Really lookin forward to this read.Have followed a lot of your play in the past.Goin to dub with the wife on the spt weekend.Tryin to sat there atm.If I dont get there to play,will still deffo show my face to meet a lot of the forum regulars.Only a 3 hr train journey from where I live. Be good Paul Posted by bignoise10
hey paul,
tyvm sir, yeah def say hello...have only played at SE once before, it's in a great location with plenty of decent watering holes close by, be sure to say hello!
Hi Julian, look forward to reading this. I was always curious as to how poker players with families manage. Do you find when your touring it puts a strain on your family life? I'm sure i read somewhere you stopped doing alot of events, - is this true, and was this for family reasons? Posted by The_Don90
hey don,
having a family coupled with being comfortably middle aged def means i've been more conservative with my money management than if i were a young whipper snapper with dreams of taking on & beating the best...i play to make a living.
i used to travel way more but have pretty much limited my travelling to the uk & ireland over the past 3 years; overheads are lower & there's less time spent travelling.
just before easter i was offered a spot representing the UK in cyprus this weekend for the IFP european nations cup, with a chance to qualify for the finals in rio in november...it was an all expenses paid for trip for 3 or 4 nights but it's a 5hr flight, the dep times from london were awful & in short i just couldn't face 2 long days of travelling for such a short trip.
the younger me would have snapped it up #gettinold
In Response to Re: Life In The Middle Lane : Sigh, I was in a rush at the time! Really enjoying this thread, great read for anyone suffering from insomnia Posted by dylan12
can you just totally avoid me anytime i'm even near a FT in future pls #bokcentral
i still think i need to find a way to get into your slipstream tho lol.
an excellent night online for me, i don't think i've had a win on skypoker yet this year but i sneaked a 2nd & a 3rd in the 9pm & 10.30pm turbos.
KJ getting there v gerrad9's QQ & a 2-8 shove hitting runner/runner 88 were the most memorable suck-outs, other than that it was a fairly clean fight ;o)
should have done better at the business end, tried to rush it a bit & (finally) got what i deserved.
gonna play live tonight, it's only a £25 comp but hey, it's all practice right?
the events start at 7pm now which can be a bit of a struggle but at least you can late reg til 8.
the 25+1 on wednesday was over very quickly; the midweeks have aggressive structures with 20 mins clocks which means that by level 4 you're playing 200/400/25...which to cut a long story short means that i was back home late regging the skypoker 8-9pm's...i'd have been better having a night off as i bricked all four that i played.
last night was more fun, a 6 max 50+1 & i managed to squeeze into the money in 9th after blowing-off a double-average stack when a 10 flush draw couldn't get there vs J3 on a K33 flop; oh yeah, you should never chase flushes on paired boards btw.
i'm off tp play the 500 GUKPT at didsbury this morning....it's near manchester apparently, i'm not sure it'll get a great deal of runners so value-wise it's probably not the best choice but will be good practise for the TSP monte carlo outing next week.
so i played gukpt didsbury over the weekend...had a good day1, no big double ups but i was fortunate enough to catch a few bluffs;
there's a raise, call, i call AJs on the button, blinds call...AQx flop, checked to me, i bet, SB calls.
brick on the turn, chk/chk...10 on river, i bet, SB tanks for 2, maybe 3 minutes which is a really really long time & raises big, prob a 1/3 of his remaining stack.
i actually laughed out loud as no one ever takes that long to raise, it just really sniffed of a move, i called & i think he was pretty surprised saying i thought you would fold A-10...err, no sir, you got the wrong guy ))
so i finished on a very decent 93k & built up to about 110k during the first session on day 2...i had a pretty solid image at this point so obv did 20k trying to barrel someone off a hand, followed by making an iffy call w A-8 on the button v a 20bb re-shove from the SB.
had to then tread water with a below average stack for a few levels, lost AK v 67 to cripp1e me & then shoved 15bb SB v BB w Q7 losing to A2 to go out a few places before the money.
so some good, some hmmm.
it's the 1k monte carlo this friday, really looking forward it, i think most of the TSP gang are out for a few beers & eats on thursday night in nottingham, just to steady the nerves you understand.
so i played gukpt didsbury over the weekend...had a good day1, no big double ups but i was fortunate enough to catch a few bluffs; there's a raise, call, i call AJs on the button, blinds call...AQx flop, checked to me, i bet, SB calls. brick on the turn, chk/chk...10 on river, i bet, SB tanks for 2, maybe 3 minutes which is a really really long time & raises big, prob a 1/3 of his remaining stack. i actually laughed out loud as no one ever takes that long to raise, it just really sniffed of a move, i called & i think he was pretty surprised saying i thought you would fold A-10...err, no sir, you got the wrong guy )) so i finished on a very decent 93k & built up to about 110k during the first session on day 2...i had a pretty solid image at this point so obv did 20k trying to barrel someone off a hand, followed by making an iffy call w A-8 on the button v a 20bb re-shove from the SB. had to then tread water with a below average stack for a few levels, lost AK v 67 to cripp1e me & then shoved 15bb SB v BB w Q7 losing to A2 to go out a few places before the money. so some good, some hmmm. it's the 1k monte carlo this friday, really looking forward it, i think most of the TSP gang are out for a few beers & eats on thursday night in nottingham, just to steady the nerves you understand. Posted by yoyo
Who are you trying to kid???
Im probably going to play the online day 1 (won a seat last night) so hopefully see you Saturday
In Response to Re: Life In The Middle Lane : Who are you trying to kid??? Im probably going to play the online day 1 (won a seat last night) so hopefully see you Saturday Posted by MattBates
This isn't a bragging diary Matt, please use TommyD's diary
P.S. Hope you make day 2, would be nice to see you again
not a great deal to report this week, i played the sunday 8-9pm MTT slot including the new £100 timed tournament...i don't recall much going right which is probably why i took monday night off ))
kids went back to school this week which in theory means i should be able to get quite alot done...caught up on various bits & pieces & finally got around to watching a heads-up video this morning...it's from the poker strategy site, they have some good content on there, not so sure about the one i just watched though, with all these sites i do find that you need to sift through the chaff.
we had a real battle getting all the boys down last night (tears & screaming aplenty & one **** nose from a stray foot on the trampoline) so i was slightly frazzled by the time i sat down for the turbo tuesday grind & most def not in a calm place lol...played pretty bad tbh, gambling too much, luckily i broke even in the 9pm BH & got a 3rd in the priority freeroll so we were up a wee bit. watched some of the stapes/hartigan show, def a good combo & it's great that you get to see the ME from start to finish.
i've started writing a new blog, some weeks it flows, some weeks it don't, this week is very much the latter so don't be holding your breath...
In Response to Re: Life In The Middle Lane : Sorry Julian , I will not be in Dublin for you to donate your chips too. So feel free to go deep ,my friend. p.s. Thank you for your bounty the other night, it was the highlight of my tourny, and will get the grand kids a wee sweety,,lol gl mate Posted by ctbn
a few of the TSP crowd met up last night for some important pre-match strategy discussions.
despite having to get the bus in, i was there, on time at 6; in dribs & drabs the following combatants eventually rolled up; dylan12, tommyD, touchsmart, andrew1947, lambert180, jamielou & scotty 77.
we had a few beers, fun banter, including many tales from andrew, my favourite of which was when he was a casino inspector in iran in the late 70s...followed by a curry during which i'm pretty sure andrew polished off the best part of a bottle of merlot...good effort sir.
off down to dtd in a mo, feeling good & def up for a long grind
a pretty disappointing three days of poker at dtd...played ok but struggled to chip up & never got anything going in the 2 side events i played, got back in time to late reg the 8pm last night....bad idea!
was good to meet all the TSP qualifiers, good effort from andrew on his deep run & congrats to mr barrett for his cash...roll on the next one!!
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Nice result tonight Julian!
so i played gukpt didsbury over the weekend...had a good day1, no big double ups but i was fortunate enough to catch a few bluffs;
there's a raise, call, i call AJs on the button, blinds call...AQx flop, checked to me, i bet, SB calls.
brick on the turn, chk/chk...10 on river, i bet, SB tanks for 2, maybe 3 minutes which is a really really long time & raises big, prob a 1/3 of his remaining stack.
i actually laughed out loud as no one ever takes that long to raise, it just really sniffed of a move, i called & i think he was pretty surprised saying i thought you would fold A-10...err, no sir, you got the wrong guy ))
so i finished on a very decent 93k & built up to about 110k during the first session on day 2...i had a pretty solid image at this point so obv did 20k trying to barrel someone off a hand, followed by making an iffy call w A-8 on the button v a 20bb re-shove from the SB.
had to then tread water with a below average stack for a few levels, lost AK v 67 to cripp1e me & then shoved 15bb SB v BB w Q7 losing to A2 to go out a few places before the money.
so some good, some hmmm.
it's the 1k monte carlo this friday, really looking forward it, i think most of the TSP gang are out for a few beers & eats on thursday night in nottingham, just to steady the nerves you understand.
Im probably going to play the online day 1 (won a seat last night) so hopefully see you Saturday
great read, good luck to you and tsp members in the mont carlo event.
ps... keep up the good work m8.
So feel free to go deep ,my friend.
p.s. Thank you for your bounty the other night, it was the highlight of my tourny, and will get the grand kids a wee sweety,,lol
gl mate
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