8:00pm - THE WEEKEND.................

Hi all, Well today is gloomy Monday and I have been very lazy and just woke up lol :-), really needed a good sleep, which I had, so feel very refreshed.

I played on Saturday on mansion for a while, loaded up some sit and go's, and was doing fairly well in the 10 handed ones but couldn't get a deep run in any mtt, which ended up costing me a loss of $200 ....

I decided to pop up to the Big Slick for there £50 f/o with a 3k gtd, which was very good, they managed to get 100 runners, with ppl waiting on the list to play, the atmosphere was great..

I played quite well, I passed 2 pair on the river to a guy , the flop - J94, I'm in the sb, I bet the flop, he calls, the turn is Ace, I bet again he calls, the river is a King, I check he bets 1500, I decide I cant beat much here, so I fold my J4..... Then a very interesting hand occurred, I am in the BB with KK, the cut off limps for 200, the button limps, and I make it 700 on top, they both call and the flop comes 6 K 6 , all checked round, turn is a 6, all checked again, river the beautiful king, I bet 2k, the cut off raises to 6k, button folds and i go all in he instant calls and slams over 67 off, I roll over my KK and he cant believe it, it was quite a feeling :-)

I make a really bad mistake half way through when I call an all in for 7k with 3 over cards, and he has re shoved with middle pair, after announcing that he misread his hand ...... and after that I lose a few chips hear and there, then I make a off read when I check raise someone on the turn with a flush draw, he happens to have top pair, but I get lucky and hit my ace on river...., by about 1am there are 30 left, and I am in the SB with A3 dd, comes round to the SB, who limps, I decide to raise, try and pick up whats in there, however, he decides to slam it all in!!.... I think for a bit, and just feel he is not strong, so I decide to call he has A5 off suit, however the flop comes 356, and I am heading out the door, gg me...... It all comes down to them marginal situations again,,, I can quite easily build up chips, and I know I don't need to make these marginal/bad calls, in order to win a comp, next time......

Sunday arrives, and I decide to play the £100 f/o with a £50 add on at a club in Hampshire - The Sovereign, it has a 6k gtd, and a 30 minute clock and it started at 2pm, so I head off there.

I arrive and get the add on straight away, so have 20k starting stack, I cant get anything going in the 1st 3 levels, it was very painful, every raise was getting re raised and every pair was getting outdrawn, so I was happy when the break came... I came back to an 11k stack, I knew I didn't have to panic because of the clock.... so I make a couple of raises and have about 12.5k at the time of this hand..... blinds are 100/200 25 ante, 4 limper's, and the cut off makes it 1300, I am on the button with 84 clubs, I feel that it is a steal, so I decide to make it 4100 straight, all the limper's fold, and it gets to him who shows face up 75 off, I show my hand and we all laugh.......

I gradually build my stack to about 21k, and then call an all in for 7500 with 33 vs A8 and flop a set, which is nice, at this point I feel the tide turning and I feel very very focused, later on I hold 10 10, I raise, the button re raises to 7k, I cant flat call here, I decide I am either folding or going all in,,,, so I decide on the latter, he calls with AK,,, a classic race, which comes Ace high,,, BUT..... the river was kind and I binked a 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now I feel great,,,however it doesn't take long for me to dump off 35k with 65 dd missing my straight draw and value betting (lol) on the end, and getting only "called" by quads, mbn :-)

I then have 63 hearts, the cut off +1 limps for 800, I make it 2400 on the button, he calls, flop K10Q, 2 diamonds, he checks I bet 4800, he calls, the turn is a King of diamonds, he checks I bet 9100, he folds....

much later blinds are 2/4k I hold 77, I make it 11k, the button raises to 26k straight, I move all in and he dwells up and passes, and after about an hour of small chip building I make the final table :-)

I have about 90k and top 6 get paid, so we decide to do a deal with all 9 getting paid.....

I don't get too involved, however I am not on the table long,,, ..... UTG limps for 6k....fold to me in the cutoff, and I limp with K6 clubs,,, the button limps and the BB checks, the flop comes :
Q109, 2 clubs...... the UTG bets 24k, I think about it, and I decide to push all in, the button calls (hes short with about 15k), and the bb folds, UTG dwells up for a long time, and makes the call with KK, turn and river brings 3, 3, of which none are clubs and I exit in a dismal 9th place..

This hand in many ppls eyes should never have been played, I agree..... however I like to take lots of flops, and when I hit a flop like that, I am not too disheartened to get my money in, If I hit, I am prob certain that I will make top 3 , which is 1k+, however the downside to it, is that I had played a great game up to that point, just picking away at ppl, so felt that again it comes down to the fact , I don't think I need to be putting my chips in, with a hand like that, on a draw.... sigh..gg

I get £150 for my efforts,,,, it was a great day, and I watch the FT pan out..... well done to Matt, who chopped it, he played well and overall I enjoyed the day out....

I head bck home about 3am, and decide to have a little go on poker stars, I play a little cash and win about 80$.....and about 10 stts, I get knocked out everyone until the last 12$ 180 man, which I happily win, so all in all the day did not seem too bad!! lololol

Anyway, I am off now to grab a bite to eat, will be playing a bit later, and can hopefully win a mtt online, its been sooooooooooooooooo longggggggggggggg..!!


Also like to say a massive congratulations to Mr Neil Channing for scooping 2ND place in the GUKPT main event in London this weekend, well deserved and well played :-)

Take care and thanks for reading

gl


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