Oct 3rd - £100+£10 NL Hold'Em (Western)

20th out of 62 runners in tonights £100 NL event at the Western. No great shakes about the way I played although calling a 5k all-in bet from across the table with Jh-9h perhaps showed more of my mental state than anything else (I lost the hand)!

Once again though all had started out quite merrily. To my immediate right sat Simon (Clint) Eastwood. I've known him from the early days at the casino I'd play in at Reading when a £10 rebuy was a big comp! Luckily for me he was more interested in the cash game that was going on across the other side of the room as he dumped his starting tank to me with A-J versus my 10-10.

At the end of level 1 then I had 12k in chips.

Between hands at the Western I was also attempting to play in the HM league over at Full Tilt! Luckily for me the Western Club has a bank of pc's which allow for Internet play on Full Tilt software so I was darting backwards & forwards between the 'live' & 'online' play. I ended up in 29th spot on the HM event!

At the end of level 2 I still have circa 11k in chips and with 30 left I STILL have circa 11k in chips!

So we're down to three tables and the fun starts.

I LOSE 5600 when my Jh-9h fails to overcome A-10, double through when my Qj-Jh beats up As-Ks on a flop of A-K-Q-4-10 then lose the lot!

Holding 10-9, in the BB, its me versus the SB. The flop is 7h-8c-Qh. SB bets 600, I shove it all-in and he calls with 8h-5h. So any non-heart 7, non-heart 9, non-heart 10 or non-heart Jack and I win. Turn is the Ac, River the 4d. Booooooooo!

I'm out in 20th. Next stop the Gutshot!!

Entries ->62 - Place -> 20th - Loss -> £110 ($204) Profit/Loss for 2006 -> +$13506

(As from 7th August rate of exchange is calculated at £1 = $1.85)