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

[monkeyman]

Cant pretend I understand the mathematics, but I look forward to topping the cash rankings of one of the rounds of this promotion. When I have eliminated the habit of shoving with a big pair post-flop on an apparently harmless looking board only to find my buy-in evaporating because my opponent has hit trips, I will be completely unstopable.

[monkeyman]

Another day off work and I was supposed to be horseracing at Fakenham, but that"s been snowed off. No prizes if you correctly guess that I"ll be spending a ridiculous number of hours playing poker today.

[monkeyman]

Another day, another account opened. Since I started to concentrate on cash play, I"ve been looking to open an account with rakeback. My requirements have been (1) Must not have used the site previously (2) Preferably open to european players only (3) Must accept debit card deposits/withdrawals (4) Must have sufficient traffic for there to be a full ring game available at every level 24 hours a day. I"ve started playing on Celebpoker and expect the majority of my cash play to be on there for the forseeable future.
  Incidently, over the past 24 hours I"ve had problems connecting to Ipoker sites. This may or may not be something to do with changing Broadband supplier to Talktalk at the same time as problems started happening, but I can only hope problems rectify themselves sooner rather than later.    

[duke3016]

Incidently, over the past 24 hours I"ve had problems connecting to Ipoker sites. This may or may not be something to do with changing Broadband supplier

There have been other instances of this and it maybe the MTU of your router (packet size of transmissions) default is 1500 -- try lowerIng it and see if it makes a difference.

[monkeyman]

Incidently, over the past 24 hours I"ve had problems connecting to Ipoker sites. This may or may not be something to do with changing Broadband supplier

There have been other instances of this and it maybe the MTU of your router (packet size of transmissions) default is 1500 -- try lowerIng it and see if it makes a difference.

I"ve no idea how to do this, but luckily I have a poker-playing IT consultant on 24 hour stand-by so I might run this by him. First of all, I"ve sent an email to Talktalk"s customer services asking for their observations, stating that I"ve tried using two different routers and will cancel my contract if this can"t be resolved ASAP. It will be interesting so see how quickly they respond. Of course, whether good or bad, I will comment upon the quality of their service on here. I"d already decided I was unlikely to take part in tomorrow night"s league event; it looks like Talktalk have confirmed this decision on my behalf
  Maybe this is just indicative of a phase I am going through. A few days ago, I sent an email to Asda complaining about "Truly appalling service". This hasn"t got anything to do with poker, but I may well mention their response on here as well.              

[Swinebag]

Once I bought my own NETGEAR router, my problems with Talk talk ended. The modems they sent were pants and their customer service is awful, but it is free so cant complain too much.

[monkeyman]

Oh sod it. Now that I"ve mentioned my problems with Asda, for your delictation and delight, below is the text of the last entry on my other blog. I can"t imagine the Eastern Daily Press will have any problems with me reproducing this on here, as I wrote it and no b****r actually reads the thing anyway:

I have been suffering from blog writer"s block for a couple of days. As I mentioned in my last entry, over the weekend, I participated in the UK amateur poker chapionships. The tournament started shortly after 2.30pm saturday. I won a few hands, lost a few hands and nothing signifcant happened until my departure shortly before 10.30pm. I discovered that weekends in a Holiday Inn in Walsall are not the the stuff that reams of flowery prose are made of, hence my dilemma. What should my next blog entry be about?
  This morning, like a raincoat-wearing pervert flashing at strangers, suddenly all was revealed. My moment of epiphany came in the unlikely setting of Asda"s Norwich petrol station. Eschewing my usual setting of County Hall, I was on my merry way to a day"s work in Dereham library when I stopped for fuel. I first approached one of those pumps which allows you to pay there and then rather than having to make your way over to the member of staff in the kiosk. Unfortunately, the card reader said "Sale cancelled" when my (Asda) credit card was inserted, in the same way it had done on every visit over the last two months. The forecourt was busy, so I drove out of the exit and went back round to the entrance. As I approached one of the pumps, a member of staff was putting cones out to prevent that pump from being used. I lowered my passenger-side window and asked if some cones could be put around the pump I had tried to use as there was clearly a fault. The response was a brusque "I can"t do everything at once". Somewhat taken aback, I mentioned that I felt the pump in question had been faulty for some time, in response to which this charming lady shouted "Well go somewhere else next time".
  At this point, the clouds edged aside to allow a lonely sunbeam to shine down upon me whilst the choir invisible serenaded my sanctified soul. Brothers and sisters, I saw the light and what I saw was good. Rather than waste my spiritual energy on complaining about inept, disgraceful customer service, and I use the words "customer service" in their loosest-possible meaning, it was plain I should take heed of the words of this soothsayer and in future worship at the temples of Tesco, Sainsbury or Morrisons. Hallelujah!      

[Santino67]

 

Well put Simon, Tesco it is then! I had a similar problem at an Asda pump with my Debit Card late one night after a poker tourney in Glasgow. Later discovered you have to register the card with the forecourt first of all. The forecourt at that time of night was well and truly locked up so how can you register your card! Needless to say I drove on what little fumes I had left to my local Tesco, who had no problem producing plenty of the flammable stuff to send me on my way.

[antthecat]

i thought that no one uses the pay at pump in norfolk as it is a bit too advanced for norfolk lol, it seems that every time i want to fill up you see people filling up and paying at the kiosk by debit/credit card. i find it annoying as im always running late and usually out of petrol so i want a quick fill up but usually have to wait 10 mins cos no one is paying at the pump. really annoying

[Santino67]

21st Century in Norwich    Does the wee guy with the dungarees still clean your windscreen as well then play a tune on his banjo?

[antthecat]

only at morrisons lol

[monkeyman]

Once I bought my own NETGEAR router, my problems with Talk talk ended. The modems they sent were pants and their customer service is awful, but it is free so cant complain too much.

Having discovered the problem whilst using my original router, I installed the one I"d been sent. When I was trying to view video clips on the Racing Post website, the router switched itself off! Needless to say, when I re-attached my original router, this particular problem was solved.
  I still can"t get on Ipoker though :"(  

[duke3016]

log on to your router, if its talktalk that should be 192.168.2.1 I think I have seen somewhere that talktalk MTU optimum is 1432

Then WAN settings In Configured MTU: box enter the MTU figure
Click Submit Than click Save All and then OK

this might slow down other apps such as streaming vids but should be ok for your Ipoker


EDIT: use an ethernet cable when doing this

[mal666]

cheese n bread,kiss me neck

[monkeyman]

log on to your router, if its talktalk that should be 192.168.2.1 I think I have seen somewhere that talktalk MTU optimum is 1432

Then WAN settings In Configured MTU: box enter the MTU figure
Click Submit Than click Save All and then OK

this might slow down other apps such as streaming vids but should be ok for your Ipoker


EDIT: use an ethernet cable when doing this

Cheers for that Duke. Although I"ve not been playing on Blue Square this afternoon, I"ve kept a table open at all times to monitor the situation and, touch wood, it looks OK at the moment. I may play in tonight"s Southern league battle after all.
  Changing tack completely, recently I"ve been looking at hotels in Amsterdam with a view to spending a few days there around the time of my 40th birthday in November. I"m beginning to wave now though as (a) the price of Hotels in Vegas is incredibly low (b) I have probably got access to some vouchers worth substantial discounts off American Airlines flights. The cheapest hotel I"ve seen is Circus Circus where it is possible to get a room for 7 days for little more than £160 and they also throw in a voucher worth 25% off one of the Cirque du Soleil shows. Sahara and Riviera aren"t much more. Bill"s and the Imperial Palace are available at about £310 and for £400 to £450 its possible to get a room at Excalibur,Luxor,Flamingo,Monte Carlo and Ballys. Mmm, food for thought.