End of day 1:
63,200 vs 98,400 Average 1500/3000 (400) 81 left ... 72 paid ...
Lost a 110k pot late on in the blinds ... UTG short stack shoves ... SB mid stack tanks and flats ... I have AJ ... I decide to flat ... hoping that the SB has a smaller Ace ... no ace on the flop ... so check check ... Ace on the turn ... he fires out at me ... and I insta call ... vs trip
... mmm ...
All the money is always going in regardless of how it get there ... it is just an added value race ...
Before that an epic day ... I corrected folded JJ vs QQ (shown) which was very pleasing ... I then doubled up AK button into the flat calling BB A9 ... Axx ...
Lost momentum on another blinds special 69s turn the straight ... but versus 69s which has made the flush ... lost the min there ... and generally skimming above average until card dead for about 2.5 hours ... then getting chopped by a small stack race TT vs AJ (with another AJ folded!)
I then tried a river steal - which got called down by bottom pair ... hero call maybe ... but he then donked off the rest of his chips to others ... so as we approach midnight I am the micro stack ... but the UTG AJ shove is called by 88 and the J on the river has me in play ... still way below average ... but a great time for a table move and a card rush with JJ and QQ re-raise with the same opponent ... AA just about fully paid by AQs ... and the next hand sadly my back to back AA seeing no action ...
Then the AJ vs 88 special and left need to get busy with the hilarious prospect of finishing outside the money having required a £45 taxi home ...
Lots of good players and famous names but very little exceptional poker going on ... I should give Gareth Cash a mention ... with his 56s three bulleted attack on my AQ ... but the final bullet he had the flush ... and I paid a little to see it!
Game on tomorrow .. midday kick off ...
L