Hey Adam,

Good to see your return. Prolly see you down the Gala at some point or certainly at DTD.

Good luck in the tourney Ben.

Goa's a fascinating place, quite unlike the rest of India I've been told. Having only visited Goa I can confer the crazy driving. My girlfriend and I were nearly killed many times swerving cows on those roads! We had the same taxi driver for the whole 2 weeks we were there - he'd drive us all over the State waiting patiently outside wherever we went. Like having a chauffeur but costing £15 a day. The Goan fish curries are great and if you can get to Palolem beach as Woodsey suggests it's well worth it. Give the Feni a miss though - it's rancid.

The shanty town poverty you see next to the huge mansions and 5* hotels can be quite depressing. It would have been even more difficult to deal with if I was a poker player back then. I guess as we're in the fortunate position to be risking a years wages to some of these people on the turn of a card it's good Karma to give a bit back. I'm sure a generous tip to the needy would go a long way. Even with a chunky tip everythings so cheap out there it's still a tenth of the price over here. Hope it goes well for you, oh and look out for the wild monkeys - they'll steal food out of your hands! Looking forward to the next entry...

Unlucky and well done!

Nice one! Hope you take it down Brendan.

Well done Kev, Tikay and Chili !  You were all excellent!

Unfortunately only caught the last hour tonight but certainly enjoyed what I saw. 

For every long shot that comes in on the river that someone loses from, someone wins from the same card.

So by saying the site is rigged "against" me or some other player, you are implicitly saying it is rigged "for" some players.

Now as people are getting "good" beats and "bad" beats in equal measure, why do you only hear from the people who are getting the "bad" beats?

Unless you think people might be predisposed to remember the ropey pieces of luck they have and ignore the times when they get lucky? Maybe??

It's nasty when you go on a bad run. You got 8 outed in the hand you showed. I got one outed twice in 3 hands about a month ago. That's about a million times(havent done the working - GFY) worse than your beat but I still don't put it down to the site being rigged.

(notice how i surreptitiously slip my bad beat story into a post berating bad beats - that's talent)

In the words of Bill Fillmaff bad players sometimes win due to "random fluctuations of dumb luck." You need the beats to be there. It shows there is a luck element to the game. The same luck element that attracts lots of bad players in to throw their money away. Which makes the game profitable if you're good.

So you see, the bad beats actually make you money. You dig?
 

 

You also see a hell of a lot more hands online and therefore a hell of a lot more beats...

Nice result Jerome! What did I tell you?!

Unbeatable updates Jen and Snoops.

Just got home and would like to thank those with support and good wishes for me. What can I say its been an emotional and enjoyable weekend. I am very happy to have nearly made the final and good luck to those still in.

Very very unlucky Chris. Really sorry to have just read how you went out. A superb achievement though and very well done on getting so far. Top bloke.

Please send a Good Luck to Chris Bruce flying the flag for Notts.

Also Good Luck to Gerome. I was sat on his direct left for most of the first day. Good bloke and very solid player.

Cheers,

Nick

Save me an embarrassing confrontation with a doorman tomorrow please...

Can you wear trainers at Walsall?

Only if they're salmon pink.

Good luck to all Blondes starting today. Especially Thewster and Chili Pep.

Nice cash Tom - saw the comeback and was willing you on. 

Cheers Ironside! Looking forward to seeing this one.

Best of luck for tomorrow! There's a lot of people with their fingers crossed for you. Good to meet you briefly at the Broadway after reading this tread for so long!

 

Wow go on the Thewster! Another nice result fella