As of about 2:00pm or so today, I'll have
to your continued health and success.
You are the GREATEST COUNTRY on this old flying rock!
We'll see you on the other side kids.
My sincerest thanks for dropping by....
6/30/2009
Bam-Bam Unplugged....
As of about 2:00pm or so today, I'll have
to your continued health and success.
You are the GREATEST COUNTRY on this old flying rock!
We'll see you on the other side kids.
My sincerest thanks for dropping by....
6/29/2009
GET.OFF.MY.JUNK.....
After a series of one, two and three table games that all ended very poorly for me, I sat back from the computer Friday night and considered cashing out right there and then. The beats were "nasty" as some like to say, "brutal" as others describe them but there was always that one constant. As has become more and more the case of late, they were totally expected.
In a NLHE 9 player / 1 table game, I had sat and folded crap cards for two orbits. There are still 9 players left sitting at the table and action is fairly tight. At least it appears that way based on the three or four showdowns that have occurred. Made hands making bets and standard raises pre, all seem to be the norm. Your hero here is dealt pocket Aces in the SB. UTG folds and the next spot makes it 3x to go. (25/50 blinds) I haven't quite got a range on this player as of yet but from the two similar raises from earlier on, I'd start with high PP. As I think more about his previous hands, I decide to go with 10-10/J-J. It folds to me where I want to make a raise for sure, I just don't want to scare him away. With 225 in the pot, I make it 300 to go. The BB takes no time at all and jams all-in. Now UTG+1 takes all the time in the world here. He's raised and been met with not one but two re-raises. Despite all this, he makes the shove. Two players all-in pre and I'm holding pocket Aces. The initial raiser flips up pocket Queens, my Aces flip over and to my immediate left, I see 4-8 off. Flop is 4-4-7, Turn Queen and the River of course, brings an 8. The pot got pushed to the second best hand in play.
**edit** Thanks Dave. No proof read and I apparently split two thoughts in that last sentance.
I sat in on a game after that, that had all 18 players left in it after the first 30 minutes. Play at my table was incredibly tight! There were almost no showdowns despite the small-ball style of Poker that seemed to be being played. I could see the pattern of swing and a miss chases, followed by hammering the pot when the chase turned good. Pretty much everyone at my table was on that same train so when I made it pot to go on the button with the Ac-Kc (crubs!) on the button, I wasn't too terribly worried about the two callers going to the flop with me. A flop that came out, Jc-10c-Qs. The standard play ensues where there is a bet, a call and a raise. Followed by the also standard call, call. The turn brings the Ks and the action heats up. Now I'm not sure what message to send these guys to be honest, but I figure my early raise pre and C-bet on the flop, should've told them a little something about the strength of my hand. In the end, all of our chips get in the middle and I see pocket Queens again in one hand and the 7s-10s in the other hand. The River lays down the 3s and once again after flopping the joint, I go home to a play by the third best hand in the pot. Let's see here... pre-flop I know I'm racing against the two Queens, let's call it 41% to my 39% and we'll give the rest to the 10-7 of Spades. After the flop however, I think I take a pretty hefty 68% to 28% to 4% lead don't you? That King of Spades on the turn was not my favorite card for sure, but what would I have been sitting at even there? I'm guessing about %60 / %20 / %20 or so.
The last game was one that could be the poster child for all the conspiracy theorists out there, that truly believe someone NOT something is controlling the action. Dealt pocket Kings in the cut off, I make a standard raise pre. Once again there are two callers. The flop gives me my third King and a very 'drawy' to a straight appearance, with the 9-10 to go with it. I get a few chips in the middle to end the hand right there, but it doesn't turn out that way. There is a fold and then a raise to all but $2 of my stack. (FWIW, I <3 cute idiots NOT) I jam and he flips up the obvious now, pocket Aces. Both the turn and River come Aces. I guess making set over set at that point, just wasn't quite enough of a statement about how poorly I played the hand.
I jumped on an O/8 table and made my money back, by being one of those Donkey's that liked almost every starting hand he was dealt. If I had crap with a draw and wrap to more crap, crap came. Holding the 7s-3c-8h-8d, I naturally flopped Quads. The golden holdings of 2c-2d-3s-9h, also saw the last remaining ducks in the deck come out to play. I folded A-K-A-K DS instantly! There was no place for hands like that in my game.
Now I'm taking a little hiatus from NLHE, maybe even from FullTilt. A guy can only get repeatedly kicked in his junk for so long, before he starts becoming a guy with no junk.
Since I have only two working day's this week, I don't know how much material is actually going to appear on this little corner of the intertubles. If I see ya' I see ya' and if I don't, Peb's and I would both like to wish everyone, the very best of Canada Day and Independence Day as well.
Drink well but drink wisely,
Laugh hard and laugh lots.
If it's half gone it's wasted,
If it's half there there's lots!
My sincerest thanks for dropping by....
In a NLHE 9 player / 1 table game, I had sat and folded crap cards for two orbits. There are still 9 players left sitting at the table and action is fairly tight. At least it appears that way based on the three or four showdowns that have occurred. Made hands making bets and standard raises pre, all seem to be the norm. Your hero here is dealt pocket Aces in the SB. UTG folds and the next spot makes it 3x to go. (25/50 blinds) I haven't quite got a range on this player as of yet but from the two similar raises from earlier on, I'd start with high PP. As I think more about his previous hands, I decide to go with 10-10/J-J. It folds to me where I want to make a raise for sure, I just don't want to scare him away. With 225 in the pot, I make it 300 to go. The BB takes no time at all and jams all-in. Now UTG+1 takes all the time in the world here. He's raised and been met with not one but two re-raises. Despite all this, he makes the shove. Two players all-in pre and I'm holding pocket Aces. The initial raiser flips up pocket Queens, my Aces flip over and to my immediate left, I see 4-8 off. Flop is 4-4-7, Turn Queen and the River of course, brings an 8. The pot got pushed to the second best hand in play.
**edit** Thanks Dave. No proof read and I apparently split two thoughts in that last sentance.
I sat in on a game after that, that had all 18 players left in it after the first 30 minutes. Play at my table was incredibly tight! There were almost no showdowns despite the small-ball style of Poker that seemed to be being played. I could see the pattern of swing and a miss chases, followed by hammering the pot when the chase turned good. Pretty much everyone at my table was on that same train so when I made it pot to go on the button with the Ac-Kc (crubs!) on the button, I wasn't too terribly worried about the two callers going to the flop with me. A flop that came out, Jc-10c-Qs. The standard play ensues where there is a bet, a call and a raise. Followed by the also standard call, call. The turn brings the Ks and the action heats up. Now I'm not sure what message to send these guys to be honest, but I figure my early raise pre and C-bet on the flop, should've told them a little something about the strength of my hand. In the end, all of our chips get in the middle and I see pocket Queens again in one hand and the 7s-10s in the other hand. The River lays down the 3s and once again after flopping the joint, I go home to a play by the third best hand in the pot. Let's see here... pre-flop I know I'm racing against the two Queens, let's call it 41% to my 39% and we'll give the rest to the 10-7 of Spades. After the flop however, I think I take a pretty hefty 68% to 28% to 4% lead don't you? That King of Spades on the turn was not my favorite card for sure, but what would I have been sitting at even there? I'm guessing about %60 / %20 / %20 or so.
The last game was one that could be the poster child for all the conspiracy theorists out there, that truly believe someone NOT something is controlling the action. Dealt pocket Kings in the cut off, I make a standard raise pre. Once again there are two callers. The flop gives me my third King and a very 'drawy' to a straight appearance, with the 9-10 to go with it. I get a few chips in the middle to end the hand right there, but it doesn't turn out that way. There is a fold and then a raise to all but $2 of my stack. (FWIW, I <3 cute idiots NOT) I jam and he flips up the obvious now, pocket Aces. Both the turn and River come Aces. I guess making set over set at that point, just wasn't quite enough of a statement about how poorly I played the hand.
I jumped on an O/8 table and made my money back, by being one of those Donkey's that liked almost every starting hand he was dealt. If I had crap with a draw and wrap to more crap, crap came. Holding the 7s-3c-8h-8d, I naturally flopped Quads. The golden holdings of 2c-2d-3s-9h, also saw the last remaining ducks in the deck come out to play. I folded A-K-A-K DS instantly! There was no place for hands like that in my game.
Now I'm taking a little hiatus from NLHE, maybe even from FullTilt. A guy can only get repeatedly kicked in his junk for so long, before he starts becoming a guy with no junk.
Since I have only two working day's this week, I don't know how much material is actually going to appear on this little corner of the intertubles. If I see ya' I see ya' and if I don't, Peb's and I would both like to wish everyone, the very best of Canada Day and Independence Day as well.
Drink well but drink wisely,
Laugh hard and laugh lots.
If it's half gone it's wasted,
If it's half there there's lots!
My sincerest thanks for dropping by....
6/26/2009
Frantic Friday : The be like Waffles Edition.... (NSFW)
It's rare that I find anything too inspiring, when I stare at this stupid screen. But lately one of us has started to make some personal changes, that have me taking a good, hard look at myself.
Yes the Pedophile Popper and the best.nipple.shot.poster.EVER Angel may both have passed on the same day, but beware of the real impending doom, as I admit that I may have been inspired by Waffles.
Thankfully, it's nothing Poker related!
Waffles decision to do something about the shape he's in, got me to thinking about how I was doing in that department also. When I couldn't help but notice that there was definitely more "shape" for me to take a look at, I realized that I too better start on the road to recovery.
It's not like this came up on me :
or anything either. I've been ignoring the signs and symptoms for far too long now! I'd always eat that last bite off my plate, no matter that I was stuffed to the gills. And heaven forbid I turn down anyone offering up a piece of candy! Hell if you handed me the bag, I'd eat them all in the end!
All of the extra food with no real form of exercise, was starting to really take it's toll on my body. Never mind,'does my ass look big in this?' I could tell for myself it was getting huge!
Then there was all the signs of the problem that I was ignoring, clothing not fitting properly :
and all the times it seemed that because of my increased proportions, I just plain had nothing to wear.
Oh I had lots of clothes alright, I just didn't fit into them any more. The last straw was when I found I was having some issues with something as simple as, pulling up my socks.
I had to face the cold hard truth! I was getting fat and I was not happy about it! I needed to start doing something about it and right away. The first thing I needed to do was, tell myself to start moderating my food intake. No longer could it be :
Next, I needed to develop a workout program.
I never been one of the guy's that can go down to the local gym or health club and push myself to the limits. I've always needed a partner or buddy to help motivate me to keep on keepin' on. It's just how I'm made I guess. But I didn't let that stop me! Nope, inspired by Waffles and his determination to keep walking and walking, no matter how many times or how much it rained :
I did everything that I needed to do, in order to motivate myself to get this done.
Knowing my weakness was going to be making myself do the right thing, the first order of business was to grab a friend :
to push me to the limit.
You know what? With that friend in hand, I was already starting to feel better.
Next we needed to develop some type of plan. We needed some clear direction :
to get us pointed in the right way.
I think our plan was perfect! I also think I was much fatter and out of shape, than even I had first admitted. Man! When we started the workout, I just couldn't believe how much I was sweating!
Honestly kids, I found out a few things just from this first little bit of stress and strain. Some of them were things that well.... I never really needed to know!
As an example when the sweat started getting all over the place, that's when I found that I'd managed to grow fat enough to have what could technically be called :
under boob.
Because I'm such a good and caring friend, I'll spare you all the gorey details about the sweat in the nether regions below.
Let's just say it wasn't that pretty shall we?
The good thing was, I was doing something about getting back in shape. It made me both happy and proud to be working out so hard, to improve the way I look and feel. And trust me, I was working harder than most. I was so out of shape that in one of the exercises, the bicycle I think it's called :
I nearly fell over as I tried to keep up.
But I never quit! Sure I got a lot sweatier :
but you know what? I was learning as I go and there's not a damn thing wrong, with creating a little sweat!
Even if it is in your currently dwindling under boob!
We've worked out long, hard and often together and I have to say a huge thanks to my friend and workout buddy! I couldn't have done it without you.
Now at my age, I know better than to expect that I'll turn myself into some kind of :
just by doing a few workouts here and there. But I honestly think I'm past that anyhow. I just want to enjoy my :
and like most everybody else, maybe help myself feel a little more comfortable when I'm hanging around at the pool.
So I'm going to keep plugging away at it and see where this whole "in shape" journey takes me.
I can tell you, I certainly feel a lot better about myself of late. And to think, all because of Waffles. Thanks man!
OH crap I almost forgot! Even though I'm fairly new to this whole workout thing, there are a few key points that I feel it's important to share with you. First, do whatever it takes to keep yourself hydrated!
I can't begin to tell you how imortant that is.
Secondly, most just walk in and sign up for whatever program the clubs and gyms have going on at the moment. Don't be that guy! Check the papers, radio ad's and maybe even do the google thing, to see what's really out there for you. Many of these facilities advertise a special :
that can save you hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Cash in your pocket not theirs, is a really good thing.
Finally and probably the most important tip I can give you, be careful! Do not over exert yourself or try equipment that you are not completely familiar with and for heavens sake, if your thinking about trying something really exciting and new :
be as descrete as you can!
Thanks Waffles!
My sincerest thanks for dropping by....
Yes the Pedophile Popper and the best.nipple.shot.poster.EVER Angel may both have passed on the same day, but beware of the real impending doom, as I admit that I may have been inspired by Waffles.
Thankfully, it's nothing Poker related!
Waffles decision to do something about the shape he's in, got me to thinking about how I was doing in that department also. When I couldn't help but notice that there was definitely more "shape" for me to take a look at, I realized that I too better start on the road to recovery.
It's not like this came up on me :
or anything either. I've been ignoring the signs and symptoms for far too long now! I'd always eat that last bite off my plate, no matter that I was stuffed to the gills. And heaven forbid I turn down anyone offering up a piece of candy! Hell if you handed me the bag, I'd eat them all in the end!
All of the extra food with no real form of exercise, was starting to really take it's toll on my body. Never mind,'does my ass look big in this?' I could tell for myself it was getting huge!
Then there was all the signs of the problem that I was ignoring, clothing not fitting properly :
and all the times it seemed that because of my increased proportions, I just plain had nothing to wear.
Oh I had lots of clothes alright, I just didn't fit into them any more. The last straw was when I found I was having some issues with something as simple as, pulling up my socks.
I had to face the cold hard truth! I was getting fat and I was not happy about it! I needed to start doing something about it and right away. The first thing I needed to do was, tell myself to start moderating my food intake. No longer could it be :
Next, I needed to develop a workout program.
I never been one of the guy's that can go down to the local gym or health club and push myself to the limits. I've always needed a partner or buddy to help motivate me to keep on keepin' on. It's just how I'm made I guess. But I didn't let that stop me! Nope, inspired by Waffles and his determination to keep walking and walking, no matter how many times or how much it rained :
I did everything that I needed to do, in order to motivate myself to get this done.
Knowing my weakness was going to be making myself do the right thing, the first order of business was to grab a friend :
to push me to the limit.
You know what? With that friend in hand, I was already starting to feel better.
Next we needed to develop some type of plan. We needed some clear direction :
to get us pointed in the right way.
I think our plan was perfect! I also think I was much fatter and out of shape, than even I had first admitted. Man! When we started the workout, I just couldn't believe how much I was sweating!
Honestly kids, I found out a few things just from this first little bit of stress and strain. Some of them were things that well.... I never really needed to know!
As an example when the sweat started getting all over the place, that's when I found that I'd managed to grow fat enough to have what could technically be called :
under boob.
Because I'm such a good and caring friend, I'll spare you all the gorey details about the sweat in the nether regions below.
Let's just say it wasn't that pretty shall we?
The good thing was, I was doing something about getting back in shape. It made me both happy and proud to be working out so hard, to improve the way I look and feel. And trust me, I was working harder than most. I was so out of shape that in one of the exercises, the bicycle I think it's called :
I nearly fell over as I tried to keep up.
But I never quit! Sure I got a lot sweatier :
but you know what? I was learning as I go and there's not a damn thing wrong, with creating a little sweat!
Even if it is in your currently dwindling under boob!
We've worked out long, hard and often together and I have to say a huge thanks to my friend and workout buddy! I couldn't have done it without you.
Now at my age, I know better than to expect that I'll turn myself into some kind of :
just by doing a few workouts here and there. But I honestly think I'm past that anyhow. I just want to enjoy my :
and like most everybody else, maybe help myself feel a little more comfortable when I'm hanging around at the pool.
So I'm going to keep plugging away at it and see where this whole "in shape" journey takes me.
I can tell you, I certainly feel a lot better about myself of late. And to think, all because of Waffles. Thanks man!
OH crap I almost forgot! Even though I'm fairly new to this whole workout thing, there are a few key points that I feel it's important to share with you. First, do whatever it takes to keep yourself hydrated!
I can't begin to tell you how imortant that is.
Secondly, most just walk in and sign up for whatever program the clubs and gyms have going on at the moment. Don't be that guy! Check the papers, radio ad's and maybe even do the google thing, to see what's really out there for you. Many of these facilities advertise a special :
that can save you hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Cash in your pocket not theirs, is a really good thing.
Finally and probably the most important tip I can give you, be careful! Do not over exert yourself or try equipment that you are not completely familiar with and for heavens sake, if your thinking about trying something really exciting and new :
be as descrete as you can!
Thanks Waffles!
My sincerest thanks for dropping by....
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