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Matthew on 05.31.06 @ 10:25 PM GMT [link]

Can I do Better than 4th this time??

For those who are new to the blog I finished 4th in this event back in November and won myself a 24" Dell Monitor plus some good exposure for the blog. here: is the link to that post in the archives.

Matthew on 05.25.06 @ 06:41 PM GMT [link]

World Cup Fantasy Football!!!!

My first O/t Post

I've created a Fantasy Football league on the metro site. To join my private league enter code: 72379-12354.

I need to think up a prize...
Matthew on 05.23.06 @ 04:42 PM GMT [link]

If your going out go out in style

That's exactly what i did. The cincin's £20 rebuy in the freezeout stage with 5k in chips and blinds of 200 -400. Mr English Businessman (EB) for short has raised every orbit. It's pretty obvious he is raising light. I'm on the BB with Aces. EB has me covered and raises once more to 1400. I reraise to 3k total leaving 2k behind... pretty obvious i'm commited. He calls.

Flop KKK

I'm allin. He calls. Kd7d for EB no miracle runner runner out draw. A few good sportsmanship points by EB: It wasn't an insta call (he decided he was going to count his chips out first), He turned over the 7 first... then said if i'd went allin preflop he wouldnt have called. Way to notice my stack MEB.

Anyway I've made two final tables since my last post stars $50 nl and Bluesq $50nl I finished like 8th and 9th respectively for a small gain.

Bought a new PC this week also which is sweet as a nut.

Again no content this week and i apologize i'll have to think of some stuff...
Matthew on 05.17.06 @ 10:34 AM GMT [link]

3 Final Tables and an ITH blackpool Trip Report

It has been a great week.. and since my last post I've cashed and made 3 final tables ($20 180 man sng 9/180, $25 freezeout 5/140 and $100 Live Freezeout 5/88). Feeling good things about my game again and am not wanting to let it slip.

As most of you who read ITH or the blog here you will know that this weekend was the ITH UK meetup in Blackpool which started off with me heading down to York to meetup with [b]PaulNico[/b] and us taking in the monthly £50 freezeout at Gala Leeds.

There were 77 runners or 88 i forget and I had paul sitting at my table from the start.. 10k chips and a 30 min clock shows this is a popular event which always sells out.

Early doors i play my usual steady game not getting involved in big pots and grinding up to 14k. I then lost half my stack QJ v Q10 on a Q10x flop :| then it was rollercoasters time up / down / up / down set of 3's over set of 2's against nico.. lol

When it got down to 2 tables worth we were split up both going in as short stacks. Poor bubble play from others and a lucky coinflip break AQ v 99 and I was going onto the final table 2nd in chips with Paul going in 1st 166k and 170k respectively. Nothing was safe though and i unfortunately went out in 5th. Paul on the other hand chopped first and having shares in each other we were both now freerolling the weekend.

Saturday Morning we drove through to blackpool (shattered after 4 hrs sleep) and got to the hotel meeting up with [b]Chevin[/b] (Andy) remembered mostly for his $60k cash in the stars sunday tournie last year. We then started drinking and didn't stop til some time in the morning taking in many of blackpools top class pubs and clubs including a substandard lesbian show at the titty bar. I'd post a drinking trip report but I don't remember too much of great importance or hilarity that would impress any of you. It was just drinking..

Sunday I was in no state to do much and drank coke all day and played a little bit of pool.. I was rough.

Met up with Ikeee (also Paul) who had driven up from Cambridge for the tournie Maccy D's for dinner and it was off to the casino.

The place was packed and the cardroom was real real nice, looking at it on the ground floor it took up roughly half of the floor space.. Compare this with Gala Leeds where we cramped in like sardines and you can see why it is so highly praised.

A sellout 140 runners and I was to be in seat 3 table 6 for my 2nd ever UK festival event (the first being the Maybury £1,000 where i didn't last long at all). I played very disciplined poker where I was getting bullied left right and centre sadly I didn't have the cards to fight back until after top up.

Doubled up to 8kish with KQs , was let to make a flush in a raised pot preflop with J10s for another decent pot and then KK v AK and AA v 44 allin preflop and I was laughing with a 30k ish stack. Got moved tables and could't find a hand to play until Ikee raised my Big blind 3k more with blinds of 600-1200. He had another decent stack of like 21k and looking down at pocket eights I wanted it there and then (5,600 chips) didn't think he was very strong at all and shoved. He called with As9s and rivered a flush he then went on to bust me with AQ v 55 an orbit or so later. He then played a decent game not out of line what so ever and ended up making a deal 4 handed then losing sickly to the luckbox winner with 1010 v A10 while they were playing for the trophy.

Again the ITH crew had a little share in one another so i went home up for what was a great weekend. To all those UK ITH'ers that didn't go for whatever reason you missed out big time.
Matthew on 05.09.06 @ 11:50 AM GMT [link]

Mad Marty Weekend £150 Freezeout Trip Report

55 runners started the event on Saturday at the Cincinnati club in Glasgow creating a prizepool of £8,250 which would be split among the final ten that made the final table to be played the following day. The 6pm tournament started some time after 7pm with blinds of 50-100, 30 min blinds and a T10,000 starting stack there certainly was some room to play.

I really didn't have any memorable hands and just played small ball to take me up to about T14,000 when this hand happened:

Stacks:
Hero:14k
Villain 7800

Blinds 200-400

Villain raises to 1200 from MP1 (background: villain looks out his depth and wears tells round his neck, easy to read)

I look down at Jack of Diamonds 10 of Diamonds in MP3 and call, the rest get out of the way.

Flop comes

2 of Hearts 10 of Hearts 4 of Clubs

Villain stares at the flop looks puzzled then counts out his chips.. he has 6600 left and bets 2000. He didn't enjoy betting and hasn't looked at my stack.

I reraise to set him allin.

He thinks for aggggggggggggggggeeeeeees then calls with 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds.

Do I have to tell the rest of the story really do i?

Turn 9s

River BLANKO

Thats my bad beat allowance for May used up on the blog I promise. So I nursed that stack worked it back up to about 10/11k when this hand came up.. I hadn't posted the results but I folded (obv) Reraiser had pocket Kings, Dave had K10o and I'd have spiked a 5 on the river...

Then my downfall the blinds went up again and this hand sent me back along the M8 when Villain had A10o and neither of us got any help.

I don't think villain calls that if I hadn't pushed the two hands previous but I might be wrong. Was good to put some names to faces and sit at the table with a lot of the blonde posters who I'd kinda spoke to in the past but hadn't played any poker with ie Scottish Dave, Teacake, Rod Paradise, the Machine? (was drunk and talked about pocketfives). I was dissapointed with the result of the tournament but not at all with my play.

Next post will be a trip report from Blackpool's £100 D/C freezeout.

On a sad note my laptop has gone to laptop heaven. We had a lot of good times and it had toured the world with me including my poker playing exploits in Las Vegas and the Bahamas once I find out that my job is safe i'll have to splurge on a new one meh.
Matthew on 05.01.06 @ 12:47 PM GMT [link]