Down Town

sang Petula.
We bloody are as well. Nice wicked deflection off Duff (by name and nature in black n white shirt) Bad luck happens but where was the onslaught on the goal as people gave their dying breath hunting for an equaliser.

Newcastle's Premiership adventure is over (for now) See how it goes in the Fizzy league. Heard about the relegation stat and its frightening stuff.

23% of relegated teams bounce back following season
37% of relegated teams take upto 3 years to get back into Prem
40% of relegated teams havent managed to get back yet.

Not the first time ive seen em go down , was in the Gallowgate in 89 when we went. Crap players then but at least they tried. Todays crap just goes through the motions.

Kip time, anyone know where Scunthorpe is ????
Should have passed through the 200,000 hits barrier by tomorrow too although majority will be those bitter mackems looking for their wind ups. Fair does would have loved to stay up and them gits go down but that was maybe hoping for too much :)

Good luck and all that :)
Paul

Richard Whiteley - Countdown Gotcha !!!!

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ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !!!!!

No Sunday Million this weekend

Was planning to give it a go this weekend with it being the Bank Holiday Monday the day after and thus go deep , stay up half the night, bed at stupid o'clock and sleep it off on Monday
But alas i didnt factor the football in. Obviously i will be out watching Newcastle against Aston Villa trying to avoid relegation.

Will no doubt be having a few drinks too and with it being end of season i might even get a tad smashed :) So it wouldnt be very sensible to then come in and attempt to play a major MTT now would it as we all know drink + poker doesnt mix. Maybe in August then

No major poker news at the moment. Still playing micro cash at the minute and making inroads in the bonus. At rate im going i will hit it no problem within the 2 months allowed but would prob be sectioned. Multi tabling cash just aint my thing. But till i find some MTTs i feel are on a par with Crypto then it will have to do.

Its nearly WSOP time. Anyone getting ready to fly to Vegas i wish you well and hope you have a life changing experience. I would say im jealous but its never really appealled to me . Seems a long way to go for a game of cards but they should try it at least once so maybe next year.

Good luck and thanks as ever for reading.
Paul

Premiership Judgement Day - Sun 24 May

Pts Team (Gd in brackets)

36 Sunderland (-19)

35 Hull (-24)

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34 Newcastle (-18)

32 Middlesbrough (-28)

31 West Brom (-31)

Fixtures

Aston Villa vs Newcastle

Hull vs Man Utd

Sunderland vs Chelsea

West Ham vs Middlesbrough

Odds to go down

1/33 Middlesbrough

8/13 Newcastle

15/8 Hull

9/1 Sunderland

Who goes down ?

After all the circus that has went on at St James Park do we get divine inspiration for all the let downs and have the Mackems and the Boro go down. Prob not but you just know that during the 90 mins all teams are going to spend a few minutes in that inrunning 17th place. Its who holds it when its over that counts. Should be a great afternoons entertainment, for the neutrals anyways For the fans involved just pain . Just a normal day at the office being a Newcastle Fan.

Thank Christ the day after is a Bank Holiday Monday. Last time we were this close to relegation was 1992. We nearly slipped into the old 3rd division . A late goal by David Kelly (below) against Portsmouth meant we went to Filbert Street, Leicester knowing a win would keep us up. A Leicester own goal 5 mins into injury time give us the win but results elsewhere meant we were safe anyways.. Fast forward 12 months and we won promotion, another 12 months and we were 3rd in the Premiership. Its went haywire since. DK isnt the most skillful player to ever grace the Toon but 1 goal means he is held in high regard. He even got a standing ovation years later when returning with Sunderland and that just doesnt happen normally...

Hopefully Sunday brings a new hero. I doubt it but you live in hope.

gl all and thanks as ever for reading.

Paul

HERO

Newcastle 3 - 1 Middlesbrough

Thank god for that !!!!

Table (bottom)

38 Portsmouth
36 Mackems
34 Newcastle
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34 Hull
31 Middlesbrough
31 West Brom


Saturday, 16 May 2009
Bolton v Hull, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa, 15:00
Newcastle v Fulham, 15:00

Sunday, 17 May 2009
West Brom v Liverpool, 13:30

Monday, 18 May 2009
Portsmouth v Sunderland, 20:00

Sunday, 24 May 2009
Aston Villa v Newcastle, 16:00
Blackburn v West Brom, 16:00
Hull v Man Utd, 16:00
Sunderland v Chelsea, 16:00
West Ham v Middlesbrough, 16:00
Wigan v Portsmouth, 16:00


This is going to go down to the wire !!!!!


Away from the football, The poker is ok if not unspectacular. $35k gtd the other night with over 1100 runners. Was 5th at the first break. and after 4 hours cruising nicely, bubble burst and 100 left . JJ takes on 77 for a chiplead style pot. 7 on the flop and im out. The gods have decided that rather than $7k ish i will have to settle for $45.

Been playing a little micro stakes cash and enjoying that. Clearing a bit of the bonus too which is also nice. Will prob play the Super Series comps this week as they are half price again.
Have settled on this Will Hill software. Took a bit of getting used to and to be honest its not Crypto but nothing else is. The aim is to try and win enough to pay for an entry in the Sunday Million on pokerstars. Because we have a bank holiday on the 25th that means no work so i can play till 7am, assuming i FT hahaha.

Also fellow players/bloggers i need input for the Gatsby awards. Bound to be something i miss. so any recommendations for any of the awards let me know. Heard of a big win online or bricks n mortar or want to see a particular lady then let me know

Thats it for now. Cheers for reading and good luck :)
Paul

Still Here as are the Gatsby awards

Was away for Easter and then back in time for the Monday and ended up in North Shields of all places in one hell of a pub crawl. Pretty much repeat the performance for most of Newcastle United games and there has been very little time for poker.

Also i had the opportunity to change hours at work and start earlier so whilst its nice to get home earlier, getting up at 7am meant less sleep if i played. This wasnt a prob on Crypto as you could go deep one night and then just chill on the thunders. New tournaments lasting 6 hours plus were a no no as was playing on poker stars. So it was down to the weekend only.

But then it was football and pub and come back either too knackered or too pissed so i refrained.
Well with footy season turning into a damp squib and Newcastle about to go down its time to lay off the ale and get back to the felt. Have tried Pokerstars and hate the structure. Hit the jackpot if you win but that 250k gtd tilted me. 29,000+ runners , finish in top 1% and make enough to get a couple of pints !!! (Still off cigarettes or would have used that as example)

Fulltilt i cant get away with and anywhere else seems unnatural so here we are back at my spiritual home of William Hill. Ok it aint Crypto but then again nothing is . At the end of the day the cards are dealt you press the buttons and make your choices so time to hammer it again :)

Shortish post so will dive straight into the rather delayed Gatsby Awards !!!



Live Poker Performance Of The Month
UEA Poker - Adam and the team qualified from a weekly points comp and earnt their place in a live London Students final. No nerves as the UEA boys took down the national title and £2,500 for their troubles. Apparantly they then proceeded to drag the giant gimmick cheque in as many London nightspots as possible !!!



Online Poker Performance Of The Month
Terrence "Unassigned" Chan - To win a Pokerstars SCOOP event is some going. To win 2 is amazing. To win 2 versions of the same event on the same night is almost impossible. Terrence won the $530 "medium" buy in as well as the $5,200 "high" buy in. At the end he walked away with 2 event 20 bracelets, over $185k in winnings and a slice of history.



Blog / Website Of The Month
Tales of a degenerate would-be - No words needed. Just read it !



Babe Of The Month
Nigella Lawson - Whether serving up the icecream or falling into a black cab after a night out she likes to have too much of whats bad for you and even in her late 40s, you would !!!


Hero Of The Month
Susan Boyle - Not heard of before the start of Britains Got Talent but one audition and all of a sudden the press and all the major news stations in the UK and USA are covering the story. Demi Moore is creaming herself on twitter about this 47 year old unemployed Spinster with the voice that the world is talking about. Apparantly ugly people shouldnt have a nice voice. Guess no one told Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud that then huh ;) Ps am kidding, she is hotter than Sarah at the mo


Knob Of The Month
Michael Owen - At least Dick Turpin wore a fucking mask !!! Any chance of sweating a little for your next 100k. What a waste of space



Couple of cheap rebuys, some diet pop and Chelsea vs Barca. Plus The Apprentice too
Laters all and thanks as ever for reading.
Paul