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So Near and Yet So Far.

Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 Internet


Been mincing at home all day today with my mate Simms playing in a few small stake MTT's and a bunch of $33 SnGays whilst watching the footy and then the Amir Khan 'fight' I'm having a horrible run on the SnGay's atm. I usually run like god in them things but i managed to shizz off $183 today although i faired alittle better in my faggot MTT's. I played seven small buyin tourns in total cashing in three of them with two near misses that have made me feel abit sick. First up i busted 18/140 in a $33 FO for $42 (1st paid $1.15k). I then played in an $11 FO and busted 4/365 for $255 (1st paid $1k) and busted 19/713 in a $6 rebuy for $74 (1st paid $2.8k). I guess i can't complain too much as i sucked out with 88 vrs KK with about 25 fish left and eventually boosted with JJ v AQ in the 6 buck game. The 11 doll tourn was abit sick when i mooked JJ after a blast and an insta call and a call behind me. The stupid fish had something like AK J10 and A9 and i would have fooking quadrooopled and prolly TID the tourn. I ended up shoving 33 into AA, whoops.

The only other poker i have played since my last post was about 3 hands of $1/2 PLO last night lol. I came home semi mezzed after a night on the beers with Scotch in Ricky and found $61 floating around in BlueSquare cyber space. I doubled up with AA and then feel asleep. Arrrrrrrgggghhhh, i came close to winning almost 4-5k tonight but I ended the night with a $50.64 profit!!! Woooooot!! Fuck my life. BOLLOCKS!!!!!

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Cheers Barry!

Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 Internet



Had a small yet much needed win in a $22 rb tournament on VC Poker tonight. The tourn was a bounty game hosted by Barry Carter who is sponsored by Victor Chandler and both plays and writes about poker for a living. The tourny had fantastic value as VC added $1k to the prize plus $500 bucks worth of bounties on Barry's head. Further to this, because the tourn was exclusive to VC Poker there were only 18 fish who registered.

I topped up my chip stack with a rb in the very first hand and also took advantage of the 4500 chip add on after the first hour which gave me a decent chip stack going into the FO period. One key hand i remember was AQo when i raised from the button and got cold called by some fish in the blinds. Flop was all raggy with two hearts and it went check check. Turn brought another heart and the fish fired about 2/3 pot. I now had a queen high flush draw and felt that there was a good chance that an ace or a queen would also be good on the river so i called. The river was a heart and the fish blasted. It didn't make sense to me and i looked him up and took down a nice pot. This hand gave me a good chip lead although i shizzed off some of it when i doubled up the short stack with pocket 3's 6 handed and then 3 bet Barry with 98o only to walk into the other short stacks booolets behind me, sigh. I lost my way abit after that and feared the dreaded bubble when we were down to four however that 'honour' went to Barry lol, ul mate.

I thought my luck was out when i was allin 3 handed with JJ vrs my opponents A10 when the flop came A10x however a lovely runner runner Q and then K gave me the straight. I had a big chip lead HU and managed to win it in the first hand when my 99 beat A10 aipf despite an ace high flop, 9 on the riveeeee babay, one timeee. I won $890 for my efforts which is much needed as guess what, im still struggling to put the hrs in online, no surprise there Jones you little mincer. I've played a few hrs here and there made a couple of hundred doll but nothing worth shouting about. Anyways, cheers for reminding me about the tourn Barry, i owe you a drink. Think im gonna get ball bagged this weekend actually, i feel like a beer or two, laters fishays.

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Here We Gooooooo...

Date: Sun, Aug 31, 2008 Internet


Ut oh, the time has come, its time to play some poker (cold sweats, panic attacks, deep breaths). As of today i am going to make one last ditch attempt to play poker with some kinda structure and regularity, gulp. Not sure what else to say tbh. Like i said in my previous post talk, (particularly my bullshit in regards to this matter) is cheap so i'll just see what happens. I feel quite focused and confident atm so fingers crossed.

I will be playing a mix of all sorts of games, but my main focus will simply be on playing as best i can for at least 35+ hrs a week. I had a probable taste of whats to come MTT wise this weekend when a bubbled the final tarb $6k gtd on ipoker, 11/291 and also busted 21/708 in the $11.5k gtd on FTP, sigh. Also played a home game this weekend with the lads which was a good crack managing to win one of the two 7 handed games after deciding on a chop HU to save time. Right i better get cracking, wish me luck fish.

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Thinking About Turning To The 'Darkside'

Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 Internet


On the back of my recent MTT successes i have been thinking about investing some $$$ in playing a load of tournaments next month. Believe it or not but i am not completely stupid and i am well aware that i have probably ran very very good to win 4 of the 10 or so small tournaments that i have played recently and i am also well aware that i could go the next 100+ tourns and barely register a cash. I also realise how sick playing MTT's for a living can be and how the beats can drive you insane. However, i have really enjoyed playing in these games and my motivation to play poker more professionally has increased as a result, i've got some of my buzz back i think. My MTT game has changed dramatically in recent months after watching/ chatting to top players like Kenn121 and watching other fish online like Moorman etc. Fuck it, im gonna give it a go anyways and see what happens.

As of the 1st of September i am going to be more disciplined and play much more poker. I ain't gonna bleat on about this too much because talk is cheap, im just gonna get on with it and do it. I am not just going to be playing tournaments btw and i will still be playing some NLH cash and SnG's and probably some PLO just to mix it up but i just fancy taking abit of a shot at some MTT's. The main thing i need to focus on is playing full time hours and to not freak out like a muppet when things don't go my way. I've been sorting out my finances abit today and i have decided to begin with a $10k starting roll and take it from there. If i bust it then so what its only money and i've had a good run at this poker marlarkay, its paid for alot of stuff and i've lived fairly comfortably for the last few years with no money worries at all. I won't bust it anyways, im good at this game and im confident. Pleeeeease let me run good one timeeee and may the force be with me....always.

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Almost More Life Tilt

Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 Internet


Went to watch West Ham United tonight with my mate Simms and all i can say is OMG! We were playing the mightly Macclesfield Town at the fortress in the 2nd round of the League Cup and we were losing 1-0 until the 74th minute when Lee Bowyer scored a header, the visitors had a bloke sent off and the hammers went onto win 4-1 aet lol. The first half was an absolute horror show with Macclesfield taking the lead after 6 mins which basically fucked up all 5 of my sports bets that i had placed about 2 minutes before kick off, grrrrr. Usually i am a very optimistic/hopeful hammer at the start of every season but even before our campaign had started this season i felt that we were gonna struggle and there performance tonight hasn't actually changed my mind. As much as i hate to say it i reckon we will be in the bottom 6-8 teams all season and maybe alot worse. It partly depends on what happens during the season what with injuries, suspensions and new signings etc but i think it could be a tough old slog. We just don't have enough Premiership players imo, hopefully im wrong. Up the hammers :-)

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Life Tilt lol

Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 Internet


I've just come home from playing in a 5 a-side footy match which has put me on massive life tilt so much so that i just have to vent my anger and release my frustrations in this ghey blog, my blood is boiling atm lol.

I've been playing for this team for about 5 weeks or so and before myself, an ok half decent albeit somewhat lazy player and one or two other players joined had zero points and basically got dicked by everyone. We had won our last few games until tonight when we got walloped 5-1 by a bunch of old bastards who are probably closer to picking up their pensions than i am to turning about 35 yrs old. The main reason for my current hatred of life is some twat called Shaun who 'plays' in the team as a 'defender' and who was constantly moaning at everyone. I seriously wanted to punch him in the face come the final whistle, the guy is an absolute prat. I only really play for this team because a couple of my mates play but they weren't there today so sadly i had to line up with what is pretty much a mix of retards and gruffnuts.
Shaun is one of those cocks who gives it the big one, wears his collar up and acts like he's some kinda footballing genius. Fuck me, i've seen snails move faster than that cunt!!! Now admittedly i ain't no speeday gonzarlez but this motherlicker takes the piss, in fact he's probably got less mobility than Greg Raymer ffs. I think im more mobile at 7am after a heavy night out on the lash than this bastard, TOSSER! lol.
Another geezer who really gets on my tits is some fish called Aidan, he's just all arms and legs. Fuck me how hard is it to control a football?? We've also got a younger lad playing for us called Simon who is ok tbh but he lacks abit of bite. The little mincer plays football almost as weak as my mate Simms plays poker, show some aggression!!! ;-) On top of this we have the worst 5 a side goal keeper in the world. I think my mum could do a better job between the sticks, in fact i know she could, actually i might ask her if she's available for selection next week. Other than that our team is quite strong, ahahaha. Like i said, i ain't no Ronaldiniho either and i also played like a prick tonight but its that fish Shaun that's really got on my wick. Rant over :-)
Pokernews, and i played in one 22 buck tournament on pp yesterday with another 139 of online poker's 'finest' fishays and managed to luckbox my way to first place for $770 babay! I have changed my MTT game massively recently, either kill or be kill. I've been playing to win, looking for spots in which to accumulate chips regardless of starting hands. I have been willing to die in order to live as the well known poker saying goes and its been paing off. I've obviously been running good aswell but i have been making things happen rather than waiting for things to happen. The re-steal is huuuge in donkaments and i have been quite effective in using this to gain some valuable chirping chips. My recent MTT results have been very solid. Although they have been relatively small field, small buyin and thus small wins i have won 4 and final tabled a total of 6 times in my last 10 tourns. I've won three of those 45 $26 things on FTP for $410 a pop aswell as the $770 in yesterdays tourn. On top of that I also finished 8/100 in a mincy little $11rb for $120 and 3/160 in a $33 for $487 so happy days. Made about $3k so far this month without breaking a sweat, i must play more for the one hundredth time :-) Laters.

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Sick Fish

Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2008 Internet


Feeling proper ropeee all day today and im not sure if it is the beers from last night or if i have picked up some sort of bug or summat, its probably the former but im not sure. I've got a real bad belly ache atm and i feel like im about to give birth, its pissing me right off.

I went out on the lash at about 5pm yesterday for what was supposed to be a quiet night although that quickly went out the window after about half an hour. I find it impossible to just go out and have just a couple of beers, it is impossible isn't it? First up i had a few jars with Bill and Miz in Druids whilst watching the Fulham Arsenal game. Bill and Miz are both gooners so i was pissing myself laughing when they got done 1-0, i fucking hate Arsenal and everything associated with them. If you are reading this and you are a gooner then you are a cock simple as that :-) After Druids we were joined by Dan, Darren and Darren's bird Leah and ended up going to the Penny V, Urban Vine and Stables. It was a good crack and although i wasn't that ball bagged i had waaaay more drinks than i had intended. The reason i didn't wanna get too drunk was because i was meant to be going to the Notting Hill Carnival today but i just wasn't feeling upto it, im such a lightweight. I stayed round Bills gaff because there were fuck all taxi's and had a shit nights sleep and then drove home at about 7am still prolly over the limit. Once i got home i felt awful and that's pretty much how its been all day. I feel bad about blowing out the carnival but i just couldn't go, im in too much pain. I reckon i might have to go to the quacks tbh because it don't feel like a hangover sickness, hopefully i'll be ok tomorrow.

On the poker front i have basically played fuck all since my last post, what a surprise. However, the little poker that i have played has gone very well. I think i have pissed about in a few SnG's breaking even but also played in two of those $26 45 man donkament things on FTP winning one for $410. I've actually won 3 of the last 4 of these things that i have played in lol. Today, as i have been feeling like shit, i played in one $33 tourn on PP with that fish JJay who was round my gaff to watch the mighty Hammers get dicked by Man City. Me and JJay had 20% in each other just for a laugh and i ended up making that little mincer $96 when i finished 3/160 for $487. Gonna see if i can make at least another $1k before the end of the month, laters.

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Searching

Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 Internet


I am searching for something and i have always been searching for something i guess the problem is i dunno wtf i am searching for. Ahhhhhh, that's right fish, its time for yet another i have no direction in my life atm blog post, yipeeeee....
One day im happy and buzzing then the next im sad and bored, its been like that for a while now. I guess my life and my emotions mirror that of the rollercoster ride that is poker. Its not like im some manic depressive or something, far from it. I'm generally a happy fish and have been very fortunate in life thus far, its just i never seem satisfied. Its like alot of people seem to settle for things that are average, kinda mediocre, mediocre in my mind anyways. Things that they are content with, like working 9-5 in a job that is ok for example, they sort of settle for it, its comfortable. Another example is like when people get into relationships and sort of become comfortable and settle for each other. I maybe way off the mark here and perhaps my examples are not that great but that's the way i feel sometimes. To use an analogy from the film The Matrix its a bit like people being plugged into the system and unlike Neo they don't try to unplug themselves, they are merely content with being plugged in and they settle for a life in the Matrix. looooool, just read that back, WTF are you on about Jonesy? Im not looking for advice by the way, im just writing, writing this bullshit as it comes in my complex mixed up mind.
The big problem with me is that in my head im sort of not satisfied and not content with some things in my life and yet i do fuck all to unplug myself? Am i talking sense, or am i just going insane? Have all those bad beats and coolers finally sent me mad? I say i do fuck all to unplug myself and although that is partly the case because i am the laziest mother fucker i know the other problem is i don't know what i am searching for. Fuck me i'm getting confused now. I've been feeling weird all day, can you tell? lol. I'm a tortured soul, ahaha.
Maybe i need a bird? I probably do and it wouldn't be that difficult to find a bird, but i know what im like. I would get pissed off after a while i reckon, she would have to tick alot of my boxes. I wouldn't settle for a bird who only ticks like 80% of the boxes. Even if they gave wicked blowies or summat which is obviously box no 1 i would still end up giving them the elbow, i've done it in the past. Maybe I'm searching for a bird that don't exist?
Maybe i need a job? I have been looking at a few teaching jobs actually but again i know in my heart of hearts I'm not interested in that atm. I quit a good job as a Sport Science Lecturer for a reason and i have no regrets even if i were to go busto tomorrow, absolutely none. However, I'm not sure i have the correct mindset to play poker full time either. I thought i did? Maybe i do? The two biggest problems i have is a lack of discipline with not playing sufficient hours and i will admit that i have become scared money at times which is obviously massive in poker. I am gonna keep going until the end of the year anyways. I can do this, i always pull through :-)
In regards to that faggot 2 week $33 SnGay experiment that's pretty much gone out the window already. I started off well yesterday playing 9 games and was in profit by $186 which is excellent. However, i then got invited out for a few beers with some old mates of mine that i hadn't caught up with for a while and ended up blowing out poker and getting abit boozy. Today, i had a minor hangover and didn't feel like playing. I fired up 5 games and busted in them all so i fucked it off. I also played football today and i can honestly say that i feel like i am in the best physical condition i have been in years, all that wanking seems to have finally paid off. However, despite winning the match i played like a right tosser, my mind was elsewhere.
Ahhhhhhhhhh, i felt greeeeat yesterday and now i feel like a cunt again. Fuck my life, this has to be my gayest post of all time!!! I nearly deleted it after reading it back actually but fuck it i'll post it, i don't care. Im off to do some more soul searching, laters.

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Trying To Clear My Mind

Date: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 Internet


I've been trying to sort things out in my head the last 10 days or so, basically my future direction in life both on and off the tarbs and im still trying tbh. One day my head is sorted and everything is so sooo clear and the next day everything becomes clouded again. My recent trip to Torrevieja was a good crack and everything seemed so clear out there but now im back im bored again and i just feel abit blahhh.

Me and Scotch pretty much just chilled out in Spain and either got ball bagged or just abit mezzed up every night. We had planned to do loadsa training but that went out the window on day 2 i think lol. I haven't exactly got any amazing tales to tell but it was just a nice time, i didn't wanna come home put in that way. We minced by the pool and the beach abit, chilled and watched some of the Olympics and spent the rest of our little lives in a few bars. The place we visited the most was probably Shannon's bar a nice little Irish place where Scotch pretty much passed out on day 3. We were basically sat there drinking and chatting shit as per usual when Scotch disappeared and left me there on my lonesome. I was about to use some of my 'smooth moves' on some blond bird who had been undressing me with her eyes for much of the night when a completely ball bagged Scotch suddenly reappeared 5 minutes later. The pissed up fucking fish could barely walk and told me to help him get home ahahaha. I was like fuck my life, that's another potential rump you owe me now Scotch, must be in double figures by now mate. Anyways we begin our journey home with Scotch chucking his guts up everywhere when we are greeted by some dirty brass on a roundabout. There's loads of pro's about in Torrevieja and in my pissed up state i couldnt help saying hello and enquiring about prices and her range of offers for a laugh. 10 euros for a suckay suckay and 20 euros for a fuckay fuckay!!! I was like wtf!!!!!! I'd paid over 15 euros for a steak and chips the night before so i was half tempted! She bascially grabbed my cock and tried to pull me round the corner although i politely declined as i had to look after Scotch. As the saying goes... a friend in need... is a friend who usually goes by the name of Scotch. Oh well, at least i gotta free grope out of it i guess.

Others place we went to included St James Gate, Kilkennys and a club called 222. I think there is actually more to do in torrevieja than my parents led me to believe although its mostly full of Spanish fish as its like the equivalent to summat like our Brighton or Blackpool, you get loadsa Spanish fish from places like Madrid on their hols. There were a few Brits about but i think if i were to go out there again i'd have to brush up on my Spanish. Oh well, it was a freebie hols i suppose. Here's a quick snap of me on one the last days. I think its the closet i got to pulling a bird all week. (EDIT, i'll stick pic up when Scotch sorts his camera fone out ffs, grrrr)

Onto events of the last few days and i am still abit bothered by some of the things that went on. I feel abit bad tbh, i probably shouldn't but i do, i can't help it. Rob if you are reading this shit i just don't understand mate?? I trusted you and i sort of believe you had every intention of transferring me the money to start with but then i dunno you kinda changed your mind or summat, it dont make sense. The fact is you could have sent me the money at anytime. As for your bullshit stories well fuck me, why do you do that?? Im just bugged by the whole thing. If you wanna chat to me then PM me or something, if not then fair enough.

Another thing that bugged me is that i came in for abit of criticism for my last post. Although the large majority thought it was funny and that he deserved it a few fish on the Blonde forum especially basically thought i was a cock and immature lol. At the end of the day you can't please everyone and each to their own i guess. Some people just don't get this blog, its partly a piss take, a piss take out of you, the stupid fish that read it. Although alot of it does reflect me and my state of mind etc its also a joke aswell, lighten up ffs.

Onto poker and i still don't know where i'm going, i still have no structure and im still a lazy bastard. Since i got back about 4-5 days ago i have played 62 $33 SnGays, and one $11 rb tourney LOOOOOOL. Other than that i have been to the gym once and errrrr oh yeah i went to tesco's the other day aswell, fuck me, what do i do with myself all day. I basically broke even losing 100 odd bucks in the SnGay's which i think represents the worst run i have ever had in them things and i finished 8/100 in the tourn. Despite this horrid run of form i have decided to conduct a $33 doll SnGay experiment, similar to my stupid $10k prop bet from a few months ago. There is exactly 2 weeks left until the end of the month. During this time i plan to play at least 500 $33 SnGays, establish some sort of routine in my life (again), waking up and going to sleep at reasonable times and making sure i visit the gym a minimum of 3 times a week. Although my ShakScope stats have taken a battering recently my $33 SnG statistics say that after 844 games my ROI is just below 25% which equates to $8 per game. Although i appreciate that 844 games is still not a big enough sample size my record is still pretty good. If i played 50 SnG's a day for 5 days a week, so 500 SnG's in total and made 8 bucks a game then that's $4k right there. Add rake back to that which at 27% on FTP will add a further 81 cents per game, 0.81 x 500 = $405 buckaroo's. So, about $4.4k from 500 $33 doll SnGays, does that sound reasonable or i am i being a complete mug?? I probably am, but lets say i made $6 per game plus rb then thats still $3.4k which ain't too shabby just from 33 buck sng's. I dunno, maybe i am being unrealistic, i mean i just went 62 games without winning a dime lol. Talk to me fish, let me know what you think, laters.

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The Fish Has Paid

Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2008 Internet


Read the previous post before you read this one if you haven't already. Here is what the sorry ass fish posted on the RTR forum as an explanation...

Amatay, first of all let me deny the accusations of me being a thief, as i tried to explain via my blog i have had major problems with Internet connections via a virus and only had access via my mobile phone for 2 weeks - i had limited service to my home computer but i was mainly riding a neighbours signal on a unprotected site which i couldn't really use for gaming purposes i.e deposits and withdrawals. I was reconnected properly about 5 days ago, but reading your blog you had already left for Spain, and the reason i didn't send the cash then was because i was awaiting for my Gutshot account to become Verified - which took a pathetic 9 days to sort. Also in the midst of this time my mother in law committing suicide, so things have been a touch stressful at home. As for the accusations of blocking people on Msn - i have yet to install everyones contacts back on to Msn after cleaning my hard drive, this leads me to Facebook - i admit i blocked you today after my wifes account started receiving messages from yourself and Mrs P something she does not need to read at this time, as for the phone call today, yes i did hang up, mainly out of surprise and embarrassment of you contacting me, and a heated argument over the phone with you in front of the wife is also not good at this time. So it leaves us were we are now - i have arranged to transfer the money back to yourself on Full Tilt - i'm not sure if this is your preferred choice but its the quickest way i can sort this matter, and i leave it up to yourself to believe my side or not. Rob.
What a load of utter bollocks!!! Maybe you got scared or something but you are a prick mate and probably never intended on giving me my money back. I reckon you were shocked at what i done tbh. I hunted you down like the little sad fishay you are! Can you feel my power babay?? lol. Its was probably me contacting your wife what done it although i caught you out big time when i rang you up you little cunt, gotcha!! I bet it shocked you when i got your fone number and home address, suprise fishay!! Why could you just not explain and send me my money? Also, it took you about 6 hrs after i foned you to transfer. I got huge support from various threads aswell. You can probably check them for yourself... RTR thread, Blonde thread and Gutshot thread.

In regards to your explanation what a fucking sick joke that is. As anyone who is a reg poster on RTR knows it is a typical bullshit Rob post. Your mention shit about your msn but as Mair said on RTR whether you cleaned your hard drive or not MSN contacts remain with MSN, wherever you log in, its always same contacts, reformatting HD does not delete your contacts. I bet you didnt realise that i could tell you had blocked me did you fish? Mr Cea taught me that one, nice one Connor mate.I have sooooo fucking much to say on all this tbh. Rob, you are one of those people who lie sooo much its redic, i've met people like you before. I had i read on you from the start mate but i thought u were harmless. Some of your stories are amazing to say the least, how dumb can you be to believe that people will not start questioning you and your bullshit. You are a compulsive liar! Your stories of being in Vegas that time when in actual fact your IP addy was from Newcastle were hilarious, lmfao at that one. Another classic was when you posted about that $10k pot you claimed to have won playing 25/50 ahahahaha, you edited your stupid .25/.50 games u little mug, i done a check on your opponents, they were all micro stake donks like you, lol. I could go on and on tbh. The Joe Cole 1-0 bet, remember that one fish? You and your Porsche loooool, OMFG you and your Porsche what a fucking plum. RTRer's will know what i mean. Fact is you could have easily paid me at anytime. The sickest thing is i read your msg and for a split second i felt bad, maybe i was being out of order, but no. FUCK OFF ROB!
You have been tracked mate. My Amatay disciples have been working undercover tracking your every move. I'm like the godfather of the online poker mafia mate, bet you didn't realise the extent of my fan base you slutpig looooool. You have been tracked earning rake on ipoker and you have been on facebook loads you tool, how stupid and deluded are you fish? Oh and you were playing on Crypto today when all this was kicking off, what a fucking gem that was, priceless! RickyRosa caught you out you muthafooker, nice one Ricky. You are fucking sick mate, esp that stuff about your mum in law committing suicide i mean come off it you prat!

One thing i wanna clear up is that people have said to be to be careful with my threatening behaviour. However, i have never threatened anyone i just said i was gonna go up there and get my money. I didn't say i was gonna go up there and bash him or get other people too or anything like that, lol at the comments on my blog and on forums in regards to sorting him out by the way, thanks for the offers lol, pure comedy.
Let this be a lesson to you you muthalicker, do not mess with the Amatay... the fishay huntay!

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Scammed!!!

Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2008 Internet

I got back from Spain yesterday and i had a good crack and would normally write abit about it, throw in a few funnies etc etc, blah fucking blah. However, there is something that has been bothering me and i need to get it off my chest....
Almost 3 weeks ago i transferred $989 from my FTP acc to someone else's FTP acc on the understanding that they would transfer the same amount from their Gutshot Poker acc to mine, so it was basically a straight swap. Once i sent the money the other person said they would find out whether they needed to send the dosh to my username or my screen name on Gutshot Poker and then send. The bastard never sent, has not been in touch since and i am out of pocket by about £500. It seems that i have been conned out of the money and i am soooo fucking angry!!
The player in question is called Robert Payne and is/was a regular poster on the RaiseTheRiver forum under the name POKER4EVER. Although i have never met Rob i had been 'friends' with him online for about one year and although he often talks alot of bullshit i thought he was harmless and i trusted him. In actual fact he has sometimes helped me out with things like good bonus and rake back deals and has given me some good advice when i was losing in particular. This is why i find it hard to believe he has darked me like this. I managed to find out his fone number and address and rang him today. When he answered he sounded surprised, try to blag me that he couldn't hear me and then hung up. A few minutes later he predictably logged onto the RTR forum something he hasn't done for 10 days. He has also blocked me on msn and is a total wanker.
I trusted you Rob and you have basically stolen 500 odd quid from me :-( I have your home address and it looks like i will have to come up to Middlesboro and get the money myself. When i do i will be wanting $1100 ish to cover my expenses plus i will probably bring a few mates aswell so their expenses will also need to be covered. Get in touch with me ASAP to resolve this matter.
Here is a link to his blog although i suspect it will get deleted soon. He mentions the money he owes me in his last post although his story is aload of utter bollocks as he has been tracked on forums, facebook and ipoker during the past 2 weeks. I have sent money online to various people before as i am sure many other people have but now i dont think i can't trust anyone which is a shame. I feel fucking sick about all this shit, my blood is boiling atm, give me my money back!

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Amatay Returns!!!

Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2008 Internet


That's right fishays i'm back by popular demand from my self imposed exile. I know it has only been one week since my last post but i wanted to blog again. As gay as it sounds but i like writing this shit, i guess im kinda addicted to it tbh, plus i feel that i have a duty to all my loyal Amatay supportays out there lol. So, whats been going on with your blogging messiah i hear you all ask....

In the last two days of July i played a bunch of my faithful $33 SnGays and ran like dog dump making a profit of $210 from 45 games. However, August started with a bang after i randomly decided to play a few of those $26 45 man donkament things on ftp. The first three games were free as i had qualified via some ftp points and i busted out of them all in the usual sick fashion. Undeterred i brought into two more games and ended up winning both. Although they were only small games i was well chuffed to win back to back tourns for a total profit of $768. The next day i played in a total of 13 $33 SnGays and this time played/ran like god winning seven and getting one second for a $438 profit. Its probably the sickest little run of games i have ever had playing those things. My sharkscope record is looking pretty sweet atm.

Aside from online poker i have been keeping myself fairly busy. On Wednesday I went to see that film The Dark Knight with a few mates and although i have never been a big Batman fan the film was really good and the way the late Heath Ledger played his role as the Joker was pure genius. On the Thursday i heard about a really soft game going down at Riley's between a few fishay mates of mine and naturally i got my ass down there and proceeded to set traps, dodge bullets and ultimately take down a 7 man SnG for the sum of 14 english pounds, wooot. I then won a further few quid after i destroyed the same gruffnuts on the pool table in a game of killer. Poker tables, pool tables, any tables, it makes no difference to me babay! Went to the gym on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday aswell so spirits were high. I spent part of my Saturday afternoon reading over a few past blog posts. I've said this before but it does fascinate me to read about my state of mind at different times and how it changes sooo rapidly from day to day, its another reason why i maintain this blog really. I must stop freaking out when i lose money, life is good.

On Sunday i spent much of the day in the Walkabout getting ball bagged. I had a decent time drinking myself into oblivion which was capped by Scotch's antics at the end of the night. For some reason that crazy pissed cunt decided it would be a laugh to jump into the Watford Pond lol. The stupid ginger plum stripped down to cum stained boxer and his gay wife beating Rab C Nesbit like string vest and dared passers by that he was gonna jump. His performance drew a small crowd before some random geezer pushed him in then done a runner looooool. Scotchay was covered in horrible green algae shit and he fucking stank!! What were you thinking Scotch? I have basically been hungover all day today and i'll be busy getting my self ready for Spain tomorrow so i havent played any poker and i doubt i'll play anymore before my hols. Its all ok though, im still getting my head sorted pokerwise and i wont be playing loads until September time i reckon. Feeling content atm, laters :-)

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I'm not gonna be posting for a while...

Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2008 Internet

I've decided to leave this blog alone for a bit, it acts as a distraction more than anything else atm at a time when i need to regain some focus and sort my head out. I was doin ok the last 10-15 days making about $3-3.5k but i've dropped $1.5k in the last 2 days and im just angry at myself tbh. I need to be more professional in my approach to poker instead of treating it as a jolly, i need to be more serious and stop fucking about. I need to try and get back to the mindset that i had at the start of the year before i went 'off the rails'. Maybe i don't have the personality type to deal with the swings of a full time poker player, I let losing affect me way too much and it makes me unhappy sometimes. I'm not sure what i am going to do pokerwise in the next month or two? Im in Spain for a week early August and then Newquay for about 5 days at the end of the month. In between i'll probably keep ticking over on the tables grinding out a small profit whilst trying to figure where i'm going. I have thought about applying for a part time job on a 0.5 contract as a Sport Science Lecturer at Kingston College lol. Im sure i can handle two and a half days a week work?? Having said that i wasn't enjoying teaching towards the end of my time as a lecturer in Hammersmith so maybe thats a bad idea, not sure. I've made about $22-23k so far this year but that is extremely poor imo, especially given the start i had. In total i have made over $130k in my poker life so its not all doom and gloom, i have been quite successful imo :-) Oh well that's it i guess time to regroup, laters.

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Drunken Profits Gone

Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2008 Internet


The $900 i made whilst pissed in the early hours of Sunday morning has gone. $250 of it went on Sunday and another $700 went tonight. So, i guess i am back to hating poker again, fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK!

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