PL Scottish Championships win!

This was the tourney that I had my number 1 game in play for, im getting good starting hands, hitting the flop and my hands are holding up, its a great feeling when you know your doing well and with a £1300 package up for grabs for the winner, I had to win!

The final hand was a crazy call by me, but i felt that Brian(mcfc/wasp) would be prepared to make moves early and try to dominate the heads up, that if i kept folding raggy aces heads up, he'd destroy me.

He pushes at quite low blind levels so i decide to call as i have chips behind me (15k in play, i have 9k) I have A4 suited and im thinking......whats he got......he turns over A2offsuit.....so i turn away and expect the chop chop to happen.....well i spike a 4 on the turn to take down the victory and im chuffed!!

Im now going to Edinburgh on 30th August to play my biggest buy in yet....the £1060 Scottish Championships held at the Gala Maybury in Edinburgh.....wish me luck!

August Misery

I just cant do a thing right at the moment, im playing well, certainly reading players better than i ever have, and im getting frustrated.......going in ahead and being outdrawn or playing my hands too softly and allowing players in at a cheap price....change of tactics in order i feel and im going back to basics for a while!

14 tourneys, 1 cash, 1 win.....sick!!!!

£205 win in the grosvenor £25 freezeout

Sunday 10 August 2008£25 FreezeoutEntries: 23Prize Pool: £575
Place Name Prize
1 Graeme Morl £205
2Billy Hunnam £130
3 Dawn Wills £85
4 David Jonathan Garside £65
5 Mustapha Sliem £50
6 Garry Wilson snr £40

Blackpool APAT Team Challenge

Not much to say about this one, as I played well but come up against a few monsters after hitting the flop and ended up busting out in a massive pot to the eventual winner Mary Martin whos KJ destroyed my AK on a King high flop.

Team Punterslounge ended up mid way down the table after a great 11th by Ross Wakenshaw, but we need to get some team tactics in order before our next challenge!

Planet Hollywood $80 live event

Its July 4th, my final night in Vegas, and instead of lining the neon signed streets to watch the Independance Day firework shows, Im sat in a poker room, drunk and waiting for the $80 freezeout to start.

We had been on the drink most of the day and after a few games of beerpong, meeting up with the majority of Puntersloungers over in Vegas and sinking 1 or 2 too many beers im in the mood for a game of poker, so off we stumble (its 7pm lol) to Planet Hollywood at the south end of the strip. My game in Vegas this year has been good, just a lack of luck prevented me from making some great money in the tourneys id played in, fingers crossed for my last vegas game!

We end up just missing the start of the tourney and have to come in as alternates, and find that they create a new table for us, and im sat next to 4 of my good friends, which is never good cos you hope that we'll all meet at the final table instead, but im getting such good cards and i have to play to break my cashing jinx!

AA (3 times) KK (twice) QQ (4 times) and AK( too many to count) ensured i would get to the final table and make some well earned money!.....unfortunately taking 4 of my mates out along the way!

The majority of the tourney is a blur for me as we continued drinking on through the levels, however when i made the money, i let out a big cheer and had my mates in stitches cos i was over the bloody moon and making a tit out of myself lol.

We get 3 out and im sat with a mexican dude who dosent speak much english and James Eccles a scotchman who dosent speak much english either hahaha, who i know from back on the UK scene. I have 75% of the chips in play and its getting late....i cant be bothered to play it out and offer the deal to the other two lads as we approach a 20min break. They both agree and we all go home with $800...10x our buy in!

Then it sinks in......ive won in vegas and unfortunately i have to go home tomorrow!!!! noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo