Poker and Daddyhood

Just the One!

Published on 2007-10-13 16:06:00

A trip to the maternity unit at the local hospital yesterday for the 3 month scan dispelled any thoughts of twins coming in 6 months time! The scan showed a 'normal' baby, wriggling around like the preverbial pig in shit. Can't help being amazed sat watching our little baby - just 3 months 'old' (or should that be -6 months old?) - on the screen wriggling around in mummy's tummy, waving arm and legs, heartbeat clearly visible. Amazing what technology can do these days.Anyway, mother and baby app

Oh Happy Days

Published on 2007-10-02 15:17:00

Another succesful night on the tables (although only at the 5/10c levels) and after doubling my Joker Stars BR on Sunday, I doubled it again last night. Oh happy days.Trying to stay away from the higher limit games, where variance can bite your ass much harder and hence longer to recover from. Once my total BR gets to 500£ I'll have a peek at stepping upto 25 & 50c BB level, where I have played comfortably in the past. I'd not looked at my overall BR for a while, just been putting a little

They Don't Like It Up 'Em!

Published on 2007-09-30 17:36:00

The Scots fell by the wayside.The Welsh were put to the sword.And the English? Well, they won again.Not Rugby.Not Football. (Yet. )But the Blogger Tourny. Happy to do it for my country.Bollocks to that mallarky - it's all about me, me, me!!Really enjoyed the game and felt really focused and patient (something that has been missing from my game for the last couple of weeks!). Got some good cards at vital times and generally, my decision making was pretty good.A few hands stand out:A 6 x BB raise

Nightmares and Dreamland!

Published on 2007-09-17 13:39:00

Had a bit of a session at the tables last night, the longest session I have played for some time. Cathy was in bed, feeling the effects of the several dozen babies she is carrying (ha ha) and the possibility of twins is increasing as much as her waistline. We both seem to feel the opposite, she is in dread, whereas I think it would be fantastic. We shall see, scan in 4 weeks when all will be revealed!Anyway, poker. Began quite brightly, taking my $130 up to $160 and I felt I was playing well, st

Published on 2007-09-15 03:18:00

Morning readers, hope the weekend is as bright and sunny as it is here in Cheshire!Life is very busy in my household at the moment. The office is contnuing to grow and I now have over 40 staff in the office, and business is running about 25% ahead of budget - with September's achieved in the first 2 weeks of trading! Our financial year starts 1st July - so with the first quarter almost over, we've had a great start to the year.Staff are stretched with workloads very high, this being our busiest

Pokery fun

Published on 2007-09-10 14:18:00

The fun bit refers to some live play I participated in over the weekend. Certainly not at the blogger game where a combination of an afternoon's drinking, serious tiredness and, at times, a distinct lack of knowing what was going on!I logged on to a few blogs to see where I could get the monkey from, and was pleasantly amazed to see the finishing table and see that I wasn't last - someone beat me to it by a couple of hands! So, that pleasure awaits me for another time, or hopefully not!The hand

Hand Analysis

Published on 2007-09-01 14:24:00

Evening chaps and chapesses.Almost finished reading Harrington, and after finishing Greenstein last week, I'm trying to put some of my new found theories into place. The biggest thing I have learnt, I think, is that I don't watch enough of what's going on around me. I make notes, and read them regularly, but there are things I ain't picking up. Maybe my recent bad run has made me concentrate too much on my losing hands, and I've lost some focus on my opponents and my other hands.So, I played a 5

Mia's First Joke

Published on 2007-08-29 10:41:00

Mia told her first joke this week. We’ve spent the last few days trying to figure out where she heard it, but haven’t found out yet.It’s not quite a Yorkshire Pudding joke – but it was quite funny from a 3 year old!!Knock knockWho’s there?BananaBanana who?Knock knockWho’s there?BananaBanana who?Knock knockWho’s there?BananaBanana who?Knock knockWho’s there?OrangeOrange who?Orange you glad it’s not another banana.Well, funnier than losing 3 buy-ins with 3 flopped full houses, bu

Onwards and......sideways!

Published on 2007-08-26 03:21:00

Sunday morning.9.30am.Been up for 2 and a half hours already.Only the online newspaper to read.Thursday night - no sleep at all, got called out to the office to oversee BT and telephone engineers after a fault on the system, and ended up getting home at just past 6am.Out for a few beers tonight to celebrate a friends 40th birthday.(gulp - this means I must be getting close!)Then, tomorrow, we have ALL of Cathy's family round for the afternoon.So, I'll be very tired and hung-over.Care to guess ho

Good Days Returning

Published on 2007-08-19 17:17:00

I hope this isn't one of those comments you make, and then look totally foolish a few days later, but had 2 great nights on the poker tables and am seeing my confidence levels returning. I've been lucky in finding (then following) 2 players of such awesome stupidity, that have gifted me 50$ between them. This hand may give you some idea.I'm dealt AA on the BB, and with 3 players in the hand, I raise about 4 x bb. All fold but one of my new friends and we see a flop of A 10 2.Hmmm, what to do her