I wonder if some alcohols would improve my game.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Only one way to find out. I have some fine karakh vodka, not fine enough to lament the lack of mixers in my house though.
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Sunday, 31 January 2010 20:31 (fourteen years ago) link
karakh kazakh
karakh kazakh tesco value
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
where snrub at??
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey Snrub! Your stack is diminishing!
― Mark C, Sunday, 31 January 2010 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't like this game.
all in top pair to a flush draw, which i bluffed getting but mark did get. then i fail to rebuy 'cause i can't see where the button is. (i clicked the auto-rebuy thing in the bottom right, saw the timer clicking down but nothing saying REBUY Y/N?!??!)
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Sunday, 31 January 2010 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry to lose you Tom. That does suck, a lot. Load a new game and go on mad tilt.
― Mark C, Sunday, 31 January 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i went out before the guy who isn't even there!
keeping mah money for the next pwn cup, got enough in the kitty for four more, if i don't get in the money for any of those then CYA!
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Sunday, 31 January 2010 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
fucking hell. one day i will learn
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
You beat AA with 86o!
Congrats again to Rock Hardy, who is one hell of a player.
― Mark C, Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
excitement!
Really enjoyed it, you guys, and not just because I won!
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
As I was telling Mark, I'm probably done with real-money online poker for a few months except for the PWN CUP. I have no idea how to play against those aggromonsters.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm not complaining! except for my lack of ability to click fold as i knew exactly what hands were there.
good game though. next time you are all gonna get fucked!
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I deposited $30 when we restarted these games 3 months ago, and only playing these games I'm up to $97 :)
Yeah, Ken, that was an odd hand, unless you think Rock's a bluffer (and have you EVER seen him show down a crap hand?)...
― Mark C, Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I did a week ago, and got sent home in 14 hands. :-)
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, that should be ;-)
i just got upset that the third spade appeared and gave up. didn't have the right mentality for the long haul tonight.
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:44 (fourteen years ago) link
xposts
So, last week I totally forgot about the game, this week I registered three hours early and then totally forgot about the game. Fuck!
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.alastairbathgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ken-forrester.jpg
ken: bottled today
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
or more accurately since 2007!
next week, mr snrub.
maybe we can all transfer $2 back for mr snrub's buy-in?
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
or $1.20/$1.80/$3 even? :)
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
wait no it should make up $5..
Almost every single time I play against non-ILX people, I make money. Just now, for example, I doubled my $20 buy-in in about 15 minutes. Every single time I play in the PWN cup, I lose $5-10 dollars. This stark difference can only be because...
a) you guys are way too goodb) I have had a horrible run of luck in the PWN cupc) I'm not very good at tournament style poker (other than the PWN cup, I usually play ring games where you can come and go as you please, and the blinds don't go up over time)d) the curse of catbeast
My brain tells me it's probably c), but my heart tells me d)
― CATBEAST!! (Z S), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to beat fairly consistently the $20 sngs when I played regularly, but that hardly makes me 1337. Ken is an awesome live player but I think he gets bored online. And Rock is a machine, with very few chinks.
re c), yes, it's a different skill for sure, and if you're not prepared to adjust your game as the blinds go up (especially versus other players who do), you'll probably underperform as things get interesting in a tourney,
― Mark C, Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
actually is it possible to run private ring games?
might be fun to do if we can also keep the buy in real low as a once a month special instead of usual tourney..
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
would guess (c), though I'm just the opposite (prefer tournaments, miserable failure at ring)
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
CATBEAST may be powerful but his poker-fu is weak.
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
there's definitely at least one chink when i play xposts
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry couldn't resist that one much like calling with shit hands.
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha
I think it helps that I've mostly played Limit instead of NL the last year and a half, but I'm not sure how it helps. Maybe that I've seen a lot more postflop play than you guys?
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 31 January 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i think playing limit helps a lot to focus on the odds which many NL players don't pay enough attention to at times?
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
^ that might be bullshit though
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 31 January 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I think that's right. I know it keeps me from being too in love with my pocket pairs -- in limit, when there's no way to chase people away from the pot preflop and my QQ-KK-AA is up against 4-5 villains, I've learned the hard way not to get too tilted when they're cracked.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Monday, 1 February 2010 00:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Any chance we could start an hour earlier this week? I don't want to run too close to the Super Bowl.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
i can.. might have to just request a new one though. who is in? if we get enough numbers in i'll sort it.
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Crap, I forgot about having to arrange things with the FT poobahs. The regular time can work for me if it's a hassle to change it. What I have in mind to cook that day is going to be 'set it up early and let it cook itself'.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I should be back from Finland in time to play - may be a bit knackered though!
― Mark C, Wednesday, 3 February 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
it's not really such a hassle - just need to send an email to them.
easiest actually is just to ask them to create a new standalone one (3pm) for this week only and we just make sure none of us sign up to the 4pm one by accident.
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
if we do perhaps we should make this one a proper freezeout so it's over quicker?
The game doesn't start until an hour after last week's tourney ended, so no need for that.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Ken, did you change the tourney time? No problem if you didn't, I just need to know for cooking porpoises.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 7 February 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
hi there!
sorry i hadn't done it - who's in for tonight??
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 7 February 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
registered and ready to pwn
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 7 February 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Have you moved it to 8 now Ken? Less ideal but should be able to join.
― Mark C, Sunday, 7 February 2010 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
No, it's still the same time as previous.
― the end times are coming, but they're just the beginning (WmC), Sunday, 7 February 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Aces. I have registered. Anyone else?
― Mark C, Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
andre is in and maybe john s.
― The smile on my face, disguises the case, I bury the truth deep down in (ken c), Sunday, 7 February 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link