Fought through the bank holiday traffic and finally back home in Leeds after collecting the kids from Scotland.
Gutted that I couldn"t stay in Newcastle for the weekend but have some fantastic memories from the team event on Thursday/Friday.
Some of the highlights:
Premature celebrationThe first SnG"s were going well for Scotland "A" and it was only me left HU with Waz. I get it all in with A9 v J6 and with no help for England on the board my teammates congratulate me on the win. I then hear the words "he"s got change". Both Warren and I thought I started the hand with most chips but we sit back down. I have 15150 he has 850. All-in blind, he wins. The next few minutes are a bit of a blur but Warren won the next 2 also so and if he wins one more its going to be 9k v 7k. I had a King, he had a Queen and my heart sank when I see the Queen on the turn, what I didn"t see was i had made my flush - thank feck for that!! Hand shake number 2 and a good laugh all round.
SnGOK, this wasn"t a Tighty run SnG and I regretted sitting at it about 20 seconds in. We agreed 15 minutes blinds, a starting stack and a buy-in (£5). No-one however mentioned what the game was. So an irritating man started dealing Omaha - epic fail and the cards are pulled back in. Ger snr then tries dealing Omaha - epic fail and we agree to play NLHE just to make it easier!
After the volume increased a notch or two and the poker decreased I decided to bail out and start pushing all-in. Ger jnr was dealing by this point. Ger snr was on my right and shoved the remainder of his stack. I look down at 53o but stick to my decision to bail and also shove all-in. Grant on my left is getting a headache thanks to irritating man so also shoves. Then the fun starts - first of all I tell Ger he is ahead - we argue this point for some time and eventually agree a £5 side bet on who has the worst hand. I can"t repeat Gers words on a public forum as he turned over 84s and handed over £5
Then Ger jnr deals the board and tries to work out who has won what. Grant won the hand and Gers 8 beat my 5 but Ger jnr pointed out that I started the hand with more chips. So after getting a ruling from the TD (Ger jnr!) Ger snr was out and I had change - lol. Well all I could hear for the next hour was cries of "my own fecking flesh and blood ffs!"
Tighty"s Tag Team SnG (TTTSNG)I tried to persuade MrsSirP to play this as being female does give you a significant advantage in a Tighty SnG. However she was understandably nervous and in actual fact had gotten so frustrated at the other SnG that she was currently dealing it to a finish
So I team up with Mary Martin and take my seat. Now I"m not going to even attempt to explain the rules of a TTTSNG but we somehow won the first hand by throwing away trip jacks and playing 72o.
I then see our huge chip lead bleeding away as Mary is penalised for "Over enthusiastic Scottish squealing"
It was all made better by seeing Andy Overton complain about only being allowed 5 seconds to make a decision. Andy, if you are taking more than 2 seconds to make a decision in a Tighty SnG then you are over analysing the game - lol
anyway, thanks to all for a great few days, my fellow teammates Ian, Grant and Chris, my fellow Scots Grant, Louis, Mary and Shug, to all the other teams, to those that arrived early for the weekend and joined us, and of course most of all to Tighty, Leigh, James and Paulie and the staff at Aspers. Cheers all - see you next time!
