Mixed Day....

Involves decent profit, the canadian mafia, betfair paying up and stocks and shares!

Lets start with the shares. I have been following developments with Barclays Bank share prices for the last seven days. I knew they were a bit of a gamble but just couldn't see how they would go under. The closing price of 50p last Friday was definitely the rock bottom in my opinion. I encouraged many people over the weekend to get on them as soon as trading started today, they opened up at 62p. Naturally me being stupid I didn't wake up until they had hit 72p where I made my order. They finished the day on 88p a day rise of around 75%. I shall hold on to them for at least the next month and then decide what to do. The world is in an absolutely financial crisis at the moment and many still don't realise how bad it is. Below are two links which are quite interesting:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ccJp6C1xdZ8

http://cynicuseconomicus.blogspot.com/

Now for the Canadian Mafia, I thought I had an agreement with them yesterday but it turns out I have not. I am guessing they are on late at night high on drugs and drunk and forget things. Well I don't mind so much as only one of them has an edge on me in SNG and the others I am better than. The guy who is better than me I shall make a few adjustments and soon beat him. Well they pissed me off so I played them at cash and won quite a bit from them. I sat with $1000 against the underboss (idontfold) and won $1500 before quitting when I noticed the boss (Flavorflav) was out and I took him for a quick $5000. With the strong dollar versus the pound it worked out around £5000 for around ten minutes.

Seat 1: idontfold ( $1,624.50 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( $1,722 )
Punterz08 posts small blind [$10]
idontfold posts big blind [$20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ ? ? ]
Punterz08 raises to [$45]
idontfold raises to [$144]
Punterz08 calls [$99]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4d, 5s, Ad ]
idontfold bets [$216]
Punterz08 calls [$216]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
idontfold bets [$420]
Punterz08 goes all-in
Punterz08 raises to [$1,362]
idontfold folds
Returning uncalled bet [$942] to Punterz08
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins $1,559 from main pot
************ Game 472876265 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472879349 *****
NL $50/$100 Texas Hold'em - Monday, January 26, 11:50:35 GMT 2009
Table London 117 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: Punterz08 ( $5,998 )
Seat 2: FlavorFlav ( $7,050.64 )
FlavorFlav posts small blind [$50]
Punterz08 posts big blind [$100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 8s, Jd ]
FlavorFlav raises to [$300]
Punterz08 calls [$200]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 6s, 7c ]
Punterz08 checks
FlavorFlav bets [$410]
Punterz08 calls [$410]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9c ]
Punterz08 checks
FlavorFlav bets [$1,200]
Punterz08 raises to [$3,765]
FlavorFlav raises to [$6,330]
Punterz08 calls [$1,523]
Punterz08 goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [$1,042] to FlavorFlav
** Showdown **
Punterz08 shows [ 8s, Jd ]
FlavorFlav shows [ 8d, As ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins $11,995 from main pot with a straight, Jack to Seven
************ Game 472879349 ends ************

Having spoken to idontfold after it appears he is not the bad guy, flavorflav clearly cannot control his ego. I disliked them both equally until recently, now the difference is huge. If I ever see idontfold at a wsop or something I would happily buy him a beer. If I ever bumped into flavorflav I would kick him in his head then punch him until I cracked a few of his ribs. People never realise how serious you are until they feel the first punch hit or hear the sound of the first bone break. O well, R.I.P. Canadian Mafia.

Now on to betfair they finally paid up the outstanding leaderboards monies of £1000 plus back to normal with a prompt payment for last week of £2400. Having lost on tournaments my days poker profits stood at £5500 including leaderboard cashes.

The current profit is £16,000 on the way towards £20,000 with rakeback I had virtually achieved it. Not bad for 17 days work. However since I came in I have lost £1500 back. Had some horrendous bad beats including this one here for $1000...

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 473254425 *****
PL Omaha $500 Buy-in + $10 Entry Fee, Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante)) - Tuesday, January 27, 00:19:32 GMT 2009
$500+$10 PL Omaha #2600220
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: Punterz08 ( 2,480 )
Seat 2: COBRA69 ( 1,520 )
Tourney Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante))
COBRA69 posts small blind [10]
Punterz08 posts big blind [20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Ad, Ah, 7c, 9c ]
COBRA69 calls [10]
Punterz08 raises to [60]
COBRA69 raises to [180]
Punterz08 raises to [540]
COBRA69 goes all-in
COBRA69 raises to [1,520]
Punterz08 calls [980]
** Showdown **
Punterz08 shows [ Ad, Ah, 7c, 9c ]
COBRA69 shows [ Kh, Qh, As, 9d ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 3s, Th ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
** Hand Conclusion **
COBRA69 wins 3,040 from main pot with a straight, Ace to Ten
************ Game 473254425 ends ************

No big deal, you win some you lose some. I was 75% preflop and 85% on the flop! I will keep my current running total as £16000 as I am still playing, any profit or loss tonight I shall roll over to my next session. Back to the tables more work to be done! Good luck to the rest of you, except for the Canadian Mafia, may you lose your homes in a game of poker or in a tornado.