WSOP Malta Mini Main Event
“Pandas roam on the flat plains of the Mini Main” First tournament report from Malta – the mini main event. 300 euro buy in. 30k stack with 30 minute blinds. The first observation (and this applies to all Malta WSOP…
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Oh My God We're Back Again
“OH MY GOD WE’RE BACK AGAIN” thundered out AJ McLean in Las Vegas 2018, without quite the same gusto as the mid 90s. AJ looked first to his left and noticed Backstreet 2 having completely let himself go and was…
WSOP League - Week 5
More misery for me at the WSOP League. Hand 1 I raise to 300 with QQ UTG. Get 4 customers. Flop is J3J rainbow. Checked around Turn is a 5, bringing 2 diamonds on the board. I bet 500, called…
WSOP League - Week 4
Long time in posting this, but thought I’d keep up to date on the WSOP league from a few weeks ago. I should be posting far more regularly on the blog soon, as potentially I will have some time off…
WSOP League Week 3
Still can't get much going in our league, and sit in lower mid table after 3 fixtures. In truth I don't feel like writing much, but want to keep the blog going to I can dive back in when inspired…
WSOP League Week 2
Nothing happening for me so far in this, but early days I guess. Played tight first 3 levels and chipped down to 4.5k from my 6k start without seeing a hand. Ramped up the aggression after the break to get…
WSOP league - Week 1
Our WSOP league for 2011 kicked off on Thursday, with 12 runners making it, out of a 28 strong player pool. Given the summer fixtures are likely to be hit by players away on holiday I think this was decent…
Vegas Day 5 - WSOP $1500
Another bad day at the office unfortunately, and a bustout half way through level 3\. "Refreshed", after an all night drinking/poker session with the Baron and the Nit where I at least posted a decent cash win, I headed for…
Vegas Day 2 - WSOP $1500
I really felt stuck in the mud in this tournament - nothing got going and I busted shortly before the end of level 3. The table was as as you would expect at the WSOP - about 4 young internet…
Vegas Day 2 - Cash Game Woe
After my early WSOP bustout, I went to join the guys at the MGM playing a cash game. The Nit wanted to be on his own table (and sure enough ground out $150 but me, Devski and The Baron located…
Vegas Schedule
Nearly that time of the year again, so I have put together a provisional schedule of the tournaments I will be playing in Vegas. In addition to the below, I've got a $1500 cash game budget, plus $600 set aside…
2009 Preview
I had intended 2009 to be a real make or break year on the poker front, in that I'd play in a number of EPT and WPT events as well as the WSOPE and WSOP Main Events. However, the fragile…
GSOP Main Event - Split Personality Poker - Part 1
Saturday saw me compete in the £500 Gutshot Series Of Poker Main Event in Clerkenwell. The structure was superb - 20k starting stack with 90 minute blinds. The only real downside was that with only 90 runners, many people would…
Quarterly Review
I was bitten by a donkey on Sunday. This being a poker blog, I imagine you think I am talking about a poker analogy, but no, I was actually bitten by a real donkey. I was at a donkey sanctuary…
No WSOP Main Event
I missed out on the WSOP freeroll final, placing 10th in the end (only one seat up for grabs). I guess this is pretty below par considering I set off fifth in chips, but I was playing pretty aggressively with…
Vegas Day 5 - $5k WSOP NLHE
Quick update - will blog all the hands tomorrow. I made it through to day 2 of the event with just under 40k in chips (starting stack 10k). The average is about 60k, so I'm behind the pack, but still…
Vegas Day 5 - $5k WSOP Day 1
Made it through to day 2 with 39k in chips, average is 59k. 120 players left, 72 get paid so I lot of work to do early tomorrow. Starting table was tough - 3 young internet pros including Steve Billirakis.…
Final Vegas Schedule
I've tinkered with my WSOP schedule endlessly over the last few weeks, but I think I've now hit on the final line up. I've decided I'm not going to play the 5k event unless early results are good, because my…
My Nightmare WSOP 6-Pack
Disclaimer: All comments in this article are of the blog writer's sole opinion and it is left to the reader to form their own views on whether they are justified. ;) I've played and watched a lot of poker over…
Provisional Vegas Schedule
Vegas looks like it's going to be brilliant this year. I'd love to be able to stay for the full 6 weeks of WSOP, but will have to make do with 10 days. All the other casinos seem to have…
Quarterly Review
Well, I guess to keep on top of your game you need to consistently evaluate how you've done, and set yourself goals for the future, so I thought this would be a good point to review progress. The Labour government…
The Hand of Apology
Sebastian Grosjean looks vexed. It's the Monte Carlo Masters 2006 and he's serving at 4-5 in the deciding set, and is match point down. He has already saved 3 crucial match points and has fought gamely to stay in this…
Dublin Warm Up
Not long till the Dublin trip now, so I've put together a schedule to get as much live tournament practice as possible before then: Monday 3rd: Gutshot £100 (40 runners) Tuesday 4th: BetterPoker £50 @ Loose Cannon (60 runners) Wednesday…
How Many Real "Pros" Are There?
How big a bankroll do you need to go pro? A huge amount in my opinion. I think there are lots of young guys who set themselves up as professionals with bankrolls that are about 10% of the size required.…
The ‘Real’ World Poker Tour
The WPT is not the World Poker Tour. The Americans just got in there first, splattered some events round the states that would allow them to gamble, dumped one in France, strapped Mike Sexton in a chair smiling, and there…
Discussion Hand 2 - "Multi-Million Dollar Laydown" Arieh v Murphy 2004
Background We have 16 players remaining in the WSOP 2004 Main Event. On the feature table John Murphy is about to put Josh Arieh to a huge decision. Arieh, by this stage, had already forged a successful poker career, including…
Memories - 2007 WSOP Event 47 - $2000 NLHE
I shut the blog down half way through last year, so I thought I'd blog 2 major events I played in the second half of the year now that I am restarting in 2008. I went into the WSOP event…
2008 off and running
Blog is back folks. 2008 should be a promising year as a few of my non poker related issues should be resolved in the next month. My poker year will pretty much run from March 2008 to February 2009, as…