Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

You had position on me. If you flat it puts me in an awkward spot .

By raising you are pretty much commiting to the hand and the other people in the pot would not be getting

their chips in behind to Q9.

Out of the three options I thought fold was definatley the worst one. If your calling with Q9 what do you want to hit ?

I would rather hit the 9 than the Q as long as it was a raggy board.

Out of position their may be a case for raising to 'see where you are' but being on the button i'm sure the optimum play

is a call.

Did he shove and you called with AT?

No, I wimped out & folded, & he hit his A on the turn to take what was then a 2 way pot. He had the A-T, & by then, the geezer with A-K had folded. But that's irrelevant.

I hear the argument in favour of calling in that spot, but I am never ever risking my Tourney life in THAT spot at THAT time with THAT marginal. I can find, usually, much better spots, & I have plenty of time so to do. A Raise commits me if he shoves, & I just hate calling there. So the Fold seemed the least of those three evils.

My fold can be seen as "weak", & many good judges see it that way. Depends how much value you place on preserving Tourney life, which is something I subscribe to very strongly. If I'm staked to play 20 Tourneys a night & am essentially freerolling on the generosity of a backer, it's totally different, but I'm not, I play for different reasons, with my own money, & it means I play much more conservatively, for better or/& worse.

Might - not decided yet - see you at DTD later this week, for the UKIPT thing.

Fold pre then!!

Err, I think you missed the point of the whole Post......

[tikay]

Racing driver's & rally drivers boast of "kissing the guard-rail", but Robert Kubica took it a bit far.....

See photos # 6 & # 7.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/f1-picture-galleries/8308108/Robert-Kubicas-rally-crash-in-pictures.html?image=5

[gatso]

hope that doesn't mean the end of him in f1. great driver to watch

[tikay]

hope that doesn't mean the end of him in f1. great driver to watch

They are saying he may return, but having read all the gory detail, it'll be a miracle. Agreed, a real old-style street-racer.

[titaniumbean]

You had position on me. If you flat it puts me in an awkward spot .

By raising you are pretty much commiting to the hand and the other people in the pot would not be getting

their chips in behind to Q9.

Out of the three options I thought fold was definatley the worst one. If your calling with Q9 what do you want to hit ?

I would rather hit the 9 than the Q as long as it was a raggy board.

Out of position their may be a case for raising to 'see where you are' but being on the button i'm sure the optimum play

is a call.

Did he shove and you called with AT?

No, I wimped out & folded, & he hit his A on the turn to take what was then a 2 way pot. He had the A-T, & by then, the geezer with A-K had folded. But that's irrelevant.

I hear the argument in favour of calling in that spot, but I am never ever risking my Tourney life in THAT spot at THAT time with THAT marginal. I can find, usually, much better spots, & I have plenty of time so to do. A Raise commits me if he shoves, & I just hate calling there. So the Fold seemed the least of those three evils.

My fold can be seen as "weak", & many good judges see it that way. Depends how much value you place on preserving Tourney life, which is something I subscribe to very strongly. If I'm staked to play 20 Tourneys a night & am essentially freerolling on the generosity of a backer, it's totally different, but I'm not, I play for different reasons, with my own money, & it means I play much more conservatively, for better or/& worse.

Might - not decided yet - see you at DTD later this week, for the UKIPT thing.

Fold pre then!!

Err, I think you missed the point of the whole Post......

I really don't think I do.


if you're going to play your hand this way post flop fold pre!!

[Longy]

With titbeam here, a preflop mistake compounds on itself postflop. The 2 are very much related and to look at either in isolation is not very good poker.

[celtic]

Of all the 'names' you have interviewd in the last few years. Who was your favourite? And why? And least favourite?

[DaveShoelace]

Of all the 'names' you have interviewd in the last few years. Who was your favourite? And why? And least favourite?

I have £3 says he likes interviewing Chris Moneymaker the best.

[tikay]

Of all the 'names' you have interviewd in the last few years. Who was your favourite? And why? And least favourite?

Fantastic question!

I'll answer it honestly, too, but I got some work to sort first.

Mr Carter is corrrect - Mr Moneymaker will feature in one of the two lists......

[kinboshi]

Greg Raymer too?

[kinboshi]

One fossilman to another...

[TRIP5]

Racing driver's & rally drivers boast of "kissing the guard-rail", but Robert Kubica took it a bit far.....

See photos # 6 & # 7.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/f1-picture-galleries/8308108/Robert-Kubicas-rally-crash-in-pictures.html?image=5

Wow...thats awful and Kubica is lucky to have made it out alive!!!! He's one of my fav f1 drivers too...hope he makes a full recovery but it's not looking great!! Still..only time will tell..

xx

[david3103]

http://www.ospreywatch.co.uk/

Ospreys on Bassenthwaite - the set up at Whinlatter is very well done with a large screen viewing area for the webcam images.

The birds are in Africa currently but there are links to see precisely where and some very good archive shots.

[pleno1]

can you reply to pm when you have a chance please

[Dino]

Racing driver's & rally drivers boast of "kissing the guard-rail", but Robert Kubica took it a bit far.....

See photos # 6 & # 7.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/f1-picture-galleries/8308108/Robert-Kubicas-rally-crash-in-pictures.html?image=5

A reconstruction of the accident.