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« Reply #255 on: April 06, 2018, 10:07:08 PM »

What an amazing first day in Barcelona....

Key Positives:

Lovely views
Great places to go form long walks
Amazing food
Soft local regs on the PLO
Mcdonalds serves chicken on the bone!
Lovely restaurants with a view on the beach.

Negatives

Non to date!

Update for the evening session....

Went back and played 5-10 PLO in for 1K. Semi bluffed the first 4 hands and got it through each time. Making a nice 600 profit. Game was 5 locals and 3 travellers. Had a lovely Irish guy on the table who liked to tell me each time I didn't have the nut flush draw, flashed the ace of the suit and then folds. Would of expected at least one repot bluff with the bare ace. Played for a couple of hours, maybe a little less. Next key pot I played I had     in the cut off. UTG opens pot, two callers. I flat. I don't like raising here as I don't think it will fin out the field and will end up facing some tricky spots for stacks. Flop   . Action goes Pot, shove, Fold. I think about it for a while as I want a call from the original raiser. Then Re-Shove all in. I get the call I wanted. up against Nut flash draw AAXX and JJXX Turn is a queen and we hold on the rivered 4. Nice sized pot. Quit the game about an orbit later. No real pots played. Cashed out for a nice 2.5K profit before buying into Day 1A tomorrow at mid day. Hopped into the Turbo Stage 1 satellite. 8 1100 tickets which could be used against any event. Busted out in 21/88 players. AK vs Chip leaders Q4 all in pre. He shoved the button and I called it off in the small blind. Had seen him do it for the last 2 hours so was very happy to get it in and then blind into a seat. I could have taken an ICM approach and folded as I was about 5th in chips at the time. Maybe a mistake? I'm not sure.

Went out for dinner with the Mrs, and had a lovely Steak N eggs dish with a lovely view of the sea front. Then took a nice long stroll down the beach and then back to the hotel for an earlier night. Early start tomorrow. If the weather is nice I nice swim before breakfast followed by some fresh sea air before I see if I can make it to day 2 on Monday for me and the 5 Blondies! Basically free rolling the event from my nice PLO session anyway so no pressure what so ever and I can just play my game. Will need to be sharp through. I'm sure there are some solid players in the field. Must be close to 200K first prize... Wouldn't that be nice.....

Night Blonde.

Hopefully we have some more good news to share tomorrow!
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« Reply #256 on: April 06, 2018, 10:45:28 PM »

Great report.  Good luck to you.
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« Reply #257 on: April 06, 2018, 10:54:56 PM »

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« Reply #258 on: April 07, 2018, 08:54:31 AM »

Good luck to you! Always nice to freeroll a trip on day1!
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« Reply #259 on: April 07, 2018, 11:36:57 AM »

 Very nice,sounds like you are having a great trip.
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« Reply #260 on: April 20, 2018, 04:49:59 PM »

Very, very late report. I'm so sorry guys. I have been super busy of late and have only just remembered I had a blog to update.

Okay so.... Barcelona... Well despite using 4 bullets in the Warm up I just couldn't get anything going over the weekend. I basically lost 4 pots on the river to 2 flushes, a full house and a straight if memory serves me right. All in on the Turn once and 3 times on the flop. PLO was a great game for me over the weekend of my Barcelona trip. I headed back to the casino during the earlier hours of the Saturday morning. I couldn't sleep. Probably just too excited about being involved in such a huge festival aboard. Wanted to play some more 5/10 PLO but that game was full. Only game going was a 20/40/80 game in the VIP room. Well I came to play so why not. Brought in for 7.5k. Game was 7 handed, 3 pros, one local, Two rich bad players and me. I played a tighter range than I would normally, just because I had never played with any of these guys and it was for a lot more money than I was used to having in the middle on every street. I also still needed to figure out how everyone was playing and who to target at that point. Most players had around 10k in play. Watched a couple of the Fun players stack off with middling two pair with no redraws a few times. They had been playing almost every pot too. The game was being played in good spirit no arguing, running the board a couple of times, everyone was just having fun. I managed to pick up a couple of double suited straightening combos and get paid off by over pairs. One for full value and the second for around 2K. Then I ran a wrap into straight and got there for another 3/4K. Thinking about buying into the Main event I  bluff the Chinese looking kid (The one who played with Will Kassouf in the main a couple of years back on day 6/7) he correctly called it off with middling two pair. A guy commenting you just cant fold can you... I believed him with a smile on his face. I shortly left the game to book a nice 5 figure profit for a couple of hours work... Not bad.

My Mrs caught a tummy bug over there so I spent Sunday and most of Monday looking after her. Tuesday we went to the Zoo and Wednesday to the see the fishes.

So why I have I been busy?

Nothing too exciting, have recently been brought on board by a global company, who has now decided that having a credit and risk department is a good idea. So I have been busy setting this up from scratch. Working about 13 hours a day.

What's next for poker?

Well I recently opened up a new pokerstars account. I hadn't touched it for a couple of years and had no idea what my old login details are. I got an email from Stars advising me I had an account. After some emailing back and forth I agreed to close my old one and use my new account. Fresh start and all.

I will be playing the Sunday Million this weekend. 10M guaranteed is just awesome. Plus I'm told they need a new bubble boy so I thought I would oblige.

If anyone would of played the Million if able to but cant for any reason, I'll sell up to 40% max for this event at no mark up as it would only be a punt.

Until next time guys. Be lucky!
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« Reply #261 on: April 20, 2018, 07:16:05 PM »

will take 20% of million if still available please.

can only bank transfer and would ideally  be before 1pm saturday.

will check pms before work in the morning.
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« Reply #262 on: April 20, 2018, 08:44:19 PM »

will take 20% of million if still available please.

can only bank transfer and would ideally  be before 1pm saturday.

will check pms before work in the morning.

Sure. Booked with Thanks. GL US.

I’ll message you my Pokerstars ID and bank details. 30 quid by transfer or 42 dollars on stars = 20%.
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« Reply #263 on: April 21, 2018, 11:21:55 PM »

I’ve decided to play a bit of a schedule tomorrow. Like many over the world Sunday is online poker day. Now I’m back working a project I’ll be fully engrossed in that for the next 6 months.

A weekly schedule of the following will have me looking forward to it each week/fortnight.

215 Sunday MILLY
11 storm
Big 11
22 SPK
Big 22
22 spk turbo
Big 55
Hot 11

Not sure if they have a Sunday 8 game if so I’ll play that.

Am I missing any of the good ones?

If anyone wants some action, I’ll open up a percentage. Not sure what that would be. But a max of 40%

I am no super horse just someone with a bit of skill, and a love for the game. Hopefully we can have some deep runs and get a fun blonde rail going.

Hourly updates for the MILLY.

I wish I knew some more blondes that are playing? Id like to keep a tab on their progress.



 
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« Reply #264 on: April 22, 2018, 04:38:04 PM »

sent gl
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« Reply #265 on: April 23, 2018, 07:15:39 AM »

Good to see you're still about mate. Throwing in the big boy games in Barca because why not eh?

Just to add to Das's question -

Favourite Luton Player: John The Pen.

I used to really enjoy playing the Saturday 2pm £30er where he would kick off at someone to the point the floor had to come and have a word with him, bust after first break and have to sit in the corner all night while his daughter did her ladybollocks on the fruities. No idea if he's still with us because he always sounded like he was a stiff cough from snuffing it, but I always thought he was alright for a miserable old bugger.

Favourite Luton Moment:

There was some fella throwing money over the roulette on a table he had to himself. Word was he had shat off the better part of £20,000 before giving up. Probably hard to get out of at that point when it was £100 max on a number. The pit boss told him he could cool off in the restaurant and they'd bring him some food. 15 minutes later he is screaming bloody murder because they bought him a steak and chips, and he was a vegan. What a needle.

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« Reply #266 on: April 23, 2018, 10:47:51 AM »

sent gl

Checked my bank this morning and I haven't received the £30?

Could you check and come back to me?

Thanks
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« Reply #267 on: April 23, 2018, 10:56:28 AM »

Had a nice run last night. Won a few nice pots early on and had a top 200 stack for hours. Stack was 750K @ 4K 8K blinds. Then I lost a few pots where I semi bluffed and missed and bet the river. Not sure It was a massive mistake. Then lost a couple of 200K pots with AK/AQ vs lower pairs which hit a set. Finally I opened up with AK missed flop but C bet into a "Fun" player who called. it was a draw heavy board and the turn went check, check. River missed draws so I decided to turn my hand into a bluff trying to rep a set. Get called off with second pair no kicker.

Still a nice cash, went through a couple of small pay jumps on the way to my finish of around 3K of around 56000 Runners. Really was a fun tournament. Played more like the Sunday Storm than a Sunday Million. Would really recommend it to anyone thinking of playing it next year.

3am finish mind and I was up at 7:30 for work... Real dedication.

Think I will go and play the Deepstack special at Genting Luton next. Should be fun and good value.

Anyone going this weekend? I will probably play on Wednesday night. Drinks and a chat anyone?

 
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« Reply #268 on: April 23, 2018, 11:18:09 AM »

Had a nice run last night. Won a few nice pots early on and had a top 200 stack for hours. Stack was 750K @ 4K 8K blinds. Then I lost a few pots where I semi bluffed and missed and bet the river. Not sure It was a massive mistake. Then lost a couple of 200K pots with AK/AQ vs lower pairs which hit a set. Finally I opened up with AK missed flop but C bet into a "Fun" player who called. it was a draw heavy board and the turn went check, check. River missed draws so I decided to turn my hand into a bluff trying to rep a set. Get called off with second pair no kicker.

Still a nice cash, went through a couple of small pay jumps on the way to my finish of around 3K of around 56000 Runners. Really was a fun tournament. Played more like the Sunday Storm than a Sunday Million. Would really recommend it to anyone thinking of playing it next year.

3am finish mind and I was up at 7:30 for work... Real dedication.

Think I will go and play the Deepstack special at Genting Luton next. Should be fun and good value.

Anyone going this weekend? I will probably play on Wednesday night. Drinks and a chat anyone?

 


Well done on the run in the Milly, great tournament, decided to play last min, really enjoyed it, usual badbeat stuff but cant complain.

I would have said id meet up on Wednesday now that I'm feeling better but after my last visit to Genting I'm very much in the "not going back camp", I may be missing out on a lot of value in the bigger tournaments but I have just had enough of the environment (nothing against James or Paul and the majority of the dealers as they are fab), its the poker layout itself, cant stand the machines always pinging so hate getting a seat draw near them, more than that though is these bigger tournaments are 10 handed so you have no room especially with the huge side tables they have which in itself takes up a seat and the one thing that lets the dealers down is you constantly have to tell them to reset the table seating, apart from the fact that they should be aware enough to do it as part of the customer service experience it leads to all sorts of issues with other players who take exception to it. I just cant be bothered with all the hassle. Not saying G is perfect and they still have 10 handed tables but I'm sure the fact that the side tables are skinny makes all the difference to the amount of space you have.

anyway, rant over. Goodluck at Genting.
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« Reply #269 on: April 23, 2018, 11:33:53 AM »

Thanks Omen. Did you manage to cash?

Maybe bring some headphones with you on Wednesday. We can swap 10% or whatever then.

I agree the location of the room isn't the best, but they players are generally really weak and I've always found headphones helps me to zone out the noise and focus on all of the interesting plays I'm witnessing. Saying that because of the style of play in Luton compared to my own, I find it really hard to make final tables there often. Its a bit like Bingo.

If you change your mind PM me your number and we can organise something.
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