Operation: My red line is bigger than yours

Given the completion of my 100k operation last week (which took a million years longer than expected), I decided to make a new operation.

My game has come to a point/style that I'm finally pretty happy about. So we'll see if I can keep up the solid play.

Goals for this year:

-200k (or 300k) in 2009 (and consequently, call some sort of tax lawyer and figure out this whole grey area of paying taxes in Canada)
-I'm sick of the Raptors games not being on cable, so I need to get raptorsTV
-Along those lines, I need a new flat screen tv
-I'd like to go to the gym on average 3 times a week (and potentially gain like 15-20 lbs of muscle)
-Perhaps most importantly: Finish writing my thesis and defend my masters, so I can get on with things
-Once I'm done school, travel a lottt (which may hinder the monetary goals but we'll see)

Status for the year:

- 32k of 200k
- and nothing else accomplished!

New OPERATION... heeeeeeere we go!

Call the tax lawyer today then change the name of this operation!

Change it to Operation Bigred is Awesome. It has a nice ring.

Awesome man. I say go shop crazy and buy random shit that damages your BR but is still BALLIN.

move to a country that does not pay taxes on gambling = problem solved imo

oh, and swing for the fences griffey!

Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

move to a country that does not pay taxes on gambling = problem solved imo

oh, and swing for the fences griffey!

Thanks man! Well thats the problem... you see. I THINK I might be in one of those countries... but I'm not entirely sure. It's kind of unclear really... as to what is considered a "windfall" winning.

nice plans!

Originally Posted by griffey24

and consequently, call some sort of tax lawyer and figure out this whole grey area of paying taxes in Canada

definitely do this. A bunch of countries already have precedents/rulings (I think Australia, most of Scandanavia?). Doesn't Canada already have this? guess you've already searched though.. Going through a big firm to get the legal opinion is worthwhile - pay the exorbitant hourly once then forget about it!
I'm doing this for New Zealand when I finish working in a few months.

Originally Posted by griffey24

32k of 200k

there's your tax paid....

A good tax lawyer is worth his/her weight in gold. It might cost $300 an hour but it really will be the best money you can spend. You might also check with them "when" you will be taxed if you are taxed....if the money is working and fluctuating up and down in your poker account, it might be treated like a stock or future and not taxed until you withdraw.

Thanks for the tax advice Daven/Frisky

Yah I'll definitely have to look into a tax lawyer at some point soon. I'm sure Alex and I will make some lame propbet about who can find one the fastest or something :P

Daven - as for Canada having clear laws. Well I think there is a clear law that states "windfall earnings are NOT taxable"... "expected earnings are taxable". So the grey area arises, as to whether or not the poker earnings are windfall or not. If I show them a graph for my 2008, with the most ridiculous swings ever, they would be hard pressed to convince someone that it definitely was NOT windfall....

hah, best title ever.

gl griffey!

I see you still haven't changed the title, 2009 does not bide well for you!!!!!


But yeah, make monies and what not.

As for the tax lawyer thing, you need to stop saying "soon" and other vague terms. Set a date and do it. It's the only way it will get done.

Originally Posted by bigred

I see you still haven't changed the title, 2009 does not bide well for you!!!!!


But yeah, make monies and what not.

As for the tax lawyer thing, you need to stop saying "soon" and other vague terms. Set a date and do it. It's the only way it will get done.

Yah you're right! ok.. calling tax lawyer by the end of Feb!

Not good enough. Set a date to start researching who to call and call by Valentine's day. Procrastinator.

end of Feb? thats the lamest thing ive ever heard

set a date aka CALL TOMORROW U LAZY PUNK!

Originally Posted by griffey24

Yah you're right! ok.. calling tax lawyer by the end of Feb!

As a man who once paid for a phone I no longer owned for 15 months because I was too lazy to cancel the contract, I approve of this post.

Originally Posted by kettleofish

Originally Posted by griffey24

Yah you're right! ok.. calling tax lawyer by the end of Feb!

As a man who once paid for a phone I no longer owned for 15 months because I was too lazy to cancel the contract, I approve of this post.

lol, pwned.

sorta sounds like my non-cancelled xbox live account.

some procrastinators do quite well when they are offered alternative options: why dont you try a tax consultant?

You COULD always start some sort of money laundering thing where you could send a few grand to multiple friends acounts and them have them withdraw such untaxed 'windfalls'. Then again this sounds illegal aha, maybe you could ask your tax specialist about that one.

okkkk first poker related post in a while!

I had been running pretty decently lately and playin pretty well until a couple days ago. I'm on a 10k downswing the last two days of running into sets, bad beats, which inevitably results in some form of spew.

The key to my upswing was that for the most part I started each session up. I think the mindset that this contributes to the rest of the session can't really be under-estimated. It just emphasizes solid play from the get-go. It's really discouraging having bad things happen right at the beginning of a session.

I've been treating top pair like the nuts the last couple days. It's not the nuts, and I have to remind myself of that. An extension of treating top pair like the nuts, is never folding top pairs, which I also need to start doing.

Also stop bluffing unbluffables/stations (ie: Ravageur) cause they don't know how to fold. Ever.

This was the last hand of my first session today (down 4.3k). Mega cooler, deep at 5/10 pounds and I just insta quit all tables. At least I'm good at quitting when things start getting bad, and I think a lot of people are pretty bad at this.

£5/£10 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG (£4970.00)
UTG+1 (£997.00)
Hero (CO) (£2083.00)
BTN (£3083.25)
SB (£990.00)
BB (£1085.00)

Pre-flop: (£15, 6 players) Hero is CO
2 folds, Hero raises to £34, BTN raises to £105, 2 folds, Hero calls £71

Flop: (£225, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets £155, Hero calls £155

Turn: (£535, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets £380, Hero calls £380

River: (£1,295, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets £2,443.25, Hero calls £1,443

Final Pot: £5,181.25
Hero shows:
BTN shows:

BTN wins £5,178.25 ( won +£2,095 )
Hero lost -£2,083


I'm taking the rest of the day off, and given the last two days downswing and lack of playing, I'm pretty much out of contention in the rakerace my site is having. Oh well! Tomorrow will be solid play! RETURN OF THE FOLDING.

So the month is coming to a close, and I'm overall pretty happy with it. Was my best month so far, with around 31ish k including RB and bonuses and stuff.

Made a recovery after my 10k downswing which is nice. Though I've been trying to mix in some stars, to get a stars roll and been playing some 400nl on there. I'm not sure why, but I keep losing on stars lately! I think I'm playing waaay too spewy for some reason, so we'll see if I can fix that.

I'm trying to deposit money on stars, but they have a dumb max deposit limit that I'm trying to work around right now.

I have no overwhelming goals for feb. I reeeeeeealllllly need to start working more on my thesis, so maybe I should take a little poker break for a while till I make some progress. We'll see how that goes!

Keep emailing support. Just keep pestering them and telling them your situation etc. They will cave eventually.

Yaaah they emailed me with a bunch of documents they need, so once I send that we'll see if that fixes the problem!

In other news, I'm currently in Ravageur Induced Tilt (RITILT - as I will refer to it from now on!)

The last several months, he has won so many all-ins that it defies all laws of probability and stats. So in honour of that, and in honour of my RITILT I thought I'd post this HEM chart of our hands together. It's madness IMO! Maybe I should just feel happy that my 90%'ers are holding up. geeez

Rav runs hotter than literally anybody. I had heard rumors before, but it was verified during the CPC

I only run hot vs the fish imo

Something crazy is going to happen today, I can feel it.

Today is the final day of interpoker's January rakerace. Top 8 players win a free weekend trip to London for some poker prize and to watch a soccer match there.

Right now Ravageur and Alexos are in the top 8. As of last night at midnight I was in 8th place, with the 9th place person like 400-500 mpp's behind me. I wake up this morning and see that he's prob been playing the last several hours.

Today is gonna be a grindddd of all grinds.

Grinding for London imo!

lol Good Luck man

Londonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Grind like you've never ground before!!!

Awesome trip for you guys if all 3 get there.

Originally Posted by bjsaust

Grind like you've never ground before!!!

Awesome trip for you guys if all 3 get there.

Ugh I can't do it!

I've played 3.5k hands today. Alex played a billion hands today 17 tabling. For some reason whenever I try playing more than 11 tables on inter, there's some bug and the tables don't show up properly.

The other guy who was in 9th has been playing what seems to be non-stop since the middle of the night. He also plays limit which means he gets way more MPP (points) than NL players.

yada yada.. looks like I'm gonna bubble on this in 9th place. There's a 12 person tourney though, and top 2 get the prize. So I'll have to own that up.

I also think I'm gonna take a break from poker for a week or two and really focus on my thesis. I'm pretty happy about how last month ended off and how my play is of late. I think its a good time for me to just take a break, and finish off more important things.

Easier said that done... Genitruc.. any advice is appreciated!

Best month ever in Jan wasnt it?

Not a bad time to break and enjoy it knowing you're on top of your game

STILL TIME LEFT GO NONSTOP GRIFFEY COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO FUCKING QUITTING ON HANDS PLAYED. GOGOGO. I can play tonight for a couple hours and keep you company, come on, no way he cn do this to you.

Griffey, you fail at two things:

Rakeraces and propbets.


With love,

Alex

Originally Posted by Alexos

Griffey, you fail at two things:

Rakeraces and propbets.


With love,

Alex

lol low blow

200nl HU 4-tabling death match..imo??

At least when I lose propbets I pay out! Sooo where's that vid you owe me Alex??

At least win the freeroll so we can all meet up in London and party Jesper style. Hopefully Elena style, too.

Originally Posted by andy-akb

At least win the freeroll so we can all meet up in London and party Jesper style. Hopefully Elena style, too.

haha I'll do my best. I have a few shots at it with the tourney and other free rolls!


Had my most brutal day in a while today. Dropped a solid 9k.

I think it was just one of those days where you miss the world. But then sweet sometimes you hit the world.. but no wait.. someone hit the world a little better and you get owned. Where you bluff in good spots, but this time they just have it. Where you turn an OESD+FD and for some reason this time, the aggressor decides to overbet shove 400 into 100, and you cry and fold.

I have a theory that whenever I get rakeback, I end up spewfesting it away that very same day! Not sure why that happens, maybe its the free monies!

On the bright side, I did manage to NOT play poker all day (day = daytime) and actually did some thesis work as planned, so thats good!

Goals for tomorrow! Not play poker in the day again, and not lose 9k in the evening!

Not to take away your thunder but today seems EXACTLY how my day was too. Good luck man! I say we get some sweat sessions going again soon.

Originally Posted by griffey24

actually did some thesis work as planned, so thats good!

What degree / discipline are you working on? And good luck with that. I know a lot of people who got to ABD and couldn't finish. Finishing your degree is good, imo.

Originally Posted by Robb

Originally Posted by griffey24

actually did some thesis work as planned, so thats good!

What degree / discipline are you working on? And good luck with that. I know a lot of people who got to ABD and couldn't finish. Finishing your degree is good, imo.

I did undergrad at the University of Waterloo (though most people probably don't know what that is!) in Engineering. My masters is at University of Toronto in Medical Biophysics (translation: x-ray imaging and cancer research)

Couldn't hack a real major like art history, eh?

Seriously, nice job, and best of luck as you complete your degree. Sounds like you're both learning great science and making a valuable contribution to society. That's awesome.

I think I valuetowned myself too much yesterday. I'm not sure though.

Here are a few hands:

Hand 1
-villain is a good reg who is normally very solid (folds to 3bets a lot etc) but today has been calling all 3bets and calling all cont bets and being much more spewy
-3bet pre is prob no good given that he's calling always and I'm OOP deep
-villain INSTA calls flop bet so I put him on midpairs, floats, draws and obv some better Jx etc that I might value town against

$2/$5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($684.00)
CO ($1022.01)
BTN ($500.00)
Hero (SB) ($897.35)
BB ($220.10)

Pre-flop: ($7, 5 players) Hero is SB
1 fold, CO raises to $15, 1 fold, Hero raises to $55, 1 fold, CO calls $40

Flop: ($115, 2 players)
Hero bets $80, CO calls $80

Turn: ($275, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $211, Hero raises to $762.35


Hand 2
-Villain is a complete donk station bad player
-he snapped called the turn, which made me feel like he prob most likely had a draw or Kx. Though I suppose I should prob put a donk on any two

$2/$5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($269.50)
UTG+1 ($500.00)
CO ($656.15)
Hero (BTN) ($544.00)
SB ($948.11)
BB ($965.31)

Pre-flop: ($7, 6 players) Hero is BTN
UTG calls $5, 2 folds, Hero raises to $17, 2 folds, UTG calls $12

Flop: ($41, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $30, UTG calls $30

Turn: ($101, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $70, UTG calls $70

River: ($241, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $153


Hand 3
-villain is kind of a donk reg, who runs 40/15ish but isn't THAT bad just loose pre and limps and crap
-intentional small turn bet so he peels all pairs+heart and I value town him hard on a heart river
-river is who knows meh

$2/$5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($449.00)
UTG+1 ($1089.42)
Hero (CO) ($601.00)
BTN ($1035.40)
SB ($515.40)
BB ($500.00)

Pre-flop: ($7, 6 players) Hero is CO
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $15, Hero raises to $50, 3 folds, UTG+1 calls $35

Flop: ($107, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $70, UTG+1 calls $70

Turn: ($247, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $100, UTG+1 calls $100

River: ($447, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $869.42, Hero ?...

I'm on quasi bubble tilt at the moment! Well I was an hour or so ago... but still somewhat annoyed.

I came in 9th place in Jan's rake race (when the top 8 got prizes to London). People in 9th-21st got entry into a 12 person freeroll where top 2 got prizes to london.

Played the 12 person tourney today. I'm not really a donkament player but think I did ok. had a few weird spots at the end of the game.

Down to the final 3, and top two get the london package. Third is bubble with nothing.


Hand 1
-no clue if I should fire this turn or not. he had just called me previously with A4o OOP and I took it down with a low pair after we checked it down

$150/$300 No Limit Holdem
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ($11930.00)
Hero (SB) ($5855.00)
BB ($12215.00)

Pre-flop: ($525, 3 players) Hero is SB
BTN folds, Hero raises to $900, BB calls $600

Flop: ($1,950, 2 players)
Hero bets $1,200, BB calls $1,200

Turn: ($4,350, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

River: ($4,350, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks

Final Pot: $4,350
BB shows:
Hero shows:

BB wins $4,275 ( won +$2,175 )
Hero lost -$2,100


Hand 2
-After flatting me a few times, villain INSTAA shoves this BB. Is this a close decision at all? Is this a standard call/fold?

$150/$300 No Limit Holdem
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ($9530.00)
Hero (SB) ($6355.00)
BB ($14115.00)

Pre-flop: ($450, 3 players) Hero is SB
BTN folds, Hero raises to $800, BB raises to $14,115, Hero folds

Final Pot: $14,915

BB wins $14,915 ( won +$800 )
Hero lost -$800


Hand 3
-Last hand of the tourney
-Definitely standard once I 3bet, and I think the 3bet is pretty standard too...?

$150/$300 No Limit Holdem
3 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
BTN ($7725.00)
Hero (SB) ($6785.00)
BB ($15490.00)

Pre-flop: ($525, 3 players) Hero is SB
BTN raises to $800, Hero raises to $2,111, BB folds, BTN raises to $7,700, Hero calls $4,649

Flop: ($14,910, 2 players)

Turn: ($14,910, 2 players)

River: ($14,910, 2 players)

Final Pot: $14,910
BTN shows:
Hero shows:

BTN wins $14,835 ( won +$7,135 )
Hero lost -$6,760


HERO loses, Hero goes out on the freaking bubble! UGHHH

you were pretty tilted last night alright. poker sucks

I am selling my London package. I dont know the exact value of the package, but if your interested i will contact platinum club, and find out?

Originally Posted by wingster

I am selling my London package. I dont know the exact value of the package, but if your interested i will contact platinum club, and find out?

Sup wingster, why aren't you going?

Keep me posted, I mean I think this was more one of those things that I'd like to win but not necessarily something I could validate buying for only a weekend, type thing. But let me know!

I think plat said 1.5k.

I really wanted to go, but I got the dates mixed up. It's the same weekend as one of my best friends wedding. Dont think I can get out of that one

I havent heard from plat club yet, but 1.5k sounds about right. I already got $430 for travel, so $1070. I'll let you have it for $700?

You really need to see the new head of plat club, Jesper in action. Crazy swedish guy. But i'm sure Rava, genitruc, Alex or Andy already told you that.

Originally Posted by wingster

I really wanted to go, but I got the dates mixed up. It's the same weekend as one of my best friends wedding. Dont think I can get out of that one

I havent heard from plat club yet, but 1.5k sounds about right. I already got $430 for travel, so $1070. I'll let you have it for $700?

You really need to see the new head of plat club, Jesper in action. Crazy swedish guy. But i'm sure Rava, genitruc, Alex or Andy already told you that.

700 sounds like a sweet deal. When do you need to know by? There are still some more freerolls that I was hoping to win one in... so probably won't decide until I bubble in those again

Well, I dont have an exact deadline for it, but those freerolls are running for another week or two right?
I was hoping to get it sold a little sooner than that, so I might post it on some of the danish poker forums, and try to sell it there.

And now, back to the grinding. I found a rakerace that starts today, and runs until feb 28. I hope I do better than you did last time

Originally Posted by wingster

Well, I dont have an exact deadline for it, but those freerolls are running for another week or two right?
I was hoping to get it sold a little sooner than that, so I might post it on some of the danish poker forums, and try to sell it there.

And now, back to the grinding. I found a rakerace that starts today, and runs until feb 28. I hope I do better than you did last time

Thats cool man, keep me posted.

Which site has the rakerace? Did you switch sites yet? gl grinding!

The race is at betsafe. They just moved from crypto to ongame. I am not sure I should tell you this tho, dont want all you annoying canadians to ruin the games The games seem pretty good, but I have only played there for a few days.

I actually wanted to move to ipoker, but their midstakes games are terrible at the moment. I think it's because of the big rakerace they are running right now. 2-3 shortstackers at most tables just playing push/fold.
So right now my roll is split between crypto, ipoker and ongame. I think i'll just keep it this way, and play wherever the games are good.

What about you? Are you moving with Inter to Boss?

I've started a quasi move to stars. "quasi move" = dumb deposit limits. I'm playing 400nl and keep busto'ing my roll with spewiness. Ship $400nl on $1k stars roll.

I'm gonna give boss a shot, though I'm not too optimistic about their software etc.

Death of crypto is sadddd

Sooo a few updates on this end.

The first is that I haven't been playing that much at all this month! BUT the sessions I HAVE been playing, have all started with some form of unecessary spewoffs that I hadn't done in the last 3 months. So that's a little worrisome. I think once my roll gets high enough I start becoming spewy again, so I need to stop that. Down like 1-2k over the little I've played this month.


I called a tax lawyer yesterday! Was excited that I finally got my act together to do it. BUTTT to no avail. I call them and
I ask them "do you have anybody there experienced in gambling or poker tax laws?"...
lady says to me "do you owe the canadian revenue agency money?" I say "nooo I was just wondering on the laws, and whether we need to pay"
lady: "oh, we only work with people that owe the CRA money. We don't offer consults or advice"

Soooo I'll have to find another place to call. As I write this, Alex is currently meeting with a tax accountant, so that's cool.

In other news, I think I'm gonna head out to Vegas this June. Probably in early/mid June, but not be there during the ME, which is ok cause I have a wedding to be at back here. Alex and I will room together, and he seems to like the idea of the new Wynn Encore hotel (which I'll admit, I had never heard of) , but it looks awesome.

http://www.encorelasvegas.com/?utm_s...can#/homepage/

Sooo played a 33 person tourney today, and top 3 win packages to London. Finished in the top 3 with cheap leadddd.

Shippppppp London!

Wingster - I guess that means I won't be buying it off you though, sorry man but thanks for the offer! Too bad you won't be going.

Soo now that I won this I need to work hard hard on my thesis to make sure things are on schedule for this trip in mid-march.

Also.. looks like Alex and I aren't gonna do the Encore for Vegas. They don't have poker reduced rates. BUTTT Venetian doesss.... so we're choosing between a couple options there.

1) 1 King, bigger suite, jetted tub
http://www.venetian.com/Pages.aspx?id=792

2) 2 Queens, smaller suite, view
http://www.venetian.com/Pages.aspx?id=790

I'm coming to Vegas and just mooching the shit of you and Alex. Deal? AWESOME!!!!!. I say go for 2 queens and have you and Alex stay in one and I guess I'll just take the other. But don't worry, I won't pay for a thing. Win/win situation.

Originally Posted by griffey24

Shippppppp London!

Congrats, grif, I was pretty bummed for you that you bubbled the rake race. That really sucked. Hope you enjoy the trip!!

Originally Posted by griffey24

Sooo played a 33 person tourney today, and top 3 win packages to London. Finished in the top 3 with cheap leadddd.

Shippppppp London!

Wingster - I guess that means I won't be buying it off you though, sorry man but thanks for the offer! Too bad you won't be going.

Soo now that I won this I need to work hard hard on my thesis to make sure things are on schedule for this trip in mid-march.

Also.. looks like Alex and I aren't gonna do the Encore for Vegas. They don't have poker reduced rates. BUTTT Venetian doesss.... so we're choosing between a couple options there.

1) 1 King, bigger suite, jetted tub
http://www.venetian.com/Pages.aspx?id=792

2) 2 Queens, smaller suite, view
http://www.venetian.com/Pages.aspx?id=790

Sweet London!

2 queen beds ldo

Gratz griffey!!!

So annoying that I cant go, but maybe we'll meet in vegas, not sure yet when i'm gonna be there tho.

NH griffey. We'll definitely get a Timmy's before you go, their coffee sucks over there.

Thanks guys, glad I didn't bubble. I would have gone on such bubble tilt!

Wingster - yah man, we should meet up in Vegas. You gonna play the main event if you go? Its too rich for my blood I think!

Originally Posted by jyms

NH griffey. We'll definitely get a Timmy's before you go, their coffee sucks over there.

Yaah for sure! though I don't even drink coffee. But timbits on the other hand....

Wow so sick that you won a package. You're lucky that i had NO idea about this freeroll or else I would've played and sucked out hard on you. Instead I guess we'll have to have a great time in London.

Just thought i'd drop this gem in your blog to make you feel better. It's on a pound table obv :


***** Hand History for Game 7234816753 *****
$1000.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, February 13, 04:42:10 ET 2009
Table Waltham (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: OwnYrSoul ( $1188.00 USD )
Seat 2: Ravageur ( $1716.00 USD )
Seat 4: zoomBy ( $910.00 USD )
Seat 5: bluecheek ( $1000.00 USD )
OwnYrSoul posts small blind [$5.00 USD].
Ravageur posts big blind [$10.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur [ Ad Kd ]
zoomBy raises [$40.00 USD]
OwnYrSoul raises [$117.00 USD]
Ravageur raises [$324.00 USD]
zoomBy folds
OwnYrSoul raises [$1066.00 USD]
Ravageur calls [$854.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, As, 3d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
OwnYrSoul shows [Ah, Kh ]
Ravageur shows [Ad, Kd ]
Ravageur wins $2414.00 USD from main pot



See you in London.

Wow so sick that you won a package. You're lucky that i had NO idea about this freeroll or else I would've played and sucked out hard on you. Instead I guess we'll have to have a great time in London.

Just thought i'd drop this gem in your blog to make you feel better. It's on a pound table obv :


***** Hand History for Game 7234816753 *****
$1000.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, February 13, 04:42:10 ET 2009
Table Waltham (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: OwnYrSoul ( $1188.00 USD )
Seat 2: Ravageur ( $1716.00 USD )
Seat 4: zoomBy ( $910.00 USD )
Seat 5: bluecheek ( $1000.00 USD )
OwnYrSoul posts small blind [$5.00 USD].
Ravageur posts big blind [$10.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Ravageur [ Ad Kd ]
zoomBy raises [$40.00 USD]
OwnYrSoul raises [$117.00 USD]
Ravageur raises [$324.00 USD]
zoomBy folds
OwnYrSoul raises [$1066.00 USD]
Ravageur calls [$854.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, As, 3d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
OwnYrSoul shows [Ah, Kh ]
Ravageur shows [Ad, Kd ]
Ravageur wins $2414.00 USD from main pot



See you in London.

hey Rav,

nice of you to stop by and make my day.

kthx,

see u in London

-Own

Ps. Good thing u double posted, just to make sure i see it, u know :P

lol.. oh man yah I'm pretty sure whenever Alex or I have a "Ravageur moment".. we insta type in msn "zomgggg rav!!"

haha sick hand, and yeppp LONDONNN. Bringing a buddy of mine, and I hear you're bringing Gen?

sweeet

haha i'm proud of my accidental double post (level?). Yeah Genitruc will be there in the flesh and after talking with the Plat club honeys Jesper and Henrik and the entire Inter degen crew is going to be there so this should be epic. When are you two arriving in london? I'm considering either going up a couple days early or staying a few days late because I hear it takes a while to get a good look at the city and there's also the chance to like take a train to Paris or something which isn't far apparently. (gg Canada on being so damn big).

My flight is 12-16th march but i get there on the 13th early morning. Already been so I can show u guys around imo. Dyl I'll show you the nice bridges of the city, hope u know how to swim.

Originally Posted by Alexos

My flight is 12-16th march but i get there on the 13th early morning. Already been so I can show u guys around imo. Dyl I'll show you the nice bridges of the city, hope u know how to swim.

Dyl is a tank... you'll need my help on this!

My buddy that is joining works in the week, so earliest we might be able to get out is like thurs afternoon or something. So arrive friday morning of the 13th.

Is there a tourney going down in London or is it more of a "congratulations for paying us soooo much in rake" trip?

Originally Posted by kettleofish

Is there a tourney going down in London or is it more of a "congratulations for paying us soooo much in rake" trip?

It's mostly a "thanks for paying us all the rake" trip! But there is a smallish "for fun" kinda tourney at the Loose Cannon Poker Club. Not sure what that is, but some $50 buyin event or something.

Nothing too crazy!

have fun in London guys! Rav, Paris is only 2-3 hours by train (eurostar or some other fast train) i think and it's only like 150 euro's. Dont know how much time you'll have on this side of the ocean? Because to see both takes some time.

Originally Posted by BigPapi

have fun in London guys! Rav, Paris is only 2-3 hours by train (eurostar or some other fast train) i think and it's only like 150 euro's. Dont know how much time you'll have on this side of the ocean? Because to see both takes some time.

We took the train through the "chunnel" to Paris. Papi's right - I think it was 2.5 hours. We spent our day hanging out near Notre Dame, the Louvre, and then headed for the Champs. We left London around 8 AM and were back there by midnight. We also went by the Eiffel Tower, but the lines were too long for us to go to the top before our train left.

There's an arse-ton to do in London, so if you're only there a few days, I'd just stay there. We'd spent a week in Paris a few years before (and had nearly 10 days in London on that trip), but my wife had never been there. So we were just goofing off and enjoying being in Paris. But it's an easy day trip, for sure.

Well, that's my $.02 - I'm glad you guys won some of your rake back, and hope you enjoy the trip.

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and congrats about the fish, chips, cup o' tea, bad food, worse weather, mary fucking poppins, LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(cousin Avi from Snatch for those that don't get it)

Thanks for the advice guys. I think what will probably happen is i'll go there with the intention of doing all these things and then realize I don't have time for any of it. Anyway I'll see if I can convince Genitruc to stay a day or two longer to go spend a day in Paris just so I can say I was there!

there is resonably big poker festival end of march in london that u guys cud extend your stay for. if u want details on it then its the gukpt and i think it will be leg3 in london.

London to paris on eurostar the prices fluctuate significantly based on demand i presume, but even at the best of times 150 euros as stated here sounds a little stupid

The trains depart from kCSP int. (used to be waterloo) all the time tho. I live about 5 mins walk from this station and did a day trip to paris not long ago, was decent altho the station in paris isnt too convenient for major attractions in the city. u cant walk neway

sure u will all like london if u havent been before, i wudnt do the dumb buses, just buy an oyster and make ur own way around. its a simple city to get around unless u r a moron.

My one piece of advice i can give u as pretty much a life long londener would be : please please dont be really slow and gormless and get in everyones way like most tourists do. this is so tilting to everyone. then u end up getting shoved and bumped into loads and i know ppl who dont like it cos of that

haha awesome, thanks for the advice loser.

I'll try not to walk too slowly while I'm walking around the sidewalk holding up my big map and taking pictures of every building I pass!

I haven't been playing poker lately at all. I haven't played in the last 3 days, and don't really think I'll play today.

Normally this would be pretty bad for a poker blog, but this is really good for me right now! I'm following in Genitruc's footsteps here of focusing on school and taking a little poker hiatus.

Also feels good to know you're not addicted lol

Vegas flight is booooked

London flight is boooked

Now I just gotta book the vegas hotels and I'm good to go!

called a tax lawyer yet?