Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens). Pledge of Positivity.

Phantom66

Thanks. They certainly do add up.

I didn't get many points yesterday with the day trip to foreigin parts so I will probably be back in the bottom half.

I am certainly aiming to end up in a £7.50 slot this week. £12.50 total of bonuses for a pretty modest volume will be handy.

Nuggy962

Do you get £5 for 50 points then the £5 for 500 too? 

Keep up good work sir

Phantom66

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Do you get £5 for 50 points then the £5 for 500 too?  Keep up good work sir
Posted by Nuggy962

Hi nuggy thanks for stopping by.

Not sure I follow the £5 for 50pts? Have I made a typo.

I am aiming for the £5 for 500pts from normal rewards and £7.50 for a top 50 spot in league 2.

Phantom66

Bagged over 700 points last week, so a handy bonus. I have decided to put aside 2.30 cash each time I earn more than 500 points towards my larger tourney fund alongside the tokens.

This means tourney fund is £16.10 tokens + £4.60 cash = £20.70.

Also in the top half of League 2.

Good news ends there really, downswing happened. Trying to claw it back to respectability for the rest of the week but just over £60 now before any Premiership promo money.

Also met a charmer on the tables last night, I ignored them calling me a moron, but then they called another player a moron. It seems my crime was pushing with A8s (it was a spin up) and busting his 99. I noted the irony of player 2 also being a moron for busting their A8 push with 77.

My restraint failed me as I pointed out the inconsistency. It didnt end well. Chat reported so I will let the powers that be deal with it.

Phantom66

Are some bad beats more frustrating than others?

OK so the genuine one outers on the river when we have shipped the turn, or runner runners from the flop hurt most.

But what about all in pre?

I kind of dont bother too much about AA getting cracked by an underpair or random connectors, it has to happen sometimes.

For some reason dominating aces seem to get to me more. Maybe because I seem to be in the middle (or hopefully at the end) of a run of them. Playing spinups and Tdyms I am going be in a Ax v Ay situation alot, just seem to be running particularly bad with them at the moment.

Phantom66

Seems poker gods were listening as I moaned in a couple of holds with dominating aces and even a win with a dominated ace.

So just to prove a point the next 2 all-ins where I was a pair over pair the lower pair flopped a set.

Going to finish well inside top 50 of the league but short of the ladder up to the top 25 I suspect so still feels like a loss.

Away for most of the next 2 weeks so I will just be aiming for some points towards a golden ticket in the part weeks while here and will be out of the running for the premiership promo and probably even token qualification.

HUFA II news will be posted on my return.

Itsover4u

just caught up on this beaut of a thread.... thouroughly enjoyed the read will be checking in regularly

best of luck

Phantom66

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just caught up on this beaut of a thread.... thouroughly enjoyed the read will be checking in regularly best of luck
Posted by Itsover4u

Cheers,

Looking forward to your Vegas trip report.

Itsover4u

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In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) : Cheers, Looking forward to your Vegas trip report.
Posted by Phantom66

not much to report mate... lost money on slots... won some on slots... then lost it & bricked my poker mtts

did not play much poker at all as I just enjoyed spending time with the girlfriend

Phantom66

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens):

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) : not much to report mate... lost money on slots... won some on slots... then lost it & bricked my poker mtts did not play much poker at all as I just enjoyed spending time with the girlfriend
Posted by Itsover4u

ul on the slots+poker.

A gf who wants to go to Vegas with you and lets you play poker sounds very promising.

If she ever lets you go back with just mates then she is a definite keeper.

Itsover4u

she has already let me go with mates this was my second time

Phantom66

Oops.

Token balance = £13.80 (was 16.10)

Forgot about the mobile s/w issue where it doesnt prompt you and couldnt unreg quickly enough when I realised it was gone.

Customer Care have just very kindly refunded the difference on this occasion.

So my main event fund stands at £13.80 in actual tokens and £5.75 in "reserved" cash from this refund and 2 previous weeks where I got 500 points and set aside £2.30 each time.

Currently running at over 400 points so aim is to reach 500 again this week.

waller02

Hi Phantom,

Where do you find out when your tokens expire? I have searched in "my account" and can't seem to find it.

Cheers,

Ryan

waller02

Ignore last post, have found it!

Phantom66

Thanks for popping by Waller. Welcome back to the site/forum even if you did answer your own question.

Phantom66

Had a horrendous battle tonight, not so much with the opponents (although none of the tables were easy) more with the laptop. Had 3 PLO8 tables running and my pointer starts playing up. Couldn't drag it across to the buttons. I ended up having to just let folds timeout to concentrate on the hand I wanted to play. 

Even then had some trouble, one hand I potted and was pot committed but only just managed to get the pointer over the all-in button in time and luckily scooped v AAA2. 

Never had so much trouble managing 3 tables but somehow cashed all three. Maybe the problems helped with concentration levels. It certainly stopped me from playiong too many hands.

Off on holibobs tomorrow so wont be on the tables for a bit. Might sneak a peak at the forum from time to time.

Managed to back over 500 pts last week but the poker results were pretty bad.  aprticularly bad run on a Omaha spinup table didnt help, neither did a rush up the BI levels on the back of a losing run, which continued. Will I ever learn?

Recovered up to £74.

Big tourney fund now up to £13.80 tokens + £9.05 in reserved cash from 500 pt weeks.

IE £22.85

Phantom66

Have I mentioned it yet?

I am going on my hols!

Back on or around the 16th.

VBL to Dooohh on his half marathon debut - quite a story.

VBL to Mr Goodun on his next hospital visit.

Best two diaries on the site for real life stories, humility and human spirit.

and GL to all at the tables.

Tikay10

Where you going for your jollies, Hendo?

Phantom66

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Where you going for your jollies, Hendo?
Posted by Tikay10

There is nothing between me and Hendo, those rumours are totally unfounded.

Me and Mrs POTO are off to Crete. It was there or Corfu but I have heard the latter has gone downhill in the last year or so, letting all sorts in apparently.

Tikay10

Whoops, apologies.

Enjoy Crete.

 

hhyftrftdr

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens):

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) : There is nothing between me and Hendo, those rumours are totally unfounded. Me and Mrs POTO are off to Crete. It was there or Corfu but I have heard the latter has gone downhill in the last year or so, letting all sorts in apparently.
Posted by Phantom66

I went to Corfu last year....

Tikay10

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In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) : I went to Corfu last year....
Posted by hhyftrftdr

Thin.

Tikay10

You can frame that, can't be often that hhyftrftdr & thin have been used consecutively.

waller02

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Thanks for popping by Waller. Welcome back to the site/forum even if you did answer your own question.
Posted by Phantom66

Cheers,

I had a look through your thread and I was unaware that you could now save your tokens for so long. It would be great to see somebody win big from a main event that was entered using only tokens. It might put to bed any lingering doubts that some may have over the new(ish) C4P system.

tomgoodun

Read this every update, fab reading.

Hope you and your good lady have a splendid holiday.

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated, good luck in your quest to take on the big boys once your tokens are at the level you are comfortable with.

unknown_username

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens):

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) : Cheers, I had a look through your thread and I was unaware that you could now save your tokens for so long. It would be great to see somebody win big from a main event that was entered using only tokens. It might put to bed any lingering doubts that some may have over the new(ish) C4P system.
Posted by waller02

Yea, if it wasn't for P66's solo crusades we wouldn't know what was achievable. Credit due.

Like a mother Theresa  of the poker world . 

Or an Alan Wicker .

Enjoy yor hols.

Phantom66

Thanks for the comments -  seems I get more when I am not here ;-)

Holiday was good, but...

Unfortunately while away our dog was very poorly, it has a long unmemorable name (the condition not our dog, molly) but basically she had a dog equivalent of a stroke. My son did a great job of getting her to the vets and looking after her.

Just a case of giving her time to see if and how she recovers. She is alert and mobile, albeit unsteady and with a head tilt. She is 13 but up until last week she was incredibly active and didn't act it.

Got in a couple of sessions over the last couple of nights to guarantee another 2.30 token. Happy days will hopefully give me a boost for the start of next week and grab some more premiership promo cash.

DYMs went badly but luckily ran golden on some PLO cash tables to more than offset those losses. Started one 10/20 table and the unfortunate joiner saw me flop 2 FHs and then we got it in when I had A(AQ)Q and they had KKxx and I held in the space of a few hands.

No real edge on £5 turbo dyms, albeit they are good points generators when you are short on time or double points are on offer. There is definitely some weak play going on, although those making them play infrequently and hard (for me with my volume) to get notes to take advantage. 

PS Shh I do hope no-one mentions the 5-0 at 4:45 yesterday.

Jac35

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens):

Thanks for the comments -  seems I get more when I am not here ;-) Holiday was good, but... Unfortunately while away our dog was very poorly, it has a long unmemorable name (the condition not our dog, molly) but basically she had a dog equivalent of a stroke. My son did a great job of getting her to the vets and looking after her. Just a case of giving her time to see if and how she recovers. She is alert and mobile, albeit unsteady and with a head tilt. She is 13 but up until last week she was incredibly active and didn't act it. Got in a couple of sessions over the last couple of nights to guarantee another 2.30 token. Happy days will hopefully give me a boost for the start of next week and grab some more premiership promo cash. DYMs went badly but luckily ran golden on some PLO cash tables to more than offset those losses. Started one 10/20 table and the unfortunate joiner saw me flop 2 FHs and then we got it in when I had A(AQ)Q and they had KKxx and I held in the space of a few hands. No real edge on £5 turbo dyms, albeit they are good points generators when you are short on time or double points are on offer. There is definitely some weak play going on, although those making them play infrequently and hard (for me with my volume) to get notes to take advantage.  PS Shh I do hope no-one mentions the 5-0 at 4:45 yesterday.
Posted by Phantom66

There's a fat lad who frequents the forum who this applies to as well.

Hope the dog gets better. Glad you had a nice holiday.

No offence but Preston must be rubbish. We scored and won against you

Tikay10

Hope your dog fully recovers.

PS - Brentford won 5-0 - did you happen to notice that?

Phantom66

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens):

In Response to Re: Token of Appreciation (0 to somewhere nice with the aid of a few tokens) : There's a fat lad who frequents the forum who this applies to as well. Hope the dog gets better. Glad you had a nice holiday. No offence but Preston must be rubbish. We scored and won against you
Posted by Jac35

A mere 1 goal and you are still below us in the table so I guess you are not so great either.