Friday: Cash Championships
Great starting table, for banter purposes, however terrible seat draw that sees Chris Webber a few to my left, as well as some young kiddy that ran super golden. The banter was brilliant, and the table got to see me use my endless charms on the dealer after really upsetting her by answering the following Q very badly.....she asks "how old do you think i am" based on the only info:
1 - She has 2 kids
2 - Has been married and seperated.
Now i know this is Cardiff, but i thought id air on the devilish side and annouced "31"....she was not happy....also is "26" Oooops!!! Luckily i managed to put on a clinic to turn it back in my favour.
As for the poker i just never really got going, so just decided id entertain the table as best i can. The guy that ran like God was renamed Avril Lavinge, due to his attire and i think i upset Adam Sharples a bit after laughin at this High Five/Fist Pump/I have Aces celebration when Glenn Laming 5bet jams into him. Utterley hilarious.....tbf he took a bit of a verbal battering for it (and for being a short stack slug!! - Not my words!) but think he knows its all in jest....if he didnt then he played the perfect trump card to dent my FT chances.
With 30 mins of Phase 1 left, i am miles behind and realise i need to win about £100 to qualify so play literally every pot trying to win a big one. I peak at £240 with 10 mins to go, but as Adam has £150 still to reload and over £150 in front i need to get busy. This costs me a lot of money, and i end up giving up on a 2K3J6 board with T2 in the last hand vs Matty Dent and admit defeat. I actually thought i was infront and if i had called i woulda made the FT standings but decide to give it up. He shows a bluff. Yay....
Chip counts start and im pretty sure i am nowhere to be found, however it seems im close....wow
Adam then decides that he isnt gonna play the FT, so i creep up a spot....but then its announced... i am in 9th place, 75p behind 8th!!! FML!! Gutted didnt cut it, but it opens up the question to diff tactics that can be made. If i know Adam is hit and running, then i lock up once i reach £240 as i know its prob enough.
Obv i thought i needed more so had to splash, and it cost me £60 and a place at the FT, but someone could use that as a tactic to generate action on the table.
Pair that with the 9th at Notts in the cash tourny, with the old dodgy rule, im quite glad i cant play it at the UKICOAPs as it clashes with Team Game.
Dwayne and Chris finish 1 + 2 (Chris" 3rd 2nd in a row in the APAT Cash Champs) for £1144 and £469. Team Gotham on a roll!!!
Saturday: Main Event
This is the easiest part of the report for me and it goes like this.
Dealt Monster - Lose
Dealt Monster - Lose
3bet into KK
Dealt Premium - get outplayed.
Rinse and repeat.
Had a tough table draw that included: Curly, Rudders, Liam Crawford, Mark Porter, Tony Johnson and Adam Sharples. Te be honest, the whole table got owned by Tony for the most part, as he played some outstanding poker. I was out pretty quickly and waited the cash tables.......
Dwayne decided to run like a hero at cash, taking another £1k off the table that night, whilst i just cruise until the early hrs when the game gets juicy and i run pretty well. I should bust to Chris, when i get AJ in on Jxx vs his QQ, but i hit the miracle river to double and from there it gets better and better. Finish £600 up, but ready for bed at 5am.
Sunday - PLO
As PLO is definatly my worst game, i just decided to have lots of fun and banter again, that included nicknaming Liam Crawford "LegoHead" and winding up the locals.
Somehow i managed to FT another Omaha FT (3/3 now) and i dont think anyone was buying my " i have no clue" speech as i went in 2/10.
Somehow, and im still not too sure how, i finished 9th and ironically the same dealer at the PLO Ft was the one that crushed me in the Main. She even apologised to me, which was deffo a first!!
I managed to get
in vs
on
for a 45k pot (ave 30k) only to see the
dash my dreams on the river.
This left me crippled and i managed to chip back up until Dai crushed me in a huge pot (90k ish / ave 33k) when i 3bet jam
on
, only to be called by Dai and his
Thankfully i have blockers to clubs, but only i can see
followed by
to bust me....pretty sick (granted only 70/30 at best) just annoying now that i have played both PLO at Coventry and Cardiff, entered FT as 2nd in chips, and not cashed in either without making any huge mistakes. Hey ho, still learning i guess!! Well done to Dylan for winning it.......he started to win some pots after i got moved from his table!! Cracking bloke.
Chris also had his 2nd deep run in successive mains, finishing 13th for £130 this time. This guy will win something decent soon, thats back to back day
....as well as back to back to back 2nds in Cash Champs....sicko.
Obv this is overshadowed by some Welsh guy winning back to back MEs....i mean, we already have Carl....sigh!!
Only joking, fair play Warren.
TG Running Total for Season 7:
Previous - £6095
Cardiff:
Cash Champs - £1949
Main - £130
Total:
£8174 (Target £10k)
Suppose have to finish that off in Notts
