Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Who's Tha Daddy

The girlfriend has booked a family holiday to jamaica for when I come back from Vegas so I say "hey I need more poker time to be funding these adventures". Works for a couple of days at least then just as I get up to make a coffee she dives in my seat and starts looking for holidays again. I mean Holidays ? What's the fun in being sat looking for a daft holiday we've already booked ours for this year and I'm having a brucie anyway Vegas Baby (I have to say it again sorry, it just rolls off the tongue so well)!

So she finds this holiday in Majorca and starts the old "oooh this is cheap look here!" tactic, "so much value £1500 i'ts a one in a lifetime your own Villa" blah blah blah. "It'll be a nice chill after the family holiday in Jamaica" etc. etc. etc. I say "hey babes you know I'm not Baron Rothchild! but if you let me have some peace and play the Daddy tourney (Evil grin) tonight whislt supplying an all inclusive Coffee/snacks etc. who knows". (Evil he he he). They say negotiation Is the ability to be able to cut the cake so each person thinks they have a decent slice. "And" I state, because I have a tell on her now, "If i reach the FT like last week then go ahead and book it". We both now feel like the cat that's got the cream and I have full all inclusive rights to register in the Daddy hoping to better my previous weeks performance.

The Tuesday $320 Daddy tourney $70k GTD after last weeks 10th place finish and hopefully I'm in for another long night, alongside a deviously negotiated poker playing time deal.

I played a good solid tournament made some folds that mark my improvement in the MTT side of the game and kept my mistakes to a minimum. By folding I mean giving up that slight edge I think I have at the time and waiting for better opportunities to come. In a cash game you have to take those slight edges knowing you can always re-load and survival is not so important because of that fact. I made a couple of mistakes however, nothing major, one was raising from EP with a small PP when the blinds are at a decent level so obviously if the raise doesn't get through I am forced to fold to a re-raise (waste of chips). Another mistake I would say is I think I can get more out of the game by taking advantage of my position (stealing), however, with hindsight when I fold my A2 (hate the kicker) LP and everyone folds to the BB I am thinking here 'dam it I should have raised'. In fairness though my aggressive raises were getting through so maybe I was at optimal frequency and the odd fold here and there worked for me rather than against.

My biggest mistake by far was NOT WINNING!
I messed up completely when 3 handed and with every chance to win the tournament. The timing went haywire and I also lost focus on the game in hand. 1st place required next week...

Managed 3rd place and $8964 prizemoney... Holiday booked, Happy Dayzzzzzzzz . . .


Asta Llueago Amigo's, Buena Suerte !

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Buena jugada y buenas vacaciones!
Le vere en Las Vegas, Baby!
Buenas noches y hasta la banana, Senor ToshiRock!

Y, sobretodo... buena suerte!

3:41 am  
Blogger Razboynik said...

Hi Toshi !
n1 mate.
Kick arse.
Hasta La Vista Baby !

5:24 am  
Blogger PillowTalkPoker said...

Nice one Tosh!!

3:41 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

all i can say being a jamaica veteran is dont bring a lot of cash if you dare venture outside the hotel man,they will relieve of it quicker than any shark in vegas!

7:06 pm  

Post a Comment

<< Home