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As someone who bought an extremely high spec laptop (Alienware), I really wish I had paid a bit more money for the SSD.  The standard hard drive really lets the rest of the system down, ESPECIALLY when it comes to running a large PT4 database.

116/2, 21 overs, TWO sixes now.

ya with 30bb i'd be squeezing pre to get it in.

If I flat pre i'm prob not folding the flop.

cheers scotty, yeah ill prolly just send then sortout after sean.

Ok - prob makes sense, hopefully I'll have a chunk for you when you arrive. You got my bank details, sent yesterday.

Well book me 4% then....thinks that's my lot for summer, you, stato, and camel - likely Trigg....happy with that lol

I shove pre, 360 chips is enough for me to win with a hand that needs to hit flop oop

That may be terrible? If you had 3000 not 1800, different decision

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cheers scotty, yeah ill prolly just send then sortout after sean.

Is this terribly played? Anything you would do different and why?

If you just flat pre, are you folding the flop?

No reads on either player, 1st hour of the tournament :

PokerStars Hand #98949337960: Tournament #806010393, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (30/60) - 2013/05/22 17:46:07 WET [2013/05/22 12:46:07 ET]
Table '806010393 13' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Bit2Easy (2232 in chips)
Seat 2: dreeniee82 (1840 in chips)
Seat 3: dunkmeister2 (1920 in chips)
Seat 4: 5Mati (3015 in chips)
Seat 5: davebond2 (6545 in chips)
Seat 6: ACS102 (1575 in chips)
Seat 7: ekores (4408 in chips)
Seat 8: oh_betty420 (5150 in chips)
Seat 9: Heopsss (2850 in chips)
Bit2Easy: posts the ante 5
dreeniee82: posts the ante 5
dunkmeister2: posts the ante 5
5Mati: posts the ante 5
davebond2: posts the ante 5
ACS102: posts the ante 5
ekores: posts the ante 5
oh_betty420: posts the ante 5
Heopsss: posts the ante 5
dreeniee82: posts small blind 30
dunkmeister2: posts big blind 60
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dreeniee82 [ ]
5Mati: folds
davebond2: folds
ACS102: folds
ekores: raises 90 to 150
oh_betty420: folds
Heopsss: folds
Bit2Easy: calls 150
dreeniee82: calls 120
dunkmeister2: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
dreeniee82: checks
ekores: bets 300
Bit2Easy: raises 420 to 720
dreeniee82: raises 965 to 1685 and is all-in
ekores: folds
Bit2Easy: calls 965
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dreeniee82: shows [ ] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Bit2Easy: shows [ ] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Bit2Easy collected 4225 from pot
dreeniee82 finished the tournament in 1948th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4225 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: Bit2Easy (button) showed [ ] and won (4225) with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 2: dreeniee82 (small blind) showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 3: dunkmeister2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: 5Mati folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: davebond2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ACS102 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ekores folded on the Flop
Seat 8: oh_betty420 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Heopsss folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Today we have Hants V Lancs live on Sky in a YB40  day night match.

I'm interested in the total sixes market

 The weather is set fair.

Hants have a strong in-form batting line up.They go hard from the top. With Dimi back from IPL and Wheater at 8, it means the top 8 are well able of clearing the ropes. Lancs should have Katich back, and are a quality side.
Not much of the YB40 season to go on so far at the Ageas Bowl, but in its last YB40 match, there were 12 sixes. (6 for each team, Hants batting second) I wasn't there, but interestingly the commentary said the boundaries were shorter than "normal", which I'm sure is to help the home team's batters, as well as provide more "entertainment".
Also new fielding restrictions this year mean only 4 fielders outside the circle, ...surely this will encourage batsman more to go over the top of the infield.
Hants are favourites, and like to chase......so the danger to the over sixes market is Hants bowl well, restrict Lancs to a below par score and then pace a steady innings with few sixes. However I think Lancs can post a decent score against the Hants bowling, should they bat first.

Any thoughts from Freds cricket followers?

 I see only 2 firms priced up sixes atm on oddschecker:  Sky and Hills +5.5  at 5/6. I recommend £40.

Woke up, cleared e-Mails, turned telly on just as the first six sailed over the boundary.

Lancashire 78/2 after 17 overs, one x 6 so far.

I think that this goes on a lot more than people think.

Only the idiots get caught but a professional outfit can get away with laying horses to lose
quite easily.

The idea that you can make money by laying a horse/athlete/sportsman to lose does mean
 the integrety of a lot of sports is undermind by those willing to make serious money cheating.

It's far easier to make money laying something to lose than backing something to win.

Betfair is here to stay so I don't see the situation improving over the years.