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The latest instalment from The Boss.

Day 24 & 25- June 26th and 27th.

The Pot Limit Omaha started well and I climbed to almost 40,000 chips. This wasnt amongst the chip leaders (Ram Vaswani had a massive 150,000!) but it was very healthy. Id drawn a dreadful table with many of the great Omaha players: Sigi Stockinger (Austria), Barry Greenstein (US) , Elle Marciano (France), Jan Hansen/Sorensen (Denmark) , John Kabbaj and Joe Beevers (UK), so was well pleased. The last hour of play was a disaster though, as I lost four pots in succession. I finished the day on 9,800 which was still healthy but well below average.
The second day started well, as I immediately increased my stack to 13,000 with Aces double suited (a hand I had not seen in the whole of day 1!). I then called a raise from the Big Blind with 6899 double suited. When the flop dropped 2,7,9 off suit, I began to think today was going to by my day. I check raised the original raiser Toto Leonidas, and was amazed when he called my all-in bet with 8JKA. Wow, this really is my day, 30,000 here I come!

Now we all know that the Poker Gods like to have their fun. And counting your chickens before they hatch, is definitely breaking one of the ten commandments. Bang. The gutshot 10 hit the turn to give him a straight. We all know it wasnt going to pair up on the river, and I was out in 40th place.

Phil Ivey went on to win the event in convincing fashion. Interestingly, I was at the final table five years ago when Phil won his first bracelet in a Pot Limit Omaha event.

Day 26- June 28th.

Well even when I am a little depressed, I still have to turn up to work every day J. And to be honest, that was what I felt like when I turned up when I wandered down to the $2,000 Pot Limit Holdem. Eric Lindgren brought a smile to my face though. He is actually having a dreadful 2005 WSOP but it still joking and laughing all the time. But perhaps thats because he has a couple of million dollars worth of tournament winnings in the bank.

Actually it may have been his chatting that led to me miss-playing a hand. I limped from under the gun with AQ suited, fully intending to re-raise. Eric raised, and we picked up a particularly tight caller. For some reason, I changed my mind, and just flat called. Having missed the flop, I passed when Eric bet and the other opponent called. Eric proceeded to move all-in on the river. His opponent passed, Eric Wooh hooed and showed an A5 bluff. (The pot was mine if I had re-raised pre-flop)

Needless to say, the very next hand I paid for my mistake. Eric raised from early position and I looked down at big slick. I move all-in but Eric calls now that he has more chips and is on a roll. His 9s stand up and I am out. I know that the previous hand was what really cost me though.