Busted out 16th, rather pissed cos i just brainfarted and stacked off with KK and flush draw in PLO. Thats not good is it?
I think anyone who is any good in several games seriously missed out if they didnt play in this one. I have only experience playing NLHE, LHE and PLO and it was extremely easy to get this far. In fact because i didnt have much expectations I didnt pay any attention to when the games have been switching so I was still playing Razz when people were playing Stud. And they were folding despite me having all those low cards up. Maybe im just a luckbox
Oh yeah, duh, cya in the final and GL at the tables dudes.
I'm sure most of you have seen this, Top Gear isnt the most watched car show in the world for nothing, but I'm think it is worth posting for those who might've missed it. And for those who have seen it i'll add a few tidbits which might be at least a little bit informative! The Polar Challenge is an actual ski established in 2004 and taking place mid-April and mid-May each year, taking teams approximately 4 weeks to complete, including the training time. I am not sure how closely top gear followed the route, but here it is(the starting and finish locations are the same):
The route
The average yearly temperature at the starting point, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada is −16.4 °C (2.5 °F). The temperatures at the final point of the journey may reach as far as -52°C in winter. The whole journey took Clarkson and May from 25th of April till 2nd of May.
The Car
3 Liter Diesel 4 cylinder inline engine.
175 KMPH Maximum Speed
0-100 in 11.9 seconds
25MPG
The truck starts at 17899 US dollars for the basic model, the top-end model listed here starts at over 59 grand.
Hilux is sold in Europe, Asia and Oceania, it is substituted by Toyota Tacoma in the North American market. It is however, not just a simple name change- Tacoma is a very different car under the bonnet. I'm sure it is just as durable however.
Special modifications for the race:
# The standard wheels and tyres were replaced with bespoke Arctic Trucks wheels and 38" studded snow tyres. The tyres were able to run at pressures as low as 3psi for better flotation over snow. The tyres are called Arctic Trucks AT405.
# The wheel arches were raised and extended to protect the larger tyres
# The standard 3.0-litre D-4D engine was modified to cope with the very low temperatures. Heaters were added to increase fuel and coolant temperature, a large heavy-duty battery was fitted and the air intake was modified.
# A 90 litre auxiliary fuel tank was fitted
# The gearing ratio was lowered to 4.88
Why? Reducing gear ratio allows car to maintain slower speed, and increases torque- force basically sent to drivetrain, both vital factors to overcome offroad conditions.
# Two Winches that could be fitted either to the front or rear of each of the vehicles were carried, in case they got stuck in the snow
Work began on the vehicles in December 2006, at Resolute, Canada, from where the expedition would begin. Over 240 man-hours of labour was spent completely refitting the two vehicles in preparation for the journey. Testing of the vehicles began in February 2007, after which some further modifications were made to the vehicles — the suspension was altered and the original 29" tyres were replaced with 38" ones
Matty L McNair (b. ) was born in Pennsylvania, USA but now lives in the Canadian Arctic in Iqaluit, on south Baffin Island, where she runs her company NorthWinds.
Among her many accomplishments are:
* 1997 leading the first ever all-female expedition to the Geographic North Pole.
* 2000 she led an expedition across Ellesmere Island through the Sverdrup Pass.
* 2003/04 she led two ski-all-the-way expeditions to the South Pole.
* 2003 crossed the Greenland Ice Cap with her children Sarah and Eric by ski-kites with dog sled support.
* 2004/2005 completed an unsupported ski expedition to the South Pole, again accompanied by her children Sarah and Eric, who became the youngest persons to ski to the South Pole.
* 2007 drove a dogsled with Richard Hammond to the Magnetic north pole as part of Top Gear: Polar Special
* She is the first Canadian to ski to both the North and South Poles.
How fast are the dogs? Well, again, wiki describes it rather perfectly:
Racing sled dogs will travel up to an average twenty miles per hour (32.2 km/h) over distances up to 25 miles (40 km). Over longer distances, average traveling speed declines to 10 to 14 miles per hour (16 to 22 km/h). In poor trail conditions, sleddogs can still usually average 6 or 7 miles per hour (10 or 11 km/h). Sled dogs have been known to travel over 90 miles in a 24 hour period while pulling 85 pounds each.
It started as me being tired of A.Silva's antics. I could cope with him disrespecting Henderson after their match. I could cope with him saying he doesn't have to prove anything. But when this man who, mind you, doesnt have to prove anything pulled a Starnes in his latest match it was too much.
I posted on TeamLiquid forum complaining about all those facts. Immediately I was greeted by a horde of fanboys trying to prove to me that A.Silva is the second coming. The point that was taken especially personal was the fact that he has yet to prove anything. I was trying to point out that he is a champion of the weakest UFC division, which lacks most of Top10 fighters, and the only guy in MMA world that has really got nothing to prove- Fedor- is still trying to prove that he belongs in the history books. I was trying to point out that noone in not one single sport says that he hasnt got anything to prove after only 3 victories against top 10 fighters(Point of reference: Fedor has 4 over current 3 top 10 HW fighters, 1 over top 10 MW fighter, 3 wins over HWs who were top 10 at the time of their bout, and 2 wins over LHWs who were top 10 at the time of their bout).
On October 28 2008 12:01 Sfydjklm wrote:
Schumacher has won WC 7 times to go into the history books as the greatest.
Mayweather has 6 titles in 5 weightclasses, and has never been defeated, numerous fights against top 10 opponents.
Phelps has 14 golds and 7 world records, and he isnt done yet.
Lance Armstrong has won 7 Tour De France titles.
Fedor hasnt lost and has wins over 6 opponents who were ranked in top 10 at the time of the bout.
And hes not done yet.
Silva's name will be wiped off the all-time list in a matter of years. Is this really what proving everything you have to prove mean?
But apparently those werent facts:
On October 28 2008 12:00 statix wrote:
nearly all of your posts have been your own opinions. your only "statistics and facts" were the posting of how many top 10 fighters fedor has fought and who anderson silva should fight.
Well, here they are:
O=combined stats of all opponents
WW=Combined stats of all opponents defeated
LW=Combined stats of all opponents lost to
AO=Average Opponent
AOW=Average Opponent defeated
AOL=Average opponent lost to
TTO=Stats against top 10 opponents according to present Sherdog rankings. Because this is P4P, all weight classes are looked at.
Machida 1:0 Penn
Machida 1:0 Franklin
Machida 1:0 Sokoudjou
Rua 0:1 Griffin
Rua 2:0 Overeem
Rua 1:0 Jackson
All this data, that had to be organized somehow to put the end to this old-age argument. And what I came up was really quiet simple. I chose 4 criteria, and each of the fighters in question will get 8 through 1 points, with 8 being awarded to first, and 1 to last. Heres what i've got:
W% is Win percentage
QoOF is Quality of Opponents Faced- its judged using the O column of the first table.
ToOLt is Toughness of Opponents lost to- its judged using the AOL column of the first table.
TTO opponents is statistics against opponents that are currently placed in sherdog top 10 rankings.
I was just doing it for fun, but it shocked me how accurate those rankings turned out to be. Surely they are slanted somehow and surely Fedor isnt first, but lets make a few sane adjustments to the list, lets say we dont count Fedors loss to TK via illegal elbow. Fedor jumps into first with 26 points! Unfortunately i couldnt take that liberty as I was vigorously informed that
On October 28 2008 11:01 Zeller wrote:
You said Fedor never lost, that was false, I corrected it
On October 28 2008 12:06 JudgeMathis wrote:
Actually... Fedor does have a loss. :D Wiki is the best.
On October 28 2008 12:00 statix wrote:
he technically does have a loss...we all know that he would ahve won the fight had it not been for the cut but yes, its still a loss.
Great Success! Point proven, and backed up by facts as much as any P4P discussion can possibly be. I was correct, if Silva were to retire right now, he would not be included in history books as Mayweather Jr, Ali, Sugar Ray or even Klitschko brothers. Silva is #2 on P4P list because he has credit, credit for his amazing performances, his dismantling of opponents. We just naturally expect his next opponent to be dismantled in exactly the same way. Truth is- nobody knows. Just remember the wins Soku raked - Silvaeque destructions of top tenners Arona and Little Nog, before his magic bubble was burst. Truth is, if he were to quit now, in a couple of years time people like Mousasi, Penn, Gomi, Machida, Filho, Alvarez and many others will have records under they belt that eclipse anything Anderson ever did.
And for that reason i hope that whole retirement talk and dicking around is just a way to get away from the UFC and continue onto the path of destruction which hopefully will eventually lead to the king himself. Fedor Emelianenko.
I wrote about that event in depth in my last MMA related post, however weigh ins were Friday.
First off im sure everyone will be happy to know Carano did beat the scale-141 pounds on the button. Shes slimmer and sexier then ever.
It took her 3 times and no clothes, but hey, she got there.
Not without adventures tho!
I do feel its odd that its the guys that hold the tower. Lucky them!
The future starts off with Exite XC on CBS- a national network, a show which quiet possibly will set yet another record for most watched MMA event ever- in just 3 days.
And this time around, it is good.
The opener is Alexander Shlemenko(21-3) against Robert McDaniel(11-4). Both fighters are relatively unknown, but with a nice record and a Russian nationality stamp in passport, i will bet my house that Alex is an exciting fighter. McDaniel too, has some legitimacy to his name- as such he has a victory against Kala Hose, who if you remember has beat down Phil Baroni not too long ago. MMA math of sorts. This is probably not something newcomers to MMA will enjoy, but for us ol' folks sure a good fight to scout out new talent.
First of the two catfights is the next exciting match- its Yoko Takahashi(13-9) against Christiane Cyborg(5-1). Im not sure if Yoko Takahashi is the same Yoko that recorded tracks for Neo Genesis Evangelion, but dont let her record fool you. She is legit. She has fought were the competition is the toughest in women MMA- Japan of course. Cyborg on the other hand is quiet possibly the best female(?) MMA fighter on the planet.
Up next- Murilo Ninja Rua. Oh man, whenever anybody says "Hua" i just lose it! There was a thread on Teamliquid about who would you go gay for. And it my case its probably the Rua brothers. Guys just dont know how a fight can possibly be boring. Put them against Arlovski circa Tim Sylvia matches, they would still be able to make it exciting. His opponent - Benji Radach(18-4).
Gina Carano(6-0) starts off the main portion of the card against Kelly Kobald(16-2-1). Finally theyre throwing the moneymaking pretty face of Carano into the lions den. However i expect the greatest fight to be fought on Friday, when Carano will have to face off with the scales.
Man is she hot for a chick who cant cut to 140! Mhmm!
Guess its the breasts that add the weight!
Kelly Kobold:
Cute:
Nice guns, lady
Whats that? Whats that? Oh its the fight of the day! Its Andrei Arlovski(13-5-0) taking on Roy Nelson(13-2). Andrei is looking to solidify his image as exciting fighter, after dropping his boring counterpunching style. Besides rumor has it the winner of this match gets one of the Emelianenko bros on the next Affliction card(Alex-Andrei and Fedor-Josh would make most sense). Roy Nelson is a legit HW no doubt, but he already dropped a fight to Ben Rothwell who the Pitbull demolished in his last match in Wanderlei Silvaesque style.
Now Arlovski is apparently on a lend from Affliction, which has just signed a contract with GoldenBoy promotions. Quiet frankly, UFC are already in the dust. An CBS-EXC-Affliction-GoldenBoy collaboration? They would be more powerful then UFC even if they didnt have any fighters. Thats my opinion of course, and i will catch up on the rumors when ill write about the upcoming Affliction card, if i ever get to it.
Jake Shields vs Paul Daley(17-6-2). Jake Shield is awesome. Paul is not bad i guess. But give us fucking Fikkett, how long can we wait!
The main event will put a smile on anybodys face- its Kimbo Slice Ferguson against Ken Shamrock. Many MMA fans criticize this match and involvement of both this men in the sport, but i like it and i like the match up. I dont care about Kimbos ethics- he is a nice dude, very nice considering his upbringing, and the match up of internets most famous figher against Ken Shamrock with his greek-god physique and an ex-prowrestling background is bound to pull some fans.
Roids ofc, but still!
UFC 89: October 18th
First interesting match is David Baron(16-2) vs Jim Miller(11-1). The former is a Pride and Shooto fighter who has a victory over Hayato Sakurai(!!!). The latter just has a nice record and a win over Bart Palaszewski, whos in my opinion a gatekeeper to gatekeeper to being a decent lightweight. Not THAT exciting, but any man that beats Sakurai deserves a looksee in my book. David Baron vs Hayato Sakurai
The next notable match should excite all Pride fans- its Akihiro Gono(27-12-7), pure awesomeness impersonated. I have no idea whats wrong with UFC putting him on undercard, and i hope they will do anything and everything possible to allow him his trademark entrance. To the newcomers to MMA world- this man's record doesnt do him justice. He is definetely a force in the welterweight division. He has defeated Dream MW GP champion Gegard Mousasi and has went to 9 minute mark against Shogun before being soccer kicked to death. His opponent is Dan Hardy, completely unremarkable fighter.
Main card starts off with a couple of matches that fail to catch my interest but shifts into gear soon enough. Sokoudjou gets another rebound match before being thrown to the wolfs again- against Luis Cane(8-1-1, only loss by DQ). This match means a lot to both fighters, Cane is yet to prove that he's legit, and Sokoudjou absolutely has to win to prove that he is indeed not a fluke but a force to reckon with.
Jardine vs Brandon Vera is next on the list and its another match were a lot is at stake for both fighters. Jardine's latest performances have been a mess, a mix of wins and losses against top opponents, and there is no doubt he wants to find his place in the division. For Vera this is his second fight at LHW, and it will break him or establish him as a legit LHW contender. Vera unfortunately, much like Jardine, never found his position in the fight world. But this time it isnt his fault, UFC 1-fight-a-year policy just never gave him the chance.
The main even is rather lackluster- its Michael Bisping vs Chris Leben. Michael is in my opinion a quality fighter, in a weak division with a tiny-slim bottleneck in Anderson Silva. Leben on the other hand is a crappy fighter capable of providing an exciting brawl. Will be exciting match if Leben can defend, but Bisping will easily take it which i hope sets him up with a match against Henderson.
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