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« Reply #30 on: June 21, 2011, 06:46:09 PM » |
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So the day finally dawned and i picked up the kidz ( vinny and Gav ) and headed of to Gatters.
Arrived in good time and after wending our way through the heaving masses found the Virgin check in area...which was surprisingly quiet.
Bumped straight into that bloke off Sky He smiled at us smugly from the other side of a barrier seperating the priority checkin area from the riff raff. We obv gave him the usual .... 'arnt you that bloke off the telly ' as he shuffled off sheepishly promising to meet us on the other side of security for brekkie and plane spotting ( the 3 unwise monkeys agreed they were looking forward to one of those things )
I had already checked us in online and bag drop off took literally 5 min... proper smooth so well done virgin.
The others wanted a fag before breakfast and so outside to the drop off zone we went. Gavin then proceeded to set fire to his airplane head pillow just after telling us proudly it had been all around world with him...He looked visibly distressed ... so we only laughed for 5 minutes.
Celtic thought he would be lBalla like Dubai and play CCard roulette for 3 coffees.... He went up to some poor random bloke and offered him to take 1 of 3 credit cards...lol..bloke nearly crapped himself before pulling out Vinnys...run goodaments.
Meet up with TK in the cafe that overlooks the runway and his eyes were all misty as the giant tubes of steel trundled up and down the tarmac awaiting their turn to take to the skys. There seemed little gap between take offs and landings.. a truly impressive display of logistics. Im glad someone who knows what they are doing is in charge of all that.
Flight was nice and smooth...but felt really long at over 10 hours... celtic immediatly disappeared up to premium to schmooze with Sky man...he managed to blag it for 2 hours before he was sent packing by an eagle eyed stewardess.
Forgot how cramped economy is on these things and made a silent vow to upgrade next time..maybe even for the trip back
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« Reply #31 on: June 21, 2011, 11:15:46 PM » |
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Gav has asked me to upload this for you guys .... he is suffering. To be honest, I actually thought it was him when I heard it  Norrrrrrrrrrr it wont upload ...... need someone to upload a sound file for me Here is is.... CLICK HERE.. |
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« Reply #32 on: June 21, 2011, 11:17:09 PM » |
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Gav has asked me to upload this for you guys .... he is suffering. To be honest, I actually thought it was him when I heard it Norrrrrrrrrrr it wont upload ...... need someone to upload a sound file for me Here is is.... CLICK HERE..wiiiii thank you Carl |
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“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
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« Reply #33 on: June 22, 2011, 02:37:39 AM » |
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LOL thats pretty quiet actually..and was on a par with the other two.
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« Reply #34 on: June 22, 2011, 04:30:20 PM » |
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LOL thats pretty quiet actually..and was on a par with the other two.
Gav did that recording while you were both in different rooms..!!!  |
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« Reply #35 on: June 22, 2011, 05:52:01 PM » |
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Not with us..... But I believe he is there and will be showing the yanks several level 18 moves which they will still call with A 6 os
sigh. not that Alex! just found this thread and love it already. I know claw its outrageous! Maybe its cause i would end up running off with some lovely young millionaire whilst out there and they just really dont want to loose me Hahaha |
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yes i did just shake my tic tacs at you - did it work?
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« Reply #36 on: June 23, 2011, 05:11:21 PM » |
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Vinny had a good run but i got him in the end
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« Reply #37 on: June 23, 2011, 05:15:01 PM » |
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Yes - that is a Peterborough shirt that Chomps is wearing. And no, it's not been photo-shopped.
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« Reply #38 on: June 23, 2011, 05:54:19 PM » |
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Looking forward to the golf updates...
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« Reply #39 on: June 23, 2011, 06:37:35 PM » |
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Is that a man bag..? |
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« Reply #40 on: June 24, 2011, 02:13:30 PM » |
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Is that a man bag..? Certainly is .... didn't you know that Gav's Graham Norton's houseboy? |
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« Reply #41 on: June 25, 2011, 03:25:42 AM » |
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So Vegas baby !!!!
Fantastic to be back and all seemed strangely familiar. Checked into the sumptuous Palazzo, twin sister of the Venetian. The reception is a cavern of Italian marble and is almost impossible to relate via mere words..Suffice to say this place has a picture next to the word grandeur in the OED.
Felt pretty beat after the flight but the other monkeys were bubbling over with excitement and couldn’t wait to get to the casino floor.
Met up with Brummie boy & claypole. Good to put faces to Blonde names,and really nice guys. Had a drink with them and got straight into it with the Venetian turbo.... the structure was super quick and nearly 300 runners with unlimited rebuys.. A combo of tiredness and standard American play saw a fairly early exit.
Claypole introduced us to pai gow poker..table game and very addictive to this monkey. Its great fun and a very slow death for your money.
Finally got to bed around midnight and after a solid night’s sleep was ready to rock in the first of the venetian deepstacks.
Had a great starting table and won a few nice early skirmishes when I encountered a dream double up and a prime example of the level of play witnessed in these events.
At 75/150 oldish American makes a standard raise and I call with 88. We go Hup to the flop of a very nice J 8 3 rbow.... it seemed rude no to flat his follow through and when the turn brought me quads I was a little surprised to be facing another bet.... smooth called to the blank river and yet another bet.....wow!... I gave the requisite dwell followed by a push all-in expecting a fold as the dawn of impending doom fell upon my opponent... but wait no he was considering.. was I lucky enough he had pocket aces he just couldn’t let go ?
He couldn’t let go alright as he proudly called the lot off with A J.... I sat there momentarily stunned as the dealer pushed a huge gift of chips in my direction. Yikes! 45k at level 2 .
Consolidated for a few levels when a sequence of 3 hands against the same young opponent occurred that may forever be seared into my mind.
To a standard raise at 150/300 I flatted with my happy 88’s and found the young BB repopping us up to 2100 with 11k back. The O Raiser got out of the way and my first instinct was the kid was squeezing. Up until this point he had seemed reasonably capable and this move didn’t seem beyond him and he didn’t look particularly confident... with a lot of chips and momentum I repushed and set him in. It was a nice move that would fold out a lot of hands that actually beat me.... the boy went distinctly green.... I felt a fold coming to confirm my read but was met with a long pause from the kid whilst he contemplated his lot.
A little doubt crept into my mind... finally he called.. with A 5 spades. Once again I was a little dumbfounded but happy until he hit runner runner spades...sigh... he looked pleased with himself enough not to register my sarcastic, venom wrapped nice hand sir comment.
We were to clash again a little later when I raised LP with KJ and was called by the kid in the BB... a 10 high 2 club board and my follow through was met with a CR... I considered.. It looked like he didn’t believe the continuation on a raggy board and with me still having him significantly out chipped I felt I could push him off, even if he had A10 he could fold to the big pair rep...and if called I still had the over’s.
I pushed back hard, real hard and set him in for a 50K pot and his tourney life... his insta call made my heart sink as I felt my poker soul slip towards the waiting mouth of the kids monster.... to my amazement and audible gasps of the table the kid turned over a crushed K 4 of clubs... I could only fade the turn and the ace of clubs on the river sealed the pot. The dealer made the count and requested the chips I told him he had to count them as I wanted to throw up...
After picking off a nice SStack squeeze push with my happy 88 once again I was back up to 25 k and found 2 black kings utg.
My nemesis called and the bb joined the party... 8 9 Q all club board wasn’t the worst flop in the world and I continued... to my surprise my little friend reraised and the shortish bb pushed.
It was an odd situation.. I ran through the hands..AQ with the ace of clubs was a good one..but I was beating that and needed to fade..AA with the ace clubs..unlikely..10 J had me beat but I had a good redraw versus that one and the BB didn’t worry me as his stack was a flesh wound... I rejammed..the kid paused for second..He had 2 jams in front of him, one from the original raiser on an all club board.. He called with AQ red !!! oh my !! The BB turned over 10 J red and I was free rolling a big side pot with a club to scoop..ty poker gods for the idiot boy who calls with AQ red on the all club board to 2 jams..... The queen on the turn and the ace on the river crushed mine and the BB souls in one fell swoop.
I stood up and couldn’t help myself, ‘youre fucking kidding me ? I spat at the little baseball cap.... how can you call that with no club in your hand... LOL... I think he thought I was gonna reach for him..it did cross my mind..
It was evening time and I recounted my tales over a steak at the grand lux with a grinding vinny and Davey boy Johnson. With the vinsters usual non sympathy ringing in my ears I consoled myself with railing him and taking down one of the soft STT’s for $540 and an $80 table last longer.. So allin all not a too terrible start.
A fresh dawn and renewed hope brought over 800 fellow poker souls to the felt in the $340. I vowed maybe not to be so aggressive today..... once again the table was good..late in the first level i raised QQ..bb rraised..i flatted with postion..called the J high flop and folded to the turn shove..my opponent was impressed and showed me kings...I was glad he had made his hand so transparent and i lost the minimum..
Davey Johnson joined late and I felt better to see him depart early. Played good and solid and built nicely.We had one Spanish guy at the table I think who was quite loose and all over the place... he won and lost chips with frequency. He liked to reraise and when he decided to try it with me I rejammed with Jacks having him heavily out chipped only to be show aces..fml... it put me on the back foot and I ground it out over the following few hours..Patience was rewarded with a nice set over set coup and I went to dinner happy.
Contestant numbers continued to tumble when i found Aq to an early solid raiser..i peeled with position.. A K x and i flatted the continuation desperatly trying to control the pot as we were quite deep..the turn brought a 3rd diamond... i had the Q diamond and called the turn bet...the K diamonds on the river paired the board and gave me the nut flush and my opponent insta shoved...wtf !!!...i felt sick.. i tanked...tanked hard. My opponent was solid..
and abc..he looked bloody happy...if one of the lovely venetian waitresses was giveing him felatio i don't think he could have looked happier.... i think it was one of the hardest i have thought and time passed... this guy didnt have real moves and i came to the conclusion flush was no good and folded. He gave a nod of approval and showed me AK.... i didnt feel better
I was wounded... I ground it out but blinds and antes were my enemy forcing me into push/fold territory.... I finally succumbed in 110/800..a good solid performance but 20 shy of the money. To play for 10.5 hours and no cash is a tough one to take but I consoled myself that I was playing well and that surely that elusive Vegas cash would come.....
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« Reply #42 on: June 25, 2011, 10:00:54 AM » |
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"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon....no matter how good you are the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway"
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« Reply #43 on: June 25, 2011, 11:06:46 AM » |
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its about poker...so nothing there for you |
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« Reply #44 on: June 25, 2011, 12:19:33 PM » |
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