Coming Clean...

Ok, it's time to come clean and try and retain any readers I have left after my last posting...

I recalled Dr Pauly rewarding his loyal readers by hosting a tourney with a huge overlay to celebrate a blog posting milestone and I thought it would be a laugh to find a way to do something similar...but cheaper.( much cheaper!)

After a few smokes last week I read Ricky Rosa's post on the RaisetheRiver forum where he mentioned he hated reading bad beats in blogs( I always thought they were so popular...)and as it was my 1000th post I reckoned it would be a hoot to write the ultimate bad beat eye bleed post ,but include the words "20 dollars to the first three readers who comment on this post with only the words nobody runs as badly as you.Transfer to stars or tilt".

I could barely bring myself to proof read it before I posted ,but hats off to my most dedicated reader,Mr Cloud from Twitterpoker, who actually waded through all the crap and left the "nobody runs as badly as you" comment to earn himself $20.Mr C was also kind enough to turn it into a staking deal for a few Bloggerment games.It does look like poor Rubbish struggled through the whole post too, but being a tightarse Scot I'm only paying out on comments framed exactly as I requested.I'm sure ribs are pinging all over the world as the mirth of such merry japery takes hold...

Weekend wise I've not been up to a lot.The ex Mrs A was over to clean the flat on Friday night and after I dropped her off I hit the tables and continued to run like the beats posted last time.The S-man and Two Pies were over to watch Scotland lose 3-0 to a fine Dutch side on Saturday night.The main football highlight came earlier.I'm 1/4 Northern Irish and was cheering on Norn Iron v Poland when celtc goalie Boruc took a fresh air kick at a backpass and the ball rolled into the net.Rangers fan and Norn Iron player David Healy's grin at the hapless keeper just added to the happy moment.

After the game the s-man looked on in awe as the King of First Person Shooters ( me) destroyed the Helghan leader to complete Killzone 2.I don't mind playing it on "New Recruit" mode to give the S-man a chance, but I think I'll need to be switch it to "Very hard" or "Legendary" mode to at least try and make it a little more challenging....

On the poker front I've won back most of my Party losses and continue to struggle at Stars.The S-man is popping over shortly for another PS3 session so that only leaves tomorrow night to pull back the near $300 Stars has hit me for this month.Being in a "must get even" mindset is no good for playing decent poker so I've ( almost!)accepted it's going to be a losing month.

Righty,thanks for reading and I promise never to post another ton of bad beats again!

BBT4

I remember reading postings from US/Canadian bloggers about BBT3 and thinking it would be great if we could somehow get UK/Euro bloggers to participate and have a chance of winning WSOP seats.Once again SirAlcan'thang has come up with the goods ( if I was a photoshop expert, a pic of SirAl in a fairy godmother outfit would be here) and the Brit Blogger game has been included in the BBT series which is pretty freakin' awesome.(as our US friends would say!).

The Brit Blogger game was cancelled previously due to lack of numbers and I've no doubt there will be plenty of US/Canadian players joining the Brit game on a Sunday evening.To be frank,SirAl didn't need to include the Brit Blogger game at all and it would be a shame if Brit/Euro bloggers didn't take advantage of this opportunity.It's open to all bloggers/readers and there's no need to post banners etc to qualify.A UK blogger could win this years WSOP having qualified via Bloggerments.Don't miss your chance!

Here is the game rotation.More detail to follow.

Tournament: Brit Blogger Game
When: Sunday's at 16:00ET
Game: NLHE
Buyin: $5+.50
Password: donkament

Tournament: PPI / Riverchasers Tournament
When: Monday's at 22:00ET
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: $24+2 or token
Password: riverchasers

Tournament: Blogger Skillz Game
When: Tuesday's at 21:30ET
Game: rotation of non-NLHE games
Buyin: $10+1
Password: skillz

Tournament: The Mookie
When: Wednesday's at 22:00ET
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: $10+1
Password: vegas1

On Monday night I only played two $11 six max games and came 2nd in both.I was so tired I just wanted the HU ( heads up) battle to be over and I was wise enough not to play any more after that.I was over at the s-mans on Tuesday night and didn't play at all when I got home.Last night I was out for dinner and visiting my wee sis in hospital.( minor op to help with IVF) I fired up a couple of $16's ( 18 player) later on and after donking out of the first two,I managed a 1st and 2nd to leave me about even on Stars for the month.I'll post monthly stats soon and hopefully they will be my best for a while after a good start to the month at Full Tilt ( $24,45 player win) and another decent month at Party.

Bought Killzone 2 yesterday and the s-man is popping over this evening to help me take on the mighty Helghast.Tomorrow night the ex Mrs A is coming over to clean the flat and Saturday night is going to be a lads night with the s-man,San Jose Salmon and the Big Chap all heading over to my place.

I linked to Limmy.com a couple of years back as the swearing xylophone and "gies yer jaiket" playthings were pretty damn funny.Tv execs must have liked his site too as he now has his own show on BBC Scotland.Maybe I was just tired the other night or in too bad a mood to laugh at anything but I'm sorry to say the show ( comedy sketches) was absolutely dreadful and didn't do anything for me at all.

One more wee thought before I go.Does anyone outside London drive a van or is it a legal requirement that every radio ad for van sales or van insurance must contain a voice over done by a cockney geeza? Bish,bash,bosh,know wot I mean? I suppose the Hairygymnast has to keep busy between competitions....

Ok,back with the stats post soon....

Strong Urge to Fly....

In their latest attempt to try and boost flagging sales I see the gutter press have jumped on Jeremey Clarkson's comments labelling our beloved Prime Minister a "one eyed Scottish idiot".Cue fake moral outrage from self righteous hypocritical lefties and a great chance for the sh*trag Daily Mail to try and stir up the "little Englander" attitude it loves so much.

He does have one eye,is Scottish and after his "No more boom or bust comments",he certainly looks a bit of an idiot these days.Case closed! It reminds me of the awards given for the UK's crappiest town/city.Some indignant MP or Mayor type figure,usually living in the leafy suburbs of "Shitsville", always give the same defiant comments about how wonderful the nominated shithole really is, when the reality is that even the people living there would admit they're not fond of the crime ridden concrete jungle they inhabit.

I'm probably just a jaded cynic but I don't buy into the Saint Obama hype either.A committee of Pokerstars micro limit donkeys could have done a better job of running the US than Bush did and if any improvement is deemed a success, then I'm sure he'll be popular.Copying Bob the Builders "Can he fix it?,Yes he can" slogan certainly worked for him, but only time will tell if there's any substance beyond his fine rhetoric.Still if Obama can "provide an example to so many people around the world of what dedicated leadership can achieve" ( his words of praise for Tony Blair the other day when they met) we'll all be better off....

Not much to report on the poker front.Things are a bit stagnant at Party due to running like crap.$50 up from my last 137 games at $22/$33.Last night I hit the tables for a wee while after the ex Mrs A had been round to clean my flat and after I'd watched the excellent "28 Days Later".

I'm also just about to nip out and buy a Ps3 at long last and then I'm picking up Nacho.The s-man may be over later and if he brings games,we'll have a decent choice to pick from.Looking forward to Killzone 2 coming out soon and I've also already bought Half-life 2 and Fallout 3 to play on it.I doubt having a ps3 will be the end of my poker days, but I do too much mindless surfing when not at the felt and it'll be nice to have an alternative.( sick of the 13 channels of shit on the tv to choose from * )


* A lyric from this classic Floyd song.When I was a teen I even owned a silver spoon on a chain.Ahh The Floyd.Still love 'em!