I think your shove with the QTs is perfect, and i'd played with both guys a fair bit at the time.

well done Adam, gr8 run and really proud of you!
get a few beers and i'll pick up the bill.

Picken got it in pre for 380,000 with AJ against the A10 of Ed Overall.
Overall found no help, Picken on 800k, Overall on just 2 big blinds at 60k.
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major BOOM from dad but mum wondering if degree will be finished if he ships it!!

having said that if he does a recovery job mrs peejaytwo will be breaking the speedlimit so i can rail the final table.

Under 100,000

A horrible level since the break

good job ive had a bottle of red then.

great updates yes,but prefer better news!
how many has Adam got Tighty?

He opens A-A

Adam Picken 3 bets A-Q

Bedi shoves

Picken CALLS

Aces hold and Bedi is back to 1.2m

as Adams dad i dont call that fun tighty!!

Was I in the group of players who made you feel unwelcome? Or was it a comment about a random 1/2 game you played?

no, it wasn't you alex, and i've played on tables with you.
i just find it all a little sad that poker players feel they can belitttle their opponents who are after all their bread and butter.
betfair make a 60% premium charge for the winners on their site,calling it "marketing" to constantly drag the "fish" to their site. 

just to go off at a tangent (again!) i'm a firm believer that the gambling game tames lions so to speak.the upswings are easy to deal with and we can all run good,the difference is how we cope with the downers. its that ability that sorts the men from the boys,and i hope you come out of your bad patch a better player.

 Btw Ive read every page of this diary and agree it's one of the best threads on blonde, and don't want to take it off track.

Sometimes I don't think the regulars do themselves any favours in the way they treat/interact with the occasional visitor be the visitor fish or not.

1st time poster on Blonde to completely agree with this.
i sat in the 1/2 game a couple of weeks ago and was basically made to feel unwelcome as altho im at DTD probably once a week im not one of the "regs". i was sitting in with £300,slightly tilty after busting out of the tourney and was deffo -ive EV in the game. That i shouldnt be sitting in is my problem not the other players but you would think that a "recreational" player should be welcomed with open arms!
i listen to Bart Hansons podcasts from Deucescracked and he talks of having a good table manner cos the other players are your customers. if Gala is a nicer atmosphere/more fun people especially losing/recreational players are gonna go there for a better night out while losing money.

Standard today was as soft I've ever seen it.

Field was so soft today it was incred.

Two quotes from you Alex about the Deepstack.
Does it really help being so dismissive of your opponents?
last night Andy Murray came from 2 sets behind to win his match but i dont see him quoted anywhere saying "well i was only playing the number 57 in the world and as im number 4 it was obv just a matter of time before i won"
because we dont read hands as well as you "regs" or 4bet bluff every orbit doesn't mean we are not worthy of a seat at the table. Every player puts his £336 in,its just that your equity is greater than ours.
Poker must be the only game where the better players feel they can insult their "customers"

Rant over