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Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail)

yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
edited March 2012 in Poker Chat

POKER AND CHARDONNAY (yidette9’s delicious cocktail)

 

This, my 2nd thread, is dedicated to Denis, the IRISH ROVER to celebrate his return to the forum.

 

Further to my 1st ever thread about how much I enjoy playing online skypoker, this is my HONEST account of my experience of LIVE poker play.

 

My gorgeous better (???) half Budgirl … and yes he IS a man!! Taught me how to play poker about 8 months ago, letting me watch him at first and then let me loose into the big wide world of 30p DYM’s on my own ….. And so, I had my own skypoker account …..

 

Yes, yes, yes ……  yidette9 was born !!!

 

Even though I say so myself, I picked it up pretty quickly and even started to question some of Budgirl’s poker moves (ooooops!)

 

He kept going on about how much better it was to play “live” and although I was intrigued, I was in no rush to get out there. After a few weeks more play he pleaded with me to have a go in a live tourney, saying that I was more than ready to see some “real poker faces!!”

 

So, off we went to Gcasino Bolton … just to shut him up !!!

 

Jeepers Creepers, he took me into the poker room and I could feel the tears welling in my eyes as I saw what seemed like hundreds of BIG MEN huddled around tables. I thought we had walked into a mafia meeting (absolutely no disrespect to all you lovely kind gentlemen who are reading this now). But I did promise to be honest !!!

Needless to say, I didn’t play that night and I felt like such a wuss on the way home.

 

A couple of weeks later, after being ordered out of the house by the kids who had planned a party, I agreed to try again at “the live thing”

This time we went to Circus Casino Liverpool and I wanted to play until we got there. Budgirl, knowing my love for the odd glass of plonk took my hand and dragged me to the bar……

 

So there we were ….  Me, Budgirl and a HUGE bottle of chilled Chardonnay!!!!

 

With only seconds to spare (and half a glass of plonk down my neck!) before the tourney started, I agreed to take part. Oh dear, he was about to waste £25 on me ….. And so I became the last person to enter making 99 runners in total,

 

So, I took my seat, next to the dealer, who promised Budgirl that she would look after me and explain what to do as we went along. Behind my chair I had my own little table, on it was perched my friend Miss Chardonnay (glass and bottle!!!) so I guess I felt safe and comforted, Budgirl was on a different table (I was glad about that). I decided to limit myself to 1 sip of wine per every hand that was dealt. Sensible or what ?????

 

BUT ….. Chardonnay is my favourite wine and it tasted SO SO SO GOOD !!!!

 

My nerves started to settle and I actually started to enjoy myself. The guys on my table were very friendly and welcomed me into their banter. Budgirl kept coming over to check on me until 1 of the guys on my table told him to go back to his own game and that I would be alright with them.

 

SO ME AND MY CHARDONNAY WENT TO WORK !!!!

 

THEN, I WAS MOVED TABLES……

 

THEN BUDGIRL GOT KNOCKED OUT  (OOOOOOOOOPS!!!)

 

I played my game, drank more and more wine until the bottle was empty. Oh no, I needed a plan, I found one and yes, it worked. A little flutter of my long eyelashes in Budgirl’s direction and there it was … another full glass of you now what!!!!

So the tournament continued and I found myself in a cash position. Little by little, I kept grinding away in my usual online poker style and more and more players were being knocked out. So, I felt very proud that the £25 he had spent on my buy-in was now more than covered (even though he had donked his away!!). He continued to rail me, at the same time asking me to slow down my liquid intake, but again I found my glass empty so out came the eyelash flutter!!! Putty in my poker hands (ha ha!!!!)

 

IT WORKED BECAUSE YIDETTE9 HAD MADE THE FINAL TABLE

 

I was by far the short stack when I sat at the final table and my 1st hand was AQ(clubs), I went all-in with my 12000 chips (I was in early position), next player snap calls me, Big Blind then re-raises all-in creating a massive pot. Our cards were shown. BB had AA, the other player has QQ.

Flop came A, 2(clubs), 5. Turn 7(clubs) and River J(clubs) giving me the flush and I tripled up.

 

I sat tight for a while after that and gradually other players went out and it seemed that we played 4 handed for ages.

Then I found myself with 99 in the big blind. Chip leader raises off the button so I called. Flop gave A,K,10    check,check. Turn 4, I check, chip daddy puts me all-in. I was getting tired by this time and with no more wine allowed, I decide to call. He was holding 55, river came a blank or have I just forgotten what the river card was maybe??   I had already put my coat on; ready to leave when our cards were turned over. Ooops!!! Off came the coat and yidette9 doubled up and a mountain of chips came in my direction. There were so many chips, I couldn’t keep them in stacks, they kept falling over(or perhaps that was just my co-ordination not working to its full potential!!)

 

AND YIDETTE9 WAS NOW CHIP B***H !!!!

 

A few hands later, I raise from the button with Q,10 off suit (well, it got rid of one of my stacks of chips!!! Big Blind who was 2nd in chips flat calls. Flop was A,9,4 and big blind checks. I am not really sure what my thoughts were at that point but somewhere along the lines of “oh, well, I’ve had a nice night and won some cash” so I shove all-in. Big blind snap calls me and again the coat goes on and I am ready to go home. Then our cards were shown. He was holding A,9 and sporting a huge smile all across his face until the turn card came showing K and then the river very kindly gave me a J.

The man I had just beaten got a little upset (to say the least!!) and even asked me if I had realised that I had won, Yes, he spat his dummy out so far it flew across the casino so far that it nearly cracked a mirror behind the bar!!! By this time, there was a large crowd of people around the table and a casino official even sat at the table too!!! I thought they had come to make sure I wasn’t cheating!!!!

 

So, unable to control my ever increasing mountain of chips, let alone Budgirl’s excitement and laughter and although the coat was once again well and truly off, I agreed with the other 2 players that they could split 2nd and 3rd place and I take the win as well as tipping the dealers,

 

This, I did and Budgirl rushed me to the cashier to collect my winnings. £1045 after giving the dealers £50 as a tip. Budgirl kept tight hold of my hand and we ran out of the casino. He later explained that we ran because he thought there might have been some very upset people outside waiting for me!!!

 

So, there you have it, my truly honest account of playing poker live

 

Any of you want to take me on ?????

 

Thank you for taking time to read this, especially you IRISH ROVER. I am so pleased that you are back

 

Love, best wishes and big smiles to you all

 

Lorraine x

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  • budgirlbudgirl Member Posts: 100
    edited February 2011
    Lovely post honey bunny!!!!!!!!!!!!!  pitty i aint been able to show my face at circus liverpool since for fear of being lynched  lmao.

    PS I had best hand when i went out!!!!!!!!!!!


    Steve
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  • walesboywalesboy Member Posts: 993
    edited February 2011
    Great post!!
    Chardonnay FTW
    That might be my problem, I don't tend to drink when I play
    Dohhhhhh might have a thought on this!!
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  • Kiwini4uKiwini4u Member Posts: 3,830
    edited February 2011
    WOW excellent win and you should really think about putting your name forward when they next ask for bloggers.
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  • IRISHROVERIRISHROVER Member Posts: 7,606
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    Lovely post honey bunny!!!!!!!!!!!!!  pitty i aint been able to show my face at circus liverpool since for fear of being lynched  lmao. PS I had best hand when i went out!!!!!!!!!!! Steve
    Posted by budgirl
    LOL Steve the gal runs good .
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  • budgirlbudgirl Member Posts: 100
    edited February 2011
    GOOD,   lmao, when she shoved wi q10 and i saw turn and river me balls shrivelled up to the size of raisins m8. Not kidding aint been back since!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Steve
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  • IRISHROVERIRISHROVER Member Posts: 7,606
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    POKER AND CHARDONNAY (yidette9’s delicious cocktail)   This, my 2 nd thread, is dedicated to Denis, the IRISH ROVER to celebrate his return to the forum.   Further to my 1 st ever thread about how much I enjoy playing online skypoker, this is my HONEST account of my experience of LIVE poker play.   My gorgeous better (???) half Budgirl … and yes he IS a man!! Taught me how to play poker about 8 months ago, letting me watch him at first and then let me loose into the big wide world of 30p DYM’s on my own ….. And so, I had my own skypoker account …..   Yes, yes, yes ……   yidette9 was born !!!   Even though I say so myself, I picked it up pretty quickly and even started to question some of Budgirl’s poker moves (ooooops!)   He kept going on about how much better it was to play “live” and although I was intrigued, I was in no rush to get out there. After a few weeks more play he pleaded with me to have a go in a live tourney, saying that I was more than ready to see some “real poker faces!!”   So, off we went to Gcasino Bolton … just to shut him up !!!   Jeepers Creepers, he took me into the poker room and I could feel the tears welling in my eyes as I saw what seemed like hundreds of BIG MEN huddled around tables. I thought we had walked into a mafia meeting (absolutely no disrespect to all you lovely kind gentlemen who are reading this now). But I did promise to be honest !!! Needless to say, I didn’t play that night and I felt like such a wuss on the way home.   A couple of weeks later, after being ordered out of the house by the kids who had planned a party, I agreed to try again at “the live thing” This time we went to Circus Casino Liverpool and I wanted to play until we got there. Budgirl, knowing my love for the odd glass of plonk took my hand and dragged me to the bar……   So there we were ….   Me, Budgirl and a HUGE bottle of chilled Chardonnay!!!!   With only seconds to spare (and half a glass of plonk down my neck!) before the tourney started, I agreed to take part. Oh dear, he was about to waste £25 on me ….. And so I became the last person to enter making 99 runners in total,   So, I took my seat, next to the dealer, who promised Budgirl that she would look after me and explain what to do as we went along. Behind my chair I had my own little table, on it was perched my friend Miss Chardonnay (glass and bottle!!!) so I guess I felt safe and comforted, Budgirl was on a different table (I was glad about that). I decided to limit myself to 1 sip of wine per every hand that was dealt. Sensible or what ?????   BUT ….. Chardonnay is my favourite wine and it tasted SO SO SO GOOD !!!!   My nerves started to settle and I actually started to enjoy myself. The guys on my table were very friendly and welcomed me into their banter. Budgirl kept coming over to check on me until 1 of the guys on my table told him to go back to his own game and that I would be alright with them.   SO ME AND MY CHARDONNAY WENT TO WORK !!!!   THEN, I WAS MOVED TABLES……   THEN BUDGIRL GOT KNOCKED OUT   (OOOOOOOOOPS!!!)   I played my game, drank more and more wine until the bottle was empty. Oh no, I needed a plan, I found one and yes, it worked. A little flutter of my long eyelashes in Budgirl’s direction and there it was … another full glass of you now what!!!! So the tournament continued and I found myself in a cash position. Little by little, I kept grinding away in my usual online poker style and more and more players were being knocked out. So, I felt very proud that the £25 he had spent on my buy-in was now more than covered (even though he had donked his away!!). He continued to rail me, at the same time asking me to slow down my liquid intake, but again I found my glass empty so out came the eyelash flutter!!! Putty in my poker hands (ha ha!!!!)   IT WORKED BECAUSE YIDETTE9 HAD MADE THE FINAL TABLE   I was by far the short stack when I sat at the final table and my 1 st hand was AQ(clubs), I went all-in with my 12000 chips (I was in early position), next player snap calls me, Big Blind then re-raises all-in creating a massive pot. Our cards were shown. BB had AA, the other player has QQ. Flop came A, 2(clubs), 5. Turn 7(clubs) and River J(clubs) giving me the flush and I tripled up.   I sat tight for a while after that and gradually other players went out and it seemed that we played 4 handed for ages. Then I found myself with 99 in the big blind. Chip leader raises off the button so I called. Flop gave A,K,10     check,check. Turn 4, I check, chip daddy puts me all-in. I was getting tired by this time and with no more wine allowed, I decide to call. He was holding 55, river came a blank or have I just forgotten what the river card was maybe??    I had already put my coat on; ready to leave when our cards were turned over. Ooops!!! Off came the coat and yidette9 doubled up and a mountain of chips came in my direction. There were so many chips, I couldn’t keep them in stacks, they kept falling over(or perhaps that was just my co-ordination not working to its full potential!!)   AND YIDETTE9 WAS NOW CHIP B***H !!!!   A few hands later, I raise from the button with Q,10 off suit (well, it got rid of one of my stacks of chips!!! Big Blind who was 2 nd in chips flat calls. Flop was A,9,4 and big blind checks. I am not really sure what my thoughts were at that point but somewhere along the lines of “oh, well, I’ve had a nice night and won some cash” so I shove all-in. Big blind snap calls me and again the coat goes on and I am ready to go home. Then our cards were shown. He was holding A,9 and sporting a huge smile all across his face until the turn card came showing K and then the river very kindly gave me a J. The man I had just beaten got a little upset (to say the least!!) and even asked me if I had realised that I had won, Yes, he spat his dummy out so far it flew across the casino so far that it nearly cracked a mirror behind the bar!!! By this time, there was a large crowd of people around the table and a casino official even sat at the table too!!! I thought they had come to make sure I wasn’t cheating!!!!   So, unable to control my ever increasing mountain of chips, let alone Budgirl’s excitement and laughter and although the coat was once again well and truly off, I agreed with the other 2 players that they could split 2 nd and 3 rd place and I take the win as well as tipping the dealers,   This, I did and Budgirl rushed me to the cashier to collect my winnings. £1045 after giving the dealers £50 as a tip. Budgirl kept tight hold of my hand and we ran out of the casino. He later explained that we ran because he thought there might have been some very upset people outside waiting for me!!!   So, there you have it, my truly honest account of playing poker live   Any of you want to take me on ?????   Thank you for taking time to read this, especially you IRISH ROVER. I am so pleased that you are back   Love, best wishes and big smiles to you all   Lorraine x
    Posted by yidette9
    Ty Lorraine ,
    excellent & honest & very funny thread/post  wd .

    Funny enough Mrs irishrover / irishraver  sat next to me last night while i played
    7.15pm deepstack .
     
    I am trying once again to teach  Irishraver this beautiful game
    we call poker .
    we  discussed some starting hands & some betting moves as we progressed.
    Raver even  went against my thought process,
    on one or two bets  that i was going to do .
    I took ravers advice ,
    which actually doubled me up in chips at one stage .

    I actually ended up cashing & coming 9th thanks to raver lol .

    p.s. & after 4 hours ,
    never once did a frying pan cross her hands ,
    amazing lol .
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    In Response to Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail) : Ty Lorraine , excellent & honest & very funny thread/post  wd . Funny enough Mrs irishrover / irishraver  sat next to me last night while i played 7.15pm deepstack .   I am trying once again to teach  Irishraver this beautiful game we call poker . we  discussed some starting hands & some betting moves as we progressed. Raver even  went against my thought process, on one or two bets  that i was going to do . I took ravers advice , which actually doubled me up in chips at one stage . I actually ended up cashing & coming 9th thanks to raver lol . p.s. & after 4 hours , never once did a frying pan cross her hands , amazing lol .
    Posted by IRISHROVER
    glad you like my post Denis, thanks for your comments, and hey, nice cash last night (Irish Raver knows best!!) Take care, see ya at the tables soon x
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  • betterha1fbetterha1f Member Posts: 487
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail) : glad you like my post Denis, thanks for your comments, and hey, nice cash last night (Irish Raver knows best!!) Take care, see ya at the tables soon x
    Posted by yidette9
    yidette great post think i would need about 3 bottles to play live lol
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,646
    edited February 2011
    Nice post Lorraine, enjoyed reading that. Nearly as much as I am enjoying my 3rd bottle of red wine tonight!!!, lol.
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    Great post!! Chardonnay FTW That might be my problem, I don't tend to drink when I play Dohhhhhh might have a thought on this!!
    Posted by walesboy
    thanks for reading my post and for your response. This probably sounds silly to you and I apologise for asking but what does FTW mean??? I have seen it on many posts and can't for the life of me think what it could stand for
    Anyway, thanks again,,, Lorraine x
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    WOW excellent win and you should really think about putting your name forward when they next ask for bloggers.
    Posted by Kiwini4u
    thanks for reading my post and your kind words of encouragement regarding blogs. I am hoping that IRISH ROVER will become my mentor. Thanks again. Lorraine x
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  • MP33MP33 Member Posts: 6,308
    edited February 2011
    Good thread and even better win - WD

    One sip every hand dealt  - Bet you were smashed by the end
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  • IRISHROVERIRISHROVER Member Posts: 7,606
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail) : thanks for reading my post and your kind words of encouragement regarding blogs. I am hoping that IRISH ROVER will become my mentor. Thanks again. Lorraine x
    Posted by yidette9

    But rake excluded of course lol !
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail) : yidette great post think i would need about 3 bottles to play live lol
    Posted by betterha1f
    thank you for reading my post and actually I was thinking about your poker name betterhalf when I referred to Budgirl as my better(???) half in my thread. I have enjoyed being on the same table as you and hope to see you at the online tables soon (minus the chardonnay!)   thanks again Lorraine x
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
     Rising Star Blogger.  I bet you Iron his Shirts properly to. Loved it,  felt like I was there. 10/10 gold star.
    Posted by logdon
    Thanks for your kind words after reading my post. Although I must say "whats ironing???"  Only joking!! I am so pleased that you enjoyed reading it. Thanks again Lorraine x
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    Nice post Lorraine, enjoyed reading that. Nearly as much as I am enjoying my 3rd bottle of red wine tonight!!!, lol.
    Posted by MAXALLY
    Thanks Maxally, so you are a red wine man, not a chardonnay guzzler like me??? Glad you enjoyed my post, your response is greatly appreciated. Thanks again Lorraine x
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    Good thread and even better win - WD One sip every hand dealt  - Bet you were smashed by the end
    Posted by MP33
    thanks for your response to my post, Was I smashed at the end???? Difficult one to answer but Q10 was a bit of a blur !!! as Budgirl often reminds me. Thanks again Lorraine x
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  • IRISHROVERIRISHROVER Member Posts: 7,606
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    GOOD,   lmao, when she shoved wi q10 and i saw turn and river me balls shrivelled up to the size of raisins m8. Not kidding aint been back since!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steve
    Posted by budgirl

    pmsl n1 !
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  • yidette9yidette9 Member Posts: 703
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail) : But rake excluded of course lol !
    Posted by IRISHROVER
    what's this word "rake" Denis ??  oh yeah, I didn't get to see your blog ....    Lorraine x
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  • walesboywalesboy Member Posts: 993
    edited February 2011
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail):
    In Response to Re: Poker and Chardonnay (yidette9's delicious cocktail) : thanks for reading my post and for your response. This probably sounds silly to you and I apologise for asking but what does FTW mean??? I have seen it on many posts and can't for the life of me think what it could stand for Anyway, thanks again,,, Lorraine x
    Posted by yidette9
    not silly at all (took me a while to find out!) - FTW = For The Win

    I've only played live a couple of times while on holiday in Vegas a couple of months after I started playing. Just cash games. I was very nervous and from what I can remember had a coupe of shandys!!. I am aiming to get to a Skypoker one at some point as they have always sounded good and friendly.
    Might see you there, you never know.
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