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Hey kids,


Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, dobbas take down the grovna team game- finally we won one of these.

Been a while so Ill start a bit further back. The champs, drank the night before and caned it as soon as I got there; played awful, less said about my disgraceful state throughout the night the better- shameful and a shambles tbh.

Errr played a few games with little joy until teamdobbers rolled up to the grov for their team game. Piss poor starting table, couple of good local players with a few hero fish, happy with that. Made a few plays added a small bit to my stack then after the first break het moved. Got down to 6K from a start of 7K decided to make a move on durrrr wannabee and sealed a couple of ok pots, got moved had around 11K. First hand utg limper for 600 I make it three, the donkey of the costa family ships for 3600, with KQ to my AQ and makes a flush; down to 6K. Only player I had much respect for (couple of decent rocks but not my concern) to my right and went about nicking and outplaying horrendous radgies.

Got moved to dobbas table hes tanking it as are sewell and faetzie (local crackpot) on other tables for the dobbs. Nick the blinds a few hands then reraise dreamdobb (not a dobber) and he calls with AJ to my KK and it stands. I then get a sweet run of cards and tally up a good number of chips; would have had way more if id had been playing more regularly live. Let myself get short after going totally carddead. Ship all in on stumpys missus' BB and she snaps me with JJ to my K6, two 6s on the flop and a dobba celebration later and im back in business. Junior bomba of the sensationsships in my sb and i see an A and snap call knowing he has air. A5 vs Q6 and I spike the A to take down a tidy pot. We at this stage have 3 in the cash after having 9/30 and its really tight between 4/5 teams. Canonlygetbetter goes next and leaves just me and stumpy. Im on the hustle now to get off the shortstack and go for first but the bubble burst on a massive pot between two radgies and a small one for another radgie crippled previous. tut tut looseman an accountant and hadnt worked out that if he only had to survived a couple of places and they were basically nailed on to win.

Me and stumpy play a holding game on FT and it really starts to go our way as players fall. when a sensation falls we know they cant beat us as we already had a point over them and now had a further 3 to add. Our last threat is looses radgies with just gimac left but two scorers on the ft bubble. sewells pap raises utg and gimac shoves his shortstack; i look down at QQ and see it instantly as a spot to take him out and win the game with the added bonus of another player in the pot to take him out. flop is 10 10 x, cant remember if he flops the flush draw or makes it on the turn, river is a heart; but the Q of hearts; I just about treble up and a massive celebration ensues; after the tards on my team realise he hasnt got the winning hand.

Weve won and i inform stumpy im now gunning for him for the craic. In reality i wanna see a dobba ship it. stumpy is next gone and its just me two radgies with massive stacks and a good young player samj of the sensations (and their ever awesome rail). Hes let sewells dads unorthodox play tilt him abit and is the only player left I could really accept getting beat off. Sensations need to outlast one of the radgies for second so I set about smashing up the radgies abit. raise to 25K on smoggies BB and he insta reraise and tbh gives a woeful tell, and i snap allin he calls; I show AQ he show 10, 6cc and tries to explain his appalling play but its obvious he just did it coz his cards were suited. He obviously wins as shite play always gets rewarded and im out in 4th. Go off to gather myself and react as maturely as i can and shake all players remainings hand, but want out of the cardroom so i dont have to hear the excuses for the play, as I know ill say summit Ill regret (as ever).

Go back and cheers samj on as sensation rail has been matched only by dobbas and tbh the only two proper teams. He takes it down in a grudge match against sewells dad after a chop for the money.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, rail was awesome and the win was just simply great

Grosvenor team event.

Grosvenor team event.

Firstly, congrats to the lads for taking the team event down.

As always I enjoyed the crack and had a good time in general. I haven't posted or played for a while so it's good to post something nice however, I have come to the conclusion that I shouldn't be playing at the moment. I knew this anyway but my performance today confirmed this.

I played awful all day, got lucky in level 2 to suckout a river when all in for a chop and things didn't get any better.

Without going into detail I later got myself into a situation with a team mate that a little observation would have prevented.

I should feel happy to be part of the winning team tonight but I don't. I contributed nothing and really must have a word with myself and sort things out.

Tonight should have been a night for celebration but my self loathing has taken over. I was that dissapointed with myself that I left straight after busting out and for that I apologise to the lads.

Well done lads on a great job cementing our place as the top NPF team and look forward to the next one, aslong as it's not anytime soon.

Weeeeeeeee ship the GUKPT

Weeeeeeeee ship the GUKPT

Been ill since last Friday when we did the music video and I blame it down to some paint fume poisoning after using wrong apint to paint the studio wall. Was so ill Tuesday I didnt go to work and cudnt even face going to Circus for my normal Tuesday night game.
Should of been going to Blackpool as well for the GUKPT but the way I feel was no way I could face that. Decide to fill some time in and end up playing a freeroll on Blue Square for a £1300 GUKPT Package and expect the normal donk out early doors but chugg along although never really getting any sort of decent stack. Bit of luck when aqueezing from my BB with Qs5s with 5 limpers and when called by 10 10 its looking curtains but runner runner gives me straight and then AA v KK puts me comfy.
Make ft and 2nd lowest stack with one guy going on a single handed rampage taking one after another out until I get heads up with him. Hands then fell into place for me before eventually taking it down and a very nice £1300 GUKPT package from Inside Poker

My 1st Poker Medal : )

My 1st Poker Medal : )

Well been a while since i last posted, main reason i tend to "sing when I'm winning" and well, i ain't been winning at much lately !

Quick update.... Still effn jobless, 6 months now, longest I've been outta work since i was 16. Had a couple of days here and there and doing the odd thing to make ends meet but nothing full time. Still a couple of things in the pipe line so Xmas ain't cancelled just yet!!

Poker wise cant complain really. Haven't had much chance to play live due to lack of funds so most of my time has been spent "grinding" online . Think i have progressed slightly of late in terms of BRM with a big help being the challenge on the NPF, a lot of good came out of that imo for the average Joe like my self, but its very hard to stick to and very easy to slip up. Ran deep in a few MTT's chasing that big score but cant seem to get over that final hurdle, 13/2400- 27/6200 etc.. so close yet so far but feel its just round the corner so will stick with it for now.

Personally i prefer live poker much better, don't know if saying its easier is the right term but i definately feel more comfortable with it. Played the 500 added @ Circus a few weeks back (cheers Dad) and fared OK considering the shite i was getting dealt, got it in with AKs 3 tables out only to get looked up by 22 (???wtf) and bricked the board, sigh !

And onto one of my poker playing highlights, the recent NPF Championships. As everyone else i imagine, i was well hyped for this and sooo looking forward to it. By far the best atmospheres at these official NPF events and imo the poker comes second best to most. Got off to a great start with an early double up at the expense of the Radgie leader, the Looseman. Managed to build my stack upto the 60k mark with little effort after then. With an hour left of play on day 1, disaster struck ! Pads UTG+1 intends to raise but Mr Flushy (table dealer) calls a string bet so a call is declared, nxt to act, Dave Minchella flats too, folded round to my BB, i have Q3 spades :(
flop 2-3-10 Pads chks, (so im thinking big A, AK AQ etc) Dave then fires 3k, bout half the pot. OK, excuses time.... I've been playn now for nearing 9 hrs and my thought process just wasn't there, or what it was earlier on in the tourney. Without thinking i flat call, Pads mucks. Turn the killer Q. Minchella fires pot sized bet, and again without thinking i insta shipp it all in, get snapped called and he flips over 33 for the set, miss my Q on the river and i sink in to my chair thinking WTf have i just done ! I let the dealer count out my chips and shipp the necessary owed, he returns 3k back to me and gives Minchella the chip leader pot 90k+ :( , I'm sure he had some black ones hidden round the back, their stacks never look that big do they lol ! Chips in hand im ready to shipp ATC next hand and theres a fkn break called. FKN great i think, I've got 10 Min's to stu over what a pleb i am, just let me get out ov here! But I'm glad that break came, went to get some fresh air and a chat with some boys telling them my "badbeat" lol. Got some sound advice from Buzz and Milo, fk the ATC craic and wait for a K or better to get it in with. And that's exactly what i did, 5 double ups'ish later (with the best hand every time i must admit :) ) and im back upto the 40k + mark with an Av stack! , Crazy game at times no ?

Were now down to 24/25ish players left, and with only 20 coming back for day 2 I'm thinking this is going to be close. Manage to get some nice hands that enables me to scrap thru to the second day with the short stack.

Onto day 2, to I get dealt AJs early on in an EP and shipp it in looking for a double up. I get snapped of the rock that is Phil Buttler, (PJB Aces) with KK .FK, but i get lucky with the miracle ace on the river that cripples Phil but gives me a healthier stack to progress the Final Table.

Fair to say i was over the moon making the FT considering the caliber of players in the field. I started the FT with the second shortest stack. Gave up waiting for a hand after 30 mins of play and decide my K 10 of spades was pretty enough to shipp my last 5bb's ! Get looked up of AK and its busto in 8th, was kicking myself afterwards like, UTG+1 isnt the time or the place to be doing that with that hand! Oh well live and learn eh !!

Got my first poker medal for my efforts and sits proudly amongst my old football trophy's : )
Also scooped the star prize in the raffle too, the I-Pod nano, so all in all a great weekend and cant wait for the next one.

Next up for COGB is the team game this coming Saturday shortly followed by Smoggies Unofficial Live League Final, cant wait for both and hoping to improve on past results.

Well that's all for now, happy blogging guys !


Ooop nearly forget to mention the gaffer. Megga well done to Teamdobb for taking the Championship down. I know how much we wudda been wanting to win it and the guy thoroughly deserved it and tbh he demolished the final table with some great power poker

Peace, Paul :)

CARDGUARD IS BACK

CARDGUARD IS BACK

wow - here is a rarity a blog post from The card guard kid. in all honesty since we changed the look of the blog i had forgotten how to post and DC reminded me last week so thought id stick one in now.

Well where to start - i suppose firstly recent poker form has been roughly the same as ever - running terrible and some bad beats - but interweaved into this have been some ok results. chopped circus £75 on saturday for £700 and 2 final tables week before in circus for aboot £500 in total is not too bad as i only really play one live tourney a week now. Even managed to spin $50 up to $1769 on line - even though its so totally and obviously rigged, so not a bad month for me and added to this some nice roulette shippers with me new found roulette partner ' the sensation' , couple of good horse bets, one secent football bet and even a profit on gettting on lucy to go on x factor after she had sung her sing off song at 9.4/1 has made last 6 weeks very profitable.

Our football syndicate on the NPF has come close last few weeks with us getting 3 scores right and being one goal off in other games - so chin up boys we hit it big soon.

Ok the last month has been a busy one for me as the run up to the championships and the stuff after has seen me spend lots of time at ' Bannisters HQ' recording bits and pieces which are now all on the forum and also our best video to date is on the blog now. Gotta say the sensations that turned up were real pro's and made a really hard job look easy - now just to get them injected with some rhythm and they be good to go!!!

Talking of the championships - VERY WELL PLAYED DC. pleasure to watch for 2 days and so pleased a mate and fellow dobba took it down - well deserved imo. Honorable mentions to COGB for a great showing in final tabling, MAG1892 so so unlucky to be bubble boy for 2nd year in a row and stumpy for getting close - since becoming a dobba i watched his play more carefully and he is different class.

Have to say thanks to everyone for the nice comments and messages regarding the championships. I really really enjoy doing what i do and i hope it comes across in the way i try to entertain. Im sure im not to everyones taste but pleasing the majority will do fine for me. Its an easy job when ya like doing it. Bad mention for honourary dobba juicy oranges who took great delight in skinting the bookies this year - £700 taken in bets and £1200 paid oot - thanks mate gonna be a bad xmas in the CGK and DC hooses this year!!!!!!!

Ok onwards i have a little surprise in store for xmas and me and S2C will be working on something special and hope to get it on the forum by xmas eve - if it comes off be well worth waiting for.

reet typed oot now so laters

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Our tribute to Stanley Circus casino

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Mags NPF Champs

Mags NPF Champs

Only played live once in the last 6 weeks so I was really looking forward to this weekend for the most prestigious NPF tourney of the year, also meeting up with old and new members of the forum.

Day 1
Before game starts meet up with a few friends that I haven't seen in a while especially my good friend Philmc , who I haven't seen in a while due to work commitments , great to catch up with my fellow dobba's also Xenecode , cgk , Chipmunk , COGB , Stumpy , Teamdobb & never seen Cowhead but apparently he was getting drunk :).

the game . Gets a tough table table with some impressive players drawn on it , Roscopiko , Gottilt4 , Herbie and the very impressive Jon Lundy amongst others , tbh every table was pretty impressive with the cream of Newcastle playing this tourney.

As expected Jon Lundy was dominating in the first level , picking up on week plays and betting to get players off pots , then Roscopiko wakes up and starts getting involved in some juicey pots with Jon , was some very good play by these 2 in the first 2-3 levels , Steven the teacher was our first casualty , after limping into nearly every pot with the likes of 9 4 , j 3 and q 7 etc he limps into another pot with Lundy , flop was 9d 7d x stevn bets Jon re pops which Steven calls t is 4d Steven checks Jon bets river ah steven is allin Jon calls with jqd for flush Steven as js ? lol.

My first big decision of day comes when i get JJ utg+2 I raise pre to 1600 after a raise Jon calls who is to my immediate left and the Quietman goes allin for about 7.5k everyone else folds so back round to me , after thinking for about 3 mins I fold ( im thinking hes hardly played a hand and Jons still to act am I actully in front at best its gonna be race ) Jon calls and to my horror Quietman shows 99 and Jon shows 105 s , Jon hits a 10 to send Quietman to the rails , the table gets busy with a few players getting put on and leaving shortly afterwards with Roscopiko taking a few out , and also had a very good stack of chips .

Few hands later I pick up 10 10 on sb or button I raise to 2200 with about 6k left Jon repops allin , now hears my thinking , Ive seen him make that move loads of time with air , so Im hoping hes doing it again , and I call he says before I show nice call I got 99 u got 10 10 , very impressive call Mr Lundy , anyways my 10 10 holds ( phew )

Hand of the day upto now , Jon raises pre Herbie ( paul herbinston ) calls , flop 10x 4s 2s Jon bets Herbie flats turn As Jon bets Herbie flats r 10x Jon goes allin for about 9k Herbie thinks for about 30 seconds then calls and shows 10 10 for quads ( slow rolling git lol ) Jon shows q9s for 2nd nutflush and Jon exits and shakes everyone's hands ( respect )

few hands later few limper's then Ross raises and Herbie flats everyone else folds , flop is kx jx 9x , ross bets herbie flats turn qx putting a poss straight on the board , both check river is another jack to which gottilt4 ( chris waught ) says thats a brick to which ross bets 5k herbie goes in the tank then says allin to be called by ross , ross shows 99 for fh 9s over js herbie shows jk for fh js over ks , Ross looks shellshocked.

Few hands later Im on button and it limps around to me I call with 10js flop jx 6s 4x Rosco bets 1k ish I repop to 4k he repops another 5k on top Ive got 12k in front of me so I think Ross could be steaming and easily have air so I call the 5k , turn is qs to give me flush draw aswell , Ross gives me the eyes as its him to go I tell him im all in whatever he does , he checks I push he folds , he tells me next hand he had AJ i tell him what I had to him shaking his head at dissapointment in me :p ul ross m8.

ross then gets moved from our table , and its break time for buffet ( yum im starving ).
shortly after we break tables and i get moved to herbie hackets table , first hand utg i get akd i raise goes round to mr hackit and he shoves allin , i go in tank thinking ive still got half my chips if i lose so i call he shows ak for split, nothing much else in hands steal a couple of blinds in position , and i get moved again with 30 left and i manage to surive to 20 players with no hands at all , got 23.9 k with av chips at around 33k , but theres some huge stacks td got about 145k and a few others with 90 80 60 ks , so theres a few short stacks.

get to speak to a few guys phil, steve then head off home , giving the crisps boss ( gaz walker ) a lift cos hes been on the pop all day :)

day 2 arrives and im hoping i can get a quick double up on blinds of 1-2k with 200 antes , stting on my table stumpy benh, jimmy , graham , heribe hackit , teamdobbs , steveie brennan , and ridla sry can rember others names , few circuts pass with a couple of players making moves and stumpy doubles up , then ridla raises utg+2 gets to me, i got ak so i shove allin , he thinks for a while then calls with j10d ak holds up and i double up to about 32k , few more rounds and im bb jimmy utg +1 raises gets to me i got kk i shove he calls hes got ak , my hand holds and i double upto about 55-60k , we lose a few players stumpy , pjbaces etc .

gets to last 12 and cgk comes over and says other table has agreed to next 2 out gets their money back to which we agree , number 12 goes out and its bubble time nothing much going on except teamdobbs adding to his almighty stack with a few nice hands , some of the hands i folded preflop are 77utg 55utg and aqc to a raise then re-raise before it gets to me .

i then say to steve ( cgk )whos standing behind me ( compere ) this is where i went out last year , he replys not this year you wont , ( last year i bubbled with aa to hamids 55 to which i stormed off cursing my luck and breaking every speed limit set ) :P

im on sb and no callers i look down at 66 ben h is on bb and theres about 9k in pot so i shove , he looks down and instant calls ( opps ) hes got kk which hold , im left with about 6.7k , next hand im allin with 55 and there 5 callers lol lowest card is a 9 which sends me out again on the bubble for 2nd year running lol.

got to say 1 thing even though im dissapointed i cant change my exit hands with blinds at 2-4k.
i shakes everyones hands , and what a great set of people they are , and i draw out my number for the raffle prize and i win a coffe machine ( lol i only drink tea ) later i donate it back as i cant justify taking summit i wont use.

very good lineup for the ft with teamdobbs , fatpants , cogb , sean mcguigen , herbie hackit , herbie , ben h , stevie brennan , junior bomber and bgr.

i go for a gamble on the casino slots etc and wonder over to ft from time to time , plus we can hear cgks commentry all the time .

gets down to the last 2 players and i go over and see ben h move all in ( 150k ) and teamdobbs calls hes got 850k ben a3 td kj , jack hits flop and its all over for this year and the champion is dave ( teamdobbs ).:):)

got to say a few things though, firstly a massive thanks to cgk for the comparing he done it for 2 days while trying to play also , and what a smile he brought to everyones faces. ( respect )

scott / dave for organising this again .

scott for quality structure and also sitting there for nearly 2 days when he got bad beated with his AA going down to a straight aipf.

the casino staff jimmy , gary and all the dealers, it went so smooth. :)

and lastly to a well deserved winner and also one of the nicest guys around and im proud to say im a friend of his teamdobbs .

looking forward to the 14th when our team will be in action again at the grov .

roll on next year .

ps if i manage to get to the final 11 next year im going for a walk lol.