Straight Flush

From my home game with my friends. A rare and lovely thing indeed! :)

Slow/Snow week

Not much to report at the moment. Its been a slow week thanks to the snow. Snow, as it turns out, is not what documentary filmmakers want everywhere when they are doing a programme about trains lol. So until the snow lifts, then no filming for us.

So I am sat at home rather bored and broke. Things in pipelines and on horizons are all very well, but they don't pay the bills!

Damn snow! But on a bright note, it did allow me to win a 90 person poker tournament on Pokerstars. Not big bucks, but nice to be winning at tournament poker again.

PokerStars Tournament #140031891, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
90 players
Total Prize Pool: $450.00
Tournament started 2009/02/11 10:42:18 ET


Dear ZappBrannign,

You finished the tournament in 1st place. A $123.98 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 163.19 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/

Congratulations!

PKR All-time money list

Well, well, well! How very interesting :D

Alien versus Predator

The trailers for the new movie. Perhaps. Maybe. Lol ;)

Teamwak wins (really) big at PKR

Poker world thrilled as Teamwak takes huge $2700.00 tournament prize. "Fame won't change me" says Teamwak
By Special Correspondent.
PKR NEWS - Teamwak fought a field of 291 tough competitors to take 1st place in the PKR Oktoberfest $10k GTD - Event 4 (Pot Limit Short-handed) Tournament and $2700.00. "It was an incredible display", said one observer, "everyone was on the edge of their seats".
The result marks another big step in Teamwak's meteoric rise to poker stardom. "I predict big things from Teamwak", said a poker insider, "all the ingredients are there; skill, determination, guts - and a slightly funny haircut."



I am very happy right now. I played very well, and kept my head. And on Saturday, I came 7th in another tournament winning $650. A good week indeed!

Teamwak wins big at PKR

Thursday, September 06
EXCLUSIVE: "PKR Speaks!" Page 5 BREAKING NEWS: "Tourneys heat up" Page 6

TEAMWAK
WINS BIG AT PKR!

Poker world thrilled as Teamwak takes huge $1498.60 tournament prize. "Fame won't change me" says Teamwak
By Special Correspondent.
PKR NEWS - Teamwak fought a field of 222 tough competitors to take 1st place in the PKR $5,000 GUARANTEED Tournament and $1498.60. "It was an incredible display", said one observer, "everyone was on the edge of their seats".
The result marks another big step in Teamwak's meteoric rise to poker stardom. "I predict big things from Teamwak", said a poker insider, "all the ingredients are there; skill, determination, guts - and a slightly funny haircut."


Teamwak took 1st place and a $1498.60 prize.


Poker is a game of stats and numbers. For every suckout (the name given when someone with far worse cards than you beats you) there must be an equal chance of your hands holding up. It had seemed over the past few months that no matter how good my hands were, people were beating them with all sorts of rubbish. Last night, every hand held up; as it should have done. I was nearly always in with the best, and they all held up :)

Now that is probably a years worth of good luck I used up last night. Back to hard-work poker, I think.

Teamwak wins big at poker

TEAMWAK
WINS BIG AT PKR!

Poker world thrilled as Teamwak takes huge $926.12 tournament prize. "Fame won't change me" says Teamwak
By Special Correspondent.
PKR NEWS - Teamwak fought a field of 239 tough competitors to take 2nd place in the PKR $4,000 GUARANTEED Tournament and $926.12. "It was an incredible display", said one observer, "everyone was on the edge of their seats".
The result marks another big step in Teamwak's meteoric rise to poker stardom. "I predict big things from Teamwak", said a poker insider, "all the ingredients are there; skill, determination, guts - and a slightly funny haircut."



Teamwak took 2nd place and a $926.12 prize.

PKR gets better

I do like playing on 3D poker site PKR. It is a lot of fun and fully interactive. Uses up far too much of my laptops juice, but its worth it.

They've started sending emails when you win over $100. I thought it was a nice touch!

Sunday, April 08 EXCLUSIVE: "PKR Speaks!" Page 5 BREAKING NEWS: "Tourneys heat up" Page 6 TEAMWAK WINS BIG AT PKR! Poker world thrilled as Teamwak takes huge $210.00 tournament prize. "Fame won't change me" says Teamwak By Special Correspondent. PKR NEWS - Teamwak fought a field of 75 tough competitors to take 1st place in the PKR $10 Regular (6 seater) Tournament and $210.00. "It was an incredible display", said one observer, "everyone was on the edge of their seats". The result marks another big step in Teamwak's meteoric rise to poker stardom. "I predict big things from Teamwak", said a poker insider, "all the ingredients are there; skill, determination, guts - and a slightly funny haircut." Teamwak took 1st place and a $210.00 prize. Poker beauty makes TV debut! Page 3 PKR set to become #1 poker site! Page 7 Copyright © 2007 PKR Limited Home | Contact | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions

And as for Glastonbury ticket, my angry email resulted in me being told it was a condition of their license that they sell couch tickets, and as I bought coach tickets then that is what I am getting. They will only give the tickets out mid-coach journey! Ridiculous!

Camera Phones

These new mobilephone
cameras are great. You can capture amazing pictures instanly. Cool stuff!

So here are a few photos that were on my phone. Includes a Catherine Wheel at my brothers Bonfire Night party, A straight Flush I had in poker (surely the most beautiful thing ever!), and a couple of sunsets taken from my car when driving, lol

Much better again!! Its alright this Poker lark!

Finished 3rd out of 863 in a $24 mulyi tourney on Full Tilt. Won $2278. Took 5 and a half hours but was worth it.

Along with winning $318 for 6th in a $12 MTT on Wednesday, and $155 for 34 in $18 on Sunday; its not been a bad week at all!

Merry Christmas!

Better!

A better few days at poker. Played four $20 multi tournaments over three days. Finished in the money in all of them. Made the final table in two! Won $800.

Horray. Poker god status may soon be mine! Or pride cometh... We shall see.

The fantastic photo is a time-lapse shot of the International Space Station passing over a crater on the Moon.

Cool, huh?

So close, but yet...

Came 11th in the local poker tournament. It started paying out at 9th!! So close. Oh well. Lucky to be there. Was down and nearly out at one point. I was in for 1600 and I only had 1500 left. Someone put me all-in. With less than a blinds worth of chips left I called in the dark (not having looked at my cards). He turned over Ace Queen hearts. A very strong hand. I turned over two Aces!! What a time for them. Anyway that gave me enough chips to last to eleventh. So close...

Here is a beautiful picture of the Moon rising over an observatory in Chile.

As Boart might say

Niiiiice!

3D Poker

Sorry I havent posted for a while, its been a busy week.

Work has been hellish, and I've been playing a bit of poker when I get home.

I' ve discovered a new poker site. It is called PKR and it is fully 3D!!! This may not seem much, but it is truely the next step forward in this sort of personal computer interface. Its not just restricted just to poker.

Although all the recent poker sites that have sprung up are interactive in realtime, PKR adds a truly new dimension as you can customise your avatar/image just like in The SIMS, But as well as realistic looks, movements, and backgrounds, PKR offers you about 30 voice commands and movments. There are the usual niceties like Nice Hand, Thank You, Hi, Goodbye, and Unlucky. But there are also many other fantastic little florishes that you do can use like Chicken (you cluck!), Fan (where you fan yourself theatrically and say "Im feeling the heat"), Cry, Laugh Out Loud, Laugh My *** Off, Cheer, Thumbs Up, and my two favourites Dude! (where you do the cheesy American Bullhorns with your fingers), and Dance (where you do your favourite dance at the table). All off these enhancements really do enhance the playing experience where you tease and josh with your playing mates in realtime.

But it is only a matter of time before our online persona (like Teamwak) will have an avatar that will be able to interact with businesses. You could conduct a virtual interview with an almost perfect virtual human.

Interesting times