RK
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
  $2 , $5 , $20 ???
Walking through myer centre with nai, and i glanced
over at this girl and her friend. They were young,
about 19 and reasonably attractive, but dressed up.
One of them went in the store, and the other then
came up to me. Which was kind of weird and said
do you have $2 ? Thats kind of strange, they're going
shopping why do they need $2 off me. But i dont really
say no. So i looked in my wallet, couldnt find any
coins (i throw my coins into this jar), and said
sorry, and then she said do you have $5 , and i
was looking at her puzzled, then she said do you
have $20. I laughed said sorry and left.

Why didnt i ask why do you want $2, then suddenly why do you
need $20 off me. And what do i get for my $20 ?
I mean is it unfair for people giving money to
get something? I had $300 in my wallet at the time,
the possibilities were endless...
 
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
  Which office animal are you ?
article

Frankly i dont think there are enuff animals. Like pandas - loveable
but lazy. Leach - parasitical , feeding off the work of others.
Ostrich - goes missing in times of crisis. Fish - has to be
constantly reminded to do things, bad memory. Peacock -
poser, all show , no work ethic, tries to be centre of attention.
Meerkat - hard working head down a lot of the time , does pop
up occasionally. Penguin - hard working , diligent doesnt complain.


Which animal are you ?
 
  Poker craze
Is everyone playing poker ?! My cousin asked
me for 4-8 advice, my younger cousin asked me
for free-roll advice (he got grounded b4)Ppl
ring me up about poker, ppl ring me up on
behalf of other ppl about poker. Mitch and
his housemates are playing, going to the gutshot,
should I be helping to spread this craze or not ?!
Well its nice to be enthusiastic about what you
do , its not my fault its contagious. Hmmm
 
Thursday, August 25, 2005
  Thanks for the emails
Emails have provided me a sudden burst of energy. I need
to bottle that feeling, save it.
 
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
  Void
there is something missing, i dont think its structure,
but theres something. Perhaps its fear. Typically fear
of failure, fear of having not enuff money, fear of
blah blah, can drive you on. What do i fear ?
Nothing comes to mind. Or perhaps its desire ? You
want to be really good at music or sport, or do well
at studies, i dont seem to desire anything strongly.

hmmmm need to snap out of it.
 
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
  Melbourne !
Melbourne vic poker champs.

Friday night - hot shots tourney ! Lot of ppl who thought
they were good, well it seemed that way.

Rk - first hand, looking to take it easy , get aces,
grayte. (start with 4k in chips, blind 25-50). Raise
to 150. Limper calls. Flop comes 10-10h-5h. He
checks i bet 250, he check raises to 1500. I re-raise
all in ! He eventually folds, heart racing.

Then i got a message from Chad, first thought idiot,
y is he sending me a msg, they said dont use phones
at the table. Then second thought perhaps he has quadrupled
up in a pot. Read msg (out ! flops top set, somehow
gets out setted and busts out)Final thought - see first
thought. Funny thing, just b4, i was looking at the screen,
and the number of players had clicked down from 170 to 169,
thinking, who was the clown who got knocked out first!

Oh well unlucky, which summed up the rest of the night. Lap
gets knocked out with AK v Js. I call a short stack all in
from sb, when im in bb. He shows 2-4, i have q-10. Flop
comes 2-2-2 Argggh. Hang around get a little bit short,
try to steal some blinds, push all in with a-10, called
with k-q, flop sees a K , cya later.

Friday night met up with the girls went to some pub,
met a phil ivey look a like (didn’t play poker) and
left around 3. Phil ivey was out till 6am waiting to
catch the next train home.

Saturday - play in the qualifier. Rebuy event. $70 buy
in $50 rebuy / $50 add on. Start with 1k.
Early on I pick up Js, raise to 300. One caller. Flop
Comes J-3-2. I check, he pushes All-in, I call straight away.
He shows A-Q nothing , no flush draw. Turn 5, reach to scoop chips,
River 4, argghh Straight ! 97 to 3% favourite, bs !
Oh oh not my day. Rebuy. Pick up a few hands survive through
And get the add-on. Chad amzingly is still in. Lap too, tho
Lap is short stacked and gets knocked out when Qs run into As
I then just play patiently occasionally raising with random cards,
Picking up the blinds. Chad gets eliminated after running low.
Im running low as well. Get some chips when I win a hand
From the blinds. Then a few hands later get 5s in the bb,
Flop comes A-5-5. Two chip leaders in the pot, one limper.
Cmon ! Everyone checks both round, I bet the river, and
Everyone folds. Ghey !. Next hand A-K , chips leader who
Is a fish, limps, I raise, he re-raises, oh oh. I re-raise all in.
He has A-Q , I win, and im in the comfort zone. Cruise
Into the final 12, and win my seat !

Saturday night , watch the footy at the crown whilst playing 4-8,
Head back to apartment, decide to take it easy. Comedy – on the walk
back go into an indian restaurant asking whether we can buy beers
To take back to the apartment. After talking for a few mins, he tells
Us there is a bottle shop next door, literally. The shop next
To the indian restaurant is a well lit large bottle shop. Idiots. Buy
Some grolsch. At the apartment watch the bodyguyard. Suppose
To go out at 12 to meet lap, I decide ill take it easy. Chad goes off to
some club, they pretend they’re pilots, whilst I stay back watching romeo
Must die and reading volume 2 of harrington. Its like having to work
The next day I guess. Apparently the main event can go till 5am , so
figure I may as well get some rest.

Sunday - Ready to go. Get to tournament area, see my seating postion,
Go to my table. No known ppl on my table. One person raises the
First 4 pots. No aces first hand I can take it easy. Towards the end of the
first break, two ppl get moved to my table. One of them is my “clone”.
I often get mistaken for him , apparently all tamil ppl look the same.
Thing is hes pretty damn good. He won the poker platinum event (200K)
And apparently had 5% of the WSOP champ (500K) !! I played well,
Doubled my stack from 5k to nearly 10k in the first break. Things
then started to go pear shaped. Picked up AK twice, raised, got
Nothing and other ppl bet. Raised with 10s, got re-raised all in by my clone,
And decided to fold. He had AK os, didn’t want to race so early.
Moved to another table. Running shortish, guy with about 6K, moves
all in, I have 4.5 K. I have A-Q, in sb. Blinds are 200-400.
I think about it and call . He has A-10, excellent, call ! Then lost
A few in blinds on 7.5K in bb this time with A-Q. Guy in late pos,
Raises , I re-raise all in. He has 6.7K. He has raised to 1500. He
Calls straight away with K-J. Loose call, but he wins im crippled,
And head off to the break virtually out. 825 chips, Average stack
10K, and blinds 300-600.

Come back and then play as aggressively I can. Find A-Q tripple
Up. Re-raise all in with 9s, winning a pot uncontested, and re-raising
with AK forcing someone to fold. Then on about 9K, new lady raises
To 2k I have Q-10in the bb. I call. Flop comes 10-7h-8h. I bet 2k
She goes all in. I think about it and call. I figure I have her. She
Has 6s ! Another good call, up to 18K.

Then keep the momentum up. Get moved to a table with Mel Judah
WPT event winner, and 3rd in wsop. Early on in the table I raise with
A-K on the button, guy reraises all in, for about half my chips in
The sb. I call , he has 10s and I win. Then take out mel judah,
When he re-raises my Ks with AK, for a 1/3 of my chips. Cya
Later ! Some guy on the table said to me hey isnt that the WPT winner.
Yah, and your next buddy ! ( I didn’t say that).

Sitting comfortable on 50K, all the way back from 825. Perhaps could
Have been more aggressive in this period, but I didn’t really have
many opportunities. Make it into the final 30 ($$$), then final 20, stack
sitting stable. Pick up Aces, and make a raise, everyone folds. Dang.
Moved to what will be the final table with 20 left. Didn’t pick up
anything, here and had some tough decisions. Unfortunately had no info
on anyone, and perhaps missed an opportunity to re-raise all in with
A-10s from the blinds. Running a bit short, blind 3k-6k (1k ante),
8 handed I push all in late position with A-J (30K), run into Qs on the
button, and sayonara (appropriate coz it was a japanese guy who eliminated
me). 12 hours later I was close, but not quite there, still good experience
and I got 3 chips for my effort (1k, 1k, 500). At the cashier, some
guy ahead of me was cashing 2 15K chips out. Wouldn’t want to lose
them.

rk makes pokernetwork :)

SPECIAL THANKS – to the support team of lap and chad who were
There for a lot of Sunday . I heard them cheering when I came
back from the dead in the middle of the tourney. With their arrr arrrrs.
I think some ppl were wondering what was going on. Also they
Gave an RK survival pack during the tourney, consisting of bananas,
Sustagen and orange juice, also pizza head later ! Thanks. Wish
I could have done a bit better, but other than perhaps not re-raising
With A-10 I don’t think I could have done much else, so I was
Pretty happy with how it went.

Monday went had a big lunch, marinara entre and steak , hmmmm.
Watched the new zombie film, listened to some interesting stories
from APA guys, and flew back.
 
  Sydney ?
Anyone want to go to sydney next weekend, watch the
soccer saturday (sep 3), nothing much else planned other
than that ?
 
Monday, August 22, 2005
  Sifu training
I usually dont bother explaining things like blackjack
and poker to ppl, coz everyone has their own fixed views.
Sometimes it can be a grey area, sometimes its virtually
black and white. I dont think its ppl being stubborn,
its just my inability to explain something properly and
perhaps ppl not being ready.

Its like tyring to explain the earth is round, and someone
is adamant its flat, why confront such ppl ?.

For example in the karate kid, he wants to to get trained by
MrMiyagi, Mr Miyagi doesnt pull him aside and train
him up. It was also similar to when I was in London, I
tried to talk to the lee_nelson when i could to
understand how he thought through things, and I learnt
valuable lessons. I guess he could see that I was
keen to accept and understand his point, even tho i
was questioning his decision to go/call all in with 6s,
and this the day after he took down the competition.
While i am no leenelson, or mr miyagi i have learnt
a useful lesson from the masters.

The master is like a flower, and students are like
insects buzzing around. The flower does not seek the insect,
but the insect seeks the flower. Then if the flower is open,
and the insects timing is right, the nectar can be obtained.
 
Thursday, August 18, 2005
  Bummer
Had a few posts i should have made over the
last week. Then had a down poker
week, and found out yesterday didnt get the appartment we
applied for. It was so gooood, whhhhyyyyy ??!

Is it because they thought brad and i were gay, or
i play poker. Watever it was, its ghey.

Off to melbourne ...
 
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
  Axioms ?
Whats the point of making rules if you cant even listen
to them. Lessons can be very expensive. If i listened
to my rules i prolly would have saved some money,
idioot. U know its not ur day when u fold 3s and
u flop qudas and theres a monster pot. Nothing more
frustrating than repeating mistakes. They were
at least marginal situations . But hyper aggressive
player makes it so tuff, unlucky he has As,
when i make a move, and basically every other time
he has rubbish.
 
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
  ipod
Ipod ppl rang me up and said for $99 warrantee
thing, they'll fix it up ! Sic !! Been a while without
music and ipod, i think ill delete any files if they're
still on there and start from scratch :)
 
  Whats ghey !
1. ppl and inability to make decisions. I know
I am just as bad as the next person, but it certainly doesnt
help hanging out with a bunch of indecisive desmonds!!
Fking contagious.

2. Amazon not having books in stock. I need it soon !

3. Chad

4. Raining whilst playing volleyball and losing GF.

5. Wait on food at belgium beer cafe (food was good tho)

6. Little mario soccer dudes, that think they can beat you
up.

7. Ppl organising parrallel meals on the same day with
the same ppl, at different times, and noone knows whats
happening.

8. Exeter moving live music into the dining room , Exeter
ppl explaining how popular curry night is and how long
the wait will be.

9. PP continual ban on me and lack of communication.

10. Ppl who dont make any decisions and are indecisive :)
 
Sunday, August 07, 2005
  Melbourne !
Going to melbourne next weekend Aug 19th to Aug 22nd,
have already booked accomodation(pending), in this 3 bedroom
apartment, overlooking / next to the crown in the heart of
the city. At the moment its just lap and i - on
this poker / party jaunt !! If anyone wants to come over,
its going to be good ! Poker tourney events on fri,sat
and sunday. Anyway all u have to do is book a plane ticket
and the rest is taken care of...

Also willing to subsidise event entry fees for % of winnings,
tho have to come to a 101 tournament crash/review course.

Nothing good in adelaide that weekend except may be brunatex :)

AP: Hey there you are? (walking in and pointing to random stranger)
X; Do i know you?
AP: No, but thats where you are, over there

ha
 
  sat night ...
Watched cricket on Saturday night, as i was over at aunts
place of dinner. Coz my cousin is getting married,
its kind of one of those bizzare meet the other parents
type thing. And coz my cousin(S) and his fiancee(Sh) are in
london, it was just "adults" (parents), me, Sh's sister
and my cousin(g).

Its kind of funny now, coz my parents pretty much have
to say im a poker player, coz thats always the type
of conversation that comes up. What does your son do?
Which is something, if you were Indian wouldnt be the
best thing to say your son does. Did you know so and
sos son is a gambler ? Thats just how it is.

And Sh's sister was asking me so what do you do, are
you studying or working ? Ha, its like those are the
only 2 options. Anyway I said Ive finished studying,
and ive finished working. Which i usually get
puzzled looks, but my cousin was like, yeah its true,
we dont really know what he does.

And then i said i was a professional poker player,
and that just makes no sense to the average person,
really ? how ? can you make any money ? Then i
told about London , coz i also managed to visit my
cousin and fiancee when i was over there. And she
was like waddya mean, i never heard about that.
And then i said yeh i was on tv too, ha it was all so
funny. Ive finally got something decent to say to ppl when
someone says what do you do ! No more blah blah,
accc, law, computer science, rubbish.

Later we were playing heads up poker whilst watching
the cricket. Grayte thing about poker, is ppl always
for some reason get into it?! It exceeds most sports.

[Final hand - raise with qd-7s, flop came qs-js-4s.
Bet called. Turn a 3d. I bet big called again. River 7.
Push all in, get called. Flips over j-4, my two pair
on the river takes it, phew that was lucky :)]

Anyway poker is in some super category. If u like sports u like
poker, and if u dont like sports, u can still get into
poker. Perhaps it gives ppl a chance to compete on
a level playing field, irrespective of who you are ?

Anyway somehow got onto wat u keep in the boot of ur
car, sh's sister's boot contains:
- random golf clubs
- hockey stick
- cricket gear
- tennis racquet
- afl football

Gold ! My brother and i are basically like brothers to my
cousin, both genetically (his mum and my mum are twins) and
coz we grew up together. And coz we prolly would have had to do
stuff with Sh's sister, it'll just be a hit of golf, may
be some tennis, ah easy. Ah this whole wedding thing suddenly seems
like a breeze. And then Sh's mom by the end of it was
asking whether it was possible to watch me playing online.
Who would have thought convervative indian doctor types could
get into poker !

Its good being surprised :)
 
  Girls and sport ?!
Some girls get it some girls dont, and some girls
just don't care.

Its kind of weird how a group of people(typically guys)
can be so into following sport, and another group
of ppl (often girls) can just have no interest whatsever,
to the point it is physically painful. TV shows for example,
people can often watch crap and not be pained, but when
it comes to sport, there is just a diverse level of enjoyment
that ppl experience.

Saturday night there were girls who were into sport
and Sunday night, poor cb looked like shed rather be
at the dentist then watch the cricket !
 
  Sporting highlights !
Crows dominated once again. Its finally safe to
jump on the crows bandwagon. Even tho its pretty
full, i think i can fit. With 2nd place almost
a lock, there is a good chance of playing 2 home
finals. As a result im already in the process of
trying to secure finals tickets. Who wants to see
regular season games. Its like playing a poker
tournament, where u can just sit down at the final
table or play all the lead up days. Anyway,
tickets please anyone ? :)

Ashes, prolly one of the best test matches ever!
Test cricket is believe it or not the most exciting
sport, when its close. Australia fall 2 runs short,
unbeliveable! Anyway its good for the series , and
im hoping that it goes to the 5th test 2-2, and
the 5th test is tied, with england getting run out
going for the win, coz the batsman colide mid-pitch.
Well u can always hope.
 
  11.15am
Approaching 11.15am. This is a small milestone, coz
it means ive been up for about 7 hours now.

I think after 7 hours of being up i start to get wrestless,
and hassel ppl. And other ppl are only early into their
working day, plus its monday, days of the week have no meaning
to me. In fact the Super Tuesday tourney is played on Wednesday ,
im slowly slipping into the American calendar. Another thing,
is there is another 1.5 hours to lunch. Also its raining outside,
could go for a run, may be ill join the video store.
 
  Credit cards
Applied for a frequent flyer card and credit cards,
dont know why, but it seems to make sense to get
something back if ur using them. U do have to spend
a lot to get anything back, but its kinda free!
When filling up the form tho, they ask you what
you do, i put investor / poker player. Then they
had to ring up chad who was my "accountant", and
he was half asleep when they rang him, but i think
he told them what they wanted to hear. Anyway they
give cards to uni students, why not to me ? Some
ppl missed out on virgin cards i remember, ha,
assif they are ppl who shouldnt have credit cards,
isnt that their goal to get ppl in debt, and paying
them back for the rest of their lives, especially
if they have a job.
 
  Poker 101
Monday night, anyone wants a beer , and poker
101, I am free. Perhaps a live game, perhaps
perhaps perhaps.
 
  3 person spectrum theory
I dont know what that title means, but it was
one of the headings ive used in the past. I
cant shed any more light on what it is, but
it sounds interesting.
 
  MSN
Sometimes MSN needs more settings, ppl appear online,
but really they're not paying attention. I mean they're not
away but they're not really "online". You should be
able to type in the setting, like "out to lunch" and
"on the phone" are defaults, but there are other things
you might be doing. My main objection, is people who are at work
and online, but really you can't carry out a conversation
with them. I mean im at home with nothing to do occasionally,
cmon, it should say , free to chat, dont bother me unless
u have to etc., otherwise its very unsatisfying.

May be i need to get out of the house ...
 
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
  ipods
Yah ipods are cool, they're all wonderful and exciting
and hip when they work, but when they dont , they're just
a useless white lump. Thats what ive had recently, and
i decided to give it back to the apple store. After
a week, they informed that the prognosis for my white
lump was not good.

Prognonis: IPOD has a damaged component which needs
to be replaced.

Me: Ok thats not too bad is it ?
Cost of component : $400 !
Me: (Fark), thats a lot isnt ? I mean cant i buy a new ipod
for that much ?
Service guy : Yeah
Me; So thats pretty much useless ...
Service guy : Yeah
(thinking theres must be a solution to this problem)
Me: Cant you get an extended warrantee for the ipod,
i wasnt offered one when i bought it.
Service guy : You can but you need to get the warrantee,
while its under warrantee, your warrantee expire 6 months
ago.
Me: hmmmmm
Service guy: hang on let me check, (comes back) ok we
can put you under warantee for $99 and then we can
fix it .

Its weird but there is always one particular question, you
can ask that unlocks a solution to the problem.
Most of the time you dont know what it is, but sometimes
you can work it out! Hopefully RK 1 - Apple 0.
 
  Phones
Apparently talking about how ghey your phone
is in. Anyway im thinking of getting a new phone,
coz my phone is no good. I have often been forced to
use a system of beeps to communicate to ppl, coz they can not
hear me speak, but can here a beep if i press a phone
button. 1 beep = yes 2 = no 3 = i dont know . Well , no more !

Sony Ericsson

Thinking of getting the above phone, went into the vodafone
store, the guy said it was the best one to get which was also
small. After convincing me for 5 mins to get it, (im easily convinced)
i say ill get it ! He tells me they're sold out. Grayte, went
to other stores, costs $100-150 more there. May as well wait,
till they get new stock.

Other ppl have boght new phones , anyone recommend
anything else good ?!
 
Monday, August 01, 2005
  Re-vamping
In the process of re-vamping my blog, so far have
stolen/borrowed tilda's template, tho i like mitch's
template the most. Work in progress. Courier font
might get irritating after a while, but it looks like
a script, so i dont mind it for now.
 
  beers anyone ?
beers monday nite anyone ?
 





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