GLGL Mr Tommy Bingham

roll: $500
sent:$30.50
MU: $310.07

[Need to learn how to run like tomsom!]

Hmmm some of those hands look familiar

About a nano second after I pushed the 46, I recognised the sn and regretted pushing! Think the is a good pass probably close cEV wise but some ICM considerations make it a fold.

I did think it could be you cause i had checked and noticed UK!

You grinding these games or just playing a couple? Yeah 46 is fine id say can shove any two just dunno how i didnt hit! Need to learn how to run like tomsom!

dont we all

Don't really see the butchery, where would you do something different. Rivers rly annoying but such a good price.

My turn sizing is absolutely horrible, not great at 10nl zoom where you're pushing yourself into a corner where you have to call off with one pair on a four card straight board where you can beat absolutely nothing but a bluff. Not even sure this is ever a bluff :p

Want to shove? 7.35 back and 5.20 in, 3.8 seems fine, not sure if I like 2.7 more. Much more seems silly. Even betting 2.5 gives us too good of a price on the river to fold.

I would probably shove this turn as standard. This can't be that bad right just to get him to put the money in with all the pair+draw combo's that's if were never folding.

Not done a post in this for ages so thought i would do a semi-big one to sum up the last month goals etc. Basically as far as February goes it was the most mentally testing month of my life, literally felt i was getting crushed every time i played online (even though i felt i was playing good). Then there was the UKPC which i had such high hopes for, but obviously didn't go as well as i hope, i think their were a few factors in this i don't think prepared as well as i could have, i didn't adjust well enough to my table and this cost me. Then to cap the month of I've pretty much gone completely busto, which really does hurt! everyone says yeah it happens all the time to players, still when it happens it really hurts. Now the plan:
1) I have already started this I have left Nottingham temporarily, i have done this for work with my dad and also to sort of get away from the same routine. This will allow me to do step 2.
2) Build a roll, I'm working everyday and grinding at the same time; with no living expense due to staying with my dad. This may be 'sponging' of the parents or w/e, but i think i kinda need it now, So this adds up to me being able to create a roll. The idea is to save all the money (with no expense).
3) Come back to Nottingham and try and finish this year off strong (not calender year), I want to come back and play a bit of live cash 50/1 1/1 stuff. I had a week before the UKPC were i made quite a decent amount playing and i feel my game is pretty good atm. This may contradict the busto thing but this was because i was going sick on buying stuff, also the UKPC day when i bust i got pissed and did my whole roll.
4) Keep the grinding going online i haven't shown a negative month so far (variance lol) also i feel I'm putting in good volume, Tomsom also says that everything looks good apart from a few missed spots were i have to many tables open and not concentrating!

So hopefully that's the plan! I've attached Febs graph which had a pretty decent downswing in the middle and i recovered pretty strong which made me happy still got $300 make-up to clear off from the GP, this is pretty tilting but I'm confident enough i can do this, feel I'm playing well with good volume already played like 100+ games for March LEGOOOO. Guess I'm posting this for advice and maybe support from people who've been here and people who are here.

 

As per a suggestion in the staking thread, I propose a prop bet for March for 180 turbos based on the following criteria:

Profit
ROI
Volume

Games will include all 180 man turbo formats $15 and below.  The prizepool will be split evenly.  Up for a vote on buy ins, but $50 per person?  All punters must be searchable on sharkscope to be able to verify results.  Should results be close in terms of Profit / ROI, audits will be taken to assess how many rebuys were taken for accurate results (the alternative is excluding them altogether).

If anyone is in, or has suggestions for alterations, get involved.....

I'm obviously game for volume/ROI but not profit im going to get raped due to me only grinding $2.50/$8 so can i only do 2?

I'll set something up later for 180s, volume and profit between everyone?

Be a pretty cool prop between everyone like X amount each for volume and X amount ROI? as a big player pool

Curtis carried the team through Tyler, he's a ridiculously good bowler, current England international. Good mate of mine too!

You only didn't it because you were afraid you might like it

Or it just doesn't interest me don't really ever feel like i actually gain much from reading poetry,stupid people problems lol.

I remember he was just breaking into the england team at school.

I'm gonna be playing a tonne today, but if i don't manage to out volume/ROI you I'll respin?

Fish

If you've got a problem say it?

such an idiot, thought i had way more time on this prop -_- I just don't even keep track of what day it is lol. Going to play an absolute tonne today anyway try close this shiz out by midnight!

what stats we on man got today and tomorrow right or are we doing till 4th when we agreed on it?

Can do till 4th if you want? But I was thinking it ended today last time I checked I was leading on games and you on ROI

Yeh that's what i thought it was just wondered how many was in it, it's up to you we did only say feb so think we should stick to that then?

[BUCS]

Thanks Red, keep em coming! I hadn't head this in a long time, written by someone called Letts if I remember correctly.

BUCS

This is the big bowling tournament of the year, which is part of a wider BUCS league covering a wide variety of sports. Universities compete for BUCS points and get funding based on how many points they achieve, so this one does actually mean something in terms of club development as well as pride, as it's always the biggest turn out and the fiercest competition. Loughborough went into the tournament with our A team as pretty heavy favourites to win. We managed to field three pretty strong teams, with our B team in the mix for winning their division. We also managed to field two girls teams, which considering we couldn't even field one last year was a pretty good effort. The conditions were very, very tricky and the scores across all the competitors were pretty low, but as expected Loughborough A team won by a big margin despite a ropey start to the 5 man team game, which saw us drop nearly half our lead. There were a few big success stories however, and our B-team ended up edging a win in their division, and our girls A-team picking up silver. Even better, two of the girls made the Great Britain BUCS rep squad, and four of the 6 man A team did too. I didn't even go for it this year, but I reckon if I can sort out a few things and bowl a bit better next year, it would be worth giving it a go. It would be nice to pull on a jersey to represent my country, especially at something I enjoy. Very, very proud of the whole team, it's been fantastic to be a part of.

The Team -

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The winning A Team -

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Isaac

For those of you that don't know, my best mate from secondary school became the first brit to die from a "necknomination" a few weeks ago. His funeral took place on Tuesday, which I attended, along with several of our old friends. The whole thing was very surreal, and got me thinking about a lot of things. Even though we hadn't seen each other in years, our little group got chatting right away, and what was probably the only laughter in the church came from us. I don't like the way funerals are set up, and the way the vicar/reverend/whatever talks about the guy as if they knew him. I wanted to celebrate the guys life, and the fact is a lot of the memories I have of him were pretty funny. I think it's an English thing too, to laugh in moments of this sort of tension. Gallows humour, I think it's called. Anyway, I thought it was fairly fitting that I was remembering him by using him as an excuse to miss a days lectures. He'd have approved of that. The walk out song was "Time of your Life" by Green Day, which is subtitled "Good Riddance". I'm not sure if the people who chose that song were aware of this, but again I think he'd have approved.

After the funeral, four of us bundled into my car and took a nostalgia trip round Colchester. We were all in suits for the funeral, and we wore suits to sixth form, so the whole thing was very surreal. We went through my old school, and the head of sixth form just happened to be free at that time, so we were given a tour. A lot of the place has changed, but enough of what it used to be is still there to trigger all the memories. It's strange how things move on, I guess when you aren't there any more you feel like it freezes in its own little bubble. I'm completely different to how I used to be, but a lot of things/people are very similar. Even the staff in the burger king on the high street seemed to sort of recognise us!

This weeks poem (I know it's late) is another very well known one that often seems to be heard at funerals. The story behind it is quite interesting. Mary Elizabeth Frye was an American housewife/florist, who was orphaned at the age of three. She was not a poet, and had never written anything significant prior to this poem. She did write after the one below, but to my knowledge none of her other writings have endured. I have certainly not come across them. This poem was inspired by a Jewish woman, who was left unable to return home to her mother in Germany to tend to her while she was ill due to the growing Nazi-related unrest. When her mother died, the conversations between her and Frye prompted the creation of this poem, which was originally written on shopping bags and was never properly published. In fact, the author was not confirmed until 16 years ago, which is remarkable given the popularity of the poem. Anyway, it was read by Isaac's father at his funeral, and was definitely very fitting for the occasion.

Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

This is quiet funny to be honest curtis hooper who you obv know but is top left in the picture went to school with me for years! But very well played matt, i didn't read the poetry though sorry.

what stats we on man got today and tomorrow right or are we doing till 4th when we agreed on it?

roll: $410
MU: $340.57
got a pretty bad headache so stopped regging after like an hour tried to force myself not good.