Memories - Irish Open Side Event 2007
Since it's been a pretty quiet month on the poker front as expected, I thought I'd dig out a tournament report from the memory banks. It had been a long weekend in Easter 2007 - the Irish Open Main Event…
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Quarterly Review
I was bitten by a donkey on Sunday. This being a poker blog, I imagine you think I am talking about a poker analogy, but no, I was actually bitten by a real donkey. I was at a donkey sanctuary…
Irish Open Omaha - Devilfish and Micky Wernick's Bacon Roll
I expected to struggle badly in the Omaha - it was a highly competitive field of only about 120 players. It was rebuy format - 400 euro - plus an add on at the break. At my table were Devilfish…
Irish Open Holdem Side Events
I played both the 1500 Euro freezeout and the 300 Euro scalp side tournaments while I was in Dublin. I shouldn't have played in the 1500 event - I had been knocked out of the Main Event literally 15 minutes…
Irish Open Main Event Day 2 - Chip Burning
Day 2 of the Main Event was a total disaster. Truth be told, I was pretty exhausted after my marathon session on Day1b and was pretty fatigued going into Day 2. I started with 60k in chips and my table…
Irish Open Main Event Day 1 - Pocket Rockets, Slowrolls and Scalps
Day 1 of the Main Event was a great success. I finished the day with 60k in chips, in 5th position for day 1B and in 12th spot overall. I found the standard of play pretty mediocre - some good…
How Many Real "Pros" Are There?
How big a bankroll do you need to go pro? A huge amount in my opinion. I think there are lots of young guys who set themselves up as professionals with bankrolls that are about 10% of the size required.…
Irish Open Dublin - Main Event
I arrived in Dublin on a hot streak, after having a lot of £300/£400 winning weeks on the bounce (almost enough to pay for the Warsaw event), so I was feeling pretty optimistic. In addition I was staying in the…