Fast as a shark

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I can't believe I forgot Kats Friday night donkament again! I was chatting to Dudley and Mair and mentioned it to them about 20 mins before the start time ( 2am at Full Tilt ,late on Friday nights)and by the time it came back into my head it was 2.20am!Next week....!


Yesterday went quite well.I was at Ibrox to watch Rangers beat Falkirk 2-0 and afterwards I did my weekly shopping and picked Nacho up.

After dinner, I watched a couple of cardrunners vids and then hit the tables.My good mate,Al Eleven,left a comment recommending I focus on just one table instead of multi-tabling and I pretty much dismissed it because the only way to make decent money at sng's is by playing a load of tables at the same time.On reflection though,I think Al had a good point especially when I'm running as badly as I am at present.

When I multi-table I think I loosen up too much and try and make things happen a little too often when more patience is required.I can play 2-3 turbo's at once which I suppose is still technically multi-tabling, but I'd love to be able to play at least 6-8 tables with the same ease.Perhaps that will come with time ( 3 tables seemed impossible a few months ago)or perhaps playing more than 3 tables just doesn't work for me.

I was 2-3 tabling the $16's for most of last night and made $267, which helps claw back some of my losses over the last week.For the most part I felt I was running better too ( which wouldn't be hard after last week) and in one game in particular I had a $12k stack when the final table came round and actually remembered what it was like to be on a heater, as hand after hand actually held up or sucked out.Coming 4th in my next game after getting the money in on my bb with A3 v A4 on an A310 flop, only to see a 4 fall on the river soon brought me back to reality,as did shoving 44 in the sb into the bb's QQ to bubble in another game.

Overall though it was a decent nights work.I even managed to squeeze in a wee $6 turbo with Juice, which he took down fairly easily with an Epic performance....Ok maybe not epic but it gives me an excuse to post this old Faith No More classic...



I've a couple more links to post before I head off and take Nacho up the road.The first is from Tony G's blog and has nothing to do with poker.It's a webcam from a game reserve in Africa and I love it! When I logged on last night it was pitch black and there was only the sound of crickets ,which instantly reminded me of chilling out on hotel balconies on many a happy holiday.Sitting back with a smoke and a beer,gazing out to sea with just the sound of crickets for company is a scenario I don't think I could ever get bored with.

I'd better post the last video, as that's where the title for the post came from.Nothing to do with Juice taking down that $6 last night!

Here's Accept with Fast As A Shark..

Live donkaments

I was 5th in the RTR Friday league game and managed to donk out of a couple of sng's, before winning $75 in quick 365 hit and run $200nl cash session.The second sng exit hurt because it was right on the bubble of an 18 player $27 turbo!

Last night though,was the first chance this year to catch up with The Miami Trout ( aka Al Eleven aka San Jose Salmon) and also to see the S-man's ( sookraboaby) new place.Hammmerheid never made it through from Edinburgh but The Big Chap ,Dudley ( res evil) and my cousin arrived at my place about 7.30ish and we headed off to the S-mans around 9pm.

After breaking out the beer and smokes, it was pokery time and we began with a £5 turbo tournament which didn't last long for me.( about two hands longer than Dudley though!) I limped with Aces from the button and my flop bet of £10 trillion zillion pounds wasn't enough to stop The Trout chasing his straight and hitting!

The S-man was still awake at this point ( hehe) and came 2nd to the Big Chap who took it down Headsup when his 33 held up against ......another hand! ( lots of detailed hand notes were not taken!)

More smokes and it was time for a cash game, which we started with a £5 buy-in and 1000 of chips.I was drinking my first alcohol since June last night and I'm glad I did ,because it loosened me up enough to call a raise from The Trout with Q10 and then call his bet on a flop of A J 7.I was out for revenge and when a sweet King came on the turn, The Trout reraised me all in and I couldn't call quickly enough,beating Mr Trouty's AK.

I lost a chunk of that to The Big Chap when his 56 made two pairs on the river v my tptk.( top pair top kicker)

Meantime the s-man supplied the munchies,I nearly burned my leg off when I dropped a hot cheesy Nacho ( took it like a man though and didn't make a fuss!) ,Dave Gilmour played guitar like a God on the tv and Dudley had his AJ ( I think it was AJ!) big bet called by The Trout and crashed when Trouty's powerhouse 74 off hit on the flop!

My cousin had played a solid game but had lost a couple of big coin flips.He sat out and by this time Dave Gilmours guitar was competing in vain with the s-mans ( he like a beeeg drill) snoring on the couch.

Yet more beers and smokes were consumed,much nonsense was spraffed,much donkery abounded at the tables and The Big Chap ( the guy who only plays with play money online) continued to clean up.

By 5am it was all over and The Big Chap walked away £55 up and I wondered how I'm going to wisely invest my overall of profit of 50 pence...

My cousin gave us all a run up the road and I finally hit the sack about 6.30am, which is probably why I feel so exhausted today.

That'll have to do as far a game report goes as I'm also suffering from my 5 beers hangover!

Heading over to my Mum and Dads for dinner soon and I'll be taking the documents Full Tilt require for a withdrawl so I can finally cash out and pay off the flat decorating costs I've run up on my credit card.

Don't forget to register for tonights Bloggerment game on Stars at 9pm bst.....