[After the annual hendon mob bash, Joe conceded that covering the pole dancing budget out of ram's golf gambling winnings was an error.]

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Junglecat

After the annual hendon mob bash, Joe conceded that covering the pole dancing budget out of ram's golf gambling winnings was an error.

"look at me, not the guys kissing in the background"

yeah bainn, couldn't agree more - i just went with the flow

[organiser]

for some reason, coz my table kept 7 players in (started 8 each) - other tables kept losing players so organiser kept moving players between other 3 tables (smallest stack moved) until eventually - after 1 particular hand - we  ended up with 4 players on my table, by then there was only 3 tables running, but it's the way we were distributed i am questioning.

After initial querie i resigned to the fact i gotta move BUT, i moved to cut-off on new table, even though i was due to pay BB - no questions asked (i just went and sat there)

I JUST WANNA KNOW - is this normal in pub games, dealing cards to decide who goes where ? It's certainly not the way i would have organised it but after being told to WIND MY NECK IN i just accepted it

[see my 1st post]

just got back!!!!

28 runners, chips -  5 blue, 5 red, 5 black and 5 green, (100, 200,500 and 1000) we all collect chips from organiser, then sit at tables - 4 tables of 7 players

I ask org what blind structure and blinds start (no-one knew) ? he replies "starts 100/200 wiv 30 min blinds" so i ask if the structure should be changed i.e :- reduce chip value or drop starting levels - i did take up 3 examples of chip/blind structure from site advised by Eck.  He replies with "f*ck off tex, we do this every week, dont get involved" - see my 1st post

couple of more players question this so he changes it to 45 min blinds and the game begins :-

during the tourny my table was OK, but as players got knocked out on other tables it was a case of "smallest stack moved" - regardless of position 

After a while there was 4 players at my table, 7 players on another and 6 on the other. My GF tells org that tables should be levelled - to which everyone else in comp says "ye, there's only 4 players on that table"

solution in my eyes - move next BB from big table to my table so we have 6,6,5 - AM I WRONG ?

Believe this folks, this is what happened - he came over and dealt us one card each - 2 highest cards went to one table, 2 lowest cards went to the other table - i tried protesting to no avail, i'm sure this isn't right

Not a bad beat story but i eventually went out with  9,9  against A,J (J on river) but to be honest i had started playing very loose after seeing what ppl were calling on and in my opinion it was very poorly organised/run.

The landlord had asked me to help out with this as i had held tournys there before, and i posted on here for help and got much appreciated replies, but was fobbed off by the organiser because "they play every week"

Hope this helps 

http://www.homepokertourney.com/create-a-blind.htm

thanks Eck, dabbling with it now

thanks Graham, i have emailed Colin

[DO]

hi all, hope everyone had great Xmas and even drunker New Year   

I've entered a £20 FO at my local club, 32 players (ish)  and i've been asked to help out in setting it up, this was last night.

Now, approx 10 of these players play regular on Thurs night/Sat afternoon, but its £10 winner takes all (I've got an  so i'm all in 1st hand).  They DO have a concept of the game, but they have no idea of multi-table, and one of these guys is running it.

I organised a few tournies there earlier this year and they went OK, but a few couldn't understand why i kept moving just as they were about to post BB, no idea of leveling tables, breaking a table etc. I knew what i was doing and they ran smoothly

What i would like is to print out a tourny structure, starting stack, chip distribution, blind structure (30 min levels - running for 6/8 hrs) paying down to 10th,  then i can give the organiser the printouts so when i sit down i am not constantly being asked to sort out trivialities. During one of my tournies in one hand the board read 9,K,2,2,A and 1 guy couldn't understand why i split it, he had A,Q against A,5     I think today wont run smoothly so me & her wanna sit and play whilst dodging any messy arguments

So if anyone has a link or a printout they could pm me then i would be very appreciated.

Will let you know how it went when i get out of hospital

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

[Why do we have to let him know we are serious!!!!??? WE HAVE AA!! Do you want to type "AA" in the fucking chat box so he knows EXACTLY what you have]

Why do we have to let him know we are serious!!!!??? WE HAVE AA!! Do you want to type "AA" in the fucking chat box so he knows EXACTLY what you have?? Do you not want him to believe that a weaker hand is best and pay you off?? If he has a weaker onepair hand or flops a draw or something do we not want him to stay in and chase while providing incorrect odds??

You need to think hard about your mentallity to the game. You win money by decieving your opponents and getting them to stack off with weaker holdings. Not by "defining your hand"; and "getting him off his draw"; or "betting to see where you're at".

am i right in thinking you're in this to the end regardless because you've got AA ?

i'm new to the board, read them all but never had much to offer but here goes :-

   I'm thinking the button has flopped a set and sitting on it knowing drunkpro will put in a continuation bet, putting him on AK as boldie says - he doesn't raise because you're still in the pot, either unsure about you or dragging you along.

When  turns he knows theres gonna be more action from drunkpro, and possibly you ( putting you on Ax or possibly A10 )

At best you can hope button has A10 for split - possibly  for 2 pair & nutflush draw

any of this make sense

aaah that says it all then 

[at]

i dunno boldie, i still smell a trap. Now that TAG has position on the board i would be wary leading out

I don't think ROCK & TAG are limping into the money, they're after topspot - they want every chip at the table - to achieve that they need chips on the table, any raise pre would surely frighten them away.

maybe i'm looking the wrong way about it but i would be very suspicious here

[rock]

OK its 7-1 but when a rock limps UTG then a TAG in MP limps, to me it stinks of strength, especially this stage of tourny. Why not sit and watch the fireworks post-flop.

[Q1.]

Q1. wtf am i doing in this hand oop ?

35th

oops, won freeroll into GUKPT $5 R/A at 8pm on BLUSQ  (forgot about this torny)

"sorry you cannot open more than 1 ipoker client"

all-in every hand till i bust out  27/27

and no AA or KK