Some poker stuff and i guess ufc 85 picks

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Fox . Jun 04 2008 13:30. Posts 3110

I guess i'll start out by talking some poker stuff. I decided to take a shot at NL200. I was doing fine but then i took a bad beat AA vs AK hitting a straight so i kinda titled and donked another buyin. I thankfully quit before i lost more but it left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm going to do some more NL100 until i feel more confident again. My May was pretty good i made 17 buyins overall but i wanted to play more hands. My job currently is killing me with the amount of time i'm needing to put in and it won't stop until end of June. My goal was to be taking shots at NL400 by the end of summer, which is still possible i think. PT3 is fun and i've gotten used to it, but it still crashes a bit too much.

Midian has been a ton of help and i've already been using some of his tactics in combat and it's won me buyins already. Daut also has been helpful recently as well. Although our convos turn into poker/mma hybrids so i can't tell when he says "side control into kimura" if he means to bet three streets or what.

I was also thinking about moving sites but i think stars is just so stable and I really don't need rakeback THAT much.. i mean i'd only be getting an extra 10-15% of rakeback compared to what i'm doing now. Anyway.... on to ufc stuff.

This card upcoming i'm kinda excited for. I'm pretty busy so i'll try to keep this simple and straight forward.

Matt Hughes Vs. Thiago Alves- Matt Hughes should win this. People pick thiago cuz he blasted karo and Hughes just lost to GSP. Matt Hughes is a beast and he's still a beast. If he loses this it's cuz he's way over the hill and thiago got way better.

but hughes of 1-2 years ago would win this by strikes round 2. So i still pick hughes by decision.

Chris Leben Vs. Michael Bisping- Leben is gonna pay. Bisping is better at him then everything EXCEPT chin and 1 punch power. Bisping has mad skills and i really like his game. He also is training hands against the likes of kongo and rampage... you think about it.

Marcus Davis Vs. Mike Swick- yawnfest. Swick by decision? =/

Rashad Evans Vs. James Irvin- SANDMAN TIME. I'm a big irvin fan but Bonnar took him down and subbed him. Rashad has good enough wrestling to control him so Rashad by UD.

Fabricio Werdum Vs. Brandon Vera- I don't see how vera can win this, even in the clinch.. I mean werdum is a big HW and he's got incredible ground game. The only way Vera can win is if he clinches and can land knees, but I give this to werdum by decision.

Jorge Rivera Vs. Martin Kampmann- JORGE KO THE END. Ok Martin has got some major skills but on his feet he will have his hands full, if Jorge can keep it standing he wins. But i think Martin is just too good overall. I think martin by sub or decision.

Matt Wiman Vs. Thiago Tavares- Tavares sub rd 1.

Nathan Marquardt Vs. Thales Leites- Woah what a great fight. Marquardt by decision or rnc.. but this is a great fight.

Don't really care about the rest.

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Suicide United States. Jun 04 2008 16:09. Posts 482

I agree on almost all your picks, although I somehow see Vera pulling out a victory over werdum. More of a gut feeling than for any reason. Although, I'm a little confused why Thaigo Alves would take a Matt Hughes fight. It's not a good matchup for him at all, and it's only going to throw him backwards from the title shot he wants after Fitch GSP =

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Fox . Jun 04 2008 20:20. Posts 3110

agreed suicide. thiago taking this fight is a huge risk.

now if he destroys hughes that will REALLY annouce him as a 170 threat.

but i'd rather see him fight someone like diego imo.