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[Swinebag]

ty ty ty for the support regarding the irish champs. I was behind the pace for most of the tournament apart from a brief period where i was running top 3. I was really happy how I played, apart from when i lost with 33 when Brian shoved in with AA. My call wasn"t the worst, but getting involved in EP in the first place was not too clever.

I had a poor run of starting hands throughout (best was QQ) but did get lucky with the ones I did go to war with. I was happy how well I mixed it up to keep up with the pace and most moves I tried came off.....this time!!

I was obviously gutted to not win it after slogging away for 6 hours + and with a bit of luck could have qualified for the GUKPT in manc this week. However, after having had a poor start to APAT season 3, I"ll take 5th and a tidy cash.

Speaking of the GUKPT, I was going to play the £100 side event yesterday, but it had sold out by the time I got there!! At least I was able to get home in time for the Irish champs!! (the hidden luck of poker!!)

Before I left the "G" I did register for the £100 side event on the friday. Anyone else playing this or the main event that day??

[Swinebag]

A few footie observations

1. City went out fighting in the Uefa cup. The atmosphere at COMS was fantastic and with a bit more luck could have gone through. However, Hamburg did enough at our place (ie turned up) to be the best team over 2 legs and just about deserved it. The club and fans here have a relationship that a lot of clubs here could possibly learn from. At the end the players went over to the fans and let them pick the Man of the Match. This man of the match then went into the crowd and started singing.....German nutters!!

2. You just gotta love Alex Ferguson....not!! On the tail end of his comments about Rafa being arrogant, he then goes too war against everton with the stiffs in a FA cup semi at wembley. For the sake of football, I was delighted that the toffees went through here.

I remember writing to Fergie years ago,  to complain about him littering away grounds with chewing gum, saying it was setting a poor example to the kids....I never got a reply

[noble1]

1. City went out fighting in the Uefa cup. The atmosphere at COMS was fantastic and with a bit more luck could have gone through. However, Hamburg did enough at our place (ie turned up) to be the best team over 2 legs and just about deserved it. The club and fans here have a relationship that a lot of clubs here could possibly learn from. At the end the players went over to the fans and let them pick the Man of the Match. This man of the match then went into the crowd and started singing.....German nutters!!

what was MH thinking when he took Elano off?  I thought he was brilliant on the night....

I remember writing to Fergie years ago,  to complain about him littering away grounds with chewing gum, saying it was setting a poor example to the kids....I never got a reply

he probably thought you was a nutter

[Swinebag]

On friday I played the £100 + 10.50 freezeout at the G casino in manchester. It was one of the side events of the GUKPT and "side" probably describes it well.

Sandwiched between nosebleedy cash games going on and day 1b of the main event, I certainly agreed with mikeyboy"s description that it was like playing in the conference next to the premier league. I had a quick scan around the cardroom for some "names" but the only one I recognised was hit squadder James Akenhead, who seemed to be doing pretty well at the time.

Onto my game. 5000 chips, 30 min clock. Decent, but not brilliant structure. With no 75/150 level, I was looking to get chips early during the first 2 levels so I could pick spots more carefully once the 150/300 level started (this was where I thought there would be a flurry of exits).

My table was very active from the start. A lot of players had the mindset that if they hadn"t doubled up in the first 20 minutes they were going back to play cash. There were alternates for the first 2 levels and our table saw 4 of them sit down in that time. there were about 5 players that I would call LAG and 2 of them survived the first hour with 15K+ stacks each.

I found it very difficult to get involved, due to getting no decent starting hands in early and mid position and mostly facing a raise and a reraise in late position. I was pretty sure that my image was uber rock when I won my first hand. OTB in a multi limped pot, I limped in with K6s, saw a flop, hit a K and bet out when it was checked round to me. This was enough to give me the pot.

Other than that I was mainly playing texas fold em. At the 50/100 level, In MP I was dealt 77 and came in for a 300 raise. One other tight player reraised to 900 and one of the LAGS OTB called this bet. I had 4500 behind so folded to this action.

That 77 was the best hand I saw in the first 3 levels. i went out right at the end of the 100/200 level.

LAG 1 opens up for 600 in MP, LAG 2 calls. I have T8 clubs in the BB and call (I have 3300 behind). flop comes K T 6 rainbow. I check, as do both LAGs. turn comes 8, giving me 2 pair. I"m pretty sure I have the best hand here. I could be losing to a better 2 pair or a straight, or slowplayed set. It was very difficult to put my oppos on hands, but JQ, TJ+, JJ or QQ would probably pay me off, with other holdings probably folding. I led for 1100 into the 1900 pot and this was called by LAG 1, LAG 2 folded. I cant remember what the river was, but I had too much in this pot to give up, so shoved my remaining 2200 which was called. Lag 1 turned over 79o for a made straight on the turn and I was gone.

On reflection, without trying to be results orientated, I played this poorly...

I hate my call in the BB. With my read on the 2 LAGs and the fact that I was last to act, this was a perfect spot for a shove squeeze. I was pretty sure that LAG 2 only entered the pot because he had position on LAG 1. If I didn"t have the bottle for this move then I should have folded. Calling 15% of my stack to play a pot OOP was far too spewy.

given the call, I dont think I did too much wrong. I"d have gone bust anyway. If it had been a deep stack. I"d have check/called, or maybe bet/folded on the river

At least I was able to get an early night on the friday. I dont think I"ll play these side events again. The structure seemed to make it too much of a donk shoot. It will either be a £200 2 dayer, but more likely qualifying for a main event. They do seem great events to play in.

[noble1]

unlucky at the event rob,i have to say your analysis is spot on imo but why did you not have this thought process at the time? i"ve read mikeys exploits as well at manchester so i was disappointed neither of you got a good run , still at least saudi city had a result which no doubt put a smile on Robs face and mikey can look forward to a final.. [Ticket allocation is a joke as usual]

[Swinebag]

crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!

[kinboshi]

crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!

Why, is your middle name Syphilis?

[Swinebag]

crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!

Why, is your middle name Syphilis?

I"ll give that one as many points as nottingham (FTW) have got this year

[kinboshi]

crumbs...they"ve only named a communicable disease after me!!

Why, is your middle name Syphilis?

I"ll give that one as many points as nottingham (FTW) have got this year

As many as Citeh?

[noble1]

Doctor Noble always advises fresh air , exercise , plenty of sleep and to eat fruit+veg to boost your immune system and improve self being.
SO- good preventive measures to stop getting swine flu - you can take the doctor's office approach. Think about it, when you go for a shot, what do they do first? they clean your arm with alcohol.. Why? because alcohol kills germs. So.. you put on a mask , walk to the nearest off licence or supermarket (exercise),invite friends round for a drink,  put lime in your lager (fruit), celery in your Bloody Marys (veggies), drink on the garden patio (fresh air), get drunk, tell jokes, and laugh (eliminate stress/good for self being) and then pass out (rest). The way I see it, if you keep your alcohol levels up flu germs can't get you!!!!

[Swinebag]

After a fantastic april, I"m having a losing may so far. I am breaking even in STTs, have not had a decent result in the few MTTs played and am slowly dribbling money away playing cash.

I really am a noob when it comes to online cash and it is an area of my game that needs to improve. My success at STTs isn"t worth shouting about because these can be beaten by formula. I feel my MTT game is improving, but dont have the time to play enough of them or to get a true idea of how capable I am.

I dip into the odd cash game and normally play full ring, as this is the closest to what I am used to, but I get bored with these to be honest. They are such a grind and I end up playing too loosely and unprofitably

So I"ve decided to give 6 max a go. This willl give me a bit more action and give me the best chance to improve my all round game. Most cash game strategy posts on forums seem to be from 6 max games so this should give me plenty of resources to learn from.

I dont at present have PT or HEM, but will probably have to have to rethink this

I"m going to start playing 25NL to get used to 6 max then start for real at 50NL

I"m not setting any challenges here, as I will just fail (like all my other challenges..LOL).

There is a good chance I will be dead money here, so for any sharks that are reading this, I am opening a new account on a new site with a new name. I"ll see you at the tables hopefully.....but you wont see me!!

[kinboshi]

Doctor Noble always advises fresh air , exercise , plenty of sleep and to eat fruit+veg to boost your immune system and improve self being.
SO- good preventive measures to stop getting swine flu - you can take the doctor's office approach. Think about it, when you go for a shot, what do they do first? they clean your arm with alcohol.. Why? because alcohol kills germs. So.. you put on a mask , walk to the nearest off licence or supermarket (exercise),invite friends round for a drink,  put lime in your lager (fruit), celery in your Bloody Marys (veggies), drink on the garden patio (fresh air), get drunk, tell jokes, and laugh (eliminate stress/good for self being) and then pass out (rest). The way I see it, if you keep your alcohol levels up flu germs can't get you!!!!

It"s worth remembering though that the Spanish Flu that killed between 70-100 million people in 1918 affected those with stronger immune systems, rather than the weak.  This is because it triggered an over-reaction in the body"s immune system. 

Scary stuff.  

[noble1]

It"s worth remembering though that the Spanish Flu that killed between 70-100 million people in 1918 affected those with stronger immune systems, rather than the weak.  This is because it triggered an over-reaction in the body"s immune system. 

Scary stuff. 

yes very scary..but alcohol was not as readily available in 1918...though seriously they still do not how this strain worked also with it being towards the end of the war the immune thing is a bit of grey area because a lot of troops that died from this flu were under nourished/fatigued etc hence there immune system would not be all that strong..also the age thing ties in with the war as only the ""strong age group"" were fighting..and the movement of troops helped spread this flu very quickly.. but yes the immune system was said to go into cytokine storm but recent controversial experiments [i dont agree with experimenting or re-creating this virus] show that pneumonia was the main culprit that caused the deaths in the 2nd strain [incidentally the 1st strain out-break attacked old and young] which supports research that claims the reason that spainish flu suddenly ended was because medical science got better at treating pneumonia at this time..

sorry rob we have gone off topic - six max - good luck in this endeavor,but i will suggest you work out your ranges to play from whatever position in 6max and how to adapt them to loose/tight tables..and as you say getting hud will help.
Post a few sessions i"ll chip in with some thoughts as i"ve played a bit of 6max... gg sir

[Swinebag]

Have had to put the 6 max on hold for a while (stoped as soon as i started really - just one losing session).

I"m currently playing a STT challenge on Poker.co.uk, but it is available on any boss site. Basically you play as many STTs as you can in a week and the person with the most wins wins a huge cash prize. I"m obviously not going to win it but I may have a chance of a top 50 finish which would bank me a few Euro.

whilst i was doing this, I played in the PCUK forum 150 added league game and tried the 3.5K gtd (11 euro entry). I busted out early from the league game, but had a great run in the other tourney.

There were 415 runners and typically this field is down to 140 after the first hour. It is a proper donkfest, with patience being the key in the first hour or so. I didn"t pick up a hand in the first hour but a good run of cards got me to the end of the second hour, albeit short stacked.

In the third hour I finally got above average chips with the following hand at the 750/1500/150 level. In MP i get 45o. My stack is 11K ish, so with an M of 3 and the absolute nuts in my hand, I shove. I pick up 2 callers, 44 and AK both who have me outchipped. I managed to bink a 5 on the turn, trebled up and was running in the top 5 with about 40 left.

Once I was chipped up, I never looked back and was running top 5 all the way to the final table, which I dominated, thanks to picking up hands at exactly the correct time. I had the dream scenario where you raise 3 times in an orbit to take down the blinds and the very next hand pick up AA, whereupon the non believers put you to the test. I passed. The test that is, NOT the aces. I was a massive CL with 4 left and,after another guy had taken out 3rd and 4th, had a 60/40 lead going heads up.

Now, I"m normally modest about my abilities in this game, and rightly so, but being a primarily STT player, I rarely get to HU where I dont feel I have the edge. The blinds to stack ratio was bigger than I"m used to but I was still dominating this battle too and felt confident, untill....

blinds 5000/10000/500, my stack my stack 360K, oppo 240K. I get A3 in the SB and raise to 25K, oppo calls. Flop came 235, giving me middle pair and a gutshot. I"m thinking this flop has missed most hands my oppo would call a preflop raise with so I"m ready top go to war. If he has a monster, I have outs!!. Oppo checks, I lead for 35K into the 51K pot, oppo min reraises to 70K, which set off the alarm bells, but I"d already decided I was getting my chips in here. I shove, he calls and tables A4 for the flopped straight. No help for me and I"m down to 120K to his 480K. A few hands later I open shove with T7s and get called by AJo. Board ran T A T giving me trips turn blank, river A giving him a better boat.

I finish second for 664 euro. Not bad for 4 hours work!!

Maybe I overplayed the A3 v A4 hand, but cant think about it properly without being too results orientated.

Am up to about 70th on the STT leaderboard as well!

[Mikeyboy9361]

Top result Rob, I know how you feel going out to a bigger boat, GB2loose did it to me in the league game on Sunday. It hurts!!