Its so hard to communicate sober

-its really so so hard to communicate sober.





Late last night i got an text... and this is how it played out lol. I was more or less clueless but i guess he wanted to have a drink, that much i did understand :)

Italian: Hi Bella, you drink?
Me: Hey there champ, yea sure do drink now and then but are you here now?
Me Cool,  :) Playing IPT?
Italian: it’s possible to telephone
Italian: go for drink now
Me: woot? you played today? Survived to Saturday with good stack?
Italian: out of casino
Me: hmm okay.. you out? Sorry :(. Am not playing, but I pass by in weekend and find you to say hi.
Italian:20 min?
Me: am afraid you lost me mate, what you want?
Italian: Saturday I pass, ok.
Me: okay, you survived to day 2, Saturday?
Italian: now no possible
Me: so you did NOT pass to day2?
Italian: pass now, 20 min?
Me: haha no not today, am in bed already :)
Italian: good. taxi, you live sliema. Me go.
Me: no no .. am in bed.
Italian: yes. Taxi sliema.
Italian: I pass Saturday. San Remo me place xxxx no possible see hotel?
Me: ahh you came xxxx in San Remo? Great, am super happy for you, well played!
(took the place out as else its easy to figure out who this is )
Italian: you play ?
Me: no I pass this one.
Italian: no pass, play. Now 20 min ?
Italian: go for drink. Now.
Me: haha no no  :) I come watch you play Saturday.
Italian: no not possible. Now! come!
Italian: me go taxi ?
Me: NO. Am in bed I find you Saturday and rail for good luck karma.
Italian: yes me play Saturday si si . I se now only 30 min? I go taxi.. sliema.
Me: no no.. pls . Saturday.
Italian: not possible. Goodbye.
Me: okey :) bye bye! Good luck in the tournament.

after 30 min.....

Italian: now? I go slima?
Me: hahah nooo you said goodbye, remember?
Italian: no remember
Me: go to bed! :) night night.

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Ah well.. this one was not my Italian, please Dear god am still waiting, slightly less patiently.
Fingers crossed he is in this Batch coming over :)

Rude bitches on the lose in Malta

Last week and weekend here in Malta, www.Betpro.it have been having a live tournament at Portomaso Casino and its truly been massive, they really have not saved any money anywhere in making this magnificent. I think the TD’s that been in charge been good and efficient and the lightning of the room was really something different and special. The tour itself attracted over 400 players and is the biggest field so far here in Malta. I played day 1A and so looked forward to this event due to structure and deep stack. Starting off with 50k and 50 min levels is nice!! 

I had a very hard table; a few really good players that I also know since before and some just completely reckless playing as it was a 10 euro rebuy tour. First 2 levels we had several pots on our table around 80, 90 k and that is just sick in a deepstack tour starting of at 50/50, in just  few hands I had a clear chip leader, on my left and he stayed chip leader for all of day 1.

I always think and yea well say aswell I guess,  when ppl tell me they didn’t get any cards at all and totally card dead that : hey do something with the card you getting then, mix it up! 

I will never say that again. 

This was my first tour being extremely card dead, and I really mean it. I love playing suited connectors the smaller the merrier :) and am not scared for getting involved and pushing trough but this table along with my bad cards and no connection on board made it really difficult. Last 2 levels of the day felt like running a marathon.  Every hand I tried I get 3 or 4 betted and if seeing a flop I get pushed out of it. Analyzing my play and the table and how things where played I think looking back, I should have taken a gamble in level 1 or 2.. but it just didn’t feel necessary to do so not being sure one had best hands or the odds on your side, also thinking there surely must come a better opportunity along the hrs. Sadly it didn’t. I busted the last hand before they announce they play the last 3 for the day. I had to do something or I come back day two with 7 BB, and I picked up a decent hand and pushed on the button called by SB. End of my Malta poker dream.

It was a super well organized event, massive participation and everything worked smoothly. Congratulations to Fabio Albamonte, that I railed over the live feed the whole finaltable, he played very well and after insane amount of hrs could claim the title!

I also played the Ladies event of Malta Poker Dream and it was really not a pleasant experience, I think of myself as quite experienced playing with many different nationalities and I don’t see it as a problem, I have long time ago accepted that during the Italian events here its Italian spoken and it’s my choice if I want to participate or not. Am fine with that, fingers and showing with chips get you a long way.

But, what is allowed and what is really not allowed around a poker table?

I got a high thresher hold with this, I can even be quite harsh myself sometimes, but am not rude or mean and I don’t make it personal., because in end it effects me in bad way but yes sure I talk a lot if the company is good, but more and more I turn into sitting quiet with my music. However am sorry, but far from a very few Italian women I met, for an example, Cristina Pietricola and Carla Solinas who I have the very deepest respect for, the Italian ladies are extremely bad behaving and rude to play with, not in an event with men around the table but playing ladies event they for some reason turn into something that is not suitable at all. Strange actually, grown up women behaving as 12 years old insecure bullies.
 

You all know my stand when it comes to ladies event that I don’t think it should be divided in men/women event but it’s good for the game to have tours to attract more females to play and try out live game. But if this is the kind of behavior they met it’s definitely not at all a good thing for our ‘sport’. I can just ignore them but I feel I have to speak up and complain for those who don’t feel secure enough to do so. I think to team up 2-3 ppl to curse and scold someone at a poker table in a language you know the person can’t understand and defend her/himself in s so coward there is really no words for it, and don’t bring anything good for anyone. I have seen a lot but this ladies event was by far stepping over the lines more than anything, it was even worse then colluding as it was personal attacks, and colluding in poker is about as bad as it gets so for this to be worse says it all. 

Am very disappointed that the dealers that overall did a very good job, to let this go on, some even smiled to it. They should have instructed the ladies to behave or called the floor, it’s not so easy for us foreigners to call floor when we don’t understand 100% what is said on the table, and one should also know that when calling floor it gets into a huge drama with these Italians, and not everyone can handle this, some girls played for their first time even.  It’s sad that such a great massive impressive event should leave this for ppl to take home as a memory. Am doubtful I will play them again these ladies event, but ah well I guess I will  … donkaments :)

And big big respect to my friend Graziella Vella who placed 3th, am very happy for her and super proud!

 And for those who wonder, yes I would thought the same of these rude ladies even if I won it :)

Malta Poker Dream a world of Espresso, Sambucca and some poledancing!

THEY are here... again, more than ever, they are here, there and everywhere!

Loud, well dressed, nice smelling, cute and very flirty, yea yea of course am talking about the Italians. It’s the Malta poker dream coming up, a 5 days long tournament and its for sure going to be a massive loud drama, they are very loud :)

In Sweden we have a saying, something like your life is not completed until you have had your Italian, well I still haven’t got mine so am very excited and hopeful!  They are adorable cute with their flat little handbag hanging across the chest while worldly zipping their Espresso and the sidekick Sambucca..

But this is not just a ordinary tournament with standard suckouts and crazy moves. During the tour they are making a movie, not a documentary but a real cinema movie and the plot is too funny to not tell

Two Sicilian brothers,  one hot bad bad boy one cute autistic genius, fall in love with same girl, her name is Anna, and I BTW take this as a CLEAR sign that my Italian is on his way! Anna is however a bit naughty, works in a bar (always wanted to do that) and at night she is a pole dancer (always liked that too ) And BTW seems like the perfect girl for one of my robber from cardamoma town, Kasper, you listening!!!???

As it happens, this chick knows many dubious people in the underworld of Milan and hook the brothers up with some douchebags to help them be propoker player in order to save their sick little sister that needs expensive care. The brothers fall apart over the love of Anna, of course, needless to say, pretty obvious they would, an Anna is an Anna. They both however travel to Malta to play the massive Malta poker dream, the dream of 1 million Euro and to save their sister.  Of course they end up Heads up so must be a win win!

-Two opposite characters ... The same blood ... Only one goal ... Victory! 
( quote from the website, i seriously cant make that up)

I am pretty sure we see a few familiar faces on this final table as they been using locals as well in this move. All day yesterday and today they been filming and also will film during the event itself, so we all get our chance of 15 minutes of fame, yay!

For those who want to read more about it check this site out: http://www.pokergeneration.it

Ahh well…. Time to toss em in and hope for the best.  Day1A kicks of 16.00 and this chick will be seated, ready to rumble with the Drama queens! Good luck to me!

Below a favorite :

Hello Kitty with her robbers from cardamom town strike again

This weekend it was time for a tournament in one of the smaller Casinos here in Malta that also are quite new to poker, they have smaller tours and many new beginners playing, but i like the place, the atmosphere is nice and ppl friendly, Oracle casino is in Bugibba, a smaller sea town that are loaded with ppl in summertime and a quiet in winter. The tour went well, after 7 hrs play we did a deal and played for some smaller extra money for the winner,  It was the Casinos first bigger buy in tour. 

However whenever one think one seen it all one just get reminded that there are just as many different styles as there are ppl, I think I never seen so many odd play and weird explanations but hey hoe, am not there to teach anyone so keep it up champs ! However colluding s not something I ever will tolerate,  agreeing to check it all the way preflop just because its against someone you know and in end flip over a hand that gave you top pair on flop, 2 pair on turn and full house on river…. Ghaaa.. back in the days in Texas you been shoot for that one! Strangest thing was dealer heard them say let’s check it all the way and didn’t react, I was busy with a waitress so didn’t reacted until card where flipped over and I then said wooooot??

They then kindly explained as the most natural thing in the world that they agreed preflop to check it all way and I was also told I should have protested. dohh.. What a completely odd thing to say! Am being nice now, I wanted to write retarded fuck shit moron thing to say, but I didn’t say that, you dint read that :) 

 

Its not my thing as a player at a table to check every hand, every pot, every change or every word spoken, its really tiring that Casinos in Malta seem to think it is.  The dealer said, he thought it was ok since no one protested.. bhaaa!  And floor didn’t have the guts to say anything just stood there.

Ah well,  all good that ends good, took my 3 th live tour win in 7 days, not big tours but still a win is a win and as always, spades beats all and the 9 is awesome! Afterwards i stopped by a friends bar and had a few drinks, Hello Kitty with her robbers from cardamom town where indeed rocking, but starting to catch up with drinks around 03 is sooo stupid really : )

''Langt, langt borte i det fjerne ligger Kardemomme - Utenfor byen bor de tre røverne Kasper, Jesper og Jonatan som bare vil gjøre det de vil og ikke bryr seg om å være grei og snill. De tre røverne er spesielt glad i Bakerens saftige bakervarer og Pølsemakerens smakfulle pølser. Kasper, Jesper og Jonatan er ikke særlig glad i å vaske eller å lage mat, så en dag bestemmer de seg for å røve noe helt spesielt… ... ''

  

Cheers!

Spanish Deepstack @ Venezia Casino, Malta

Last weekend it was time for the first really deep stack on the island, was hoping for lot more players but it got 35 runners and was good practicing, especially since BetPro’s Malta Poker Dream coming up next week. Fingers crossed i be seated in that one to enjoy 4 days of close up with the male drama Queens,with their cute little flat hand bags, Sambucca and Espresso!

Ended day 1 at the Spanish deepstack with a decent stack and day 2 run smoothly and could wrap it up and call me the winner in good time to get a big amount of drinks as well Saturday night : ) ghaaaaa… too old for that! But hey hoe wobbling home 08 in the morning in bright sunshine one are ever so grateful for coming from a poker tour earlier as sunglasses always are in the bag. Tess was happy seeing me.. poor little furry one.. we went to a park and woke up all the outdoor sleeping ppl, not sure they appreciated that as much as Tess thought it was fun- mum mum come and see its ppl sleeping here!

Thumps up to Christine who run a very good floor and super well organized tour. Its nice at Venezia, no slots machine making awful noise in the background.  Lot of poker in Malta these days and it’s a good place to live if one likes live poker.

Play well and remmeber spades beat everything, its really not harder then that :)

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Nice smelling chicks in da house!

I played the Ladies event on IPT Malta the other day, I didn’t really plan to play or wanted to, one can say I played under protest, yea yea I got a double moral regarding ladies events. Kill me.


I very strongly think poker is a game we do on equal terms, well that is if one exclude the lucky donks that always hit what they need, they play on totally different terms of course BUT as a gender issue we do play on equal terms so therefore lady’s events are not really something one should encourage.


BUT, its good PR and who doesn’t want to play among chicks only, nice smelling, soft sweet gorgeous creatures that smile and say sorry when they win. It’s so refreshing, especially the nice smells and gorgeous faces and who don’t like boobs? Girls who say they don’t lie. All girls are somewhat little bisexual, am very sure of this. Am yet to experience that part of life as the scared old fashion double moral preacher I am. But, am sure.

OK side tracked, I know. Happens.
Back to the poker, was hitting insanely good first 2 hrs, almost ashamed.. naeee who am I kidding with that statement, absolutely no one that knows me, am a bitch yes. Sorry. Got into complicated hands, called a few all ins too light and then struggled down to bubble where river send me out giving another lady, not so nice smelling or happy or friendly, and no nope nada nothing good about her if I think about it… a one card flush. Suuucks! But very happy my  friend Cristina Pietricola won it, she well deserved it!


Also it was a nice event, chilled and nice, yea still some colluding Italian ladies but hey hoe colluding can only take you so far and they will eventually realize the negative sides of that getting out there in the big world. The event was super well organized in the big congress hall of Hilton. Big thumps up to Portomaso Casino and Pagano events that where the organizers. Nomination for best organized tours I seen will still go to Neil Kelly in Ireland but this was close … Neil… miss you and your bedroom voice in the microphone gliding around the tables! Soon soon soon I need to get back to my lads in Ireland for some good craic!

Craic- everyone knows what it is but no one can explain it.
Toss em in boys and girls and remember spades always win, follow that and you do well.

Libya Versus A Pig

News values to me are fascinating, interesting, sad and sometimes completely not understandable..but perhaps thats just me.

Right now a lot of bad things goes on all over the world. Here in Malta, we are of course quite concerned about what happens in Libya, not only since many Maltese ppl live there but as its very close and Malta seems to be looked at as a neutral little rock in the Mediterranean and a first step to the ’real’ Europe . And haters stop puking words out now; I know Malta is part of Europe. :)

Among all these serious stuff going on with Fire flights landed and pilots asking for asylum and war ships outside our coast and planes circulating not allowed to land but directed back to Libya,- in middle of this things demanding my attention from the computer screen I also listen to Swedish radio and its news every full hr and the biggest news for today,( being announced every hour! ) is somewhat to me in big contrast to what goes on in other parts of the world. The biggest news in Sweden today is that a pig might have been slaughtered ‘alive

Am proud to have a university degree in agriculture and worked many years in that sector both practically and theoretical and am absolutely think it’s very important with human treatment of animals of all sorts. However this made me a bit… I don’t know.. Silent?

The process in a Swedish slaughterhouse is to put the pigs to sleep with chemicals before they get emptied of blood and into the scalding tank, which is intended to soften their skin and remove their hair. Apparently this pig was not proven chemical dead before entering the scalding tank, the pig was a sleep but not dead.

Yes that’s not good.  In fact it’s horrible, cruel and not at all necessary in order to feed us humans.  

However.. I dunno… but it just feels a bit surreal watching videos from the streets in Libya and other very serious things happening all over the world, surreal to hear that the biggest thing that happened in Sweden today 23 th of February was the issue involving a pig. GGWP.

A Legend stepping down

I believe even if you dont have the love for the game, you can appreciate a great athletes action during his years, no wrong, MANY years of being on the real top of the mountain. Its a sad sad day indeed.

Peter 'Foppa' Forsberg has announced he is steeping down his amazing carrier, he has been injured on and off and its time to realize he can no longer do the game he love so much, as he says 'if i cant give it all my best i cant do it, i want people to remember me as someone who maybe not always was the best player on the ice but always DID his best.

I remember during my years in Africa running around hotels finding a satellite dish that can show me some World Cup Hockey. sitting alone watching ice hockey on a small black and white TV in 30 degrees sunshine drinking a local beer. Locals shaking their heads to the crazy white lady sitting there watching that. In Africa its only Football that counts.

Its very touching to see how emotional he is announcing this:

Below is a tribute to a legend, i get chills all over seeing some moves again and they can for sure be seen over and over again. Thank you 'Foppa' for many hrs of entertainment, drama, action and joy!

Date Fixing & Trixing

I like to think one should help friends with whatever they need.

Am not so sure that the two i just tried to help think the same BUT... if one dont try one dont know and i think they would have fun together. To be respectful i changed the names, people are so sensitive sometimes. Below is the mail i send them. Happy freaking Valentines!

He-ya both!

Catrine met Thomas,  Thomas met Catrine :)

I think you two should go out and have a drink (Thomas is reaaally good at drinks Catrine!) Or perhaps you could eat some food, Catrine loves a nice steak, and she is also the best i know getting others drunk 

You are both retarded gamblers so am very sure this must be a super date, well I cant call it date cos then you both be angry at me, but can you just please do this.. for me?

Kisses & Hugs

anna panna

One of those Maltese things

Only in Malta

Yea thats a saying well known among ppl here, as a lot of things happening here are a bit different :) yes am nice today! Different is a good word.

We all went to lunch from office and when the orders came out, there was a mistake, 2 of the guys ordering the same crispy chicken burger and out came one of those and a grilled chicken file burger instead, the waiter looked at it and realized the mistake, said:
-ah well this one is better anyway, left the plate on the table and left.

Hilarious!

I actually agreed with him, it looked much better then the other.

Heeeep

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