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Hi,

I am Ed Gascoigne - a Sheffield Wednesday supporting, loud trouser-wearing, sports betting analyst.

I am posting here in an attempt to sell 50% of my action for the upcoming November £560 at DTD at 1.0
I will be playing Day 1A and will not be taking a second bullet should I bust on Day 1

This is my second time posting for staking (first instance here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=58856.0), though I am increasingly active in taking small pieces of others on these boards. I am a regular Blonde contributor, (SPAM) and indeed running the current edition of the Sheep Quiz which is available here: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=59365.0 (/SPAM)

Though I am a long way from being a full-time grinder I like to think I have a solid understanding of the game. I read a decent amount around poker and it feels to me like large parts of the game require a skillset which is reasonably transferable from my everyday work. I play, I would estimate, about 30-40 times a year, generally £1-2/£1-3 cash though also a handful of decent size comps and the odd bowl with friends.

In August Father Gascoigne and I voyaged to Deauville to defend our nation's honour and re-stamp Britain's authority over ze French swines, culminating in a victory in a 300Eur Side-Event for 5050Eur and securing the HendonMob equivalent of Horse Racing's black-type:

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http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=58704.0
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=194341

Where once upon a time I probably suffered from a degree of "ants-in-the-pants" syndrome and often got a tad too adventurous (high variance lines blow-ups deep in a DTD500 and the UKIPT spring to mind), I am increasingly calm/zen at the table, owing largely to the fact I now live in a cottage with my lovely girlfriend where we have a garden of pansies, a wood-burning stove and many leather bound books in an office that smells of rich mahogany.

5% = £28
10% = £56
50% = £280

Funds would need to be by bank transfer/cash at DTD.

Flame away.

The Team

kinboshi 5% (PAID)
Tonytats 10%
Leatherman 10% (PAID)
FUN4FRASER 25% (CASH AT DTD TO PAY)

Aren't you the son of a famous poker analyst and commentator?

Also, what makes you think you can offer such a high markup? ;-)

Oh and I'll have 5% for starters.

Funny you should mention that, he never brings it up...

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Booked, thanks.

10% please pm bank details

Booked, thank you.

Will PM details upon completion of sale.

Booked, thanks.

25% remaining now.

Rest for a fellow Sheffielder & Owl

Im playing Friday too so pay at the club( be there about 4pm)

Booked, thanks Fraser.

And with that we are SOLD OUT.

PM on it's way to investors...Good luck us!

sent fella, good luck

Received, thank you.

Good luck us!

Missed out again. Have to start subscribing. Good luck!

Not sure what time Ill be there so just sent to your bank account

Good Luck

Received Fraser, thank you.

Chipped down to 16k but still plenty of time.

Main loss was opening As Jc, Got peeled by BTN.

I led and got raised small on J32ss, call.

turn ace, ck call.

river offsuit 10 cm call

he has 45ss


Then got hero called by A-high triple barrelling on 567 6 9 for a few more.

On the plus side, I'm feeling good!

Who were the two players in the hands above ?

First hand was a chap that came with Tim Blake.

Second hand a German. Very stubborn sort.

17k

glgl

40k

And back to 16k as 99<JJ of Pinchop aipf his hj vs my sb

Busto I'm afraid chaps.

Made what was probably a bad call against Ali Mallu....


10-7 < 6-7 on 679Qddss where ckck flop and he ck raises turn :(

Grinded my socks off so pretty bummed to bust on what was a bad decision.

Thanks for stake, Ed

*** WARNING, MANY HAND HISTORIES WITHIN ***

Given I can offer no financial return to stakers may I offer up something of a trip report instead...will centre it on some key hands rather than 'colour' commentary...Recollection isn't absolute but should be accurate enough for a critique.

Hand 1

Level 1, blinds are 50/100. I open  Aspades Jc to 250 from the HJ whilst we are 6/7 handed. Martyn Frey (SP?) peels the BTN, BB (Frank Flanagan I think) peels.

Flop (800) :   Js 3s 2h

I lead 450, Martyn raises on the BTN to 1000, I call.

Turn (2800) :  Ahrt

I ck call about 1600.

River (6000) :  Td

I ck and Martyn bets about 4200. Felt a pretty rotten spot. Also given my passivity once raised on flop I feel my hand is probably under-repped? Felt like he was pretty polarised to 22/33/spades, don't really see what else he can turn up with.

Anyway, I call off and he shows the  4s 5s :(


Hand 2

Now on a new table and into level 2 I open  Th 4h in the CO. The BTN (German chap) peels the BTN, blinds fold.

Flop :  5d 6d 7s

I c-bet and get called. The way he called I felt like he didn't really have anything but was essentially reluctant to let me have the pot.

Turn :  6c

I fire again for about 45% pot, he takes his time and calls.

River :  9h

I can't win if I check and am adamant he has, at best, a marginal hand. Pretty sure that having got ourselves in this pickle bet/fold is the best option?

I bet about 35-40% of the pot, he tanks for a couple of minutes and calls with  Aspades Qs.

Pretty surprised he makes the call to be honest and still not sure if it's good from him. This said, I'm sure it's equally questionable for me to be opening and triple-barrelling t-high.... apologies.


Hand 3

We're back on level keel and though we only have about 17k or so that is still plenty in this structure.

I open  9h 9s in MP and get called only in the BB by Suited Anon who seems fairly splashy...

Flop :  8d 7d 6s

I c-bet and get called.

Turn :  9c

He checks, I check. Felt a lot at the time like he was expecting me to continue and though I've obviously made my set there's an awful lot of pair+draw hands that just got there that I'd rather not be ck-raised by.

River :  Qs

He bets about 40% pot and I sigh-call to be shown  5h 7s

Hand 4

Having grinded back up to about 18k we get a lovely one.

Folds to me in the CO where I min  Qh Qs from what must be about 23bb at this point.

Aforementioned German on the BTN 3bets.

Just as I am planning to click it to him and snap off a jam the young chap who has joined relatively recently decides now is a good time to cold 4bet the BB (which I think it is, though I think a smaller 4bet would have had the same impact). Sizings were like 1600-3900-9400.

I jam and both pass. German tells me later he had A10soooted.

Hand 5

Back near the dizzing heights of starting stack we open  Js 9c and get peeled by Suited Anon in the BB.

Flop :  5d 7s 8c

Near enough gin all things considered. I c-bet and get ck-raised to like 5.1k over 2.1k. Stack sizes felt awkward to be putting another bet in so I flatted, which I think also makes life a bit tough for him?

Turn :  Js

He checks, I bet about 35% of the pot and take it down.

Hand 6

At this point I'm at around 40k with the blinds 500-1000.

Pinchop73 (Nathan, posts on here - young, decent thinking online player) raises to 2.1k from the CO out of about 18k.

I find  9c 9h in the SB and 3bet (to call a jam) to about 5.6k.

He jams, I call and we lose to  Jc Jd.

Sad face, back down to like 22k.

Hand 7

Spot dead and we dribble down to about 18k ourselves.

Ali Mallu joins the table and at 600-1200 decides 5.2k is an appropriate open from the HJ.

We find  Aspades Kc in the CO, ship it over his open and hold against  Ahrt Qd

Hand 8

Having nicked a couple since hand 7 we are up to about 45k.

Folds to Mr Mallu on the BTN who jams 19k (@ 600-1200)

We find  Kh Js in the SB (BB is shorter still than Ali) and.......??

I've not played with Ali too much but am aware of his reputation and decide that leans us towards a call here.

I click the call button and he tells me "I only looked at one" at which point I already know I am at best 45:55. He has  Ahrt 6d and holds. Back to about 26k.

Hand 9

After a quiet orbit or two table breaks and we join the new table with about 24k.

Fold for an orbit or so and down to 22k @600/1200 I min open  Tc 7c in MP (I know, I know.....)

Ali flat the SB and Father Gascoigne folds the BB.

Flop :  6d 7d 9s

Ck, ck.

Turn :  Qs

Ali checks, I bet 3400. He snap-raises to 10.4k

At this point I have about 16k back with the blinds going 800/1600 in a couple of mins and about to reach me.

I'm sure in retrospect my decision was poor but at the time I just felt like Ali had so many more draws than made hands that, even though I only had middle pair, I was likely ahead.

I thought for a couple of minutes and, even though I was aware I had no fold-equity, stuck the rest in.

Ali did indeed have a spade draw. Regrettably they were the  6s 7s which also gave him a flopped two pair.


***

Somehow fitting that having got off to a bad start against  4s 5s I should be finished off by  6s 7s

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Absolutely grinded my nuts off and still disappointed to bust having put my chips in as a serious dog, though, as I say, at the time it felt right and was definitely calculated.


Thank you again for the stake, Ed