$220, HUP MORANS!!!!!

Oh you fucking doughnut, $220 H-UP Sit and Go, down 800-2200 I raise to 90 preflop, Flop comes A 10 8, Action goes Check, Bet, Raise, Call. Turn is an 8, and my final 400 chips or so go in. Oppo has A 10, I have 10,8! River is a blank and I have outdrawn someone! Next hand I re-raise all in with KJ and Oppo calls with AJ flop come KK3! Bingo! Who needs to be any good when you can just cram it in with shite and hit flops!

Running like a God at the moment after going broke last week, I had some bad news on Thursday when our landlord decided to terminate our contract and give us notice. It’s my own fault he had rung asking about the probable length of our tenancy and I had been honest with him and told him that the moment we had sold our property in Essex we would be looking to buy in the area, stupid move really, Note to self, tell more lies.

Anyway I have really loved this house and I find the garden totally beguiling, I will take a picture or two and post and hopefully you will see why I love it so much. Also the last thing I need is the expense and hassle of another move but that’s the situation and will have to deal with it. It was with this on my mind I decided to play some $320 Sit and Go’s (rolls eyes). Lost first buy-in 99 v’s JJ on a ten high flop, probable should have got away from it but it was Nordberg whose a real lag. Second buy in was KK v’s AA, in the small blind and I had limped with the kings to get some action from the Big blind, ohh I got action alright!

Last buy-in was $330 HUP QQ v’s KK, slow played on a 7 high flop, what can you do? I was honestly OK with busting as I have withdrawn some nice chunks this year and planned to take the next six months of from poker to finish of some books I have been writing. Then something weird happened, Full tilt started putting buy-ins back in, I realise the email account set up for this site is my blue yonder account which I lost access to when I moved so I don’t know why it was refunded, have had disconnection problems a few times and suspicions about bot opponents, so could be anything.

Well they put back about $240, I immediately lose $120 + 10 in a 9 man Sit and Go when I button raise with 97 spades and hit a flop of 6S 7H 4S and can’t convince K7 to give up the pot when his check raised for all the money. I play a little heads-up cash and get ahead about $50 or so, then win a $120 9 man for $495 and play a little $8-$16 HORSE, I break about even but split a huge pot in Stud H/L when my oppo keeps ramming and jamming, and if I had won would have been worth about $350. I’m showing 2,4,5,7 four spades and have A 6 in the hole, he has 7,8,K,J showing so I know I have the low locked up.

Anyway I miss everything but bet anyway in case he just has the bad low and king high, he calls and shows a pair of queens, He types into chat “I knew I had you beat”. If I had chat I would have typed in “Yes, nice hand”. What more can you ask for, locked up low and, 3 X A + 4 X 3 + 3 X 8 (he had one) 8 X Spades (discounting 3 and 8). 18 outs to the scoop, that’s why I love this game, and the great things is he thinks his playing well. .10-.25 8/16 same idiots at all levels and don’t let anyone tell you any different.

Anyway the wife thinks we are busted and I have stopped playing which was the plan, I will tell her tonight and probable only play now when both her and Becky are out of the house. Still quite fancy playing at the highest limits but bored with the grinding.

Spent a lovely weekend out doing things, that’s the great advantage of our new location amazing things to do. Went to the Golden Horseshoe at Exford, it’s a horse riding event up on Exmoor, had bacon Sandwiches and Teas for breakfast at the top of the moor and watched some demonstrations till lunch time. We went with friends and this was mainly for my friends wife benefit although we all really enjoyed it.

Then we drove to Porlock Weir and had a lovely pub lunch by the Quays. Then we drove to Watchet harbour and went rock pooling (tons of Crabs for the girls to chase at Watchet) and walked along to the pre-historic coast and found lots of fossils, you can just crack any rock open and seem to find something.

Bloody great day out and home in time for New Gladiators! Lost nearly a stone in three weeks now, makes a big difference getting out and about every weekend.