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All joking aside I'm sure there isn't much of a leap from fake-SPT to UKPC... at £565 and so many low-cost/free satellites there are bound to be a decent number of recreational players involved and that'll keep things fun and chatty. Might get a bit more serious around the final table, but by that point you can be relaxed knowing you're a few thousand quid richer
Found yet anothe poker chip today :S wish the students would make sure they took the stuff with them...........lol
Fate once again raises her head..........oh well, hopefully back to the grind tonight. Now instead of just playing for fun, have started studying the game! oh dear.............what am I going to be like when I finally get a better understanding of what i'm actually doing I don't have a clue. But I do know what I've got to work on, which is a start. Still have bouts of random laughter at the thought of Milton Keynes and all the brilliant people and ladies!
In my dreams.
Sorry James, yes was a sick flop, and very unlucky, and I know I limped a few hands but I play my game my own way
Managed to stay in all DTD's for quite a while instead of crashing out in spectacular fashion. So tonight I am really happy with my progress. Came 24th in DTD1 after being the short stack since 40 runners left. Sat there was determined wasn't budging until I got under 30 so that was good. Anyway off to rail for a bit see who's still in and then off to sleep. Hope I don't miss the alarm and over sleep again for school in the morning.
Knocked the 3rd one out and it was heads up........... lasted about 10 minutes, wasn't gonna give up my chips easily and I binked it. Not bad to say my mind is on my daughters last day of junior school.........Woke up this morning quite tearful. Must be post b.day blues plus kids growing up too quick!
Anyway think that was the win I needed to get me sort of back on track with poker. Off to daughters final assembly in a bit, not taking tissues am taking a full roll of bog roll...............believe me it will be cheaper than tissues, am sure will be in a right state. Am sure all the other parents will be taking kleenex with them. Am I bothered nope..........bog roll will suit me fine, must say it's gotta be andrex though
Was bubble girl in FR last night, was between me and smoki who would get through. The rail on my table was brilliant and the support I got was great, even smoki wanted me to get through. The thing was it would have come down to blinds but was one short on my table and I didn't catch a card on the river to take me through. Felt so bad that it was down to me and smoki on the bubble, but it was me I was the bubble girl and it wasn't meant to be last night. Oh well, enjoyed the game, had fun that's all that matters. Always next time.
This morning, I got called a Donk, and the worst player someone had the misfortune of playing in a long time. All because I called with A 10 against his k something and I won the pot quite a few chips.......lol
My reply to this was thank you very much for your compliment on my play or words to that effect. Wasn't nasty didn't diss em. Just was pleasant.
Please excuse me while I play my game my way, i've not been playing that long. Bout 4 months maybe a tiny bit longer than that. He said carry on. So I said I am going to be doing thank you
Oh by the way, have you got your seat to Nottingham yet?? No came the reply........
Oh well I have, good luck in your games later, bout 10 minutes later he gets knocked out not by me unfortunately. Off the rants start again, I said as I always do, gg ul but my parting shot was, I hope you do well in your games later today and you don't run up against too many donks............
Decided to play 10.45 b.h. I know that is flash jonny's usual stomping ground and he usually cashes or wins. Decided to give it a go anyway.
87 Players including me.
I played my usual game, which according to some I play badly.......;) I didn't get off to a great start tbh and was basically at the bottom of the pile for quite a while. Basically I was the short stack with zero heads. Did that bother me........nah was enjoying playing and shared the tables with some really nice players.
Kept on sneaking a peak of where I was in the tourney and there was 40 left. I was 37th at the time. I didn't think anything of it and thought I wouldn't be long for saying goodbye. I just kept plodding and doing what I was doing and the numbers kept on dropping like flies.
Bout an hour later thought would check again see where I was and how many was left, to my surprise there were 20 left and me being the 20th. So what I thought to myself, if it's meant to be it's meant to be.
Can't remember hands I played what so ever, so am not even going to be going there. Time was flying past and it finally reached the bubble........still last but never mind. I hit a couple of great hands where I really thought I would have been out and was totally in shock when I saw the chips been shoved over to me! Think by this time jj had come to rail me on the table. A few times I got moved and met the same players i'd played earlier. They wondered how I was getting on and if I was out or not. Think to their surprise and to mine I was still in!
Even had a bit of banter with one of the chip leaders as he went all in and I said you will have to try harder to get me out cos am not going yet......lol
He said you never know you could knock me out which I think I did a few hands later.
I survived the first bubble. I told everyone I would be happy to get to the final 2 tables which I did and what would be will be, either way I would be happy. Then it came time for the dreaded hand for hand play. Bout 10 minutes later the hand for hand was over.............I had to ask if we had cashed..........tbh I couldn't believe i'd actually cashed.
JJ and Lmfaoallin came to rail and kept on saying come on angel. Believe me I was trying, probably very trying to the others that I was playing and time was ticking by very quickly. I had to pick daughter up from music academy at 1.30................what was I going to do.........throw it away or keep playing.
Next minute I know I'm on the Final table! Wiiii I thought, done better than I thought I could have done. Don't ask me how I managed it but was chip leader for a while. 6 became 5 became 4 and james kept on saying come on you can do 3rd. Which I did, at this time it's 1.45 I should have been there at 1.20 waiting to picked daugher up .............ooops
Then it came down to the final 3. Was a really fantastic game of tooing and froing of chips and chip leader changing hands quite frequently. I told them at the break I had to go get my daughter but I would be back. Took me 10 minutes there and back something which would usually take me 20...........
I have got to say a massive thank you to Boo and also Tu for not taking advantage of me being away and stealing the blinds etc. Massive respect to them both.
Can't remember who knocked Tu out but then it was HU, I was chip leader and boo had a fairly decent stack. Then in comes Jonny for the rail the b.h king............
Lets put it this way.......it was a brilliant game, really enjoyed every single minute of it and here is the result! My first ever proper bink!
I'm managing to get deeper into tourneys now and managing to get to either final 2 tables or the actual final table, which still amazes the heck out of me and keep wondering how i've managed to do it. Some of my poker friends say i'm hard to read and play against. Ask me what 2 cards I had previous hand and I haven't got a clue......memory of a goldfish. I always have a laugh on the tables and enjoy my poker if the enjoyment ever stopped and I started feeling aggro I think I would take time away for a while as am no good when I'm not feeling nice and relaxed. Had a laugh with a few friends and said Imagine if I really learned to play poker, all the ins and outs and stuff. Their immediate reaction was omg nooooooooooooooo don't do it.
Am still very apprehensive about UKPC in Notts and playing live. If I manage to stay in till after 1st break I will be over the moon. Will take it minute by minute and hopefully break by break. I still have no clue who's who in poker as said earlier I used to know all the big players but now not a clue. Is that an advantage? Have no idea, but I really pity anyone who's table i'm sat on. Biggest donk on the table I will be. I'm also apprehensive about having camera's there and Mr Orford critiquing my play....(don't try and understand me that's if I manage to play a hand at all) .........not looking forward to that what so ever. Either way it's a major achievement in my short poker playing career so far, some people who i've spoken to have been playing years and have never managed to bink a seat to it. So I guess I'm extremely lucky to have done so. Oh well, enough ramblings for a while. Lets see how long this good run lasts.................
Be a humble winner and a graceful loser. No one likes to play with a show off, or a sore loser. Maintain a good attitude and have fun.
Best piece of advice i've read for a long time. That applies to every player that plays poker, think sometimes people forget their manners and how to exit gracefully. Even when I get knocked out I always say nh, gg, wp and gl in the rest of the game. No need for negative energy, it's just draining. Keep your chin up, smile and try again. Poker is as we all know a game of skill but also luck. Enjoy what your doing, if you don't take time out to re evaluate because you can't win all the time.
I keep on getting reminded of how many days left until Notts..............all I will say is SHHHHHHHHHHHH I aint thinking about it lol............It seems like a lifetime away since I managed to get my seat. Am I getting nervous about it? Nah (that's a irishroseism for nh but that's another story)
Will say last night in the freeroll was the best laugh i've had on the tables for a long long time. Don't get me wrong I always enjoy and have a laugh on most tables i'm on but last night was real fun. I think there was only one on my table that hadn't played before. Even had some people coming in to say hi and railing me and wishing me good luck. Someone asked me last night if I knew everybody as it seemed like everyone knew me and said Hi and gl etc. I said nope don't know everyone but most people seem to know me. Someone said I was famous. I started laughing at that one. Me famous........nah just like chatting and having a laugh. Probably do people's nuts in but there's always turning chat off. Irishrose is more famous than I am.
I have come a long way from when I first started and am still refining my game play. Sometimes I kick myself (not physically cos would leave a massive bruise on my leg) when I realise I could have done something better or differently but I learn from it and move on.
I just want to say I love the sky peeps on here and all those that know me and play me on the tables. I know i'm the underdog always and maybe some players will think i'm a donk and an easy push over. All I will say to them is think what you like, I'm a novice and learning all the time. Poker to me is a social thing, it's an escape from 4 walls and looking after 2 kids on my own. It's my only form of release to have fun and chat with others. It's a bit like marmite you either love it or hate it. Well I really hope Kenny comes back from his jollies soon as am missing him and The Gambler when he's back am gonna TID......(in my dreams).......lmao
The turning point for me was sunday night. Misty was on fire that night and I knew in my heart of hearts it was his turn to get his seat and that he was going to do it. I also knew that Irishrose was going to take down the Roller. Don't ask me how, it was a feeling.
I railed both from beginning to end and really enjoyed every second of it. I also got called ugly........hahaha look I may not be pretty but my hearts in the right place and who ever goes on looks is shallow. I lost my poker mojo I wasn't feeling it what so ever bad beat after bad beat the river monster raising it's ugly head time after time. The rail for both of them was awesome as always. I couldn't sleep, don't know how Rose and Misty managed to either. So at 3 am I entered a B.H and surprise surprise I was taking heads left right and centre. Next minute I know I had 21K..........don't ask me how wasn't taking much notice of how many chips I had. Next thing I know I'm on the FT still CL think i scared them all on the table with my large stack. HU came and I knew I couldn't lose. Just a feeling I was calm and I knew just what to do. Well I only went and binked it at 3.40 am. Not looked back.
My wrists and thumb are suffering from so much railing and have got RSI and arthritis in my left wrist. But hey will still keep on going. I am really looking forward to having fun and enjoying the atmosphere of the DTD at notts.
of sitting down amongst the pro's
waiting for the announcement Shuffle up lets go!
Sitting there like a startled rabbit, I know I shouldn't but it's just habit
To be so much out of my comfort zone, but I know I will not be alone,
Lots more newbies will be there, So I know it's not just me.
I hope I can do my best and remember what Tikay and Channing said,
Just to relax and play my game, and hopefully get a few minutes of fame,
Who would have thought that a total novice could do so well to bink a seat
it really is a special treat, I am to enjoy and have some fun and lets see how deep I can run.
If I don't cash that doesn't matter, i'm going to enjoy the banter and chatter,
Yes the butterflies have started to flit and I really hope I'm not a nit.
To all the qualifiers I wish you well and and see you there.