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Hi all,

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Tom Rutter.

Hendon mob: http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=67235

The EPT/UKIPT festival starts next week, Tuesday 7th October. I am planning to play a pretty large number of the events. The package includes possible re-entries to some of the events, and lots of potential overlap, so the schedule is fairly complex, and I will have to tailor it as I go. However, the schedule of events I may play is below, and I will play a maximum of £5k worth of buy ins.

Schedule
Wed 8th, 9pm - £220 "win the button"
Thurs 9th, 12pm - £770 UKIPT Main Event 1B
Thurs 9th, 7pm - £330 London Cup 1A + 1 possible re-entry
Fri 10th, 2pm - £220 Turbo Deepstack
Fri 10th, 6pm - £330 London Cup 1B + 1 possible re-entry
Sat 11th, 2pm - £330 Deepstack
Sun 12th, 2pm - £330 PLO
Sun 12th, 6pm - £330 NLH
Wed 15th, 7pm - £1100 NLH (flight B)
Wed 15th, 8pm - £220 PLO Turbo
Fri 17th, 12pm - £550 NLH (8-max)
Fri 17th, 9pm - £330 PLO8 Turbo Deepstack
Sat 18th, 12pm - £330 Turbo Deepstack
Sat 18th, 5pm - £220 Hyper Turbo

Total potential buy-ins £6270, but as I say, I will tailor this to play a maximum £5k of events, and will sell %s based on this.

The Deal:
Selling up to 50% of 5k package at 1.1, so..
1% = £55
5% = £275
10% = £550
Etc etc

Payment - by bank transfer, by Wednesday 8th, or happy to discuss alternative.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Tom

2% gone
Further 5% reserved

Reserve 2% please.

I'm not a fan of satellites but I think you should play one for the EPT and drop one of the comparable tournaments.

Feel like they could be full of drunk Scandi's flicking in a monkey and playing them like £20 hypers.

Where a lot of the side events (especially the smaller buy ins) will be full of London grinders playing for their lives.

Booked, thanks.

Yep, sounds sensible. There are £550 satellites on the Thurs-Sun so will slot one of those in to the potential schedule if other backers snot have a problem with that.

Yep will take the 5. Agree with the satellites...

Cheers Nick, booked

5 please

2% please (which I presume is the 2% "gone" above?)

5 please. Thanks

Yep, cheers Stu


Booked, thanks


Booked, thanks

Ok, 19% gone, anything up to 31% remaining. Will be playing whatever I do/don't sell.

Have sent PMs regarding payment.. Thanks guys.

Tom

Seem to remember you staking me for something many moons ago so I'll return the favour  ....In for 2% please

Guaranteed I'll get a better a run for my money than you did ;)

Sent glgl

Great, thanks - booked. Online SNGs I think? Seem to remember you did well!

Got it, cheers buddy

Good memory! 

Sent to bank GL

Sent for this, best of luck

Just sent this by bank.  GL

Cheers guys, all those above received.

Redbull - 5% - Paid
Toddswain - 5% - Paid
T_Mar - 2% - Paid
Scotty77 - 5% - Paid

The Camel - 2% - will pay at venue, cheers for the message

Stu - 2% - not paid. I know where you live.

So...today was (theoretically) day 1 of the package.

After arriving in London late due to a long day in Nottingham followed by delays to public transport, I decided that I was better off getting some good sleep before the £770 main event tomorrow at midday than turning up late, exhausted and frustrated to the £220 tonight.

I now have more freedom of movement next week, as work commitments have disappeared, which means no more travelling, and more flexibility to when I can play.

Will post an update at the end of each day.

First event: UKIPT main 1b (£770)

No good in this event unfortunately. Fairly tough table from the off, with one bad player, and two overly tight players, but the other 6 either good or very good.

Few hands of note really, this was very much a grind. One interesting spot where I 4-bet folded, but little happening other than that on a table where spots were difficult to find and the cards didn't flow for me.

In level 8 (300/600/75), playing 21k, raised to 2400 (after two limps) with  9c 9s before being 3-bet to 4200 by the SB (Sin Melin, who had done this a few times OOP already and shown down dubious hands). I shoved my 21k and she tank-called with  Aspades Qs - door card  Qh and it was all over.

Next event: 2pm tomorrow - £220 turbo deepstack.

Frustrating day of poker, exiting both the £220 turbo and £330 London Cup in level 8.

Second event: £220 turbo

This was a really rapid structure (15 min levels) but pretty soft field. From 15k starting stack, got off to a decent start (up to 24k) before losing JJ vs KK for 10k and then picking the wrong moment for a semi-bluff:

300/600/75, playing 18k in mid position. One player limps in front of me and I open  Aspades Ts to 1900 with just the limper calling. He is a young local casual player who doesn't seem good. He has me covered, but only just.

Flop  Qs 3s  4d - he checks, I bet 2700 into 5400, he flats.

Turn  4h - he leads 4k, which I interpret as a fairly scared bet, with most likely hands being middle pocket pairs and weak queens. I shove for 14k, and he calls depressingly quickly, tabling  Qc Jc which holds.

Event 3: £330 London Cup 1b

Good start - getting up to 18k from 10k, with one particularly nice hand - getting lots of value with Aspades Js on  Jh  4d 3s 5c Qs by 3-betting in position pre-flop and then getting 2 streets of value (flop and river) against  Td Th.

Then - table change - I get moved to a table with a hilariously bad middle aged french guy on it who limp-calls every hand. I lose 8k with  Js Jh vs  7h 7d on  8d 7c 6c 6h 2d then get gradually blinded down to 6k before finding a spot to shove my 8bb with  5d 8d and losing.


Next tournament - £330 deepstack at 2pm tomorrow. Determined to not bust in level 8 for the fourth tournament in succession.

45k, average 75k at the dinner break of the £330 deepstack.

40 left, 31 paid. 13k up top

Just lost a 50k pot Tc Td vs  Ahrt Jh but still in the running, though now very crapshooty

Event 4: £330 deepstack

Out 24th for £610

Ran up to 130k before calling with 99 when the button shoved AA, then next orbit shoving 8 big blinds with K2 from SB into the BB's AT

Nice run, UL.... keep up the good work :)

Are you planning on playing the EPT sat?

Event 5: £330 PLO - finished 35/95 after re-shoving  Ad Ks Jd 4s into  Aspades Ac 9s 2s

Event 6: £330 turbo

Off to a really good start, spinning up to 45k from 10k. The hilarious hand came when I squeezed 13k all in from the SB with  Td 5h over the top of a raise to 1200 and two callers. The first caller looks me up with  8d 9d, and Ten-high is good enough to win the pot.

I then lose  Ahrt 3h vs  Ad Js for 20k-ish after raising and getting 4 callers to an  Aspades Jh 3d flop

Later, with 30k, 6-handed at 600/1200/200, I squeeze the button to 8k with  6h 6d after a raise from UTG to 2600 with one caller. They both have me covered so my thinking is that I can pass to a 4-bet as I have not seen either of them get out of line prior to this. The big blind (22k) finds  Qs Qc and I can't pass for his last 14k.

The remaining chips go in 2 hands later UTG with  Ac 2c, losing to  Td Th


All in all, it has been frustrating so far, with the figures reading:

Tournaments - 6
Buy-ins - £770, £220, £330, £330, £330, £330 = £2310
Cashes - £610

Glad to be having a day off tomorrow to recharge. Then back into the fray on tuesday.


Thanks buddy.

I'm not in the end, unfortunately. I'm busy during the afternoon on tuesday so can't play the main.

Event 7: £1100 hold'em

Very quick exit in this event, hardly winning a hand.

From a 10k start, had a couple of small bluffs at missed draws that were picked off, and generally seeped a few more chips, then squeezed all in with 8d 5d from the button - the original raiser had  Aspades Kh

In hindsight I wonder whether I should have played one or two hands differently - but no horrific errors. Just couldn't get anything going on a tough table and plan B failed.

Next event: £550 8-max on friday. Really want to turn this run around!

Two further events yesterday:

Event 8: £550 8-max

Good start, up to 20k from 10k after fluking an  Ad Ks through  Kh Kh for 8k. Then lost 9k with  Qs Ts vs  Jc Jd on  Th  8h 3h and re-shoved the rest from the SB with  Ad Td into the buttons  Ahrt Kh

Event 9: £330 PLO8

No good. 16th of 39.


So that's it in total. Pretty dire 10 days of poker - one min-cash from 9 events. I will update the numbers and be making some payments (about 20% of stake) tomorrow.

Sorry for the lack of return - thank you all for investing!

Tom

Ul Tom, get 'em next time.

Cheers for the support guys.

Just trying to pay monies owed - unfortunately I don't have bank details saved for anyone - please could you PM me the details of where you want the money sent?

Calculations:
Value of package sold: £5000 (sold at 1.1)
Tournaments played: £4290
Left-over: £710 - x1.1 = £781
Cash: £610

Total value of package = £610 + £781 = £1391

2% = £27.82
5% = £69.55

Tom

Payments made to:

Redbull (via bank transfer - hope that is ok!
Toddswain
T_Mar
Scotty77

Waiting on details from Keith