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Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?

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  • Phantom66Phantom66
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Thanks very much DTM - do you play live up there? I'm on a really protracted tour of all of the UK's casinos (Aberdeen was a highlight) and will drop you a PM if you do. Should be up there at some point in 2017. 
    Posted by SR23
    There is a phrase I never thought I would read.

    You didn't happen to encounter an odd chap wearing an extremely loud shirt?
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    Phantom - I booked and missed two (and almost missed a third) Megabuses coming back from Aberdeen. That tells you a bit about how happy I was up there. Spent a weekend drinking and playing poker (there were 24 hour cash games going on up there at the time) but don't remember any loud shirts. I do remember a hand when someone shoved the river for around £275 on a A6AAA board. I had KQ. It took a few seconds to call as I was booze-addled and sleep-deprived and thought I had forgotten the rules of poker and couldn't work out if I was good or not*.

    Cheers Scouse Red for your ace words. And your puns. Genuinely appreciate it. You too, Tikay, it's a pleasure to have you both hanging out here. 

    Brief update:

    Hardly played today as I was up in London for work stuff, but not actual work. (I've only worked for two days since the end of August. I know: pitiful.) Had some time on my hands so went to play raketastic £1/1 at The Vic. Had a really soft table full of not very good players. Lost £80 by playing worse than the not very good players. Came back and played for an hour or two online. Think I'm on the verge of seriously getting into overbet shoving rivers with the nuts/missed draws/second pair. It's the future, I tell you. 

    Bankroll up a bit, points up a bit. Realised I only have one week left of writing this thing (and it is a thing) so keep your eyes peeled for my "crying into a boiled egg" story which I'll try and shoehorn in somewhere. 

    Bankroll: £1301.70
    Points: 7000

    *he had 66 
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  • IrishRoseIrishRose
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? :    "cement bridges" indeed. You'll be referring to a locomotive as a "train" next, or a ceiling as a roof, or a tile as a slate.     
    Posted by Tikay10

    Now I'm sure you can appreciate the trouble I get into at work Tikay when I ask my boss for some spare light bulbs for my house.............   I've only worked in the electrical wholesalers for the past 11 years but apparently one of these days I'll learn that bulbs grow in gardens.... and it's actually "lamps" I need spares of for the light fitting.

    Who ever heard of putting lamps instead of light bulbs in the light fittings?  I'm sure lamps are for next to bedside tables - but apparently not lol

    Great diary SR - hope you continue onwards and upwards x
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    Thanks Irish Rose - things continue to head in the right direction. Points have stumbled up, bankroll also up a little. Assuming I can sidestep any large blobs of poker malfaesance over the weekend (I've been hanging out at 30/50/100NL a bit too much) and keep more or less away from the pub, I could well have this wrapped up by Monday or Tuesday of next week. 
    And then? And then it'll all be over. I'll be an average nobody. I'll get to live the rest of my life like a schnook. 

    Bankroll: £1355.60
    Points: 7560
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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr
    edited November 2016
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    Thanks Irish Rose - things continue to head in the right direction. Points have stumbled up, bankroll also up a little. Assuming I can sidestep any large blobs of poker malfaesance over the weekend (I've been hanging out at 30/50/100NL a bit too much) and keep more or less away from the pub, I could well have this wrapped up by Monday or Tuesday of next week.  And then? And then it'll all be over. I'll be an average nobody. I'll get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.  Bankroll: £1355.60 Points: 7560
    Posted by SR23

    Goodfellas <3
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  • RLT16RLT16
    edited November 2016
    Good evening SR23, been silently reading your diary for a while now, its a very good read, pleased to see the poker going so well too. best of luck for the next week or so, hope you make it to prio :)
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
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    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Goodfellas <3
    Posted by hhyftrftdr
    Me too. In fact, I love it so much that I booked out the smallest cinema in the country (19 seats) a couple of years ago to watch it for my birthday. With friends, not alone. 
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
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    Good evening SR23, been silently reading your diary for a while now, its a very good read, pleased to see the poker going so well too. best of luck for the next week or so, hope you make it to prio :)
    Posted by RLT16
    Good afternoon RLT16 and cheers for saying so. Had a proper look at your diary yesterday - that Aussie Rules stuff is the nuts and your results seem pretty impressive, man*. Yesterday looked like a good day. Keep it up. 

    * started drifting into this hippie-speak recently and not sure why. Hopefully my diary won't descend into, "I was finding it all really heavy and I'd not really made much bread and I was really bummed out." 

    Actually, I hope it does. 
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2016
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    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Me too. In fact, I love it so much that I booked out the smallest cinema in the country (19 seats) a couple of years ago to watch it for my birthday. With friends, not alone. 
    Posted by SR23
    Thin "I have 19 friends" post.

    Henry Hill: You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny. Tommy DeVito: What do you mean I'm funny? Henry Hill: It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy. [laughs] Tommy DeVito: What do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What? Henry Hill: It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything. Tommy DeVito: [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it? Anthony Stabile: Tommy no, you got it all wrong. Tommy DeVito: Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how? Henry Hill: Jus... Tommy DeVito: What? Henry Hill: Just... ya know... you're funny.

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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Thin "I have 19 friends" post. Henry Hill : You're a pistol, you're really funny. You're really funny. Tommy DeVito : What do you mean I'm funny? Henry Hill : It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy. [ laughs ] Tommy DeVito : What do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What? Henry Hill : It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, you know the way you tell the story and everything. Tommy DeVito : [ it becomes quiet ] Funny how? What's funny about it? Anthony Stabile : Tommy no, you got it all wrong. Tommy DeVito : Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how? Henry Hill : Jus... Tommy DeVito : What? Henry Hill : Just... ya know... you're funny.
    Posted by Tikay10
    Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning. 

    I've seen Goodfellas roughly 20 times and never knew he said, "You're a pistol..." in the lead up to that bit. So...ya know...thanks for that. You're good people.

    Also: yes, very thin indeed. 
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  • Phantom66Phantom66
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : Thin "I have 19 friends 18 or fewer acquaintances who will turn up for a free night out" post. 
    Posted by Tikay10
    FYP
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  • Itsover4uItsover4u
    edited November 2016
    I love goodfellas! (&this thread)
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
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    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : FYP
    Posted by Phantom66
    Ha! Quite. 
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
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    I love goodfellas! (&this thread)
    Posted by Itsover4u
    Cheers man - appreciate it. Cinema is pretty subjective but I've not met anyone who doesn't like Goodfellas. 

    Just had a miserable session that was a bit heavy and I did a bit of bread and it bummed me out. I actually played okay but had to resort to constantly four-betting T7s, 85s etc, IP to scrape some profit together as I was that card dead. I'm pretty sure that last sentence is paradoxical. 

    Off to play live for a few hours with a chunk of my bankroll. This, potentially, is where it all goes wrong...

    Bankroll: £1323.72
    Points: 7584

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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr
    edited November 2016
    It came 1st in a Total Film poll a few years ago as the greatest film ever made, although its not my absolute favourite (though its close with The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver, a 4 way flip if you will)  it is hard to argue it cos it contains everything and makes 2.5 hours fly by.

    Apparently that 'funny how' scene wasn't written into the film like that, Pesci ad-libbed it and Liotta's reaction was genuine.

    Was a great platform for Pesci to go onto bigger and better things, like Home Alone and Home Alone 2.
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  • Jac35Jac35
    edited November 2016
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    It came 1st in a Total Film poll a few years ago as the greatest film ever made, although its not my absolute favourite (though its close with The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver, a 4 way flip if you will)  it is hard to argue it cos it contains everything and makes 2.5 hours fly by. Apparently that 'funny how' scene wasn't written into the film like that, Pesci ad-libbed it and Liotta's reaction was genuine. Was a great platform for Pesci to go onto bigger and better things, like Home Alone and Home Alone 2.
    Posted by hhyftrftdr
    You missed My Cousin Vinny
    Just remembered that had Jennifer Tilly in it as well
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    It came 1st in a Total Film poll a few years ago as the greatest film ever made, although its not my absolute favourite (though its close with The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver, a 4 way flip if you will)  it is hard to argue it cos it contains everything and makes 2.5 hours fly by. Apparently that 'funny how' scene wasn't written into the film like that, Pesci ad-libbed it and Liotta's reaction was genuine. Was a great platform for Pesci to go onto bigger and better things, like Home Alone and Home Alone 2.
    Posted by hhyftrftdr
    Think I read this in Shortlist a few years ago when they ran a Goodfellas special. That was a good commute. Another fact I remember is that Ray Liotta had someone in the sound booth with him when he was recording the voiceover/narrative bits that he would speak directly to. 

    You're right, though, it does contain everything and zips by - it's almost like a two and a half hour trailer. The music is pure ace - they often put on the soundtrack in my local pizza place when I go in (thin brag that I sometimes go out to eat). 
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
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    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : You missed My Cousin Vinny Just remembered that had Jennifer Tilly in it as well
    Posted by Jac35
    My Cousin Vinny is wonderful. Love that Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for it, too. 

    Think Joe Pesci is great, too, in Raging Bull. Just looked up his IMDb and he officially retired in 1999. [expletive deleted] shame. 
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    Quote: "Off to play live for a few hours with a chunk of my bankroll. This, potentially, is where it all goes wrong..."

    How prescient. This whole thing came close to unravelling last night. Played live £1/1 - quickly found myself £200 down through a combination of playing too many hands, whiffing too many boards, counterfeitaments and getting it all in pre with AA and losing to quads. 

    Bought back in for £200 as there was a huge, pleasant whale at the table and a handful of only so-so regs. I was prepared to go through my entire bankroll if necessary - the table was that good. The whale was ace: lively, engaging table talk, lots of whisky drinking, tipping the valets and dealers handsomely and splashing around a treat. At least every other hand he would raise to £16/17/18 pre, blind, and continue barrelling blind/looking and calling down or betting with a gutshot/third pair. 

    In short, the ideal person to play poker against. Seemed to be able to afford to spew a bit, too. Some of the regs didn't like it. "We're here to play poker, not bingo," "How can you call £51 pre with T3", "This is ridiculous" etc etc etc. 

    I wanted to rip their heads off. First, because it's not nice. Second, because he might have enough of the insults and walk off. Third, because of their inability to adjust. There isn't the time to go into why it's counterproductive and absurd to berate weaker players at the table (and why regs should be loving players raising blind £18 every other hand), but suffice to say it is. I've been guilty of operating on the fringes of this before, but about as far as I've gone is writing a sarcastic "nh" in the chatbox and it's rare, purely borne out of frustration and something I'm trying to nip in the bud. 

    Anyway, I start playing 50-60% of hands versus pleasant whale (I have position on him) and even though I have to make one or two nervy calls with top pair/no kicker and a big river check-raise with second pair in a 200bb pot (I snapped) I get into profit. Then I play okay and get into more profit. Then I play badly/semi-badly and make one or two horrible errors that are making me cringe as I think about them and come out more or less break even. 

    Bankroll: £1331.88
    Points: 7651
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  • Jac35Jac35
    edited November 2016
    You've just decribed pretty much every live cash game ever.
    Although, I'm normally the drunk guy. Nice drunk guy though.
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    Quite, Jac, although this one was particularly good. If I played on that table every night I'd be able to buy my own island in a year. Do you drink at the tables, then? I did, lots, but got myself into all sorts of bother trying to drunkenly outplay people (read: bet, bet, jam) and so I stopped. My win rate skyrocketed, but my enjoyment downswonged. So I drink a bit now: three, four pints - something like that. 

    I take online poker semi-seriously but see live stuff as recreational and to be enjoyed. Naturally that enjoyment is increased if I make monies but I don't mind if I'm seen as a bit of a boozy fool who's there to chat and keep one eye on the football and gamble it up here and there. 

    The merest slip of an update, today. The tables were (somewhat predictably) reg-heavy later in the evening and it felt like a bit of a grind except when I was misclicking three bets with suited connectors and flopping the nuts. They softened and fattened up later though and I came away with a so-so profit. Points are looking pretty good, too. 

    Bankroll: £1419.86
    Points: 8197

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  • Jac35Jac35
    edited November 2016
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    Quite, Jac, although this one was particularly good. If I played on that table every night I'd be able to buy my own island in a year. Do you drink at the tables, then? I did, lots, but got myself into all sorts of bother trying to drunkenly outplay people (read: bet, bet, jam) and so I stopped. My win rate skyrocketed, but my enjoyment downswonged. So I drink a bit now: three, four pints - something like that.  I take online poker semi-seriously but see live stuff as recreational and to be enjoyed. Naturally that enjoyment is increased if I make monies but I don't mind if I'm seen as a bit of a boozy fool who's there to chat and keep one eye on the football and gamble it up here and there.  The merest slip of an update, today. The tables were (somewhat predictably) reg-heavy later in the evening and it felt like a bit of a grind except when I was misclicking three bets with suited connectors and flopping the nuts. They softened and fattened up later though and I came away with a so-so profit. Points are looking pretty good, too.  Bankroll: £1419.86 Points: 8197
    Posted by SR23
    So many similarities. I feel a ramble coming on
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2016

    Listen up SR23,

    You indicated earlier this Diary ends once you achieve target.

    Reconsider please - you write beautifully.

    Amongst the myriad of little jobs & responsibilities I have is to try & keep this Forum ticking over with good stuff. Diaries like this are a Godsend, they really are.
     
    As the pesky kids might say, post morrrrrrr       
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    Listen up SR23, You indicated earlier this Diary ends once you achieve target. Reconsider please - you write beautifully. Amongst the myriad of little jobs & responsibilities I have is to try & keep this Forum ticking over with good stuff. Diaries like this are a Godsend, they really are.   As the pesky kids might say, post morrrrrrr     
    Posted by Tikay10
    I love this. In fact, I'm going to start all correspondence in a similar fashion, particularly emails. And I love (and appreciate) what you say, too - I've thought on and off for a couple of years about doing a diary on here but never quite got around to it. You're laying yourself open to criticism somewhat and, well, is there something ever-so-slightly vulgar about recording your financial success? I'm not sure, I haven't quite decided. Plus I've not been sure what to write about and once this is over wouldn't be sure what to write about in the future. More plus: it's something of a busman's holiday. 

    And yet. 

    And yet, I've really enjoyed writing here over the last month - more so than I have done when being paid for it. The response from other players both on and off the tables has been genuinely touching and invigorating. So, let's see, shall we? Thanks again. 





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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : I love this. In fact, I'm going to start all correspondence in a similar fashion, particularly emails. And I love (and appreciate) what you say, too - I've thought on and off for a couple of years about doing a diary on here but never quite got around to it. You're laying yourself open to criticism somewhat and, well, is there something ever-so-slightly vulgar about recording your financial success? I'm not sure, I haven't quite decided. Plus I've not been sure what to write about and once this is over wouldn't be sure what to write about in the future. More plus: it's something of a busman's holiday.  And yet.  And yet, I've really enjoyed writing here over the last month - more so than I have done when being paid for it. The response from other players both on and off the tables has been genuinely touching and invigorating. So, let's see, shall we? Thanks again. 
    Posted by SR23

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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : ?
    Posted by hhyftrftdr
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : ?
    Posted by hhyftrftdr
    Indeed. I think what I was trying to say, rather hamfistedly, is that I'm not sure I want (in the long term) to be documenting my wins and losses. There are one or two people who I know irl who read this thing (and it is a thing) and I don't know if I want them to be reading "I won X amount/lost Y amount today." Although perhaps I do. God knows, I'm exhausted. And tilted. Was that even your question? Hopefully I've answered it. If not, I'll try again. 
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  • SR23SR23
    edited November 2016
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    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : ?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited November 2016
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority?:
    In Response to Re: Harebrained November Challenge - from £17.15 to Priority? : I love this. In fact, I'm going to start all correspondence in a similar fashion, particularly emails. And I love (and appreciate) what you say, too - I've thought on and off for a couple of years about doing a diary on here but never quite got around to it. You're laying yourself open to criticism somewhat and, well, is there something ever-so-slightly vulgar about recording your financial success? I'm not sure, I haven't quite decided. Plus I've not been sure what to write about and once this is over wouldn't be sure what to write about in the future. More plus: it's something of a busman's holiday.  And yet.  And yet, I've really enjoyed writing here over the last month - more so than I have done when being paid for it. The response from other players both on and off the tables has been genuinely touching and invigorating. So, let's see, shall we? Thanks again. 
    Posted by SR23
    If we just write about our successes (wins, profits) & never mention our failures (losses) then yes, it's a bit self-indulgent. In the same way, if we just chronicle our bad beats, as some Diaries here used to, without referencing the times we got lucky, again, it does not read well. 

    As in all things, honesty, balance, humility & modesty help immensely.

    So are we all agreed then - you continue to Diary? If not.....


    And when you're gone, you stay gone, or you be gone. You lost all your L.A. privileges. Deal? 

     

          
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  • Jac35Jac35
    edited November 2016
    You sound so butch Tikay
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