So it's here, the first Dundee festival in a long time! I don't know whether it is an anti-climax, or it's because I am just up and had a losing bet without leaving my bed!! Laptop + betfair + John Mcleans tips = no good! Had to grind it out on the betfair poker tables before I got up, just so i didn't start the day off as a downer! John (IM CHANGING MY NUMBER :D)
Anyway!! There is a £200 game tonight, 30 minute clock, 7500 chips. Not sure how many runners are in yet, really do not know if I will play this yet. Will make the decision once in the casino, check numbers etc etc. I will be going to the casino anyway, as if I do not play the tourney, then I will definitely be playing the cash games.
So as I have mentioned before, tommorow is the (two day) £500 main event, I think there are around 20 registered players now (all from satellites i think). The game has a good structure, so hoping that I can go deep, if not win it ;)
The £100 game is on the Sunday at 8pm, so whether i play that will depend on if I am still in the £500 game! :P
As mentioned previously, booked up for London, going to be there for WSOPE, I have qualified for a super satellite with 10 packages guaranteed for the £1k event. It is on Monday night on betfair, so I really hope to pick up a package for when I am down in london.
So I am off to meditate, have some food and prepare myself for the weekend!! All I ask is that my hands hold up when I'm ahead, and that I suckout big time IF im behind :D
Good luck.
Barry
Barry "Ginger Toys" Chalmers
Friday, 28 August 2009
Monday, 17 August 2009
Luckbox central and Johnny Lodden!
Things have been going good, getting some very consistent results in local tourneys that I am playing in, also cash game results are seeing more profits than losses. I played the £30 double chance freezeout yesterday, 55 runners, got down to last 4 and did a deal that saw me and another player get £400 each, and the other two shorter stacks got £360 each. I went to the final table one of the shorter stacks, but doubled up to 85k when my KQ of clubs shoved and met a pair of 9's, I hit two pair and got the double up.
Key hand though saw me pick up AA under the gun, i raised to 18k (blinds 3-6k) player flat calls on button and the big blind shoves all in. I go all in, as does player on button! button had 77 and big blind had KK. I have them both covered and neither hit their set. I knock both players out and go big chip leader!! First time picked up aces in a while live, and not a better time than a final table against KK and 77!! :P
The Sunday game is really good structure, although kind of turns into a crapshoot near the bubble/last two tables that involves a shove fest.
Cash results have been good, and I am making a few changes within my game and trying out a few adjustments, and my results have been positive, just so many plays! I LOVE IT :D
After the tournament I came home and played some PLO on pokerstars, Johnny Lodden was at the table! limits were $2-$4, I took a $175 pot from him, weeeeee :P I left the table with a decent little profit, was really just a little fun to wind down!!!
I played another satellite at Dundee for the £500 game, as I already have a seat if I win another I can cash one in for £550 cash, so these satellites offer me great value, as field largely soft. I got 4th and got £70! 3rd was a £100 seat and 1st/2nd £500 seat. Still gave me a £50 profit :P
I am looking to travel down to London with the Wu when the WSOPE is on, going to be staying for a week. I am looking to play some tourneys and cash games, and probably satellite for WSOPE event. Just would be good to have a week away, but still heavily pokered!!!
As I type this it is 6pm on Monday night, I am thinking of traveling to the circus to the £30+£30 tourney. Will decide after my shower :D
Good luck
Barry
Key hand though saw me pick up AA under the gun, i raised to 18k (blinds 3-6k) player flat calls on button and the big blind shoves all in. I go all in, as does player on button! button had 77 and big blind had KK. I have them both covered and neither hit their set. I knock both players out and go big chip leader!! First time picked up aces in a while live, and not a better time than a final table against KK and 77!! :P
The Sunday game is really good structure, although kind of turns into a crapshoot near the bubble/last two tables that involves a shove fest.
Cash results have been good, and I am making a few changes within my game and trying out a few adjustments, and my results have been positive, just so many plays! I LOVE IT :D
After the tournament I came home and played some PLO on pokerstars, Johnny Lodden was at the table! limits were $2-$4, I took a $175 pot from him, weeeeee :P I left the table with a decent little profit, was really just a little fun to wind down!!!
I played another satellite at Dundee for the £500 game, as I already have a seat if I win another I can cash one in for £550 cash, so these satellites offer me great value, as field largely soft. I got 4th and got £70! 3rd was a £100 seat and 1st/2nd £500 seat. Still gave me a £50 profit :P
I am looking to travel down to London with the Wu when the WSOPE is on, going to be staying for a week. I am looking to play some tourneys and cash games, and probably satellite for WSOPE event. Just would be good to have a week away, but still heavily pokered!!!
As I type this it is 6pm on Monday night, I am thinking of traveling to the circus to the £30+£30 tourney. Will decide after my shower :D
Good luck
Barry
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Loving The Grind
It's been poker poker poker, I love the grind :D A while back I started keeping records, this was as a result of a chat with a local cash game player (and tournament fish) whos game I respect. I've read it in many interviews with many top players and they all recommend this. I can say, that my money management has improved greatly, simply by seeing everything in black in white. I have been keeping records (LIVE GAME EXPLOITS ONLY) for coming on 3 months now, and I am happy to say that for both tournaments and cash games I am well in the black.
This is great considering I have played a few larger buy in events £500 and £300, and played more locally and in Edinburgh/Glasgow etc with bigger buy ins.
So basically, if you want to start improving game and cash management, start by keeping records!
OK........
Paul Hendos home game was the usual blast, 4 tables, I got down to 2 tables, and key hand crippled me, my AK >Chris's 77.........(I know it was Tony but we were winding him up saying it was chris!!) Then I shove 89 off against the daddy Wu's AJ, beating him in a 60/40 is tough :D
Cash game exploits were a blast, a real rollercoaster, I had polished off close to a bottle of smirnoff and was in the mood :D Session can be summed up in 3 key hands!
Hand 1 - Blinds typical £1-£1, I raise to £4 late position with A3 off, few callers, flop comes 3-3-5, checked to me, I fire £15. Martin Brindley flat calls and it's me and him heads up to the turn.
Turn is a 2, he checks, I bet £20, he makes it £55, I insta shove. for like £30 more. Martin has 64 for nut straight. 5 on the river and I hit the house and take the lot. Thank you dealer (Who ironically was Martin :P)
Hand 2 - Standard set up, early raiser, I re-raise, eddie goes all in for £80 ish total, I have Aces and call naturally! :P He has KK, all in pre-, king on the flop and nice guy gaines takes it. Set up hand, and just shrug shit like that off these days ;)
Hand 3 - Raiser makes it £4, like 5 callers, i have 9-5 diamonds VALUE TOWN :P Flop comes 3-5-6 (two diamonds) so pair and a flush draw, and with a bottle of vodka in me, I aint folding. Get it all in again a nightmare sweat! GUY HAS K4 DIAMONDS SICKKKKKKKKK!!
BRICK AND A BRICK TURN AND RIVER, and 5 is good for a pot of around £240.
Sooooooooooooo,
Been playing a bit online again, mainly cash and sit and gos. Anytime I go to register for a MTT I just feel, NAH too long (cos obv i expect to make a deep run :P) So done well not to register when in that mood and just donate chips.
I think alot of it has to do with my fitness, since I did my ankle ligaments for 3rd time! Just not been exercising and definitely have less energy. But been back light training the last 10 days, and back to my football every week. So should shift the injury weight soon and get back to the Barrious Antonius look ;) Any weight loss prop bets or any of that shit u wannabe hot shots want to take me up on, bring it on :P
Looking forward to £500 game in Dundee end of the month, will prob play the £200 as well. I also have, Scottish Championships in September.
ALSO IT IS MY BIRTHDAY 6th OF SEPTEMBER, (all donations needed and gratefully received) :D
Bye for now xxxxx
This is great considering I have played a few larger buy in events £500 and £300, and played more locally and in Edinburgh/Glasgow etc with bigger buy ins.
So basically, if you want to start improving game and cash management, start by keeping records!
OK........
Paul Hendos home game was the usual blast, 4 tables, I got down to 2 tables, and key hand crippled me, my AK >Chris's 77.........(I know it was Tony but we were winding him up saying it was chris!!) Then I shove 89 off against the daddy Wu's AJ, beating him in a 60/40 is tough :D
Cash game exploits were a blast, a real rollercoaster, I had polished off close to a bottle of smirnoff and was in the mood :D Session can be summed up in 3 key hands!
Hand 1 - Blinds typical £1-£1, I raise to £4 late position with A3 off, few callers, flop comes 3-3-5, checked to me, I fire £15. Martin Brindley flat calls and it's me and him heads up to the turn.
Turn is a 2, he checks, I bet £20, he makes it £55, I insta shove. for like £30 more. Martin has 64 for nut straight. 5 on the river and I hit the house and take the lot. Thank you dealer (Who ironically was Martin :P)
Hand 2 - Standard set up, early raiser, I re-raise, eddie goes all in for £80 ish total, I have Aces and call naturally! :P He has KK, all in pre-, king on the flop and nice guy gaines takes it. Set up hand, and just shrug shit like that off these days ;)
Hand 3 - Raiser makes it £4, like 5 callers, i have 9-5 diamonds VALUE TOWN :P Flop comes 3-5-6 (two diamonds) so pair and a flush draw, and with a bottle of vodka in me, I aint folding. Get it all in again a nightmare sweat! GUY HAS K4 DIAMONDS SICKKKKKKKKK!!
BRICK AND A BRICK TURN AND RIVER, and 5 is good for a pot of around £240.
Sooooooooooooo,
Been playing a bit online again, mainly cash and sit and gos. Anytime I go to register for a MTT I just feel, NAH too long (cos obv i expect to make a deep run :P) So done well not to register when in that mood and just donate chips.
I think alot of it has to do with my fitness, since I did my ankle ligaments for 3rd time! Just not been exercising and definitely have less energy. But been back light training the last 10 days, and back to my football every week. So should shift the injury weight soon and get back to the Barrious Antonius look ;) Any weight loss prop bets or any of that shit u wannabe hot shots want to take me up on, bring it on :P
Looking forward to £500 game in Dundee end of the month, will prob play the £200 as well. I also have, Scottish Championships in September.
ALSO IT IS MY BIRTHDAY 6th OF SEPTEMBER, (all donations needed and gratefully received) :D
Bye for now xxxxx
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
I'm on a heater, Blair's in hell!!!!
I know this is my blog, but it is in danger of turning into my little brothers! The less attractive, less intelligent and quieter Chalmers. Although recently, he is setting the competitive poker benchmark pretty high!
So lets get it out the way, well done! After making 3 successive final tables out of fields ranging from 700 - 1800 runners on poker stars, he cashed for around $6k last week. Good game etc!
On Monday night my brother Blair was asking me to go through to the £30 + 1 add on OR rebuy game at the Circus Casino in Edinburgh, a good game that has been getting 80+ runners. I wasn't that up for it as I was tired, but decided to give the online wizard a shot at a decent game out of town.
Good decision :D! There were 90 players in the tournament, giving a prize pool of over £4k. Out of the 90 players, me and Blair managed to get down to the last 3 :D
I went out 3rd for £690, Blair and the guy heads up did an even deal after a bit of heads up and took £1600 each!!
It is the first time at a final table where I was wanting him to win more than me! Seriously, I've had a few good results live, and wanted him to experience a win or the big chunk of change.
A really good night, and a great result, if Blair keeps this up he will be staking me soon :D
He also came 17th out of 700 last night in the $40k on stars for $500+.
OK ENOUGH ABOUT HIM, THIS IS BARRY'S BLOG :D
I am on a little heater myself, although living in the shadow just now :D (Now i know how stuart feels being friends with me hahahahahaha)
After winning the £550 seat to Dundee game for £20 last friday, I got 4th out of 52 on Sunday game, and that 3rd out of 90 in Circus game. So things are going well.
Plans.................................
Paul Hendersons home game Friday August 7th
Dundee Festival (Playing the £500 game with my ticket, weeeeeeee, and will prob play £200 as well) will see
Then Scottish Championships at the Maybury start of September, unsure what events I will play there yet.
Going to play a few online tourneys to try and match the recent family standard :D
Also fit in some cash games.
All in all a good month.
OH BLAIR, just so you know, officialpokerrankings.com (I've still cashed more in lifetime than you :P)
Good luck at the tables (everyone apart from Blair who obviously does not need it!!)
So lets get it out the way, well done! After making 3 successive final tables out of fields ranging from 700 - 1800 runners on poker stars, he cashed for around $6k last week. Good game etc!
On Monday night my brother Blair was asking me to go through to the £30 + 1 add on OR rebuy game at the Circus Casino in Edinburgh, a good game that has been getting 80+ runners. I wasn't that up for it as I was tired, but decided to give the online wizard a shot at a decent game out of town.
Good decision :D! There were 90 players in the tournament, giving a prize pool of over £4k. Out of the 90 players, me and Blair managed to get down to the last 3 :D
I went out 3rd for £690, Blair and the guy heads up did an even deal after a bit of heads up and took £1600 each!!
It is the first time at a final table where I was wanting him to win more than me! Seriously, I've had a few good results live, and wanted him to experience a win or the big chunk of change.
A really good night, and a great result, if Blair keeps this up he will be staking me soon :D
He also came 17th out of 700 last night in the $40k on stars for $500+.
OK ENOUGH ABOUT HIM, THIS IS BARRY'S BLOG :D
I am on a little heater myself, although living in the shadow just now :D (Now i know how stuart feels being friends with me hahahahahaha)
After winning the £550 seat to Dundee game for £20 last friday, I got 4th out of 52 on Sunday game, and that 3rd out of 90 in Circus game. So things are going well.
Plans.................................
Paul Hendersons home game Friday August 7th
Dundee Festival (Playing the £500 game with my ticket, weeeeeeee, and will prob play £200 as well) will see
Then Scottish Championships at the Maybury start of September, unsure what events I will play there yet.
Going to play a few online tourneys to try and match the recent family standard :D
Also fit in some cash games.
All in all a good month.
OH BLAIR, just so you know, officialpokerrankings.com (I've still cashed more in lifetime than you :P)
Good luck at the tables (everyone apart from Blair who obviously does not need it!!)
Saturday, 25 July 2009
ONE TIME :P
Just a short and sweet BRAG post :P, I played the £10 rebuy sattelite for the £550 Two Day game to be held in Dundee at the end of August. I was in for ZERO buy ins and just the add on, so the grand sum of £20 :D
Needless to say I managed to get heads up against Kamakazi Ali, and put on a heads up clinic against his aggressive style. Joking aside, Ali's style makes him a crazy heads up player, and probably effective!
The prizes were as follows
1st £550 Seat - Barry Chalmers
2nd £220 Seat - Kamakazi Ali
3rd £220 Seat - John Kay
4th £20 - Stu
What makes it sweeter is I was down to 900 chips with 7 players left at the final, blinds at 600-1200, managed to get a treble up to 2700, and never looked back after a few double ups.
Will be a good game as it's a two day event and is just down the road, so no traveling etc, and I will know most (if not all of the players).
Want to say well done to my brother Blair who is on a sick run online this week, 3 tournaments played, and he has made 3 FINAL TABLES!! Just sick, all of them had over 700 runners, some nearly 2000 runners.
He managed to win one yesterday outright 1st place for $4044, great score and is up like $5500 on the week from around $70 in tourney entries! MUST BE VERY NICE :D
Obviously watching and listening to his big brother is finally starting to pay off!!
Also congratulations to Colin Wu who is now the daddy of two twin baby girls, kids and mum are healthy.
I always said women will never be as good as men at poker, but wouldn't like to play them heads up in a few years :D SICK GENES :D
Good luck at the tables
Barry
Needless to say I managed to get heads up against Kamakazi Ali, and put on a heads up clinic against his aggressive style. Joking aside, Ali's style makes him a crazy heads up player, and probably effective!
The prizes were as follows
1st £550 Seat - Barry Chalmers
2nd £220 Seat - Kamakazi Ali
3rd £220 Seat - John Kay
4th £20 - Stu
What makes it sweeter is I was down to 900 chips with 7 players left at the final, blinds at 600-1200, managed to get a treble up to 2700, and never looked back after a few double ups.
Will be a good game as it's a two day event and is just down the road, so no traveling etc, and I will know most (if not all of the players).
Want to say well done to my brother Blair who is on a sick run online this week, 3 tournaments played, and he has made 3 FINAL TABLES!! Just sick, all of them had over 700 runners, some nearly 2000 runners.
He managed to win one yesterday outright 1st place for $4044, great score and is up like $5500 on the week from around $70 in tourney entries! MUST BE VERY NICE :D
Obviously watching and listening to his big brother is finally starting to pay off!!
Also congratulations to Colin Wu who is now the daddy of two twin baby girls, kids and mum are healthy.
I always said women will never be as good as men at poker, but wouldn't like to play them heads up in a few years :D SICK GENES :D
Good luck at the tables
Barry
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Quite Literally Sick!!!
My ankle ligaments are well on the road to recovery, should be able to start some light running soon and get back to my other love (my twice weekly five a side football :D) Because poker 7 days a week is not balance :D
However, the last week or so I have not been feeling great at all, really bad fevers, sore throat etc etc. Good news for anyone seated next to me, it's not swine flu, but going back to the doctors as I am not right, perhaps just the way I have been living, not getting great sleep and not been eating well. Anyway............
Just a short blog as I can't really be bothered as not feeling great.
Ok had a mini cash in a tourney, nothing to brag about :D
Played a couple of games outside of local casino, Alea Glasgow Friday game and Monday night Circus game in Edinburgh. Both great games, with prize pools in the £4k-£6k mark, as opposed to local casinos biggest prize pool these days £1500. (plan on playing a lot more of these games rather than the local £50 game on Thursday nights)
Cash game results have been good, one hand that must get a mention. Last hand of the night, I'm up around £420, I get AA on the button, game is £1-£1, couple of limpers, I make it £15 to go, get 3 callers.
Flop Q-7-2 rainbow, checked to me on the button, I bet £50. Two sensible players fold, one monkey that cannot control tilt, has serious emotional problems and is also rather ugly, then decides to go all in for £87 total, i obviously have to call the £37 and he knows that. He has 62, so bottom pair 6 kicker, 6 on the turn gives him two pair, and he scoops a £200+ pot.
He muttered the famous lines from several of the dopes down there "had to gamble, was stuck etc etc" He got lucky that time, so he played it really well! :D
Few tournaments coming up Paul Hendo's home game 7th August, then Dundee Festival end of August, Scottish Championships Maybury casino in Edinburgh.
Will play some sort of array from all that, plan on luckboxing a few ;)
GOOD LUCK and HOPE I GET BACK TO FULL FITNESS SOON :D x x xx
However, the last week or so I have not been feeling great at all, really bad fevers, sore throat etc etc. Good news for anyone seated next to me, it's not swine flu, but going back to the doctors as I am not right, perhaps just the way I have been living, not getting great sleep and not been eating well. Anyway............
Just a short blog as I can't really be bothered as not feeling great.
Ok had a mini cash in a tourney, nothing to brag about :D
Played a couple of games outside of local casino, Alea Glasgow Friday game and Monday night Circus game in Edinburgh. Both great games, with prize pools in the £4k-£6k mark, as opposed to local casinos biggest prize pool these days £1500. (plan on playing a lot more of these games rather than the local £50 game on Thursday nights)
Cash game results have been good, one hand that must get a mention. Last hand of the night, I'm up around £420, I get AA on the button, game is £1-£1, couple of limpers, I make it £15 to go, get 3 callers.
Flop Q-7-2 rainbow, checked to me on the button, I bet £50. Two sensible players fold, one monkey that cannot control tilt, has serious emotional problems and is also rather ugly, then decides to go all in for £87 total, i obviously have to call the £37 and he knows that. He has 62, so bottom pair 6 kicker, 6 on the turn gives him two pair, and he scoops a £200+ pot.
He muttered the famous lines from several of the dopes down there "had to gamble, was stuck etc etc" He got lucky that time, so he played it really well! :D
Few tournaments coming up Paul Hendo's home game 7th August, then Dundee Festival end of August, Scottish Championships Maybury casino in Edinburgh.
Will play some sort of array from all that, plan on luckboxing a few ;)
GOOD LUCK and HOPE I GET BACK TO FULL FITNESS SOON :D x x xx
Friday, 10 July 2009
Upswinging :D
Recent results have been good, I am playing very well and Mrs Variance (gotta be a female to play games the way she does :P) has been kind to me.
In the past few weeks I have had a few mini cashes in tourneys in local casino and online, nothing major, and my cash results have been steady.
Then on Monday night I played the monthly £50 rebuy game with (£1k added to the prizepool) at the local casino. I got down to the last 6 players and we did a deal as it had turned into the dreaded crapshoot, that was good for a £700 boost to the bankroll.
On Thursday I got down to last 4 players and we chopped that for £325 each as well.
I have injured my ankle ligaments again and it really is quite painful, and if i sit down to long, the ankle starts to swell up. It is starting to get a lot better though. The last time I injured the same ankle I went on a massive heater with amazing results and cashed for like over £4k in a two weeks, so lets hope it's an omen :D
Looks like next few months are going to be very busy poker wise, Dundee Gala casino have just announced a sort of mini festival at the end of August.
Schedule is as follows...........
Fri 28th August £200 Freezeout
Sat 29th August £500 Freezeout (2 day event)
Sunday 30th August £100 Freezeout
So straight from the off, I look to play the £200 one which I think will get decent runners. Whether I play the £500 will depend on the amount of people who register, and/or if i satellite in.
This is partly because if it doesn't get the runners, then I can get a better game for £500, either a Coral British Masters or the £500 game at the Scottish poker championships in Edinburgh.
But there are going to be plenty of satellites etc, so I will see what develops.
Then the week after this poker festival in Dundee, the Scottish Poker Championships at the Maybury take place. I cashed there last year, so plan on playing a few of those events this year.
Again, there are £100, £250, £500 (2day) and £1k main event (2 day) also Maybury running plenty of satellites for them, so will try qualify for the big £1k buy in main event.
All in all a busy month, I am starting to prepare for both festivals now, the goal is to build up the bankroll, cash big in at least one of the events, and look to play the £1k buy in WSOP bracelet event in London in September.
Good luck
Barry x x
In the past few weeks I have had a few mini cashes in tourneys in local casino and online, nothing major, and my cash results have been steady.
Then on Monday night I played the monthly £50 rebuy game with (£1k added to the prizepool) at the local casino. I got down to the last 6 players and we did a deal as it had turned into the dreaded crapshoot, that was good for a £700 boost to the bankroll.
On Thursday I got down to last 4 players and we chopped that for £325 each as well.
I have injured my ankle ligaments again and it really is quite painful, and if i sit down to long, the ankle starts to swell up. It is starting to get a lot better though. The last time I injured the same ankle I went on a massive heater with amazing results and cashed for like over £4k in a two weeks, so lets hope it's an omen :D
Looks like next few months are going to be very busy poker wise, Dundee Gala casino have just announced a sort of mini festival at the end of August.
Schedule is as follows...........
Fri 28th August £200 Freezeout
Sat 29th August £500 Freezeout (2 day event)
Sunday 30th August £100 Freezeout
So straight from the off, I look to play the £200 one which I think will get decent runners. Whether I play the £500 will depend on the amount of people who register, and/or if i satellite in.
This is partly because if it doesn't get the runners, then I can get a better game for £500, either a Coral British Masters or the £500 game at the Scottish poker championships in Edinburgh.
But there are going to be plenty of satellites etc, so I will see what develops.
Then the week after this poker festival in Dundee, the Scottish Poker Championships at the Maybury take place. I cashed there last year, so plan on playing a few of those events this year.
Again, there are £100, £250, £500 (2day) and £1k main event (2 day) also Maybury running plenty of satellites for them, so will try qualify for the big £1k buy in main event.
All in all a busy month, I am starting to prepare for both festivals now, the goal is to build up the bankroll, cash big in at least one of the events, and look to play the £1k buy in WSOP bracelet event in London in September.
Good luck
Barry x x
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