Well, thats not great is it. When I say not great, I mean it's fucking shit. I think fucking shit, but really it's as tragic as a peadophile breaking into an orphanage.
Anyways, I started playing full tilt a year n a bit ago for play money, and to cut a ling story short I tried to wangle another account so I could get rakeback. Didn't go well. So....my good old friend...... POKER UTD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's such a horrible site, graphics are horriffic, it's like pixellated genicide- the cards are wonky and the buttons are squashed and sprawled on top of each other....imagine 17 (old) Andy Fordhams trying to get into a mini, and there you have it.
Saving grace? THE PLAYERS!!!!!!!! I had about a tenner left in, played a few sit n gos to get it up to 20 (£), and now I'm playing 25/50. It is that bad. People know I'm a tragic cash player, but genuinely these people just seem drunk. When I start work in a few weeks ima deposit on Titan and then Carbon (No expiry date on the latter) and hopefully grind it up there. Meh.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Friday, 20 June 2008
Life is good.
Well, where do I start. Passed my exams (amazingly). That's the first thing. In certain modules I didn't turn up to a single seminar in the last two terms because I thought they were shit, boring, and unnecessary, and thus far I've never set foot in Durham University Lbrary which is an achievement only a fresher (or a super brainy/lazy non-fresher) could achieve! I averaged just short of a 2:1 which is what I expected to be honest, though I know next year will be a lot better.
Next thing, football! Italy beat France and that smelly french cuntrag Raymond Domenech got what he deserved after mouthing off about how we've apparently cheated since the final of the WC. Spain in the next round will be interesting though, seeing as Gattuso + Pirlo are out, though De rossi and Aquilani should start if Donadoni has any sense! Woo happy days.
Next is poker. 25NL is going good, up about $100 in total, taking my roll finally past the 500s after a month or 2 of utter crap. It's interesting how I've taken to it seeing as it's 9 max and I'm normally a 6 max player. I am really happy with it though, as I was getting a bit pissed off seeing as I got from $40 to $400 in just over a month playing 5NL and $3 Sit n goes, and then having a break even few months having moved up. If I get past $600 before I start work then I'll keep withdrawing so I'll have just enough for the FT bonus...and then the proper poker will start.
The festival was great, so much fun. On the first table I had a min raiser to my right, so I just kept reraising :) swiftly developping a crazy image. There was one particalar hand where I smooth called to the river on a flop of all spades, turn X river X, when I put in a big raise to Magic's bet, and thankfully he folded top pair after saying "you must have flopped the flush." I showed AQ, no spade.
Next me and Hannes had a series of hilarious bluffing pots and we were just having a fucking ace time, cracking jokes etc, gotta love the big german. This soon led to an all in after I reraised 3x his button bet from the SB (blinds 150/300) with JJ and him coming over the top. This put me in a difficult position but I decided I couldn't fold and thankfully I was well ahead when he showed AJ. This put me somewhere around 2nd in chips overall to a bloke who doubled up from Tom lassey, who arsed himself epicly early on. (legendary)
Eventually I got to the final table but went out on the bubble after being pretty card dead. With blinds of 800/1600 I pushed A2o from the SB into Matt Gambles QQ which held up. The fish then went on to win the whole thing :)
There was a cash game afterwards which was again hilarious, I was a bout a fiver up after playing pretty well, and then an all in with Pauls KK sent me packing even though I actually put him on the Hand when he started talking. Hell, I was still too happy about Italy! So yeah, a great day with a great set of blokes, ending in the usual fashion of me giving my money to Paul.
Hope everyone has a great holiday, and hope the poker goes well.
Man love xxxxx
Next thing, football! Italy beat France and that smelly french cuntrag Raymond Domenech got what he deserved after mouthing off about how we've apparently cheated since the final of the WC. Spain in the next round will be interesting though, seeing as Gattuso + Pirlo are out, though De rossi and Aquilani should start if Donadoni has any sense! Woo happy days.
Next is poker. 25NL is going good, up about $100 in total, taking my roll finally past the 500s after a month or 2 of utter crap. It's interesting how I've taken to it seeing as it's 9 max and I'm normally a 6 max player. I am really happy with it though, as I was getting a bit pissed off seeing as I got from $40 to $400 in just over a month playing 5NL and $3 Sit n goes, and then having a break even few months having moved up. If I get past $600 before I start work then I'll keep withdrawing so I'll have just enough for the FT bonus...and then the proper poker will start.
The festival was great, so much fun. On the first table I had a min raiser to my right, so I just kept reraising :) swiftly developping a crazy image. There was one particalar hand where I smooth called to the river on a flop of all spades, turn X river X, when I put in a big raise to Magic's bet, and thankfully he folded top pair after saying "you must have flopped the flush." I showed AQ, no spade.
Next me and Hannes had a series of hilarious bluffing pots and we were just having a fucking ace time, cracking jokes etc, gotta love the big german. This soon led to an all in after I reraised 3x his button bet from the SB (blinds 150/300) with JJ and him coming over the top. This put me in a difficult position but I decided I couldn't fold and thankfully I was well ahead when he showed AJ. This put me somewhere around 2nd in chips overall to a bloke who doubled up from Tom lassey, who arsed himself epicly early on. (legendary)
Eventually I got to the final table but went out on the bubble after being pretty card dead. With blinds of 800/1600 I pushed A2o from the SB into Matt Gambles QQ which held up. The fish then went on to win the whole thing :)
There was a cash game afterwards which was again hilarious, I was a bout a fiver up after playing pretty well, and then an all in with Pauls KK sent me packing even though I actually put him on the Hand when he started talking. Hell, I was still too happy about Italy! So yeah, a great day with a great set of blokes, ending in the usual fashion of me giving my money to Paul.
Hope everyone has a great holiday, and hope the poker goes well.
Man love xxxxx
Friday, 13 June 2008
Finally out of the rut.
Some frequent posts here, and frankly bored as have nothing to do until after the Rowing. As I mentioned before I've started playing 25NL, and I'm up just short of 3 Buy ins, taking my roll up the 480s after about a month and a bit hovering between 430 and 370, a month of not particularly fantastic poker nor running well. The last two days have been different.
I've been running well (my definition: not being outdrawn when you're ahead), had minimal suckouts, and really just tried to get an image of supertight agressive, as I'm assuming a few players at 25NL may have software, using that to my advantage. I've hit some nice hands and got paid, but mostly they've been from people trying to shortstack, and not doing it very well, and bastards min raising (yes I do hate min raisers) and me calling on A rag to try and outdraw their KK/QQ firstly because it's cheap, and secondly out of spite :). By the way, if you wan't to extract value from me, min raise ;)
The Sit n go's havent been going to plan recently, can't put my finger on it... but I figure it's time to get the practice in on cash if I've any chance of clearing bonuses and breaking even/winning.
Christ I can chatter, but it's good to talk...even to myself :D.
I've been running well (my definition: not being outdrawn when you're ahead), had minimal suckouts, and really just tried to get an image of supertight agressive, as I'm assuming a few players at 25NL may have software, using that to my advantage. I've hit some nice hands and got paid, but mostly they've been from people trying to shortstack, and not doing it very well, and bastards min raising (yes I do hate min raisers) and me calling on A rag to try and outdraw their KK/QQ firstly because it's cheap, and secondly out of spite :). By the way, if you wan't to extract value from me, min raise ;)
The Sit n go's havent been going to plan recently, can't put my finger on it... but I figure it's time to get the practice in on cash if I've any chance of clearing bonuses and breaking even/winning.
Christ I can chatter, but it's good to talk...even to myself :D.
WHY?????
Why is it that Italy get fucked over in every fucking tournament due to the epic uncompromising and downright thorough mental retardation of referees? Why!?
If you watched the match you will realise that Romania played good football, but Italy on the whole played better. After one fuck up my Zambrotta which gifted them they're goal, Pannucci scored at the other end a minute later. Fantastic. 1-1.
Rewind a bit. To a goal that Luca Toni scored through a header. Nice worked move, bang in the net. BUT NO!!!! yet ANOTHER shit decision. It wasn't difficult. it wasn't 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other. He was clearly 2 yards onside. That therefore would have made it 2-1. Next comes a penalty for what I can only assume is heavy breathing on the back of the Romanian attackers back. Thankfully the genius og Gigi Buffon ensured Justice was done.
To confound the general spastication of the officials, comes a series of excellent tackles, that were deemed too hard and were subsequently blown up by the ref. Arrrrrrgh!!!! Fuckers! As long as France don't go through I don't care.
If you watched the match you will realise that Romania played good football, but Italy on the whole played better. After one fuck up my Zambrotta which gifted them they're goal, Pannucci scored at the other end a minute later. Fantastic. 1-1.
Rewind a bit. To a goal that Luca Toni scored through a header. Nice worked move, bang in the net. BUT NO!!!! yet ANOTHER shit decision. It wasn't difficult. it wasn't 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other. He was clearly 2 yards onside. That therefore would have made it 2-1. Next comes a penalty for what I can only assume is heavy breathing on the back of the Romanian attackers back. Thankfully the genius og Gigi Buffon ensured Justice was done.
To confound the general spastication of the officials, comes a series of excellent tackles, that were deemed too hard and were subsequently blown up by the ref. Arrrrrrgh!!!! Fuckers! As long as France don't go through I don't care.
Min raising?
I don't understand it. Genuinely. I see people min raising with top pair J, which to me is thick, because it's a hand which is easily outdrawn on later streets. You want to be getting maximum value out of it and so wouldn't you just raise 3x or more, and if you take it down you'd be happy anyway?
If you have the nuts and you min raise, to me it sets off alarm bells and I'll be more likely to fold a reasonable hand Heads Up. Raising 3x to me doesnt really make a difference, people who think they have a good hand will call anyway, so why lose value? I think the only time I might min raise would be flopping the stone cold nuts in a pot with 4 or more people, so if one bloke calls, the rest are getting odds to do so aswell, building the pot to then betting the turn hard. Meh, thats just me. Any comments on how I'm wrong would be appreciated
Just on 10/25 at the mo, up a buyin after fishing hard for a flush after I flopped mid pair and a draw...fuck it i'll just post it up.
PokerStars Game #18105894394: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/06/13 - 08:20:31 (ET)Table 'Pemba II' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: TonyP22 ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Hayate1337 ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Tuwei168 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: tiburoni ($5.10 in chips)
Seat 7: francisbbg ($11.90 in chips)
Seat 8: k030101 ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 9: Chris994 ($24.30 in chips)
Hayate1337: posts small blind $0.10
Tuwei168: posts big blind $0.25
KillingAce: sits out
rockandrock: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TonyP22 [9h 6h]
tiburoni: folds
francisbbg: calls $0.25
k030101: folds
Chris994: calls $0.25
TonyP22: calls $0.25
Hayate1337: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Tuwei168: folds
francisbbg: calls $0.50
Chris994: calls $0.50
TonyP22: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [9d 7h Kh]
Hayate1337: bets $1.25
francisbbg: calls $1.25
Chris994: folds
TonyP22: calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [9d 7h Kh] [3d]
Hayate1337: bets $3
francisbbg: raises $3 to $6
TonyP22: calls $6
Hayate1337: raises $7.90 to $13.90 and is all-in
francisbbg: calls $3.90 and is all-in
TonyP22: calls $7.90
*** RIVER *** [9d 7h Kh 3d] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hayate1337: shows [Jc Kc] (a pair of Kings)
TonyP22: shows [9h 6h] (a flush, King high)
TonyP22 collected $7.60 from side pot
francisbbg: mucks hand
TonyP22 collected $34.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $44.70 Main pot $34.90. Side pot $7.60. Rake $2.20
Board [9d 7h Kh 3d 2h]
Seat 2: TonyP22 (button) showed [9h 6h] and won ($42.50) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: Hayate1337 (small blind) showed [Jc Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Tuwei168 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: tiburoni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: francisbbg mucked [9s Ks]
Seat 8: k030101 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Chris994 folded on the Flo
In hindsight I think I probably should have pushed the turn (even folded???) but hell, I'm still learning.
If you have the nuts and you min raise, to me it sets off alarm bells and I'll be more likely to fold a reasonable hand Heads Up. Raising 3x to me doesnt really make a difference, people who think they have a good hand will call anyway, so why lose value? I think the only time I might min raise would be flopping the stone cold nuts in a pot with 4 or more people, so if one bloke calls, the rest are getting odds to do so aswell, building the pot to then betting the turn hard. Meh, thats just me. Any comments on how I'm wrong would be appreciated
Just on 10/25 at the mo, up a buyin after fishing hard for a flush after I flopped mid pair and a draw...fuck it i'll just post it up.
PokerStars Game #18105894394: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/06/13 - 08:20:31 (ET)Table 'Pemba II' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: TonyP22 ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 3: Hayate1337 ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Tuwei168 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: tiburoni ($5.10 in chips)
Seat 7: francisbbg ($11.90 in chips)
Seat 8: k030101 ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 9: Chris994 ($24.30 in chips)
Hayate1337: posts small blind $0.10
Tuwei168: posts big blind $0.25
KillingAce: sits out
rockandrock: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TonyP22 [9h 6h]
tiburoni: folds
francisbbg: calls $0.25
k030101: folds
Chris994: calls $0.25
TonyP22: calls $0.25
Hayate1337: raises $0.50 to $0.75
Tuwei168: folds
francisbbg: calls $0.50
Chris994: calls $0.50
TonyP22: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [9d 7h Kh]
Hayate1337: bets $1.25
francisbbg: calls $1.25
Chris994: folds
TonyP22: calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [9d 7h Kh] [3d]
Hayate1337: bets $3
francisbbg: raises $3 to $6
TonyP22: calls $6
Hayate1337: raises $7.90 to $13.90 and is all-in
francisbbg: calls $3.90 and is all-in
TonyP22: calls $7.90
*** RIVER *** [9d 7h Kh 3d] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hayate1337: shows [Jc Kc] (a pair of Kings)
TonyP22: shows [9h 6h] (a flush, King high)
TonyP22 collected $7.60 from side pot
francisbbg: mucks hand
TonyP22 collected $34.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $44.70 Main pot $34.90. Side pot $7.60. Rake $2.20
Board [9d 7h Kh 3d 2h]
Seat 2: TonyP22 (button) showed [9h 6h] and won ($42.50) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: Hayate1337 (small blind) showed [Jc Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Tuwei168 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: tiburoni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: francisbbg mucked [9s Ks]
Seat 8: k030101 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Chris994 folded on the Flo
In hindsight I think I probably should have pushed the turn (even folded???) but hell, I'm still learning.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
more chatter
Carrying on the 10/25, up about two buyins till a minute ag0 where some fucker raised, I called with JJ, flop comes 668, he cbets, I raise, he pushes, turn 7, river 8. shows 10 9. Wouldn't have minded top pair, but CHRIST!!!
This bodes well for the future, if there are more people like this retard :)
This bodes well for the future, if there are more people like this retard :)
Bored/hyper/hungry
Carrying on my fickle attitude toward poker, I am playing at this moment 25NL with 16BI so not really enough ideally, but it's fucking amazing how many more FPPs you get when playing it. Usually in the (tragic) event I do play online cash, It's 10NL 6-max, but 3 tabling 25NL 9 max will surely do the trick to clear the full tilt bonus this holiday. Just actually can't wait now to earn some rakeback and proper bonus money instead of pissing around on the 400 mark.
It's something new and interesting, and if that's the case, I play so much better. There are still morons here too, which is always useful when I start to play shit. I've been watching monsieur blake play 50/1 over the last few weeks, very tight-agressive and he rakes in the profit, so I've decided to play pretty much everything fast, and fold speculative (beautiful) hands like low/mid suited connectors, and so far it's going ok (i.e not down) Making some ok reads aswell- Put some bloke who pretty much min raised my raise from the SB on 66-99 and it went thus.
Just been round postering it up today with Tom around the colleges, should be a good Mary's contingent down there for the festival on tuesday after seeing a few mates from back home in town. Also durham regatta this weekend, which will be the last rowing i'll ever do :) 8 years of rowing gets a bit tedious. Bring on the martial arts!!!
It's something new and interesting, and if that's the case, I play so much better. There are still morons here too, which is always useful when I start to play shit. I've been watching monsieur blake play 50/1 over the last few weeks, very tight-agressive and he rakes in the profit, so I've decided to play pretty much everything fast, and fold speculative (beautiful) hands like low/mid suited connectors, and so far it's going ok (i.e not down) Making some ok reads aswell- Put some bloke who pretty much min raised my raise from the SB on 66-99 and it went thus.
PokerStars Game #18086925784: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/06/12 - 11:12:35 (ET)Table 'Norma III' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Lupus555 ($12.70 in chips)
Seat 2: Musi8to8 ($5.45 in chips)
Seat 4: GladJak ($22.60 in chips)
Seat 5: TonyP22 ($25.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Jeanteub ($25.05 in chips)
Seat 7: Shlappy ($8.25 in chips)
Seat 8: Pavlique ($9.35 in chips)
Seat 9: garrymdp ($6.75 in chips)
TonyP22: posts small blind $0.10
Jeanteub: posts big blind $0.25
joepeger: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TonyP22 [As 5c]
Shlappy: folds
Pavlique: folds
garrymdp: folds
Lupus555: folds
Musi8to8: folds
GladJak: folds
TonyP22: raises $0.75 to $1
Jeanteub: raises $1.25 to $2.25
TonyP22: calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qc 5h]
TonyP22: checks
Jeanteub: bets $2
TonyP22: calls $2
***TURN *** [Kd Qc 5h] [6c]
TonyP22: checks
Jeanteub: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qc 5h 6c] [9c]
TonyP22: bets $4.25
Jeanteub: folds
Uncalled bet ($4.25) returned to TonyP22
TonyP22 collected $8.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $8.50 Rake $0.40 Board [Kd Qc 5h 6c 9c]
Seat 1: Lupus555 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Musi8to8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: GladJak (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: TonyP22 (small blind) collected ($8.10)
Seat 6: Jeanteub (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 7: Shlappy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Pavlique folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: garrymdp folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Just been round postering it up today with Tom around the colleges, should be a good Mary's contingent down there for the festival on tuesday after seeing a few mates from back home in town. Also durham regatta this weekend, which will be the last rowing i'll ever do :) 8 years of rowing gets a bit tedious. Bring on the martial arts!!!
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