogger that only posts a serious post when he’s running well… but that’s the way it is, I guess. Sorry.
Well, I’d better get going, I’ve got to go and look for the nearest shop that sells factor 0.0000005 sun block. And, by the look of the endless sea of grass surrounding me for miles in every direction, I could easily be traipsing around in the sun for days.
Luckily, I’ve got three or four pints of factor 50 to keep me safe.
See you later.
“I’m pretty sure that’s the highest they do, mate, you’re not getting tanned with that shit.”
Well, I wish some fucker had told me this before I went out and bought two litres of the stuff. I’m going to end the day whiter than I started it walking around wearing this greasy layer of concrete all day.
So, I’m in the lovely Midland countryside this week, looking after my Dad’s house in Evesham while he’s away. Okay, it’s no Portugal, but I’m looking forward to having a nice house to myself for a week or so. And, provided the sun stays out (and I buy some sensibly factored sun block), the spaciousish (try saying that word out loud) garden should provide the perfect place for me to top up my tan. (Though by ‘top up my tan’ this reclusive grinder, of course, means ‘start a tan from scratch’).
This week has turned out to be great timing for me to get away because I’ve put myself in the nice position of not feeling under any pressure to play cards. A few of you know already that I had a nice run in the weekly Supernova $75k freeroll on Saturday night, scoring my biggest ever tournament win of $5,437.50 for a 4th place finish.
I was an ‘orrendous nit literally all the way through the tourn because that’s the only way I know how to play hold em nowadays but it did the trick. I was lucky enough to get it in good AND HOLD in almost all of my all ins.
It was an outdraw that got me going:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437421
But after that, I'm no expert, but it seemed like a fairly standard run to the final table:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437433
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437475
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437517
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437551
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437625
where everyone was guaranteed $1k.
This massive hold early on at the ft:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437756
sent me on my way to four handed second in chips. But then this flop, sadly, spelt the end of my tournament:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4437857
Obv.
I’ve played four of those tournaments since I was gifted Supernova status, and had two top 40 finishes. Easy game! So, with 52 of them a year (on top of the 12 $100k freerolls), I should be able to add a few hundred thousand $$ a year to what I grind out at cash.
A couple of people have asked me whether I’ll be moving up in stakes with this win, but the answer is no.
Firstly, I need most of that money offline for now so I’ve cashed out over $5k of it, leaving myself a comfortable $1k bankroll to continue playing $25 O8, completely worry-free.
And, secondly, I don’t actually want to move up yet. I’m still learning things about O8, and getting better, and learning more and earning quicker with every month I play. Until I feel completely happy that I know everything about every situation Vs every type of player, I’d rather carry on playing low stakes. See you at $2/$4 in the year 2147, folks.
I’m currently running at over 12ptBB/100 at 10c/25c, with over $700 coming in per month from Supernova bonuses. So, Dstar and Jeesus and co, you'll be happy to hear that I'll be sticking around until I’m winning at at least 20ptbbs!
I hate to be the kind of blogger that only posts a serious post when he’s running well… but that’s the way it is, I guess. Sorry.
Well, I’d better get going, I’ve got to go and look for the nearest shop that sells factor 0.0000005 sun block. And, by the look of the endless sea of grass surrounding me for miles in every direction, I could easily be traipsing around in the sun for days.
Luckily, I’ve got three or four pints of factor 50 to keep me safe.
See you later.
Friday 26 June 2009
Could 'PG' stand for PortuGal?
POKERSTARS GAME #29809812312: OMAHA HI/LO NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/26 20:56:19 WET [2009/06/26 15:56:19 ET]
Table 'Henyey V' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: vegas60 ($25.15 in chips)
Seat 2: djp94 ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 3: N@T@LI ($75.55 in chips)
Seat 4: rattus63 ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 5: pgchips ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: assis_poker ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 7: ctepashka ($20.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Jsleezey ($20.55 in chips)
vegas60: posts small blind $0.10
djp94: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [2c Ad Jd Ts]
N@T@LI: folds
tpatusa leaves the table
rattus63: folds
pgchips: raises $0.75 to $1
Dean Griffin joins the table at seat #9
assis_poker: folds
ctepashka: folds
Jsleezey: folds
vegas60: calls $0.90
djp94: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js Qc Kd]
vegas60: bets $1.50
pgchips: raises $22.50 to $24 and is all-in
vegas60: calls $22.50
*** TURN *** [Js Qc Kd] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Js Qc Kd Jc] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vegas60: shows [Ac 5h Jh Kh] (HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings)
pgchips: mucks hand
vegas60 collected $47.75 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.25 Rake $2.50
Board [Js Qc Kd Jc Td]
Seat 1: vegas60 (small blind) showed [Ac 5h Jh Kh] and won ($47.75) with HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 2: djp94 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: N@T@LI folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: rattus63 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pgchips mucked [2c Ad Jd Ts]
Seat 6: assis_poker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ctepashka folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jsleezey (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
POKERSTARS GAME #29523339364: OMAHA HI/LO NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/18 19:05:37 ET
Table 'Avior VI' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PROF SURF ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 2: jarydjaybe ($10.45 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 5: JohnC531 ($27.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt ($36.55 in chips)
Seat 7: moneyisnice ($21.30 in chips)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt ($45.50 in chips)
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael ($8.30 in chips)
jarydjaybe: posts small blind $0.10
pgchips: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Qs Qc 2s Js]
chilnwiteboy: folds
JohnC531: calls $0.25
Jason_Lebt: calls $0.25
moneyisnice: folds
Fla-Mt said, "lol...my first win of the day"
Fla-Mt: raises $0.75 to $1
Mrs. Rafael: folds
pgchips said, "well done"
PROF SURF: folds
jarydjaybe: folds
Fla-Mt said, "lucky catch....ty"
pgchips: calls $0.75
JohnC531: folds
Jason_Lebt: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc Kd Ah]
pgchips: checks
Fla-Mt: bets $1
pgchips: raises $23 to $24 and is all-in
Fla-Mt: calls $23
*** TURN *** [Tc Kd Ah] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Kd Ah Kc] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Qs Qc 2s Js] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
Fla-Mt: shows [Kh 4h 2d Ad] (HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces)
Fla-Mt collected $48.10 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.60 Rake $2.50
Board [Tc Kd Ah Kc 8d]
Seat 1: PROF SURF (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: jarydjaybe (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: pgchips (big blind) showed [Qs Qc 2s Js] and lost with HI: a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JohnC531 folded before Flop
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt folded before Flop
Seat 7: moneyisnice folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt showed [Kh 4h 2d Ad] and won ($48.10) with HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael folded before Flop (didn't bet)
POKERSTARS GAME #29523283783: OMAHA HI/LO NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/18 19:04:00 ET
Table 'Avior VI' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: PROF SURF ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 2: jarydjaybe ($10.70 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($25.05 in chips)
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 5: JohnC531 ($28.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt ($35.05 in chips)
Seat 7: moneyisnice ($21.30 in chips)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael ($8.40 in chips)
Mrs. Rafael: posts small blind $0.10
PROF SURF: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Ks Ad Ts 2d]
jarydjaybe: folds
pgchips: raises $0.75 to $1
chilnwiteboy: folds
JohnC531: folds
Jason_Lebt: folds
moneyisnice: folds
Fla-Mt: calls $1
Mrs. Rafael: folds
PROF SURF: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Kh Jd]
pgchips: bets $1.75
Fla-Mt: raises $21 to $22.75 and is all-in
pgchips: calls $21
*** TURN *** [Qc Kh Jd] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Kh Jd 3s] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Ks Ad Ts 2d] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
Fla-Mt: shows [3c As Kc Jc] (HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings)
Fla-Mt collected $45.50 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47.85 Rake $2.35
Board [Qc Kh Jd 3s Js]
Seat 1: PROF SURF (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: jarydjaybe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pgchips showed [Ks Ad Ts 2d] and lost with HI: a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JohnC531 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: moneyisnice folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt (button) showed [3c As Kc Jc] and won ($45.50) with HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael (small blind) folded before Flop
I’ve had a great couple of months playing cards but these hands are a fair reflection of how I’ve been running over the last couple of weeks. Mildly amusing, I’m sure you’ll agree, if not particularly interesting.
But, fear not, this isn’t just a Gambon skin blog post.
I got a phone call earlier where it finally looked as though the pain of the last two weeks was all behind me…
I heard my phone ringing while I was still sleeping this morning. Usually I ignore it, but it was my dad, so I answered. And from very early on in the conversation I knew it was a phone call I’d never forget. : - )
“You alright Dad? Happy Father’s Day… from… ages ago, you get my card?”
I was guessing he hadn’t given that I didn’t post it until well after last collection on the Tuesday after Father’s Day.
“No.”
“Oh, there must have been a fuck up.”
There was, me.
“Anyway, listen, I’m thinking about going to Portugal for seven days, starting a week on Monday, and I was wondering whether you had any plans for that week?”
WTF, where did that come from? Usually when my Dad calls it’s just to check on me, to make sure I’m still alive or to make sure I’m getting regular blood tests so I stay alive for longer or to see that I’m keeping my eyes in good nick so I can see myself staying alive for longer. Or he’s calling to make me do something like check on my sister and my nephew or to make sure my brother hasn’t killed himself or been killed. Or some equally pointless and annoying reason like that.
But, no, not this time, thank God. A FUCKING HOLIDAY!! IN FUCKING PORTUGAL!! FUCKING SH1P 1T!!!
Karma certainly does work in fucked up ways. If all it takes is a couple of flopped broadways to be outdrawn for me to earn a holiday-offering phone call from my Dad, then I’ll be snapping them off and praying for the board to pair for years to come. Full house, yes please, it’s all yours, thank you very much.
Pair the board as much as you want Stars, you cunts, I’m off.
A couple of worries went through my mind: would I be able to get my passport sorted by then? I think it can be done in a week but it’s a bit of a fuck about if I’ve remembered Keys’ tales of woe correctly. My other worry was whether it would clash with the Mitchell Street Masters and/or The Ashes. They’re both just around the corner and I really wanted to have had Sky fitted in the house before then as well. That’ll no doubt take some organising and a holiday would leave me with very little time to get it all sorted…
But, as I haven’t had a holiday in such a long time, I finally had an answer for my Dad (who had presumably waited patiently on the other end of a silent phone for a few minutes while all of this went through my head):
“No plans, Dad.”
“Great, that’s a relief, because…”
And, with a sm1le, I waited for the offer.
“…I need someone to keep an eye on my business while I’m away.”
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
I went against my instincts and told him that it wouldn’t be a problem:
“Yeah, yeah, whatever, see you later.”
What a fucking joke. I hung up the phone and sat, with my head in my hands, feeling sorry for myself. The phone rang again a couple of seconds later and I answered, almost in tears, obviously:
“Yes?... What?... Yeah… Yeah, mate, you can come and fit the Sky a week on Monday. I’m not going anywhere.”
Well played, Dad, you’ll be getting your Father’s Day card three weeks early next year. Will that put an end to the torture?
Oh, and I take it all back Stars, you’re not cunts and I’d very much like broadway to hold at some point this year.
Table 'Henyey V' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: vegas60 ($25.15 in chips)
Seat 2: djp94 ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 3: N@T@LI ($75.55 in chips)
Seat 4: rattus63 ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 5: pgchips ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: assis_poker ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 7: ctepashka ($20.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Jsleezey ($20.55 in chips)
vegas60: posts small blind $0.10
djp94: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [2c Ad Jd Ts]
N@T@LI: folds
tpatusa leaves the table
rattus63: folds
pgchips: raises $0.75 to $1
Dean Griffin joins the table at seat #9
assis_poker: folds
ctepashka: folds
Jsleezey: folds
vegas60: calls $0.90
djp94: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js Qc Kd]
vegas60: bets $1.50
pgchips: raises $22.50 to $24 and is all-in
vegas60: calls $22.50
*** TURN *** [Js Qc Kd] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Js Qc Kd Jc] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vegas60: shows [Ac 5h Jh Kh] (HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings)
pgchips: mucks hand
vegas60 collected $47.75 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.25 Rake $2.50
Board [Js Qc Kd Jc Td]
Seat 1: vegas60 (small blind) showed [Ac 5h Jh Kh] and won ($47.75) with HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 2: djp94 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: N@T@LI folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: rattus63 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pgchips mucked [2c Ad Jd Ts]
Seat 6: assis_poker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ctepashka folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jsleezey (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
POKERSTARS GAME #29523339364: OMAHA HI/LO NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/18 19:05:37 ET
Table 'Avior VI' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: PROF SURF ($24.50 in chips)
Seat 2: jarydjaybe ($10.45 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 5: JohnC531 ($27.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt ($36.55 in chips)
Seat 7: moneyisnice ($21.30 in chips)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt ($45.50 in chips)
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael ($8.30 in chips)
jarydjaybe: posts small blind $0.10
pgchips: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Qs Qc 2s Js]
chilnwiteboy: folds
JohnC531: calls $0.25
Jason_Lebt: calls $0.25
moneyisnice: folds
Fla-Mt said, "lol...my first win of the day"
Fla-Mt: raises $0.75 to $1
Mrs. Rafael: folds
pgchips said, "well done"
PROF SURF: folds
jarydjaybe: folds
Fla-Mt said, "lucky catch....ty"
pgchips: calls $0.75
JohnC531: folds
Jason_Lebt: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc Kd Ah]
pgchips: checks
Fla-Mt: bets $1
pgchips: raises $23 to $24 and is all-in
Fla-Mt: calls $23
*** TURN *** [Tc Kd Ah] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Kd Ah Kc] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Qs Qc 2s Js] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
Fla-Mt: shows [Kh 4h 2d Ad] (HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces)
Fla-Mt collected $48.10 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.60 Rake $2.50
Board [Tc Kd Ah Kc 8d]
Seat 1: PROF SURF (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: jarydjaybe (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: pgchips (big blind) showed [Qs Qc 2s Js] and lost with HI: a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JohnC531 folded before Flop
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt folded before Flop
Seat 7: moneyisnice folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt showed [Kh 4h 2d Ad] and won ($48.10) with HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael folded before Flop (didn't bet)
POKERSTARS GAME #29523283783: OMAHA HI/LO NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/06/18 19:04:00 ET
Table 'Avior VI' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: PROF SURF ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 2: jarydjaybe ($10.70 in chips)
Seat 3: pgchips ($25.05 in chips)
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 5: JohnC531 ($28.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt ($35.05 in chips)
Seat 7: moneyisnice ($21.30 in chips)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt ($23.75 in chips)
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael ($8.40 in chips)
Mrs. Rafael: posts small blind $0.10
PROF SURF: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pgchips [Ks Ad Ts 2d]
jarydjaybe: folds
pgchips: raises $0.75 to $1
chilnwiteboy: folds
JohnC531: folds
Jason_Lebt: folds
moneyisnice: folds
Fla-Mt: calls $1
Mrs. Rafael: folds
PROF SURF: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Kh Jd]
pgchips: bets $1.75
Fla-Mt: raises $21 to $22.75 and is all-in
pgchips: calls $21
*** TURN *** [Qc Kh Jd] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Kh Jd 3s] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pgchips: shows [Ks Ad Ts 2d] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
Fla-Mt: shows [3c As Kc Jc] (HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings)
Fla-Mt collected $45.50 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47.85 Rake $2.35
Board [Qc Kh Jd 3s Js]
Seat 1: PROF SURF (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: jarydjaybe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: pgchips showed [Ks Ad Ts 2d] and lost with HI: a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 4: chilnwiteboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: JohnC531 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Jason_Lebt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: moneyisnice folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Fla-Mt (button) showed [3c As Kc Jc] and won ($45.50) with HI: a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 9: Mrs. Rafael (small blind) folded before Flop
I’ve had a great couple of months playing cards but these hands are a fair reflection of how I’ve been running over the last couple of weeks. Mildly amusing, I’m sure you’ll agree, if not particularly interesting.
But, fear not, this isn’t just a Gambon skin blog post.
I got a phone call earlier where it finally looked as though the pain of the last two weeks was all behind me…
I heard my phone ringing while I was still sleeping this morning. Usually I ignore it, but it was my dad, so I answered. And from very early on in the conversation I knew it was a phone call I’d never forget. : - )
“You alright Dad? Happy Father’s Day… from… ages ago, you get my card?”
I was guessing he hadn’t given that I didn’t post it until well after last collection on the Tuesday after Father’s Day.
“No.”
“Oh, there must have been a fuck up.”
There was, me.
“Anyway, listen, I’m thinking about going to Portugal for seven days, starting a week on Monday, and I was wondering whether you had any plans for that week?”
WTF, where did that come from? Usually when my Dad calls it’s just to check on me, to make sure I’m still alive or to make sure I’m getting regular blood tests so I stay alive for longer or to see that I’m keeping my eyes in good nick so I can see myself staying alive for longer. Or he’s calling to make me do something like check on my sister and my nephew or to make sure my brother hasn’t killed himself or been killed. Or some equally pointless and annoying reason like that.
But, no, not this time, thank God. A FUCKING HOLIDAY!! IN FUCKING PORTUGAL!! FUCKING SH1P 1T!!!
Karma certainly does work in fucked up ways. If all it takes is a couple of flopped broadways to be outdrawn for me to earn a holiday-offering phone call from my Dad, then I’ll be snapping them off and praying for the board to pair for years to come. Full house, yes please, it’s all yours, thank you very much.
Pair the board as much as you want Stars, you cunts, I’m off.
A couple of worries went through my mind: would I be able to get my passport sorted by then? I think it can be done in a week but it’s a bit of a fuck about if I’ve remembered Keys’ tales of woe correctly. My other worry was whether it would clash with the Mitchell Street Masters and/or The Ashes. They’re both just around the corner and I really wanted to have had Sky fitted in the house before then as well. That’ll no doubt take some organising and a holiday would leave me with very little time to get it all sorted…
But, as I haven’t had a holiday in such a long time, I finally had an answer for my Dad (who had presumably waited patiently on the other end of a silent phone for a few minutes while all of this went through my head):
“No plans, Dad.”
“Great, that’s a relief, because…”
And, with a sm1le, I waited for the offer.
“…I need someone to keep an eye on my business while I’m away.”
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?
I went against my instincts and told him that it wouldn’t be a problem:
“Yeah, yeah, whatever, see you later.”
What a fucking joke. I hung up the phone and sat, with my head in my hands, feeling sorry for myself. The phone rang again a couple of seconds later and I answered, almost in tears, obviously:
“Yes?... What?... Yeah… Yeah, mate, you can come and fit the Sky a week on Monday. I’m not going anywhere.”
Well played, Dad, you’ll be getting your Father’s Day card three weeks early next year. Will that put an end to the torture?
Oh, and I take it all back Stars, you’re not cunts and I’d very much like broadway to hold at some point this year.
Friday 17 April 2009
Ptevey Cabrera
Got nothing to write but Keysie says Ptevie wants something to read.
Been tilting massively of late and the latest bit has taken place on Full Tilt. I had $40 left on there from a bonus I failed to clear a while back and given that I can't cash out from Full Tilt and no one wants to swap with me, the only choice I had was to spin the fuck out of the roll until I lose it.
Well, I've tried my best...
I span it up to $109 somehow, hit and running all over the place and I sensibly gave 147_star $100.47 of it to keep safe for me until I want to lose some more. I then span the $8 I had left up to $41 hit and running again. I lost $21 of it spazzing it away at cash and so I was left with $20, which brings us to the start of tonight, where I decided to go on a tourny spin...
I one tabled a $1 buy in $10k guaranteed first of all, which only got 6500 runners. I had a top 10 stack at one point with a couple of hundred players left but I ran a pair into a higher pair twice going ftw ($1.6k) to finish out of the top 100. I've since tilted away on some knockout sngs, which have just finished (6.50am).
An interesting spot I want to talk about:
First hand of a 90-man knockout sng. I had KQhh on the button @ 15/30 with a 3k stack. Being the first hand, everyone limped and I made a fucking tremendous shove. IMO. Any thoughts on the hand in the comments please.
I figured that if I get called, I might get lucky to knock someone out and if I take the pot down then I'd have a stack to knock most people out with for a round or so instead of just falling short and leaving them with 30 chips or something and not getting a bounty. Anyway, one of the limpers snapped 88 and board ran out TJJhh 3s 2s to knock me out. No rewarding (truly) great play at Full Tilt tonight, apparently.
I tilted out of all of the other sngs except for one of the 90-player $3 knockouts. I final tabled it without knocking anyone out (obv, ffs). I then managed to get outdrawn (KQaip vs Q9, battle of the blinds) in a chip lead pot 6 or 5 handed (can't remember exactly where I came) and went out to the same player very next hand WITHOUT KNOCKING OUT A SINGLE FUCKING PLAYER. I shoved the button with A7cc and he obv wakes up with 99 in the small, which holds despite a 568cc flop. So an eventful spinup night sees me left with $19 on Full Tilt (which I guess is what you get for 6th or 5th place in a 90 man $3 knockout), $1 less than what I started with.
Wasting my flipping time with this shit.
Only other thing I want to ask is, are we happy with this go-and-go at the ft of a $4 180-man tourn, or should it be a rr aip??
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4120855
$216 for 1st and $36 for 6th. Standard.
Been tilting massively of late and the latest bit has taken place on Full Tilt. I had $40 left on there from a bonus I failed to clear a while back and given that I can't cash out from Full Tilt and no one wants to swap with me, the only choice I had was to spin the fuck out of the roll until I lose it.
Well, I've tried my best...
I span it up to $109 somehow, hit and running all over the place and I sensibly gave 147_star $100.47 of it to keep safe for me until I want to lose some more. I then span the $8 I had left up to $41 hit and running again. I lost $21 of it spazzing it away at cash and so I was left with $20, which brings us to the start of tonight, where I decided to go on a tourny spin...
I one tabled a $1 buy in $10k guaranteed first of all, which only got 6500 runners. I had a top 10 stack at one point with a couple of hundred players left but I ran a pair into a higher pair twice going ftw ($1.6k) to finish out of the top 100. I've since tilted away on some knockout sngs, which have just finished (6.50am).
An interesting spot I want to talk about:
First hand of a 90-man knockout sng. I had KQhh on the button @ 15/30 with a 3k stack. Being the first hand, everyone limped and I made a fucking tremendous shove. IMO. Any thoughts on the hand in the comments please.
I figured that if I get called, I might get lucky to knock someone out and if I take the pot down then I'd have a stack to knock most people out with for a round or so instead of just falling short and leaving them with 30 chips or something and not getting a bounty. Anyway, one of the limpers snapped 88 and board ran out TJJhh 3s 2s to knock me out. No rewarding (truly) great play at Full Tilt tonight, apparently.
I tilted out of all of the other sngs except for one of the 90-player $3 knockouts. I final tabled it without knocking anyone out (obv, ffs). I then managed to get outdrawn (KQ
Wasting my flipping time with this shit.
Only other thing I want to ask is, are we happy with this go-and-go at the ft of a $4 180-man tourn, or should it be a rr aip??
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4120855
$216 for 1st and $36 for 6th. Standard.
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