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We have a fridge magnet that says:
"Its the cats house , we just pay the mortgage"
Wouldn't have it any other way.
As for the abuse you mention, its a long time since i've witnessed a worse case and I sincerely hope that Sky severely punish the culprit as this kind of thing is completely out of order irrespective of how the victim played his cards.
Also just wanted to say "GO OSCAR", yesterday was a good day all round.
Great results Jac vwp
Little heater continues ☺
Played golf and so was back too late for the main tonight.
Played a couple of Dyms at £11 and won 1 lost 1 (I stink at dyms right now)
Played some weird game where you have lows and highs
Might have given the game away when I announced to the table at the start that I was googling how to play the silly game.
Played the £2000 b/h and the £2 speed.
Came 2nd in the speed for £61.85 and have just busted the b/h in 5th for £127.08. Hope Jdsallster wins the b/h, he was chipleader when I was removed from my seat and playing really well.
Reasonably happy with mtts this month.
Played 4 cashed in 4
Balance with a little bit of rakeback thrown in £1117
Teeth paid for and a bit left over for a couple of pints
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Great cat
Found this earlier today. Me, a long time ago. Great hair
Place where we stayed on recent holiday. Great place
View from my seat at the outside bar. Great bar
I'm delighted to hear you did the correct thing & reported it.
The fact that it was all over a tenner rebuy makes it all the more ridiculous.
There is a fellow who plays the PLO8 DYM's who abuses everyone everytime he loses a hand. Last night, with the help of asterisks & the space bar, he said to another player - "THAT IS WHY YOU DESERVE TO BE THE RE*ARD YOU ARE".
To be fair to him, many poker players don't seem to know what "you are a re*ard", (or even "mo*on") in that context, really means. If we berated someone for the colour of their skin, because they were financially poor, or had Downs Syndrome, everyone knows it is unacceptable. But re*ard is fine. I once saw an intelligent & high stakes player call another "a learning difficulty victim". Bet he was pleased he came up with that witty line.
Let me say this, & I don't care what the Suits say. People who behave that way should be removed from all forms of poker. They might then think twice before shooting their mouth like a spoilt 5 year old who lost his sweeties.
DISCLAIMER. Sheesh, I'm grumpy this morning.....
Not started reading this diary till recently, but have to admit it's a great read. For a Derby supporter
Love the story of how the cat got adopted, that act of kindness has to warrant a lot more good karma at the poker tables!
I'm right in thinking you're a Forest supporter? We're already bracing ourselves for the "Did you cry at Wemberley?" chants etc.. This one was spotted by a friend at Glastonbury as well. Thought it was quite good.
How do you think you'll get on next season? Pearce the right man? I thought he did well at Man City and was a bit unlucky to be sacked. Thought he seemed pretty poor with the England U21's. Will he be allowed to spend big? Is the money actually there to spend big?
Then it all fell apart. A very average first season in charge (including a cup exit at the hands of Doncaster) was followed up by the shambolic 06/07 season.....the season where we scored 10 goals at home in the WHOLE CAMPAIGN, and not a single goal at Eastlands after the turn of the year. Anyone suffering from insomnia, just dig out a copy of that years season review, job done. You're welcome, no doctor required.
He also signed Samaras for 6 million quid.
I do like him, and he was in charge at City during a difficult period, but I don't know if he's cut out to be a top level manager.
Little anecdote to the above....SP finished his playing career at City. Last game of the season, and his final ever game, was against Pompey at home. City are (I think) 4-2 up. SP is on 99 career goals. City need one more goal for a First division record (this was the swashbuckling King Kevin years). We win a penalty in stoppage time. Pearce of course steps up to take it. Dave Beasant has a word in Pearce's ear saying he isn't going to move. What does Stu do?
Over the bar. GG Pearce, wp.
I think even Stuart's most ardent admirers would reaily concede that he is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.
He was, of course, a quite wonderful player, & we all loved him.
He then became a Manager, or more correctly, "Manager".
Update
Losing a bit, end of update
Spose I should expand a little.
Not played much since the little mtt binks. Won a few quid at cash the other night. Tonight, I've lost about £40. Bit irritated with myself as I regged a couple of all in sats. Never won one and it's basically giving money away. I also seem to have forgotten how to play dyms. Just had a quick session. Won 4 lost 3. Unfortunately I lost the higher stake games so made another small loss. Lost a couple more than I won earlier as well. I've always been aggressive in them but having played mainly mtts recently my mindset is wrong. Hands that are standard opens in mtts but quick folds in dyms I've been playing. Need to sort that out. Maybe if I've gone all rubbish at them it's time to bin them as suggested by some and play more mtts. Be hard to let go of my comfort blanket though
Maintained my record of never playing the roller. Things have been going well recently and I wouldn't bat an eyelid at buying in for £100 live. Just seem to have a mental block about doing it online. I'm a weirdo.
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Played a stableford today. Pressure time as I was off 9.4 going into it. I played really well. Level through 10, then 2 over through 15. Already got 35 points at that stage and so was thinking of winning the comp and getting back to at least 8. 16 a par 3 I made 5, 17 a par 4 I recorded a 9! and on the 18th I 3 stabbed for a 6. Well batted Paul, 36 points, GRRRR
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Teddy reminded me of Franz Carr. 1985 Milk Cup v Forest. We got out of the car on Crewe Street. I used to go with my Dad and Grandad. Crewe Street was about a mile from the Baseball Ground. I could hear the crowd. It was only 7.00 and I'd never heard the crowd from that far away before. 25,000 packed into the Baseball Ground, it was the biggest crowd I'd ever seen. We were in the 3rd division and Forest were doing well in the 1st division. They won 2-1 and I was in awe of Franz Carr. He was the quickest player I'd ever seen and was brilliant. Tore Steve Buckley apart that night. I had a new hero. As it transpired Franz wasn't actually a consistent world beater but on that night he was fantastic.
I'm pretty stubborn in general and so I've surprised myself by starting to think that Ivan/Geldy and a few others may actually be right and I'm wrong.
I'll explain. A while ago I thought Ivan was crazy when he was talking about preferring to lose as long as he played well, as opposed to getting lucky whilst playing badly. I still think there are some situations e.g huge events where he's wrong but in the general games we play he might be onto something.
Playing golf on Sunday made me think about this. I played really well and was scoring well. 2 over stood on the 16th tee. The 17th is a long par 4 with an island green. I didn't quite get my drive and had 210 left to the green from the rough. I made the right decision and laid up exactly where I wanted to be between 100-110 yards leaving me a full sand wedge. I chunked the ball into the water. I then dropped the ball in the same place and did exactly the same again. One of my playing partners intimated that it might be better to take my next drop closer to the green. I disagreed and didn't panic, I knew that it was the right decision to play from this spot rather than have a half shot. This time I did what I had been doing for the whole round prior this hole and put the ball to 10 feet. I carded a 9 and my great score had become average. You may be surprised but I have been known to be grumpy on a golf course. This time I was really happy as I drove home. I'd made the right decisions and just happened to play my 2 worst shots of the day at the worst time. If I keep playing like that in the long term i'll get my handicap back down again.
I then thought about the mtts I did well in last week. I went out of 3 of them maybe a touch earlier than I could have. I was really happy though as I'd made the right decisions. The spots were there and I got it in ahead each time. The other mtt I played I folded a hand when it was a 3bet all in every day of the week. There was an away guy on the other table with 2 bigs left and I considered that. it was a stupid decision not to play that hand, the ladder was only £25. The very next hand brought it home even more. Jdsallstar was in a very similar spot and he went for it and got the double up. He then went onto to win the tourney and cashed for about £450 more than me. Looking at it that way, the extra £25 I locked up doesn't seem so great.
So in the 1 comp where by not taking a spot I won another £25 I'm furious with myself. In the others where I maybe could have moved up a bit if I didn't go with my hand, I was happy. Kind of proves Ivans point I think.
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Dropping the ball multiple times trying to knock the ball onto an island green sounds a bit Tin Cuppish. Actually, maybe not. Costner was trying to win the US Open and it was a 2 iron and not a wedge, I so wanted him to win it. Chuffed when he holed it with his last ball. Love golf films.
Little known fact is that Adam Sandler was actually flown over to Derby to play a few rounds with me at Horsley Lodge prior to filming Happy Gilmore. By the 2nd round he had perfected the swing that he used in the film.
Hope the Seve film is good. Feels a bit soon? If it's anything like Senna then it will be great. Not seen Rush yet. Should get round to that.
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Talking of films I've become a huge DiCaprio fan over the last few years and I didn't think I'd ever say that. Loved Django (although Christoph Waltz does steal the show) loved Wolf of Wall Street, loved Gangs of New York, Day Lewis was wonderful in that as well. Not seen The Aviator, should see it. Actually hated Inception, I think I'm on my own with that one though.
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