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

[duke3016]

Nah just means someone else has found the auto refresh function on FireFox

[lukybugur]

LMAO!  

[monkeyman]

Right. The deed is done. My name is now on the entry list for Wednesday night/Thursday morning"s bounty tournament on Doyle"s Room. None of the pros have got their names down so far; last week I think it was Doyle himself accompanied by Hoyt Corkins and Mike Caro. I think its the same again this week. Will the presence of the mystery english player "Simonmonkey" scare them off? Will they realise they are not messing with some novice like Greenstein,Ivey or Hansen but are in fact up against the player who was the (unlucky to be only) APAT eastern region runner-up,10th in the APAT season two national rankings and the most feared player of Betfair"s $5 sit and gos? They may have World Series bracelets, but not one of them can boast a single APAT medal let alone a full set. How many times have they collectively been described as f*****g s*** by an opponent departing from a $5 tournament on Full Tilt? I"ll tell you, not once. They should be afraid, very afraid.  

[monkeyman]

I just had a quick glance at the entry list for tomorrow night/following morning"s epic encounter and so far there are only twelve names down. Hoyt Corkins is in as is Doyle. For some reason I find seeing Mr Brunson"s name immediately below mine on a tournament entry list highly amusing.

[Swinebag]

For some reason I find seeing Mr Brunson"s name immediately below mine on a tournament entry list highly amusing.

screenshot please!!

[monkeyman]

For some reason I find seeing Mr Brunson"s name immediately below mine on a tournament entry list highly amusing.

screenshot please!!

I"d love to Rob, but being a technophobe, I haven"t got a clue how to. There are now 22 entries. Number 19 is "Simonmonkey" and number 20 is TEX_DOLLY. Apparently number 9 "Hoyt_Corkins" can play a bit as well    

[monkeyman]

Thursday morning 2.12am and in a few minutes I"ll be trying something I"ve never attempted before. I"ve played in a few tournaments that have lasted through to this part of the day, but never have I taken part in any game that has started at this ungodly hour.  I went to bed immediately after The Simpsons had finished on Channel 4 at about 6.30pm and at most, have managed about 3 hours of sleep. However, I feel surprisingly alert and feel ready to play my "A" game. My plan is to try and play this like any other tournament and go for the win, although if I find the action folding to myself in the small blind with one of the bounties in the big blind, I can"t think of too many scenarios which don"t involve me putting all my chips in the middle. What I"d like to happen is to play my way to the final table with a substantial chip lead then knock the bounties (Brunson D, Corkins, Caro) out in 2nd,3rd and 4th places.
 Hey ho, lets go......  

[monkeyman]

We"re off. We"ve started with 299 players although entries are allowed until the end of the first level. Starting stack is 2000 chips, blinds go up every 15 minutes and antes start to kick in at level 5. There are no familiar names on my starting table

[monkeyman]

Midway through the first level and I"ve picked up my first pot. I was in fourth position ,raised with pocket queens and had one caller. The flop came queen high and I put in a two thirds pot size bet which was enough to scare off my opponent

[monkeyman]

First break and from the 201 players that remain from 312 starters, I"m in 98th. The overall standard of play has been really poor, similar to a $5 MTT on Betfair, so all I"ve been looking to do is pick up a few small pots without committing all my chips.
  Doyle is 199th.

[monkeyman]

2nd break and I"m still there just. I"m 69th of the 76 remaining with payouts starting at 63rd. Two of the three bounites have gone, but Hoyt Corkins is still there, three places below me. Please let him get moved to my table now.

[monkeyman]

I"m in the money thanks largely to picking up some cards at the right tight. I was on 1900ish chips on the big blind, the blinds were 300/600 with a 45 ante. There was a mid position raiser, I had pocket sevens which held up against his ace/king. The next hand, there was a late position raiser with ace/jack, I shoved with pocket kings and I went from 1900 to 9000 chips in two hands.    

[monkeyman]

I don"t know how I do it but I"m still going and am 17th of 28 at the 3rd break. I"ve just survived a scare when I was dealt aces, but lost my internet connection. I managed to get it back in time to go all in and took down a pot consisting of blinds,antes and a 4 x raise.  

[monkeyman]

Finally out in 16th place shoving fives but running into kings. That gives me a return of $74.10 for my original investment of $0.00.
   The only question now is do I have breakfast before I go to bed for the morning?

[antthecat]

congratulations on the cash, shame u never had a chance at any bountys. but well done