Crap weather , heatwave down south, peeing down up here. Sunburn at Wimbledon , Thunder and lightening at Newcastle. Speaking of Wimbledon funny to know 3 hours matters so much4pm Britains Andy Murray going for Semi Final glory7pm Scotlands Andy Murray out :)Had my birthday whilst i was off this week and because it was a midweek i thought quiet couple of pints and a game at the casino. Then i seen a forum post about pub poker. Pretty localish
so thought i would give it a go. £10 entry with £5 rebuys. Self dealt which was a bit scary as ive never done that. I had been out during the day so the addition of night time alcohol meant i was never going to be a serious threat but it was just more for the practise than anything else.
Major hands
KJc - Messy flop but bluff it to take the pot
QQ - Make a boat and get paid off (luckily) vs KK
A9 - Raise 3x utg , next calls. AK* flop - bet it out and King high makes 2 pair on turn
T5c - gamble before rebuy to try and double and lose to A*
JTh raise , 872 flop with 2 hearts. Push and BB has the 8 and its goodnight.
Prob a bit rash but 30 min levels and wanted to accumulate. Plus alcohol and patience dont go together. Will give it another go but next time wont be a birthday so just soda water me thinks
Missed out on the final table but actually ended up as dealer as im not much cop as a railer and i didnt want to leg it home early. Not sure of the exact order that finished as still learning names n faces but got a message off Koyte from the
Newcastle Poker Forum and the FT was Brian, Graham, Karl Jr, Karl Sr, Koyte, Lee, Lindsey, Tony.
A bit more fast n furious than a casino and as the ale flows opinions can get heated but overall good craic and something well worth trying. A deal heads up brought the night to a close. Brian won the sudden death 5 card turnover for the odd cash remaining and that was that.
Poker, Beer, Fun and they chuck in Curry n Chips at break time too.
What more could you want. Well winning would be nice haha but always next time.
Right round the post up with Junes
Ukgatsby Poker Blog AwardsJoint Live Poker Performances Of The MonthJohn Kabbah ($10k buy in Pot Limit Hold'em World Championship)
John-Paul Kelly ($1.5k buy in Pot Limit Hold'em)
Roland de Wolfe ($5k buy in Pot Limit Omaha Hi /Lo)
Brits winning a bracelet at the WSOP is good enough for me :)
Online Poker Performance Of The MonthFenix35 - Hammered in a very very nice result in the $109 buy in $12.5k gtd on Hills.
Over $3.4k shipped for the win. This followed an amazing 16th out of 3875 in the Full Tilt $750k gtd . Just under $4k won for that and on the same night as a mid cash in the Stars Million.
A fabulous June for Fenix35 , in form so lets see what the rest of 09 brings
Blog / Website Of The MonthTeamdobbs - The poker content is good. The Pet Taxi tales are world class. A Star is born. Make sure you read all of the Pet Taxi tales from the start in order. An absolutely class read.
Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7Website Of The MonthCardkings - Poker articles and bulletins, reviews, bonuses, rakeback. Lot of handy stuff in the same place and well worth a lookBabe Of The Month
Farrah Fawcett - taken from us by Cancer but her death overshadowed a bit with the passing of Michael Jackson on the same day. The picture chosen is the one that sold 12 million posters
Hero Of The MonthGreg "Fossilman" Raymer - A former WSOP main event champion who went deep (25th) in his defence and nearly pulled off a miracle back to back. Always happy to do an interview or sign an autograph or as some railers at an EPT found out join a 100 euro SNG.. Got interviewed by one of the guys at
Newcastle Poker Forum. He then takes the time to google it and join !!!!
Knob Of The MonthMichael Owen - See the main post further down (or by clicking his name). Final insult is that he delayed talks with Man Utd so he could claim a bonus months salary even though his contract had ran out. Thats right he had a clause that even when his contract ran out he would get paid a months salary each month he hadnt signed for a new club (clause lasted till the transfer window at end of August)
Right thats it for now.
Good luck all (especially those in Vegas) and thanks as ever for reading.
Paul
