Summers here as is the WSOP

The time to spend that well earned time off in exotic locations sipping fancy cocktails by the beach next to beautiful tanned women. Well maybe not . More like spending my time off recently either in B&Q , up a ladder or removing carpets and tiles or painting or other dreary stuff. Yup its got to be done but poor planning that its a summer (ish) week off to do it.

Still im done now and back online too, speaking of which you dont half take being online for granted, the week before i was off the only chance i had was checking emails at work and certainly no surfing. In fact the only poker ive played since the last post was a micro session on Stars lasting about 30 mins. 4 tabling $0.25 / $0.50 PLO.

Left with a nice enough little profit mainly thanks to 2 hands....


Dealt to ukgatsby [Ac 4h 6h 2c]
todays bread: folds
magicmike: calls $0.50
djp94: folds
ukgatsby: calls $0.50
Diptam: folds
A1141: calls $0.50
heine1966: folds
CR1948: calls $0.25
Hemi69: checks
*** FLOP *** [Tc 3c Qs]
CR1948: checks
Hemi69: checks
magicmike: checks
ukgatsby: bets $1.50
A1141: folds
CR1948: folds
Hemi69: folds
magicmike: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [Tc 3c Qs] [6s]
magicmike: checks
ukgatsby: bets $1.50
magicmike: calls $1.50
*** RIVER *** [Tc 3c Qs 6s] [4c]
magicmike: bets $8.10
ukgatsby: raises $24.30 to $32.40
magicmike: raises $36.70 to $69.10 and is all-in
ukgatsby: calls $8.15 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($28.55) returned to magicmike
*** SHOW DOWN ***
magicmike: shows [Kc Ah 2d 9c] (HI: a flush, King high; LO: 6,4,3,2,A)
ukgatsby: shows [Ac 4h 6h 2c] (HI: a flush, Ace high; LO: 6,4,3,2,A)
ukgatsby collected $43.30 from pot
magicmike collected $21.65 from pot
ukgatsby collected $21.65 from pot




Dealt to ukgatsby [Jc 2s 4h Kc]
magicmike: folds
djp94: folds
ukgatsby: calls $0.50
Diptam: folds
A1141: folds
heine1966: folds
CR1948: calls $0.50
Hemi69: calls $0.25
todays bread: checks
*** FLOP *** [As Qd Ts]
Hemi69: bets $1.90
todays bread: folds
ukgatsby: raises $2.60 to $4.50
CR1948: folds
Hemi69: raises $10.90 to $15.40
ukgatsby: raises $32.70 to $48.10
Hemi69: calls $27.65 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($5.05) returned to ukgatsby
*** TURN *** [As Qd Ts] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [As Qd Ts 6s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hemi69: shows [4s Qc Qh Jd] (HI: three of a kind, Queens)
ukgatsby: shows [Jc 2s 4h Kc] (HI: a straight, Ten to Ace)
ukgatsby collected $85.10 from pot

Very fortunate and it just clicked into place at the right time. But gladly taken !!!


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Referring to introduction the other good thing about Summer is no bloody football. Although im sure their will be a Dallas like soap opera behind the scenes for the next few months as Mike Ashley attempts to get out of Newcastle with a few quid in his pocket. The one thing i must say in his defence, even if he has done a lot of stuff wrong that if Fat Fred Shep was still in charge with the accounts the way they are and the credit crunch then we might have already been in administration. Another too Fred, you took nearly 100 million out of the club in wages, bonuses and share payments so piss off and stop giving it the "im a fan at heart" routine.

My take on all other things footy related....
Champions League Final - Awesome !! Barca a joy to watch
Messi couldnt head a ball with a top hat on - LOL wp El Tel
FA Cup Final - Didnt watch it, didnt care :)
Gareth Barry - Man City ????? WTF
2010 CL Final on a Saturday Night - Clashes with Eurovision !!!
Steve Bruce to Sunderland - No more pretending to be a Geordie then :)


Also talking with a mackem at work the other week. He done the expected gloating and piss taking and stuff but later said something true. All of this talk of survival Sunday and at the end Sunderland survived and Newcastle went down. Proved one thing, that neither set of fans give a monkeys about Middlesbrough and no matter how much they might argue neither of us consider them local rivals.


Away from the footy and it was the X-Factor final. Diversity deserved to win, Susan Boyle once out of the Priory can melt back into the background before releasing an album next year that makes her a few quid. I picked the top 2 in correct order with only wrong choice for 3rd being Stavros Flatley instead of the sax guy.


Right time to go so will round off with Mays Gatsby Awards



Live Poker Performance Of The Month
Robert "Animal" Price - An online player thats been on my blog links for years. He is over in Vegas for the WSOP and has an amazing start. He actually final tabled event 3 the $1,500 buy in Omaha hi/lo before busting out in 4th place for $73,405. Very nice start and still lots of events to go


Online Poker Performance Of The Month
EvertonYorkie - Earlier this year he won the Pokerstars $3 rebuy (35k gtd) beating a monster field and twice in May he has smashed the bar to repeating it. 3rd of 2,754 and 3rd of 1,665 players each time cashing for over $3.5k. Also got 5th in the $3 rebuy for $2,500 and the cherry on the top winning the $5 rebuy for $7,500. Fabulous achievement to run that deep consistantly in big fields


Blog / Website Of The Month
Teamdobbs - always a good read from my fellow Geordies. Tales of exploits from the local city cardrooms and entertaining stories and posts. Loving the Pet taxi tales stories. Was in hysterics reading them. Quality blog, read it and link it.


Babe Of The Month
Victoria Coren - Its WSOP time so i guess it should be themed with a poker player. Vicky has done the lot, a writer and a journalist, a tv commentator and a successful poker player. Took down the London EPT a couple of years back for a cool million.


Hero Of The Month
Paulo Maldini - Finally retired from football at the age of 39. He played his entire career of nearly 25 years at 1 club. No transfers, no running the contract down and going on a free. Yes he was rewarded well at AC Milan but one club in this day and age !! To think he has won the European Cup / Champions League (5 times) more than most clubs. When you see the modern day prem player signing his 5 year contract you know he is after a move within 2 years. A bit of loyalty goes a long long way


Knobs Of The Month
Frank Cook MP and all of his colleagues that have been caught out in the expenses scandal. The reaction is amazing, they have literally been found guilty of theft and think a simple apology will do it. From claiming staff costs for relatives to flipping around their second home status to Franks ultimate receipt claiming back a £5 charity donation it really makes you sick. Even more so because we have been paying for it all !!!!



Right thats it for now.
Good luck all (especially those in Vegas) and thanks as ever for reading.
Paul