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Aug. 2nd, 2006 08:06 pmSometimes I think that I would have enjoyed being a coder — for about a year or two, anyway. At work we are soon going to be launching our new portal, and my own esteemed work will be uploaded onto it. However, since I produce a daily newsletter, the normal uploading process for less time-sensitive productions woouldn't be any good. So we worked out something quicker.
This involved me adding tags to the stories, which will then be processed using a Python program and uploaded to the web site via something called, unimaginitively, xml uploader.
So far, so simple. A guy from IT came upstairs and installed Python and the xml and the processing batch files on my machine at work.
Except, of course, when it comes to things like this, things are never quite that simple. Paths need to be changed, things are missing (in this case an important part of Python, pywin32,build 2-09), DLLs that should be there, aren't. So, Mr IT man spent two hours on two separate afternoons, and, this morning, we finally dry-ran it, and it worked. Yowza.
But this wasn't the real problem. The real problem was that I had to install all this shit on my machine at home, the one connected to the office by a VPN, because the programs were running on the C Drive.
Now, lumping the machine into work can be done, but it isn't much fun. So, armed with my scrawled notes and having watched Mr IT man install all the shit and change the environmental variables and download things from three separate places, I set to work.
And, well, bugger me, it worked first time. I've never known that happen before. There's one final bit (actually running the upload program) that I can't test-run, but we'll find out about that on Friday.
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Here's a bit of a post that you may or may not have read, recounting a hand in the WSOP this week, on day one.
Next , again in the SB I had 88 , after 3 limpers I wanted to thin the field , so raised to 300 , they all called , flop was J 8 5 , I led out for 900 and seat one and two called , with a straight and a flush draw there I checked in the dark , turn was a 7 , seat 1 checked but seat 2 bet 2000 , pot was now 5900 and as seat one was already picking up 2000 to call I knew I was getting 4-1 to hit my full house , I called , river was a K , I decided to lead out for 1100 rather than check call seat two who if he was betting the turn with the blockers , ie 99 or TT to represent the straight he may bet more on the river than I want to call , also if seat one calls my bet and he now moves in he must have the straight , 9T of diamonds would have been a great hand for the flop . My bet was called by seat one and then seat two raised all in for 6500 , I had to assume he had the straight and passed as did seat one , I ended the level 6525 .
And, at the end of this (long) post, covering many many hands:
On reflection the only hand I could have played differently was the AA where I over raised to 1400 but I was playing the player.
Now, I know that I'm not the greatest tournament player in the world, and that my No Limit expertise OOP is, at best, laughable, but, well, wouldn't you be asking yourself some questions about this play of 88 in the SB?
I mean, you raise to 300 to thin the field (although I would have thought that 88 OOP is a classic "hope to hit a set" middle pair) and this fails to get anyone out. Conclusion? Either you should have raised more or you shouldn't have raised at all.
Then on a flop of J85 (great, you've hit your set) you lead out for 900, despite there being two of a suit and worrying straight draw possibilities. Unsurprisingly, you get two callers, and a goof chance that you will be worried by the turn card. So, at this point, you decide to check in the dark.
I dunno, the entire progression of the hand has me puzzled. Clearly this game is more complex than I thought. I would have check-raised the flop all-in.
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This involved me adding tags to the stories, which will then be processed using a Python program and uploaded to the web site via something called, unimaginitively, xml uploader.
So far, so simple. A guy from IT came upstairs and installed Python and the xml and the processing batch files on my machine at work.
Except, of course, when it comes to things like this, things are never quite that simple. Paths need to be changed, things are missing (in this case an important part of Python, pywin32,build 2-09), DLLs that should be there, aren't. So, Mr IT man spent two hours on two separate afternoons, and, this morning, we finally dry-ran it, and it worked. Yowza.
But this wasn't the real problem. The real problem was that I had to install all this shit on my machine at home, the one connected to the office by a VPN, because the programs were running on the C Drive.
Now, lumping the machine into work can be done, but it isn't much fun. So, armed with my scrawled notes and having watched Mr IT man install all the shit and change the environmental variables and download things from three separate places, I set to work.
And, well, bugger me, it worked first time. I've never known that happen before. There's one final bit (actually running the upload program) that I can't test-run, but we'll find out about that on Friday.
+++++++++++++++
Here's a bit of a post that you may or may not have read, recounting a hand in the WSOP this week, on day one.
Next , again in the SB I had 88 , after 3 limpers I wanted to thin the field , so raised to 300 , they all called , flop was J 8 5 , I led out for 900 and seat one and two called , with a straight and a flush draw there I checked in the dark , turn was a 7 , seat 1 checked but seat 2 bet 2000 , pot was now 5900 and as seat one was already picking up 2000 to call I knew I was getting 4-1 to hit my full house , I called , river was a K , I decided to lead out for 1100 rather than check call seat two who if he was betting the turn with the blockers , ie 99 or TT to represent the straight he may bet more on the river than I want to call , also if seat one calls my bet and he now moves in he must have the straight , 9T of diamonds would have been a great hand for the flop . My bet was called by seat one and then seat two raised all in for 6500 , I had to assume he had the straight and passed as did seat one , I ended the level 6525 .
And, at the end of this (long) post, covering many many hands:
On reflection the only hand I could have played differently was the AA where I over raised to 1400 but I was playing the player.
Now, I know that I'm not the greatest tournament player in the world, and that my No Limit expertise OOP is, at best, laughable, but, well, wouldn't you be asking yourself some questions about this play of 88 in the SB?
I mean, you raise to 300 to thin the field (although I would have thought that 88 OOP is a classic "hope to hit a set" middle pair) and this fails to get anyone out. Conclusion? Either you should have raised more or you shouldn't have raised at all.
Then on a flop of J85 (great, you've hit your set) you lead out for 900, despite there being two of a suit and worrying straight draw possibilities. Unsurprisingly, you get two callers, and a goof chance that you will be worried by the turn card. So, at this point, you decide to check in the dark.
I dunno, the entire progression of the hand has me puzzled. Clearly this game is more complex than I thought. I would have check-raised the flop all-in.
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