Posted under Live Poker Tournaments & GUKPT Newcastle
I arrived on day1a, only about 60 runners if even.. Played £5/£5 £500 Buyin cash with john kalmar, paul jackson, jeff kimber and some mad scandie, and made about £700 .. Then I entered the £100+£10.50 Side event and some donkey who limped utg with AJo snapcallls when I push a PP from the BB for his tourney life and hits obv. of course the moron final tables and chops (5 way chop for 900quid each). Dunno why people bother chopping these sideys unless they are mega crapshoots.. I played more cash with Tim blake and some other guys and ended up +£1k after a long 6hr grind…
Next day I played the main event (£1060 entry).. Ty Akram, Liam flood, Dewi James and some other dudes on my table. It was a real fun table and everyone was having good craic / banter. Got KK no action, made some decent folds and got to about 13.5k (10 starting stack) after about 4 levels. Liam Flood managed to never showdown his cards for 4 hours which was incredible in itself.
I tried to steal the blinds with JKo in mp, not realising bb was short, so he jams with a pair and my overcards miss and I am on 10k.. Last hand before dinner I miss a osed and bluff the river and get looked up by TY, leaving me on about 6.5k.. not ideal.
Dinner break - so I sit at a cash table and buyin for 300.. 2nd hand I get QQ, 2 callers all in. flop is 64698 or something. 1 guy has AJ, other guy says - it’s yours. then he says oh actually… and flips a six for trips. Slowrolling c*nt. I tell him he is a classless moron and walk off for dinner in disgust.after dinner I get moved to a different table and run a pocket pair into overpair. goodnight from me.
Cash tables were amazing and I stayed till 6am playing with a few pros and Leo Kam who won one of the gukpts recently. Didn’t see any big hands but did hit quads and made some good folds when I wasn’t jamming 99 into KK… left at 6am with about another 1k profit.. somehow got up at 11 and paid 60 quid for a train home rather than waiting for my bus at 3 cos I was knackered.. Will definitely go to next event as the cash games are so bloody +ev.
I couldn’t actually get my wallet closed cos it had so many 50’s in it.. amazing but true. Also met some good players and nice people (and inevitably some assholes)… and a break is as good as a holiday!
back in online-pokerland tonight I came 3rd in the 6k Euros rebuy on boss for >1k and then a dissapointing 10th in the 10k Euros rebuy. Also Played the 120Euro entry 100k on boss but AKsooted < a3o, obv..
that’s about it for last few days… more excitement when it happens.