Injured again. Same knee, though just stretched ligaments (self diagnosis) I can't be arsed going to hospital, i'll just repeat the rehab process as before. Worst thing is being off work, No work, no money. Every day i'm not there I lose £50, not good. Hate being immobile. Bastard fucking shit.
Well, it could be worse. I could have AIDS, or be a vegetarian, or something else unpleasant. Rant rant rant rant rant rant.......
Sunday, 31 August 2008
Sunday, 24 August 2008
Plodding along.
Just a quick update, minimal change really. Went to another live tournament a week ago and ran KK into AA first hand so that was quite fun. Work is sweatier than ever though I managed to get a wee rise to a truly colossal 7.14/h. Only 3 weeks left of work now and another £1k to be paid into the old account, something which will be very very welcome indeed.
I also got an email off the full tilt support team telling me I am now eligible for rakeback on my account which is beautiful. So once work is done I'll begin the grind (for about the 4th time). But this time try not to withdraw and really try and hit the 1k mark. See y'all soon. x
I also got an email off the full tilt support team telling me I am now eligible for rakeback on my account which is beautiful. So once work is done I'll begin the grind (for about the 4th time). But this time try not to withdraw and really try and hit the 1k mark. See y'all soon. x
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Thou shalt not gamble
Just got back from the sweatshop. It's getting worse, mainly because of the sheer amount of stuff that gets put on my machine. Last week I had 437,000+ envelopes to do (to give you an idea, each wad you pick up, straighten out, squash, check, replace crap envelopes, then pack, consists of 200 envelopes). It took a VERY long time. This week I have an order for 1.5 million. Who actually needs 1.5 million envelopes? Is it a ratio of one pixel per envelope or something? Gah. I don't mind hard work either, but this just so dull. Yet necessary I suppose.
You know when you're daydreaming, images float into your head, be it a naked woman or a dead vegetarian. Mine are envelopes. Conveyor belts of envelopes. I have also found out that whenever I get post, I'm more interested in the envelope rather than the contents, examining it and thinking to myself "Is this packable?." Haha, god someone help me.
Finance is getting better, obviously still in debt due to this bastard rent, but better nonetheless. I decided to take out my stars winnings which were small ($112.78) as wasn't getting many hands in due to tiredness/gym/ wife. Yesterday though me and a couple of friends were driving around and one suggested we pay a visit to the casino as he wanted to join to get a free tenner bet. There wasn't any poker on so I told myself I wasn't going to play ( I don't play roulette or blackjack) and then while they were having fun on the roulette tables, I sat down next to a guy who I'd played football with for about 7 years. Fancy that. He was pissing around on the brag tables so I thought fuck it and got 20 quids worth of chips. I then hit a straight flush, and a few straights to leave me at £115 profit at the end of the night. I ran stupidly well, almost Isaac like (but not quite :p). For minimum stakes that wasn't bad, but Everyone else around was dropping hundreds and I just thought to myself don't dare come back for more as I'll swing harder than Klitschko. I vow never to play that game again, but being drunk or something similiar it probably won't happen.
Next debt to pay off= College bill.
You know when you're daydreaming, images float into your head, be it a naked woman or a dead vegetarian. Mine are envelopes. Conveyor belts of envelopes. I have also found out that whenever I get post, I'm more interested in the envelope rather than the contents, examining it and thinking to myself "Is this packable?." Haha, god someone help me.
Finance is getting better, obviously still in debt due to this bastard rent, but better nonetheless. I decided to take out my stars winnings which were small ($112.78) as wasn't getting many hands in due to tiredness/gym/ wife. Yesterday though me and a couple of friends were driving around and one suggested we pay a visit to the casino as he wanted to join to get a free tenner bet. There wasn't any poker on so I told myself I wasn't going to play ( I don't play roulette or blackjack) and then while they were having fun on the roulette tables, I sat down next to a guy who I'd played football with for about 7 years. Fancy that. He was pissing around on the brag tables so I thought fuck it and got 20 quids worth of chips. I then hit a straight flush, and a few straights to leave me at £115 profit at the end of the night. I ran stupidly well, almost Isaac like (but not quite :p). For minimum stakes that wasn't bad, but Everyone else around was dropping hundreds and I just thought to myself don't dare come back for more as I'll swing harder than Klitschko. I vow never to play that game again, but being drunk or something similiar it probably won't happen.
Next debt to pay off= College bill.
Monday, 4 August 2008
Potential. But frustrating.
Well, I've played a lot of poker over the past few days. Went to two live tournaments at the weekend and final tabled both earning me a total of £130- ok, but it could have been a lot lot more.
Friday was moron night at napoleons, a (wait for it) £10 pot limit tournament with unlimited rebuys for 2 hours, starting chipstack 1k, with blinds at 100/100 for the duration of the rebuy period. Basically, If you hit your hand, you will get paid unless someone outdraws you. Cut a long story short, ended 6th after I ran AQs into 77 twice in two consecutive hands.
Saturday however was possibly the best tournament poker I've played, against people who know how to play. To make things even more interesting, there were 4 quads that night, two of them on my table., including a hand going thus..
First to act raises with 77, gets called by 88 and JJ. Flop comes 784. All in. Turn. 7.chip
And this one.
UTG raises with A3s, Kylan reraises with AA, mini stack pushes with 85o for some value. Flop xx3 Turn: 3. River. 3.
I was picking some nice spots to raise on shit, and later on, there was a 3 way monster pot which I managed to win become chip leader.
UTG raises with 99, really stupid woman player (who incidentally MIN raised my big blind a few times and put me on epic tilt) calls this large raise with A10, and I move in with AKclubs. Flop came two clubs and managed to hit on the river, though it must be said I did have a vast amount of outs on the turn through a straight draw too. I was seriously stacked up now and increased it further when I stacked another two people (small and medium stacked respectively). And then all of a sudden I went card dead on the final table, I couldn't really bully too much either, as I wasn't getting even speculative hands, it was 9 max, and there were two others not too far away in their respective chipstacks. Blinds became incredibly large to the point where most people were on 8-10 BB. The one hand I did raise (AQ) under the gun met a reraise all in, and after thinking (hoping) he wouldn't do that with AJ, I made a fold as I decided he must have 1010+. I layed it down face up, the bloke said good fold and showed AK. That made me happy.
After another while I pushed K5s from the SB into tens which pissed me off epicly. I keep telling myself it was unlucky as I had him covered (not by much) and that he would only call on perhaps the top 20-25% of hands at best. Needless to say I went out for a pathetic 50 quid.
Jokerstars has been going ok, roll stands at $101 but I must confess I have been playing 10c/25c, but playing steadily if I say so myself. Just hope it continues. Hope everyone is going ok. x
Friday was moron night at napoleons, a (wait for it) £10 pot limit tournament with unlimited rebuys for 2 hours, starting chipstack 1k, with blinds at 100/100 for the duration of the rebuy period. Basically, If you hit your hand, you will get paid unless someone outdraws you. Cut a long story short, ended 6th after I ran AQs into 77 twice in two consecutive hands.
Saturday however was possibly the best tournament poker I've played, against people who know how to play. To make things even more interesting, there were 4 quads that night, two of them on my table., including a hand going thus..
First to act raises with 77, gets called by 88 and JJ. Flop comes 784. All in. Turn. 7.chip
And this one.
UTG raises with A3s, Kylan reraises with AA, mini stack pushes with 85o for some value. Flop xx3 Turn: 3. River. 3.
I was picking some nice spots to raise on shit, and later on, there was a 3 way monster pot which I managed to win become chip leader.
UTG raises with 99, really stupid woman player (who incidentally MIN raised my big blind a few times and put me on epic tilt) calls this large raise with A10, and I move in with AKclubs. Flop came two clubs and managed to hit on the river, though it must be said I did have a vast amount of outs on the turn through a straight draw too. I was seriously stacked up now and increased it further when I stacked another two people (small and medium stacked respectively). And then all of a sudden I went card dead on the final table, I couldn't really bully too much either, as I wasn't getting even speculative hands, it was 9 max, and there were two others not too far away in their respective chipstacks. Blinds became incredibly large to the point where most people were on 8-10 BB. The one hand I did raise (AQ) under the gun met a reraise all in, and after thinking (hoping) he wouldn't do that with AJ, I made a fold as I decided he must have 1010+. I layed it down face up, the bloke said good fold and showed AK. That made me happy.
After another while I pushed K5s from the SB into tens which pissed me off epicly. I keep telling myself it was unlucky as I had him covered (not by much) and that he would only call on perhaps the top 20-25% of hands at best. Needless to say I went out for a pathetic 50 quid.
Jokerstars has been going ok, roll stands at $101 but I must confess I have been playing 10c/25c, but playing steadily if I say so myself. Just hope it continues. Hope everyone is going ok. x
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