Likely to get the ladies steamed up just like the old toilet seat deabte but....

Why is it that, in my experience women refuse to fold good raises. Is it their naturally suspicious minds that believe we are constantly on the rob, or their stubborness to refuse that they may actually be beaten.....

one example from last night Im on BB , and all fold round to said lady who puts in the minimum raise (2000), rest of table folds to me who goes all in for another 8000. She dwells for a few minutes then calls . She turns over K4 os !!!!. OK so I was on the rob with Q8  but that isnt the point.......

Mr Bones the Butcher and
Mrs Bun the Bakers wife

I would say  two big cards - one of which would be a King, so either AK or KQ....

My post was not actualy intended to start a debate on what is the better version of poker, merely to point out that in their various guises, there are more than enough players out there to make a club like this viable.

In addition to these two venues, I know of two pubs in the lanarkshire area who also, on a monday night average over 50 players per tournament.

It is definitely on the up. I dont think we have reached the critical mass yet.

I would certainly love to play more at CinCins, the one thing I would love to see is more "knowledge" about tournaments - eg the first day I joined (a thursday night), I couldnt stay to play, but there was a big tournament about to start. I picked up the card at the door which had details of tournaments on seven days a week. I came back the next night to find I was the only person there. I was told "just phone up on the night to see what is on that night", but I need to have a bit more planning than that.

Don't know who this information is best aimed at, but thought it worth sharing :

On monday night, with 55 players at CinCins in glasgow for the £20 tourney, the Riverboat had 66 players.

Clearly there is a market for something decent in the Glasgow poker world if two clubs less than a mile apart can attract over 100 players on a miserable monday night.

porcupine pie - Neil Diamond.


erm...The Cunning Cobbler ? 

Since we are bearing our souls tonight and showing our hands from tournament play tonight, I was quite pleased with how this one went.

[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Hand Start.
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Seat 2 : OdhinnV has $2,670
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Seat 3 : Sparky65775 has $980
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Seat 5 : Big_LAz has $14,350
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : OdhinnV is the dealer.
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Sparky65775 posted small blind.
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Big_LAz posted big blind.
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Game [39] started with 3 players.
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Nov 10 21:02:38] : Seat 5 : Big_LAz has As
[Nov 10 21:02:43] : OdhinnV folded.
[Nov 10 21:02:46] : Sparky65775 called 150
[Nov 10 21:02:50] : Big_LAz checked.
[Nov 10 21:02:50] : Dealing flop.
[Nov 10 21:02:50] : Board cards [ ]
[Nov 10 21:02:54] : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 8 min. 
[Nov 10 21:03:07] : Sparky65775 has 10 seconds to respond.
[Nov 10 21:03:09] : Sparky65775 checked.
[Nov 10 21:03:12] : Big_LAz checked.
[Nov 10 21:03:12] : Dealing turn.
[Nov 10 21:03:12] : Board cards [ ]
[Nov 10 21:03:14] : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 8 min. 
[Nov 10 21:03:21] : Sparky65775 bet 680 and is All-in
[Nov 10 21:03:27] : Big_LAz : oh dear.....
[Nov 10 21:03:29] : Big_LAz called 680
[Nov 10 21:03:29] : Showdown!
[Nov 10 21:03:29] : Seat 5 : Big_LAz has As
[Nov 10 21:03:33] : Seat 3 : Sparky65775 has
[Nov 10 21:03:33] : Seat 5 : Big_LAz has As
[Nov 10 21:03:34] : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 7 min. 
[Nov 10 21:03:36] : Board cards [ ]
[Nov 10 21:03:36] : Seat 3 : Sparky65775 has
[Nov 10 21:03:36] : Sparky65775 has Two Pair: Queens and
[Nov 10 21:03:36] : Seat 5 : Big_LAz has As
[Nov 10 21:03:36] : Big_LAz has 3 of a Kind: Aces
[Nov 10 21:03:36] : Big_LAz wins 1,960 with 3 of a Kind: Aces
[Nov 10 21:03:46] : Hand is over.
[Nov 10 21:03:46] : Stakes: 150/300 Current level: 5 Next level in: 7 min. 

Looking to buy some playing cards for those not too infrequent home games which seem to keep occurring. Would welcome any recommendations from the blondeites, whats good in terms of shuffling, durability, etc etc.

Also look forward to hopefully meeting a few blondes on Monday night in glasgow. And If I decide that you are not mad axe murderers , I might even organise a Scottish Home Game for Blondeites.

This sounds like a great weekend. I would like to be added to the list for this.

Even if it is in Birmingham

The answer I satisfied myself with before finally getting to sleep was along similar line. I knew that there was an important piece of information which I had overlooked at the time, but was somwhere in the dark corners of my brain.

Earlier in the same tournement this player had flat called A A pre flop. I remembered this at the time and thought "need to remember that, could come in handy". Obviously this should have set alarm bells off when the King hit on the turn card.

I guess, the out of turn raise is largely irrelevant, although it did affect my clear thinking at the time. We were both still going to be in after the flop (raise, check raise, all the difference would have been would have been the amount of chips in the pot). The mistake obviously was going all in when the king hit the turn. A small "feeler" bet would have been better, to find out what kind of position I was really in, and if he had made a big re-raise, then a fold was in order. But I find it hard to get away from any trips, especially when down to two players.

Its all a big learning experience.....


thanks

to discuss / get advice on how I played a hand in a live tournament ? I was playing last night in a "pub" tournament (which was much better run than a lot of casino tourneys), and got a situation which has had me up all night wondering what I should have done. I am going to post it here, and if this is wrong, then sorry, just ignore it.

Blinds are 100/200. Eight players at table, I am mid-stacked with about 4500. I am on the big blind. 4 callers pre-flop (inc blinds), I check with

  

Flop comes

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First player checks. I am considering what to do when the player to my left, announces a raise of 500. He quickly gets told that he is betting out of turn (I think it was a genuine mistake). So now its down to me. What to do ? I have a good hand, but what is it worth ? What relevance has the bet from the player out of turn ? What influence should it have ?

In the end I bet 500, he calls and the fourth player folds. So now down to two. The turn comes

 

At this point, I move all in. He calls (he has maybe 500 more in chips than me). He turns over

 

My tournament is over. I dont mind losing, but still being so inexperienced playing live, I want to extract every possible lesson from my defeats as possible. So what did I do wrong.