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[AJR14]

the only reason I mention quality is everyone over there says, so i'm playing nl4 and im up against phil ivey. and it's very tilting because it's clear the standard is very poor.

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lol, yeah i see that a lot. The posts that really rile me are the ones where they clearly feel they are close to taking the world by storm but cant build a roll yet because they can’t beat 4nl as its full of really bad players!!



Also wondering if anyone can shed some light on why I seem to have lost a post or 2 that I saw on here last night. Is this something wrong with my computer, something that happens a lot on the forums or they have simply deleted it?

[titaniumbean]

depends normally anything by smashedagain gets deleted soon after posting. cant comment on this thread as I haven't seen anything go.

[AJR14]

depends normally anything by smashedagain gets deleted soon after posting. cant comment on this thread as I haven't seen anything go.

lol. have to say im looking forward to the return of this diary. i haven't read any of the earlier pages but from the last 2 pages before the return, it sounds like it will be an interesting read.

The missing post wasn't anything bad, it was just a post about the hand i posted which is why i was confused about it disappearing. Oh well.

 

[AJR14]

Weekend review.

Not the biggest fan of huge updates but this one may be a bit bigger because i didn’t post on Sunday.

Saturday was a long day with not much happening.. I ended up a little bit up at the end of the day but the main part of Saturday was managing to find a lot of my leaks that have been making me play in a way I’ve not been happy with.

Then we come to Sunday which was a bit of weird session compared to normal. One thing about 30nl is the majority of regs don’t adjust and just constantly play the same game day in day out even if they see things that should be making them change it up. The ones that do adjust usually adjust too much and are far too slow in re adjusting when they should realise you have adjusted to their adjustments.

Then there are times, like last night, where regs completely change their game dramatically and throw you way of balance. There is one chap at this level that never 3bets, always folds to 3bets and is generally really tight abc. However yesterday they literally started targeting me with 3bets all the time and i really struggled to adjust as i have them tagged as really tight. Anyway, safe to say that reg owned me all night and my winnings would have been a lot more if he did me a favour and played normal. I was lucky however that he can’t value bet properly because he missed so many bets by being overly careful on the river, i estimate he lost out on about 50 quid throughout the session just from not value betting.

Anyway the rest of the night went really well. When the cards fall your way it is an easy game and becomes far more difficult to make the little mistakes that cost you money normally. I coolered one reg all night and the none regs seemed to be handing me their money so ended up having my biggest win for a couple weeks.

Since the start of the diary I’m a few hundred quid up, which is something i never thought would have happened last week when having to move down to 20nl.

Something i may do later is list the leaks and problems with my game and may do it every week so it gets me to think about it more and more. Unfortunately i have a tendency to ignore my game too much and listing them may help but im also slightly conscious that people may see it and try to exploit them either at 30nl or higher stakes if i ever manage to reach those levels again.

[AJR14]

How do.

Been meaning to get a couple of books recently but haven't got round to it. Usually an avid reader but nothing taken my fancy that Ive seen so thought i would ask on here for any good recommendations. 

Anything will do, fiction or none, biographies or novels, crime or conspiracy. anything really.


Also some TV recommendations would be welcome. Not seen many new series recently, been hearing a lot of good things about Breaking Bad so starting that in a minute. Any others a must see? Any genre. 

[Lambert180]

Not sure if you've seen/read any of these but just chucking them out there...

Books
Shogun - James Clavell (my favourite book)
1974 - George Orwell
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - John Le Carre
Stephen Fry's autobiography (Moab is my Washpot) is decent if you want an autobiography.

TV Series
If you aint seen it, Dexter is brilliant imo (and I dont usually go for those American/HBO shows like The Wire)
The Big Bang Theory is good if you want a sit com
If you didn't watch it when it was on and love Gervais then deffo watch Derek. Can also watch The Office or Extras if for some crazy reason you aint seen them yet.

Good work in your diary so far, and cheers for the congratz in mine.

[tikay]

the only reason I mention quality is everyone over there says, so i'm playing nl4 and im up against phil ivey. and it's very tilting because it's clear the standard is very poor.

lol, yeah i see that a lot. The posts that really rile me are the ones where they clearly feel they are close to taking the world by storm but cant build a roll yet because they can’t beat 4nl as its full of really bad players!!



"....Also wondering if anyone can shed some light on why I seem to have lost a post or 2 that I saw on here last night. Is this something wrong with my computer, something that happens a lot on the forums or they have simply deleted it?....."[/quote]

Morning.

Nothing has been deleted from this Diary by the Mods, in fact none of your Posts on blonde have been deleted. I suspect you forgot to press "POST".

The Mods almost never delete Posts, it is exceedingly rare here, the place largely self-polices itself. You need to get seriously out of line, or troll, before we ever delete a Post, & in normal circumstances, we'd PM you at the time.

Enjoying your Diary very much.

[AJR14]

Not sure if you've seen/read any of these but just chucking them out there...

Books
Shogun - James Clavell (my favourite book)
1974 - George Orwell
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - John Le Carre
Stephen Fry's autobiography (Moab is my Washpot) is decent if you want an autobiography.

TV Series
If you aint seen it, Dexter is brilliant imo (and I dont usually go for those American/HBO shows like The Wire)
The Big Bang Theory is good if you want a sit com
If you didn't watch it when it was on and love Gervais then deffo watch Derek. Can also watch The Office or Extras if for some crazy reason you aint seen them yet.

Good work in your diary so far, and cheers for the congratz in mine.

Will look up the books. I have to say though, even though i really like Steven Fry, he comes across like a book about his life would be pretty boring?

Seen the office and Extras but not derek yet. tbh some of the adverts put me off watching it but your not the first to recommend it to me so will have to get around to it. In fact, mentioning Extras, Dave (the Channel) is pretty good at the minute except for showing the exact same episodes later on that it shows earlier in the night.
Its showing the 1st series of Extras and a lot of Not Going Out and Men behaving Badly. If you haven't watched Not Going Out i would recommend. Quality. Some episodes are a bit OTT but on the whole tis very good.

Heard Dextor is supposed to be really good, thats def on the list. And Big Bang is easily one of the best new comedies along with my name is Earl. Im usually more of a fan of the older stuff like Only fools, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, One foot in the grave etc (too many to mention)

also like a lot of even older sitcoms like Porridge, Steptoe and son, Rising damp, the likely lads etc.

There really are some great English sitocms. Far better than over the pond imo





Cant believe i nearly forgot The Royle Family!! Haha Quality sitcom

[titaniumbean]

still in shock that someone would post 'not into those hbo shows'.



massive fail

[Tal]

Stephen Fry? Boring?

Convicted of fraud. Kicked out of school. Directed the utterly brilliant Bright Young Things, wrote the English libretto for an adaptation of The Magic Flute, starred in some brilliant comedies, dramas and challenging things (Peter's Friends and Wilde spring to mind) and somehow done it all with what we now call Bi-Polar Disorder.

If ever there were an autobiography worth reading, read this one.

I'd also recommend his fiction - Making History is a cracker and The Stars' Tennis Balls is even better.

Yes, I'm a fan.

[AJR14]

Stephen Fry? Boring?

Convicted of fraud. Kicked out of school. Directed the utterly brilliant Bright Young Things, wrote the English libretto for an adaptation of The Magic Flute, starred in some brilliant comedies, dramas and challenging things (Peter's Friends and Wilde spring to mind) and somehow done it all with what we now call Bi-Polar Disorder.

If ever there were an autobiography worth reading, read this one.

I'd also recommend his fiction - Making History is a cracker and The Stars' Tennis Balls is even better.

Yes, I'm a fan.

Fraud? Really? Shows my ignorance of some people away from the screen. Never knew he had bi-polar either.

I based my assumption that it may be boring on the way that he comes across on screen and sometimes on Twitter. Obviously knew there would be a lot of good anecdotes but thought that would be it. You may have persuaded me to give it a try.

Forgot that he had done fiction as well. will look them up after the footy. I did read a review a while ago that raved about one of them but cant remember which.

[Lambert180]

Stephen Fry? Boring?

Convicted of fraud. Kicked out of school. Directed the utterly brilliant Bright Young Things, wrote the English libretto for an adaptation of The Magic Flute, starred in some brilliant comedies, dramas and challenging things (Peter's Friends and Wilde spring to mind) and somehow done it all with what we now call Bi-Polar Disorder.

If ever there were an autobiography worth reading, read this one.

I'd also recommend his fiction - Making History is a cracker and The Stars' Tennis Balls is even better.

Yes, I'm a fan.

Fraud? Really? Shows my ignorance of some people away from the screen. Never knew he had bi-polar either.

I based my assumption that it may be boring on the way that he comes across on screen and sometimes on Twitter. Obviously knew there would be a lot of good anecdotes but thought that would be it. You may have persuaded me to give it a try.

Forgot that he had done fiction as well. will look them up after the footy. I did read a review a while ago that raved about one of them but cant remember which.

Yeah, he's had a fascinating life, I believe Moab is my Washpot (IIRC) only goes up to not far after the end of his school life, and that alone is enough to fill a book. He went to a boarding school which is bound to have many a story, discovered he was gay and yes was convicted of fraud.

He did do a show abuot Bi-polar on TV discussing his own case and how it can affect others etc. I think it was on the news a few years ago now, he finished up doing a show and then just completely disappeared from everyone he knew for months (I believe) because of it.

Great read and yes I agree british sit coms being better. I'm actually not a massive fan of Only Fools, think it's a bit over-rated but there are some real classics like Blackadder. Not seen that other sit com so might give it a look.

[mulhuzz]

Yeah, he's had a fascinating life, I believe Moab is my Washpot (IIRC) only goes up to not far after the end of his school life, and that alone is enough to fill a book. He went to a boarding school which is bound to have many a story, discovered he was gay and yes was convicted of fraud.

He did do a show abuot Bi-polar on TV discussing his own case and how it can affect others etc. I think it was on the news a few years ago now, he finished up doing a show and then just completely disappeared from everyone he knew for months (I believe) because of it.

Great read and yes I agree british sit coms being better. I'm actually not a massive fan of Only Fools, think it's a bit over-rated but there are some real classics like Blackadder. Not seen that other sit com so might give it a look.

Indeed. The Fry Chronicles updates it somewhat (but doesn't quite bring you to 'today' yet).

Also worth a read.

[Tal]

He didn't finish doing a show. He left in the middle of it and went missing for a few days. Made national news. Pretty horrible stuff.

He's not everyone's cup of Earl Grey but his is a story both well worth telling and well told.

[Lambert180]

He didn't finish doing a show. He left in the middle of it and went missing for a few days. Made national news. Pretty horrible stuff.

He's not everyone's cup of Earl Grey but his is a story both well worth telling and well told.

What he said ^^^