Almost Stan's Poker Poker

Almost made it a "Poker" of different 100+ runner Freeroll wins on Stan's Poker. Was sailing along until I lost almost all of my stack with JJ v KK. I was then the short stack with about 25 left but managed to navigate myself to heads-up albeit with a 4-1 chip disadvantage. H/U lasted about 3 hands as I tried to double up early but my 62s ran into 66 and a Q6x flop. Almost.

#4: Freeroll Thursday (2/767)

#3: Sunday Roast Win (1/103)

#2: Freeroll GP Win (1/481)

#1: 200 Freeroll Win (1/5536)

Prima $1,078 WSOP Stud Sat

Another waste of time. Played solid overall but when you catch only one break in 2 hours, in stud, you have no chance.

My nemesis on the night was aceturf who's calling all the way to seventh street strategy paid off for $5952. Heads-up aceturf settled for the cash and so 22-year old Nevin took the $7936 Stud package.

Stud Final Result

Shitaly

Not going be spending any more time trying to qualify for the WSOP Main event as it looks like I may have other commitments at the start of August. I still have a few qualifiers left but something is telling me that I am not ready yet. We'll see what happens.

Played in the Hendon Mob's World Cup Freeroll on Full Tilt Poker last night. I was happy with my short stack play thoughout the tourney (can't say the same thing about the Azzuri in Italy v USA) and in the end finished 3/86.

HM WC Results

Congrats to Indestructable who won 2 tickets to the World Cup final and $2,000 spending money. Everyone at the final table won a custom FTP soccer shirt which I value at $135 going by the gear in the FTP Shop.

Prima $950 WSOP Short Hand Sat

In this satellite, 1 in 6 qualified for a $5,400 package to play WSOP Event 21: 13th July No-Limit Hold'em - Short handed 6 per table $2,500.

Before the tourney started I warmed-up by taking part in Stan's Poker first ever Sunday Roast Freeroll Tourney. The warm-up didn't go too well but at least I didn't finish in the bubble ;)


Warm-Up Result

The SHed satellite began with 16 players, meaning we were playing for 2 seats and $3.6k for 3rd. Not much to report - I had probably the worst game of poker this year and finished 9th. I had diabolical situation after diabolical situation and even though I made over 90% correct decisions for my game plan I got no result. Pathetic!

Final SHed Result
Quote of the Day: Indiscreet> worst satellite experience ever, but it ended alright:)

MANSION World Cup Getaway

Won a trip to watch England v Paraguay in Germany courtesy of Mansion Poker.

As a valued Member at MANSION, we would like you to be the first to know about our exciting partnership with airline FlyBe. MANSION is proud to announce our sponsorship of a FlyBe BAe-146 aircraft, which will fly the MANSION brand throughout Europe for a two year period.

MANSION is inviting 40 of our most loyal customers to share in our celebrations as we unveil the new MANSION jet to the world, timed perfectly to take in the excitement of the 2006 World Cup.

Join us on a trip of a lifetime to see England square off against Paraguay in the 2006 World Cup on 10 June 2006. 40 lucky MANSION Members will be our special guests to enjoy all the action and soak up the atmosphere of World Cup fever, receiving a VIP prize package that includes:

Return flight (same day) aboard the MANSION branded BAe-146 from London (Luton) to Frankfurt**
Return coach transportation to the World Cup event stadium
Prestige class seating for the England v. Paraguay match, 10 June 2006
Full hospitality service

Total estimated package value is over GBP 2,000.

The night before the game, I played in a special England v Paraguay tourney on Mansion Poker where I finished 2/63. As well as $126 for second place I also got the chance for an extra $60 per goal scored in the game and also $100 for every goal scored by a player wearing the #2 shirt.

Obviously I was hoping for a goal fest on the day...

Photos to follow:

Luton to Germany on MANSION'S plane

Saarbrucken: Long way from Frankfurt!

The Stadium: Exterior

The Stadium: Interior

Line-up: England v Paraguay

Come on England!

3rd minute: Beckham's freekick

England Fans

1-0 with 11 mins left but no more goals

DaMatrix & Ovalman with souvenir

All in all, a great day out. Many thanks to MANSION. The Mansion team was very generous and looked after everybody well on the trip.

Next stop: Silverstone...

Onstar In U'A Car

Click above to watch!

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Pasquale & Rosina Parmiggiano.

Mind of Chester.

דאמטריקס

The Omen was released today, June 6 2006 (i.e. 06/06/06 or 666). Some people believe that 666 (the Number of the Beast) represents the Gematria value of Nero or "Neron Caesar".

Since I have been having some extreme bad luck lately (bubbled out of a total expectancy value of +$25,000), I decided to calculate the value of "DaMatrix" to see if it was 666!

Firstly, I had to transliterate DaMatrix and I found out that it is written as דאמטריקס using Hebrew letters..

Using Gematria, 424 (60/100/10/200/9/40/1/4) thus encodes the letters of DaMatrix). Not The Omen but a very attacking football formation!

Bring on the World Cup!