blonde poker forum

I will try and update this thread with some random stuff thats going on with my life
also something to do with hong kong


just coz i have nothign else to do

at the moment i am 16 tabling the 3$ 90 kos turbos on full tilt

its the only time i have just played one type of game. Aim of the year is to get a good bankroll and start making consistant money and taking some shots in live poker

btw im not the best writer in the world but i hope it isnt too hard to read


I will also leave the poll because its fun

Paul Ho is just amazing.

Im a little disappointed you paid that guy his money though.

well im only funding his drug habit

also he is a fat yank so making him more obese will make me happy

lol at landslide


Worst idea for a poll EVER!


feel for ya Paul

l9ol

feel free to donate

notorious p on full tilt

tbf when I saw the options life clown was always going to win my vote.




Need another shoe staking thread to get your rep back up mate. :)up (<-smiley)

my rep is pretty destroyed

I dont really wanna be staked as I find it hard to get rich that way
just gonna grind my way up

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dunno if u can see this but this song is insanly popular in hong kong
every time i go out in hk i hear this song

grinded 51 tourneys today 77$ profit

1198$ for the month
627 played

chicken feet in some sauce

In chinese its


C Jup fung jOW

the ow is meant to be like owwwwwwwww im in pain

Same All over SE asia, I love that song and so do all the girls over there too..........

Here the original, song starts properly at 2 mins, I don't watch it much honest ;) So tilting you can't guy this some on UK I-tunes.........

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7fdSkp8ds

thats not the original
The original is in Korean

JYP took them over to America. Hence the english version


Didnt think this song was sooo popular with ppl in England unless they are asain

Pffffftttt this shit better, not fussed about chicken feet...........

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I know, but no-one here understands Korean innit, in fact it is the original its just dubbed into English...........

Anyone that's been clubbing out there will know it, whiteys or not.

thought this was a thread about Hopkins innit

sorry changed  now

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF HOLDEM MANAGER INCLUDES KO's FROM THE TOURNEYS IN THE PROFITS?

It does.

Were they tasty?

They were ok mate I've eaten far worse. After they fry them they put this salty/sugary stuff on them, that basically gives them the same flavour as seaweed that you get from Chinese restaurants. If you ever go to the poorer parts of SE Asia rice is obv the staple, but they can't often afford meat so this is one of the staple proteins alongside whatever they can catch, rats, snakes basically anything they can get. You will often see street food carts with 4 or 5 different types of insects you can buy to eat, its a bit WTF when you see it the first time but standard fodder in many places. ;kev;

Sorry Paul don't mean to hijack your thread............

chicken feet arent that great

but we always have it when we go dim sum

Durian

In Chinese
Low Leen

These absolutly reek, by far the smelliest fruit in the world. Some places in H K doesnt allow these fruits in there shop or hotel as they stank so much


but they are very nice slimey and sweet

good weapon also

Spurs, meanwhile, have joined Newcastle and Liverpool in the chase for 21-year-old FC Utrecht forward Ricky van Wolfswinkel, who made his international debut for the Netherlands in August.
Full story: footylatest.com

what a cool surname van wolfswinkle
lol


late last night and todays session
Games 81
Profit $208
Games this month 718
Profit this month 1406.72

Full Tilt Poker Game #24195661247: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (187211867), Table 2 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:35:59 ET - 2010/09/25
Seat 1: notorious p (5,360)
Seat 2: kcfire17 (6,265)
Seat 3: GnS1086 (2,315)
Seat 4: mmixxass (5,060)
Seat 5: tatsuji (21,572)
Seat 6: 21awesome (1,985)
Seat 8: Dsnowy (6,470)
Seat 9: stacks40 (2,470)
notorious p antes 25
kcfire17 antes 25
GnS1086 antes 25
mmixxass antes 25
tatsuji antes 25
21awesome antes 25
Dsnowy antes 25
stacks40 antes 25
GnS1086 posts the small blind of 120
mmixxass posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to notorious p [Jc Jh]
tatsuji folds
21awesome folds
Dsnowy folds
stacks40 folds
notorious p raises to 720
kcfire17 folds
GnS1086 raises to 2,290, and is all in
mmixxass folds
notorious p calls 1,570
GnS1086 shows [8s 8d]
notorious p shows [Jc Jh]
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5c Jd]
*** TURN *** [Qc 5c Jd] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 5c Jd 8c] [8h]
GnS1086 shows four of a kind, Eights
notorious p shows a full house, Jacks full of Eights
GnS1086 wins the pot (5,020) with four of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,020 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc 5c Jd 8c 8h]
Seat 1: notorious p showed [Jc Jh] and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Seat 2: kcfire17 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: GnS1086 (small blind) showed [8s 8d] and won (5,020) with four of a kind, Eights
Seat 4: mmixxass (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: tatsuji folded before the Flop
Seat 6: 21awesome folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Dsnowy folded before the Flop
Seat 9: stacks40 folded before the Flop


wiiiiiiii

MBN to only have the one hand to post

meh cba to find all the hh's

this is obv byfar the worst

running pretty bad also but meh it happens

but on the other hand knocked out a pro for the first time

OLD BOY
awesome film one of my favs i thnk

will do an update at the end of the month on poekr

Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is locked up in a strange, private "prison" for 15 years. No one will tell him why he is there and whom his jailer is, but he is kept in reasonably comfortable quarters and has a TV to keep him company. While watching TV, he discovers that he has been framed for his wife's murder and realizes that, during one of the occasions in which he was knocked out with gas, someone has drawn blood from him and left it at the scene of the crime. The imprisonment lasts for fifteen years until Dae-su finds himself unexpectedly deposited on a grass-covered high-rise rooftop. Oh Dae-su is determined to discover who his mysterious enemy is. He gets his first clue when a homeless man hands him a cell phone and a wallet full of cash. Later, while Dae-su is eating in a Japanese restaurant, the phone rings and a voice challenges him to find the reason for his imprisonment. Dae-su blacks out only to awaken in the apartment of the restaurant's pretty, young waitress, Mido. Mido helps him search for his hidden prison, but one night, Dae-su finds Mido exchanging emails with a mysterious stranger who seems to know all about him. Convinced Mido has betrayed him, he continues the search on his own. Dae-su locates his former prison and beats up the gangsters who served as his captors. A tape offers clues as to his enemy's motives, but not his identity. Dae-su blacks out on the street and after being helped into a cab by his mysterious, but still unnamed foe, he ends up back at Mido's. An old friend who owns a cyber cafe helps Dae-su discover that Mido's emailer, "Evergreen," is indeed the man who had him locked up. Dae-su is enraged by Mido's apparent betrayal, but a face-to-face confrontation with his smooth-talking adversary ends with Dae-Su's conviction that she is innocent. The man gives Dae-su five days to discover who he is and why he imprisoned him. He is told that if he succeeds, the man will kill himself; if he does not, he will kill Mido.

if thats tl;dr

heres the trailer

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is the whole film just text and stuff?

what do u mean?
isnt it a youtube vid

Amazing film

That sounds like some crazy fked up shit, my kinda stuff :)up

deffo watch it
pretty sick plot

weeeeeeeeee clown own in the 100 pound deepstack at dtd for 2800!!!

Grats fishty :D

thanks

news travels fast lol

was you there? i didnt see u.

Were you the guy in seat 9 two tables out?

yep thats me

was u there also?

lol

Yup 2 to Wadey's right, 40ish YO fat bloke :D

Woodsey how do you not already know who the howster is?!!


Grats fish!

Was Bignate there and what % did he have?

Grats Paul.

funny you should say that

before going to hk his coaching contract (profit share, no backing) included live cash and tourneys

so he would coach you and u will give 20% live and online cash and tourney winnings

lol

the one with the 3s?

ahhh nice to meet you


good to put name to face

paul mfkn hooooooo. grats dude.

Paul your tez if you haven't met Woodsey he's a legend!


Clownowned, used that phrase earlier, like it alot.


:)

Seen him about alot just didnt know who he was lol.

 ;dingdell;

He's posted enough pictures eating dirty insects!

mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

no chops?

wiii wd

Paul Ho likes to do a win

(http://www.active-breaks.com/images/winner.jpg)

He offered even chop when I has 2-1 chip lead

+ev for your imo

+ev for me to stright chop?

Not gonna chop any tourney under 1k when I have a 2-1 chip lead


Also I smelt fear when I told him I grind 3$ turbos on full tilt

I also played  200 hands hu 50 nl

Wp Sunday Paul

Gratz ho-meister!

does anyone say stupid things when talking about strategy to a good  player.


Well when I was on the final table, I was sitting next to Simon Deadman, which I think this guy is a good player and clever enough person to use any info they got to their advantage.

Well he was telling me what he would do in certain situations as it happened at the table. (IE My range to 3bet him will be jj+ aq+) Would you believe what he says his range is at the situation and use it against him

Also how will you respond? Do you just agree with him, or just make something up which makes u sound looser or tighter so you can use it for future play?

SHIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPP 10 cubed for the 3rd time

$3.9k

Mbsfn!! Grats fish!! DTD weekend?

yes deffo now
dont really wanna buy in tho lol

Mines a pint;)

Oldboy is sick :)up

Just watched the trailer, looks ok. Is it all in subtitles tho? Or no speaking at all by the looks of the trailer....?

Subtitles, dont let it put you off though. Think you will enjoy it.

 Kd Kc   Kh Ks   Qd Qh Qs

I managed to find a download which was subtitles and not ridic voice overs.


Absolutely brilliant film well enjoyed it, it's horribly gruesome at points.


5*'s

And i'm a very tough man to please as you know mrs mitchellina! :)up

OK, will check it out, aslong as somebody posts a bluray copy through my door by 7pm on Monday. Thx.

right end of month report

good month last month

1026 games 2218 profit

won 100£ and 10 cubed for 2.8k£ and 3.9k$

seem to struggle to play anything now

i have played 2 sessions this month of the 3$ 90s and i have forgotten how to play them and getting pwned. I bubbled 5 times in my first session which was pissing annoying.
In one tourney i had 70k chips out of 270 and i still ended up bubbling


decided only  to play the 300 and 150  or any deepstack 100+  at dtd each month if i make more than 2k$ + the buyin.


also i bought some gunner glasses to help my eyes whilst grinding. Cost me 70£. They feel really cheap and dont really fit on my fat head or small nose but they dont hurt my head so much so they are ok. Also I look more of a prick whilst I grind.

probs gonna upgrade my table ninja for tilt too i hope its as good as the stars one


I LIKE TURTLES!

the cube wtf

this guy had 50k he could of gambled to win 100k

if he could remember a pattern with 6 sequences in it

someone said take the money WTF!!!!!!!!!
GTFO retard

You forget to mention he messed the trial run up on the 1st box of the pattern so not that crazy for his partner to suggest walking away when the money meant a lot to them.Obviously he should go for it but I say that as someone who likes to gamble.Would you have went for the last one ?

remembering 5 sequence pattern is pretty easy

he was shit at stacking the blocks so i woulda took the money if i was him.

his gf was abit of a twat

just before he took the task to win 100k

 she was like omds i can buy so much with 50k buy a house and take daughter to see a show. not too much pressure on the guy now lol

Where can you buy a house for 50k?

Zimbabwe

Middlesbrough  (and have change)


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-26394598.html

Is that a really scary area?
Looks like a bargain.

Depends on whether you own a pitbull or are scared of pitbulls...


Lots of housing in the Great NorthEast at c£50,000...  my daughter's gaffe in a half decent area of Stockon is a little more, but still only c£65k

Interesting

lots and lots of back to back terraced housing in Leeds shit area's aka 30-60k still. I know my mate bought one for £15k 10 years ago...

I was like lol at the comments they made when he won 100k though, house, care, holiday, shopping jeezz. he could have so so done it for £250k too.

i might start grinding sngs turbos.

The reasons for this is that Sessions can end shorter and i can also play alot more sng

a 90 man lasts 2 hours which is pretty redic
and the sngs will last alot shorter but the outlay will be REDIC compared to the 3$ 90s


not too sure if its a good move but i will watch the biggest winners on ftp and see how they play

seems pretty soft tbh and i hope that my win rate will increase.

Does anyone know if hem will record hh for tables that you dont sit at? i dont think it will tbh but want confirmation

FTP stopped the datamining sometime last year, so hem won't pick up any HH's unless you are sat at the table.

Not sure moving to single tables is a good idea, I have gone in the exact opposite direction and imo single tables are pretty dead format these days. Would be very very surprised if your hourly rate is better than playing 90 mans. Just sharkscope some of the regs and you will have a good idea of what is attainable.

y do you think single tables are dead? too many regs?
 

I have watched some 36$ turbos and they seemed pretty soft.

I think the main reason is that I can have many shorter sessions than just one main big session

How big are your sessions of the 90s longy? do you play a certain amount of time or tourneys?

Single tables are pretty much a solved game and yeah there are too many regs who know this. There also less spots than 90mans where you get to punish the weaker players especially deep and early everyone plays like a complete nit.

Yeah I play one big session every day, vary from 4 to 8 hours. Normally I reg for 5 hours and then it takes about 90 mins to finish up what I have in play.

Thanks

Maybe I should increase my work ethic lol

I just play 50 a day

but i find the games alot softer around 10- 11pm and start up alot faster so I often end up playing till 4-5am ish

FYP

amazing
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0Cazxj_yc

incase you didnt know
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=50388.0

I think the reason I am doing this because blondes got abit boring. So I thought I will do something to make intresting and fun.

credag: lol
credag: lol
credag: ROFL
credag: dumb luck fits U
dukeufa (Observer): lucku donk
credag: call clown
notorious p: c ya
credag: I wanna see your J=8
credag: lol
notorious p: y u hate me credag
credag: cuz UR a clown
credag: I hate clowns


sigh
world famous

then he ends with this

notorious p: ur good
credag: see?
credag: UR a clownus maxiums
notorious p: nicecome back
notorious p: clownus maxiums
notorious p: lol
credag: it fits U
credag: to a T
credag: or, in your case, a P
notorious p: thanks
credag: no, ty
notorious p: what for
credag: clownus
credag: maxiums
credag: UR
credag: TY CLOWN
notorious p: np
notorious p: u seem u need it
credag: ya mpn
credag: lol
notorious p: mpn?
credag: I'm sure not as bad as U clown
credag: lol
credag: U suck so bad
credag: lol
credag: typical clown suck out
credag: see ya clown

loooool

sorry not for updating for such a long time

nothing to update really

dont find the motivation to grind 3$ tourneys these days
or even put in a biggish session


daily routine seems to reg for tourneys get deep ish then once i get a bad beat then spew the rest of the tourneys off. then play mw2/sc2 for the rest of the night

For December I have withdrew down to 300$ and i plan to grind the 3$. doubt i will have time as its crimbo its time to go visit crimbo markets and eat food and get drunk


gonna play the dtd 300 and 150
wanna play the monte carlo but dont think i can afford it but try to sat in.

snows redic also need to go to london to buy the gf a pressie

Also if you think ur friend has a problem with gambling would u try and help him out?

he is pretty stubborn tho and will not listen to you


btw this isnt cos

nice rotflmfao

well he did post to being a degen lol

fml.

Most of us are degens, I just admit it.

UplayUloseUcry: what happened?
notorious p: dunno
UplayUloseUcry: you're a jerk
notorious p: y
UplayUloseUcry: this isnt even a turbo
UplayUloseUcry: why would you steal my chips?
notorious p: i didnt
UplayUloseUcry: gfy
notorious p: gg
UplayUloseUcry (Observer): fk u


if someone dcs in a hu tourney
do u just hammer raise i hope to win like that?


also

Hot or Not

Hotter than the sun!!

And click raise as fast as you can ;)

your hot or not question is presumably a joke. how is there ever any doubt?

u leveling me?

she is horrible

i would consider taking serena williams over her

r u gay?

she's hot but abs filthy.

was 10x hotter 5 years ago tho

nope r u?

NO just wondered why ud take a bloke over Fergie ???

i said consider


whos in ur top 5 hottest girgles

Hot in some pics and in most vids.

Got to agree with Paul Ho though.

Generally speaking she's a bit of a hound.

Gtfo at Serena Williams though!!!

ok ok well serena williams is very meh woof woof

Meh thats like asking whats ur fave fast food joint!

ATM some of the hottest girls around for me are in no perticular order..... Jessica Jane Clement, Cheryl Cole, Rihanna, Pixie Lott and Katy Perry plus many more i cant think of right now!

Edit added Katy Perry LDO!

katy perry is hot and abs filthy

not fergie
smiley is abit of filth also

Obv she's nicer looking than Serena but I'm not a fan.It's all about the personality anyway innit.

Serena is a dude. Paul you have the ghay.

fwiw I'm a mahoosive Katy Perry fan, but did you see the pic Russell brand posted on twitter?

(http://www.alovelinksplus.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/katy-perry.jpg)

Wouldnt mind waking up next to that!!

would ulike to wake up next to this?

Her teeth are grey

RU kidding me? Looks like a pre-op FFS.

LOL yea obv!!

that pic was a very good pic of her tbh

but normally she isnt great

Mate seriously, shes female shes prolly the best looking bird id ever likely to get so imo i wouldnt mind her tbh!

Paul you picked the only pic where that bird has ever looked hot

dontwant.jpg

yer..not so sure about serena williams, i like a bit of junk...but really...

http://www.thatclaudeguy.com/2010/03/failure-of-the-week/

hellmuth gonna sign with full tilt poker???

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

hmmmm

Gr8 rack!!

Sweet...... Nice Pic Ho..

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp8NyCPJq1s
lol

Paul, if you were to go to one city in eastern China for 3 or 4 days to do the normal tourist thing where would you go? Only looked at Beijing so far, looks nice, I have been to Hong Kong a few times so that is out.........

I like photography, so looking for somewhere interesting to maybe do that.

only went to china once or twice and that was for fun ;)


Shanghai is quite popular but i dunno if its good for photos its very westernised  but pretty sure it will have some tradtional stuff to look at

personally i would go somewhere random like taiwan or vietnam cos they look sexy!

sorry for being so shit but thats all the help i can give you

Ok no probs, ty anyway........

Tug on it's winky!!! rotflmfao

that's pathetic Paul. lol

Needs to get rid of the word Chinese in the title with that info imo  ;)

Yeah that's what i'm thinking. Poor fking show.

He really is a clown!

im from hong kong not china

My apologies I thought Hong Kong was part of China  ;)

just dont venture that far up
also i have to pay to get into china

Been in london for 6 hours been pickpocketed already sigh

How bad at walking are you? Run better, both literally and pokerwise rotflmfao

My mate owed me 200£ gave me it today didn't even get a chance to spend it :@:@
Fmfl

where were you? where did you put it?

how are you so silly?

London central
I put it in the bottom of my man bag.

They must thought rich chinese mug. Let's steal his wallet.

Cash 350
Wallet 235
Bank cards
I'd
Casino cards


SIGH

do you walk around with an open manbag? or walk about inside massive crowds of randoms who are seemingly going the same way as you?

how can the bottom of your handbag be pickpocketted?

Normally my man bag is at the front. Went on the tube which was reasonably busy

took this photo for you this morning as you like to talk about chinese degenerates. napoleon's casino in leicester square opens at midday, this is part of the rather long almost entirely chinese queue waiting to get in at 11.50

(http://i333.photobucket.com/albums/m389/_gatso_/SANY0851.jpg?t=1297023033)

r u surprised by this?

this is where i ask for queing strategies

the older generation are really wise

I'm surprised they are out of bed by 12pm after probably being there till closing time the night before. Pretty sure the roulette wheel is rigged so it doesn't land on 8 too :D

Awesome pic, what tips have you picked up Clown?

be very friendly with ppl at the start,
Hide behind the big fatty as he can shelter you
dont say i am buying the whole collection of shoes when ur a guy
leave the gf behind if she is a liability or use her as a weapon if needed
 

these are all the strategies i am willing to discuss

If you would like more coaching or tips
please do not hesitate to contact me.


Paul Ho
(level 4 queuer)

 ;tightend;

I was actually kinda surprised as the new year celebrations started at the same time as the casino opened. thought they might have one day off

tbf I didn't know they left the place!

they walk 10 yards to the empire to spend the night while naps is cleaned

there should be connecting doors inside. rotflmfao

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

14 mill hits

asa akira WOW

Ok maybe now is a good time to reopen this bag of shit and start taking things more seriously.

Hopefully starting this up will help me to become more successful in life and in poker

People properly know me better as a joker, never taking things seriously and always messing about.

I think this started when I was a kid at school; I never really excelled at school or was very popular. I was ok at most things in school. I got average GCSEs, A Levels and got 2:2 in my degree. Never played in school teams except rugby ( cos I was a fatty) Never in the top group for any of my subjects. But I always was the best in my average class, also the fastest fatty in PE:)

I believe my upbringing was a bit too relaxed, my parents never really pushed me to excel in anything or pressurised me into anything. But now I am at the age where I have to think about the future, get on the property ladder, settle down and all that boring stuff.

Currently I work in the accounts department for a charted surveyor. I hate it but I need to start somewhere to gain experience. The pay is a bag of shit (£12k) but it brings balance to my degen activities and its prob a good break from grinding poker all the time and makes me realise the value of money more.  The people are very nice there but it makes me cry how some of them are.


I find it very hard to verbalise my thoughts at times so I hope this isn’t too hard to read.

will post more tomorrow night about poker, gym and more about life

Paul - that already seems pretty interesting and I'm keen to hear more.

I do think you can come across like an idiot on the forum (a very harmless and loveable one) but having met you a few times and spoken to you a lot online I know you're not.

Why do you think you weren't popular at school?

Are a lot of your friends irl chinese?
If yes, why? Why are chinese so insular?

i for one will be following and showing my support





























































and taking the piss too :)

10km run next year Paul? im game.

I dont keep in contact with anyone from school or uni. maybe my fault for not putting any effort into seeing friends or spending time with them.

dont have many friends but most of them are chinese.

I think chinese are so isolated is because of their upbringing, a lot of parents will not accept ppl who could tarnish their family name such as socialising with other people could spin the rumour mill amongst the community. or your wasting time when u should be studying or practicing their musical instrument.
My Grandma will kill me if i ever got with or marry a black girl.

But generally there are 4 types of chinese
1. BBC( British born chinese) with controlling parents
2. BBC with relaxed parents
3. Overseas rich
4. Overseas poor

groups 3 and 4 generally are the most isolated amongst the chinese. The over seas always stick together because they are too lazy to try and interact in english plus they find it difficult to speak and understand it easily.
The poor overseas ppl are normally there to study and their family has saved up for a long time for there kids to go study in the uk and they dont want to disapoint their parents by failing

group 1
most likely their parents own a chinese/ chippy or a restaurant
They want their kids to do something so they can show off to their friends. Thats why most chinese try learn the piano or violin, go to uni become accountants/doctors

Group 2
are like ppl like me. My family are not ultra sucessful but we are happy but we dont really care about other peoples opinions that much just wanna be self-sufficient. But still fork out for number plates and louis vuitton shit

Its all about status for chinese.


this is all my point of view btw

sure I plan to run a few next year anyway

u wanna run the lincoln and leeds one?

dates? links?

dunno i will try to find it after my grind

if anyone has any questions pls ask

http://lincoln10k.co.uk/

march 25th

http://www.forallevents.co.uk/run-for-all/events/10k/leeds-10k/event-info/

july 8th

Probs just do the Leeds one with you Paul Ho xx

okkk

100£ for no show clause?

Yes

Who is the best Chinese poker player in your opinion in the uk and in the world.

Paul Ho

Lol @ girgy paying up if he doesn't show.

You're being freerolled there m8.

Interesting stuff you say there Paul about the various types of Chinese in the uk. IMO the Chinese community are one of the immigrant groups that have got it spot on in the uk. On the whole they mostly just get their heads down, keep a lowish profile, work hard to earn a crust and get on with life without any fuss.

If you compare that to other nationalities/religions who are often seen to be kicking up a fuss about their rights, what they want and generally being a pain in the ass to the locals then it's no contest between who the locals are gonna like more. I can honestly never remember anyone saying anything bad about the Chinese in the uk.

Also Chinese are always pretty nice and respectful, even the younger ones. Once again if you compare that to the attitude of the younger people of other races that's not always the case. Even though some of those are from races/nationalities that are taught to respect their elders as much as the Chinese are.

Rule number one for successful immigration is don't piss off the locals, the Chinese have never  done that.

Your Parents/family sound top people, this is enough

Get involved..... http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56142.0

yeah the chinese ppl never wanna upset other locals

its bad for business


that chinky spunks in ppls food
cook dog/cats/rats

I hear abit about triads but thats in bigger cities mainly with big chinese communities

jason herbert in the uk even tho ur only an 8th chinese ur still the best.

In the world I dont really know tbh
cant think of many chinese players
has to be johnny chan  
randy lew is good
jason herbert is amazing

i really cant think of any good uk players that are fully chinese tbh
Tim chung? :p

colin wu did something in the gukpt right?

probs most of them lost their rolls playing too high or bought car or
tier by 20. 8 10 11 by 10 change on 8.
then another 20£ on 8 and 50£ on 8 11 split and a

ty taxi

I do feel that i am one of the lucky chinese ppl

Lol <3 Paul ho

Sorel Mizzi

lols

Paul I have a few friends that know you personally and they all say that you are a really good bloke.

I only know you as someone who makes a lot of really banal and frankly pretty inane posts which come across as being lazy because most of your silly questions could be answered in a few seconds on google. Paul Phillips used to describe posts such as this as merely "noise" on his extempore blog.

It's almost as if you are using the forum to think out aloud and engaging post mode before your thoughts have been adequately processed. Why do you do this?

I just post what ever comes first in my head without thinking things through. I am normally playing poker and dont spend alot of thinking time on blonde.Prob a huge leak



In real life  I am alot lot different. I am kinda reserved and kinda slow. I think i process information pretty slowly and if i say what i think ppl would just laugh at me. whereas online i cant see ppl laugh at me so i just post what i think.

I am really lazy also

Have I met you before Kara?



 paul phillips the wpt winner?

eso are you a tier fan?

<3 the ho

Used to be obv!!

If it came 8/11/23/30/36 it was a good spin, but if it was 16/24 i had a bowl on it. Around 0 my favs were 26/32/35/0 and 7/28/29 if it was ever  31/34/17/20 I never had a bean on

I only did neighbour bets now if i can
neighbour by 3

0 3 15
8 10 11

are my favs

I had more winning sessions then losing this year
but my wins arent huge but there nice 2-500
just play in little spurts of 2-30 mins

then move on

 

Paul you're such an internet clown.

when are you next queuing up for shoes, that was your high point on t'internet I feel.

Paul you're definitely one of those people who I can never imagine saying out loud the things they post on blonde.

This cannot be a good thing imo.

nothing seems good atm

i was gonna queue for the H&m versace but the duvet and pillows was only available in london. London is too far to travel and i am 100% gonna get mugged again. So I stayed at home and 4 tabled, refreshing constantly for an hour

The problem is that its not worth it any more, its not really limited and people wont pay a premuim for gloryified h&m products.

gratz on ur day 3 on monte

yeah i know. Kinda need to change that

I dont know why I am like that tbh

maybe just abit immature

I can't believe your the same Paul Ho.

I like this version.

I dont understand why chinese love to gamble.
In hk there isnt a casino.

The only things they can bet on legally is horses and football.
but some of the sums that are bet on the horses make me cry.
I dunno how big it is compared to other countries but i remember in a race there was about £10 mill worth of bets


But in the UK a lot of chinese after work  go to casinos to chill out as thats the only place thats open till late where they can mingle and have a drink. But Un/lucky for them there are roulette tables

I used to work for some of the Asian football bookies and the turnover we took was mindblowing.  During the 2006 World Cup I introduced betting on how many corners there were in the game and over that tournament we turned over HK120m.  That is more than a lot of smaller bookies turn over in a year on everything.

You seem to be winning for fun ATM ( seats, tournies, cash etc ). You have always claimed to be a nit but has you game changed or developed in anyway recently? Do you get any mentoring and backing?

not really winning chunks was doing ok but varience is taking its hit on me atm. I was a super nit but now I change quite abit
alot of ppl think i am a nit or a crazy idiot.
 
Has lots of little stints of being backed but nothing long (+1 year)

In Jan 11 had backing till black friday which included abit of coaching. but nothing significant

backed in Aug- Oct 10 by bignate904 which was a big turning point in my "career" he made me realise how much money can be made from the small stakes and changed my mentality to a winning minded one.

not backed atm
but wouldnt mind being backed for live so i can get a trophy :)

Will try and post my ss graph

dont think it has my sat wins in there

started in mid sept  

obv a small sample but I play everything dtd has to offer.

GL with the Trophy Paul.

Will we get a trophy for winning the lvtc?

i might get one ;)

happy christmas people

my poker background is pretty typical.

I started playing poker for jokes after watching wpts and late night poker on tv. Started out with just friends playing about 10p 20p and I was obv tez. I didnt really put any effort into improving my game i just enjoyed playing it like a  stereotypical chinese fish. I suppose at the time it wasnt about the money it was just having fun.

I had three turning points in my "career" in poker.

first
I started talking to a guy called "toomuchcash" on bluesquare. started talking to him first by dissing him first saying that he is a huge fish. but i then find out that he won a end of year free roll for like 2.7k and he taught me the fundamentals of playing like a nit and nut peddling. I was pretty successful doing this. Made my biggest score to date online 6.7k in the 18$ rebuy 20k guarenteed then I came 2nd in the same tourney a week later for 3.8k when ak<a5 on x6789 all in pre sighs.
Thought I was amazing. I had no BRM at the time just played what ever i fancied. Obv ended up losing some of it back but cashed out a chunk.

Second
Bignate904 He staked me for the 90s on tilt. He taught that you can win alot by grinding. But with this poker its redic mind numbing poker and all you had to do was push buttons but it made  me money.
Nate904 was a prick and wasnt very good at poker himself but he just grinded like a mofo.

Third
was when i was staked to play tourneys on tilt by areyoulocal? on 2+2. During this timeI most enjoyed playing poker as We had a chat group on skype which we talked to each other everyday and it was  just super fun. Obv black friday happened and areyoulocal? stopped staking me as he didnt like the outlook of poker. But I was still pretty stupid as I continued playing on my own dime. and i ended up losing a chunk when tilt stopped.

At this time i felt kinda sick. But I suppose it turned out for the good. Needed to really get my life on track as I wasnt good enough to play poker full time and had no real life work experience.
So got a job working in an accounts department. I hate it but its a start.

@ what point did you sign up here Paul ?

I know alot of ppl think poker is all about volume.

the more you play the more you make etc.

do ppl think its more important to play when your in the right frame of mind to play and it doesnt matter about volume?

for example

play a full schedule for 8 days in a row but play 70% of what your capable of playing
or just play when ever you feel like playing poker and play your best?


I was kinda struggling to play well (results wise) in the last couple of weeks. I played everything going on dtd but my results have been super bad.
hopefully my break has done some good and i can win again.

Live poker has been shocking tbh been playing super bad but hopefully I can get the right mix soon and start getting some deep runs in

nov 2008

It was after i met tikay in person.

Not too sure If blonde had a huge turning point in my poker maybe tweeked my poker alot.

does anyone think that december is a bad time to play poker?

as casual players have less disposable income to waste on poker?

People with jobs and disposable income play recreationally during the holidays... 

but most of the dispoable income goes to getting pressies?

ppl with jobs and disposable income will just paly regardless right

Maybe.

I think weekends are softer than weekdays though.

online or live?

Well I was talking about online, but probs both I guess.

I play a lot during holidays and i'm terrible so i agree with Red-dog on this one.

Are you staked live and how have your results gone since Black Friday in this arena?

nope not staked but i sat in everything i wanna play live at dtd by playing online on dtd

im not too sure about my live results had two 5k scores but i dont think i have put much volume tbh
im gonna make more effort to travel to play poker i think next year.


my online graph is on another page on here but.

Hi Paul..Intersting  & Soul revealing read

Predominately a tournament player, I think my time management is best served by playing bigger buy in tournaments ...for example Id much rather play 1 x £300 than 6 x £50 buy ins , but I'm not sure applying the same logic would work with cash games as you could be  playing in games youre not rolled for. On that subject I do think it is important you identify your strongest form of the game and try to stick to it especially when trying to build a bank roll.. ask yourself .."Am I a cash game or tournament player ? " As regards being in the right frame of mind...exercise,sleep,making sure bills have been paid,partners and children have been accounted for etc etc all contribute to a positive frame of mind ,because we all know poker is a confidence game and its difficult to concentrate with shitty outside influences. No doubt other people will have different opinions I think what you have to  do is choose the elements  that best work for you.

Hope you have a good 2012

Cheers

Fraser

Thanks Fraser


Do you play much online?
I mainly play online as I am from lincoln and there isnt any where to play except dtd. I should really make more of an effort to play the super 50 and other tourneys. But I have started to go to the gym again which i think is a big factor.
I supose Maslow's hierarchy of needs applys quite alot in poker. Confidence is key.

Maslow eh? Did you study anything to do with business or marketing as that was my love at uni.

I do play tournaments on line , mainly at Stars (they have a $100,000 guaranteed for $50 buy in @ 8pm eveynight) + Satelites to live events at DTD etc.

There are many benefits to online play such as time management (tournaments can be 3/4 times quicker than live) ,playing in the comfort of your home (good when I have my children stay over & are in bed) no travel expenses or accommodation and nobody trying to tap you up for £ when you bink one :) (you know the score ) and of course on Sunday nights the chance to win big as there are a lot of Big Prize /Big field comps out there. That said I much prefer live as I like to see the white of their eyes whilst playing.

In 2005 I was married and played poker full time  ..out all night ,coming in when the kids were getting up for school then playing on line with no sleep ,not eating properly,no exercise etc.  "Poker Poker Poker " I was a winning player but it put enormous strain on an already rocky relationship . It was at the time I made a choice to stop playing poker, got a regular 9 - 5 so I could spend more time with the kids etc. I spent a lot of time over the years thinking about life and realised poker isnt everything but can play a part as long there is equilibrium. In 2009 I started playing again(after the kids were a lot older & I divorced) I found with my mind in a lot better place the results were better too.I now share my time between my children ,girlfriend , poker ,gym, sociial interaction, holidays etc and find with good planning this suits me better than poker 24/7( after all we only have one life ! )

I know this is a long winded answer but some parts may help you   :)

I well remember that. Actually, let me be honest - I don't recall it, sorry!

I'm acutely puzzled by you Paul, to be honest.  Several people have referred to the difference between the "random Posting Paul", & the incredibly interesting & "deep" Paul on this Diary. Not sure I understand you yet, but I'll continue to try.

Loving the Diary though, it's helping me get a handle on an enigma. Hope you keep the Diary going.

I really did not have a clue where you were coming from when you suddenly went all funny on me in the Tighty Update thread, but my view was very clear - "time & place" (not), it was a warm "community" Thread, so I swerved getting involved, but happy so to do on here if you so wish.

I "dislike" very few people in truth, but that does not mean I like everyone, far from it, there's a lot of neutral land between the two extremes, & sitting in that middle area is just fine. I simply do not "get" your (usual, non-Diary) Posting style, & that's the truth, but so what? Many folks don't "get" MANTIS", whereas I happen to think he is one of the top 10 - no, make that top 5 - Posters on blonde. Diversity of opinion is all good.

I really wish you success & a huge folowing with your Diary, & all the very best in 2012, both on & off the poker tables.

Ha, I need to find out how to get an extension on my sig allocation, 300 characters is a bit tight imo. I said before on your diary that the forum is like a pub where sometimes you stop in for a drink and other times just look through the window as you go past. Without random characters dropping in or sounding off it wouldn't be a colourful interesting pub. It would be the British Legion. I enjoy the different characters who just drop in, say something random, then bugger off. It's like sitting there with a pint and seeing a commotion at the bar involving a vicar and a swinging handbag before everything returns to normal. If Paul Ho argues with the barman one night that's just a normal happening in any regular pub. In fact next time I come to the pub I want words with the barman myself, top 5 is advent calendar standard ffs.

wtf lol

i remember the day i met you cos i had blonde hair at that time and we tried to find a place to play poker but G luton wont let us in cos we didnt have shoes in so we drove everywhere to find some. the tourney was a £50 Rebuy irrc

also my mate did 800£ betting on red when the last 16 spins have been black

Mehhhhh i have alot of random bitch fits. Prob havent eaten yet or something

i think its just best to move forward and forget about it  

yeah did business stuidies in leeds *cough* Met

tbh I didnt enjoy uni life

I felt really isolated and my dad passed away whilst i was studying.

I didnt really take advantage of the opportunities that was available to me. But hey ho its no point dwelling on the past.

Just need to reflect on your past actions and try and move on and become a better person.

shot taking/ moving up in poker

I am currently stuck at the moment to what to do with poker at the moment.

currently i am playing anything going on dtd the highest stts and mtts that run (E20r, E50 FO and E100 stt)

My roll is pretty comfortable at the moment to handle the swings. (hopefully)

But i just dont know what to do. Do i just continue to grind the games on dtd or should i just play on a different site also.


maybe get staking to play on other sites and maybe play higher on euro sites.

I always find this with my game I just get too comfortable playing the same games day in and day out. I dont push my self to improve or change which is not a good thing.


anyway my plans for the up and coming months are to play all the gukpt sides (maybe try get staked for the ME) and the Genting in star in feb + dtd obv.
need to put more volume online also and spend less on stuff for my girlfriends house and stop playing roulette!

ftp

u started training yet girgles?

Monday

Start mixing in MTT's from another site whilst playing your current ones.

If you move to Stars though I would prob drop down a level or 2 - eg $3/5/8r, 30fo and 30stt as the skill levels on there are higher plus field variance.

As I said to Ant in his diary, for people coming off small networks playing MTT on Stars I would highly recommend starting with the CAP tournaments as they are 500/1000 runners max and they have a good varied selection.

well what a start to 2012

didnt do much on nye couldnt find a restaurant that had a table to just chilled out and had a steak with the gf

then the degen came out of me which was redic

the swings and swongs on roulette make me cry :(

need to start making a effort to wait for a table and leave when the game breaks up

The casinos are there for a reason and its mugs like me who give them money SIGHS!

anyway back to poker
starting my first grind of 2012 online today going to play every mtt 5E+ on dtd lets gooooooooooooo

well poker has been gash

onlines been terrible
have dropped down from the 40-50E tourneys

gonna grind stts i think to get enough rake for their 5x bonus


lives been pretty gash also

lost 600£ pot to a 3 outer all in on flop

tourneys been tez also ak <aj for half my stack
then kj <kj blue for the 500£

then in the 150£

nothing special tbh jammed 5ms with j5 and mark mclusky i think called with q9


and then jammed my bowl with ak vs 44 gg me
no more live poker for me till the gukpt atm which is pretty good can concentrate online grind


i feel like a mardy fucker now

oh well life goes on

gym session tomorrow lvtc and revision tomorrow

probs post somethijng proper tomorrow need to sleep now

Hey chin up buddy. Nice to see you yesterday as always. No golden chip grand prix mate. Remember set over setting me last time. Can you keep me informed of live sats in the G for the Manchester leg plz

think they have 30 rebuys and 150 reentry or somthing like that


theres neighbours by 30 on roullete 24/7 tho :)

I feel like emile hesky of the poker world, average player but sometimes plays well. will never be world class

and performs well when confidence is high


i supose its a good time to take a break from poker and do some normal stuff maybe.
acctually go to the gym and get a routine in life again

lol awesome post.


You won a trophy yet?!

xx

nah not played any tourneys where u can win any tourneys yet gonna play most sides for gukpt

If you're Heskey, I'm Crouch

i think you're good paul.

Really weird actually Paul. Reckon we've played down dtd a gazillion times in comps but never been on your table

yea Paul ur Defo not heskey.

I think its fair tbh
he makes good money out of it so do I
not up there with the cody and moormans etc etc

just need to get that feeling again

gym tomorrow morning hopefully need to start going !

Hope you aren't Heskey, he'll never get that feeling again.

your better than that

maybe ur like hargreaves

class when fit

maybe abit unfair cos i am pretty sure ur abit more consistant then him

lol Darren Anderton?

meh he wasnt that good

sick note was a legend, don't be dissing Darren! ;tk;

which footballer would i be pls paul?

in b4 luke chadwick

Neil "Razor" Ruddock - Great guns, Chunky Legs, Hard as Nails, Oh and needs BIG shorts!

Reckon Cos would be Paul Merson

Doesn't do enough Drugs/Alcohol. More like Michael Owen from the point of view, which means when Cos reaches 25 he will turn into a losing player.

Wtf u saying cos ain't even 25 yet? Level?

In May Girgles. fml

If Cos is younger than 34 i'm a skinny black man.

right had a pretty shit day at work

one of the partners basicly said i am a stupid tard without knowing the fulll story. He is too busy to deal with my silly requests.
So when I have my pay review on monday. Gonna insta hand in my resignation and tell him that the pay offer is a joke. I can move to manchester and get paid alot more for doing the same work. But I am currently studying AAT with work and I have to pay the full tuition fee if i leave work within a year. I will try and finish my exams in Manchester even if it costs me to take my exams over in Manc.

 I can be with my Girlfriend and i will be alot happier cos she wont be moaning all the time. :)

I said I was gonna take a break from poker but I decided to one table the Genting tour sat. Sigh

Deffp going to the gym tomorrow

Come on lad need to get fit for that 10k.

Chin up bud, most employees are going through their end of year reviews and many employers are trying their damndest to limit any pay rises. It is becoming harder for individuals to justify decent raises these days as the goal posts just keep getting moved.

Don't do anything too hasty, you seem quite an impulsive guy. Think it out before jacking it in.

What sort of work are you currently doing?

Geo

+1 to that Paul don't do owt hasty and jack a job in till have something else to go to.

I work in an accounts department

Get paid 12k

Pretty sure I can get a job in Manc Pretty easily if not I have some money saved up which can last me upto 6 months living like a tramp maybe more

you been going to the gym much girgles?

do you know when we run I am gonna be shouting abuse at you if you stop. Gonna run with you no matter what you know!


Also on the getting fit theme Been eating alot of chicken and cutting down the crap!
bought 48 fillets of chicken breast!

Been every day this week. done 15k on treadmill so far.

Why run with me? Thought u wanna set ur own time? I very much doubt il complete the whole 10k without stopping but im aiming for sub 90 mins which i think is a good benchmark for my size.

so i can make sure ur gonna beat ur target

Im gonna run the lincoln one for my own time

leeds is about u hitting ur target 9 mins per km should be good (Y)

yea lets aim for 9 min per km.

from personal experience, it is far easier to get a job when you already have one.

find a job in Manchester and then quit, not the other way round :)

What are your silly requests ?

Been to gym today clown boy?

no i didnt fat fuck

bit harsh like.

If it's a bit harsh, why did you like it?

I like it cos il use it as motivation for when i hammer the gym today. At this rate the Ho will struggle to keep up with me on the 10k nevermind shout abuse at me for stopping.

Do I smell a bet coming on?

why does everybody always want to bet on things ???

Just want u to get into the gym habit so u feel better about yourself ;)

why are you trying for 90minutes? that's basically a walk

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=24437.msg781155#msg781155

you were aiming for 60 here and you weren't much lighter, you should be at that weight or lower when you do the 10k, surely go for the same time target

anything between 90-60 minutes il be well happy with. obv running round Leeds city centre is going to be trickery than a straight run on the treadmill.

running on the streets is eaiser then running on the treadmill imo

No way. Not even close.

i think so when theres like 1500 runners running and kids cheering u on

you mean 1500 people bumping into each other and getting in each other's way?

Your joints take a pounding running in the street. Weather can make it harder.

Controlled pace on a treadmill.

+1

have u either of u ran a 10k before?

How did you comp go yesterday mate and are you gonna have some more goes.

Numbers for Manchester gukpt seem to be around 200 expected/ hoped for which seems a little low to me. What are your thoughts on this.

well still cant win online atm
maybe its varience

I decided to take a day off and play live, so it was either the leeds 100+12 plus one 50£ rebuy or the grand prix. I didnt like the idea of it being a 2 dayer so i dodged that for the grand prix with the aim to experiment and play alot more laggy.

Started off pretty well The table was pretty soft there was one ok player to my right and a slightly better then average guy 3 to my left the rest were bad
chipped up well got upto 28k on the first break just from isoing and three betting with marginal hands when i normally wouldnt, no major coolers,
second break kept yoyoing between 35-28k then got aces and three bet the guy on my left for the 4th time and a shorty shipped on me so i was upto 42k so was just cruising.

then my next hand was pretty marginal which involves the better player to my right.

blinds was 300 600 with 50 ante
i was playing 42k he had 10k

he raised to 1350 i iso with aj to 3100 and he thought about it then jammed. I called. he had q8 and binked an 8 on the flop

Normally I would fold to a normal player but I was talking to him and he seemed ok/good and he had to go home soon cos the gf was ringing him and the last time i three bet him he said he was close to shipping with air and i told him my calling range but told him it would be super tight to set up 4bet jams pretty marginal imo  


then an orbit later I raised aces in ep playing 30~ to 1250 he 3bet to 3k i flat

spew tard playing ~35k
This guy had a poker stars hat on and shades and thought he was a pro. Couple of orbits ago he check shipped with 108 on a A974 with three spades trying to rep a flush but got looked up by top two and he got there

flop 943 I donkbet 1500 he raised 5100 I flat
turn came a 4 he bet 8k i shipped and he snapped me with 46 sighs GG

I played the 150 too which i normally wouldnt but think it would open my game up playing 6max and can experiement being more laggy.
I never play 6 max mtts and my 6 max cash game experience is tez.
it was super fun there was some really bad loose players there and pretty nitty players. first level i played i got it in with a nfd vs aces and got there. chipped up abit to 27k then lost a 40bb pot bvb with aj vs tens which left me to 7k jammed quite abit and built my stack upto 32k my exit hand was very mehhhhh

I am not too sure about it but tom hall said i palyed it well I dunno

blinds was 600 1200 so had about 23 bigs
The villan was new to our table and was huge chip leader i think 150k he played nearly all the hands in two orbits

anyway i raised utg to 2450 with aj he flats
flop kxx two spades I cbet 3100 he flats turn comes ace i bet 5200 he flats river king i jam for 16k turning my hand into a bluff I think not too sure if its for value
he called with aq gg me



felt pretty good tho pretty happy with how i played still some meh spots maybe badly played

next stop GUKPT! cant wait it will be my first one. not gonna play the ME tho maybe most of the sides all the 200>


gonna join the blonde weight watchers club also after hearing abit about it from mulligan and eso at dtd




 

never played a gukpt so I dunno what the numbers will be like tbh but I expect it to be around 60-70k for first

will try to sat into the main

might try and find some wonderful ppl and sell 50% to them still unsure, I wanna know I am palying well and feel good before i sell

wiiiiiiiiiii won the first tourney of the year

and back to back winning days!

gym tomorrow

need to grind hard to make sure i get to go to st kitts!

Sup paul

Not much mate just got from holiday

How is poker going for u?

You are honoured man. He had one word posts on every other thread. Why no posts n photos whilst in HK man. Any degening?

erm my phone didnt work in hk so i couldnt take any pics
no degening at all I even went to macau!
I know who the guy is so thats why i am so privaliged.