Just found this, glgl.

Subbed - always good to see whats going on in the UK scene.

Do you have any trouble getting a 2/5 game going? In manchester even regs are hesitant playing higher than 2/2

ty

ty! i tend to travel around quite a bit to different card rooms so i don't have much trouble getting in to the 2/5 games. But i guess my local ones don't have 2/5 that runs weekly.

Had a pretty good time grinding last night, lots of banter with fishes and my mates.

lolhand for the night:

UTG+1 limps, UTG+2 limps, Indian fish limps, SB calls, i check in the BB with 64

Flop: QJ2
checks all the way around.
Turn: 3
SB x, i lead £6, folds all the way round to SB.
SB asks How much did that 3 help you?! Flashes me the J and folds....
i obv show my hand and SB's friends all rip him for folding.

Going to London on the weekend but won't be playing the Mix-max event unfortunately. Need to be back in time for Sunday for Mother's Day, so don't forget to get your mums a gift

That is the HH we get?!

probably the sickest bluff J has made tbf

it's been going pretty well, like 2 losing sessions out of the 15 or so i've played so can't complain.

actually been enjoying it more than just playing online

Nice results, GL!

that's because the 1-2 game usually has an average stack of 500bb lol

What are you on about

Sorry getting a bit lazy with my HH's

Big bluff! i was so scared...

That's good

Ty!


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London Trip:

Visited Aspers Stratford for the first time ever on Friday, this is the only major casino in London that i've not been in. Stratford has always been a bit out of the way for me to even bother visiting it. Anyways, this is a really nice casino however the cardroom is awfully and poorly room. It's inefficient and just an overall mess. There was a really long list for the 1/1 1/2 games however people were just waiting around the tables and just jumping whenever seat was open instead of waiting in line. Floor managers wouldn't even bother trying to correct so it just resulted in an even longer wait.

I started playing 1/2 first but didn't play it for very long before moving to 2/5.
I wish i could deliver an epic story about massive pots and swings in the 2/5 game but it was a rather tame session. It had potential to become a very very good 2/5 game with a drunk whale sitting in for 2.5k but he came and conquered the "certified sicko" that is Tim Chung.... lol.
One thing that i did like about Aspers is that the table is 8max.
Sat in for £1200



I had what i thought was simultaneously the best and worst seat, i had direct position on the big whales but had Tim, Tommy and Paul (really aggressive players) all on my left so limping behind with these whales was not an option.

Really like this £1k chip from Aspers


After we finished the session we went back to the hotel at 4am. Turns out something went wrong with the booking system and that we did not reserve rooms... so we are now homeless for the night stranded in East London. Luckily Tommy came and saved us and took us all back to his!


Have an interesting hand that came up yday, and would like to know what you guys think about it.
Straddle to £4
Female Reg opens to £16, i call, SB calls, straddler calls.
Straddler is a drunk buying rounds for everyone at the table.
Flop: 333
SB checks, Straddler "goes ohhhh let me have a look..... i have quads! don't call!" and donks £50, Female Reg raises to £150, SB goes all in for £165, Straddler goes all in for £220ish, Female Reg calls.
Straddler snap shows quads and the female reg calls ruling because he announced his hand.
The cardroom rules states that if a person announces his hand during the hand, if true then his hand is dead.
Problem with this is yes, his hand is dead because of card room rules but she knowingly took advantage of the situation because he was drunk.
Straddler was obviously livid and all he wanted was his money back in the hand because he didn't know about this rule in the card room. Tbh i didn't either, i've heard of the rule being enforced in tournaments and stuff but never really bothered to find out about it in this card.
This turned in to a good 30minute+ dispute where the female reg decided she will reimburse him £150.

Gl all

Ridiculous rule.

What a bitch

Id have grabbed my bet/stack, walked out and took the ban from the casino that would come with it. Just get someone else to collect the money later, stupid ruling.

That is not the rule.the rule is you are not allowed to say what exactly you have. for example if he said i have 34 the hand is dead but if he only said "i have a 3" or "i have quads" they are not allowed to kill his hand. if you know this guy advise him to contact the card room manager and inform him that he wants this to be investigated and ask for his money back. if they dont pay(they will not) contact the gambling commission because what the supervisor did is violation of their gambling licence.
Out of curiosity is the girl asian around 25-30?

I hate this rule full stop. Speech play should be allowed when heads up.

Do you think girl reg got it in there knowing the rule and that if he did have a 3 his hand would be dead?

Yes ofcourse but no point announcing its dead during the hand especially if you cant prove he has quads midhand

Cool thread, in. Glgl!

@sm1t

I'm saying the reason games in manchester never really go higher than 1-2 is because the 1-2 games tend to be 500bb+ deep lol


maybe i misread when replying as I know think he was asking about bham games xD


@HU

baller £1k chip ! Very jelly lol

Doesn't Negreanu pretty much announce his hand all the time in these tournaments and whatnot. Is the rule way different between tournaments and cash games? Don't wanna derail just interested

Ha

thanks for clarifying. nope, not an asian girl.

these rules should be laid out clearly in each card room imo

This. She clearly had the intent of just taking advantage of the drunk guys mistake. The guy just wanted to have a bit of a good time playing poker whilst buying rounds for people. After his hand was declared dead he said he just wanted his money back and she can keep whatever of the other guys money.

Ty

yeah sorry misread it :P

I'm not very sure about Negreanu announcing his hands. I'm pretty sure this rule is enforced strictly in tournaments so that it stops collusion at the tables.

Last day of the month! going to try and push for more profits. Will inc hh and april goals in the next post.

well, it's not HU. also, i'd rather it wasn't allowed. games are already slow enough without everyone thinking they're DNegs and are gonna talk themself into the right play.

i don't really agree with you and i'd guess what you have suggested is not correct. i swear casinos can vary rules like this however they please. i guess the rule is actually written out somewhere but i don't know what it says. in 3-handed i don't think you should be able to talk about your hand at all no matter what it is. if you allow chat though, i think the rule should be applied if you define your hand. i do not think you should be aloud to say "i have a 3" or "i have quads" and saying your exact hand is basically the same as saying either of those things (i doubt the kicker is going to make a difference!). However, i think on a board like AQ952 saying "i have 2-pair" is not really defining your hand, but i suppose could still have some effect.


obv aware of it, but not folding anyway

problem is that it is pretty hard to penalise stuff in cash games without it being huge or pretty much nothing.

seems pretty clear he wasn't trying to collude or get away with gaining something from saying it, so would've been a bit harsh on him.


i don't think i could play 2/5 live. feels far too much like real money for me and i get nervous. do you get that at all?

gl man.

Is she fit tho?

they do have specific written rules just no one knows to ask the written rules.What they did is kill a hand with out a legitimate reason in favour of one player against another. Unfortunately 100% of the time nothing will happen about that hand but authorities are not very pleased with aspers casino as they get a lot of complains about situations in the casino.( that is the main reason Aspers refuse to spread Open face Chinese because is in a grey area if casinos are allowed in uk to spread OFC and they are afraid of any complains)The reason i said he should complain is so that the management will realise that the players actually care and will not let the under qualified supervisors do whatever they want with their money

Pics needed