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.....this with you.

I have a girlfriend here in the Philippines who goes by the name of Roxanne, she is 27 and a dealer at the local casino in the town we reside in. It was not my intention when I came here to have a relationship but for a "white guy" its almost inevitable, it seems every filipina wants to marry an "American", I got fed up ages ago trying to explain the difference!!!!!

I have been totally honest with Roxanne from the start and told her marriage is highly unlikely as I will probably have to return to the UK at some point, she was/is cool with that, this girl is a "real diamond" and like most filipinas is very hard working, happy go lucky and sees good in all people.

Now to the point of this post, Xan has always shown an interest in my online poker and will sit and watch for ages when I play, asking all types of questions etc. As I have said in an earlier post I am restricted to playing mainly freerolls now, but pokerstars have 3 or 4 "Hubble freeroll tournaments each day, so this is more than enough for me. For those that don't know "Hubble freeroll is a tournament where the top 99 players progress to another tournament which has a $2,000 prizepool. Yesterday morning (Tues) I played and won a seat into the next tournament finishing 21/12,000.

Last night I registered for another tournament and told Xan she was going to play it, so at 11.30pm (Ph time) she takes her seat. I stay downstairs out of her way watching TV. At the end of the 1st hour (1st break) I go to check on her progress, she has just over 4K in chips, and from a max field of 12,000 there are about 5,000 left in. I explain to her that whatever her result she has done well to "survive" the first hour. I decide to sit with her for a while as I explain to her that she now needs to try and accumulate chips in the next hour. On the restart it becomes evident that 5 of the 9 players at her table are "sitting out" so with some aggressive play and a couple of all in wins she gets to the next break with 30K in chips, giving her time to still play tight.

So it's back downstairs for me to the TV, 2am here and we get reruns of premiership football so I am watching Derby/West Ham from whenever when. All is quiet from upstairs, so I am assuming things are going OK. Just after 3.30am football has finished I return upstairs and Xan is still at the computer, she has 40K in chips and they are down to just over 200 players, wtg. She tells me she dropped to 18K but doubled up when she pushed with AK, a quick look at the maths and its obvious that she still needs more chips to be comfortable, she gets dealt AK of clubs, flat calls from middle position with the intention of going all in if there is a raise, no raise and she flops the Nut Flush, one player bets into her on every street and she check raises on the river and gets paid off, other player holding Q 4 clubs, very unlucky, this puts Xan up to just over 80K, and I reckon she can now fold her way into the top 99. At just after 4am the bubble bursts and Xan has qualified with 38K in chips and the blinds at 6k 12K, what a performance, I am so pleased for her (she lacks confidence in many things she does), Her reaction!! you would have thought she has won the "world series" and I am convinced with all the screams she wakes up the neighbourhood, so at 4.30am she is texting all her family/workmates telling of her achievement (I am sure they are best pleased), she busts out 81/12,000, but what an intro into the world of poker.

Well Done Xan, I am very proud of you. (she loves to read through the blonde forums, though doesn't always understand everything, especially the humour).

Just wanted to share this with you, as I know the majority of new are quick to encourage and support newcomers into the game.

Rox Rocks! Well done her.

WP!

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for sharing that Taximan.

Great story. Getting through 12,000 players would pose a challenge for the best players in the world so it's very impressive that Roxanne managed to do it as a relative novice.

What a great way to kick start your poker career!

PokerStars Tournament #76055998, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll Super Satellite
12000 players
Target Tournament #76054140
99 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started - 2008/02/05 - 10:32:00 (ET)

Dear taximanph,

You finished the tournament in 81st place.

This qualifies you for a seat in Tournament #76054140.
A ticket to this tournament was issued in your name. You can use this
 ticket
to register.
See Tournament #76054140 Lobby for further details.


You earned 48.44 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Please contact support@pokerstars.com if you have any questions.

Brilliant job Roxanne:)  Well done and good luck in the next round:)  Get yourself a BLonde name and join the conversations  if you can move taximan off the pc:)   ;hattip; ;hattip; ;applause; ;applause;

well done Xan!!!

Well played Roxy!

Nice going ;applause;

well played Roxanne  ;hattip;

Hi taximan, for a start n1. Also, iv seen that picture on 2+2 somewhere. Go on, you can tell us she's imaginary ;)

 :hello: Xan and.................

WELL DONE CHICKA!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; 

WP Roxy , GL in the next round.

 Very well played Roxanne  ;applause; ;applause;

Very well done!..And of course this means you're already better than Taxi :)

very well played,keep it up. Gaz

Excellent result.  Taximan, I think you need to step aside and let the real poker player on the computer more often to play.  You can be a kept man!

Well done Xan !!!!  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

very nice


well played Xan

Thank you for all the kind comments.

Roxanne said she was just very fortunate to have such a "good mentor"

(well she didn't, but I know that is what she thought  ::) )

Due to her work schedule, Xan is unable to play either of the "Round 2" tournaments this weekend, so that leaves me to clean up the money.......

So this afternoon (Saturday) I let her play another of the "Round 1 freerolls" just so she could see that you don't always qualify in these tournaments, this was her result:

PokerStars Tournament #76056063, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll Super Satellite
11772 players
Target Tournament #76054140
99 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started - 2008/02/09 - 01:32:00 (ET)

Dear taximanph,

You finished the tournament in 7th place.

This qualifies you for a seat in Tournament #76054140.
A ticket to this tournament was issued in your name. You can use this
 ticket
to register.
See Tournament #76054140 Lobby for further details.

If only I had some money in my account I would let her play "real money"  ;)

As for tonights Round 2 tournament, I played, less said the better, try again tomorrow.

OMG!!!  VERY WELL DONE CHICKA!!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

So you get the missus to qualify and do the hard work, then you fail to bring home teh monies :D

Shame on you Taxi!

I was asked to be Godfather(Ninong) to the son of one of Xan's work colleagues;

This is all the Godfathers: and a pic of Xan and myself with Kerr Royvyn Maudee.

V.nice work. Congrats.

Sundays Round 2 Tournament:

PokerStars Tournament #76054140, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll
6789 players
$2000.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Total Prize Pool: $2000.00
Tournament started - 2008/02/10 - 14:00:00 (ET)

Dear taximanph,

You finished the tournament in 524th place.
A $1.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Roxanne will be so proud of me  rotflmfao

tremendous performance by a novice them freerolls are tough playin gl 4 her future poker exploits

Is there no stopping this young lady!!!!

PokerStars Tournament #76886840, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll Super Satellite
12000 players
Target Tournament #76753818
99 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started - 2008/02/11 - 10:32:00 (ET)

Dear taximanph,

You finished the tournament in 72nd place.

This qualifies you for a seat in Tournament #76753818.
A ticket to this tournament was issued in your name. You can use this
 ticket
to register.
See Tournament #76753818 Lobby for further details.

I can't get her off the computer now ffs

Get her a pokerxfactor account and set her on her way ( PS Marry her before she's richer than you ).

Stop hogging the pc and let her play the next legs, after all she keeps winning them !

I will, as and when her work schedule allows

The young lady played her 1st Cash Tournament tonight. 0.10 Turbo:

PokerStars Tournament #77091311, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $0.10
3741 players
$50.00 added to the prize pool by PokerStars.com
Total Prize Pool: $424.10
Tournament started - 2008/02/12 - 10:00:00 (ET)

Dear taximanph,

You finished the tournament in 17th place.
A $1.28 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 80.71 tournament leader points in this tournament.

Still maintaining finishing in the top 100 of all tourneys entered.

If I didn't know any better I would say it was rigged  :)

Well done Xan.

Congratulations, sounds you are living a nice life over there. Your other half seems like a very nice lady. Thank you for your continued support on the live updates.

Thank you Snoopy, Yes life here is good, unfortunately though it is fairly evident that I shall have to return to the "real world" sooner rather than later, I am just delaying that moment as long as I possibly can.

why do you have to return?

Because of finances, I came here in Sept 2006 and basically spent all of my money on a project to help those less fortunate. My situation now is I have just under 1k left and my air fare will be 400 plus, so I will arrive back in the UK basically skint and homeless, but that was my choice when I left so I am ok with it, and I will do any work when I return, it is almost impossible to work here as a foreigner, set up a business is ok, but no chance as an employee.

Having experienced life here now for 17 months it would be my hope to be able to raise/earn 10K and then return here and live a simple but comfortable life.

Turns out this is now my first post on blonde :)

Does she still play Taxi ?

What a great result, well done Roxanne.