$47.70
$44
$54
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Helskini win
Well from a small acorn (€2 sat) its now matured into a healthy cash tree! I won the 2nd Sat to the Helsinki Open final on Boss media. But im going to be away this weekend so ive decided to cash it in for a €215 win in tourney tokens. Cant grumble!!
100 MTT WINS!!!!!
Well after much goading and many 2nd place finishes i eventually get my 100th win. It was the saturday of the Calzaghe vs Hopkins fight and im determined to play as many MTTs as i can to win my 100th.....no sleep for me it seemed til i entered the €2 rebuy Helsinki Daily!
WON IT .....HAHAHAHAHAHA WHOOOO HOOOOOOO....sorry haha!
Virgin Poker Festival Aspers Newcastle
Well i lasted 80 mins in this one!
My AA raise, reraise and all in beaten by 99........9 High flop and im gone! Wont bother with much else haha.
So on i go to the STT Champions heats, where i manage to win 3 STT's and finish 2nd in another 2 of them, and make the final 20 which continues on the sunday.
Im playing well, picking up cards and make some ballsy moves and end up on the final table with over 50% of the chips in play, i decide to slow it down, which was to my downfall as i let other people into the game, and eventually finished 2nd when the blinds were too high to play to be honest and i walked away over £500 up for the day!!
Well done to JAG from EMS who beat me heads up
My AA raise, reraise and all in beaten by 99........9 High flop and im gone! Wont bother with much else haha.
So on i go to the STT Champions heats, where i manage to win 3 STT's and finish 2nd in another 2 of them, and make the final 20 which continues on the sunday.
Im playing well, picking up cards and make some ballsy moves and end up on the final table with over 50% of the chips in play, i decide to slow it down, which was to my downfall as i let other people into the game, and eventually finished 2nd when the blinds were too high to play to be honest and i walked away over £500 up for the day!!
Well done to JAG from EMS who beat me heads up
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
WSOP 2008, $1500 Bracelet Event Share Deal
Ok, i wanna attempt a WSOP Staking, Im looking to get $1500 (£750) to play in a bracelet event in Vegas.
Im offering a 1% share in me for the $1500 event at £7.50 each, you can buy as many as you want up to a maximum of 100 shares.
Ill be giving back 80% of any winnings from this event to my shareholders so if you bought 50% of my shares for £375 you would then get back 40% of anything that i win.
Thanks for reading and fingers crossed i win! The payment button is on the right hand side in my sidebar, once you have purchased ill post your name and % in my blog!
The event ill be playing will be one from the following:
Thu, Jun 19th No-Limit Hold'em (Event 36) Freezeout Structure Sheet $1,500
Sat, Jun 21st No-Limit Hold'em (Event 39) Freezeout Structure Sheet $1,500
Ill need to sell out all my shares in order to play, so come one guys n gals, anyone up for it? If i havent sold out 1 week before i travel, ill pay the cash back to you all in full before i go.
Click the Buy Now button in the sidebar to purchase
Im offering a 1% share in me for the $1500 event at £7.50 each, you can buy as many as you want up to a maximum of 100 shares.
Ill be giving back 80% of any winnings from this event to my shareholders so if you bought 50% of my shares for £375 you would then get back 40% of anything that i win.
Thanks for reading and fingers crossed i win! The payment button is on the right hand side in my sidebar, once you have purchased ill post your name and % in my blog!
The event ill be playing will be one from the following:
Thu, Jun 19th No-Limit Hold'em (Event 36) Freezeout Structure Sheet $1,500
Sat, Jun 21st No-Limit Hold'em (Event 39) Freezeout Structure Sheet $1,500
Ill need to sell out all my shares in order to play, so come one guys n gals, anyone up for it? If i havent sold out 1 week before i travel, ill pay the cash back to you all in full before i go.
Click the Buy Now button in the sidebar to purchase
Aspers Tuesdays £5 rebuy
Yesterday at Aspers they were offering a very good deal.
Simply turn up and the give you a free poker set...... so i went along for a look!
The set was ok, 50 chips, dealer button and 2 packs of cards, ok for nowt i suppose, and then i saw another deal, have a meal in Freya's restaurant and geta a fortune cookie and win a prize. I have a steak and win £5 bargain, half price meal!
Then comes the poker, £5 rebuy with a £2 reg fee, well we have 2 dealers to share between 101 runners and i end up on a table of 5 new player, 2 of which speak very little english...we self deal for a round and im fed up, i decide to take control and deal for the table, where a nice bloke bought me a drink for doing it and the table was finally getting some hands in!
I never pick up a hand all night and after £30 i bust out when my A4o is busted by 45 spades all in pre-flop and they hit a flush lol
Good laugh tho and lots of friendly banter!
Simply turn up and the give you a free poker set...... so i went along for a look!
The set was ok, 50 chips, dealer button and 2 packs of cards, ok for nowt i suppose, and then i saw another deal, have a meal in Freya's restaurant and geta a fortune cookie and win a prize. I have a steak and win £5 bargain, half price meal!
Then comes the poker, £5 rebuy with a £2 reg fee, well we have 2 dealers to share between 101 runners and i end up on a table of 5 new player, 2 of which speak very little english...we self deal for a round and im fed up, i decide to take control and deal for the table, where a nice bloke bought me a drink for doing it and the table was finally getting some hands in!
I never pick up a hand all night and after £30 i bust out when my A4o is busted by 45 spades all in pre-flop and they hit a flush lol
Good laugh tho and lots of friendly banter!
APAT Regional Leg 4
This weekend i played in the APAT regional Leg 4 in the Grosvenor Casino Newcastle, its a £20 freezeout and often attracts less than 20 players, with the top 3 getting medals, and top 10% get seats to the National final around 4 weeks later.
Today i had 3 objectives!
1. Make the points (top 10)
2. Beat Gordon MacArthur (gimac) who was Regional points leader after 3 legs
3. Get to heads up and at least win some money and a seat in Edinburgh
Well 15 players showed up for the 2.30pm start (60min alternates) and i managed to make the final table pretty easilly, with a few decent shoves to steal the blinds, not any hands of note in the 1st 2.5 hours! 1st objective reached tho, so onto number 2
Objective 2, knock Gordon MacArthur out early!! After being a short stack (again) for most of the final table, Gordon finally went all in with a raggy Ace, i called and 1 other did too, i had KJ and i was fortunate to flop my K and take a decent pot and cement my number 2 objective, Gordon had gone in 6th, which meant I had to win to take the lead, or 2nd to draw level
With 4 players left, im sat as the short stack, and need a double up pretty quickly, as although the blinds were pretty low still, they were hitting us very fast! I find myself with KQ hearts and i see a cheap flop, which brings 3d 10h Jh.....an open ended strait flush draw....1 bet and i push all in, 1 caller and the bettor folds... he shows AJ And i turn over my KQh. The turn is almost the card of my dreams , its the 9h....another strait flush to the king, but no royal yet for me!
I get heads up after Jo blinds out with no hands to call Ross who was constantly all in, i didnt need to get involved as i was 3/1 chip leader and only top 2 got paid/seats. Well it turned into an all in fest and i lost 4 big 50/50 shots and went home after doing a chop
I won £75, a seat in the Edinburgh National, A silver medal, 8 ranking points and now the Joint leadership of the Regional Rankings in the UK.
Leg 5 is in May....watch this space
Today i had 3 objectives!
1. Make the points (top 10)
2. Beat Gordon MacArthur (gimac) who was Regional points leader after 3 legs
3. Get to heads up and at least win some money and a seat in Edinburgh
Well 15 players showed up for the 2.30pm start (60min alternates) and i managed to make the final table pretty easilly, with a few decent shoves to steal the blinds, not any hands of note in the 1st 2.5 hours! 1st objective reached tho, so onto number 2
Objective 2, knock Gordon MacArthur out early!! After being a short stack (again) for most of the final table, Gordon finally went all in with a raggy Ace, i called and 1 other did too, i had KJ and i was fortunate to flop my K and take a decent pot and cement my number 2 objective, Gordon had gone in 6th, which meant I had to win to take the lead, or 2nd to draw level
With 4 players left, im sat as the short stack, and need a double up pretty quickly, as although the blinds were pretty low still, they were hitting us very fast! I find myself with KQ hearts and i see a cheap flop, which brings 3d 10h Jh.....an open ended strait flush draw....1 bet and i push all in, 1 caller and the bettor folds... he shows AJ And i turn over my KQh. The turn is almost the card of my dreams , its the 9h....another strait flush to the king, but no royal yet for me!
I get heads up after Jo blinds out with no hands to call Ross who was constantly all in, i didnt need to get involved as i was 3/1 chip leader and only top 2 got paid/seats. Well it turned into an all in fest and i lost 4 big 50/50 shots and went home after doing a chop
I won £75, a seat in the Edinburgh National, A silver medal, 8 ranking points and now the Joint leadership of the Regional Rankings in the UK.
Leg 5 is in May....watch this space
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Prague Poker Palooza Write Up
A POKER DIARY, BY GRAEME MORL AGED 28 1/2
Monday 24th March
Set off from Newcastle International with my bags packed, my head full of hope and my mate Gary for company for 8 nights in the new party capital of europe Prague. We get there and by god its freezing, thats the last time i ever complain about the weather in Newcastle, -3 and its only 9pm!! We get checked into our hotel which is suprisingly decent and head off to meet the others from the Punters Lounge for a few beers, Pilsner Urquell.....lovely!
Tuesday 25th March
Its 3pm, we have just surfaced from our slumber and its time to get sorted for the 1st event, the €110 NLHE at the Spearmint Casino in Prague, which has been taken over for the week by VC poker. On arrival we are swiftly checked in and shown through into a nice upmarket but small casino, were given a glass of champagne, some nibbles and then we notice how many tables there are.....6! Before travelling to Prague, we were promised between 60 and 100 runners for the events, now we find its a maximum of 54 per event, which leaves the people who have travelled hundreds of miles a little bemused, the prizepools back home are more inviting than this!
The event starts and were all sitting nicely at the 1st break, then disaster hits us, 5 out of the 6 of us out before the final 2 tables. I had the best finish from the PL crew in 19th, when my K10 offsuit was destroyed by J10 offsuit, flop brings Q92 rainbow, the turn is 3 hearts and then the sucker punch, anything but a K or an 8 im praying, sods law has it and my King pairs the board, giving him the strait, nightmare end to a good days poker. We still have 1 player left tho, Amy Young, yes thats right, the Editors Mrs..........shes destroying all comers, taking down big pots and lands on the final table! Whoooo Hoooo we have a casher at last as Amy finishes 6th winning around £180 and the bragging rights in the Young household for months to come haha.
Wednesday 26th March
Today sees a step up in class, the €275 freezeout which brought a number of new faces into the casino, amongst others Dan Carter (UK Pro and recently 12th in EPT Dortmund) and even he cant beleive the event is 54 max!
Once again the poker starts and were having a good go at this one, 2 tables left and still 2 of us in, Ross Wakenshaw and Myself, we have a chance! I get a slice of luck when my 10's hold up against A9o to eliminate a player and im back in the hunt after being shortstack for quite some time, theres now 10 left and its looking good for a Brit to cash!
Im sat with 22k, Ross is sat with 25k and were in the top 6 chip wise, playing great poker, my reads are perfect and its all looking rosey! Thats until lady luck decides that the Brits aint getting anything, Im the next one out when my sweet all in from the SB with AJo gets called for 12xBB by a player with A8 clubs, im openly smiling and hoping for yet another hold up by the better hand but alas its not to be, two clubs on the flop, one on the turn and my dream is ended, Im sat there bemused, almost motionless, I cant beleive a guy with almost the same amount of chips has called me with that, gutting to say the least. I know my time is up when i hear from the rafters, Morls, you donk!
Ross follows next, with what can only be called the worst play of the tourney, the other table is now being broken and moved across for the start of the Final Table, so Ross sitting in good position pushes all in for 25k with pocket 2's hoping for a blinds steal of 4500 and give him almost 30k for the final 9. Its all looking good, fold, fold fold, etc until the BB, not wanting to give up 3000 chips calls, we wait in hope that its a race, we were right, then our jaws dropped in sheer disbeleif, the call was made with 10 8 offsuit, everyone is looking at each other with wry smiles, hoping that the 22 holds up, it dosen't and a very annoyed Ross has fallen in 9th. We do our best to console him, but what can you say. Alcohol helps a little and we all go out on the town knowing we have a day off tomorrow.
Thursday 27th March
Today sees the $25k student poker/vc qualifier championships, which one of our mates Dan Sims has qualified for after winning a seat via the online satellites. We let him play and concentrate on his own and we hit the town. Its just before midnight and I get a text, "morls, im on final table" . Well we couldnt miss this could we, so like drunken lunatics we race across prague to the casino to catch his final hand, will we get any luck this week? Dan pushes all in and is called instantly, the cards are on their backs and we see Dan punch the air, get in......he has AK vs AQ, what a great chance!!! The flop then sticks 2 fingers up to Dan by putting a Queen on the board and thats it, another good performance shot down in flames by lady luck herself.
Friday 28th March
This is the big one, the $550 main event, my mate Gary has flown home, im on my own and im listening to some tunes on my Ipod, im in the zone, I cant feel any better than I do about my game than I do right now and im hoping that some luck will grace me and I can take home some cash from the week. However, its not meant to be, im sat in the SB with JJ and make a 3xbb raise, 2 callers, the flop is a dream 10 high and as im first to act i fire out a pot sized 2k bet, hoping to take it down there and then, nope, 1 caller and I put him on AK or A10 instantly, a 7 on the turn keeps me thinking im ahead, and i make a massive bet 4500 which was my downfall, he then comes over the top and announces all in, I look down and see that I only have 2k left from my original 10k and have to call. He flips over QQ and im done for, i shake everyones hands, wish them luck and procede upstairs to the bar where i make use of the free beer.
The rest of the PL guys drop over the space of the next 3 hours until we have 1 left, Joe Geraghty, who has been on the drink all night and all day, is steaming and playing poker perfectly (we have no idea how either!) He gets to the final 4 and with the astronomical blinds compared to stacks , he pushes with A5 and get caled by AK and QQ, flop comes 5 8 A K 7, and Joe has gone, excellent perfomance and £3600 better off! Not only that, his performance in this event also places him 3rd in the leaderboard for another £1000, not bad at all!
I wanna end this by saying thanks to all the guys n gals we went over to prague with, your all cracking people and i couldnt have had a better time with anyone else. Good luck to you all and may lady luck smile on us all next time!
Morls
Monday 24th March
Set off from Newcastle International with my bags packed, my head full of hope and my mate Gary for company for 8 nights in the new party capital of europe Prague. We get there and by god its freezing, thats the last time i ever complain about the weather in Newcastle, -3 and its only 9pm!! We get checked into our hotel which is suprisingly decent and head off to meet the others from the Punters Lounge for a few beers, Pilsner Urquell.....lovely!
Tuesday 25th March
Its 3pm, we have just surfaced from our slumber and its time to get sorted for the 1st event, the €110 NLHE at the Spearmint Casino in Prague, which has been taken over for the week by VC poker. On arrival we are swiftly checked in and shown through into a nice upmarket but small casino, were given a glass of champagne, some nibbles and then we notice how many tables there are.....6! Before travelling to Prague, we were promised between 60 and 100 runners for the events, now we find its a maximum of 54 per event, which leaves the people who have travelled hundreds of miles a little bemused, the prizepools back home are more inviting than this!
The event starts and were all sitting nicely at the 1st break, then disaster hits us, 5 out of the 6 of us out before the final 2 tables. I had the best finish from the PL crew in 19th, when my K10 offsuit was destroyed by J10 offsuit, flop brings Q92 rainbow, the turn is 3 hearts and then the sucker punch, anything but a K or an 8 im praying, sods law has it and my King pairs the board, giving him the strait, nightmare end to a good days poker. We still have 1 player left tho, Amy Young, yes thats right, the Editors Mrs..........shes destroying all comers, taking down big pots and lands on the final table! Whoooo Hoooo we have a casher at last as Amy finishes 6th winning around £180 and the bragging rights in the Young household for months to come haha.
Wednesday 26th March
Today sees a step up in class, the €275 freezeout which brought a number of new faces into the casino, amongst others Dan Carter (UK Pro and recently 12th in EPT Dortmund) and even he cant beleive the event is 54 max!
Once again the poker starts and were having a good go at this one, 2 tables left and still 2 of us in, Ross Wakenshaw and Myself, we have a chance! I get a slice of luck when my 10's hold up against A9o to eliminate a player and im back in the hunt after being shortstack for quite some time, theres now 10 left and its looking good for a Brit to cash!
Im sat with 22k, Ross is sat with 25k and were in the top 6 chip wise, playing great poker, my reads are perfect and its all looking rosey! Thats until lady luck decides that the Brits aint getting anything, Im the next one out when my sweet all in from the SB with AJo gets called for 12xBB by a player with A8 clubs, im openly smiling and hoping for yet another hold up by the better hand but alas its not to be, two clubs on the flop, one on the turn and my dream is ended, Im sat there bemused, almost motionless, I cant beleive a guy with almost the same amount of chips has called me with that, gutting to say the least. I know my time is up when i hear from the rafters, Morls, you donk!
Ross follows next, with what can only be called the worst play of the tourney, the other table is now being broken and moved across for the start of the Final Table, so Ross sitting in good position pushes all in for 25k with pocket 2's hoping for a blinds steal of 4500 and give him almost 30k for the final 9. Its all looking good, fold, fold fold, etc until the BB, not wanting to give up 3000 chips calls, we wait in hope that its a race, we were right, then our jaws dropped in sheer disbeleif, the call was made with 10 8 offsuit, everyone is looking at each other with wry smiles, hoping that the 22 holds up, it dosen't and a very annoyed Ross has fallen in 9th. We do our best to console him, but what can you say. Alcohol helps a little and we all go out on the town knowing we have a day off tomorrow.
Thursday 27th March
Today sees the $25k student poker/vc qualifier championships, which one of our mates Dan Sims has qualified for after winning a seat via the online satellites. We let him play and concentrate on his own and we hit the town. Its just before midnight and I get a text, "morls, im on final table" . Well we couldnt miss this could we, so like drunken lunatics we race across prague to the casino to catch his final hand, will we get any luck this week? Dan pushes all in and is called instantly, the cards are on their backs and we see Dan punch the air, get in......he has AK vs AQ, what a great chance!!! The flop then sticks 2 fingers up to Dan by putting a Queen on the board and thats it, another good performance shot down in flames by lady luck herself.
Friday 28th March
This is the big one, the $550 main event, my mate Gary has flown home, im on my own and im listening to some tunes on my Ipod, im in the zone, I cant feel any better than I do about my game than I do right now and im hoping that some luck will grace me and I can take home some cash from the week. However, its not meant to be, im sat in the SB with JJ and make a 3xbb raise, 2 callers, the flop is a dream 10 high and as im first to act i fire out a pot sized 2k bet, hoping to take it down there and then, nope, 1 caller and I put him on AK or A10 instantly, a 7 on the turn keeps me thinking im ahead, and i make a massive bet 4500 which was my downfall, he then comes over the top and announces all in, I look down and see that I only have 2k left from my original 10k and have to call. He flips over QQ and im done for, i shake everyones hands, wish them luck and procede upstairs to the bar where i make use of the free beer.
The rest of the PL guys drop over the space of the next 3 hours until we have 1 left, Joe Geraghty, who has been on the drink all night and all day, is steaming and playing poker perfectly (we have no idea how either!) He gets to the final 4 and with the astronomical blinds compared to stacks , he pushes with A5 and get caled by AK and QQ, flop comes 5 8 A K 7, and Joe has gone, excellent perfomance and £3600 better off! Not only that, his performance in this event also places him 3rd in the leaderboard for another £1000, not bad at all!
I wanna end this by saying thanks to all the guys n gals we went over to prague with, your all cracking people and i couldnt have had a better time with anyone else. Good luck to you all and may lady luck smile on us all next time!
Morls
March Results
Sorry all, been very busy of late, just gonna tally up my winnings then do a report on Prague!
= Online wins of $221
+ PL Live win of $150
+ Live Cash for $160
Total for month of $531
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Shares all SOLD OUT
Thats right!! I sold out the 100 shares in me today, in less than 24 hours! Im honestly gobsmacked but delighted that people have put their faith in me to do well and make them some money.
www.free-money.co.uk bought 75 shares in me for £375
Team Dobbs bought 10 shares in me for £50
Chris Brown bought 10 shares in me for £50
www.pokerutd.com bought 5 shares in me for £25
Ill be playing my A-game for you and ill do my very best, thanks once again and i really appreciate it!
www.free-money.co.uk bought 75 shares in me for £375
Team Dobbs bought 10 shares in me for £50
Chris Brown bought 10 shares in me for £50
www.pokerutd.com bought 5 shares in me for £25
Ill be playing my A-game for you and ill do my very best, thanks once again and i really appreciate it!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Buy a Share of my Winnings
Ill be playing in the Prague Poker Palooza from 24th March til 30th March in the Spearmint Casino in Prague, there are 3 events
€110 freezeout
€250 freezeout
€550 freezeout with €10k added to the prizepool
and also a leaderboard challenge which is only open to players in all 3 events, added money at the end for top 5 in leaderboard
im offering a 1% share in me for the €550 event at £5 each, you can buy as many as you want up to a maximum of 100 shares.
Ill be giving back 75% of any winnings from this event to my shareholders so if you bought 50% of my shares for £250 you would then get back 37.5% of anything that i win.
The tournament is sponsored by Victor Chandler, and i will be travelling with a few of the Punterslounge poker players including Flush Europes Editor Jon Young, who ill be doing a blog and some photos for.
Thanks for reading and fingers crossed i win! The payment button is on the right hand side in my sidebar, once you have purchased ill post your name and % in my blog!
Morlspin
€110 freezeout
€250 freezeout
€550 freezeout with €10k added to the prizepool
and also a leaderboard challenge which is only open to players in all 3 events, added money at the end for top 5 in leaderboard
im offering a 1% share in me for the €550 event at £5 each, you can buy as many as you want up to a maximum of 100 shares.
Ill be giving back 75% of any winnings from this event to my shareholders so if you bought 50% of my shares for £250 you would then get back 37.5% of anything that i win.
The tournament is sponsored by Victor Chandler, and i will be travelling with a few of the Punterslounge poker players including Flush Europes Editor Jon Young, who ill be doing a blog and some photos for.
Thanks for reading and fingers crossed i win! The payment button is on the right hand side in my sidebar, once you have purchased ill post your name and % in my blog!
Morlspin
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Another Poker Utd League Win!
Just had win number 97 of my MTT poker career and what makes this one a lil sweeter is that i was down to 3x bb in the final 5 !! and that ive also just kept Newcastle on the top of the League! Howay the Lads!
Limit Holdem....im getting better!
I started off playing Limit SNG's back in 2004 when i started playin poker, had a lil success but when i first played No Limit i was hooked, so i put the limit tourneys on the back burner. This last week ive decided to play a few more Limit games and see how i do, well 2 played and 2 cashes.....cant grumble at all haha, 1st and a 2nd!! ok ok there only 6 man SNG's but i still cashed!
Aspers £33 Freezeout Cash!
Played the Aspers Newcastle £30+3 Freezeout last night along with 97 other players, great tourney atmosphere and a starting stack of 5k if your there at the start
Had some cracking hands and hit 5 full houses, 2 flushes and 3 sets in 6hrs, but when the luck was needed most it let me down.
Final table started at around 3am and with 10 players all on around equal chips, it was always gonna be hard. I look down and see AJ spades, make a 4x bb raise for a call and a shove......i think for a minute and call the shove, the odds were in my favour and my knowledge on the player all in was good, so i call.....he turns over A8o.....excellent! my read was right! It didnt matter tho as the 8 hit the flop and ive lost half of my stack :O
A few pocket pairs busted and im gone, with the last being 88 beaten by AJ......feck!!
I walked away after an english breakfast at 3.40am with £100 in my pocket and a sick feeling (from the way the final table was played, not the brekkie!)
Had some cracking hands and hit 5 full houses, 2 flushes and 3 sets in 6hrs, but when the luck was needed most it let me down.
Final table started at around 3am and with 10 players all on around equal chips, it was always gonna be hard. I look down and see AJ spades, make a 4x bb raise for a call and a shove......i think for a minute and call the shove, the odds were in my favour and my knowledge on the player all in was good, so i call.....he turns over A8o.....excellent! my read was right! It didnt matter tho as the 8 hit the flop and ive lost half of my stack :O
A few pocket pairs busted and im gone, with the last being 88 beaten by AJ......feck!!
I walked away after an english breakfast at 3.40am with £100 in my pocket and a sick feeling (from the way the final table was played, not the brekkie!)
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Pokerdeals Forum Challenge
Finished 3rd in this tonight and i have to say i thoroughly enjoyed myself, excellent players, excellent tournament structure and not a bad word throughout despite some bad beats by everyone!
Monday, February 04, 2008
APAT Cardiff National Report
Had a great weekend of poker after travelling down to Cardiff for the APAT Welsh Open at the Grosvenor Casino at the atlantic wharf, which for anyone who hasnt been there, is a great casino!
Saturday started very early when i had to get up for my lift to the airport at 5am, way way earlier than i usually surface, but with a 7.30am flight its gotta be done, easyjet were great, no problems or delays and we touch down an hour later in Bristol, with a little transfer and a 45min train to Cardiff Central we arrived at the ETAP Hotel around 11.00am.
As usual the hotels wont allow early check-ins so we decided to head strait over to the casino, so we could chuck our bags in and have a walk around and see the sites.....well the millenium stadium, which had a cracking caravan exhibition on this weekend
We head back to the casino where i find theres 190 players and im on the same table as an aggressive female player, who i recognised but didnt have the faintest idea who she was, it turned out i was watching her on channel 5 the day before in the ladies poker championships, it was the beautiful LIV BOEREE http://www.livboeree.com/, who eventually finished in 7th place for £600
Im getting no cards and on an aggressive table it takes me 64mins to win my 1st hand!! Again i go back to my usual rubbish cards and by the 2nd break im struggling on around 5k til a minor miracle happens and i pick up Ace 5 of hearts and i flop a flush, i check the hand, 2 other check, then a King is turned, again i check, followed by the 2 checking again, desparate to get some money i know i need to bet, but wanna make them pay me off to the max, so again, on a nothing river of 4c i check..... praying for a bet or two The 1st guy after me bets out 1500 chips and the 2nd guy re-raised all in for 6k and i have a quick think....i have the nuts! im all in too!! the 1st guy insta folds and im back up to just over 12k!! geet in!Soon after i get moved tables where after sitting almost dead for 4 hours and having very little action or chat, i get sat next to 3 people i have played against before, and a female player (Rhianydd Sandford) who is chatty and good looking at the same time lol, i get up to 23k by some decent play, conversation is good and im having a good day, it dosent get better than this at the poker tables!
Along comes the dinner break and ive made my sole target.....to not get knocked out before it and we head off to the local entertainment complex where i destroy my mate at crazy golf and have my customary burger and fries returning 10 mins early to collect my gold medal from the Newcastle Regional that i won!
After the lunch break i get moved tables and am sat on the same table as the eventual winner Tim Magnus , and a previous APAT nationals winner Daniel Phillips and again i get no cards and no luck.Its now 11.10pm, ive been playing poker for 9 hours and im tired, ive only got 17k left and i finally get a hand good enough for a small raise, its A10o so with blinds of 1k/2k and 3 mins before they go up, i decide to lead out UTG with a 6k bet, 3 folds and then an 18k bet......i decide that with 4 or 5 big blinds left i cannot really put it down so i call and await the outcome.He turns over KK and with only a single 10 on the flop im doomed, ive had a great time but its just not meant to be! i finally finished in 49th and in the top 25% so im happy!Ive been very negative about previous issues etc with APAT and if Des happens to read this, i'd just like to say thanks very much for all the hard work you guys do, it cant be easy and i'd like to congratulate you on another great event and i'd encourage anyone who has considered playing live poker for the 1st time, to get yourself along to one of the regional tournaments so you can learn the game and possibly qualify for a bigger game like this!
Saturday started very early when i had to get up for my lift to the airport at 5am, way way earlier than i usually surface, but with a 7.30am flight its gotta be done, easyjet were great, no problems or delays and we touch down an hour later in Bristol, with a little transfer and a 45min train to Cardiff Central we arrived at the ETAP Hotel around 11.00am.
As usual the hotels wont allow early check-ins so we decided to head strait over to the casino, so we could chuck our bags in and have a walk around and see the sites.....well the millenium stadium, which had a cracking caravan exhibition on this weekend
We head back to the casino where i find theres 190 players and im on the same table as an aggressive female player, who i recognised but didnt have the faintest idea who she was, it turned out i was watching her on channel 5 the day before in the ladies poker championships, it was the beautiful LIV BOEREE http://www.livboeree.com/, who eventually finished in 7th place for £600
Im getting no cards and on an aggressive table it takes me 64mins to win my 1st hand!! Again i go back to my usual rubbish cards and by the 2nd break im struggling on around 5k til a minor miracle happens and i pick up Ace 5 of hearts and i flop a flush, i check the hand, 2 other check, then a King is turned, again i check, followed by the 2 checking again, desparate to get some money i know i need to bet, but wanna make them pay me off to the max, so again, on a nothing river of 4c i check..... praying for a bet or two The 1st guy after me bets out 1500 chips and the 2nd guy re-raised all in for 6k and i have a quick think....i have the nuts! im all in too!! the 1st guy insta folds and im back up to just over 12k!! geet in!Soon after i get moved tables where after sitting almost dead for 4 hours and having very little action or chat, i get sat next to 3 people i have played against before, and a female player (Rhianydd Sandford) who is chatty and good looking at the same time lol, i get up to 23k by some decent play, conversation is good and im having a good day, it dosent get better than this at the poker tables!
Along comes the dinner break and ive made my sole target.....to not get knocked out before it and we head off to the local entertainment complex where i destroy my mate at crazy golf and have my customary burger and fries returning 10 mins early to collect my gold medal from the Newcastle Regional that i won!
After the lunch break i get moved tables and am sat on the same table as the eventual winner Tim Magnus , and a previous APAT nationals winner Daniel Phillips and again i get no cards and no luck.Its now 11.10pm, ive been playing poker for 9 hours and im tired, ive only got 17k left and i finally get a hand good enough for a small raise, its A10o so with blinds of 1k/2k and 3 mins before they go up, i decide to lead out UTG with a 6k bet, 3 folds and then an 18k bet......i decide that with 4 or 5 big blinds left i cannot really put it down so i call and await the outcome.He turns over KK and with only a single 10 on the flop im doomed, ive had a great time but its just not meant to be! i finally finished in 49th and in the top 25% so im happy!Ive been very negative about previous issues etc with APAT and if Des happens to read this, i'd just like to say thanks very much for all the hard work you guys do, it cant be easy and i'd like to congratulate you on another great event and i'd encourage anyone who has considered playing live poker for the 1st time, to get yourself along to one of the regional tournaments so you can learn the game and possibly qualify for a bigger game like this!
Poker Kings Super League games 1 and 2
I entered late and missed the 1st two games of the month but have made up for it with 2 final table finishes, 2nd and 7th giving me 50 points so far
Poker Kings Super League
Below is the information on the Pokerkings Super League on the Boss Media network, its 29 games of €3.30 but with a €1000 added for top 10 at the end its not a bad league, full of german players.
CASINO CLUB Poker is pleased to introduce its first online Poker League. The tournaments of the Poker League are held daily at 7:00 p.m. GMT (8:00 p.m. CET) at CASINO CLUB Poker. You can view the daily ranking of players here on our website. The buy-in for each tournament is only €3 + €0.30. At the end of each month, we award an additional €1,000! Every registered member of CASINO CLUB Poker can participate.
The top 10 players of the daily Poker League tournaments collect tournament points according to our point distribution scheme:
The Poker League top 20 ranking is updated after each tournament so you can view your competitors’ positions and where you stand at all times! At the end of each month, the top 10 players win prize money according to the table below:
1st place 50 points
2nd place 40 points
3rd place 30 points
4th place 20 points
5th place 15 points
6th place 12 points
7th place 10 points
8th place 9 points
9th place 8 points
10th place 7 points
1st place €500
2nd place €250
3rd place €100
4th place €60
5th place €30
6th place €20
7th place €15
8th place €12
9th place €8
10th place €5
CASINO CLUB Poker is pleased to introduce its first online Poker League. The tournaments of the Poker League are held daily at 7:00 p.m. GMT (8:00 p.m. CET) at CASINO CLUB Poker. You can view the daily ranking of players here on our website. The buy-in for each tournament is only €3 + €0.30. At the end of each month, we award an additional €1,000! Every registered member of CASINO CLUB Poker can participate.
The top 10 players of the daily Poker League tournaments collect tournament points according to our point distribution scheme:
The Poker League top 20 ranking is updated after each tournament so you can view your competitors’ positions and where you stand at all times! At the end of each month, the top 10 players win prize money according to the table below:
1st place 50 points
2nd place 40 points
3rd place 30 points
4th place 20 points
5th place 15 points
6th place 12 points
7th place 10 points
8th place 9 points
9th place 8 points
10th place 7 points
1st place €500
2nd place €250
3rd place €100
4th place €60
5th place €30
6th place €20
7th place €15
8th place €12
9th place €8
10th place €5
Blue Square 30man Turbo's
Finished 3rd tonight after my KK ran into AA in final 3 and i was 2nd in chips......destroyed me and left just over $18 up....gutting really
Walsall GUKPT Sats
won a seat at the $22 rebuy, where i finished 8th, gutted, top 5 got seats to walsall GUKPT....next time baby!
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