Thought I Should write something cos' Gids has told me off!
To be honest there's not been much to report so I haven't bothered, also I'm busy at work which is sad, but it pays the bills and with four chicks in the nest now I need to dig for worms more often.
The poker has been a bit pants, it's like a slow death. Having started on Harrington on cash games my interest was revitalised a little so I logged into Ladjokes to play some cash. I sat down at 2 short hand and 1 full ring 0.25/0.50c games and after a few minutes picked up KK on the bb on 1 of the short handed tables. I don't remember this happening at all in the 2 hours I sat at the cash table at DTD a few weeks ago, but it's all totally random and above board cos PWC say so!!! Anyway, there was a raise from early and all the others fold to me and I flat calling disguising my hand strength. The flop comes 9TJ rainbow, first to act I bet half the pot and he reraises so I push and he calls showing AQ and of course rivers the 8, so I spend the rest of the session clawing back my loss and finish 10 bucks down, how exciting.
I have been managing to watch quite a bit of the snooker on the BBCi and caught Ronnie's 147 the other afternoon, he's looking like he wants the title now. In the post match interview after all the old nobody's had drooled on him in the corridor, he said he was gonna lay it at the bookies in case somone else got one. Lets hope he got there as crucible history was made last night when Ali Carter also made a 147.
I've only had the one bet which is Stephen Maguire for tournament winner @ 12's and he's looking in good form.
The WSOP team league is looking like a lost cause but never say die, stranger things have happened, if we can all make final table the remaining weeks we might nick it - LOL.
Saturday brought another twist in the championship playoff hopes for the Blades , who amazingly are still mathematical possibilities, so It all goes down to Sunday. I'm not getting excited tho, too much still has to go our way - but I Live in hope!
As Han Solo said in the chinese restaurant - Use the forks Luke!
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Friday, 18 April 2008
Brother, Mother, any other Sucker!
Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups!
Week 9 in the WSOP Team league at laddies last night and the founder members currently lying in 7th have a great chancing of making it count if we can all go deep, as it's double points week.
I started off very quietly doing nothing much but keeping out of trouble. 5 mins from the end of the first hour just as thegame reminds me I can rebuy (Thanks m8- had forgot) I misread my hand and called a min raise with 8T off when I thought it was suited. Anyway I'm over the moon when I flop the Steve Austin (Stone Cold) NUTS! 79J rainbow. Broomdog who has some kind of serial raising disease bet out a lump. There was only one move with my small stack and they all went in. He calls and shows KT off and of course rivers the Q.
So it's rebuy and addon for me and as everyone does I'm still one of the poor relations. I make some no risk late position steals and make small progress. To be honest I played a blinder and when I start getting some cards I,m soon upto 25k and bullying the weak and short around the points bubble.
I feeling very confident but the rest of the team is out outside the points, it seems Ladbrokes only wants to take publicity retards to vegas because we get no luck when it counts. Well, who's on my table but Broomdog and his railbirds and as usual he's spouting off. I flat call his raise with 66 and when the flop is 974 rainbow and he bets out I'm confident my reraise will be the end of it, but he calls. The turn is another low blank 9 but he goes allin, of course I call and to my amazement, as I was expecting AQ off at worst, he shows JQ off. Of course the river double pairs the board with a 7 and his J is good enough, so instead of flying on elimating the muppet(who eventually came 2nd - of course) and progressing my stack to 40k, I'm down to 15k and now getting short.
I manage to progress back to 25k and then blinded down to 17k when in the small blind I am dealt 77 and when there's a raise from late to 5k I ASSUME he has AK etc and it's a race at worst if he calls my allin reraise. Unfortunately he calls and shows QQ and there's no help for me and I'm out 92nd, not the week we were looking for!
Chewing it over afterwards I reckon even if I had flat called pre with the flop all low the rest was going in anyway. BUT when the chips are low in comparison to the blinds I have been trying to stick to Sklansky's allin system, which can be alien at times but has served me quite well. BUT on this occasion I had ignored it when Sklansky had said to FOLD - DOH!!!
Oh well, maybe we can have a great run in where the teams above start dipping and mi' amigo's start making it deep into the points.
Remember - Guns are for show, Knives for a pro!
Week 9 in the WSOP Team league at laddies last night and the founder members currently lying in 7th have a great chancing of making it count if we can all go deep, as it's double points week.
I started off very quietly doing nothing much but keeping out of trouble. 5 mins from the end of the first hour just as thegame reminds me I can rebuy (Thanks m8- had forgot) I misread my hand and called a min raise with 8T off when I thought it was suited. Anyway I'm over the moon when I flop the Steve Austin (Stone Cold) NUTS! 79J rainbow. Broomdog who has some kind of serial raising disease bet out a lump. There was only one move with my small stack and they all went in. He calls and shows KT off and of course rivers the Q.
So it's rebuy and addon for me and as everyone does I'm still one of the poor relations. I make some no risk late position steals and make small progress. To be honest I played a blinder and when I start getting some cards I,m soon upto 25k and bullying the weak and short around the points bubble.
I feeling very confident but the rest of the team is out outside the points, it seems Ladbrokes only wants to take publicity retards to vegas because we get no luck when it counts. Well, who's on my table but Broomdog and his railbirds and as usual he's spouting off. I flat call his raise with 66 and when the flop is 974 rainbow and he bets out I'm confident my reraise will be the end of it, but he calls. The turn is another low blank 9 but he goes allin, of course I call and to my amazement, as I was expecting AQ off at worst, he shows JQ off. Of course the river double pairs the board with a 7 and his J is good enough, so instead of flying on elimating the muppet(who eventually came 2nd - of course) and progressing my stack to 40k, I'm down to 15k and now getting short.
I manage to progress back to 25k and then blinded down to 17k when in the small blind I am dealt 77 and when there's a raise from late to 5k I ASSUME he has AK etc and it's a race at worst if he calls my allin reraise. Unfortunately he calls and shows QQ and there's no help for me and I'm out 92nd, not the week we were looking for!
Chewing it over afterwards I reckon even if I had flat called pre with the flop all low the rest was going in anyway. BUT when the chips are low in comparison to the blinds I have been trying to stick to Sklansky's allin system, which can be alien at times but has served me quite well. BUT on this occasion I had ignored it when Sklansky had said to FOLD - DOH!!!
Oh well, maybe we can have a great run in where the teams above start dipping and mi' amigo's start making it deep into the points.
Remember - Guns are for show, Knives for a pro!
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Are They Insane...?
Last night was the big one blades at home to the owls for the steel city derby, and what drama it was. Unbelievably after peppering the pigs net for 40 mins they pop one in against the run of play and we go in at half time 0-1 down. Having been the better side 
in the 1st half I was looking forward to the 2nd but yet again against the run of play the pigs knocked one in and we were looking at a defecit of 2-0. However infront of a packed house of 31000+ Beattie's shot was knocked in off a clearence from their defender and we were back in with a sniff. 5 mins to go and Beattie lines up a free kick from 30 yards, with awesone technique ronaldo'esque and had it been him the pundits would have been talking about it for days, he pops it right in the top corner infront of the kop and the crowd went wild! The final whistle went and it finished 2-2 but we left feeling like we had won. Of course my scorecast was screwed as soon as the pigs scored first (united 2-0 Beattie)
Two numpty's on Radio Sheffield this morning were suggesting that we might have thrown the game so that the pigs could get a point.....Are they Insane???
It looks like too little too late though for the play-off's this year and leaves me wondering what could have been had we got rid of that useless twat Robson at the end of January!!!
Just a small word on the National and many thanks to Mr Townsend for his Comply or Die tip as it paid for all my other losing bets on the day! I also had a little e/w on Slim Pickings which nicely came in 4th only at 12's though; and had some e/w on Knowhere, which ironically came Nowhere!!!
Had a little punt yesterday in the 4.20 at sedgfield after a nod from one of the mates on 'Totally Scottish' at 12-1. It was running well until 4th from last where it left itself no room on the inside of the baby hurdles and collided and fell - DOH!
Week 8 in the WSOP team league at laddies this week and we are in decent shape at the halfway stage, lets hope we can make it count - come on 'the founder members'
in the 1st half I was looking forward to the 2nd but yet again against the run of play the pigs knocked one in and we were looking at a defecit of 2-0. However infront of a packed house of 31000+ Beattie's shot was knocked in off a clearence from their defender and we were back in with a sniff. 5 mins to go and Beattie lines up a free kick from 30 yards, with awesone technique ronaldo'esque and had it been him the pundits would have been talking about it for days, he pops it right in the top corner infront of the kop and the crowd went wild! The final whistle went and it finished 2-2 but we left feeling like we had won. Of course my scorecast was screwed as soon as the pigs scored first (united 2-0 Beattie)Two numpty's on Radio Sheffield this morning were suggesting that we might have thrown the game so that the pigs could get a point.....Are they Insane???
It looks like too little too late though for the play-off's this year and leaves me wondering what could have been had we got rid of that useless twat Robson at the end of January!!!
Just a small word on the National and many thanks to Mr Townsend for his Comply or Die tip as it paid for all my other losing bets on the day! I also had a little e/w on Slim Pickings which nicely came in 4th only at 12's though; and had some e/w on Knowhere, which ironically came Nowhere!!!
Had a little punt yesterday in the 4.20 at sedgfield after a nod from one of the mates on 'Totally Scottish' at 12-1. It was running well until 4th from last where it left itself no room on the inside of the baby hurdles and collided and fell - DOH!
Week 8 in the WSOP team league at laddies this week and we are in decent shape at the halfway stage, lets hope we can make it count - come on 'the founder members'
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