Thursday, April 18, 2013

Poker: SCOOP 2013 preview

It’s that time of year when an air of excitement stirs, as spring has arrived.   No, I’m not excited by the sun and growth of the lawn, but because Pokerstars Spring Championship Of Online Poker is here !

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As with previous years, I intend to play as many tournaments as possible for the cheapest amount of buy-in.   Last years results were pretty good, showing a profit and having a lot of fun, so hope to repeat or surpass my previous effort.

Similar to my previous attempts, I am planning to play all of my favourite events.   Unfortunately SCOOP clashes with my 50th birthday weekend and time away for it’s first week, but most of the events I want to play are in the second week anyway, which are:

  • 20th May (Event #24)  Mix NLHE/PLO
  • 22nd May (Event #31)  NL Hold'em (Knockout) 
  • 23rd May (Event #33)  8 game
  • 24th May (Event #37)  HORSE
  • 26th May (Event #43)  NL Hold' em - Main Event

In all cases, I hope to satellite into the Medium stake level buy-in, or will likely just directly enter the Low stake level.   With my other activities, I have lots of Frequent Player Points (FPP) so should be able to use these points to play the satellite's as well  Smile

Not sure how I’m going to fit all this in to my busy Poker schedule, but am sure I’ll do my best.

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Cars: Brooklands Motor Museum

It’s Sunny, so everyone wants to go out and about, including us Smile

This weekend, it is MG Era at Brooklands Motor Museum, so we went off on our first trip of the year at the museum today.

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It was lovely, warm and sunny all day… although got a bit chilly out of the sun when the wind blew !

Being “MG Era” theme, there were a lot of MG’s in the car park and indeed all over the site…

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They were even eating their lunch in their cars

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We had a nice walk around the site, but I think Lynn was just happy to make it up the Test Hill…

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There were a few opportunities for my artistic side to come out.

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Even on the way out, there are lovely cars to discover in the car park

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Well worth a visit if you’ve never been… or even if you have !