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Current Tourney(s)



Pokerstars Usernames

cheekbones3 - Ian Volante
DanVan1 - Dan Vanniasingham
DeathWindow - Bob De Caux
FearSatan - Phil Makepeace
FirstToBust - David O'Donnell
jazzyfek3000 - Jon Stitcher
JJRules_24 - Martin May
JohnG-1961 - John Gillies
lenoz - Matt Morrison
Mrtankthreat - Mark James
noyesnoyesno - Jimmy Gough
Orange Jono - Jon O'Neill
prawniest - Charlie Reams
stato_1 - Andrew Hulme
tehraccoon - Michael Wallace
Trothopps - Richard Brittain
Wolfzzz - Nick Wainwright
WrathWind - Ryan Taylor



Past winners

09.02.2011 - $5 Hold 'Em NL - 1st: John O'Donnell ($27.50); 2nd: Ian Volante ($16.50); 3rd: Richard Brittain ($11)
09.02.2011 - $2 Hold 'Em NL - 1st: Matt Morrison ($12)
09.02.2011 - $1 Hold 'Em NL - 1st: Ian Volante ($6)
03.02.2011 - $5 Hold 'Em NL - 1st: David O'Donnell ($20); 2nd: John Gillies ($12); 3rd: John O'Donnell ($8) (first tournament to take part under the Home Games system)
05.04.2010 - $5 Omaha PL - 1st: Jimmy Gough ($15); 2nd: Dan Van ($9); 3rd: Bob De Caux ($6)
05.04.2010 - $10 Hold 'Em NL - 1st: Phil Makepeace ($55); 2nd: Ian Volante ($33); 3rd: Charlie Reams ($22)

firsttobust is DoD i think.

thats in the tournament of course - i've no idea what his username is

Andrew Hulme wrote:firsttobust is DoD i think.

thats in the tournament of course - i've no idea what his username is

Ha ha cunt.

Though will probably be right.

I'm a bit late to all this. Is it for money?

Ben Hunter wrote:I'm a bit late to all this. Is it for money?

Yup. Real dollar.

1. install http://www.pokerstars.com/PokerStarsInstall.exe
2. sign up
3. deposit some cashish
4. once loaded, go to Tourney > Private and then sort the tournaments by name and look for "C4C"

I'll do the next one, I owe the bank money.

My username is DeathWindow. Not sure if I'm around tonight unfortunately, but if I am I'll definitely get involved

Hey. I've only just noticed this thread and am hoping I'm not too late to join.

I've got a Pokerstars account;

Username: JJRules_24 or something like that

Any objections to another participant?

I think it's a case of the more the merrier, at least for Hulme for whom it is an extra ten bucks (or $5 in the Omaha).

FearSatan is in.

prawniest is me.

Game has been pretty fun so far.

Charlie Reams wrote:prawniest is me.

Game has been pretty fun so far.

I've never noticed it myself, but a mate of mine who saw you on Countdown said you looked like a prawn as well.

$10 NL result:

1st - FearSatan
2nd - cheekbones3
3rd - prawniest

This was fun. Even though I did crap! Believe the winners were:

Holdem:
1st Phil Makepeace $55
2nd Ian Volante $33
3rd Charlie Reams $22

Omahahahaha
1st Jimmy Gough $15
2nd Dan Vannasingham $9
3rd Bob de Caux $6

Nice one guys

Enjoyable games - thanks to Andrew for organising and everyone else for playing.

If this happens again can I suggest the Omaha be played before/after the Holdem? Things got a bit painful when both games were short-handed!

Was good fun and thanks to the Hulmemeister for organising. Definitely up for another one, hopefully with even moar people (-RB)

Yes, enjoyed that a lot more than I expected (I was kinda planning to go all-in early and get knocked out for giggles, but it seems Jimmy beat me to that idea). Well done Andrew, much appreciated.

Likewise, thanks very much Andrew and congrats to Phil and Jimmy! Well played lads; tough table.

Mental note: don't limp into Reamsy or Ian.

Mental note addendum: fold every hand Phil plays.

David O'Donnell wrote:Likewise, thanks very much Andrew and congrats to Phil and Jimmy! Well played lads; tough table.

Mental note: don't limp into Reamsy or Ian.

Mental note addendum: fold every hand Phil plays.

Another mental note: Don't force Matt all in, he'll only hit the river.

I'd be up for one of these in the future. The only reason I didn't get involved in this one was because I didn't understand what $10+1 meant (or, rather, I thought I did, but it turns out I didn't).

Ian Volante wrote:

David O'Donnell wrote:Likewise, thanks very much Andrew and congrats to Phil and Jimmy! Well played lads; tough table.

Mental note: don't limp into Reamsy or Ian.

Mental note addendum: fold every hand Phil plays.

Another mental note: Don't force Matt all in, he'll only hit the river.

Yes, I think I know the type.

Cheers guys - to be fair, once I'd snagged a reasonable chip lead, I played very solidly and ran increasingly hot.

And at one point just after the tables had merged, I was running scared; there were a few consecutive hands played exclusively amongst the chip leaders. Included in this was an all-in from Charlie - worth over half the total stack - when I'd rivered a queen-high flush. Not sure if I correctly sniffed out a full house, but there was some massive action either way.

Thanks to Andrew in particular for getting it sorted. I hear enough about his poker exploits and it was a very proud moment for me when I knocked him out.

gg wp nh ffs

enjoyed, thanks Hulme etc., looking forward to next week?

Opening post (belatedly) updated with results.

Any chance of organising something tonight or tomorrow, anybody around, how much notice needed, etc. etc.? Well keen.

I've just registered an account, I'm unfamiliar with the interface and what to do, any help?

I might be able to play tomorrow night, although I'm not sure how likely that is exactly. Probably better on a week night, or some time in May...

MORE!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes

http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/home-games/

This may be of interest to us.

This looks really exciting and cool, unfortunately self-excluded myself from Stars till mid-February though

Right so, I've made us a Home Games club on PokerStars. Here's how to join:

You are invited to join my private poker club for Home Games online.

- If you don't already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com
- Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab
- Click the 'Join a Poker Club' button
- Enter my Club ID number: 218904
- Enter my Invitation Code: apterous

That's it! Once I've approved your membership request, we'll be ready to start playing Home Games online together.

Join join join!

Unsurprisingly, it's not Linux-friendly (unless I've missed something). Which is lame, I'd've been well up for this.

Michael Wallace wrote:Unsurprisingly, it's not Linux-friendly (unless I've missed something). Which is lame, I'd've been well up for this.

Runs perfectly under Wine

Badical. I'm in.

I'll be in, I'll just leave it to the last minute when a date gets organised probably.

Be good to arrange a 6-man STT round here as well over the next couple of weeks.

Matt Morrison wrote:I'll be in, I'll just leave it to the last minute when a date gets organised probably.

Be good to arrange a 6-man STT round here as well over the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, but join the league now, so that when the event gets set up you get all the e-mails and shit that I imagine come with it. Sensible.

What's 'round here'?

Jon O'Neill wrote:

Matt Morrison wrote:I'll be in, I'll just leave it to the last minute when a date gets organised probably.

Be good to arrange a 6-man STT round here as well over the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, but join the league now, so that when the event gets set up you get all the e-mails and shit that I imagine come with it. Sensible.

What's 'round here'?

Ok I'll do it now.

'round here' is E1. Easy for you.

Oh and when you join, post who you are in here if your screen name isn't already in the top post!

Wrathwind (Hull) ?
John-G1961 (Alexandria) ? - isn't that in Egypt?
tehraccoon (London) ? who's this retard?

Yes, E1 would be cool.

Jon O'Neill wrote:Oh and when you join, post who you are in here if your screen name isn't already in the top post!

Wrathwind (Hull) ?
John-G1961 (Alexandria) ? - isn't that in Egypt?
tehraccoon (London) ? who's this retard?

Yes, E1 would be cool.

I'll add tehraccoon to the list in the OP, I presume Wrathwind is Ryan and John-G is Gillies Snr, but will wait for confirmation.

I'm downloaded, installed, and in, and as a bonus I apparently still had $21.67 in my Pokerstars account!

Jon O'Neill wrote:Oh and when you join, post who you are in here if your screen name isn't already in the top post!

Wrathwind (Hull) ?
John-G1961 (Alexandria) ? - isn't that in Egypt?
tehraccoon (London) ? who's this retard?

Yes, E1 would be cool.

Ah, you southerners. Alexandria's at the south end of Loch Lomond, one of the further-flung outposts of the ancient Macedonian empire. Almost as pretty as Iskandariya in Iraq.

I'll sign up tonight by the way, cheekbones3.

Jon O'Neill wrote:Oh and when you join, post who you are in here if your screen name isn't already in the top post!

Wrathwind (Hull) ?
John-G1961 (Alexandria) ? - isn't that in Egypt?
tehraccoon (London) ? who's this retard?

Yes, E1 would be cool.

When it aksed for the Club ID and Invitation Code it also asked for Name so I thought this would get passed on to you. But yes WrathWind is me.

Ryan Taylor wrote:WrathWind is me.

Updated OP.

Matt Morrison wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:WrathWind is me.

Updated OP.

Sweet.

So what happens next? Are you going to create a date when a match can happen and then we just join at the table? Also we're playing for real money, right?

Yeah we'll work out a date we can all do here, and what tournaments we want to play, all those details, then I guess I set it up, you can register at any time and then you turn up when it's on.

Yeah real money but not a lot so it's accessible for everyone.

We can play cash games too after the tourney(s) if people are interested.

Jon O'Neill wrote:Yeah we'll work out a date we can all do here, and what tournaments we want to play, all those details, then I guess I set it up, you can register at any time and then you turn up when it's on.

OK so the tournaments are exclusively c4c players only?

Jon O'Neill wrote:Yeah real money but not a lot so it's accessible for everyone.

Sweeeet.

Jon O'Neill wrote:We can play cash games too after the tourney(s) if people are interested.

How is this different from just playing tourneys? More money?

Ryan Taylor wrote: How is this different from just playing tourneys? More money?

A tourney is generally a knock-out-style event, a cash game is an ongoing game where each hand is a one-off - people can dip in and out of cash games as they want.

Ian Volante wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote: How is this different from just playing tourneys? More money?

A tourney is generally a knock-out-style event, a cash game is an ongoing game where each hand is a one-off - people can dip in and out of cash games as they want.

And top the fuck up with a fresh stack when I beat yo ass.

Matt Morrison wrote:

Ian Volante wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote: How is this different from just playing tourneys? More money?

A tourney is generally a knock-out-style event, a cash game is an ongoing game where each hand is a one-off - people can dip in and out of cash games as they want.

And top the fuck up with a fresh stack when I beat yo ass.

Ah right cheers Ian. So these would be the ones where a lot of money could be lost. I'll stick to the fixed entry tourney ones.

Ryan Taylor wrote:So these would be the ones where a lot of money could be lost. I'll stick to the fixed entry tourney ones.

All depends on what stakes Jono chooses to run I guess. You have to try hard to lose lots of money at, say, $0.01/0.02 blinds. I'm sure he'll take your gambling history into account and do something fair.

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Jon O'Neill wrote:Yeah we'll work out a date we can all do here, and what tournaments we want to play, all those details, then I guess I set it up, you can register at any time and then you turn up when it's on.

OK so the tournaments are exclusively c4c players only?

Yeah they are.

Matt Morrison wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:So these would be the ones where a lot of money could be lost. I'll stick to the fixed entry tourney ones.

All depends on what stakes Jono chooses to run I guess. You have to try hard to lose lots of money at, say, $0.01/0.02 blinds. I'm sure he'll take your gambling history into account and do something fair.

Yeah, it won't be me choosing it, it will be a team decision, and I can't afford all that much more than this anyways.. But if people want to play bigger later, I imagine it's easy to arrange using the Home Games interface.

mrtankthreat dublin?

Jon O'Neill wrote:mrtankthreat dublin?

You don't get the names then? When you fill it in it says the Name is sent to you for approval.

Yeah right you are. had to log in to the client though, i was just going on the emails I got. Installed PokerStars on Lizzie's laptop. Saying that, I recognised the name and approved it and now he's a member I can't see his name again, and i've forgotten it.

Also I am sitting at a play money cash table if anyone wants to come and play some SRS POKERS!

I'm Mrtankthreat. Where you looking for me. Sorry I was watching match of the day.

For what it's worth, I'm probably only interested in a hold 'em tourney style game (I dunno what you cool kids call them, basically where everyone pays ten dollar or whatever and the top three get rich).

Michael Wallace wrote:For what it's worth, I'm probably only interested in a hold 'em tourney style game (I dunno what you cool kids call them, basically where everyone pays ten dollar or whatever and the top three get rich).

This will be the default I would imagine.

Mark James wrote:I'm Mrtankthreat. Where you looking for me. Sorry I was watching match of the day.

Cool. Just wondering who you were as I was a dick and didn't read it properly.

Plenty of people in already, and still many from the OP who haven't joined. Looking good!

Sound. Got an email saying there was a game scheduled for the 2nd but the email arrived on the 3rd. Thought I might have missed something. I assume dates and times are US. What's that, -5 hours? Looking forward to see you all at the table, decorating the mahogany.