Cheap drunks 2: Best wines for under £5

Empangeni girl grabbed this cheeky saffa white like Percy Montgomery taking the ball outta the scrum. We bought both the red and the white from Tescos for £4.99 each.

A cheeky 2007 Sauvignon blanc from South Africa's Western cape region. Who knows enough to argue if you use terms like "fresh acidity" and "a hint of citrus"? Goes well with salads or seafood.

Empangeni girl says: "Moorish" (she is a bit pre-ocupied this evening).

Drinkability factor: *** Leg opener factor: ##

$172-$10,000 challenge

Okay. My new resolution is to post more often. At least 3 times a week. I know I said the $172-$10,000 challenge was dead but I am pressing on ...with much courage.

So here is my graph to date. Had a bit of a blowout a couple of weeks ago, although have made a partial recovery overt eh past couple of days. I am playing 0.5/1.00 under rolled.

These posts will possible coincide with the cheap drunks series because I will most likely play at this lower level when a bit pissed rather than spunking off £800 in a night being a tipsy calling station.

Anyway here is a graph of the $172-$10,000 challenge so far:






Carbon Poker Freeroll
On Sunday I played in the Carbon poker $10,000 freeroll. They have on every week. I played really well and managed to make it to 11th out of about 950 players. Got one lucky hand along the way where I sucked out with A5 against AK but apart from that I played well. Was nicely positioned towards the end being 3rd in chips at one stage but then my lack of tourney experience shone through and I lost all my chips in 4 hands.

Cheap drunks 1: Best wines for under £5

The first wine in the Cheap drunks series is the Stormhoek Pinotage. Empangeni girl makes a beeline for the saffa wine. Tescos £4.99.

A cheap saffa wine with a fancy French name added to it that will make you look posh at any dinner party. Throw around words like wild berry first nose, mild attack and balanced tannins to impress the chicks.

Empangeni girl says: "OMG who let loose the vinegar but by the second glass I no longer care."

Drinkability factor: ***1/2, Leg opener factor: ###

Cheap wine and a three day growth

Am suffering through a poor run of cards atm. Down 5 buyins at NL200. Felt have been playing okay until the last session end even that wasn't too bad considering how card dead things were.

On to brighter things. Let me introduce the missus...Empangeni girl. "Come and say hi Empangeni girl."

"Hi!" =)

Well Empangeni girl and I have decided to do a Cheap dunks: Best wines for under £5 series. In it we will review wines that cost less than £5 a bottle. Not being wine connoisseurs most of what we write will be total bullshit. Keep an eye out for the first review as I am working on the bottle as I type.

NL200

I have all but abandoned the $172-$10,000 challenge. The reason? I can't be stuffed!! :) I am playing well at NL200 and NL100 so I am missing out on money (and experience) whenever I am not playing at those levels.


Here is my NL200 graph for all my play so far. A slow start but I am playing much better and am now fully rolled.