Well not much poker in the last 3 months due to starting a new job, gall stones & Tax season (working most of Dec/Jan). After finishing work at 6.30pm on 31st Jan I got straight in my car and drove to DTD for the annual APAT team event.
I arrived at DTD around 9.30pm (after stopping to check in to Travelodge).
I had never intended to play the £50 bounty event, so I regged at the poker desk for £1/£1 cash. Took around an hour for them to open a table but eventually got seat 4 on a new table and sat with £100 (max is £150). They do not allow straddles on £1/£1.
Lost a couple of small pots and on bigger pot with AQ v AK on an A high board and dropped to £65. I picked up
and raised to £6. Seat 6 (button/geordie) raises to £18. It folds back to me. He has 3-bet before with AQ so I flat and see a flop
. Happy days. I check and wait for the c-bet. He checks behind. Turn is
. Again check/check. River is
, I need to get some value so fire out £20. He instantly shove for more than I have and I call and he sighs and shows
wtf! He is left with just over £20. Very next hand I pick up
, I limp as I think seat 6 might shove. He doesn't he limps and with 7 limpers round to BB, seat one makes it £13. He has done this twice before and everyone folded. I make it £33 to go and it folds back to BB who makes the call. Flop
- check check - turn
- again check check. River
- he checks a third time and I slide out £50 - AQ he asks? I'll have to pay you off and calls and shows AK. If he'd bet flop I would probably have folded. I'm guessing he wanted to check-raise flop.
I played until around 1pm & got up with £270 for a £170 profit.
Saturday is the team event and although I hung around for most of the day, busting just before the final level, it was not to be Blonde's weekend. Steve & I busted around the same time to leave only Curtis going through to Sunday. It was around 11pm so was thinking of going back to get some much needed sleep, but Steve twisted my arm with those immortal words - they are opening another table soon! We both sit down with £150. I win a couple of small pots. I pick up
(loving the hooks this weekend). I make it £6 and guy on my left nonchalantly throws out £20. folds round to me and I call. flop is
- I fire out £20 and guy shows for £80 and I call and flip over the Jacks. The board is clean and he shows me AA before mucking. I starting hitting everything and grow my stack to £550. close to 1am and thinking of cashing out when I pick up
, I raise to £7 and guy from Midland Poker shoves for around £70. Folds back to me. I don't think it is a monster pair so after a bit of deliberation I call and he shows AQ. He hits his Q. A couple of hands later I get up and cash out for £480. Steve told me the table broke up after I left.
Sunday - I wish Curtis good luck and get my name down for £1/£1. I sit down eventually (S 6) with £150. It is a friendly table but a hard slog. I am leaking chips and drop to around £35. Get a timely double with AA v AK and climb to £70 before dropping back to around £40. I top up with £100 but my fortunes do not change & slide back to £56. Almost £200 in the hole for this session. Chatty older guy (Woody) in seat 7 raises my BB to £10. two callers and I look down at
- no brainer - all goes in. Woody calls as does young guy in seat 8. Woody has QQ & seat 8 has 77. K on flop seals my triple up. Still below my buyin but much happier. Slowly chip up and get to £243. Only £7 on session and 3hrs in - should have got up but I am stubborn and wanted to finish with a profit. I slide back to £200 and then claw back to £244 - 4hrs in and only £6 down. The APAT team event is HU and I can't leave until it is over, so I keep playing. Tom Bacon sits down (S 2) and I bluff him off a small pot. A little while later he raises my BB and I call with with
. Flop is
tom bets and I call. Turn
. I lead out and he calls. River is
. I bet £20 and he slowly & deliberately pulls out raising chips. He pushes out £95 into a pot of around £70. I am really concerned he has K 10 for the nuts but I have the 2nd nuts. I eventually call and he shows
. Down to around £120. Manage to rebuild to around £180. Then get AA v Woody who is a non believer and calls with 2nd pair to the river to win another £50. Finally get above £250 and when the APAT event is finally won I get up with £300 for a £50 profit. Cash session was around 7 hrs so hourly rate not the best but was enjoyable!