Im not sure if he folds Ax for the same reasons as before. Thats a case of whether the player has any sort of hand reading skills or not and although its easy to say now that i would make the call with Ax, actually in game its not always as easy to break down as that.

Obviously his play was awful pre flop but i think you do get some folds on the river, like marginal hands like JTs that he could have called the 3bet with are probably going to fold but again it goes back to the probability that he dosnt bet the river if he has a hand like that because he probably dosnt read hands well and thinks the Ace is a scare card even though its hard for you to have one. Thinking about it again i think his hand is actually quite defined because of the river card and i think we can safely say a nut hand for him,Ax that hit on the river that he thinks he can use to barrel you off a marginal hand, but i think he could check behind some of the time or a total bluff.

His play pre is fine we're almost 300bb deep it's hard fine to play pretty much anything connect IP IMO. I think the HH might be messed up little as I'm pretty sure I made it $4 pre as that's my standard against a min open but whatever I still think his call is fine.

Basically with this villain I think he range is super wide for getting to the river this way. Pretty much every time I check he barrels away. I think this may have been what you were getting at but I'm sure he bets this river 100% with air and would check back most everything else except boats which he obv value bets. I'm not even sure he would value bet Ax 100% of the time.

With this V I think he has the air portion more than the nut portion so I take this line. I could even x/c again but I think a decent % of his bluffs beat me so x/r was better.

Cheers mate, I hope so too. I could really do with the BR injection right now.

Our new digs in Turkey are so sweet. It's this really laid back Pansiyon on the beach run by this lovely family. It's called Ugur Pansiyon and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a chill place to get away from it all.

It's only a couple hundred meters from the beach and all the bungalows are between the orange trees. They have these cool little huts in the garden with cushions (where I am right now) where you can just read or eat and drink the days away in the shade. They have a kitchen but there's no menu they'll pretty much just cook whatever you want. And it's all delicous, we just had some fresh bread and hummus and we're waiting for some chicken wings , meatballs and a salad.

Perfect.

Sounds pretty awesome! Do they supply any rungood?

Just popping in to catch up (tks for the TR and awards) and check you're enjoying Turkey/Europe. Sounds like you are

LOL. Unfortunately no, I continue to run considerably under ev. I feel like I'm playing really well at the moment though so I have no doubt it will turn around soon.



Cheers, and I am. Turkey's a wicked country, I've actually decided to extend my stay here for another week at least before catching the ferry to Greece.

TR -48hrs in Dubai

After our epic mission to escape Beijing, we finally touched down in U.A.E. at around 6.30am Saturday morning (we were scheduled to arrive 10pm the previous night!). We had arranged accommodation with a friend of a friend so decided we’d chill at the airport for a couple hours so as not to wake here too early on her weekend.

Dubai was in some ways exactly like I expected but in others a total surprise. A big thank you to Minnie for having us and showing us around, you really made the trip and I wish we could have stayed longer.

Day 1: After some intros and a quick driving tour we got to Minnies pad and crashed for a little siesta to recover from our travelling ordeal. We got up around noon and filled our bellies - it’s Ramadan in the Muslim world and in Dubai it’s strictly enforced; no eating, drinking, smoking, chewing in public at all during daylight hours. Dress needs to be modest; women especially need to have their knees/shoulders covered at all times even for non-Muslim visitors. We visited the Dubai mall (the biggest in the world) at the base of the Burj Kalifa (tallest building in the world) and just wandered around checking out the sights. They also have an aquarium inside the mall (with the largest tank in the world obv!) which we visited. They even had a glass bottom boat tour the tank is so big! After the sun had gone down we headed to an amazing restaurant that looked out over a Bellagio style dancing fountain (the biggest in the world –sensing a theme?) and had an amazing meal; the first real Western food in ages.

Day2: Sunday, but Minnie had to work (weekends are Fri/Sat in Dubai) so we slept in then headed out to another mall – The Mall of Emirates. While not as huge as the Dubai Mall it was no less impressive. No giant fish tank but they did have a ski field inside. Yip, 45 degrees outside -5 degrees and skiing inside?!? Minnie works for an events company and tonight we’ve decided to attend an Iftar (the traditional breaking of the days fast) at the tent set up by a rival company. What a great experience, the food was amazing, all manner of Arabic delicacies all laid out like a banquet. We feasted for a couple hours then went out for a couple of drinks before heading to the airport and Istanbul.

Iftar tent with Burj Al Arab in background (worlds first 7 star hotel)


Sheik Mo


Burj Kalifa




Dubai’s a weird place but cool and definitely makes the list of potential places I’d consider living.

Peace, GL.

Choice

Hey, i've been keeping up with your thread for a while now, but haven't posted yet. Thought it'd be a good time as i was thinking about moving out to somewhere like dubai to work after uni. I'm currently living in the UK. One thing people keep saying wwhen i mention dubai is that i won't enjoy it because of their culture, is it really as strict as people say out there ?
You also said you'd consider living out there, what other reasons would bring you back ?

Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip and hopefully some run good is due with your poker.

It is strict, especially during Ramadan but it's worse for girls than guys. There's a pretty big expat community out there; in fact only 15% of the population are Emirates. It would be different from home for sure but you can adapt and it's not so bad it severely effects your lifestyle. You can still drink at bars and restaurants despite it being a supposedly 'dry' country and the night-life seems pretty vibrant.

For skilled workers the pay is pretty good and there's no income tax which obv makes a pretty big difference. I wasn't there long enough to properly judge it but from what I saw the quality of life is pretty good. Public transport seemed a little lacking but just get a LandRover/Cayenne/X5 with tinted windows; everyone's got them

Does anyone who plays iPoker know how to use the "first available" wait-list feature but filter out the shallow tables? It's really ****ing with my head

I don't think you can. Sorry.

I'm doing engineering. Still pretty young so i want to get out of the UK for 1 or 2 years whilst i can. Tax free money is always a bonus of course . May take a trip down there in the near future if funds allow.
Thanks for the info

Sweet rostucko!!

Good work! Dubai looks like an interesting place. Must be nice to stay with someone who lives there and can give you a heads up on the do's and don'ts.