Sunday, October 05, 2008

Online Wins/Live Wins in Aug/Sep

A few live cashes and a few online games not previously reported saw a return of

Live: £220
Online: $415

Punterslounge.com WSOP at DTD

Over 60 members and friends turned up at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham for the 1st annual Punterslounge.com World Series of Poker

A great time was had by all and the winners were as follows:

Omaha
1st Place...Brian Martin,

Holdem
1st Place....Andy Fenwick

Well done lads

A full write up will appear later as will a magazine article in Flush Magazine

Dusk Till Dawn 26th Sept £85 freezeout win

Entry: £75
Game: Hold Em
Registration: £10
Limit: No Limit
Starting Chips: 4000
Type: Freezeout
Total Entries: 61
Total Prizepool: £4,575

PLACE PLAYER PRIZE
1 Graeme Morl £1,693
2 James Ballantyne £1,052
3 Matt Russell £686
4 Steven Frew £412
5 Chris Ellinas £320
6 James Welch £229
7 Alan Steer £183

Dont remember much as i was steaming drunk by the end, but i dominated the heads up and the guy dealt when i was 3-1 chip leader.

Thoroughly enjoyed myself and would recommend DTD to everyone!

Brendan Hartnett R.I.P

For any of the APAT'ers amongst us who may not have heard the sad news, Brendan Harnett has passed away this week.

Ive copied a post from the APAT forum: It's with a sad heart that I write this to tell everyone that Brendan passed away yesterday.He became ill on Sunday, was admitted to Hospital, but died suddenly.

A true gentleman, always played with a smile on his face - win or lose.He will be sorely missed by everyone who knew him, and no one else embodied the APAT spirit as well as Brendan.

RIP Brendan

Pokerplayer Championships Brighton Event

I was up to 38k when i made the final table with blinds of 3k/6k

My demise came after a guy had pushed all in on my BB when i had A9 and i decided to fold, only for him to the exact same thing on my SB when i had KJ....i called this time after putting him on a much bigger range of hands than anything that premium! His QQ held up but luckilly i had him covered and im down to 2k

I wait for a full round til my BB and decide to go blind and only look once they other guys had acted and shown on the river...2 callers and im up against A8 and 34 who had hit the 3.....i get a come on, turn them over by the TD and everyone stands around to see if im in or out......1st card turned over an Ace.....a few oohs and arghhhs and then i whip over the 2nd one.....an Ace!!!! Cheers, photos and laughter later I get up to 6K and can now fold the SB lol

It all folds round to me in the SB and i go blind again for the bb to get a free shot at me....he turns over K9o and i think i have to be behind so i turn em over and i have KJ again lol....im now up to 12k and laughing my arse off with loads of the rail having a ball!

3 hands later it gets folded round to me and i look down and see AJ spades and decide to push, SB fold and BB makes up the extra 4k and turns over 69o.... 6 on the flop and im gone, but won £180 and had a laugh all the same

Scottish Championships Result

Had one of the best poker experiences of my life this weekend and never once felt out of my depth, I played well and was only once behind when i made a call, which cost me a few chips after the cock called with A6 lol

Had Charalambos Xanthos http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=247 of late night poker fame on my table for 1st 3 hrs and took him out when he tried to make a play on me twice. 1st time i held 44 and on a flop of 246 i bet out, he insta pushed and i called, he had 55 and missed and he doubled me up.....3 hands later i get AKclubs and i pump it up the table raise of 4x the bb....he re-raises me and i call for an extra 4xbb...flop brings J7J and i know if i check he pushes and i cant call.....so i bet 10k into a 10k pot and he pushes for 16k total.....i have to call and he turns over Q10.......i look at him and he has the cheek to say....how did u call? lol

Before the A6 incident which cost me 24k i was sitting nicely on 55k with 2 hrs of play remaining and if my QQ had held up id have been massive chip leader with everything to play for, but, i made my target of reaching day 2 comfortably and I was playing well so I have no arguments!

Gaz explained the final hand which was a gutter.....Blinds 600/1200 ante 100Me UTG+2 on 25kHim UTG+3 on 62kI raise to 4100 with KQ and he calls, table foldsFlop was 382 and i check (any bet here he probably calls or re-raises and i lose half my stack was my reasoning), he also checksTurn was 10 and again i decide to check for same reasonsRiver brought the King which i was happy with as there was now 10700 in the pot so i make it 6k to play he anounces all in and im thinking that if he had AA , AK , KK he would have re-raised me preflop to protect his hand and thus I make the call.....he has AK clubs and im gone in 14th.

5 short of the money
73 runners with 9 getting paid from 1500 up to 28500 for winner