I splaffed a bit of money away at the end of last week on cash, so I took it easy for a couple of days so I wouldn't get the tilts ~ it worked, I think!
This week I've felt a bit ducky down, so didn't really fancy posting
Aussies MTT thread cheered me up though yesterday when I noticed I was back on a leaderboard it's a good one I think, something to do with FTs, not managing to get any wins though, had quite a few 2nd places this month which is still nice! Despite that, BR isn't looking all that great! Oh well, little ducky steps, we'll get there
Enjoy the forum get together everyone who's going. Hopefully it'll be an Outlaw clean up on the FT!
Really chuffed, have final tabled the last 3 £22BHs I've played ~ and 4 (out of 6) this week! I know the daytime BHs don't have huge fields but still it's a nice little boost, both mentally and BR wise.
Oh how I've missed you... Ducks of the day! Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance flamingo Small blind 150.00 150.00 4185.00 peterplod Big blind 300.00 450.00 7347.50 Your hole cards 2 2 the worm Raise 600.00 1050.00 7052.50 highroll28 Fold mrsduck Call 600.00 1650.00 5200.00 flamingo Fold peterplod Fold Flop 2 10 7 the worm Check mrsduck Bet 825.00 2475.00 4375.00 the worm Call 825.00 3300.00 6227.50 Turn K the worm Check mrsduck Bet 1800.00 5100.00 2575.00 the worm All-in 6227.50 11327.50 0.00 mrsduck All-in 2575.00 13902.50 0.00 the worm Unmatched bet 1852.50 12050.00 1852.50 the worm Show 10 10 mrsduck Show 2 2 River 2 mrsduck Win Four 2s 12050.00 12050.00 Got some abuse for this one! Posted by mrsduck
Nice one Duckster Early bird catches the worm huh? :-)
I've been feeling down for about two and a bit weeks now. Nothing started it and nothing's stopped it, it just blew in with the start of Spring. I threw myself into a book and yes two and a bit weeks is a long time to get lost inside a book, but I did just that, and it's a mighty long book too ~ it's called Lonesome Dove, perhaps some of you oldies will have heard of it, or the series? Which I've only just discovered exists since I've finished it.
When I was reading it little did I know it was some huge famous trilogy that millions have discovered before me. So, reading it late at night, on long bus journeys and huddled in bed in the mornings desperate not to have to get up, I felt a kind of specialness, me along with those Cowboys (it's a Western) taking that epic journey together, many of them their last. Even though in reality I was not the first to discover this book, and although they (the Cowboys) had travelled so far, in those 700 odd pages, I had only retreated further inside myself and was pretty much fixed to the sofa, chair, floor, bed (delete as applicable).
I became so absorbed in this story that when it came to an abrupt end on Monday I didn't know quite what to do. The last few hundred pages had made me cry over and over, over the weekend (some happy tears, some sad) and now I'm sat with a heavy heart for a bunch of people stuck in my mind that don't actually exist!
Something else happened on Monday, which I won't tell you about, but it felt like the beginning of something, so I'm trying to help it along by attempting to clear this fog and look forward to new things. I thought starting a light hearted book might help too, so I'm now reading "The Autograph Man" by Zadie Smith but every time I open it I'm yearning for the stories of Gus and Newt and Lorena. I haven't felt this way since Gormenghast, but it's the sign of a very very good book so I'm happy about that
I just found out an hour ago that i've passed my 6 week probation period for my marking and that my contract has been renewed for a year, so really really chuffed about that, was really doubting myself about it, so that's another cloud lifted! Also I'll get my first paycheque from them on Friday so $$! Onwards and upwards
I'm taking a mini poker break, I'll be back Sunday, when I'm aiming to be a cheery duck again. Have a lovely week/weekend all.
"Drag my tongue across the sand, so happy just to crawl across the land, soon I'll be the best around, I'm gonna keep my plunder underground/Take me to the distant past, I want to go back, save me from the distant past, I want this so bad"
A far larger and stronger wind has blown in the past two days and it's been gradually lifting me back to life pre- Lonesome Dove (Duck). What an interesting March, everything's changed and everything's stayed the same. Being in my 30s has finally caught up with me, two months after the fact! One, possibly two work contracts have made everything in my life feel more real and more adult. I think life is going to speed up dramatically from now on, am I finally living? Not sure, perhaps not yet, let's see in a month or two.
March has been a great series of nearlys and almosts, one way or another ~ I'm excited to see what April will bring. Enjoy everyone!
It's scary this growing-up lark... I'm still not sure that it's all it's cracked up to be! Glad you're feeling more positive though... hope that gets reflected in your enjoyment (and success) at the poker. Posted by shakinaces
Thanks Shakeybaby! As usual, I like to start the new month off with a 2nd place
Just realised it was my diarys 1st birthday yesterday! What an interesting year, I've changed a lot! So glad I kept it up the whole time ~ here's to another Posted by mrsduck
wow, and to think i missed the first 6 months of it
In Response to Re: Duck the Bounty Hunter : wow, and to think i missed the first 6 months of it what an exciting life and that was before your recent developments great and remember: The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it Posted by GELDY
Where on earth were you, lol?! Nice quote!
I'm on Easterholibobsssss yeyyyyy!
Catch you all Tuesday, have a super weekend everyone, be lucky
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No cash, concentrate, play well, get lucky
Ducks of the day!
Early bird catches the worm huh? :-)
2 wins either side of duck day (22nd) can't be bad ~ couldn't win a bean yesterday!
A far larger and stronger wind has blown in the past two days and it's been gradually lifting me back to life pre- Lonesome Dove (Duck).
What an interesting March, everything's changed and everything's stayed the same. Being in my 30s has finally caught up with me, two months after the fact! One, possibly two work contracts have made everything in my life feel more real and more adult. I think life is going to speed up dramatically from now on, am I finally living? Not sure, perhaps not yet, let's see in a month or two.
March has been a great series of nearlys and almosts, one way or another ~ I'm excited to see what April will bring. Enjoy everyone!
Glad you're feeling more positive though... hope that gets reflected in your enjoyment (and success) at the poker.
As usual, I like to start the new month off with a 2nd place