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The last time I got this drunk, things ended very badly, as I woke up with both metallic gold hair and 3rd degree burns, and resembled one of those golden android fellas who piloted the "Zoids" toys in the early…
Another bank holiday, another crack at the Sunday majors, another hole in the bankroll :( I played a few Sunday tournaments on the spur of the moment at the weekend, but it again proved an expensive failure unfortunately. I only…
I popped down to the International with David and Big Mark to play the £50 tournament on Thursday evening. I had been trying to organise a cash game, but Mark seemed keen to get some tournament practice in ahead of…
I ventured down to the International on Monday night with Devski and Dave Evermy to play the Round of Each £30 + £30 tournament. I made a conscious decision to play tighter in my current slump, and the tournament hinged…
I've floated along for the last three months since Vegas, with no real aims except to enjoy myself. The results have been predictably uninspired - I've won a little over $1,000 in poker related activity, whilst paying $431 in rake.…
As you know, I wasn't able to play this event due to other commitments, but I had a small investment in Mike from the Loose Cannon, a player in red hot form. He sent me (and the other investors) a…
LEVEL 3 - Stack 16k - blinds 200/400 - Loose/Aggressive I am in a much bigger percentage of pots now, trying to pick up the more significant blinds, and building on my tight image from previous rounds. Interestingly, after I…
Saturday saw me compete in the £500 Gutshot Series Of Poker Main Event in Clerkenwell. The structure was superb - 20k starting stack with 90 minute blinds. The only real downside was that with only 90 runners, many people would…
I feel totally spaced out after the mammoth home game I hosted this weekend, which has completely messed up my body clock. The tournaments started at 12pm on Saturday lunchtime, and the cash game ended at 3pm on Sunday afternoon…
My Japanese friend used to often confess his amazement at how the UK road system was constantly riddled with roadworks in the rush hour, bringing the traffic to a standstill. Whilst in England night and weekend work is often deemed…
El Lotto. I've been playing it since 1994 now - one line a week. £1028 spent to date, and I think I have won £10 three times. It also seems that the lottery machine "Arthur" has it in for me.…
Well, we've arrived at the CityWest outside of Dublin. It's a huge mansion out in the hills and is a great venue, a big improvement on the Burlington, where the Irish Open was held last year. As usual, the event…
50-100 level….4 limpers round to me on the button. I have QQ and raise to 600. SB calls and UTG limper pushes for 2,500. Folded back to me and I figure he has either AK and I'm racing, or AA…
A quick update for the record. Played 8pm till 3am so far tonight, registered for $1,200 worth of tournies and still alive in 2 of them. I've only managed 2 cashes so far for $358 and $325 so it's probably…
Not long till the Dublin trip now, so I've put together a schedule to get as much live tournament practice as possible before then: Monday 3rd: Gutshot £100 (40 runners) Tuesday 4th: BetterPoker £50 @ Loose Cannon (60 runners) Wednesday…
I think I played my new favourite poker hand ever last night. It's Hand 3 below. It was my second trip to the Gutshot for the £100 Monday game, this time with the Volcano and Honest Dave. There were 36…
I decided to expand my horizons and take in the £100 40-man tournament at the Gutshot on Monday. A generous 5,000 in chips and 25 minute clock allowed for plenty of play. Having not been to the Farringdon venue for…
Blog is back folks. 2008 should be a promising year as a few of my non poker related issues should be resolved in the next month. My poker year will pretty much run from March 2008 to February 2009, as…