Thanks to all the people who contacted me about staking/coaching. 3 people from PKR who I dont even know. Unfortunately Im obviously not able to take on many people.
I actually took on 3 people, all of which are close friends. 2 are fairly newbies so Iv just got em started playing micro stakes on rush poker so they can play a ton of hands and get a feel for it. I gave some basic strategy, but Ill go into it more after they've played a bit more. Then we'll go through all they're HH's and start by getting them decent pre flop stats and then work on cbetting. The other person is my mate Dan, who has a very steady win rate up to NL100. But like alot of players has to withdraw regularly so is unable to build up a roll.
Next week Im playing in 2 pool finals. One is the Pompey league team cup, the other is the pompey individuals. We've already won Div 1 so has been a successfully season. Then on Saturday (my birthday) I shall be off to Wembley once again for the FA cup final. Had an amazing day for the semi's, and am really looking forward to it. Even though we're massive underdogs, you never know. No one gave us a chance against Spurs.
I want share my thoughts/views on the recent general election. If you find politics boring or arent interested in my opinions, feel free to stop reading and fuck off :)
First of all I want to say that Im quite open-minded. I tend to have strong views on alot of issues but am also open to debate and am not to stubborn to be swayed by a reasonable argument. Going into the election I tried to be completely unbias and make up my mind based on polices/manifesto's and recent history.
Here's my thoughts on the 3 major parties:
Lib Dems
I really like Nick Clegg. I think he has the perfect image to lead the party. And its because of him the liberals had a surge in the polls prior to the election. Obviously they didnt achieve as much as they had hoped, but I think this is largely down to tactical voting.
However, their policies are far too left wing. For a start they want an amnesty on immigration (lol). We should be kicking the fuckers out, not letting them in. We have far too many unskilled, non-english speaking people in this already. We need to have much more control on who comes in to our country.
They're also very pro Europe, and want to eventually take us into the euro. Any economic expert will tell you this would be a disaster for us with the amount of debt we currently have. We'd end up like Greece. They'd want to give even more power away to Brussels, which is ridiculous. Why should we be told how to run our own country.
Tories
Lets face it, David Cameron is a bit of a prick. He's not in touch with real people and has a very punchable face. Despite him, I really think they're policies are much more in line with what we need right now. We have to cut spending. We're up to our eyeballs in debt and we cant cant keep trying to spend our way out of it.
They want to stop JSA for people who refuse job offers. We have far too many spongers in our society because they've been allowed to get away with it for so long. They're also the only (credible) party committed to cracking down on immigration. This alone wins my vote.
Labour
Looking back over the past 13 years, it boggles my mind that people will still vote for them. The following points are facts about the labour party/Gordon Brown:
- They've more than double national debt. This is despite us having a very strong economy during they're 1st two terms. On this point alone, people should be very concerned.
- They took us into 2 wars that the majority of the British people didnt want. Then they havnt given our troops the best (or even acceptable) equipment they need/deserve.
- They've let every tom, dick and harry in regardless of whether or not they speak English or have skills that would benefit our economy
- They created benefit Britain. We now live in a society that in alot of cases your better off sitting on your arse doing nothing (yeh i know, thats rich coming from me). If a teenage whore pops out some sprogs they get more money in benefits then some respectable hard working people earn. Plus a place to live at the taxpayers expense. NB there's tons more examples I could use on this point.
- They've signed over a shitload of power to Brussels with no referendum's (which they promised us), because they know thats not the public want.
- Gordon sold all our gold reserves for 10% what they're worth now (economic genius)
I could go on talking about they're stealth taxes, the banking crisis and Ed Miliband being a complete and utter vile slimeball. Talking of vile creatures, doesnt Hazel Blears have an uncanny resemblance to Dolores Umbridge.
This country needs change. Our countries on its knees about to be raped. Yes the Tories fall short on some issues but whats the alternative? 5 more years of the same shit? Im lucky enough to be in a position where I can just fuck off somewhere else and live, which if Labour and Lib Dems form a coalition government, I may well do along with a lot of others. At this point people who completely disagree with me will be thinking good riddens ha.
If you've read on this far then I hope your well
Jamie
