Cheers mate, hope things are going well. Yeah, I’m going to try and treat this run as a test, and trust it can’t get any worse!

So, what are your plans for this week mate? I’m going to play Broadway tonight and Walsall Friday, and unfortunately that is all I can manage. Planning a night out in Brum Saturday too (as long as we’re not still in!), would be great if you could make that?

See you soon, gl mate

Seems you’re going through a very unlucky spell mate, especially adding in Broadway exit. It can’t go on forever mate, a deep run with no sick beats (unless in your favour) must be on the horizon!

Glad to hear about the 108 of clubs. It’s probably lucky I over-raised it, and avoided things getting messy on the 972 two clubs flop!

Looking forward to seeing you back on the circuit soon, hope things go well mate.

LOL – at running into AA twice! I was so suspicious about the over raise – i had the mighty 10 8 cc too! I had chipped up 46k in that last hour and was so so tempted to peel and see a flop. If it was 12k i call – but playing into a 32k stack against yours (124k?) with 10 8 felt like i was going to be commited on any kind of pretty flop! – I was happy with my days work too!

I obv wont bore you with the others – but honestly – i could have puked! I have never felt so beaten up by the cards and I’ve taken my fair share in the past! I think my favourite line from the weekend as I walked away was “he deserved it anyway” – i would love to hear the justification!

I look forward to seeing you on the circuit. I dont play all the GUKPT’s due to work commitments – but i get to as many as I can.

GL mate- hope your luck turns around a little too!

Guy

Really good to hear from you mate. I really felt for you in Dublin when I saw you get up early in the second day. Just like if someone busts in the first few minutes of the first day, I knew the only reason could be some kind of sick cold deck. I wouldn’t even call kings against aces getting it in bad, as I just think it’s pretty much unavoiable, even in the mammoth structure which that event had.

It might make you feel better to know that this means you ran into aces twice in quick succession, at the start of the second day and end of the first! I don’t know if you remember the second last pot of the day? You raised to 3,200 from the button, and I made a big over-raise to 16k from the big blind. I had aces then, and was hoping a big over-raise might look more suspicious, so you did well to get away.

I think the fact that you’ve thought about stuff like this, which most people wouldn’t, shows that you’ve got exactly the right atttitude. I got into trouble myself when I first started playing live, for the opposite reason. After my kings held up against Micky Wernick in the GUKPT in Manchester, I celebrated a bit too much. It incurred the wrath of Barry Neville, I just about came out alive, and I’ve learnt my lesson since!

It’s just the toughest game in which to have a good attitude towards losing. In any other sport, losing means that you didn’t play well enough. This is not the case in poker, and it not only can seem so unfair, but it is so sudden.

Hope things go well mate, and look forward to seeing you back at the live tables soon!

I have just read this post. I had the pleasure of playing with you in Ireland (i had the 246k stack – 2 to your right for the last hour of day 1).

Your philosophy on the beats is amazing if you can hold to it. I have had a pretty disgusting 3 months, Ireland being the pinacle when I managed to burn 246k (200bb’s) within 40 minutes of day 2, getting my money in bad once (KK into AA).

I have really questioned myslef recently (as i blew up pretty badly personally in Ireland – getting my first ever time penalties (x2) for being a cock in the 500). Made worse by the fact my KK was no good against AK – again!

I havent played live since and tonight I am taking the ‘new me’ to the tables. No more blow ups – no more criticizing the donkeys, hand shakes to people who put me out and as much of a gentlemans attitude as i can muster in the face of adversity when it arises!

Reading your post has only reinforced how the game should be played. You show class at the tables and i hope to be as close to a gentleman as you are!

I look forward to playing with you again in the near future (or not as the case may be ;0) ).

Good luck at the tables

Guy