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I went down to Luton tonight for their rather excellent 10,000 chip £250 Freeze, huge fun it was, too.

Only 30 odd runners, but what a field - apologies for those I forgot, but I can recall Willie Tann, Jim McShane, Paul Alterman, Aisling Collins ("skrikera"), snatimaras, M3Boy, James Browning, Kevin "Lovejoy" O'Leary, Rookie (Rodney), Sonny Osman, Dave Lloyd (now happily reinstated at Luton, as is Lovejoy), Paul Alterman, Brian Johnson, Jac Arama, & included on my opening table were Dingdell, Carlo, Stu Nash, Jeff Buffenburger, & Dave Courtney. How much have that little lot won over the last 5 years?

My table had the ability to run over me, so I decided to try & brush up the image a bit early doors, & Re-Raised on the end of an all-paint, flushing-straighting-Boating Board to take a nice pot with 6-5, smirkily showed. Me a LAG now.

Next up, I limped UTG with AK, got 5 callers, then a Raise & a call to my right, so now I shove all-in pre, God bless the squeeze, though there was much humming & harring before everyone dutifully folded.

Next up I limp with  6c 6s, & we see a flop of  6d 8d Jd, so I lead out, Jeff Buff calls, but I bet big on the blank turn & take it down, I'm on fire now. So I call Carlo's R with  Ks Ts & catch the K high flop to bust his stated but not shown Qd Qh, & I follow this by busting Dingdell's  2d 2h by bravely calling with  Ahrt Aspades

The game's too easy, I decide, when the very next hand, Stu Nash Raises it up, a few callers, & I chance my arm with  7h 4h, who knows, maybe I can nick this if they all miss.

We see a juicy  3h 5s 6s, & Stu bets out, Carlo suspiciously dwells & limps, & I decide to protect my flopped straight with a huge over-bet. Stu gives it a big tank job, but I'm watching Carlo now - & I KNOW he's itching to get his chips in. Stu Nash eventually passes ( Ks Kh alleged) & Carlo has never moved so fast - ALL-IN!

I don't wanna see a flush draw, but obviously, I call, & he turns over....... 7s 4s.....! Same hand, but straight-flush draw freeroll! And he hits the flush, my balloon is deflated, & my 16k is suddenly 4.5k, so it's back to tikay grinding, dammit, that had been so much fun, mixing it with the big-boys.

And then a quite remarkable thing occurred, & I kid you not.

With a measly 5.1k left, I can't mess about calling, but when Stu Nash makes it 1.5k, & Dave Courtney also calls, I just can't resist taking a flop with  8d 9d.

We see this flop......

 Td 5d 2c

Stu checks, Dave Courtney bets 2,000, so I decide to move in with my Flush Draw & plonk my remaining 3.6k in the middle, & it's only 1.6k for Courtney to call, which will make a  nearly 12k pot. Now, he can't Pass, can he, 1.6k into a 12k Pot?

But he falters........then says "I misread my hand, I thought I had the Ten (!)..........I have no hand, no draw, but I guess I have to call".

And he calls, & shows.......... 8h 9h................!

The Board is dealt out, & it ends up  Td 5d 2c 2h 2s........

So it's chop-chop, & maybe the first & last time in my poker life that I've chopped a 12k pot, with blinds at 100-200, with 9 high......My image is in tatters.

I dodge bullets all night, & win every race, thus recovering to Final & soon being chip leader when 3 more Races all go my way.

I bust M3Boy in one of these in the cruellest way imaginable. I bet with  Aspades Qc, he moves in with  Jh Jd & I'm committed to call & do so. The  Ahrt hits first card, but I'm mortified to see the  Jc as the third flop card - until it's noticed that the Dealler burnt a card beteeen the second & third flop cards! Gotta feel for Paul there.

I eventually blow most of my stack, though it was huge fun, especially the banter with Rookie (giant stack) & Paul Alterman. I was seriously cross with myself to bust though, in 7th (6 paid). Matey Boy had moved all-in on 5 hands on the bounce - he had 45k & Blinds were only 2k-4k - & I'm thinking he's having a laugh, so I lose my discipline (ALWAYS MOVE FIRST WITH MARGINALS!) & call with  Aspades Ts.

He had  Ahrt Jc.

All that luck, & I go & blow it, pft.

Well done to Luton, a terrific comp. Only two small niggles - the music is SOOOOOO loud. I appreciate G Casino is not all about Poker, & the non-pokerists are entitled to entertainment, but does it HAVE to be so loud?

And, my never-ending moan - timely starts. 33 Runners, yet the Tourney started 30 minutes late. I guess Vegas has spoiled me, but surely it's possible to start a Tourney somewhere in the UK on time?.

That apart, well done to all at Lovely Luton, my lucky venue.

 :goodpost:

So will w get the dreaded music during the GukPT?

We had it at Blackpool "G" for the main event lst month and you couldn't hear what the dealer or the players were saying.

Horrible!

Time to re-introduce the £10 rebuy into Luton on Sundays methinks......not the easiest of 30 runner comps that one!!

Damn glad I didn't choose last night as my first venture down the road into g casino lol. Sounds like a great field.

just a quick postscript to this

when they got down to 3 left they were very similar in chips, they chopped it 3 ways with £2320 each which was just above 2nd place each witha a drink left over for the valets.

paul alterman, rookie and some other guy whose name escapes me (my apologies if you read this)


a timely little win for rooks whose journey to geordieland was rather expensive shall we say!


The field for this was very much a whose who of uk poker (and tikay) so good to see them all in luton.


As tony said the music is to loud and seemed louder last night for some reason than saturday night. they also have a few staff problems at the moment there as well which hopefully will resolve quickly as the new dealers get more practice and get more confidence.

i do hope they sort the problems as its a great venue and i for one love playing there.

was good to see you tony after your vegas excursion, tanned up you looked ten years younger (about 65 now then lol) ;D

Nice report tikay. Was very funny table banter, loved it. You was ul with your exit hand as you didnt mention you had only about 14k left. Was a toughy. Oh well, was time for you to let someone else win!

Blimey!!...glad I didnt make !

Great report Tikay,.....and well played Rookie :)up

Just before we started I thought about cashing in - having come third on friday I thought I would play my rush....Dave Courtney is always a nemesis to me and his set against my top 2 pair was a killer with Tikay bravely calling my all in bet with his aces  ::)

Having said that he pushed all in himself immediately behind me so I got some protection......his words as he turned his cards over were 'you've not picked a good spot' - my heart sunk but you gotta love him x

Interestingly it was of course what one might describe as a tough field but it is just so much more rewarding to play against good players. Moves were being made and hands were being folded........ah real poker

just like the old days

dont do it too quick i kinda fancy a trip somewhere to play a decent structured bigger buy in event walsall was looking good for the £300 monthly but they never give enough notice so it could be luton
how often do they run these? and when is the next

£250 at Luton last Sunday of every month, 6pm

10,000 chips

except this month when it was 2nd last Sun due to festival comps next sunday

???

whatever happened to the Stoke one - didnt they used to run a deepstack medium buyin event on a monthly basis ?

Any idea of festival structures/chips/clocks/song-list/dance-card vacancies?

I think Nina posted the basics in the Competitions thread RED

I am going on Weds, if necessary I will find out then and post

Yes there will be all of those things..........but no Snat.......other commitments unfortunately.........oh well deep sigh

It sounds like an enjoyable comp, but I'm not sure why I'd want to invest £250 into a 30 man field that is that dense in capable players.

because in an ideal world it would have 30 more less capable ones.....


for that to happen though needs some marketing etc etc

Because you actually have a chance to play poker perhaps? and not just "turnover" poker, you could win pots WITHOUT having hit the flop! - people were actually passing hands!!!

Great comp.

Seconded. Proper poker, with grown-ups, it was an absolute delight. You can't beat it. Well I couldent.