"The Downswings of Property and Poker"

[SuuPRlim]

sick read.
really sick

[Eso Kral]

Not long after he came back Dad's breathing really seemed to be struggling and Petra was sat at the end of the room with my Brother and myself either side of the bed each holding onto one of his hands.  I had heard of the Death Rattle but obviously never really experienced it and as Dad breathed in and out there was a distinct hollow rattle as if his body was empty.

Just after midday with us still holding his hands he stopped breathing and my brother and i looked at each other and started to cry, then 20 seconds later he started to breathe again alas this was only to last another minute or so as then he stopped again and now we were holding his hands and Iain and I had linked our spare hands together so we were like a triangle as Dad took his last breath and then stopped.  

We all broke down and i suddenly had this massive feeling of guilt come over me and in tears i apologised to my brother for all the hurt i had caused whilst we shared a brotherly hug in the knowledge Dad was no longer in any pain.

Its was 5 minutes before we notified the Nurses and they came to do whatever it is they do before leaving us with him for another hour where we just sat in silence, Its quite wierd as no-one ever tells you what you need to do next but somehow it all falls into place and after paying a visit to the doctor who had pushed for my Dad to be seen again and again where he informed us that he would stand up against what he felt was negligence on the hospital and consultants behalf we went home to Dads knowing although Dad was gone we now had instructions from him as to the next step which was the cats...

[Eso Kral]

sick read.
really sick

Thx Lil Dave will introduce myself to you next time your at DTD

[The Lad]

Weekend Trip Report

Didnt book a win in the poker as in the main event peaked a 22k then at 2/400 made the correct long term play vs Paul Jackson even though this time i was good (will probs post on pha) and ended up getting my 12 bigs in first with 88 and getting called by another shortie behind with AJ and Barry Carter insta reshipping with KK  gg me.

Played the Super 50 a bit loose and couldnt find a fold with Kings when should have folded the turn v an agro eastern european player to find he had trips, then drove to Luton for the £50 deepstack and finshed 17/67 when it got shooty at 600/1200 100 i took a shot against sicilian calling off my 18500 with AQ to his mid pos shove and he had AK.

Booked a small win on the footie to break even the weekend inc poker and travel so not all bad, and also met Simon Galloway at Luton and The Lad @ Nottingham  top fellas imo

Now going to get back on track with the main diary...

Was good to meet you Richard over the weekend,top guy, top Diary...sigh at you not calling Paul in that hand ! would of saved me knocking him out

[Eso Kral]

THE CATS

As i had mentioned earlier from one of my Gambling related failed relationships i got my Dad to inherit the two cats  Finley and Sooty (brother and sister)  Finley was a really Fat old girl but sooty was a bit helthier and still quite slinky but Dads instructions were that due to their age and the fact they didnt react well to strangers he wanted them to be euthanised and cremated with him and we did not want to go against his wishes so we made a phone call to the vets and they were booked to come out on the Friday.

This experience was almost as hard as being with my Dad on the 19th as i had had these Cats since they were a few weeks old and holding them whilst the Vets put them to sleep left me in tears again but this was for Dad now and thats all that mattered.
They were taken away to be cremated with there ashes being returned in time to go in with my Dad and for them to be scattered together at the same resting place at Bretby Crematorium where Dad's parents were scattered.

The funeral was organised and took pace 4 weeks before our wedding and it was an amazing turn out with people spanning 50 years of his life turning up all telling us what a great man he was but we decided to wait until his Birthday on the 20th april before scattering Dad in a private manner with just us and a couple of family members present, i also due to the distance form Essex to Bretby asked my brother if he minded having a few of his ashes scattered at a nice place by a tree on the seafront where i could visit and i drive past the tree every day on the way to work sometimes stopping off for a few mins for a silent chat. It feels sometimes like I just want/need the reassurance he is at peace with his and my own life now if that makes any sense?

So with only a few weeks to the wedding and arranging for 40+ people to travel to Slovakia all we needed now was an Airline firm to go bust....

[Eso Kral]

Weekend Trip Report

Didnt book a win in the poker as in the main event peaked a 22k then at 2/400 made the correct long term play vs Paul Jackson even though this time i was good (will probs post on pha) and ended up getting my 12 bigs in first with 88 and getting called by another shortie behind with AJ and Barry Carter insta reshipping with KK  gg me.

Played the Super 50 a bit loose and couldnt find a fold with Kings when should have folded the turn v an agro eastern european player to find he had trips, then drove to Luton for the £50 deepstack and finshed 17/67 when it got shooty at 600/1200 100 i took a shot against sicilian calling off my 18500 with AQ to his mid pos shove and he had AK.

Booked a small win on the footie to break even the weekend inc poker and travel so not all bad, and also met Simon Galloway at Luton and The Lad @ Nottingham  top fellas imo

Now going to get back on track with the main diary...

Was good to meet you Richard over the weekend,top guy, top Diary...sigh at you not calling Paul in that hand ! would of saved me knocking him out

Loool much better for your career to knock the boss out 

[SuuPRlim]

sick read.
really sick

Thx Lil Dave will introduce myself to you next time your at DTD

yes please do. Hopefully going to be up this friday actually

[Eso Kral]

sick read.
really sick

Thx Lil Dave will introduce myself to you next time your at DTD

yes please do. Hopefully going to be up this friday actually

sry wont be around till deepstack weekend now, gl this weekend though!

[redsimon]

Weekend Trip Report

Didnt book a win in the poker as in the main event peaked a 22k then at 2/400 made the correct long term play vs Paul Jackson even though this time i was good (will probs post on pha) and ended up getting my 12 bigs in first with 88 and getting called by another shortie behind with AJ and Barry Carter insta reshipping with KK  gg me.

Played the Super 50 a bit loose and couldnt find a fold with Kings when should have folded the turn v an agro eastern european player to find he had trips, then drove to Luton for the £50 deepstack and finshed 17/67 when it got shooty at 600/1200 100 i took a shot against sicilian calling off my 18500 with AQ to his mid pos shove and he had AK.

Booked a small win on the footie to break even the weekend inc poker and travel so not all bad, and also met Simon Galloway at Luton and The Lad @ Nottingham  top fellas imo

Now going to get back on track with the main diary...

Wondered what you had in that exit hand vs JT . KK is hard to fold as he was very Loose. I tried to bluff you with Q7 when you had AA oin that KK88K board earlier

[Eso Kral]

Weekend Trip Report

Didnt book a win in the poker as in the main event peaked a 22k then at 2/400 made the correct long term play vs Paul Jackson even though this time i was good (will probs post on pha) and ended up getting my 12 bigs in first with 88 and getting called by another shortie behind with AJ and Barry Carter insta reshipping with KK  gg me.

Played the Super 50 a bit loose and couldnt find a fold with Kings when should have folded the turn v an agro eastern european player to find he had trips, then drove to Luton for the £50 deepstack and finshed 17/67 when it got shooty at 600/1200 100 i took a shot against sicilian calling off my 18500 with AQ to his mid pos shove and he had AK.

Booked a small win on the footie to break even the weekend inc poker and travel so not all bad, and also met Simon Galloway at Luton and The Lad @ Nottingham  top fellas imo

Now going to get back on track with the main diary...

Wondered what you had in that exit hand vs JT . KK is hard to fold as he was very Loose. I tried to bluff you with Q7 when you had AA oin that KK88K board earlier

Hi Simon, srry didnt say hello i was going to if i made the next break as i knew it was you from the updates.  Yeah he played so many hands and i felt due to his activeness he was prepared to 3barrel even his flush draws.  Hey ho   will defo say hi in person next time i see you  GLGL

[Eso Kral]

Given any thought to that great idea for your diary, I gave you last night?

Yeah fantastic idea thx Celtic i will definately be doing it once i am upto date

Your amazing Vinny and thx for the offer of half the money as it was your idea!!!

[Eso Kral]

haha, nice to meet you, just finished grinding You will be pleased to know i lost that bet with Adam and duly done in £700 with him recording his first ever luton g victory. fml. You are a very good poker player and an exceptional spewtard, will def be reading this fully later today and in the future.

Haha   obv i would have rather have won and saved you £700 but you can afford it.
Thx for the compliments or maybe you just levelled me again! 

[DMorgan]

Just read the lot - really good story and very well written! I think we've only played together once but I seem to remember you raise/calling off 20bbs with 89s and getting there vs TT

Not gunna be at DTD till the december monte carlo but i'll definitely come and say hi

[Eso Kral]

Just read the lot - really good story and very well written! I think we've only played together once but I seem to remember you raise/calling off 20bbs with 89s and getting there vs TT

Not gunna be at DTD till the december monte carlo but i'll definitely come and say hi

Yeah that sounds like me    we did sit together one other time at DTD with Willie Tann sat between us.
See you at the Monte Carlo    GLGL till then

edit just remembered that was the time and realised you had the TT  

[smashedagain]

Not cried much since my mums funeral but that just bought a lot of emotion back.

That waiting moment for them to stop breathing is the worst. There was 8 of us in the room totally clueless. We all looked blankly at one another and my auntie Carol said "that's it. I'll go get a nurse." As soon as she left the room my mum started breathing again. After 15 mins more silence I looked round the room at all the people with tears in their eyes. I could not bare the silence so just says "cheer up you lot. We all feel pretty bad right now but how bad do you think Carol is feeling trying to kill mum off early?". That broke some tension and my mum passed away a couple of minutes later.

This is great stuff rich