i hope you beat him to the pot. snap that mofo!

Nah I studied him for ages and folded and been kicking myself for it as I know it was probably wrong- I let my gut rule my head!!! I usually never show but I folded face up to see his reaction- he just said good fold but mucked his hand, then went on to say a few hands later when the others at the table were discussing it that he had the flush but I'm not sure- and even if he did I'm still not sure in the long run whether its correct as he has such a wide range.

If you were wrong so what.The fact you are prepared to lay down shows you think about the outcome.Many people would just call without a thought.When you think you've made a bad lay down don't let it effect you next time.We have all made bad lay downs.I remember trapping somebody in a tourney and putting him on tilt.3 hands later.I lay-ed down aces face up on a paired board.He showed q high.The point is :-That one hand has made me make many better decisions since then.Like you when thinking about it after i knew i should of called.Mine was 10 times worse than yours but its only one hand and its made me a better player.Well i think it has.)

Why do so many people post such unfriendly replies to others when they start threads like these?


I will tell u why these people are not as good as they think they are.They were bullied at school or don't get out much.When i first started playing i lost a monster pot in a cash game.It was 1-2 nl holdem i flopped kings full of fives.I checked and an ace came i bet and he called.Another ace came.I know now i was unlucky but at the time did i make a mistake slow playing?

New players have to ignore negative rubbish even if it comes form somebody with many posts.Just treat it for what it is.A rely from an idiot.

I get what you are saying.I nearly folded thou knowing what could happen.It takes an hour for me to get to DTD.My poker is based on the fact "the less hands that hit the river the better chance you have" so for that reason i thought wait.But after replaying hands i played before against him some months ago i knew he was flushing.cant ever be 100%sure but he didn't look like a man with trips or two pair.I'm now sitting at home after spending more time in the car than the poker room.And i still think why gamble when the odds are so short.I take what you are saying as somebody who knows but i still cant get the fact that i gambled when perhaps i didn't need too.

Ive just been knocked out of a 75 freezeout after 3 hands.To cut a long story short.I called allin with qq on the flop.I knew he had a low flush draw.The point for me is-should i call knowing im going to get hit 1-3 times.I thought for 2 minutes before the call and i was right  but is being right enough?Is it better to wait.It was at DTD so was a good structure.

Yet another quality example of a ghey min raise.

i bow to you sir st8ness.I think being gay by accident kept me in a while longer.

I played it even worse than i first thought.What was i thinking?lol.The fact was i wasnt.Anyway its all good and it will be interesting next time you raise me.If i ever play a 300 again.

hi Tom,
I will tell you why i passed.I know you are a good player.I do remember one hand we played in newcastle last year when you passed trips for a small bet when i had a st8.The thing that tipped it was the smile.Knowing you are a good player i knew that you thought you had me.I bad player smiles he might think aj is ahead.Its hard to fake a smile .I wish i had called.i would of been in bed a lot earlier(im getting over flu).I feel better now after winning the 3500 sunday afternoon on DTD and hopefully have a crack at the 300 again next month if i win some kind of entry.

scott

Bugger! (Note to self, no smiling) 


Thanks for letting us know Scott. It really was a class fold.


One more thing Tom that turns the whole hand on its head.I see because I rerasied to 1000 you thought "monster"and it was interesting to hear Simon trumper say the same thing.This is what makes poker the game it is.It has taken me 2 days to work it out.I never raise the minimum with any hand its too obvious.You know why i raised 1000?.I forgot I had 10k in chips.I have only played a couple of games with that many chips ever.I play most games with 2000 or 3000 starting chips.It was the first hand i wasn't feeling all that and made a stupid mistake.Perception is a funny thing.

hi Tom,
I will tell you why i passed.I know you are a good player.I do remember one hand we played in newcastle last year when you passed trips for a small bet when i had a st8.The thing that tipped it was the smile.Knowing you are a good player i knew that you thought you had me.I bad player smiles he might think aj is ahead.Its hard to fake a smile .I wish i had called.i would of been in bed a lot earlier(im getting over flu).I feel better now after winning the 3500 sunday afternoon on dtd and hopefully have a crack at the 300 again next month if i win some kind of entry.

scott

And this bit I pick out in particular because it is one of reasons I think some drugs should be legalised.  It'll probably never happen, but if it did then it would put a stop to people not knowing what they are buying, because we would all be able to pop merrily down to the well monitoried and regulated dope shop.
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Last point.Even if you do know what you are talking many people dont know when to stop.Like i said with booze ,in most cases, youre sick and the body can just about handle it.With class A drugs you die....

What i mean by age is you wouldnt remeber Prohibition.Please expand if there is something else you would like to say.)

I don't get - what on earth makes folks want to do it?

-They find life boring
-They are trying to block out unpleasant feelings/memories
-Peer pressure
-Once they start, they're addicted

Again as many people have said before it's the same as asking why do people drink alcohol?  They drink it to make them feel good and give them confidence, for the most part.  Drugs make you feel good, and quite often without the nasty hangover that alcohol brings.  Obviously a lot of people might say "Well if you are happy with your life then you shouldn't need to use drugs to make you feel good."  Whilst it's true that unhappy people are most likely to become alcoholics or drug addicts, for many people drugs are an experience.  A friend of mine once told me about something called Saliva which is a legal drug originating from Mexico (I think) which Shamans used to use to obtain a higher level of consciousness.  Two of my friends tried it once at home.  One of them was convinced that they were actually a floorboard, and the other fell in love with a giant Winne The Pooh which was behind the sofa.  All safe experiences but an experience that you are never going to be able to have otherwise (although not an experience everyone will want to have I'm sure...), and I think the whole point of life is to experience as much as you can while you're here.  The problem is when the addiction comes along.

Like I said previously, the worst drug I have ever done is smoked weed, nothing that serious.  I remember one night I had been at one of my local casinos playing a comp when a few of us decide we were going to go back to one of our friends house to carry on the night with some more poker and booze etc.  It just so happened that this guy was a drug dealer, mainly in the form of growing and selling weed.  So we went to his house and he produced this huge box full of weed, never seen anything like it before, and just basically said help yourselves.  As the night went on some coke was produced from somewhere, and my boyfriend of the time asked me if I wanted some.  Although personally I think I would like to experience some of these narcotics in my life, I'm fully aware that I get addicted to stuff extremely easily.  I smoke and play poker for starters!  So I declined on the basis that if I liked it, I know it could easily turn into a habit and I'm not ever going to let that happen. 

I can understand the people who hate drugs and alcohol, are tee total, and want them both to be banned.  But I cannot understand the people who think drinking is ok - and smashing up windows and people's faces, and threatening people and throwing up, and killing people in drink driving accidents - but that cannabis (and others) is not ok.  And in my opinion this all comes from the fact that the governement tells us alcohol is ok (because it's legal) and that drugs are not.  Drugs are bad and we all have that drilled into us from when we are old enough to go to school.  They tell us about the extreme cases, kids dying from taking one E, coke addicts becoming prostitutes, people getting HIV from sharing needles, Amy Winehouse, and this becomes the public perspective on drugs.  But if anyone cared to actually think about it for themselves for a while and considered the possibility that the government isn't always right, then their perspective might change somewhat when they see that for the most part drugs aren't actually like that at all.  For example I asked a friend (completely tee total, anti drugs, anti everything) last night if they would rather be sat next to a drunk person or a person on drugs in a poker game.  They immediately said "Drunk" as a reflex, but once they'd thought about it said "Oh actually I'm not too sure." 


I think youre showing your age a wee bit pocketlady.I couldnt care less if people use drugs but to say governement tells us alcohol is ok isnt correct.Common sense tells us what would happen if they banned alcohol  ,they can't ,its too late.Alcohol is a big problem to the governement with money spent on the nhs and police but not as bigger problem as drugs.Drugs are not legal and your friendly drug dealer dosn't really know what hes selling you.So one week youll get one thing and another something else.Thats where most od's come from the strenth changing and substance and the user not knowing. They would like to ban alcohol so how could they now make drugs legal?Drugs are far more dangerous.In most cases if you drink to much you end up in bed with the hebejebies.Many drugs you take too much of you dont live to tell the tale.

what do you need to join in?a degree in drug taking?You clearly think you know more than most .I take it you've shoved more white powder up y hooter than Einstein ever did.?Please close this with your expertise in this subject.

where ever there is easy money there are drugs and people dealing it.

Robert Williamson was drunk and still out played everyone.

4 places paid in this race, this horse ,must be placed.Big field with a few non runners and running against horses that don't like soft ground.Its been pissing down allday in this area so id say watch the first race.My guess is that the runners will all come down the centre so a middle draw is best.Ill be having a monster place bet with a small win.It is an appentice race but if she rides the horse the same as she did last time it would be a perfect ride for this race.
Oh dear they went a lot slower than i thought ran a stinker because of.

LIMONIA looks like he can try and make all a race with not many pace makers.Hopefully J  Walsh has learned how to get this horse out and in front after running a bad race last time out.4 places again looks good at over 4-1 and 27-1 win.
another race read wrong frankie took them off like a bat out of hell.