Luton Calling.

[Chompy]

Don't do chops no more. Minus evey.

The new £50 at Genting on Saturday is a good comp ransom. Full of rofflers obv but a good comp.

[Ransom]

Currently 2nd/8 in a rando PLO comp on 888. 137 runners.

Well I was until I lost AA74ss to Q9KT all in pre.

The princely sum of $131 up top which I'll use to buy in to Saturday at Genting should I be so fortunate. Nice to have a bit of a freeroll. Anything less then it'll at least pay for my taxi there.

If you see me on Saturday, come and say hello. I can be identified by my dwindling chip stack and disgusting tramps beard.

[shipitgood]

Good luck with the thread! Do you play on sky under the same name?

[Ransom]

First out on 6 handed final table. Always a bit annoying.

Potted from the button to 35k with QJ89hh, ran into the nit the time he has AAxxhhss who jams on me for 40k more. Could moan about ICM considerations when someone has literally 3bb but sometimes you've just got to stick it in and not be a nit bitch as Jason Somerville says.

Don't mind getting it in at all, but I am 35.90% against his exact hand. Unfortunate.

Good to have a winning day and 3 final tables on 888, not so good to have to be on shift at midnight to take phone calls from disgruntled executives who think it's super easy to get a taxi on short notice in the Lebanon or something.

Brag - +$395 for the day.
Beat - I played a webcam poker comp on 888 and a guy got his knob out.
Variance - No milk for tea.

[Ransom]

Good luck with the thread! Do you play on sky under the same name?

I haven't played on Sky since maybe 2009 they caught on to me abusing their free no deposit bonuses. I think I even signed up in my mums name once to get that free tenner and the £5 punt on Skybet. I guess that's my appearance fleecing a retired darts player on SkyPoker cash game out the window before it even began.

Plus I use a HUD and I know Sky don't allow it. Are they still web based or do they have an actual client now?

[Ransom]

Another evening on the phones, shackled to my laptop via a cheap headset with Jeremy Kyle's dulcet tones to push me through until 8.

First call of the night, one minute into my shift -

Villain - "I ORDERED A TAXI FOR MIDNIGHT AND **YOUUUUU** SAID IT WOULD BE HERE!"
Hero - "...your car is on location, driver is in the hotel lobby waiting for you with a name board. Where abouts are you waiting?"
Villain - "I'M IN THE BALLROOM GETTING READY TO LEAVE!"
Hero - "......your driver can't go into the ballroom as it's a private function, he is in the lobby whenever you are ready to leave"
Villain - "..click."

I'm always surprised at how many of these corporate folks need their hands held through every situation. Christmas party season though, when drunk it seems that calling me to arrange a pick up is as difficult as string theory or listening to a story that starts with "..SO I HAVE ACES RIGHT.."

It's been fairly standard on the phone tonight. Change of airport, change to pricing, indecipherable emails from clients in Asia. Currently trying to plan a schedule of events outside the usual casino comps around Luton. APAT World Championships in March look super fun, though I will mainly be in for the mixed games and limit events as it's probably the only chance to play a limit structure all year in England. Plus bracelets! Not the ones we all really want but bracelets none the less.

Had to do a pick up for a certain football agent from a certain members only casino in London a few weeks ago. He phoned once an hour to delay his pick up, sounding more agitated each time. I guess both bollocks were done on a certain red, black and green wheel that night. I have a bit of an irrational hatred for roulette punters. I can't stand the game myself, I think I've had a couple of spins and hit my number on my birthday (18), never played again. There's nothing about it that excites me like poker does. I like gambling and as of right now gambling seems to like me, but whatever electrical brain impulse gets people mad for roulette doesn't fire for me. I guess I'm fortunate as I've seen many sad faces at the wheel and many people queuing for machines inside the bookies.

I have a lot of pet hates in poker, and I seem to experience most of them every time I play. A few listed below:

- The 1 and 9 seats. I can't see a bloody thing, so I need to squint to see the board from these seats and people think I'm doing some sort of shifty look trying to get reads off them and they think I'm a knob because of it.

- The announcement voice on the tourney clock when it's break time. I once played every comp at the G for 2 weeks and had dreams about this voice. "...POKER PLAYERS, YOU ARE NOW ON A SHORT BREAK. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR CHIPS AT THE TABLE AND VACATE THE CARDROOM".

- People who stack chips in little piles of 10. People who stack chips in one huge tower.

- Dealers who sweat the turn and river on an all in. I like my pain to be over quickly. I tilt my beans off if I'm all in pre with 55 vs AKd and the board is   and I'm waiting those long 5 seconds for both the turn and river.

Maybe I'm a miserable old sod, maybe I am the dark cloud hanging over the Luton G and when I get back in the mood will sour because Harry is here and he's going to moan into his £4.50 pint of Peroni.

Good luck all playing tonight, and if anyone can get video footage of John Hunt going on a mad one and moving all in blind UTG I will freeroll you into a event of your choice as long as it's under £50.

[Ransom]

So it turns out that the Genting £5000 GTD isn't until next week. Makes sense when there's a 25/25 down the road at the G with £25k GTD, and I think it did about £40k in the end with £12k up top last time.

Tonight is a £50+7 with £3000 GTD. In two minds whether to play it or not, I'm much more keen on playing the DC comp on Sunday instead. Half the buyin of the £3000 and probably 5x more fun. Plus an opportunity to play some 6 Card Omaha without having to put a ton of money on the line. My omaha run good is due to come crashing down in flames and I don't really want to tempt fate in DC cash until my rolls on Stars and 888 are safely in my bank account so I can endure the swings. 888 are being crafty and taking their time with my withdrawal all whilst sending me casino offers via email in the hopes I do a reversal and degen it off in their live casino. Always find it interesting when they send me 1 poker related email for every 10 casino offers.

I assume it will break guarantee at Genting tonight. 60 runners isn't that much to ask for, and there will be extra traffic from those not playing the 25/25.

Anyone playing the 25/25? Think it'll be a bit softer because of EPT and Eureka in Prague this week?

[HutchGF]

Good read mate. I play DC regularly in Blackpool. Love the gamble, hate the swings!

[Ransom]

Good read mate. I play DC regularly in Blackpool. Love the gamble, hate the swings!

Thanks mate, much appriciated!

Does your DC game have things like Badugi or 2-7 Triple Draw on the paddle? I've yet to find one that does. Queried it with a couple of cardroom managers because it's always been in the back of my mind and they've said there is no real reason for not allowing them, they've just chosen to leave them off the rotation.

[Ransom]

So I didn't play the £3000GTD in Genting last night. I came off nightshift with the ambition of going to bed pretty much straight away to be up for 5pm so I can head from Bedford to Luton for about 6:30, but I got caught up watching the EPT stream until about 2pm. Set an alarm for 5 to see how I felt, but I woke up at midnight somehow with the alarm switched off. I guess my subconscious thought it more prudent to give this one a miss rather than try to play on 3 hours sleep.

Still today is the DC comp and I am heading down for that 100%. Big fan of this. £500 GTD but it almost always gets about 35 runners with about 20+ rebuys for a £1200 prizepool on average. Not so bad for a £25 buy in. Probably up the gamble on my first bullet seeing as I saved £60 from not playing last night. This comp always reminds me of this sketch from the League of Gentlemen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtSvaSZ-xLU

They have a Holdem comp at 8pm also as a backup if things go a bit tits up at DC. Think there's an addon involved but truth be told I've never made it past first break the 2 times I've played it. I am prone to being a bit of a shovebot in the final 5 minutes before first break given the folks with less around starting stack are more apt to go for a spin up with   or something and rebuy rather than try and get it in with a more premium holding. It's never worked out for me on a Sunday though. Every time I've mentioned 'Last hand before re-entry!" it's turned into some 4 way all in.

Just got time to kill before I leave for Genting at about 2pm. I always get very restless trying to kill time before a comp, no matter the buy in. I'm always excited to play live, while the magic of Christmas has long since left me, the magic of poker is still very much alive in this one. Let's see if it lasts until midnight.

Sort of off topic - for the fans of surreal comedy like The League of Gentlemen or Psychoville, I really recommend Toast Of London. Just finished it's second series on Channel 4, but available on 4oD. There's an episode that revolves around a poker game with Andrew Lloyd Webber and it actually has a realistic hand unlike the vast majority of poker in media and that ridiculous hand from Casino Royale that was on the other night.

I plan on posting some DC hands on here later this evening, probably all tourney hands as I think DC cash will be £2/£2 tonight which is outside my roll for pot limit games for the time being.

GL all on the Sunday grind. Looking forward to top set with redraws and lovely big wireups. Maybe a Go Johnny Go Go Go Go if I'm lucky.

[HutchGF]

Good read mate. I play DC regularly in Blackpool. Love the gamble, hate the swings!

Thanks mate, much appriciated!

Does your DC game have things like Badugi or 2-7 Triple Draw on the paddle? I've yet to find one that does. Queried it with a couple of cardroom managers because it's always been in the back of my mind and they've said there is no real reason for not allowing them, they've just chosen to leave them off the rotation.

We play triple draw occassionally. Padooki is a popular game down here ( like badugi, but worst 4 card flush wins in lieu of any padooki).

[Ransom]

Good read mate. I play DC regularly in Blackpool. Love the gamble, hate the swings!

Thanks mate, much appriciated!

Does your DC game have things like Badugi or 2-7 Triple Draw on the paddle? I've yet to find one that does. Queried it with a couple of cardroom managers because it's always been in the back of my mind and they've said there is no real reason for not allowing them, they've just chosen to leave them off the rotation.

We play triple draw occassionally. Padooki is a popular game down here ( like badugi, but worst 4 card flush wins in lieu of any padooki).

Ha, this is funny because I was playing a private game a few months ago and Padooki was on the paddle. I thought I was being grafted by a bunch of Italians because they said the 4 card flush beat my A24 3 card lo. I just assumed Padooki was a regional name for Badugi.

The more you know! Maybe if more cardrooms here spread draw games I wouldn't be such a fish.

[Ransom]

DC hand - Superstud.

Blinds 100-200.

I get 10d

Discard and show the .

Everyone else is showing spades or clubs. A peel here with live diamond is fine if not a little spewy with no lo

Pull on 4th street opening a backdoor lo with my 4flush.

5th street is an offsuit brick. Get potted and one caller. Caller is showing potential 8 lo and other guy is high only.

6th is and I lead for pot. Get repotted and called with the high only player showing AJKT.

Brick 7th so no scoop and it checks to me from the Ahigh.

Bet for 12k and 2 folds.

[Ransom]

I'm looking for some clarification on something that happened at Genting last night.

It's a £1-£1 cash game, button choice of Hold'em or 4 Card Omaha. Only 4 handed.

Omaha hand gets to showdown and both me and villain (Guy I've played with a bunch of times, fairly standard reserved live player, nice enough guy from my interactions with him) have the wheel. The £70 pot is raked and chopped and we move on.

In the next hand one of the other players says "He had 46 for the nut straight!" and then Villain seems to remember this also. I assumed we were going to move on and just laugh it off seeing as the pot was chopped, nobody lost and we had another hand in progress, but the dealer calls floor who comes over and says the following to me -

"Did you see his hand with 46?" - Truthfully I didn't. When I called the river and say "Wheel", he does too and the dealer pushes the board up.
"Did anyone else see it" - Now 3 players say they did (not sure if the other guy was even paying attention to the hand, he seemed to just be agreeing with his mate).

Floor decision - I had to decide if I was going to pay out to the player who apparently had the nut straight. And I had to decide at that moment, 2 hands after the incident took place.

Pretty uncomfortable position to be put in and I am pretty sure that this isn't the right thing to do - could any dealers or ex-dealers let me know.

Spoiler - Me and the other guy agreed that I would give him £10 and we could move on. Flopped a set and doubled through a big stack next hand anyway so all's well that ends well.

[celtic]

NO! NO! NO!

I mean, this is ridiculous. People speaking up after the next hand is dealt? People ganging up and agreeing? The person accepting a tenner as compensation? Glad I don't play in Luton anymore. Seems a really dickish thing that they all done.