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Barry's death has affected me somewhat. Never met him in real life but chatted with him on the tables and forums quite a bit. i have already posted in his tribute thread and i do not want to trivialise that by changing this into a poorer version of that. However I feel that Barry was one of the most important posters here, especially in the early days. Life is so precious, snuffed out more sudden than a candle light in the wind.
I have already told a few people of my intention to do the following although the charity has now changed. I have qualified for the Blackpool Bounty Hunter SPT. Even before Vegas and Barry i was intending to donate any bounties I won on that day to charity to pass on the karma. Now after the sad news I have decided to donate any bounty prize to Barry's favourite charity as detailed by Alison in that thread (Shopmobiiity Sheffield I believe). It may be nothing, it could be a grand. Doesn't matter, I'm running this anyway and I invite anyone who fancies it to join me.
Ok, on to a lighter moment. You may or may have not seen the highlights from my Vegas Luckboxing on Sunday. They showed highlights of the final table. From the hands shown I was getting a hammering right up until the end, pretty reflective as I was, from 5 handed until the end, mainly winning lots of small pots which of course aren't going to be shown. So after big pot after big pot went away, mainly in HU, I got this text from my mother just before the end of the show.
'R U sure u won'
Cheers Ma and when did you start all the text speak?
I was in the mini last night on your table where you and Solack were trying to bounce each other out with short stacks.I had the big stack but made sure i kept clear of you two. only to later throw it away with all-in call with 88 v AA.(the cat is still limping!)
I put "congrats Tommy" in chatbox but youprobably had chat off.
All the best in vegas and i look forward to your blog on the events. As a novice on site, i've asked advice from you on occasion and you've always come through. You are a good example for other members both success AND, more importantly, attitude-wise. Your posts are informative but light-hearted too. I appreciate that.
I was a maths teacher too for 20+years so where you get the time from to play as well as do your job really does amaze me. Maybe it may reduce when the OFSTED inspection is announced, eh?
All the best...cheers!!
(not even a teeny weeny bump.. honest guv!!)
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Neighbour watch - Hyacinth is expanding her craziness. My Gf made that schoolboy error of giving her phone number to her. This last week she's rang her most days this week. Last weekend the GF put the call on loud speaker so I could listen in, my word, it's a garbled stream of consciousness that bounces all around a narrative of dislike for Dot. I doubt the woman took a breath. As a poker player, i.e. a man always looking for an angle, I saw the opportunity to earn some brownie points and did the whole 'Fake Call for Lunch' routine to help the GF get off the phone, or at least pause the verbal raging bull for a moment to say goodbye. I have no idea why but as it was a fake lunch that didn't exist I decided to make it a good one. I shouted 'Honey, the lobster is ready for lunch and the scallops are getting cold!' Lobster and scallops, that made me hungry.
Hyacinth's landlord, a very patient and understanding fellow, has actually offered her one of his other properties to rent from now on. It's very close and doesn't have Dot. Guess what, Hyacinth turned the offer down as she likes it here too much. She likes the maisonette with phantom noisy neighbour too much?! Sigh.
In other news from the Stepford Wives estate, a major incident happened yesterday. A new couple, who moved in a few weeks ago, had a BBQ on the communal grounds in front of their flat. Not around the back like most people, but out front, loud and proud. I hope they could relax and enjoy their afternoon with 15 curtains twitching in their direction.
My house move is moving very slowly but we are hoping to exchange next week to complete at the end of the month. The general stress of this has pretty much left me with writers block, this being the reason I haven't been posting much. Trying to crack through this. We'll see.
Happy Sunday Grind Day all!!!!!
I obv had her pull undermeasured innit??
She's waiting for the mountain to move..
Odds on Hiiiisinf wins..
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The people we're buying from arn't exactly the most helpful people either as after heavy discussion on bringing down the time they want between exchange and completion dates, they have budged by the grand total of zero days. You'd think I was being picky but when we agreed to buy they told us 'we can move out straight away.' I didn't know they were using tortoise years to define time.
What makes matters worse is that when we viewed the property they detailed a ton of things that they would be willing to sell us and the only thing that we wanted was their petrol driven lawnmower as the garden is so long I'm half expecting to see Sim and Rosie pad up for some practice out there. So we get the list, no prizes for guessing the one thing that's not on it. They are trying to sell us some ghastly custom made blinds for three hundred sheets though. In fact, every communication we are having ends with 'Are you sure you don't want the lovely blinds?' It's all I can do to not tell them 'No, and my reasons are two fold. Firstly, they are custom made so I know you can't use them for where ever you are going so I'm a little disappointed you are trying to sell them for full whack; and two, they look like props from a 1970's German Blue Movie.'
Trust me people, moving house is no picnic.
I'm still grinding DYMs. Yes yes it's not real poker i know but it really centres me to focus. I'm playing plenty of them alongside playing the main in my futile jackpot hunt (I will get it one day Dylan, I can't have you having that trump card over me for all time...) and then switching to the cash tables after the inevitable MTT bust outs.
There seem's to be an injection of new players both in the DYM and cash table player pool. Long may this continue. That was not meant as a brag or to sound confident, but in my opinion poker sites need a constant flow of new players and new money. It just means that you have to keep working at your game which is great for me because I can so easily fall into complacency, the poison for a poker player in the modern age. So keep them coming, the great and the novice, the more the merrier.
Quick DYM question, mainly aimed at the mid-high stake DYM Regs. I'm noticing a fad of just jamming instead of betting to a sensible level in the early stages, and these jams are with a fairly wide range. This is mainly coming from some of the new players. Thoughts on the tactic? From my seat it's great if you have top end cards but putting your DYM on the line with hands like AJ and KQ which are ahead of the range but by no means thrilling seems a little thin to me. Especially when we're not at the bubble stage.
LOL - Reminds us of the old 'dog ate my homework story'...
...have you ever had that one told to you?
I have been playing mainly 11s to 22s recently with the odd (mainly unsuccesful) shot at £55s thrown in. I can't say that i have noticed this trend so much, but I will look out for it and report back! Also, at what stage do you consider a jam early (how many bigs?) I have never been shy to jam earlier than most btw...
I will say that i am starting to think that table selection is very important because there are some good regs at my levels and when there are 3 of them, and me, and an unknown shark, it starts to get -ev. Sorry to change the subject but what are you thoughts on game selection in DYMS please Tom?
Good Luck in your jackpot hunting. I am now playing the main/mini most nights too, so hopefully one of us will get lucky like Dylan soon eh... we can dream innit
50/100 is pretty much my last level of raising, not shoving but I'll shove as well up to 15BB I think, maybe 18.
I hate being the caller to a pre flop signifcant shove in a DYM, gives me a rash.
And thank you to everyone for the support.
I've only got a couple of concerns about Vegas. First up is the flight. Now I don't have a fear of flying exactly, although I'm not the most relaxed in the air. My fear thing comes from my first ever long haul flight, I was ten and the whole family were off to Disney World Florida. Obviously I was completely excited, really looking forward to everything. Now back then I used to wear shorts all of the time, loved them, and was wearing a rather fetching beige pair for the journey. So we get on the flight, I'm loving the radio in my chair and the whole experience. Then my thighs started to swell. I'm not sure if it was the altitude or the fact I drank fifty odd cups of water from the cooler at the back, but my legs expanded to the size of a couple of pigs. I waddled off the flight and after we checked in to the hotel I no realised my shorts were cutting into my legs and what was worse I couldn't get them off. I think we had to cut me loose in the end. That's kind of stayed with me over the years, then again a ten year old having his legs mutate on a flight would stick in the mind, hardly ever worn a pair of short outside of sport since. I'm considering flying in leather trousers just to keep everything squeezed and compact.
My second concern is the tipping. I've looked at a few guide sites and it looks like I'm giving everyone money. I don't mind it but I just don't want to get stiffed by tipping too much or offend anyone by tipping too little. Looking at the guides I'm surprised by a few of them, $3 for the maid service to clean the room. Is that $3 a day? The only job I've ever had where I got a tip was working in a bar, but being a British bar it wasn't exactly expected and was normally a pint. I just haven't got my head around the mentality of it, I know it's a big thing over there, I guess I'm just not sure how big. I'm sure I'll pick it up, any advice guys?
With regard to tipping... Its a shame Carlo and Channing are not about, if you remember that debate they had on the live cash game on sky. But from my memory of my Vegas trip I tipped a 1 dollar bill for most things, dunno if that's stingy or what, but that's what i was told to do...
don't know about the maid service because i hardly ever in my room... think i left a bit of change after i left tho.. I do remember a friend of mine managed to tip a fat male toilet attendant £100 at a famous gentlemans club. i think he mis-understood why he was there... Hes not rich either, he just made a drunken error lol.
I am sure you will have a fantastic time Tommy regardless, even if you have to use a mobility scooter like Doyle when you arrive..:)
never tipped maid service because we were never in when they cleaned up i think, but pretty much everyone wants money so its helpful to ignore them or if you like them give them a dorrar
With regards to flying, just make sure you have a good sit down toilet stop before you get on the flight(those cubicles on board are just not good on any plane!)When flying with my brother and sister in law , also make the stewardesses aware what colour wine you're prepared to drink(when free,like virgin) with your meal, just so they don't say no thankyou we don't drink wine! whilst your asleep!!