43/7560

Finished 43rd in the $3 rebuy last night, a decent finish but I played too nitty in the mid-late stages. I got a big stack with the beautiful hand below and then on two occasions folded AK preflop. The first I'm not too bothered about, I was moved to a new table and on the second hand got AKo. There was an UTG raise from a player I know to be decent and big reraise from an unknown, I don't think there's a problem folding there with 40BBs. The second time I was dealt AsKs in the first hand after moving again, another unknown the same stack as me (about 40BBs again) raised 10x in EP. I later discoved this guy was a german who played poorly and overbet every time, wish I had pushed when I had the chance, then I might have run a little deeper.

You should have a read of Otis' experience of paying for a baby in America, http://www.rapideyereality.com/archives/2010/01/19/st-francis-hospital-the-real-cost-of-having-a-baby/ . It's so easy in the UK to take the NHS for granted, and while it is by no means perfect, I would rather have an imperfect system that is cheap and accessible to everyone (and yes can be abused by a few layabouts) than a system which is abused by those running it to those most in need.

And finally it's the long awaited return of



See you there !


PokerStars Game #38469164357: Tournament #278910513, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) - 2010/01/20 22:25:36 UTC [2010/01/20 17:25:36 ET]
Table '278910513 484' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: TanOrpheus (126800 in chips)
Seat 2: kracher02 (151517 in chips)
Seat 3: BonitãoRJ (149179 in chips)
Seat 4: akseli1 (78979 in chips)
Seat 5: Totti1974 (70306 in chips)
Seat 6: hce5353 (42605 in chips)
Seat 7: rocket_ron22 (49479 in chips)
Seat 8: sam2price (84034 in chips)
Seat 9: StanP720 (15330 in chips)
TanOrpheus: posts the ante 300
kracher02: posts the ante 300
BonitãoRJ: posts the ante 300
akseli1: posts the ante 300
Totti1974: posts the ante 300
hce5353: posts the ante 300
rocket_ron22: posts the ante 300
sam2price: posts the ante 300
StanP720: posts the ante 300
BonitãoRJ: posts small blind 1500
akseli1: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TanOrpheus [8c 8h]
Totti1974: raises 6000 to 9000
hce5353: folds
rocket_ron22: folds
sam2price: folds
StanP720: folds
TanOrpheus: calls 9000
kracher02: folds
BonitãoRJ: folds
akseli1: calls 6000
*** FLOP *** [8d 5h 2d]
akseli1: checks
Totti1974: bets 12000
TanOrpheus: raises 18000 to 30000
akseli1: raises 39679 to 69679 and is all-in
Totti1974: calls 49006 and is all-in
TanOrpheus: calls 39679
*** TURN *** [8d 5h 2d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [8d 5h 2d Td] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
akseli1: shows [5s 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
TanOrpheus: shows [8c 8h] (three of a kind, Eights)
TanOrpheus collected 17346 from side pot
Totti1974: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
TanOrpheus collected 214218 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 231564 Main pot 214218. Side pot 17346. | Rake 0
Board [8d 5h 2d Td Qc]
Seat 1: TanOrpheus showed [8c 8h] and won (231564) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: kracher02 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BonitãoRJ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: akseli1 (big blind) showed [5s 5d] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 5: Totti1974 showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: hce5353 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: rocket_ron22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: sam2price folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: StanP720 folded before Flop (didn't bet)