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Profman15....Diary of a Non-Grinding Novice.....Just Looking For Fun!!......
profman15
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Profman15…Diary of a Non-Grinding Novice Just Looking for Fun
Hi folks,Now, before I start, the title does not mean that I’m a 53 year old man who’s looking to have a last fling at a sordid sex trip to Phuket or an advert I've put in the classifieds. Mind, I am 53.This is my attempt, after a couple of prompts, to add a novice’s insight to poker highlighting funny(hopefully), interesting(possibly) and relevant(certainly not) observations of the scene though my eyes.
It may be about how I’m going about trying to improve my game and looking for your input or telling a story that reminds you of similar for you to relate or just giving you a laugh by showing my naivety with some faux pas.
Anyway, it’s coming up to a year since i filled in my details in Sky poker to” give it a go” . The anniversary is in june and there’s a big party planned for me by Sky in Vegas, I presume. I know there’s at least 10 going!Seriously, I can honestly say that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed losing money on the site although my Sharkscope statistics should not be showing my initial £10 or my £33 freebie into £15k BH for a ‘post of the night’( couldn’t pull the trigger. That’s three times I’ve got into it and still no bounty. I may ask Carlo to lend me that chicken suit!)Anyway, i digress.
So at today’s rate my sharkscope should improve by 43x1.5=$70approx………………………………not that I’m counting you understand!! That may be small overall loss but for a year of enjoyment, I rate that as good value myself. (By the way, are the c4p’s part of it?)
I’ve just been invited yesterday to join The Hitsquad by HITMAN_RV and I’m thoroughly chuffed…………..the dotted line has been signed! More on that another time….I’ve also signed a contract with Sky to always use spellchecker, watch my grammar( mind I’m an ex maths teacher so apologies in advance), set it out so it is ‘pleasant’ on the eye and say nothing about Richard Branson’s goatee…oops!
Well, that about covers the first post. Oh yes did you see Jakally, TommyD , scotty77 and Rich last night. One thing Tommy, if you think the kids don’t know about your poker, I’d maybe reconsider. I used to play football on a Saturday. One time, only once honestly(!), I got booked. I walked in on Monday to find the class chanting “Sir got booked. Sir got booked….” In unison!!!! How they found out was a mystery
. ...A bientot........prof
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Welcome to the the Hitsquad and welcome to the world of diaries lol. Sharkscope doesn't count C4P but I believe free entries and the like will count as though you've buoght in yourself so I think you would be -£33 if you get free entry to the BH and bust out. It also doesn't count anything you earn from taking bounties so a serial BH player's SS could look worse than it actually is.
On your final topic, yeah I think it's safe to say that some of Tommy students probably know about his pokering, although would be shocked that they hadn't mentioned it if they did know, so maybe they don't.
Good luck at the tables.
nice post m8,
looking forward 2 the nxt instalment,
:-)
dev
I've got a bit of time on my hands and just thought a viewpoint from a less experienced player may give newbies a chance to get acquainted with the site and playing poker as a new player as well as giving the regs a belly laugh, hopefully. See you at the tables!!
The very best of skill/luck (whichever is your preference) and very nice post....SIR!
GL
Daz.
Look forward to following your progress m8. 53 pfft, mere whippersnapper.
PS., further to our convo on chat, Dylan never irons his shirt and the sheep dont mind.
I look forward to following this refreshing Read!!
GL, Dave H.
au revoir!
Hi folks
Cheers for your best wishes. Its nice to get 10 people commenting......
Actually, it reminds me of the time myself and a friend played in a friendly members comp at my golf club only to be told afterwards, in a somewhat churlish manner, that the group had decided to go back to the original 10 and were kicking us and others off. From then on i referred to them as The Apostles and the name has stuck!!! (TBH, i think they quite liked it).
Mind, if you want a set of mad rules then join a golf club. I may be up in front of the board and have to play with hickory shafts for the rest of the season now!
And now for an 'interesing' fact which i shall call a 'TIKAYISM': Are you sat comfortably? Good. Then i'll begin:
Did you know that Richard Nixon, that morally upright leader, won over $6,000 playing poker in his first two months in the US navy during WWII. This is equivalent to over $50,000 nowadays. He used this and other pots won, no doubt, to finance his campaign for the US congress in 1946....which he 'binked'. So poker has a lot to pay for, hasn't it?
Beat that Tikay!
Have a nice day, y'all.....the prof
PS Does anyone know whether, with the new Chip Tic in operation at this years WSOP, where there are immediate totals available, will we be getting them posted on here or do we go somewhere else to see how the boys are doing for stack sizes?
Keep the Faith!
Fellow Squaddie
Mick
Chip Tic is a subscription only service, $30 I think. Obviously that'll mean the numbers can't be reproduced here. You'll probably get data almost as good from the well-known online poker news site that reports live from the WSOP.
Your diary is a pleasing read, good luck to you at the tables.
Regarding Vegas I will be updating my stack/big pots etc on twitter....@MattBatespoker. I will also try and update on the rest of the guys on the days I am not playing.
Good luck on the tables
Matt
It seems you are a fan of the 865 channel too. I must admit I'm not an avid TV watcher. I watch England cricket, football, repats of the Bill and Frasier and that is where my TV watching ends. So when at home if none of the above are on I quickly press 865. I must admit I think Tikay is good value! The show does offer good entertainment. But some seriously good poker analysis too. The likes of Lolufold in particular have an amazing insight and I think I've learnt a lot from watching the show. Full tilt poker when they used to show that on Challenge TV was another cracking poker insight - anyway now I digress!
It will be interesting to see how u get on too! My first day playing regularly on sky will be next wednesday I think, and it seems we may be both posting similar diaries, so good luck to you. As a maths teacher that must give you some advantages as a poker player...
Have you played much poker at casino's or on different sites though?
Dave
Anyway, ta for the post. I love frasier and have the boxed set. Too many great characters to fail. The Bill, now that's another story. TBH, i'm a tv addict and proud. Love my sport, 865(no, i'm not being sponsored!), almost anything on Discovery, Histrory, Nat Geog etc. For the price it's such good value and HD+ is fantastic. Not Virgin only Sky obviously!!!
The maths teacher side is a plus and a minus as i like the statistics involved and looking for Equilibrium plays. The only problem is that it assumes both players are playing optimally ie at their best. When they don't, the idea is then to exploit them with different types of play. At least, that's what one of my many books say. There's just such a lot surroundinding that and allowing for the variance!!!! I can see why people get frustrated when they feel they've set up a player and then that player sucks out but as long as you've done the correct thing, you should just bite your tongue, i say.
It's the start of a new month and my widget shows zero. I was awarded a C4P this month...yippee! I've also made a small profit, which i'm satisfied with as that's 5 months running......and all to have some fun playing poker and a bit of banter. Good stuff, eh?
Have a good weekend..
Ciao...the prof
PS Is there one TV programme you couldn't live without? (And don't be putting 'Embarrassing Illnesses' or, i can assure you, people will be moving their chairs at SPT's!!!)