Just not much happening
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peterbirksA fairly quiet couple of days really. The headline in The Sun this morning, "We Could Have Blown Harry To Bits" immediately led me to think "well, why the hell didn't you?"
Apparently Radio 4 this morning got it spot on with The Sun's Managing Editor, taking the line that "isn't it a bit boring that every summer all you can think of doing is to find another place that you can blow up?" and, more importantly, "so, basically you won't be happy until we are spending billions of pounds of public money turning every famous person's life into a virtual fortress?" This somewhat deflated The Sun's pompous "public interest" claim, although it doesn't defeat the real reason that the paper comes up with this crap — because it sells papers.
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Having knocked off the Ultimate bonus last night with 90 minutes' play on a couple of "kill" tables, I noticed that the kill games on UB are usually looser than non-kill games at the same level. Presumably the "rocks" don't like the potential excitement of the stakes suddenly doubling.
The paradox here, of course, is that kill games work in favour of people who enter pots less often but tend to win when they do, since it is the loose aggressive players who are more likely to win two games on the spin, and therefore to have to post the "new big blind" during the kill hand.
And I've been doing better in the kill games.
Anyway, that leaves me with no more bonus to hunt for the first time this month ($120 from Stars, $150 from Pary, $100 from Ultimate). Darn, I might have to start playing some real poker.
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I've done some more mathematical work on triple draw, but I haven't had the energy to play the game. With only one (low stakes) game every really going on Ultimate, you either have to accept a long wait, or "get lucky" in getting a seat.
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Neteller has really screwed up with its recent "upgrade", which basically consists of changing a system which does work into one that does not, and introducing a fee for the privilege.
You used to be able to transfer funds from your Neteller account to your bank account for free. Now there is a $1 fee. Well, there would be, if it were possible to transfer the money. Unfortunately any attempt to do so generates a "Bank Account Undefined in Form" error message, which, Macromedia's ColdFusion help-centre informs me, can be a known issue with Internet Explorer 6. SO FIX IT.
But the girl in Canada (I've had several interesting conversations with them) did at least promise that, because I had had an account with Neteller almost since its formation, I would not be charged the dollar fee.
I had thought that the problem might be unique or nearly unique to me, because I have a dollar account and transfer the money to a US bank account denominated in dollars, but I have a UK mailing address.
Neteller wants to deal solely in GBP with its UK residents, so I feared that my unusual account status would screw things up. Well, one of the CSRs I spoke to assured me not. But I can't find out yet, BECAUSE NETELLER ISN'T WORKING.
I did mention that this might not be the best way to build up public relations for a company that "now had shareholders to worry about" (a veiled threat if ever there was one), but, of course, all you get are more profuse apologies. If it isn't fixed by the end of next week, I might start asking for compensation.
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Oh, and the man hasn't come to fix the ceiling. Why, in a way, am I not surprised?
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Apparently Radio 4 this morning got it spot on with The Sun's Managing Editor, taking the line that "isn't it a bit boring that every summer all you can think of doing is to find another place that you can blow up?" and, more importantly, "so, basically you won't be happy until we are spending billions of pounds of public money turning every famous person's life into a virtual fortress?" This somewhat deflated The Sun's pompous "public interest" claim, although it doesn't defeat the real reason that the paper comes up with this crap — because it sells papers.
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Having knocked off the Ultimate bonus last night with 90 minutes' play on a couple of "kill" tables, I noticed that the kill games on UB are usually looser than non-kill games at the same level. Presumably the "rocks" don't like the potential excitement of the stakes suddenly doubling.
The paradox here, of course, is that kill games work in favour of people who enter pots less often but tend to win when they do, since it is the loose aggressive players who are more likely to win two games on the spin, and therefore to have to post the "new big blind" during the kill hand.
And I've been doing better in the kill games.
Anyway, that leaves me with no more bonus to hunt for the first time this month ($120 from Stars, $150 from Pary, $100 from Ultimate). Darn, I might have to start playing some real poker.
-------
I've done some more mathematical work on triple draw, but I haven't had the energy to play the game. With only one (low stakes) game every really going on Ultimate, you either have to accept a long wait, or "get lucky" in getting a seat.
-------
Neteller has really screwed up with its recent "upgrade", which basically consists of changing a system which does work into one that does not, and introducing a fee for the privilege.
You used to be able to transfer funds from your Neteller account to your bank account for free. Now there is a $1 fee. Well, there would be, if it were possible to transfer the money. Unfortunately any attempt to do so generates a "Bank Account Undefined in Form" error message, which, Macromedia's ColdFusion help-centre informs me, can be a known issue with Internet Explorer 6. SO FIX IT.
But the girl in Canada (I've had several interesting conversations with them) did at least promise that, because I had had an account with Neteller almost since its formation, I would not be charged the dollar fee.
I had thought that the problem might be unique or nearly unique to me, because I have a dollar account and transfer the money to a US bank account denominated in dollars, but I have a UK mailing address.
Neteller wants to deal solely in GBP with its UK residents, so I feared that my unusual account status would screw things up. Well, one of the CSRs I spoke to assured me not. But I can't find out yet, BECAUSE NETELLER ISN'T WORKING.
I did mention that this might not be the best way to build up public relations for a company that "now had shareholders to worry about" (a veiled threat if ever there was one), but, of course, all you get are more profuse apologies. If it isn't fixed by the end of next week, I might start asking for compensation.
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Oh, and the man hasn't come to fix the ceiling. Why, in a way, am I not surprised?
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NETeller want the FX spread
Date: 2005-06-16 02:59 pm (UTC)...which is why I've had, to date, little success closing my GBP account in order to switch to a USD one, I suppose. They make on the (wide) FX spread every time I move money. So, as I've explained to them, I avoid using them wherever possible: deposit by credit card, withdraw to cheque (Stars) or bank account (Party, VC, PokerRoom). AFAIK, they charge a (hefty) fee for a transfer on- or off-site which the site covers but they also want the FX. I'm contemplating buying a bunch of their shares as a sort of hedge...
no subject
Date: 2005-06-16 03:39 pm (UTC)On UB, you lose the button (I think?) on the 3rd pot if the pot doesn't meet the minimum requirement size (10BB?) so generally meant that there wasn't the same incentive to keep it, so your blind ended up being a sure-fire tax for anyone with the audacity to win 2 pots in a row.
Kill Games
Date: 2005-06-17 08:39 am (UTC)An interesting aspeect of kill games is that it affects your attitude in the BB and SB -- particuolarly that you are less likely to defend the BB (because if you win you will be posting the "tax" in the SB) but more likely to defend the SB (because your "tax" will be when you are on the button, a really cool place to post it).