luck part 2

Raking it in for the Bungle boys :)

------HAND 4------
Game #1979506083: Omaha PL ($1/$2) - 2006/05/29 - 18:26:45 (UK)
Table "Swaps" Seat 7 is the button.
Seat 1: Greenday7 ($216 in chips)
Seat 2: Janny1981 ($103.42 in chips)
Seat 3: DUB1 ($190 in chips)
Seat 4: j.i.t.p ($430.25 in chips)
Seat 5: KK147 ($373 in chips)
Seat 6: Lanfear ($519.04 in chips)
Seat 7: ontheflop ($800.50 in chips)
Seat 8: __data__ ($155.50 in chips)
Seat 9: Jackal2 sits out
Seat 10: Cry_bags ($148 in chips)
__data__: posts small blind $1
Cry_bags: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Greenday7 [Th 8c Qd 7c]
Greenday7: calls $2
Janny1981: calls $2
DUB1: calls $2
j.i.t.p: folds
KK147: calls $2
Lanfear: folds
ontheflop: calls $2
__data__: folds
Cry_bags: raises to $15
Greenday7: calls $13
Janny1981: folds
DUB1: calls $13
Jackal2 sits back
KK147: folds
ontheflop: folds
----- FLOP ----- [5c 2s Jh]
Cry_bags: checks
Greenday7: checks
DUB1: checks
----- TURN ----- [5c 2s Jh][Kh]
Cry_bags: bets $52
Greenday7: calls $52
DUB1: calls $52
----- RIVER ----- [5c 2s Jh Kh][9c]
Cry_bags: bets $81 and is all-in
Greenday7: raises to $149 and is all-in
DUB1: folds
Returned uncalled bets $68 to Greenday7
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Greenday7: shows [Th 8c Qd 7c] (A Straight, King high)
Cry_bags: shows [Ad Ks Qs Jc] (Two Pairs, Kings and Jacks, Nine high)
Greenday7 collects $367 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $370 Main pot $367 Rake $3
Board [5c 2s Jh Kh 9c]
Seat 1: Greenday7 showed [Th 8c Qd 7c] and won ($367) with A Straight, King high
Seat 2: Janny1981 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: DUB1 folded on the River
Seat 4: j.i.t.p folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: KK147 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Lanfear folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ontheflop (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: __data__ (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Cry_bags (big blind) showed [Ad Ks Qs Jc] and lost

top set on flop pays dividends yet again

------HAND 5------
Game #2519051704: Omaha PL ($1/$2) - 2006/05/27 - 19:19:36 (UK)
Table "Dark_Star" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Greenday7 ($200 in chips)
Seat 2: Fatherted ($76.38 in chips)
Seat 3: ZMZMZM ($36 in chips)
Seat 4: agusto1 ($588.43 in chips)
Seat 5: Vitriol ($196 in chips)
Seat 6: 4kingrive ($285.69 in chips)
Seat 7: Gyerekek ($169.99 in chips)
Seat 8: Ragge ($267.38 in chips)
Seat 9: almad ($825.41 in chips)
Seat 10: TheRake ($175.81 in chips)
ZMZMZM: posts small blind $1
agusto1: posts big blind $2
Greenday7: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Greenday7 [Td Ts 8h 8d]
Vitriol: folds
4kingrive: folds
Gyerekek: calls $2
Ragge: calls $2
almad: calls $2
TheRake: calls $2
Greenday7: checks
Fatherted: folds
ZMZMZM: calls $1
agusto1: checks
----- FLOP ----- [8s 4d 2s]
ZMZMZM: checks
agusto1: bets $14
Gyerekek: calls $14
Ragge: calls $14
almad: folds
TheRake: folds
Greenday7: raises to $84
ZMZMZM: folds
agusto1: calls $70
almad leaves the table
Gyerekek: folds
stradler joins the table at seat #9
Ragge: calls $70
----- TURN ----- [8s 4d 2s][Qc]
agusto1: checks
Ragge: checks
Greenday7: bets $114 and is all-in
agusto1: calls $114
Ragge: folds
----- RIVER ----- [8s 4d 2s Qc][6s]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Greenday7: shows [Td Ts 8h 8d] (Three of a kind, Eights, Queen high)
agusto1: shows [2h 5c Ks 2c] (Three of a kind, Twos, Queen high)
Greenday7 collects $505 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $508 Main pot $505 Rake $3
Board [8s 4d 2s Qc 6s]
Seat 1: Greenday7 (big blind) showed [Td Ts 8h 8d] and won ($505) with Three of a kind, Eights, Queen high
Seat 2: Fatherted (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ZMZMZM (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: agusto1 (big blind) showed [2h 5c Ks 2c] and lost
Seat 5: Vitriol folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: 4kingrive folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Gyerekek folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Ragge folded on the Turn
Seat 10: TheRake folded on the Flop

luck...luck will tear us apart...again...

------HAND 20------
Game #2516577844: Omaha PL ($1/$2) - 2006/05/27 - 15:36:24 (UK)
Table "Dark_Star" Seat 7 is the button.
Seat 1: Mafiaman ($90.12 in chips)
Seat 2: Juli12013 ($147.40 in chips)
Seat 3: thegma ($194 in chips)
Seat 4: 10totti10 ($162.62 in chips)
Seat 5: mmmouse ($197 in chips)
Seat 6: Greenday7 ($169.25 in chips)
Seat 7: PLONQUER ($417.32 in chips)
Seat 8: Neskolado ($149 in chips)
Seat 9: j8emj sits out
Seat 10: Chaz69 ($277.75 in chips)
Neskolado: posts small blind $1
Chaz69: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Greenday7 [Ah 4s 2h As]
Mafiaman: calls $2
Juli12013: calls $2
thegma: folds
10totti10: calls $2
sambio joins the table at seat #9
mmmouse: folds
Greenday7: raises to $13
PLONQUER: folds
Neskolado: folds
Chaz69: folds
Mafiaman: calls $11
Juli12013: calls $11
10totti10: calls $11
----- FLOP ----- [6h 8h 7s]
Mafiaman: bets $55
Juli12013: raises to $134.40 and is all-in
10totti10: folds
Greenday7: raises to $156.25 and is all-in
Mafiaman: is all-in $22.12
Returned uncalled bets $21.85 to Greenday7
----- TURN ----- [6h 8h 7s][6c]
----- RIVER ----- [6h 8h 7s 6c][3h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Greenday7: shows [Ah 4s 2h As] (A Flush, Ace high)
Mafiaman: shows [7c 9d 5s 4h] (A Straight, Nine high)
Juli12013: shows [5c 4d Js Th] (A Straight, Eight high)
Greenday7 collects $114.56 from Side pot #1
Greenday7 collects $283.36 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $400.92 Main pot $283.36 Side pot #1 $114.56 | Rake $3
Board [6h 8h 7s 6c 3h]
Seat 1: Mafiaman showed [7c 9d 5s 4h] and lost
Seat 2: Juli12013 showed [5c 4d Js Th] and lost
Seat 3: thegma folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: 10totti10 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: mmmouse folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Greenday7 showed [Ah 4s 2h As] and won ($397.92) with A Flush, Ace high
Seat 7: PLONQUER (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Neskolado (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Chaz69 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

angry journal

Ok, for a long time people have been asking me what kind of girlfriend I want, as if I could magically lay down concrete rules and criteria and it will just happen. So in a suitably sardonic response to all the airheads out there, this is exactly what I want to find in a girl:

1. She should have an IQ bigger than her chest size.
2. She should find Big Brother and all the pond life brained people on it repulsive.
3. She should look amazing.
4. She should have conservative tendencies - absolutely no idealists clinging to the failed crumbling edifice of Labour.
5. She should have an appreciation of individual freedom and space, and so not feel the need to phone me every 5 minutes to check where I am or what I'm doing.
6. She should like reading, red wine, music, (no pop, garage, rap, RnB thanks) motorsport, and travelling.
7. She should have all the qualities one would hope for in a girlfriend: honesty, trustworthiness, intellect, sense, etc. etc.

almost there

This month I would be almost $1,000 up at poker, but sadly the real figure is closer to $550. Why? I'm convinced I ran into a scammer on Will Hill, so watch out if you play there Bob - his handle is 'Mopsy.'

I found nut straight, 9 high, on the turn, and pushed all my chips in - as did another player who had an identical hand. No problems there. Since I'd only just sat down there was about $400 or so in the pot at this time, with action on 'Mopsy.' The fucking muppet then calls my all-in bet with two pair, makes a full house on the river, and scoops the whole pot - now $600. I almost threw my computer out the window in disgust.

Three hands later, board was 993KJ - one player had the underfull, another had hit the overfull on the turn, and 'Mopsy' called on the turn with a straight flush draw and rivered everyone else with his one out - Jd. He retired from the $1/2 table with about $1,400. It's fucking sick.

he's a Gunner forever / KJ is my bogey hand.

I always remained optimistic that Henry would stay. And so he has signed for another 4 years, after we lost in the CL final. Damn it! For 75 minutes we were leading and they had to fucking equalise with an offside goal and then score the winner. Well its over now and the World Cup is fast approaching.

I'm gona have to apply for a temping job to boost my bankroll. I've managed to save almost half of the money I won from Gutshot in the last 2 weeks. After the tournament win I started playing in cash games like £25 and £25-£50 PL holdem, winning about 300 more. So it had been going great until yesterday.

Went to Gutshot, made yet another holdem final table appearance, but finished 7th and the top 5 got paid. Then it was the freeroll, which I ended up buying in with £10; most players bought in with £20-30. Going well with 2 tables left (90 entered), I managed to steal some blinds and my stack was respectable. The top 10 would go through to Monday's super satellite for a seat in the WSOP; each seat is worth £200. 11th would get £130.

I got KsQs and went all in on the big blind. Guy after me calls with K/J. He hit his Jack, and I went out in 13th. Only 2 away from a cash prize. Aaargh! I did well to get that far but was gutted to be eliminated so close to the final table. You can't win everything Bob.

ha, ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha

------HAND 21------
Game #2453403354: Omaha PL ($1/$2) - 2006/05/22 - 00:04:43 (UK)
Table "Dark_Star" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: Evander ($507 in chips)
Seat 2: Zilbonk ($186 in chips)
Seat 3: Rlcnmw ($200 in chips)
Seat 4: Thetaker ($245.50 in chips)
Seat 5: MrPow ($157 in chips)
Seat 6: Greenday7 ($192 in chips)
Seat 7: __data__ ($382 in chips)
Seat 8: Angkor ($192 in chips)
Seat 9: Pokerline ($229.50 in chips)
Seat 10: Gyerekek ($197.50 in chips)
Greenday7: posts small blind $1
__data__: posts big blind $2
Rlcnmw: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Greenday7 [Qs Th Kh 7d]
Angkor: folds
Pokerline: calls $2
Gyerekek: folds
Evander: raises to $4
Zilbonk: folds
Rlcnmw: calls $2
Thetaker: folds
MrPow: folds
Greenday7: calls $3
__data__: folds
Pokerline: calls $2
----- FLOP ----- [9c Td 6h]
Greenday7: checks
Pokerline: bets $8
Evander: folds
Rlcnmw: folds
Greenday7: calls $8
----- TURN ----- [9c Td 6h][Tc]
Greenday7: bets $16
Pokerline: calls $16
----- RIVER ----- [9c Td 6h Tc][Kd]
Greenday7: bets $35
Pokerline: raises to $171
Greenday7: is all-in $129
Returned uncalled bets $7 to Pokerline
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Pokerline: shows [8h Ts 9h Qc] (A Full House, Tens full of Nines)
Greenday7: shows [Qs Th Kh 7d] (A Full House, Tens full of Kings)
Greenday7 collects $391 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $394 Main pot $391 Rake $3
Board [9c Td 6h Tc Kd]
Seat 1: Evander folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Zilbonk folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Rlcnmw (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Thetaker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MrPow (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Greenday7 (small blind) showed [Qs Th Kh 7d] and won ($391) with A Full House, Tens full of Kings
Seat 7: __data__ (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Angkor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Pokerline showed [8h Ts 9h Qc] and lost
Seat 10: Gyerekek folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Canada postcard 4: the Niagara Falls boat tour got interesting

Canada postcard 3: Dove ... because you're a man?

Canada postcard 2: 'falling' away

Canada postcard 1: view from CN Tower at night

21st century technology

Pretty amazing what you can do while you're waiting for a flight, huh? 11 days of being shacked up with two old ladies, niiiiice. They have a combined ground speed of about 0.25 mph so I should theoretically just be able to run off if they start dragging me around charity shops...

another suitcase in another hall

You know I've given this a lot of thought: seeing that I'm flying out to Toronto on Sunday, it might not be a bad idea to get off my butt and start packing my bags.

we have a holdem winner!!!!!

Finally I made it to the final table of a Gutshot holdem tournament. Not only that.......I WON THE WHOLE THING!!! 85 poker fanatics entered a £30 buy in with 1 rebuy, i.e. £60 in total. I was very lucky at times; at one point I was short stack on my table. How things turned around. I went all in with Q/7 and A/J called. I got my 7's on the flop, and that was the start of my resurgence. To cut a long story short, I reached the final table on my lucky seat number 7. Managed to get pocket kings twice, the 2nd of which eliminated 2 people. It ended up with 3 players. My chip stack was 3 times the next highest stack, and we decided to stop play.

2nd and 3rd place split with £813 each. 1st prize to me........£1000!!! WOW. Was so chuffed, it took a while to settle in. The tournament lasted from 8pm till 2am. Very tiring. I managed to stay awake after so many glasses of coke, and joined in the cash games. Played until 10am, then the card room closed. I'm now in the Gutshot internet cafe, waiting for a £20 tourney to start at 2pm. The guys around me keep complaining of the bad beats they get from their excursions online. Stop moaning!! That's poker.

Exams update: done 4; Math Methods, FOREX, Prob/Stats and Economic theory. Got calculus/linear algebra next Wednesday, my last one. Wish all you students the best of luck over the next month. It'll all be over before you know it!!

disparate collection of thoughts part 1

Tired. So very tired.

The unshakable feeling that being generous and benevolent will always backfire sooner or later.

You can learn about moral truths in textbooks and libraries. Or you can step out into real life and experience the anti-vacuum.

If you're not part of the problem, you shouldn't be part of the solution. Know your place, stick to it, and retain a little humility if that's possible.

Once I thought I met a bird and we would soar, but she flew away.

I don't know many six-syllable words other than phantasmagorical.

Events of the last week or so have taught me yet again that the only constant thing in the world is change. And yet people generally don't respond well to change; some degree of stability is nice.

Nobody has character flaws or weaknesses anymore. We are all victims of something. Alcoholism, retail fucking therapy (best excuse to hide a weakness ever) and more. We are now sleepwalking into a mass production of crybabys with nobody willing to take responsibility.

These are tired eyes.

a fortunate recovery for the man with just 4 outs

------HAND 2------
Game #2276370794: Omaha PL ($1/$2) - 2006/05/06 - 15:58:45 (UK)
Table "Swaps" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: lewinsky ($39.50 in chips)
Seat 2: floyd2100 ($51.25 in chips)
Seat 3: SlimOdds ($198.52 in chips)
Seat 4: MacDosh ($167.38 in chips)
Seat 5: Greenday7 ($717.99 in chips)
Seat 6: makis58 ($90.49 in chips)
Seat 7: sm276 ($64 in chips)
Seat 8: Moimeme ($321.76 in chips)
Seat 9: MyAnus ($226.99 in chips)
Seat 10: Toeger ($216 in chips)
sm276: posts small blind $1
Moimeme: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Greenday7 [3s 3c Ts Tc]
MyAnus: folds
Toeger: folds
lewinsky: raises to $7
floyd2100: folds
SlimOdds: folds
MacDosh: folds
Greenday7: raises to $24
makis58: calls $24
sm276: folds
Moimeme: folds
lewinsky: calls $17
----- FLOP ----- [8s 9s Ad]
lewinsky: checks
MacDosh leaves the table
Greenday7: bets $75
makis58: is all-in $66.49
lewinsky: is all-in $15.50
Returned uncalled bets $8.51 to Greenday7
----- TURN ----- [8s 9s Ad][3h]
----- RIVER ----- [8s 9s Ad 3h][6h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Greenday7: shows [3s 3c Ts Tc] (Three of a kind, Threes, Ace high)
makis58: shows [8d Qc Kc As] (Two Pairs, Aces and Eights, Nine high)
lewinsky: shows [Jc Jd Qs 4c] (A Pair of Jacks, Ace high)
Greenday7 collects $101.98 from Side pot #1
Greenday7 collects $118.50 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $223.48 Main pot $118.50 Side pot #1 $101.98 | Rake $3
Board [8s 9s Ad 3h 6h]
Seat 1: lewinsky showed [Jc Jd Qs 4c] and lost
Seat 2: floyd2100 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: SlimOdds folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Greenday7 showed [3s 3c Ts Tc] and won ($220.48) with Three of a kind, Threes, Ace high
Seat 6: makis58 (button) showed [8d Qc Kc As] and lost
Seat 7: sm276 (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Moimeme (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MyAnus folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Toeger folded before Flop (didn't bet)

who will you vote for on Thursday?

Thatcher was one of the few politicians who had the balls (figuratively) to stand up to the ever-increasing power of the unions.

If you do a little history research you will find that there was a widespread feeling of disempowerment in London in the 70s amid the dock strikes, all thanks to a Labour government. History repeating itself perhaps? Except this time it's the RMT with their bloody 3 day weeks and demands of £40,000 a year salaries for tube drivers. And, of course, since Blair lacks even the gumption to tame his own party rebels, he will never be able to control the union ringmasters, let alone more powerful 'friends' like Bush.

It's all gone a bit messy. Labour are Tories in red clothing, and are alienating their left-wing supporters. The Tories are distancing themselves from their right-wing past and are trying to move towards centre ground ... so christ only knows what the Lib Dem's political spectrum consists of.