Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

As Chompy observed similarly elsewhere today, a good, long session at a Poker Table in a well-run, well-structured Tourney, with good Table Company, is as good as it gets for me.

I survived Day One in the DTD £300, so I had 8 hours of excellent poker, highs & lows and all, and much as I'd like to Cash, or even go deep enough to do a Deal (forget winning, that's for winnas), all my boxes have been ticked, I've had a great time there.

Sadly, Nun could not get a hand to stand up, & departed quite early, bitterly, bitterly, disappointed. I so felt for her, she so wanted to do well. But it was lovely to see her & Darren.

Tom (Red) could never really get going, either,  & with a few levels to go, he was sub-average, but still right in it, but a couple of key Pots went the wrong way. He made a (attempted) SB Steal with K-5, & BB lJAMESl, a Sky Poker big cash winner, looked him up with Q-8 or somesuch, & hit, rinse repeat later, Taxi for Tom.

Kinboshi ran deep too, but not deep enough, another long grind without cards for the boy.

I don't get to DTD as much as I'd like, because work takes me to London so often, especially at weekends, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it's only my third DTD £300, but it's just about the perfect buy-in/structure for my pedestrian game, although I think they play "faster" in Notts than anywhere I've ever played. Still, you know the saying, fight fire with, err, water.

[Jon MW]

..

It could be the Avon Valley Christmas special.

... Parents are not neglected as everyone will also receive a delicious mince pie or festive biscuit.

This is rubbish - the equivalent for the Nene Valley Railway is,

...Parents and other adults are not forgotten with a serving of a mince pie with either an alcoholic miniature, wine or a hot drink

And they never used to be that fussed about who they gave the miniatures out to either

[tikay]

..

It could be the Avon Valley Christmas special.

... Parents are not neglected as everyone will also receive a delicious mince pie or festive biscuit.

This is rubbish - the equivalent for the Nene Valley Railway is,

...Parents and other adults are not forgotten with a serving of a mince pie with either an alcoholic miniature, wine or a hot drink

And they never used to be that fussed about who they gave the miniatures out to either

Yes, but did they do THIS?.....

all the children and, providing they have been good, give them each a quality present

[Jon MW]

..

It could be the Avon Valley Christmas special.

... Parents are not neglected as everyone will also receive a delicious mince pie or festive biscuit.

This is rubbish - the equivalent for the Nene Valley Railway is,

...Parents and other adults are not forgotten with a serving of a mince pie with either an alcoholic miniature, wine or a hot drink

And they never used to be that fussed about who they gave the miniatures out to either

Yes, but did they do THIS?.....

all the children and, providing they have been good, give them each a quality present

That goes without saying

Your Santa experience starts with a welcome from our station staff and our badge team - entertainment is provided at busy weekends. This is followed by an enjoyable visit to Santa's log cabin where each child receives a special present from the man himself.

[tikay]

My opening Table in the DTD £300 was soft as soft can be for the first 10 minutes, with the exception of Sky Poker Whizz Kid lJAMESl, who has  splendid game. He's a BIG winner on Sky Poker in the Cash Games, but he's only about 7.

Then who should arrive, two to my left, but Lawrence Gosney. Sigh.

Soon enough, he was soon messing about, getting me off pot after pot. He's strong, he knows I'm weak, this is a bad thing.

I tried all I could to get the better of him, but I could not. I'd lose chips to him, win them back from someone else - I coul only play if he was not in the hand! The only other player who bothered me was lJAMESl.

Still at par, I found A-Q, & knew I could not Raise Gosney out of the Pot, as he had Position, so I limped, & sure enough Lawrence came along. Gotcha!

It came A-4-2. I check, he bets, call.

Turn, rinse, repeat.

River, I quickly bet out 2k into 6k. "Call" says LG, tabling A-4 for 2 pair. It's tough to play my hand worse than that.

Down to 4,500, Level One, bugger.

I was sort of cross with myself, & reacted oddly. LG then Min-Raised UTG "blind" (pre-flop), so I pre-determined, even with my mini-stack, to go to war with him this hand from the BB. One Limper behind LG, & make it 1,500, LG Calls, shit. Look at my cards - A-2.

The Flop came nothing, damn, I have to move in now, no choice, pot-stuck, & as I reach for my Chips, LG mucks before I cazn bet. Phew.

Table move, & not a moment too soon.

[Rod Paradise]

..

It could be the Avon Valley Christmas special.

... Parents are not neglected as everyone will also receive a delicious mince pie or festive biscuit.

This is rubbish - the equivalent for the Nene Valley Railway is,

...Parents and other adults are not forgotten with a serving of a mince pie with either an alcoholic miniature, wine or a hot drink

And they never used to be that fussed about who they gave the miniatures out to either

Yes, but did they do THIS?.....

all the children and, providing they have been good, give them each a quality present

That goes without saying

Your Santa experience starts with a welcome from our station staff and our badge team - entertainment is provided at busy weekends. This is followed by an enjoyable visit to Santa's log cabin where each child receives a special present from the man himself.

As a non-parent - dragged to things like this by neices/nephews/little cousins the phrase in bold makes all the difference. Just once I'd I'd like to walk away from one of these things not aching to smack a parent for their child's/children's behaviour.

[mondatoo]

My opening Table in the DTD £300 was soft as soft can be for the first 10 minutes, with the exception of Sky Poker Whizz Kid lJAMESl, who has  splendid game. He's a BIG winner on Sky Poker in the Cash Games, but he's only about 7.

Then who should arrive, two to my left, but Lawrence Gosney. Sigh.

Soon enough, he was soon messing about, getting me off pot after pot. He's strong, he knows I'm weak, this is a bad thing.

I tried all I could to get the better of him, but I could not. I'd lose chips to him, win them back from someone else - I coul only play if he was not in the hand! The only other player who bothered me was lJAMESl.

Still at par, I found A-Q, & knew I could not Raise Gosney out of the Pot, as he had Position, so I limped, & sure enough Lawrence came along. Gotcha!

It came A-4-2. I check, he bets, call.

Turn, rinse, repeat.

River, I quickly bet out 2k into 6k. "Call" says LG, tabling A-4 for 2 pair. It's tough to play my hand worse than that.

Down to 4,500, Level One, bugger.

I was sort of cross with myself, & reacted oddly. LG then Min-Raised UTG "blind" (pre-flop), so I pre-determined, even with my mini-stack, to go to war with him this hand from the BB. One Limper behind LG, & make it 1,500, LG Calls, shit. Look at my cards - A-2.

The Flop came nothing, damn, I have to move in now, no choice, pot-stuck, & as I reach for my Chips, LG mucks before I cazn bet. Phew.

Table move, & not a moment too soon.

I've noticed you say this a couple of times with opponents you've been up against and it really suprises me.How long you been playing the game for regularly now like 50 years(just kidding) you have a wealth of live experience that not many do so i can't see why you would need to be scared(maybe scareds not the correct word) to play pots with anyone.I'm certainly no great player but any tournament i've ever played since a had any kind of grasp of what i was doing i've never been afraid of getting into a pot with any of my opponents at the table.Obviously there are the better players who are harder to read that you'd rather stay away from but it seems that you mentally don't play your same game against players such as gosney who you didn't want to play against in comparison to a fish at your table.Obviously i ain't trying to give you any advice just interested in why you seem to do this ?

[tikay]

New Table, change of luck, & I win two big races very soon, QQ v A-K, & T-T v A-J. I'm back in it.

The Table included Jamie "bookiebasher" Moult, very busy he was too, & an old sparring partner from my Gala Notts days, not seen him for years, Peter Meldrew. Peter is, or was, one of the Greyhound Correspondents for the Racing Post, & always used to tip me "privately" winners. Which lost, usually at gaffes such as Hull.

I left that Table double-average, & a very happy bunny.

The next Table was the best of the night, & it was the softest seat in soft land, & I could steal at will. My only impediment to stealage was Pete Conduit, to my immediate left, so we sort of took it in turns to steal unopened Pots. Lovely.

Seat One was Shorty, & he always found a Hand on my BB, & shoved, & I was always "forced" to call, priced in, with any two. 4-0 to him so far.

He does it again, it's 1,800 to me, into 4,500, I have A-3 suited. I think I have to Call, & do, he had A-Q & I 2xupped him again. But there was a real strange thing in this coup.

He moves in, it gets to Seat 4, who declared he only had one card, a Ten, which, for some reason, got shown. Ruling is requested, his hand is declared dead, as action has taken place, so I do the necessary looking up, & lose a chunk.

The Dealer now counts the cards, as he's certain he dealt Seat 4 two cards - 51 cards are found to be in the deck. After some deep discussion, it's agreed there should be 52, & so one is presumed missing. "Is it under the Rail?" someone asks - they have a little "lipped cushion", & cards can disappear under it. The rail is searched, yup, there's the Card - & it's another Ten.  Which woulda saved me a chunk if he'd played. 50p in the tin.

Wadey was in shove-mode, & he was tough on me, but eventually I made a big call (for me) of 8k (400-800) with A-J, he had 9-7, & my hand held.

With 5 mins to go to drawing of stumps, my lovely Table broke, & I got moved to, if I may say, a table of total loons. Damn. We resume at 3pm. I expect to get thoroughly outpaced by these boys pretty quickly, so shove time, & get lucky time, will come soon enough. Who knows what may happen, but it matters not - I've loved it.

[tikay]

Gotta go.

Note to self.

Reply to Diary Comments, particularly Aircraft Engine. (What is it?).

DTD - Discuss.

[mondatoo]

GL Today

[amcgrath1uk]

GL Today

+1

[tikay]

My opening Table in the DTD £300 was soft as soft can be for the first 10 minutes, with the exception of Sky Poker Whizz Kid lJAMESl, who has  splendid game. He's a BIG winner on Sky Poker in the Cash Games, but he's only about 7.

Then who should arrive, two to my left, but Lawrence Gosney. Sigh.

Soon enough, he was soon messing about, getting me off pot after pot. He's strong, he knows I'm weak, this is a bad thing.

I tried all I could to get the better of him, but I could not. I'd lose chips to him, win them back from someone else - I coul only play if he was not in the hand! The only other player who bothered me was lJAMESl.

Still at par, I found A-Q, & knew I could not Raise Gosney out of the Pot, as he had Position, so I limped, & sure enough Lawrence came along. Gotcha!

It came A-4-2. I check, he bets, call.

Turn, rinse, repeat.

River, I quickly bet out 2k into 6k. "Call" says LG, tabling A-4 for 2 pair. It's tough to play my hand worse than that.

Down to 4,500, Level One, bugger.

I was sort of cross with myself, & reacted oddly. LG then Min-Raised UTG "blind" (pre-flop), so I pre-determined, even with my mini-stack, to go to war with him this hand from the BB. One Limper behind LG, & make it 1,500, LG Calls, shit. Look at my cards - A-2.

The Flop came nothing, damn, I have to move in now, no choice, pot-stuck, & as I reach for my Chips, LG mucks before I cazn bet. Phew.

Table move, & not a moment too soon.

I've noticed you say this a couple of times with opponents you've been up against and it really suprises me.How long you been playing the game for regularly now like 50 years(just kidding) you have a wealth of live experience that not many do so i can't see why you would need to be scared(maybe scareds not the correct word) to play pots with anyone.I'm certainly no great player but any tournament i've ever played since a had any kind of grasp of what i was doing i've never been afraid of getting into a pot with any of my opponents at the table.Obviously there are the better players who are harder to read that you'd rather stay away from but it seems that you mentally don't play your same game against players such as gosney who you didn't want to play against in comparison to a fish at your table.Obviously i ain't trying to give you any advice just interested in why you seem to do this ?

Fascinating question, really fascinating, the answer might surprise you, but I have to go now, will reply later.

[DesD]

My opening Table in the DTD £300 was soft as soft can be for the first 10 minutes, with the exception of Sky Poker Whizz Kid lJAMESl, who has  splendid game. He's a BIG winner on Sky Poker in the Cash Games, but he's only about 7.

Then who should arrive, two to my left, but Lawrence Gosney. Sigh.

Soon enough, he was soon messing about, getting me off pot after pot. He's strong, he knows I'm weak, this is a bad thing.

I tried all I could to get the better of him, but I could not. I'd lose chips to him, win them back from someone else - I coul only play if he was not in the hand! The only other player who bothered me was lJAMESl.

Still at par, I found A-Q, & knew I could not Raise Gosney out of the Pot, as he had Position, so I limped, & sure enough Lawrence came along. Gotcha!

It came A-4-2. I check, he bets, call.

Turn, rinse, repeat.

River, I quickly bet out 2k into 6k. "Call" says LG, tabling A-4 for 2 pair. It's tough to play my hand worse than that.

Down to 4,500, Level One, bugger.

I was sort of cross with myself, & reacted oddly. LG then Min-Raised UTG "blind" (pre-flop), so I pre-determined, even with my mini-stack, to go to war with him this hand from the BB. One Limper behind LG, & make it 1,500, LG Calls, shit. Look at my cards - A-2.

The Flop came nothing, damn, I have to move in now, no choice, pot-stuck, & as I reach for my Chips, LG mucks before I cazn bet. Phew.

Table move, & not a moment too soon.

I've noticed you say this a couple of times with opponents you've been up against and it really suprises me.How long you been playing the game for regularly now like 50 years(just kidding) you have a wealth of live experience that not many do so i can't see why you would need to be scared(maybe scareds not the correct word) to play pots with anyone.I'm certainly no great player but any tournament i've ever played since a had any kind of grasp of what i was doing i've never been afraid of getting into a pot with any of my opponents at the table.Obviously there are the better players who are harder to read that you'd rather stay away from but it seems that you mentally don't play your same game against players such as gosney who you didn't want to play against in comparison to a fish at your table.Obviously i ain't trying to give you any advice just interested in why you seem to do this ?

Fascinating question, really fascinating, the answer might surprise you, but I have to go now, will reply later.

Are you a wool puller?

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3265

[Chili]

My opening Table in the DTD £300 was soft as soft can be for the first 10 minutes, with the exception of Sky Poker Whizz Kid lJAMESl, who has  splendid game. He's a BIG winner on Sky Poker in the Cash Games, but he's only about 7.

Then who should arrive, two to my left, but Lawrence Gosney. Sigh.

Soon enough, he was soon messing about, getting me off pot after pot. He's strong, he knows I'm weak, this is a bad thing.

I tried all I could to get the better of him, but I could not. I'd lose chips to him, win them back from someone else - I coul only play if he was not in the hand! The only other player who bothered me was lJAMESl.

Still at par, I found A-Q, & knew I could not Raise Gosney out of the Pot, as he had Position, so I limped, & sure enough Lawrence came along. Gotcha!

It came A-4-2. I check, he bets, call.

Turn, rinse, repeat.

River, I quickly bet out 2k into 6k. "Call" says LG, tabling A-4 for 2 pair. It's tough to play my hand worse than that.

Down to 4,500, Level One, bugger.

I was sort of cross with myself, & reacted oddly. LG then Min-Raised UTG "blind" (pre-flop), so I pre-determined, even with my mini-stack, to go to war with him this hand from the BB. One Limper behind LG, & make it 1,500, LG Calls, shit. Look at my cards - A-2.

The Flop came nothing, damn, I have to move in now, no choice, pot-stuck, & as I reach for my Chips, LG mucks before I cazn bet. Phew.

Table move, & not a moment too soon.

I've noticed you say this a couple of times with opponents you've been up against and it really suprises me.How long you been playing the game for regularly now like 50 years(just kidding) you have a wealth of live experience that not many do so i can't see why you would need to be scared(maybe scareds not the correct word) to play pots with anyone.I'm certainly no great player but any tournament i've ever played since a had any kind of grasp of what i was doing i've never been afraid of getting into a pot with any of my opponents at the table.Obviously there are the better players who are harder to read that you'd rather stay away from but it seems that you mentally don't play your same game against players such as gosney who you didn't want to play against in comparison to a fish at your table.Obviously i ain't trying to give you any advice just interested in why you seem to do this ?

Fascinating question, really fascinating, the answer might surprise you, but I have to go now, will reply later.

Are you a wool puller?

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3265

Well he is from Derby Des 

[MANTIS01]

My opening Table in the DTD £300 was soft as soft can be for the first 10 minutes, with the exception of Sky Poker Whizz Kid lJAMESl, who has  splendid game. He's a BIG winner on Sky Poker in the Cash Games, but he's only about 7.

Then who should arrive, two to my left, but Lawrence Gosney. Sigh.

Soon enough, he was soon messing about, getting me off pot after pot. He's strong, he knows I'm weak, this is a bad thing.

I tried all I could to get the better of him, but I could not. I'd lose chips to him, win them back from someone else - I coul only play if he was not in the hand! The only other player who bothered me was lJAMESl.

Still at par, I found A-Q, & knew I could not Raise Gosney out of the Pot, as he had Position, so I limped, & sure enough Lawrence came along. Gotcha!

It came A-4-2. I check, he bets, call.

Turn, rinse, repeat.

River, I quickly bet out 2k into 6k. "Call" says LG, tabling A-4 for 2 pair. It's tough to play my hand worse than that.

Down to 4,500, Level One, bugger.

I was sort of cross with myself, & reacted oddly. LG then Min-Raised UTG "blind" (pre-flop), so I pre-determined, even with my mini-stack, to go to war with him this hand from the BB. One Limper behind LG, & make it 1,500, LG Calls, shit. Look at my cards - A-2.

The Flop came nothing, damn, I have to move in now, no choice, pot-stuck, & as I reach for my Chips, LG mucks before I cazn bet. Phew.

Table move, & not a moment too soon.

I've noticed you say this a couple of times with opponents you've been up against and it really suprises me.How long you been playing the game for regularly now like 50 years(just kidding) you have a wealth of live experience that not many do so i can't see why you would need to be scared(maybe scareds not the correct word) to play pots with anyone.I'm certainly no great player but any tournament i've ever played since a had any kind of grasp of what i was doing i've never been afraid of getting into a pot with any of my opponents at the table.Obviously there are the better players who are harder to read that you'd rather stay away from but it seems that you mentally don't play your same game against players such as gosney who you didn't want to play against in comparison to a fish at your table.Obviously i ain't trying to give you any advice just interested in why you seem to do this ?

I think experience makes you cunning rather than afraid. Tikay is a fox and knows there are lots of different passages to the FT. Some are easier than others and I suppose the easier routes avoid major confrontations with certain aggressive players. Having played with Tikay a couple of times and reading his thoughts I wouldn't believe for a second he is scared of the person, but more the consequences of his own errors. I think it's more a healthy respect for tournament pitfalls and I don't think that's so bad. The fox is still scared of the hounds even if it can nonchalantly outsmart them. I see a lot of fearless guys play the dick measuring game and it is often their downfall. Tikay obviously likes to keep the beast under wraps. But it will be interesting to hear what he's got to say.