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

[monkeyman]

Back to back losing days, but strangely I"m really pleased with today"s effort as it could have been so much worse. Tonight I had 4 hands where pocket pairs were beaten by smaller pairs, aces cracked by 4 6 offsuit and flopped trip eights beaten by a rivered straight. All that and my loss was less than a single buy-in. I must have done something right.
 On top of that, I"ve been doing a bit more investigation in to my proposed trip to Cardiff in June and have stumbled across a bargain. Staying in Wales seems to be completely out of the question due to price, but plan B seems very much on, as I"ve found something in the midlands at a price which I had to look twice at to believe and within a few minutes drive of the G casino in Coventry where I"m thinking about spending the firday night. Anyone know what the tournament or cash action is like at the G on a friday?

Today"s results
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Minutes played - 170
Hands - 333
Loss - 91 x bb

Oh well, maybe the ATAP at Birmingham Airport isn"t such a bargain after all. Ok, the rooms are only £18 per night, but given the probability that I would have to park in an airport carpark with the cost that entails means that I"ve just scrubbed another possibility off my list. At the moment I"m leaning more towards staying in Coventry, at least on the friday night in question on the way to Wales, as there are a couple of possibilities in the £30 to £35 bracket as well as the hotel at the Ricoh Arena for £50 per night.  

[KarmaDope]

Thought about Bristol, or Weston-super-Mare?

[monkeyman]

Thought about Bristol, or Weston-super-Mare?

Can"t say I had although now that you mention it I will have a look. There"s a decent chance I will book separate accomodation for the friday and saturday nights. The event I should be attending, the Speedway Grandprix, starts at 5pm on saturday 25th of June and will run for around three hours. By the time the meeting finishes,I"ve got out of the stadium, got back to the car and found my way out of Cardiff, having to drive two to two-and-a-half hours back to the midlands probably isn"t ideal. So far I"ve looked at a Travelodge on the M4 and a Holiday Inn in Gloucester/Cheltenham but will definitely explore other options.
  Incidently, my only previous visit to Cardiff was a couple of year"s ago for an APAT event and I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with Liv Boeree sitting to my right. Last night I watched Channel 4"s coverage of the UKIPT and she was doing the expert analysis. Add that to her EPT win and the online victory last week I"m beginning to think that maybe I should claim the percentage I"m entitled to for all the advice I gave her. Maybe.
   

[monkeyman]

God no, I"ve just had another thought about this planned trip. I"ve got the week in question off  work so I could in theory go on a bit of a road trip, gradually winding my way across the country with a race meeting each afternoon followed by a game of poker in a different casino every night. If only I could afford it. Sigh.  

[monkeyman]

Managed to squeeze in a seesion after the England and it went really well. Yee Haaaaaa.

Today"s results
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Minutes played - 94
Hands - 218
Profit - 154 x bb

[monkeyman]

In between shopping for a new TV,trying to work out what the hell was going on at Newbury Racecourse this afternoon and listening to the commentary on yet another last minute Norwich City victory I"ve managed to cram in 3 sessions totalling around 5 hours and its all looking pretty healthy. I"ve also stepped up from 2 tables to 3 without any loss of effectiveness across all tables played, so things are definitely heading in the right direction.

Today"s results
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Hands - 693
Profit - 97 x bb

[monkeyman]

I"ve settled back into using Betfair as my primary site and things couldn"t be going better with 9 profitable sessions out of 11 so far this month.There"s was one hand when I 3-bet with pocket nines,shortstack called the bet and another opponent went all in at which point I folded. Mr shortstack had pocket fours and the bigger stack had aces. Good fold. Otherwise if I could guarantee that every session I played would go as well as tonight I would march into the office tomorrow and tell my boss into which bodily orifice he put his call centre job.

Results
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Minutes played - 117
Hands - 326
Profit - 194 x bb

[Paulie_D]

I"m sorry but perhaps it"s me...but this blog is about as interesting as watch paint dry.

If Chris Ferguson can do it...he would have done it by now!

Then again, I"ve been drinking.

[monkeyman]

I"m sorry but perhaps it"s me...but this blog is about as interesting as watch paint dry.

If Chris Ferguson can do it...he would have done it by now!

Then again, I"ve been drinking.

Fair enough. You could always try posting an apology on here before I disappear you miserable sod. If someone acting as a moderator can take a pop at someone who has been on here for as long I as have, this organisation is screwed. Beer is not an excuse.  

[duke3016]

I"m sorry but perhaps it"s me...but this blog is about as interesting as watch paint dry.

If Chris Ferguson can do it...he would have done it by now!

Then again, I"ve been drinking.

not your finest moment

[Paulie_D]

I"m sorry but perhaps it"s me...but this blog is about as interesting as watch paint dry.

If Chris Ferguson can do it...he would have done it by now!

Then again, I"ve been drinking.

Fair enough. You could always try posting an apology on here before I disappear you miserable sod. If someone acting as a moderator can take a pop at someone who has been on here for as long I as have, this organisation is screwed. Beer is not an excuse. 

Me being a mod is irrelevant but you are quite right and I apologise unreservedly

[Paulie_D]

I"m sorry but perhaps it"s me...but this blog is about as interesting as watch paint dry.

If Chris Ferguson can do it...he would have done it by now!

Then again, I"ve been drinking.

not your finest moment

Yep....mea culpa.

It had been a bad day and I took it out where it didn"t belong.

[monkeyman]

I"m sorry but perhaps it"s me...but this blog is about as interesting as watch paint dry.

If Chris Ferguson can do it...he would have done it by now!

Then again, I"ve been drinking.

Fair enough. You could always try posting an apology on here before I disappear you miserable sod. If someone acting as a moderator can take a pop at someone who has been on here for as long I as have, this organisation is screwed. Beer is not an excuse. 

Me being a mod is irrelevant but you are quite right and I apologise unreservedly

Accepted

[Swinebag]

FWIW - I"m glad you are posting more Simon

[Marty719]

Yea I enjoy catching up with this.  You shud try and put some hands up in the blog (good, bad or other).

Keep it up.