Oct 7th - €50+€10 NL Hold'Em - Fitzwilliam (Dublin)

All the talk down the Fitz at the moment is about qualifying for the EPT event (€4000 buy-in) which takes place at the Merrion Casino, just around the corner later this month. This event has been on the agenda for the best part of 9 months so it must have come as a bit of a shock to the organisors to find that their preferred venue for this event (big hotel on Dublins West Side) was 'double booked' and so this particular EPT event will now be held in the confines of a few large bedrooms in Dublin city centre.

For those of you having been to the Merrion you'll know its a 3 story Edwardian building built early in the 1900's. Of course around that time these were purpose built town houses which, as time moved on, got sold and the majority are now offices. Space is at somwhat a premium and I'm told that out of the 150 places available for this event almost 30% has been reserved for 'on-line' poker room winners. A sell out is assured!!

Meanwhile back at the grass roots level of the game tonights €50 NL event was somewhat of a washout for me personally. Again I finished around mid point but was more lucky than skilled in doing so.

When the push came to shove my Ad 10d was no match for somebody elses A-Q and my poor attempt to double through with the 6h-3h fell flat on its arse!

74 Entries - 38th - Loss $132 (€110) - Acc. Total - +$2600