It’s Wednesday, where’s the Ninja? Rest assured he’s here, you just cant see him! I have it on good authority that he’ll make an appearance tomorrow. But beware, this ninja’s main purpose in life is killing, just because you can’t see him doesn’t mean he can’t see you.
In the meantime, wish me luck for the poker tournament tonight, it’s going to be tough and see that I didn’t get very much sleep last night it might be even tougher.
schpat out
It’s Wednesday, where’s the Ninja? Rest assured he’s here, you just cant see him! I have it on good authority that he’ll make an appearance tomorrow. But beware, this ninja’s main purpose in life is killing, just because you can’t see him doesn’t mean he can’t see you.
In the meantime, wish me luck for the poker tournament tonight, it’s going to be tough and see that I didn’t get very much sleep last night it might be even tougher.
schpat out
This is a poker post, if you have no interest check back tomorrow when I might introduce you to a funny ninja.
Last night after catching up with LOST I fired up the poker machine for a game or two, you know, for practice. I stuck to the $3 + .40 single table SnG’s and my B game put up a helluva fight in A’s absence. In the first game a bubbled (that’s finished one off the money) when I made a move with KJc and was taken out by A4o. In the next game I finished in 6th when JTh ran into A7, my J paired on the flop but my opponent stuck around (against the odd mind you) to suck out with a runner runner gut shot, but that’s poker. I decided that if I lost another one I’d have had more than enough practice at losing, so one last game it was.
In the first hand I was dealt KK in the 6 seat. I bet 4xBB and got one caller. Exactly what I’d hoped for. The flop was KQQ rainbow, a fucking awesome flop giving me a full house. The only hand I was worried about was QQ for four of a kind, but as two time world champion Doyle Brunson says, you can’t worry about four of a kind. I wanted to show weakness so I lead in with a small bet hoping to be raised by AK. AQ, KJ, QJ or even KQ or AA all of which were possible holdings by my opponent, hell it’s internet poker he could have been holding K3o and would still have called. He did in fact call, not what I wanted, but ok. The turn was an 8 and I lead out again with a half-pot bet, he called, the pot’s now up to about T$800 and the river is an J. sweet mother of Jesus I think, if he just paired his J I’m gonna score big, there’s almost no chance he’d have played AA like that. He’s called all the way so far so I pump on another half-pot bet of T$400 for value, he calls. What do you think he showed? That’s right QQ. I paid him almost two thirds of my chips just to see four of a kind, thanks Doyle. Honestly I wouldn’t have done anything different, The chances that he had that hand were so small the odds I was getting on my bets were great, incidentally he played the last street badly, with the nuts he should have bet out at me, I probably would have called and he could have won a lot more money. Doyle also says that big pairs are dangerous hands, either you win big, or you lose big. Thanks for stating the obvious…. never worry about four of a kind… grumble.
So I’m down to like T$600, out of T$1500, and looking like a complete schmuck, what am I to do now? In burst those mercenaries A game in tow with a sack on his head. The wasted no time tying him to a chair and beating him with rubber hoses until he saw the error of his ways and agreed to start playing again. Hell I even think the mercenaries got in on the action a little bit showing some real aggression. Within the space of ten hands I was chip leader, I rode that all the way to the end of the game, $15 cash, woo-hoo.
That game was over pretty quickly and I decided I needed more practice winning so I signed up for another. A game was really excited to rediscover how much fun winning was again. I had to make a few tough calls, like calling a all-in pre-flop with KQc, but ended up winning that one too. Total of $30 won for the night and a 120% ROI for the night.
I now have enough frequent player points for a cap.
I hope A game sticks around for tomorrow night, I could certainly use it. I want to get some more practice in this evening but I’ve got to get a good nights rest before the big game.
Tomorrow: a ninja.
schpat out
This is a poker post, if you have no interest check back tomorrow when I might introduce you to a funny ninja.
Last night after catching up with LOST I fired up the poker machine for a game or two, you know, for practice. I stuck to the $3 + .40 single table SnG’s and my B game put up a helluva fight in A’s absence. In the first game a bubbled (that’s finished one off the money) when I made a move with KJc and was taken out by A4o. In the next game I finished in 6th when JTh ran into A7, my J paired on the flop but my opponent stuck around (against the odd mind you) to suck out with a runner runner gut shot, but that’s poker. I decided that if I lost another one I’d have had more than enough practice at losing, so one last game it was.
In the first hand I was dealt KK in the 6 seat. I bet 4xBB and got one caller. Exactly what I’d hoped for. The flop was KQQ rainbow, a fucking awesome flop giving me a full house. The only hand I was worried about was QQ for four of a kind, but as two time world champion Doyle Brunson says, you can’t worry about four of a kind. I wanted to show weakness so I lead in with a small bet hoping to be raised by AK. AQ, KJ, QJ or even KQ or AA all of which were possible holdings by my opponent, hell it’s internet poker he could have been holding K3o and would still have called. He did in fact call, not what I wanted, but ok. The turn was an 8 and I lead out again with a half-pot bet, he called, the pot’s now up to about T$800 and the river is an J. sweet mother of Jesus I think, if he just paired his J I’m gonna score big, there’s almost no chance he’d have played AA like that. He’s called all the way so far so I pump on another half-pot bet of T$400 for value, he calls. What do you think he showed? That’s right QQ. I paid him almost two thirds of my chips just to see four of a kind, thanks Doyle. Honestly I wouldn’t have done anything different, The chances that he had that hand were so small the odds I was getting on my bets were great, incidentally he played the last street badly, with the nuts he should have bet out at me, I probably would have called and he could have won a lot more money. Doyle also says that big pairs are dangerous hands, either you win big, or you lose big. Thanks for stating the obvious…. never worry about four of a kind… grumble.
So I’m down to like T$600, out of T$1500, and looking like a complete schmuck, what am I to do now? In burst those mercenaries A game in tow with a sack on his head. The wasted no time tying him to a chair and beating him with rubber hoses until he saw the error of his ways and agreed to start playing again. Hell I even think the mercenaries got in on the action a little bit showing some real aggression. Within the space of ten hands I was chip leader, I rode that all the way to the end of the game, $15 cash, woo-hoo.
That game was over pretty quickly and I decided I needed more practice winning so I signed up for another. A game was really excited to rediscover how much fun winning was again. I had to make a few tough calls, like calling a all-in pre-flop with KQc, but ended up winning that one too. Total of $30 won for the night and a 120% ROI for the night.
I now have enough frequent player points for a cap.
I hope A game sticks around for tomorrow night, I could certainly use it. I want to get some more practice in this evening but I’ve got to get a good nights rest before the big game.
Tomorrow: a ninja.
schpat out
I had a great Weekend. Saturday was spent with family, some German cousins are out in South Africa and we had a get together to say hi. It was a lot of fun to see people that I only vaguely remember form my childhood, they’re good people. There was also awesome food. On Sunday I took Elisabeth out to the market at Green Point Stadium to buy african curios for her brother in Alice Springs Australia, I wonder if he likes egg on his pizza. We had breakfast at the News Cafe and then a really late lunch at the Tibetan Tea House in Simonstown. I had a sweet potato and pea curry with much ginger and it totally rocked. We also watched more LOST.
On the poker front, I took my solid B game to the tables last night to feed off the chum left after the weekly $1M on PokerStars. Lots of people pay $220 for the chance to win the $1M but most of them are really sucky players that drop out in the first hour, the ones that drop out in the first few minutes are the worst. These are they guys that are sitting around still wanting to gamble that I like to tackle in the micro stakes SnG’s. I say me B game because my A game seems to be on holiday on some tropical paradise and not responding to the urgent voicemails I’ve left it. Still I played 4 games last night and cashed in 3 of them, two thirds and a second, for a total profit of $7.40 or a 54% ROI. Not too bad. I’m thinking of hiring a bunch of mercenaries to find my A game and bring it back kicking a screaming before my minitournament on Wednesday night.
There is so much fucked up shit in the news at the moment that I’m not even going to mention it here. If you’re interested go check it out a IOL.
During my internet foray over the weekend I did come across this very funny video. It’s only for people with large pipes, but extremely funny. Who say’s white men can’t dance?
Also, Fisherman’s Friends are awesome, thanks to the guys at role-playing for suggesting them. I loves me the strong mints.
schpat out
I had a great Weekend. Saturday was spent with family, some German cousins are out in South Africa and we had a get together to say hi. It was a lot of fun to see people that I only vaguely remember form my childhood, they’re good people. There was also awesome food. On Sunday I took Elisabeth out to the market at Green Point Stadium to buy african curios for her brother in Alice Springs Australia, I wonder if he likes egg on his pizza. We had breakfast at the News Cafe and then a really late lunch at the Tibetan Tea House in Simonstown. I had a sweet potato and pea curry with much ginger and it totally rocked. We also watched more LOST.
On the poker front, I took my solid B game to the tables last night to feed off the chum left after the weekly $1M on PokerStars. Lots of people pay $220 for the chance to win the $1M but most of them are really sucky players that drop out in the first hour, the ones that drop out in the first few minutes are the worst. These are they guys that are sitting around still wanting to gamble that I like to tackle in the micro stakes SnG’s. I say me B game because my A game seems to be on holiday on some tropical paradise and not responding to the urgent voicemails I’ve left it. Still I played 4 games last night and cashed in 3 of them, two thirds and a second, for a total profit of $7.40 or a 54% ROI. Not too bad. I’m thinking of hiring a bunch of mercenaries to find my A game and bring it back kicking a screaming before my minitournament on Wednesday night.
There is so much fucked up shit in the news at the moment that I’m not even going to mention it here. If you’re interested go check it out a IOL.
During my internet foray over the weekend I did come across this very funny video. It’s only for people with large pipes, but extremely funny. Who say’s white men can’t dance?
Also, Fisherman’s Friends are awesome, thanks to the guys at role-playing for suggesting them. I loves me the strong mints.
schpat out
So you need more reasons to mistrust the police? Well here are two very good examples.
Firstly there’s this story about a school girl that was forced to participate in group sex by two policemen while they recorded it on a cell phone. Later they distributed the footage via the internet and now are being charged with child pornography. They’re freaky looking too, you can check out their pictures at the link above.
Secondly, remember how the cops caught the perpetrators of a major cash heist at JHB International about a month ago? Well in a robbery much like the “Lufthansa Job” portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas” some criminal scum robbed an aircraft full of foreign currency. Unfortunately they weren’t as cleaver as Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke and got themselves caught. Brilliant work from the police department, what am I complaining about? Well their evidence safe was raided on Wednesday night and a very large chunk of the cash was stolen. Go guys!
Seriously I totally mistrust cops. The vast mast majority in this country are ill educated folks desperate for a job who will do anything, including putting their life on the line for very little remuneration. The salaries that South Africa offers our law enforcement officers is laughable, no wonder we can’t attract superior level individuals into the job, and no wonder so many of our policemen become corrupt. If I was ever detained by the police I would make very sure someone I trusted knew exactly where I was. Although I could probably bribe my way out with a can of beans and a loaf of bread, and they could possibly be convinced to through in a stolen gun to sweeten the deal.
In other news:
Telkom is resistant to ICASA’s demand that they get rid of monthly connection charges for ADSL lines. Telkom has threatened to simply raise other prices to make up for the shortfall. Note that that would only be a shortfall in revenue, it is estimated that of the R 477 charged for a 512K line the cost is only R39. Also remember that this “connection” fee is above your normal telephone line rental. Well I suppose that’s what a monopoly can do for you.
Roy Bennet, a white Zimbabwean opposition member accused of trying to overthrow the Mugabe government, has been denied asylum in South Africa. The department of home affairs has not released reasons for denying him asylum but has pointed out that he is free to appeal. It’s plainly obvious to anyone following the situation that should he be sent back to Zim he would undoubtedly suffer torture and even the death penalty. The only reason I can think of why asylum would not be granted is because the government wants to stay best buddies with good ol’ Bob. Human rights aren’t that important.
Ok folks enjoy your weekends and have fun, don’t get caught by the cops!
schpat out
So you need more reasons to mistrust the police? Well here are two very good examples.
Firstly there’s this story about a school girl that was forced to participate in group sex by two policemen while they recorded it on a cell phone. Later they distributed the footage via the internet and now are being charged with child pornography. They’re freaky looking too, you can check out their pictures at the link above.
Secondly, remember how the cops caught the perpetrators of a major cash heist at JHB International about a month ago? Well in a robbery much like the “Lufthansa Job” portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas” some criminal scum robbed an aircraft full of foreign currency. Unfortunately they weren’t as cleaver as Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke and got themselves caught. Brilliant work from the police department, what am I complaining about? Well their evidence safe was raided on Wednesday night and a very large chunk of the cash was stolen. Go guys!
Seriously I totally mistrust cops. The vast mast majority in this country are ill educated folks desperate for a job who will do anything, including putting their life on the line for very little remuneration. The salaries that South Africa offers our law enforcement officers is laughable, no wonder we can’t attract superior level individuals into the job, and no wonder so many of our policemen become corrupt. If I was ever detained by the police I would make very sure someone I trusted knew exactly where I was. Although I could probably bribe my way out with a can of beans and a loaf of bread, and they could possibly be convinced to through in a stolen gun to sweeten the deal.
In other news:
Telkom is resistant to ICASA’s demand that they get rid of monthly connection charges for ADSL lines. Telkom has threatened to simply raise other prices to make up for the shortfall. Note that that would only be a shortfall in revenue, it is estimated that of the R 477 charged for a 512K line the cost is only R39. Also remember that this “connection” fee is above your normal telephone line rental. Well I suppose that’s what a monopoly can do for you.
Roy Bennet, a white Zimbabwean opposition member accused of trying to overthrow the Mugabe government, has been denied asylum in South Africa. The department of home affairs has not released reasons for denying him asylum but has pointed out that he is free to appeal. It’s plainly obvious to anyone following the situation that should he be sent back to Zim he would undoubtedly suffer torture and even the death penalty. The only reason I can think of why asylum would not be granted is because the government wants to stay best buddies with good ol’ Bob. Human rights aren’t that important.
Ok folks enjoy your weekends and have fun, don’t get caught by the cops!
schpat out
Man I was going to rant about the Da Vinci Code and how so many people are cashing in on the CONTROVERSY!!11!!. I mean people writing books to confirm or debunk the book are just the beginning. The strangest cash in I’ve noticed is the J&B ad, that’s right somehow J&B have linked the “mythical number phi” (maybe they mean number with mythical myths and stuff) witch is one of the things mentioned in Brows best selling work of FICTION!!!1!! But I’m not going to rant, everyone’s doing it and I don’t feel like conforming today, so just the minirant you got above then..
Here’s something interesting stuff for you folks out in blog land.
A bunch of people in Port Shepstone, on the South African east coast, have spotted a UFO flying into the sea. Nobody has actually said “alien craft” yet but you know it’s coming. Divers called off the search for wreckage because of rough seas, or because they are afraid we’ll discover too much. ArchAngel is this true?
During my net trawling I found this site with an interesting way for you to market your company. With charity, models and nudity how the heck could it go wrong?
Here’s an idea for a shirt that tucks itself in. What happens when it becomes uncomfortably tight? huh?
An interesting story of “boer maak ‘n plan”, that’s ‘farmer makes a plan’ for non-south africans, this farmer dude created a warless network in a valley unserviced by any telecom company to provide his friends with internet access. Unfortunately in South Africa this is totally illegal. Wanker govt.
If you didn’t thing your school outings were very exciting check out this one, where the entire class got sent to jail.
The security guards are still on strike and now the Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana, has been asked to intervene. In a complete mutilation of the english language and of logic the minister said: “People are constantly calling on the minister to intervene in criminal activities. What do they mean when they say intervene? The only problem we have is the flexibility of the law,” I’m not sure what he mean or if he even means anything. Wanker.
That’s enough for today
schpat out
Man I was going to rant about the Da Vinci Code and how so many people are cashing in on the CONTROVERSY!!11!!. I mean people writing books to confirm or debunk the book are just the beginning. The strangest cash in I’ve noticed is the J&B ad, that’s right somehow J&B have linked the “mythical number phi” (maybe they mean number with mythical myths and stuff) witch is one of the things mentioned in Brows best selling work of FICTION!!!1!! But I’m not going to rant, everyone’s doing it and I don’t feel like conforming today, so just the minirant you got above then..
Here’s something interesting stuff for you folks out in blog land.
A bunch of people in Port Shepstone, on the South African east coast, have spotted a UFO flying into the sea. Nobody has actually said “alien craft” yet but you know it’s coming. Divers called off the search for wreckage because of rough seas, or because they are afraid we’ll discover too much. ArchAngel is this true?
During my net trawling I found this site with an interesting way for you to market your company. With charity, models and nudity how the heck could it go wrong?
Here’s an idea for a shirt that tucks itself in. What happens when it becomes uncomfortably tight? huh?
An interesting story of “boer maak ‘n plan”, that’s ‘farmer makes a plan’ for non-south africans, this farmer dude created a warless network in a valley unserviced by any telecom company to provide his friends with internet access. Unfortunately in South Africa this is totally illegal. Wanker govt.
If you didn’t thing your school outings were very exciting check out this one, where the entire class got sent to jail.
The security guards are still on strike and now the Labour Minister, Membathisi Mdladlana, has been asked to intervene. In a complete mutilation of the english language and of logic the minister said: “People are constantly calling on the minister to intervene in criminal activities. What do they mean when they say intervene? The only problem we have is the flexibility of the law,” I’m not sure what he mean or if he even means anything. Wanker.
That’s enough for today
schpat out
