Saturday Snooker
Saturday night at my regular snooker club saw eight hopefuls, including me, wanting to prove themselves against the six times World Champion Steve Davis. However, it was proven that you don"t become a multi-champion by being average and even in your later years you don"t completely lose "it". Like any great sportsman, Steve made his chosen sport look easy, the most outstanding thing for me was his super smooth cueing action.
Steve "interesting" Davis was portrayed as a boring snooker player in the 80"s because he was always winning. In my eyes he was the first true proffesional of the sport, in fact, Steve is a profesional in every way. When he plays a tournament he plays to win. When he arrives at a club to entertain thats exactly what he does.
Anyway, back to the night in question. He won every game.....
Unfortunately for myself and the two other members of the clubs "A" team, Steve had decided to pick on us!
He had a 92 break against me making comments like "By the time I"ve finished with you you"ll be in the "B" Team"
He had a 117 break whilst bragging that "I don"t normally make centuries against "A" Team players but...."
Our third player got away lightly because he only made a 56 break against him (he was going for a maximum though).
A very enjoyable night.
Sunday Poker
Sunday afternoon was our first North Norfolk Deepstack Championship of the year and saw 34 eager players all hoping to win a nice sum of money and maybe even a free entry into the 2012 Goliath event in Coventry.
Everyone started with a stack of 50,000 chips and a Bounty Token, blinds were scheduled to raise every 25 minutes, all for £35 (including buffet).
The player who wins the most Bounty Tokens was guaranteed a seat into the Goliath.
I decided to play quite loose early on, hoping that when I did tighten up later my opponents would still perceive me as being loose! In the first level I had lost 1K. By the end of level 2 I had only won three hands: I flopped a straight and made two bluffs that got through!
Just before the dinner break I managed to recoup all the chips I lost when I made a difficult, but correct, call with a set of A against a possible flush hand. He was trying to bluff me! I had 52K at the break.
After the break I had a little run good when my bluff with 72 gave me two pair on the river. Then I flopped a set and got paid. My stack had increased to 72K.
Shortly after I gained my first Bounty Token when my BB hand of T7 was limped round to me and I hit two pair. I called an all-in shove. He showed AT.
One big hand I managed to get away from was when I got dealt pocket 10"s. I raised, got an instant call, then a re-raise! I called the re-raise and the next player also called after deliberating re-re-raising! I didn"t hit the flop and easily folded. I had decided that i was up against AK and AA. I was close, it was AK v QQ. An A came on the flop, a Q came on the river!
When the blinds reached 1K/2K I had amassed 98K with the help of JJ v KQ and floping a third J. Gained another bounty token.
I was dealt KJ three times in a row, played all three and won all three! This got me upto 120K with blinds at 1.5K/3K.
By the time we reached 2K/4K blinds there were 17 players left and i had managed to lose a few chips. Down to 78K.
Fortunately it didn"t take long before I hit my third flopped set of the day to increase to 130K and gain another bounty token.
Eventually I reached the final table and watched a couple of people fall but eventually went out in 6th. I shoved my 225K when the blinds were 10K/20K and sitting with AJ on the dealer button on an un-entered pot. Unfortunately the SB woke up with KK.
I was happy with my days play, really enjoyed myself and also managed to pick up a small pofit!
