Yeah Vesp, 8833 is the Arsenal hand that sent TK into a fit on the tellybox. Funny how the game has changed and that's considered a normal hand to play by many nowadays. I thought I'd share this cos I find it funny, I reset stats for the 1000 game challenge, and I've now played 136 games and have made a profit of 13p. I had a look as I thought I'd defo be down, been messing about too much. Just shows how easy it is for the game to pay for itself. Throw in the rewards and my BR is increasing, ridiculous really. 13p game profit. Love it. 14 games to go and I'll leave an update in the 1000 game challenge thread. I'd love to get the profit down to less than 10p. Posted by Macacgirl1
I cracked it last night, & got back on the winning trail.
After 20 games, I had won 13 (65%), including all 3 @ £11, & I was £39 ahead.
Shame I then played another 8, including 2 @ £11, & lost every single one of the 8.
Ended up P28, W13 (46%, yuk) & a loss of £9.80.
I'm the greatest.
Onwards & upwards (?) today.
2,446 Reward Points in the bag so far this week, that's just shy of £50, & a few hundred more today. At least that'll defray some of this week's losses.
In better news, Lady Twaddle had some sort of technical issue last night, & could not use the chatbox, except to type full stops. So some of the less scrupulous players just abused her all evening. Disgraceful, really. All she could say by way of reply was... "... ... ... .... ..... ..." Posted by Tikay10
Seriously though, isn't it weird when the chat facility doesn't work unless i added full stops and no spaces?
That was on the machine that went weird after the update.
Reverted to netbook later last night and ok.
I won £3.73p last night. Check me out.
I have about 30 odd more games to go in the 1000 challenge to hit 200, then I'm going to play properly for a 100 to see what happens.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Seriously though, isn't it weird when the chat facility doesn't work unless i added full stops and no spaces? That was on the machine that went weird after the update. Reverted to netbook later last night and ok. I won £3.73p last night. Check me out. I have about 30 odd more games to go in the 1000 challenge to hit 200, then I'm going to play properly for a 100 to see what happens. so, .... ... Posted by Macacgirl1
I can tell you right now what will happen, although my recent bad run may be colouring my thought process ;-)))
In better news, Lady Twaddle had some sort of technical issue last night, & could not use the chatbox, except to type full stops. So some of the less scrupulous players just abused her all evening. Disgraceful, really. All she could say by way of reply was... "... ... ... .... ..... ..." Posted by Tikay10
Lol I can't believe how naive you were Tk
The lady was conversing in morse code, her..... and spaces spelled out a cryptic and intimate message for yourself.
Dont think you will mind me posting this here tikay. Look at what eon has just done very well played eon some doing beating 1500. best of luck at the ukpc £1,000 Rewards FR Tournament Complete Finished at 21:50 - 13 Jan Registered 1513 / 2500 Players Left 0 / 1513 1 eon1961 - £100 + £1,000,000 UKPC 2 Pokermile - £60 3 zackellis1 - £40 4 DELDAVE - £30 5 JimRiddle7 - £30 6 Emm4z - £30 7 gravyb - £20 8 schlem1 - £20 9 MrJoeBlogs - £20 10 jesuz - £20 11 FeelGroggy - £10 12 prepared - £10 Posted by churchy18
I see that an old forum favourite came 5th as well.
I imagine he predicted he'd finish 5th before it all started
Dont think you will mind me posting this here tikay. Look at what eon has just done very well played eon some doing beating 1500. best of luck at the ukpc £1,000 Rewards FR Tournament Complete Finished at 21:50 - 13 Jan Registered 1513 / 2500 Players Left 0 / 1513 1 eon1961 - £100 + £1,000,000 UKPC 2 Pokermile - £60 3 zackellis1 - £40 4 DELDAVE - £30 5 JimRiddle7 - £30 6 Emm4z - £30 7 gravyb - £20 8 schlem1 - £20 9 MrJoeBlogs - £20 10 jesuz - £20 11 FeelGroggy - £10 12 prepared - £10 Posted by churchy18
Sorry for delayed reply, been a bit busy.
Wowzer, that's just splendid, well done old fella, & at last, we'll get a chance to meet. Lord knows what our friend ("you live in the same area so you must be colluding") will say when he knows we have actually met.
Honestly, I'm chuffed to bits for you, can't wait for the big day.
See you there. We might even find ourselves a table & get a little PLO8 SNG going.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : I see that an old forum favourite came 5th as well. I imagine he predicted he'd finish 5th before it all started Posted by Jac35
Is that the same guy, Paul? I can't check his Post History, as it appears to have been removed.
Amazing if it is the same chap, as he has two of those SS Gold Stars for "longest winning run".
He's played over 19,000 games here, too.
Even now, after all these years, I see stuff here every day that blows me away.
It's brilliant news for eon. There were no dramatics at a table when he told us, a simple 'I'll be seeing you in Notts Tikay' If eon were to cash in Notts, I'd probably explode. Brilliant stuff, I love it. Posted by Macacgirl1
I hope it was just variance, but we never quite know, do we? I was certainly due a downswing, after the last 3 months of 2015, when I was making the highest return I've ever made, think it was £400 in 3 months. Was that an upswing, or is this a downswing? That's the beauty of variance, it keeps us guessing.
Fortunately, & to my relief, this week (so far) has been much better, & I'm north of 60% at the mo.
I've no idea what went wrong, I've tried to analyse it, but I can't put my finger on it. I tried hard enough, but I just could not get the results.
Double Points week was amazing fun, & though I lost a few bob at the Tables, a Rewards Payment of £57.43 mitigated most of the damage.
Traffic, on the whole, has been excellent, more £11ers ran than ever before, though last night was a bit quiet.
Anyway, overall, all good, & I love playing as much as I ever did. The PLO8 regulars are such a fun bunch, it's rare to see much, if any, chuntering from them, & it's such a lovely escape from all the daily negativity. Every night I can't wait to escape to the tables, & have a few hours of relaxed fun.
Well first hand on the final table last night I couldn't see my cards. I was outraged. I mean this is absolutely terrible. I punched the wall and swore repeatedly for 5 minutes. Eventually I composed myself and returned to the table. It really spoiled the night for me but I'll get over it I guess Posted by Jac35
Ha, as poker players I often think we lose perspective. Nothing that happens in poker is important in the greater scheme of things, is it?
You've just reminded me of something on Orfords thread
I remember that years ago when I played at Gala, I bumped into someone that I hadn't seen a while.
I asked him where he'd been and he said he'd stopped playing because he couldn't cope with the beats. He said he'd tried to stay away but couldn't because the game was so addictive.
He was actually a pretty good player. He was at my table and we chatted for a couple of hours or so. Really nice interesting chap and quite amusing. He built up a nice stack wining a couple of flips along the way and seems to be enjoying himself.
Then, he got it in with QQ v AK, as you do and on the turn the Ace fell.
He jumped to his feet and just about screamed "never again" and stormed out
He'd in my opinion had a good night for about £30 up to that point
Another one that always interests me is the rigged stuff.
My default is to just think "stupid person" when I read those threads.
But
I had a friend who was huge winner at Gala. He was also without any doubt the smartest person I'd ever met.
I got him into playing online and he was a sceptic from the start. He was 100% convinced on the big stack always wins idea.
Nothing I could say to him could make him think otherwise. His reasoning was that once you bust you'll play another game and so the site gets more rake.
I tried explaining that many people multitable and so this wouldn't be beneficial to a site etc
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I cracked it last night, & got back on the winning trail.
After 20 games, I had won 13 (65%), including all 3 @ £11, & I was £39 ahead.
Shame I then played another 8, including 2 @ £11, & lost every single one of the 8.
Ended up P28, W13 (46%, yuk) & a loss of £9.80.
I'm the greatest.
Onwards & upwards (?) today.
2,446 Reward Points in the bag so far this week, that's just shy of £50, & a few hundred more today. At least that'll defray some of this week's losses.
In better news, Lady Twaddle had some sort of technical issue last night, & could not use the chatbox, except to type full stops.
So some of the less scrupulous players just abused her all evening. Disgraceful, really.
All she could say by way of reply was...
"... ... ... .... ..... ..."
Wowzer, that's just splendid, well done old fella, & at last, we'll get a chance to meet. Lord knows what our friend ("you live in the same area so you must be colluding") will say when he knows we have actually met.
Honestly, I'm chuffed to bits for you, can't wait for the big day.
See you there. We might even find ourselves a table & get a little PLO8 SNG going.
Amazing if it is the same chap, as he has two of those SS Gold Stars for "longest winning run".
He's played over 19,000 games here, too.
Even now, after all these years, I see stuff here every day that blows me away.
With a refreshing lack of moans & groans on the Forum this morning, time for a quick results update.
It's just incredibly boring stats, but I need to record them somewhere for the record.
I'll also report tomorrow on progress to date on the 1,000 game challenge, as I'll reach the halfway point today.
Look away now.
January to date
1st - P40, W 25 = 62.5%
2nd - P60, W31 = 52%
3rd - P30, W13 = 43%
4th - P41, W23 = 56%
5th - P31, W18 = 58%
6th - P34, W18 = 53%
7th - P35, W16 = 46%
8th - P41, W24 = 59%
9th - P28, W13 = 46%
10th - P45, W22 = 49%
11th - P30, W22 = 73%
13th - P30, W20 = 67%
15th - P30, W16 = 53%
Overall, P475, W260, = 54.7%
Opening Balance 1st Jan = £2,724.19
Current Balance as at cob 15th Jan = £2,742.73
Profit/Loss YTD =£18.54.
So that's pretty disappointing, to say the least.
I hope it was just variance, but we never quite know, do we? I was certainly due a downswing, after the last 3 months of 2015, when I was making the highest return I've ever made, think it was £400 in 3 months. Was that an upswing, or is this a downswing? That's the beauty of variance, it keeps us guessing.
Fortunately, & to my relief, this week (so far) has been much better, & I'm north of 60% at the mo.
I've no idea what went wrong, I've tried to analyse it, but I can't put my finger on it. I tried hard enough, but I just could not get the results.
Double Points week was amazing fun, & though I lost a few bob at the Tables, a Rewards Payment of £57.43 mitigated most of the damage.
Traffic, on the whole, has been excellent, more £11ers ran than ever before, though last night was a bit quiet.
Anyway, overall, all good, & I love playing as much as I ever did. The PLO8 regulars are such a fun bunch, it's rare to see much, if any, chuntering from them, & it's such a lovely escape from all the daily negativity. Every night I can't wait to escape to the tables, & have a few hours of relaxed fun.