If Carlsberg did dull poker blogs, they'd do this one

[ibis]

Objection m"lud. Did you not knock him out of the one tournament he took part in?

I think she did (can"t quite recall!) and as I also went out before you, I"ve decided to spend all my time re-watching Stox videos ready for the big Xmas WSOP (Norwich) game.

[monkeyman]

Stox have been in contact and asked if they can release a video of my play. Apparently they had some cameras secretly filming at the Scottish Open and they felt that "How to race off to an early overall lead, despite playing on one off the toughest tables known to APAT, but still completely f**k it up" would be of interest to their subscribers.
 

[Swinebag]

Stox have been in contact and asked if they can release a video of my play. Apparently they had some cameras secretly filming at the Scottish Open and they felt that "How to race off to an early overall lead, despite playing on one off the toughest tables known to APAT, but still completely f**k it up" would be of interest to their subscribers.
 

"tough table"

Wasn"t Ian on it?

[monkeyman]

Stox have been in contact and asked if they can release a video of my play. Apparently they had some cameras secretly filming at the Scottish Open and they felt that "How to race off to an early overall lead, despite playing on one off the toughest tables known to APAT, but still completely f**k it up" would be of interest to their subscribers.
 

"tough table"

Wasn"t Ian on it?

Actually, now you come to mention it.....   Toughest starting table I"ve been on so far is a really close call. You"re right Rob, Ian was there, seated two away from you if I remember correctly. I had James Eccles to my right and Scouse was kind enough to fold to a few of my 3-bets.
  However, over in Cardiff I had Max Ward, Dewi (no guinness until 8.30pm) James and Andrew Tracey for table companions at the outset. We were then joined by Liv Boeree and Gareth Owers.
  Anyone care to comment on which was the tougher table?  

[Swinebag]

definitely the Cardiff one!!

[monkeyman]

I think its time for another of my regular readjustments of my playing habits as I"ve come to the conclusion that Betfair hate me.
   Following on from being on the receiving end of a straight flush last week, the following hand has just happened in one of Bet"FFS"fair"s six handed sit and gos. I"m in the big blind with the blinds at 15/30. There are two limpers and I check. The flop is   and as I"m holding  jd ts I"m excited. One of the two other players in the pot has already raised/reraised a couple of times, so I decide to check because I think that at least one of my opponents will bet out, giving me the chance to go over the top of them. The player to my left checks and the other guy, the one who has raised me off previous hands, puts in a 90 chip bet. I reraise to 300 and to my surprise, the guy to my left reraises me to 540. I took this as meaning he had a narrow range of very strong hands, either  ad/kd or trips, that I was ahead of. I go all in and my opponent calls with, surprise,surprise, trip sevens. Unfortunately the turn was also a seven, giving him quads.
  If you can"t win a hand when flopping a straight, I think its time for a change of sites. Thankfully, Pokerstars have me in their good books at the moment.

[Swinebag]

  If you can"t win a hand when flopping a straight, I think its time for a change of sites.

I dont usually deal in bad beats Simon, but just to make you feel better, I had this beauty in a live single rebuy at the G casino Manchester last Sunday.

blinds 50/100 action goes : UTG limp, LP raise to 300. I have TJo OTB and call (had not played a hand so far and we are in to the second level). Blinds fold, limper calls.

Flop comes 8 9 Q rainbow (woop woop!!)

Limper leads for 800, LP raiser calls, I shove for my last 2500 and get 2 callers. Rest of the money goes in on a K turn.

On our backs... and its my str8 v original limpers Q9 (and 2 pair) and LP raisers TT (WTF!!)

river is a Q and I"m down to my solitary rebuy!!

To make matters worse I was dealing for the table and had to deal my own fate!!

Sorry for hijacking your blog but also have to say......

£3.50 juice for a £10 (+ one £5 rebuy) tourney which is dealer dealt... (I didn"t even get a free Pint for my efforts)...it beggars belief!!

Come on APAT, lets have S3, so I dont have to resort to playing in these tourneys!!

[monkeyman]

Contrary to yesterday"s post, I haven"t altered my playing mix, although my habit of running into ridiculously strong hands has continued. Today I"ve managed to get my chips in with a better starting hand than my opponent and encountered quads again and a royal flush. Oddly enough, I"ve also won a few games so I"m still up for the week. Who knows what Ipoker have in store for me tomorrow at 8pm

[Swinebag]

I managed to persuade my slavemasters to grant day release and have spent the afternoon at Fakenham races. The 2.00, a competitive juvenile hurdle event was won very impressively by a horse called Starluck who the Racing Post have now stated is favourite for the Triumph Hurdle at next year"s Cheltenham festival. As soon as I got home, and despite the fact that I rarely bet ante post, I logged on to Betfair and took advantage of the 22-1 on offer for the event in question. If you any of are dumb enough to take any notice of anything I say, then more fool you and I take no responsibility if you lose a penny backing anything I"ve recommended. However, if Starluck does win next March, I know where you live and I will send the boys round to collect my commission.    

He"s racing tomorrow at cheltenham in a juvenile. Could be a good indicator for March?

[monkeyman]

I managed to persuade my slavemasters to grant day release and have spent the afternoon at Fakenham races. The 2.00, a competitive juvenile hurdle event was won very impressively by a horse called Starluck who the Racing Post have now stated is favourite for the Triumph Hurdle at next year"s Cheltenham festival. As soon as I got home, and despite the fact that I rarely bet ante post, I logged on to Betfair and took advantage of the 22-1 on offer for the event in question. If you any of are dumb enough to take any notice of anything I say, then more fool you and I take no responsibility if you lose a penny backing anything I"ve recommended. However, if Starluck does win next March, I know where you live and I will send the boys round to collect my commission.    

He"s racing tomorrow at cheltenham in a juvenile. Could be a good indicator for March?

I"ve just gone through the form for tomorrow and think he"s the best horse in the race. The one to keep an eye on is Reve De Sivola, who last time out finished third, beaten 7.5 lenghths, in the strongest juvenile hurdle run so far this season. I still think Starluck is going to win though although the potential fly in the ointment is the ground. The jockeys at Cheltenham ths afternoon were reporting the ground to be soft and there is heavy rain forecast ahead of tomorrows meeting. Starluck has already been pulled out of a race this season because of soft ground although he won in it at a good level on the flat in Ireland.
  All things considered, I probably wont have a bet tomorrow, although that depends on the price available. However, I will be very interested in assessing the form of the race afterwards with next March in mind.        

[suzanne]

Just read from the start....excellent blog monkeyman.

[Santino67]

  Betfair! Gotta love it when it"s in your favour. Last week on a 25c/50c cash table i fell foul of worst hand of 3 FH"s. 8"s & 6"s against 8"s & Q"s and 10"s & 8"s on a 8/6/10/8/Q board

Obviously the computer is no longer in working order  

[monkeyman]

Just read from the start....excellent blog monkeyman.

Thank you

[monkeyman]

Two APAT tournaments this week, twice out on the final table bubble. Ho hum, never mind, I may whinge occasionally(cough!) but I will still be back for season three.

[monkeyman]

There are times when I wish my brain didn"t leave my head and fly around the room when I switch my computer on...................
   I was off work sick from tuesday to friday this week. Whilst I"m not going to do what most blokes allegedly do and exaggerate how bad I felt, one day I watched two separate editions of the Jeremy Kyle show, so clearly something wasn"t right. To relieve the boredom of being stuck indoors with nothing to watch but home makeover shows and that one where people pretend to get excited that an "expert" has told them some worthless piece of tat they"ve had hidden in a shed for the last twenty years may go for as much as £10 at auction, it goes without saying that I played a little poker. Tournaments weren"t an option as I couldn"t stay awake long enough, so the majority of my time was spent on Pokerstars" SNGs. I spent most of the week convinced that I was failing to cash because of that old chestnut, internet poker is not as random as it should be. Oddly enough, over the last 24 hours, I"ve started feeling a lot better and coincidently, I"ve won a number of games.
  Maybe, just maybe, the facts that I was hardly able to stay awake for an hour at a time and I was losing money are inextricably linked? Mmmm......