G Casino Luton 2009 blondeite league

[HOLDorFOLD]

Add one to my Dec total Chompmeister - 28 total is my running score

muchas grassy arse

[Lucky]

Where to start?

I usually play on a Friday but there was talk at home of some friends coming round on Friday evening, so I thought I'd give Thursday a go. The arrangements with our friends were a bit tentative and on / off so I was undecided, but still keen to play (I was even thinking I might get to Luton Thursday and Friday!). When our friends moved the evening to next week, I decided to give Thursday a miss and keep to Friday. Reading the posts about a smallish field kept me tempted and when my wife (Elena) mentioned that Friday’s weather might be worse, I decided to go for Thursday. Rockstar's post was reassuring too.

Weather was fine until I was half way up the M1 and then it started snowing but only very fine snow. Only as I turned into the G car park, did I wonder if I'd made the wrong decision. Nevertheless I carried on with the tourney.

Very first had I had AQs and raised, bet again on a Q 10 x flop. I lost half my initial stack when the J turn gave my opponent a straight. Great start! After 2 rebuys and an add on, I was still below average stack at the break. Elena called me at the break warning that the weather had got very bad at home. Looking outside in the smoking area confirmed how bad it is at Luton too! As I was committed to the tourney by then, there was not much I could do. I assured her I'd leave as soon as I was out of the tourney and wouldn’t play cash games. I proceeded to play more loosely than is usual for me, including a button push with 5 2 off.  After busting out, and looking at the weather, we were told that roads were closed, the M1 was closed and people were having trouble even getting out of the car park. No point leaving was the message. I rang home and Elena was very understanding, not wanting me to risk the journey. Niall was offering people a home game at his place from 6 am, so a long cash session and some fun was in order, and as Michelle said, I had a free "night pass!”  

Very first cash hand I call in a four-way pot with Ac8c. After a 9 high flop with 2 clubs, the raiser bets out £12, is raised to £35 and I reraise to around £95. Raiser folds, re raiser tanks for some time and open folds JJ.  Off to a good start!  A few hands later I limp utg with 9 5 suited (don’t ask why!). A flop of 6 7 8 fits quite well and I flat call a £6 c-bet and there is one other caller. When another 8 arrives on the turn (2 diamonds now too), its time to stop slow playing. BB leads out for £16 and I raise to £46. Other player folds. BB thinks for some time before pushing all in (£46 more). I call. He'd flopped a straight too, but the idiot end with 4 5. So ten minutes into the game and I'm around £160 up, making up for the card dead tournament.

After drifting back down to around break even, the hand Michelle mentioned comes up. I raise to £12 in early position with JJ.  Michelle calls and a third player min raises to £25. We both call. The flop is K Q 10. I check and Michelle pushes all in and the other player pushes too. Both bets are for similar amounts (£70-80). I figure that even if I’m up against 2 sets, I have 8 outs to a straight and may be about 2-1 to win, so with pot odds of around 3-1 one, I call saying “I know I’m behind but I have outs.” I hit a 9 on the river to scoop a nice pot against Michelle's KQ and opponents AA. Michelle calls me a fish and AA man cant believe I made the call, but it still feels right to me. (Opinions please). Nb. Michelle wasn’t ahead all the way. AA man was ahead pre flop!

Given the actual hands, it was a marginally unprofitable call as I was probably only 21-22% to win as two of my ace outs were gone, but still not a huge mistake.

Gradually people decide to brave the journey home. First is Niji who is traveling North on the M1. We ask him to call or text with news and it takes him an hour to get to the motorway. Another group of lads who’d left earlier, return with stories of cars abandoned and nobody moving. Eventuality Michelle decides to risk the journey too and I ask her to text with news as she was taking the same route as me via M1 south. She calls when she hits the M1 and I’m pleased that I will be able to it home after all. Niall announces that the casino will close at 4am and decide to play till then. After some ups and down I end about £80 up.

Once in the car park, it soon becomes apparent that my car isn't going to get out of its space. Apparently rear wheel drive cars are notorious for this and after numerous wheel spins, I’m persuaded to give up by a couple of others who are having similar problems and also abandoning their cars. I’m offered a lift by a group from the cash table and they kindly drop me off outside the Days Inn Hotel as I decide to sleep and wait for morning.  Then the bad news; the hotel is fully booked and I’m told that every hotel in town was also fully booked due to the weather and the cancelled flights which meant lots of airline passengers had to be put up for the night. I decide to walk back to The G and try the car again.

On my way back I meet one of the dealers who tells me the casino is shut and the car park gates locked. I suddenly feel stranded. He explains that he’d offer me to stay at his place but it’s only a studio flat and his girlfriend is there too, so it's not really feasible. He offers to walk back to the Days Inn with me, as he knows one of the receptionists. When we get there his friend isn’t there. He tells me if I need to keep warm there’s a kebab shop open and he directs me to it. He also tells me that McDonald's open at 6 am, but I may have a boring time waiting for the G car park to open at 11 or 12! With this he leaves and I go for a kebab along with various strange and worrying creatures of the night. I sit there nursing a coffee until the shop shuts at 5am. Then out into the cold and windy night, getting a glimpse of what it must feel like to be homeless and lonely. I wander the streets for an hour that seems interminable and very cold. I see a number of people waiting fruitlessly at bus stops; other groups huddled in shop windows, and numerous people walking alone.  I don’t know Luton, but get to know it well. I locate McDonald's but it’s closed. To kill time and keep warm I walk back to the G just to check the gates are closed. They are! By 6.15 I’m having a coffee and a warm up in McDonald's. I nurse that till 7 at which time I think I can call Elena without fear of waking her.  I wake her up with my call and my story. I’m not sure what to do really and need her advice. She thinks I’m asking her to come out and get me but I don’t really want her to make the journey, and nor does she!  My choice seems to be to kill another few hours and try again with my car, or to see if I can get a train into London and then a tube back home. My phone battery is nearly dead so I ask her to look at the news / google for news of trains etc and call me back in half an hour. When she calls I’m feeling really tired, I have a newly developed pain in my foot and I’m really pleased to hear that trains are running. I find the station and get the 8.16 to St Pancras. From there, a Met Line tube should get me home, but signal problems and 2 changes of train mean I get home around 11.30.  What a night!

[Chompy]

Name                 Played Won  2nd  3rd  Other   Pts      Score
Alex                 27     6    1    1    4       128      4.74
Celtic               60     3    1    4    9       158      2.63
Snatiramas           54     2    3    1    10      133      2.46
Tightend             58     2    2    2    14      133      2.29
Gamblor              30     2    0    2    3       64       2.13
Lucky                77     4    1    1    15      154      2
Nirvana              91     4    4    1    14      178      1.96
Winkie               25     0    1    1    6       47       1.88
Sir Donksalot        84     6    2    0    6       143      1.70 *
Simon G              45     1    1    1    8       76       1.69
Tikay                47     1    1    2    6       79       1.68
Chompy               81     2    2    1    12      123      1.52 *
Pelham Boy           25     0    1    1    4       35       1.40
Holdorfold           28     1    0    1    3       38       1.36 *
Dingdell             25     0    0    1    4       34       1.36
China Mug            133    3    3    1    14      168      1.26
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Claw                 37     0    0    1    5       39       1.05
Jeff Buftybarger     25     1    0    0    1       22       0.88
Xpressman            38     0    0    0    4       27       0.71

Updated up to and including Sat 19 December
* - December total included

December results
Name                 Won  2nd  3rd  Other   Pts
Alex TFOP            1    1    1    0       35
J-Buff               1    0    0    0       15
Holdorfold           0    0    1    1       15
China Mug            0    0    1    1       13
Dingdell             0    0    1    0       8
Nirvana              0    0    0    1       4
Tikay                0    0    0    1       3

Nothing on A World Of Poker, so put your claims for Saturday night points here please...

[nirvana]

I'd like 6 points please

Anyone know if the car park is clear now and we might expect a typical field tonight ?

ALan - sounds like a complete Weston - must've been pretty horrible.

My own little tale of snow woe.

Friday I'm due to set off for the Monte Carlo - car snowed in, abs no chance of moving it. My wife's a nurse and was working Thursday night so she had to walk home on Friday a.m. I wait until around 10am and decide to walk to her work and see if there's more chance of getting her car moving. I managed it but with traffic and all I get there 45 mins late - not a prob really.

I made Day 2 but decide to drive home rather than stay in a hotel. 6 hours kip at home is worht 12 hours in a hotel room to me.

Park my car away from my, still unaccessible, house at around 3.45 am - parked in a spot on a slight slope but made sure i was in a spot where I could just slide backwards if necessary to get quickly onto a main road. Trudge home in the snow. Good kip and up at 10am ready and excited about day 2. Go down to get the car at 11am (no way am I going to be late). Some xsdhsdsxer has parked right behnd my car - I can't move forward and eventually after a number of attempts slide back down bumper to bumper with the villaiins car. Try digging out ice around the wheels to get some traction. A number of blisters later I give up, try hiring a car, nothing doing in the timescale I need. Call a recovery company eventually to tow me 3 or 4 yards !!

While he's on the way the nice old couple return to their car and I'm on my way. It's now 12.45pm and I think I can maybe get to Nottingham 15-20 mins late. Not too bad. Get on the motorway at Hemel and straight into a 12 mile tailback from Toddington(based on a southbound accident !). Arrive an hour and a half late. My stack has dwindled to 34,000 as the tables been playing pretty much 7 handed since the start. Total frustration. gg £1K :-)

[Lucky]

I'd like 6 points please

Anyone know if the car park is clear now and we might expect a typical field tonight ?

ALan - sounds like a complete Weston - must've been pretty horrible.

My own little tale of snow woe.

Friday I'm due to set off for the Monte Carlo - car snowed in, abs no chance of moving it. My wife's a nurse and was working Thursday night so she had to walk home on Friday a.m. I wait until around 10am and decide to walk to her work and see if there's more chance of getting her car moving. I managed it but with traffic and all I get there 45 mins late - not a prob really.

I made Day 2 but decide to drive home rather than stay in a hotel. 6 hours kip at home is worht 12 hours in a hotel room to me.

Park my car away from my, still unaccessible, house at around 3.45 am - parked in a spot on a slight slope but made sure i was in a spot where I could just slide backwards if necessary to get quickly onto a main road. Trudge home in the snow. Good kip and up at 10am ready and excited about day 2. Go down to get the car at 11am (no way am I going to be late). Some xsdhsdsxer has parked right behnd my car - I can't move forward and eventually after a number of attempts slide back down bumper to bumper with the villaiins car. Try digging out ice around the wheels to get some traction. A number of blisters later I give up, try hiring a car, nothing doing in the timescale I need. Call a recovery company eventually to tow me 3 or 4 yards !!

While he's on the way the nice old couple return to their car and I'm on my way. It's now 12.45pm and I think I can maybe get to Nottingham 15-20 mins late. Not too bad. Get on the motorway at Hemel and straight into a 12 mile tailback from Toddington(based on a southbound accident !). Arrive an hour and a half late. My stack has dwindled to 34,000 as the tables been playing pretty much 7 handed since the start. Total frustration. gg £1K :-)

Unlucky Glenn. 

Not sure I'll get a pass for tonight - but interested in predicted numbers.

[nirvana]

Think I'm just going to stay in the warm at home tonight

[Lucky]

Think I'm just going to stay in the warm at home tonight

Me too!

[Dingdell]

I'd like 6 points please

Anyone know if the car park is clear now and we might expect a typical field tonight ?

ALan - sounds like a complete Weston - must've been pretty horrible.

My own little tale of snow woe.

Friday I'm due to set off for the Monte Carlo - car snowed in, abs no chance of moving it. My wife's a nurse and was working Thursday night so she had to walk home on Friday a.m. I wait until around 10am and decide to walk to her work and see if there's more chance of getting her car moving. I managed it but with traffic and all I get there 45 mins late - not a prob really.

I made Day 2 but decide to drive home rather than stay in a hotel. 6 hours kip at home is worht 12 hours in a hotel room to me.

Park my car away from my, still unaccessible, house at around 3.45 am - parked in a spot on a slight slope but made sure i was in a spot where I could just slide backwards if necessary to get quickly onto a main road. Trudge home in the snow. Good kip and up at 10am ready and excited about day 2. Go down to get the car at 11am (no way am I going to be late). Some xsdhsdsxer has parked right behnd my car - I can't move forward and eventually after a number of attempts slide back down bumper to bumper with the villaiins car. Try digging out ice around the wheels to get some traction. A number of blisters later I give up, try hiring a car, nothing doing in the timescale I need. Call a recovery company eventually to tow me 3 or 4 yards !!

While he's on the way the nice old couple return to their car and I'm on my way. It's now 12.45pm and I think I can maybe get to Nottingham 15-20 mins late. Not too bad. Get on the motorway at Hemel and straight into a 12 mile tailback from Toddington(based on a southbound accident !). Arrive an hour and a half late. My stack has dwindled to 34,000 as the tables been playing pretty much 7 handed since the start. Total frustration. gg £1K :-)

Unlucky Glenn. 

Not sure I'll get a pass for tonight - but interested in predicted numbers.

What you getting for Christmas Lucky - is Mrs McB going to buy you another poker buy in?

[Claw75]

45 runners tonight - all the roads to luton are nice and clear, but the car park fit for the bolero

[the sicilian]

OK...Cos I had to suffer it so will you...

The reason for my non attendance at the best comp of the year at DTD was that many moons ago I had booked to take my two girls to see their hero Miley Cyrus in concert at the O2.

Saturday was the fateful day and we rolled up in sub zero temperatures to a full house at London's premier concert venue.

Metro Station were the warm up act, who are apparently fronted by Miley's brother Trey... Good to see Nepotism alive and well.

They banged out a pretty good set and warmed the crowd up nicely with their own brand of loud rock...


The main event was pretty good, and was pretty much all Miley Cyrus ( this might be obvious but the Hannah Montanna thing is a huge shadow ).. the only Hannah song performed was '7 things'..

The Hannah Montanna skin is almost shed..

The main lady belted through the whole set in one gulp, punctuated by several costume changes which were broken by various guitar solo's and dance routines and bizarrely at one point a full trailer for her new film out next years kids !.... A timely reminder of the commercial juggernaut that is the Hannah/Miley  franchise.

The music on the whole was loud and at time raucous with some of the vocals a bit patchy in places but I don't think their were too many amongst the screaming hoard es that cared.. Notables were..

'Fly on the Wall' performed partly as Miley soared over the crowd on one of those flying trapeze contraptions

A decent rendition of Joan Jetts ' I love Rock and Roll ' whilst riding a large motorcycle above the crowd attached to same trapeze contraption..

and finishing well with ' The Climb '

A little disappointed there wasn't a single encore and overall I had this deep seated feeling our superstar sensation breezed through the whole thing and couldn't wait to get out of the place as fast as possible..

But all in all a good experience for the girls and I'm pretty sure all present were delighted with the evenings entertainment  7/10

Miscellaneous scores on the doors

Delirious Screaming Sub 14 Year girls                       = 14639
Delirious screaming Sub 14 Year old Boys                 = 6
Delirious screaming MILFS                                      = 4903
Inappropriately dressed Screaming MILFS                  = 1349
Inappropriately dressed screaming MILFS with inappropriate bodies   = 536
On stage Female dances Fit as a Butchers Dog                            = 6
Dads named Morris whose wallet was rinsed at the merchandise stall  = 1
Dads named Morris who were heroes to their daughters                  = 1
American Teen Star with pocket full of cash                                   = 1

Note to self... Make sure the next time you book concert tickets, its not on the same weekend as the best poker comp of the year...

[Drain Alien]

Ok...Cos I had to suffer it so will you...

The reason for my non attendance at the best comp of the year at DTD was that many moons ago I had booked to take my two girls to see their hero Miley Cyrus in concert at the O2.

Saturday was the fateful day and we rolled up in sub zero tempertures to a full house at London's premier concert venue.

Metro Station were the warm up act, who are apparently fronted by Miley's brother Trey... Good to see Nepotisim alive and well.

They banged out a pretty good set and warmed the crowd up nicely with their own brand of loud rock...


The main event was pretty good, and was pretty much all Miley Cyrus ( this might be obvious but the Hannah Montanna thing is a huge shadow ).. the only Hannah song performed was '7 things'..

The Hannah Montanna skin is almost shed..

The main lady belted through the whole set in one gulp, puntuated by several costume changes which were broken by various guitar solo's and dance routines and bizarely at one point a full trailer for her new film out next years kids !.... A timely reminder of the commercial juggernaut that is the Hannah/Miley  franchise.

The music on the whole was loud and at time raucous with some of the vocals a bit patchy in places but I don't think their were too many amongst the screaming hoardes that cared.. Notables were..

'Fly on the Wall' performed partly as Miley soared over the crowd on one of those flying trapeze contraptions

A decent rendition of Joan Jetts ' I love Rock and Roll ' whilst riding a large motorcycle above the crowd attached to same trapeze contraption..

and finishing well with ' The Climb '

A little disappointed there wasn't a single encore and overall I had this deep seated feeling our superstar sensation breezed through the whole thing and couldn't wait to get out of the place as fast as possible..

But all in all a good experience for the girls and i'm pretty sure all present were delighted with the evenings entertainment  7/10

Miscllianous scores on the doors

Delirous Screaming Sub 14 Year girls                       = 14639
Delirous screaming Sub 14 Year old Boys                 = 6
Delirous screaming MILFS                                      = 4903
Inappropriately dressed Screaming MILFS                  = 1349
Inappropriately dressed screaming MILFS with inappropriate bodies   = 536
On stage Female dances Fit as a Butchers Dog                            = 6
Dads named Morris whose wallet was rinsed at the merchandise stall  = 1
Dads named Morris who were heroes to their daughters                  = 1
American Teen Star with pocket full of cash                                   = 1

Note to self... Make sure the next time you book concert tickets, its not on the same weekend as the best poker comp of the year...

Presumably you bought a T-shirt Deano?
Can't wait to see it....

[Snatiramas]

Ok...Cos I had to suffer it so will you...

The reason for my non attendance at the best comp of the year at DTD was that many moons ago I had booked to take my two girls to see their hero Miley Cyrus in concert at the O2.

Saturday was the fateful day and we rolled up in sub zero tempertures to a full house at London's premier concert venue.

Metro Station were the warm up act, who are apparently fronted by Miley's brother Trey... Good to see Nepotisim alive and well.

They banged out a pretty good set and warmed the crowd up nicely with their own brand of loud rock...


The main event was pretty good, and was pretty much all Miley Cyrus ( this might be obvious but the Hannah Montanna thing is a huge shadow ).. the only Hannah song performed was '7 things'..

The Hannah Montanna skin is almost shed..

The main lady belted through the whole set in one gulp, puntuated by several costume changes which were broken by various guitar solo's and dance routines and bizarely at one point a full trailer for her new film out next years kids !.... A timely reminder of the commercial juggernaut that is the Hannah/Miley  franchise.

The music on the whole was loud and at time raucous with some of the vocals a bit patchy in places but I don't think their were too many amongst the screaming hoardes that cared.. Notables were..

'Fly on the Wall' performed partly as Miley soared over the crowd on one of those flying trapeze contraptions

A decent rendition of Joan Jetts ' I love Rock and Roll ' whilst riding a large motorcycle above the crowd attached to same trapeze contraption..

and finishing well with ' The Climb '

A little disappointed there wasn't a single encore and overall I had this deep seated feeling our superstar sensation breezed through the whole thing and couldn't wait to get out of the place as fast as possible..

But all in all a good experience for the girls and i'm pretty sure all present were delighted with the evenings entertainment  7/10

Miscllianous scores on the doors

Delirous Screaming Sub 14 Year girls                       = 14639
Delirous screaming Sub 14 Year old Boys                 = 6
Delirous screaming MILFS                                      = 4903
Inappropriately dressed Screaming MILFS                  = 1349
Inappropriately dressed screaming MILFS with inappropriate bodies   = 536
On stage Female dances Fit as a Butchers Dog                            = 6
Dads named Morris whose wallet was rinsed at the merchandise stall  = 1
Dads named Morris who were heroes to their daughters                  = 1
American Teen Star with pocket full of cash                                   = 1

Note to self... Make sure the next time you book concert tickets, its not on the same weekend as the best poker comp of the year...

Is it all spangly and sparkly

[Lucky]

Dads named Morris who were heroes to their daughters                  = 1

I bet this still makes it all worthwhile for you.  As the Mastercard advert says, "priceless"

[Lucky]

I'd like 6 points please

Anyone know if the car park is clear now and we might expect a typical field tonight ?

ALan - sounds like a complete Weston - must've been pretty horrible.

My own little tale of snow woe.

Friday I'm due to set off for the Monte Carlo - car snowed in, abs no chance of moving it. My wife's a nurse and was working Thursday night so she had to walk home on Friday a.m. I wait until around 10am and decide to walk to her work and see if there's more chance of getting her car moving. I managed it but with traffic and all I get there 45 mins late - not a prob really.

I made Day 2 but decide to drive home rather than stay in a hotel. 6 hours kip at home is worht 12 hours in a hotel room to me.

Park my car away from my, still unaccessible, house at around 3.45 am - parked in a spot on a slight slope but made sure i was in a spot where I could just slide backwards if necessary to get quickly onto a main road. Trudge home in the snow. Good kip and up at 10am ready and excited about day 2. Go down to get the car at 11am (no way am I going to be late). Some xsdhsdsxer has parked right behnd my car - I can't move forward and eventually after a number of attempts slide back down bumper to bumper with the villaiins car. Try digging out ice around the wheels to get some traction. A number of blisters later I give up, try hiring a car, nothing doing in the timescale I need. Call a recovery company eventually to tow me 3 or 4 yards !!

While he's on the way the nice old couple return to their car and I'm on my way. It's now 12.45pm and I think I can maybe get to Nottingham 15-20 mins late. Not too bad. Get on the motorway at Hemel and straight into a 12 mile tailback from Toddington(based on a southbound accident !). Arrive an hour and a half late. My stack has dwindled to 34,000 as the tables been playing pretty much 7 handed since the start. Total frustration. gg £1K :-)

Unlucky Glenn.  

Not sure I'll get a pass for tonight - but interested in predicted numbers.

What you getting for Christmas Lucky - is Mrs McB going to buy you another poker buy in?

No such luck - that buy in was purely a one -off.  I think we're back to normal now with socks, hankies, a tie and some red wine if I'm lucky.

Her list includes a camera, an eternity ring and a Mercedes SLK, so I guess she'll be a bit disappointed with the DVD I've bought her!

[Chompy]

Name                 Played Won  2nd  3rd  Other   Pts      Score
Alex                 27     6    1    1    4       128      4.74
Celtic               60     3    1    4    9       158      2.63
Snatiramas           54     2    3    1    10      133      2.46
Tightend             58     2    2    2    14      133      2.29
Gamblor              30     2    0    2    3       64       2.13
Lucky                77     4    1    1    15      154      2
Nirvana              91     4    4    1    14      178      1.96
Winkie               25     0    1    1    6       47       1.88
Sir Donksalot        84     6    2    0    6       143      1.70 *
Simon G              45     1    1    1    8       76       1.69
Tikay                47     1    1    2    6       79       1.68
Chompy               81     2    2    1    12      123      1.52 *
Pelham Boy           25     0    1    1    4       35       1.40
Holdorfold           28     1    0    1    3       38       1.36 *
Dingdell             25     0    0    1    4       34       1.36
China Mug            133    3    3    1    14      168      1.26
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Claw                 37     0    0    1    5       39       1.05
Jeff Buftybarger     25     1    0    0    1       22       0.88
Xpressman            38     0    0    0    4       27       0.71

Updated up to and including Sun 20 December
* - December total included

December results
Name                 Won  2nd  3rd  Other   Pts
Alex TFOP            1    1    1    0       35
J-Buff               1    0    0    0       15
Holdorfold           0    0    1    1       15
China Mug            0    0    1    1       13
Dingdell             0    0    1    0       8
Nirvana              0    0    0    1       4
Tikay                0    0    0    1       3

Roll the clock forward two weeks and all sorts of points would have been awarded for last night, with Pizzled, British Gas and Pokermuppet at the final table, but nothing for the current crap crop.

OK...Cos I had to suffer it so will you...

Phew. For a second there, thought we were in for a tournament report...

However, no Sir Donksalot in attendance. Still getting over his solo trip to the o2 from the night before. Screamed his little lungs out he did, bought some new poker shirts and all sorts. What a night.