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Mirabelle - Ask for a table with a view and go for supper, stunning views over the city.

Casina Valadier - Go to either the terrace or a window view from the 3rd floor restaurant, both awesome. We had lunch there, loved it.

Dal Bolognese - Lovely place for lunch, I assume supper is good too.

Will come back to you on the bars...

What on earth are those Pink chinos lol

Nothing wrong with aggressive coloured chinos. They help my table image.


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This will not end well.




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Whales ITT


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It ended very well. Even whales bink every now and again

Solid evening. Thursday drinking 1/1 should be a thing now.


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Been a few days since an update, apologies on that front. Work is kicking my ass at the moment and I have to admit my eyes are wandering to fresh pastures in the future after qualification. I don't feel like I'm learning very much on a few of my engagements and coupling that with the fact that the work is tedious is making it pretty unenjoyable. I'm tied in until September 2018 although my exams finish towards the end of this year so we will see.

Last weekend was great, had the housewarming on Friday evening, a good night out on Saturday and a chilled Sunday, couldn't ask for more. We did end up in a strip club one evening, about 15 of us, probably more girls than boys. A £300 bottle of Cafe Patron does not last long with those numbers and our bill at the end of the night was not too fun...

All ready to play this weekend, still debating between the Friday night and Saturday afternoon flight but leaning towards the Saturday afternoon as I think I could use the sleep after this week. Saw some of the guys last night at the G, very jealous I couldn't stay and play but work is just killing my time at the moment. Maybe a sabbatical after I qualify....

Summer is looking up....









Not quite a sick house in Thailand but it will do...

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Short session at the Empire last night. Sat at the £1/2 and had JJJ on my right for a couple orbits before he and someone he knew called it a day. I'll never forgive him for having more Js in his name than me.

After JJJ leaves a guy takes his place, buys in for £200 and the following happens:

Hand 1 - £150ish effective

UTG (Villain) Opens for £7, folds to me in the BB and I flat with 44.

Obviously no play based reads at this point barring he has opened to £7 which seems pretty normal and what a reasonable player might do. He had bought in for 200 and I couldn't seem him holding more chips back like you do when some people come in and take money off deposit so I'm assuming he is a your average poker player, not going to read much into this at all.

Flop comes K55r, I check, he checks behind. Pot 15.

Think this is a weird spot for him not to cbet. I'm assuming he has a reasonably strong UTG opening range and this is a really dry board. I'm guessing he has a strong hand that he wants to try get two streets of value with but feels that turn and river might be easier to do so on once I've hit something, pot controlling with a pocket pair but will go for value later or has missed the flop with an A high/broadways and for some reason doesn't want to Cbet.

Turn 9o, check check again. Pot 15

When he checks behind turn I know that I'm probably going to be calling a bet on either the turn or river if no broadways come. We go check check again and go to the river.

River 4. Bink. Pot 15.

I lead out for 10, he snap raises to 30, I think for a bit and raise to 105, he shoves and I call.

I roll over 44, he looks pretty disgusted and mucks without showing. I assume he had something reasonably strong, potentially an A5 type of hand to get that committed on the river. There is also the 56s promotion at the Empire so you never know. Either way we raked in a nice pot and put us up to £300 or so from £200 starting.

We played for another 15 minutes or so and the action on the table wasn't great. Someone I recognised but don't know came to the table and sat two seats to my right. I assume he is a regular of some sort as he carries one of those man bags and has got a couple K out from deposit by the looks of it. He buys in for whatever the maximum is but has me covered.

Hand 2 - c. £280 effective

The guy I mentioned above comes in for a raise to £10 and we flat OTB with Hellmuth's favourite hand.

Flop - J97r - Pot c. £23 - V bets the pot for 22-25 and I call.

This is the part of the hand I remember the least well despite my notes. I have it down that he bet 30 but he doesn't seem the type to overbet bomb flops and looking at later streets I'm assuming he bet 22-25. I flat call in position. I think I also like a raise here but given that he seems happy to bet and we have position I feel that we can still get some money in on the turn if he doesn't bet.

Turn - J97 Kr - Pot c. £73 - Villain bets £55 and I call.

I don't love this turn and but I can't see shadows round every corner. KK and QT get there we're still ahead of the majority of his range and he might have picked up more equity so he can make a river bet that we can call.

River - J97 K 4 - Pot c. £183 - Villain tank bets £125 and I call.

I don't think I can fold this river vs a someone I haven't played a huge amount with. I don't ship in the rest of my stack and get shown the QT for a straight. Keen to hear your thoughts on this hand.



Cashed out the session for a loss of £149 and went bowling with my girlfriend. We went up to Bloomsbury lanes in WC2 and it was really good. Bowled for an hour or so and managed to end on four consecutive strikes which I was pretty happy with. I'm not a good bowler but sometimes it just comes together.

Two more days of work and then back to the tables for the PS Live Series event at the Hippodrome. I dropped in and got my seat ahead of time so I can turn up bang on time and make sure I'm rested rather than hanging round the Hippo for a couple of hours before kickoff like last time.

Hand 1 - wp. I think if youre deep enough you can just flat this at some point because in general this is an extremely nutted line but just cramming for £250 esp in Empire games

Hand 2 -

Pre fine.

Flop

I would raise this on the flop HU, with our stack size. (Ill come onto this in a bit).

£200 effective I can get a bit more on board with a slowplay. On the turn we'll have £160 left with an SPR of about 2.1, so I wouldnt actually mind a slowplay.

I won't give reasons as to why I would raise the flop (I think theyre reasonably clear), but interested in why you decided to flat. Is there a particular reason, e.g. will he fold Jx etc? Is he bluffing with complete air and you want him to keep barrelling?

Now ask yourself what you're doing here with a hand like A8s, 88, KQ or similar. And what are your reasons for doing that? Are you raising those too, and if not why not.

Now compare/contrast what youd do with 99 and these hands - are there any contradictions in your thought process? If you can incorporate this exercise into the hands you play post-flop you will be taking down a lot more pots, and getting much more value

Turn

I think you can learn the most from the flop for this hand specifically. However as played, OTT I would actually probably just flat now although I think it is quite close with KJ as we dont block it. The K really is a pretty big action card as another 19 combos beat you now.

This is a pretty good hand to use a fold equity calculator with. Come up with a range hes stacking off with and compare your equity with.

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ul on the session, get back on the grind!





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Shameless self promotion, selling action for a Cash package this weekend:

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How come you need to be staked for 1/1 and 1/2?

I guess it's stupid but I just prefer playing staked. I enjoy having someone with a vested interest to discuss hands with and I've become good friends with a number of people I've met through it.

I'm even backed for micro MTTs online


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gl today bud


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Take it down sir!

Thanks guys! Pumped to get down there, will prob come play some cash beforehand.


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Little cash never hurt anyone...


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updates on btothel man plz


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In for at least another 300, currently on around 100.

Has put c. £126 worth of chips in his mouth.


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Picture of an iPhone, taken with an iPhone. Inception....

Stacks someone all in blind with QT then bursts in a rendition of the rocks WWE entrance song.


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My new secret weapon to tilt opponents.




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Solid start. 34k and change from 25k starting going to 300bb. We're playing 12 levels today of 30 minutes, 8 left to go.

Just heard in the bar - "my table is awful, there are two guys playing every hand." Lol live poker


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