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[titaniumbean]

which of the classless numpties was it? none of them get poker.


blitzkrieg = awesome. along similar lines, I used to absolutely love and recently replayed hidden and dangerous 1/2 where you plan a mission then control a squad of men like a fps assigning orders to your other men and switching between them when you want more control.


loves it.

5:00 the intro to the first mission starts, makes me want to re-install just reatching it.

[AJR14]

which of the classless numpties was it? none of them get poker.


blitzkrieg = awesome. along similar lines, I used to absolutely love and recently replayed hidden and dangerous 1/2 where you plan a mission then control a squad of men like a fps assigning orders to your other men and switching between them when you want more control.


loves it.

5:00 the intro to the first mission starts, makes me want to re-install just reatching it.

I wont name him but he seems like a sparkly woman, WR. 

Blitzkrieg is quite possibly the hardest game i have ever played. Got through the first chapter pretty quick but am now probably on my tenth try of the next one. 

Hidden and dangerous looks good. Very cheap on Amazon as well so after i have either completed Blitzkrieg or more likely, snapped it, i will give it a try.

[titaniumbean]

meh losers gonna whinge.


The thing is that I much much prefer games that are really hard to games you can complete in a short space of time. I've got so many hours out of replaying the hidden and dangerous games aswell as games like my all time favourite Deus Ex. If you have never heard of/seen or played any of the series then just get the first one and consider when it was made as it's an absolute work of art re gameplay and enjoyment.

[AJR14]

meh losers gonna whinge.


The thing is that I much much prefer games that are really hard to games you can complete in a short space of time. I've got so many hours out of replaying the hidden and dangerous games aswell as games like my all time favourite Deus Ex. If you have never heard of/seen or played any of the series then just get the first one and consider when it was made as it's an absolute work of art re gameplay and enjoyment.

Deux X. Never heard of it. Will search it up later.

There is nothing worse than spending an obscene amount of money for a game that is piss easy. Completing a game after a few hours game play is just a waste of money. Especially at the prices they charge.

[AJR14]

For anyone interested in the Warren G song film question from a few posts ago the answer is Young Guns. A quality film about a group of gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, who become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted (that’s a sites description, not mine). I would recommend.

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Poker is going well, I’m playing ok which is good for the profits but the dealers are holding back the amount of profit i could be making. I have made a 3 figure withdrawal and am still up quite a bit since the last full update. Nothing else to say really, all has been pretty steady.

A decent hand i saw the other day.





Big day for Blackburn tomorrow!!


When Graeme Souness says that the game is something else then that says it all. It’s not a big marquee game for the football world, it’s 2 small East Lancashire towns but the town rivalry that exists away from the Football does make it a passionate affair for the fans involved.

I do always get really nervous before the big derby game. We have never lost to them in my lifetime and it is something i don’t really want to experience. Unfortunately, I’m not going. The atmosphere created at these games is a lot different to any other Rovers game. With dwindling crowds going to the normal games it is very difficult, in fact impossible, to get an atmosphere close to what it’s like at these games and it’s that sort of atmosphere I love so I’m always gutted when I can’t go.  

If we lose, i may not be mentioning football in these pages for a while.



Record of the Day: The Phantom Band - Folk Song Oblivion

[titaniumbean]

It's an absolutely fantastic game. Graphics for the day were awesome, obviously now they look pants, but it's just so playable. One of the first games to have user choices affecting the storyline and an open world play style.

Eg the first mission, you instantly get a choice at the start for a type of weapon you can be issued, big rocket launcher, sniper rifle or a cattle prob that doesn't kill people but knocks them out. You have multiple ways to complete the first level all of which affect the plot later in the game, how you act with some characters earlier affects how they treat you later on and to top it off there were 3 different endings. Just a truly fantastic game. They did another version recently, and though it was fun and nicely updated it could never achieve the freshness of the first one. This meme is very very apt.

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[AJR14]

Weekend Bets. Feeling pretty good about these ones. Prob shouldn't say that!!


£10 BTTS

Fleetwood v Bury
Burton v Portsmouth
Bournemouth v Blackpool
Crewe v Walsall
Bristol City v Peterborough
Bolton v Leeds
Hull v Cardiff

£5 free bet

Arsenal
Manchester City
Q.P.R.
Rotherham
Peterborough
Oxford

£11.88 Accumulator

Fleetwood
MK Dons
Leyton Orient
Watford
Nottingham Forest
Tottenham





COMMMME ON YOU BLUEEEESSSSSS!!!!

[AJR14]

Weekend Bets. Feeling pretty good about these ones. Prob shouldn't say that!!


£10 BTTS

Fleetwood v Bury
Burton v Portsmouth
Bournemouth v Blackpool
Crewe v Walsall
Bristol City v Peterborough
Bolton v Leeds
Hull v Cardiff

£5 free bet

Arsenal
Manchester City
Q.P.R.
Rotherham
Peterborough
Oxford

£11.88 Accumulator

Fleetwood
MK Dons
Leyton Orient
Watford
Nottingham Forest
Tottenham





COMMMME ON YOU BLUEEEESSSSSS!!!!

GGWatford. Thanks for letting me down!!

The missus put an accumulator on for Soccer Saturday after the game. I noticed she obv did something wrong when she says ‘i wonder why the odds are 80 000/1’. She had managed to put a goal rush on. I’m not sure what they are but i think all teams need to score AND the team you picked has to win the game.

The funniest part, if she puts the accumulator on properly it would have come in for about £400 quid.           

[AJR14]

So there is a guy playing a lot at the minute who is constantly abusing me every time he sits at my table. The usual stuff, name calling, the odd “I hope you die C**t”. None of it bothers me; in fact I find it funny at times. But his reasoning is even better.

You see, he sees me as a “reg” and, in his words “sky favour the regs because of rake”. He is a very poor fit or fold player so i obv spend all night peppering him and taking 90% of the pots. So before long he gets pissed off and claims sky looks after me and makes me hit every flop lol. In reality, i have hit none.

This is every night. He plays more than most which amuses me when he claims the regs get favoured. He obv really doesn’t enjoy the game, so why play? He will deposit regularly and he gets overly angry every single night. I’m not going to claim i enjoy the game all the time, i wish i did but i make money from it. This guy doesn’t. He pays a lot to feel miserable on an almost daily basis. So why bother?

And then i start to analyse the sort of person this chap is. I wouldn’t even think some of the things he says, let alone type them. For him to talk like that and spend hours a night playing a game he hates, i can’t help but start to feel sorry for him. I can imagine him living one hell of a miserable life. I am only making assumptions tbf, he may be England’s answer to John Rockefella mixed with Hugh Hefner sniggering at us minions as he swans off in his new Ferrari followed by hundreds of bikini clad models on his way to his own yacht party. I doubt it though; this lifestyle wouldn’t breed severe negativity while grinding 30nl.

In all seriousness though it is quite depressing seeing grownups stoop so low. It’s no surprise to me; I grew up in a fairly rough area where it was pretty common but it’s still not nice to see.

I can understand why people can get annoyed playing poker, losing money is never nice for anyone and the wonderful complexity in poker means that anyone who knows the basic rules will believe they know how to play poker. Add to that the fact that anyone can win at poker short term and the belief that people have in their own ability, no matter how poor they are, they will feel a huge sense of injustice when they lose because they are so blind to the fact that poker is so complex. Any person feeling that sense of injustice will start to feel aggrieved and i suppose every person will let that frustration out in different ways. I just wish that people wouldn’t do it in such a horrible way to each other. Maybe then the world would be a nicer place. 

I suppose it is people’s very characteristics that come out after a few beats and sometimes it shows the very ugly side of society. Something that can be quite difficult to watch.

It’s that same theory above that drives people to the rigged argument. People don’t want to believe that it is their ability levels that cause them to lose. They are blind to the complexity of the game so they believe they are good enough to win. When they consistently don’t they look for any reason why.

That wonderful quote of the more you know, the more you realize how little you know (May not be exact) is very apt to poker. It’s something i realize every single day.

And the very predatory instincts come out in players with that little bit more knowledge. We want these players to misunderstand poker, we want them to never realise that the very reason they lose money regularly is because of them, nothing else. That very realisation will drive players to either a) quit poker or b) work hard to become better. It’s our own brain where the limitations lie and the less they know about that the better. Saying that, my belief is that there is a very big problem with online poker at the moment with not addressing the constant rigged arguments. Depositing players every day are leaving the world of online poker or at the very least cutting down their deposits due to that very belief. I’m not sure how that could be addressed but as I have mentioned before it does need addressing by the industry to stop the many people leaving the industry in a time it is believed the industry is in decline.



Onto my weekend and in poker terms it has been quite frustrating. I’m running quite well in terms of the hands I am hitting. I’m just running awful when you compare it to the opponent’s hands. Shit happens! The more frustrating part is i think i could have saved myself a lot by making some big folds...i obv couldn’t find them. A second 3 figure withdrawal also made it feel worse at the time as I have a very annoying tendency to see my roll size as an indication to how things are going. Something i have tried to stop for a while.

I did luckbox my way back on Sunday night though with some debatable decisions that went in my favour which puts me in profit for the weekend. So all in all its been ok.


Onto the football. I am happy with 1-1 for the Derby on Saturday. We didn’t play great and the game wasn’t a classic by any stretch of the imagination. Although Stanislas goal was a cracker. Jake Kean was flapping at everything early, not something that helps breed confidence. We were poor in the first half but managed to look a bit better in the second but still not great. Think we were pretty lucky to get away with it and I’m just happy it’s another game gone by that I haven’t had to experience a loss to the rivals. I will look forward to hopefully a win in the return fixture.

This is a great red card though after Kanes mistake.



I am surprised at how subtle he tried to be. If it was me i would be doing this




I wasn’t happy at some people in the pub though. I’m not into the whole hate thing, i obv don’t like Burnley Football Club just as they don’t like us but when in the pub the other day there was some Burnley fans in there as well. When we equalised i obv celebrated, something i don’t usually do in pubs that much but sometimes it does just comes out. Well these Burnley fans behind weren’t happy at conceding and started to F and Blind and start to call the small group of Rovers fans scum etc. I don’t mind being called but the missus and her mate started to feel a bit intimidated. I don’t understand why people get so angry. We are watching a game of football. I’ve never got the whole football violence thing or violence in general for that matter so it was just annoying that when in a friendly pub people are made to feel uncomfortable. Nothing else happened or was said; they made a sharp exit after the game so it wasn’t that bad. I suppose it could have been worse. It’s just annoying.


Record of the Day: The Kingsmen - Louie Louie.

[Katais]

The most professional, professional foul of all time.   

Not often you can win your team 2 points by getting sent off, give the guy a pay rise!!!   

[AJR14]

The most professional, professional foul of all time.   

Not often you can win your team 2 points by getting sent off, give the guy a pay rise!!!   

Lol. Gained legendary status in Blackburn after only being on the pitch for 2 minutes in that game.

Even if he never plays another single minute he has guaranteed a legends reception and free drinks in any Blackburn pub for the rest of his life.

I can see why Burnley aren’t happy though, somehow the punishment doesn’t really fit the crime.

                                                                                                    

[Jac]

I totally understand your frustrations with the whole online poker is rigged thing.
I just think you will always be fighting a losing batte. If there was 100%  indisputable evidence that a site could demonstrate to players before they began, people would still claim it was fixed in some way. Some losing players have to find a reason why they don't win. They probably realise they are wrong but it's still better than facing up to the fact they're not good at the game. Have you ever seen a winning player grumble that the game isn't straight.
I used to just think these people had a lack of intelligence. However, I had a friend who was probably the smartest person I'd ever met who was convinced that sites were set up to generate action and therefore more rake at cash. He also believed in the big stack taking out the short stack in mtts so thy would end quicker. Unsurprisingly, he was a losing player online.

Agree with beng confused with how angry people get. Pokers a hobby for me. If I hated the game when I played, I simply wouldn't play.

Yeah, you deserved the point against us on the opening day. Could be another frustrating season for Derby. We finally seemed to have sorted our away form out but we've been hopeless at home. We're great going forward but have 2 centre banks who unfortunately can't defend.

Cheers for your comments next door by the way.

[AJR14]

I totally understand your frustrations with the whole online poker is rigged thing.
I just think you will always be fighting a losing batte. If there was 100%  indisputable evidence that a site could demonstrate to players before they began, people would still claim it was fixed in some way. Some losing players have to find a reason why they don't win. They probably realise they are wrong but it's still better than facing up to the fact they're not good at the game. Have you ever seen a winning player grumble that the game isn't straight.
I used to just think these people had a lack of intelligence. However, I had a friend who was probably the smartest person I'd ever met who was convinced that sites were set up to generate action and therefore more rake at cash. He also believed in the big stack taking out the short stack in mtts so thy would end quicker. Unsurprisingly, he was a losing player online.

Agree with beng confused with how angry people get. Pokers a hobby for me. If I hated the game when I played, I simply wouldn't play.

Yeah, you deserved the point against us on the opening day. Could be another frustrating season for Derby. We finally seemed to have sorted our away form out but we've been hopeless at home. We're great going forward but have 2 centre banks who unfortunately can't defend.

Cheers for your comments next door by the way.

Apologies for the late reply Jac. Sometimes go a few days without having a look on here (mainly when the cards aren’t going well ). I took my earlier advice of why bother when not enjoying poker and had a few days off .

I agree with the fighting a losing battle with some. I am seeing it loads at the moment, not just with threads, with the introduction of the chat box in mini view i am seeing people claim wrong doing on an hourly basis. As you say, they will look for anything to blame but some may be persuaded by a decent argument put forward from the sites.

Yeh Derby look a frustrating team to support, you look like you are going to start putting some good games together then it seems to end. Think you look really good in some games then look quite average in others. Always remember, it could be worse...you  could be owned by Venkys!! Thankfully they have stayed quiet for last few months but there are some rumours that that may well change soon

Congrats again btw, always a good read next door. 

[AJR14]

 1 WEEK CHALLENGE

I’m going to try and make priority this month. I need dead on 2100 more points.

WHY

I usually take out the cash for points straight away and I’m going to use the extra cash from this one to have a coaching session or 2. I hate chasing points so I’m sticking in a challenge within a challenge

 CHALLENGE WITHIN A CHALLENGE

I want to make £500 profit for the week. This will be tougher than the points part of the challenge but i am going to get rid of my brain for the week and NIT right up. If i can keep my discipline and not spaz out regularly and the dealer is kind it should be doable

I started the challenge yesterday.


Challenge - £500
New Target -£409


Record of the Day: Doves - There goes the fear

[AJR14]

1 WEEK CHALLENGE

1700 points needed. Bizarre on how the last 2 counts have been rounded up to the hundred.

PROFITS CHALLENGE

Finished a little down yesterday and then decided to play a couple of hypers when i couldn’t sleep which i lost.

Challenge - £500
New Target -£425



Hand of the Day

Played a hand i enjoyed yesterday at 20nl, thought i would put it in because i rarely put brag HH's in!

I get dealt  and a tight reg opens to 60p UTG+1. The reg was on all of my tables and was playing really tight so i wanted to open him up, get him tilting/out of his comfort zone so i 3bet to £2 with the intention to show.

SB cold calls behind. He is another tight reg so i expect a tight range but capped at maybe QQ/AK. Random reccy cold calls and UTG+1 calls.

Flop

     Pot £8

Checks round to me, I bet £3.40
SB cold caller calls, rest fold

Turn

    Pot £14.80

I bet £6 he shoves for 21 quid and shows  . i was pretty shocked to see KK. Was expecting a few other hands but not that. No idea what his thinking behind cold calling in the SB was. I had him pegged as a decent player. I did enjoy cracking KK with 72 though. Not sure oppo did as he snap sat out and left all of the other tables. 


Record of the day: E-Z Rollers – Walk this land. Bit of drum and bass today. Gotta love Ipod shuffle,  haven’t listened to this track for ages.