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"Any Two Albert" Sapiano

FORDAKIDZFORDAKIDZ Member Posts: 186
edited August 2023 in Brags, Beats and Variance
Sigh.. I went to Aspers Stratford for only the second time in two years tonight, the games have been greatly reduced through lack of dealers and ended up with Albert to my immediate left. We chatted obout the good old days and were having a blast. Watched him do his usual thing for a couple of levels, crushing souls left right and centre but then getting a beat to put him less chips than me. B v B i have AK off, raise and a flat from Albert. AK2 flop and i check, Albert jams for 21k blinds at 100/300/300 ante, i snap as he could have anything as we all know.

He has AA :(

Was expecting some funky hand like Q2 as it is Albert.

O well, get you next time Albert.

What a lovely gentleman he is.

Anyone got any Albert Stories ?

Comments

  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,852
    edited August 2023
    @FORDAKIDZ

    Albert stories? Loads of them.

    I was playing at Venetian in Vegas some years ago in a Tourney that started at 1pm.

    Albert waddled up & took his seat next to me at 1.10pm, & I gently chided him for turning up 10 minutes late.

    He said "Late? Do me a favour, this is my third MTT today, I already bust the 11am at Nugget & the Noon at Wynn".

    Soon it was 4, as after quickly building a big stack on my table, he dusted it off in usual Albert style.

    God bless Albert, what a great character. Genuinely nice man, too.

    If you think he's a bit loose in Hold 'Em, you should try playing him in PLO, PLO8 or, God forbid, 5 card Big O.

    He goes by the nick of "Honey Monster", as he's allegedly the UK's biggest importer of honey. Here's his company;

    https://sapimiel.com/contact













  • FORDAKIDZFORDAKIDZ Member Posts: 186
    Tikay10 said:

    @FORDAKIDZ

    Albert stories? Loads of them.

    I was playing at Venetian in Vegas some years ago in a Tourney that started at 1pm.

    Albert waddled up & took his seat next to me at 1.10pm, & I gently chided him for turning up 10 minutes late.

    He said "Late? Do me a favour, this is my third MTT today, I already bust the 11am at Nugget & the Noon at Wynn".

    Soon it was 4, as after quickly building a big stack on my table, he dusted it off in usual Albert style.

    God bless Albert, what a great character. Genuinely nice man, too.

    If you think he's a bit loose in Hold 'Em, you should try playing him in PLO, PLO8 or, God forbid, 5 card Big O.

    He goes by the nick of "Honey Monster", as he's allegedly the UK's biggest importer of honey. Here's his company;

    https://sapimiel.com/contact













    What an uncanny choice of photo Tony, that is Aspers cardroom and is exactly what Albert looked like when he jammed !

    We chatted a lot about bees's tonight, global warning, killer hornets disease, etc, the other players were like "wtf these two chatting about" :)

    One of the best.
  • radzer02radzer02 Member Posts: 141
    edited December 2023
    Any 2 johnmonty the bingo boy!!!!cnut
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    johnmontySmall blind75.0075.00535.00
    radzer02Big blind150.00225.00740.00
    Your hole cards
    • Q
    • Q
    g2fokFold
    mainspringFold
    SwifteyyeuFold
    johnmontyAll-in535.00760.000.00
    radzer02Call460.001220.00280.00
    johnmontyShow
    • 10
    • 7
    radzer02Show
    • Q
    • Q
    Flop
    • K
    • 10
    • 3
    Turn
    • 7
    River
    • 10
    johnmontyWinFull House, 10s and 7s1220.001220.00
  • stokefcstokefc Member Posts: 7,812
    radzer02 said:

    Any 2 johnmonty the bingo boy!!!!

    You're just jealous cuz he can read you like a book
  • radzer02radzer02 Member Posts: 141
    And the weird johnmonty fan club comes out. He's got about 15 tables going at any one time. Clearly can't read any table with that many on the go. Pure bingo player, always behind but flukes it "Any 2 Monty""
  • Bean81Bean81 Member Posts: 587
    radzer02 said:

    And the weird johnmonty fan club comes out. He's got about 15 tables going at any one time. Clearly can't read any table with that many on the go. Pure bingo player, always behind but flukes it "Any 2 Monty""

    I've never played with or spoken to JM (to the best of my knowledge) but its highly likely he has things figured out better than most in the format he's mass tabling.
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,852
    edited August 2023
    radzer02 said:

    And the weird johnmonty fan club comes out. He's got about 15 tables going at any one time. Clearly can't read any table with that many on the go. Pure bingo player, always behind but flukes it "Any 2 Monty""

    @radzer02


    I think it's a sad reflection on modern society, especially amongst poker players, to be so churlish about people that do well.

    JohnMonty does quite nicely thanks to mental dexterity well above average, a skill you & I & most other poker players would give our right arm for. He's also quite inoffensive (unless crossed) & does not go out of his way to insult others. And yet you go out of your way to diss him. Poker players are very odd.

    He was with us in Vegas & was huge fun, & immensely popular with everyone.

    I'd not say I'm a member of his fan club, but I'd certainly not go out of my way to insult him & I'm not at all sure why anyone would especially those who don't even know him.
  • radzer02radzer02 Member Posts: 141
    edited December 2023
    Any 2 monty Sky's mate
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    FartboxSmall blind150.00150.00795.00
    johnmontyBig blind300.00450.003900.00
    Your hole cards
    • Q
    • Q
    radzer02All-in620.001070.000.00
    MWylieFold
    FartboxFold
    johnmontyCall320.001390.003580.00
    johnmontyShow
    • 2
    • A
    radzer02Show
    • Q
    • Q
    Flop
    • A
    • 10
    • Q
    Turn
    • 7
    River
    • 5
    johnmontyWinFlush to the Ace1390.004970.00
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    ashnik05Small blind40.0040.001030.00
    sabre74Big blind80.00120.001265.00
    Your hole cards
    • K
    • K
    MWylieFold
    johnmontyAll-in880.001000.000.00
    radzer02All-in735.001735.000.00
    SplantFold
    ashnik05Fold
    sabre74Fold
    johnmontyUnmatched bet145.001590.00145.00
    johnmontyShow
    • 9
    • 9
    radzer02Show
    • K
    • K
    Flop
    • 9
    • 4
    • 7
    Turn
    • 3
    River
    • 8
    johnmontyWinThree 9s1590.001735.00
  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 168,852
    edited August 2023
    @radzer02

    My post was in response to the comment you made;


    "Pure bingo player, always behind but flukes it"


    Which seems pretty churlish to me, & is of course quite untrue. Just because he plays a lot of tables does not make him a bad player. He just has an ability to reason, think & act faster & better than most of us. The DYM heavy hitters make most of their money via Rewards & Rakeback, it's a volume game. It's true that as our table count goes up, our efficiency goes down, we can't play 15 as well as we can, say, 1 or 2. But our HOURLY goes up, assuming we know what we are doing.

    Anyway, fair play to you for standing your corner, & let's agree to differ & move on. I'm also happy to apologise if you feel I insulted you.

    Incidentally - & I'm saying this to try to be helpful here;


    "when in DYM's I try play Premium hands only"

    I hold the view that it's impossible to be profitable in DYM's or any other fast-structured format by only playing premium hands. Put simply, there are not enough premiums to go round. And I say that as someone who was wedded for many years to playing premiums only. Eventually I realised it just does not work.

    Anyway, GL at the tables.
  • radzer02radzer02 Member Posts: 141
    edited February 6
    Such a lovely chap







    Biggest bingo Fu Ck going. Woeful player, disgusting bitchy person
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    johnmontySmall blind75.0075.00555.00
    radzer02Big blind150.00225.001355.00
    Your hole cards
    • 10
    • 9
    HSSTFold
    WannedManFold
    johnmontyAll-in555.00780.000.00
    radzer02Call480.001260.00875.00
    johnmontyShow
    • 5
    • 8
    radzer02Show
    • 10
    • 9
    Flop
    • K
    • Q
    • 7
    Turn
    • 5
    River
    • 8
    johnmontyWinTwo Pairs, 8s and 5s1260.001260.00
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    johnmontySmall blind200.00200.001560.00
    radzer02Big blind400.00600.00650.00
    Your hole cards
    • A
    • 8
    HSSTFold
    WannedManFold
    johnmontyAll-in1560.002160.000.00
    radzer02All-in650.002810.000.00
    johnmontyUnmatched bet710.002100.00710.00
    johnmontyShow
    • J
    • K
    radzer02Show
    • A
    • 8
    Flop
    • 9
    • K
    • 5
    Turn
    • 5
    River
    • 10
    johnmontyWinTwo Pairs, Kings and 5s2100.002810.00
  • NoseyBonkNoseyBonk Member Posts: 6,183
    I thought it was a thread about Albert but for some reason took a sudden diversion to being about JM. Bizarre.
  • radzer02radzer02 Member Posts: 141
    edited January 5
    Beats me with this..
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    Bramble67Small blind100.00100.002065.00
    johnmontyBig blind200.00300.001290.00
    Your hole cards
    • Q
    • Q
    phil_oFold
    radzer02Raise700.001000.00330.00
    Bramble67Fold
    johnmontyRaise1000.002000.00290.00
    radzer02All-in330.002330.000.00
    johnmontyUnmatched bet170.002160.00460.00
    johnmontyShow
    • 7
    • 7
    radzer02Show
    • Q
    • Q
    Flop
    • 9
    • 7
    • 5
    Turn
    • 5
    River
    • A
    johnmontyWinFull House, 7s and 5s2160.002620.00
    Then I beat him
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    Bobbyp20Small blind25.0025.001490.00
    bobsan2Big blind50.0075.002128.75
    Your hole cards
    • 8
    • 8
    WelloffFold
    johnmontyRaise100.00175.001220.00
    radzer02Raise375.00550.002351.25
    Bobbyp20Fold
    bobsan2Fold
    johnmontyAll-in1220.001770.000.00
    radzer02Call945.002715.001406.25
    johnmontyShow
    • J
    • J
    radzer02Show
    • 8
    • 8
    Flop
    • Q
    • 7
    • 8
    Turn
    • K
    River
    • 5
    radzer02WinThree 8s2715.004121.25
    The reaction










  • johnmontyjohnmonty Member Posts: 100
    From someone as obsessed with me as you are was pretty sure I would get a bite from you with that one.

    Take it you are chat banned with how much you have to say for yourself on the forum
  • misterpjmisterpj Member Posts: 3,292
    Johnny 'rake' ANY 2.. MONTY. Usually Do!
    PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalance
    misterpjSmall blind600.00600.003350.00
    PorkislifeBig blind1200.001800.0018000.00
    Your hole cards
    • K
    • Q
    georger719Fold
    misterpjAll-in3350.005150.000.00
    PorkislifeCall2750.007900.0015250.00
    misterpjShow
    • K
    • Q
    PorkislifeShow
    • 9
    • 10
    Flop
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    Turn
    • 10
    River
    • 5
    PorkislifeWinTwo Pairs, 10s and 5s7900.0023150.00
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