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My name is Richard Blacklock and I run a diary here on blonde http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54701.0 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54701.0) and am asking for staking across a package of events with a variety of buy-ins ranging from £150-£700, with the primary reason for selling being that as many people will know I am now expecting another little one due in the spring so am trying to be uber carefull with my limted roll allowed for poker.

Again rather than just sell event to event I would prefer a select stable of backers who roll their %'s through the events and sold a similar ££ wise package which started in March this year and ended up with me playing 11 tournaments totalling £2798 and cashed for £11770 details here - http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57125.0 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57125.0).

The backers on that occasion were Flushy/Tikay/Dylan/Dubai and I am sure they will vouch for my prompt payment once the cheque had cleared and I have over my time with Blonde had many financial dealings with Dubai and other hero's who hopefully will vouch for my trustworthyness.

The events I am looking to play are

DTD £150+£18 Deepstack event on the 6th/7th October  will be playing day1b Saturday

GUKPT Luton £300+£30 side event  16th Oct*   * if we happen to win this event all %'s will carry over to the Champion of Champions event

888 Superstack event at Star City £150+£15  27th October

UKIPT Bristol  £700+£70 will be playing Thursday 1a 8th November and if bust 1a or early day2 will then play the side event below

UKIPT Bristol £300+£30 side event  Saturday 10th November
Total £1763 @ 1:1
I am selling 40% max so  (have reserved a further 5% share each for Big D and Tikay but waiting confirmation from them)
5% = £88.15
10% = £176.30

I have also recently won a live package to the CPP in St. Kitts in November which is likely to get 100-200 runners many of whom will have sattied in to the event like me and am looking to sell 25% of my main event action which is a $2700+$300 event so based on xe.com http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=3000&From=USD&To=GBP (http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=3000&From=USD&To=GBP) = £1847.30 x 25% = £461.83 and if we do a bink over there I shall consult Flushy before any exchange is done to get the best return for our $$
5% = £92.37 and 10% = £184.73

My Herbertmob is here http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=165320 (http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=165320) and online I just dabble so details of my limited MTT history can be found in the other thread.

I would prefer Bank Transfer ideally but am happy to take some on Stars for the UKIPT event.

Apolos for the Tl;dr so flame away and please feel free to ask any questions

10% each of all gone to Dubai and Flushy
and
10% of main package and the remaining 5% of CPP gone to Sam Macdonald

so 10% main package left now and poss a further 10% if Tikay and Big D dont take up their option as per my last thread.

10% of main package pls

Cheers James

Booked will pm details later!!

Thats done then unless Tikay or Dylan dont want their bit so may open that up later.

First reserve 5% if any comes spare?

good luck if no more available!

TYTY and 1st Reserve booked

Hi Rich.

Belatedly replied to your PM.

Thanks!

5% waiting list also please

rest waitlist unlikely - anything lol

After speaking to the original backers and n reading back the Op I felt it bad that some of the backers would end up without a piece of the CPP so the staking team is now as follows

Flushy,Dubai,MC,Sam Mcdonald,Dylan and Tikay

Everyone has 8% of the main package and 5% of the CPP

Thanks again team and also thanks for the interest from Simon, Tom Langley, JJ and Shaun.

Away for 2 weeks from tomorrow and back a few days before the first event.

MC - Paid
Dylan - Paid
Tikay - Paid
Sam Mac - Paid
Flushy/Dubai Paid

Good luck @ Dtd Tomorrow :)

Thx Simon

First break 41k  blinds going 150/300/25

32500 next break  blinds going 3/600/75 avg 37k

Life support needed as had a horrid couple of levels now got 14bbs going back 6/1200

GL fella  ;all-in; ;karabiner;

Sorry for the delayed TR but I have been a bit under it (see diary) and have had a lack of time to be posting.

Anyway obv we didnt do a bink last weekend and despite a good start when I was upto 41k at the first break after winning a hand vs Tommy Bingham with KQ vs his K9 on kq97hh where he folded the turn as a call would commit him it was all backwards steps from there, no bad beats just people having better hands or making better hands in a series of pots the notable ones losing A9dd vs A4, AQ v ? folding to slightly older gentleman than myself and AA vs both blinds losing to a rivered 2p which left 25.5k going 2/400/50.

I then lost a small pot vs Johnny Zaib when he raises utg we flat 1010 from the bb and cc the k33 flop which gets checked through on a 5 turn and we then again both check the  Aspades turn leaving his K9o good, from here it was a series of raising with decent starting hands and not improving and either getting called down or having to fold on later streets to try and preserve the few chips I had.

My exit was at 4/800 when I had not found a hand in 3 orbits worthy of jamming or 3b all in and with the blinds on me next hand I found K10ss utg and jammed my 10 bigs to be snap rr by Johnny behind and we didnt fare well vs his AK and it was back down the M1.

Our next tourney is Tues eve and hopefully Weds day when we play the £300 at Luton...

Were entered and just started the 300 side at Luton  10k ss on a 40min clock  currently 71 runners

8500 @ 1st break  avg 11900 blinds going 1/200

Full double last 2hands before the break when utg goes to raise but only throws a call in and we make up the sb with 77 bb checks and we flop AK7ss, obv this guy always has an A so we cr his 600 flop bet to 1650 which he flats the Ah turn and we lead for 3150 to set up the river shove which we do on the 4s and get snapped by AJo to get upto 26500 coming back to 2/400/50  58 players left from 124 starters and avg 21400

gl bud nice to see you!

cheers wizard u2 mate

44500 going into last level of day 500/1000/125

Made day2 with 49150 which is pretty much bang on avg 24 left  13 paid and just under 12k up top.

Blinds 6/1200  start at 2pm

Oioi good luck tomorrow m8!

Here we go again........

Good luck today Mr B.

GLGLGLGL The Kraaaaaaaaaaal

All the best Rich.

Getttttttttttttttttttttttttt

Thx for all the Gl's were actually down to 22players and were 9/22

Were down to 17players and 31bbs but in 6 mins thats 23 bbs

GOGOGO! Gl Rich

#allaboutaflagthenatrophyyeah!!

Ps thx

Were on the bubble with 19bigs and 2shorties

Itm now

Rich will appear here v shortly.

http://www.grosvenorukpokertour.com/en/Events/Live-webcast/

Were on the FT bubble with 15bigs

Jinx

Were all in with K3ss  waiting for other table

glglglgl

Gl gl

Whilst we had to wait for the other table to finish their hand as they were able to bet normally, the other player who called said I have A7dd and I turn to my mate Steve O'Keefe who bust earlier we win this coup with a 3 on the turn so its K3ss vs A7dd
Flop 898hh

turn 3h
rvr 4h

we now have 58k and blinds jus gone 12/2400

85k

Did I just hear you fistpump and shout 'Get in' on the stream?

oh, and sit down please.

unfortunately not that was the gentleman who just Ko'd us in 10th  we raise utg with QQ to 5200 from 85000 @ 12/2400 it folds to his sb and he makes it 26500 so after composing my best "all in" voice he snaps and when the cards go over he says "oh well done" turning over 1010 and the dealer duly delivers the 10 first card out so we exit in 10th for £650 so everyones 8% is currently worth £52.

But last time we started with a min cash before a big later bink....

Unlucky Rich

Sick  ;grr;

ul rich

Sigh ul mate

Nice to see u last night sir ,I continued my role as bubble boy 4 th in the 150£ sat aq hh v k ten king on river haha fml

UL Tony nice to see you also and GL in the ME today.

TR for Luton £300

Most of the interesting hands are already posted itt from day 2 and on day 1 we hovered around starting stack until level 1/200/25 and just watched as table Joe Lamming (he had a lovely seat) took place with the action most commonly going   flat, flat, flat, Joe raise, call, call, call - flop - chk, chk, chk, bet Joe followed by fold fold fold until we got the double through as reported with 77 when we flopped a set to get to 26k.  For a few levels we had to raise fold in spots and blind down to 19k @ 3/600/75 when we flop 2p with A4hh on a 2 club board but are oop and have to cc the c river to get to 27k where we Ko'd a player who jams 20bigs utg we find AQhh utg+2 and rejam and win the race vs JJ with an Ace on the turn and are down to 45 players.

Our next key hand was at 4/800/100 where UTG flats, Joe makes it 2500 (all standard his dynamic against the Utg) and the SB then 3b's to 5400 (from 25k) we find AKcc and cold 4 to 12150 (from 40k) intending to call it off vs the SB but Joe 5b's all in setting us both in and after a long dwell then a fold from the SB which led me to believe he has JJ,AQ or the same hand as me, I folded as we still had over 30bigs and there were easier spots to be had on the table. I was not sure if this is correct but it was my first Cold 4bet and Joe knows this so I had to give him credit and the live stream we were on confirmed he had KK.

I chipped back up quickly to 45k within a few hands and then got moved for the last level of the day where I got to 57k but then lost the final hand of the day with 66 vs 88 folding the turn against the chipleader on JJ57 as I was oop and the river would leave us most likely facing a tricky decision for at least 1/2 our remaining stack.

Day 2 we again start on the Live Stream table but 4 hands later are moved and then lose 3 hands which sends us backwards in chips where we raise/fold oop, have to raise/fold to a 4b with 66 and then barrelled the turn with 77 on AK55 and folded to the turn CR but the very next hand we find JJ UTG and open to 2650 @ 12/24/150 utg+2 makes it 6200 from 45k we jam for 26k total and are snapped by the "dem aces" and flop 9Q7ss and we have the  Js so hope for the turn to open us up a bit but instead we bink the offsuit Jack and and hold to move to 54k with 17 left and the avg72k but with 3 big stacks we are in good shape against the others.

We sail through the bubble and then as reported win K3ss vs A7hh jamming the CO for 10bigs and then make further progress to 85k before our exit hand as reported where we get it in good with 10 left and QQ vs 1010 and lose when the 10 rolls off but we cant grumble as we won when we had JJ vs AA and got there and laddered one spot with K3ss vs A7hh.

Next comp is Sat 27th but it is due to be Star City and it has been brought to my attention that a more local (London) comp has a 50k ss on a 50min clock and a 50k gtee for £220 so assume everyone is happy for me to change to that although it costs an extra £4.40 out of the return so far ( diif in tourney £55 x 8% = £4.40) which will render everyones 8% at £47.60 so far.

Thanks Rich, we are up & running!

Where is this, please?.....

Next comp is Sat 27th but it is due to be Star City and it has been brought to my attention that a more local (London) comp has a 50k ss on a 50min clock and a 50k gtee for £220

Big Bluff, Palmers Green, London
http://www.bigbluff.co.uk/ (http://www.bigbluff.co.uk/)
Day 1 Friday, Day 1a Sat, Sunday final day

Although I think they start at 1/200 and may miss a level or so.

Ahh, thanks Rich.

Think I'll swerve that, but thanks.

Arrived at Big bluff for the £200 starting at 3pm, will post updates on breaks...

good luck pal

2nd break and 5 levels left, the structure is quite fast as it goes 1/200, 2/400, 3/600, 4/800/100, 5/1000/100 and were now going 6/12/100 and have 32bigs so an important couple of levels

Bust at 8/1600 unfortunately guys, never moved forward after second break and lost a hand with 77 on 73jhhh  2s 9h runout losing to Kh Js which left us with 10 bigs and the next hand our table breaks and the blinds go 8/1600/200 and after 3 hands we find AKo and shove UTG2 and after a dwell UTG3 3b's to 50k and has AA which sees us back in Essex already.

3 comps to go and we are slightly behind the curve on par with what we have played but am looking forward to UKIPT Bristol next week and will be playing Thurs 1a as planned.

Hopeless.

;)

Bristol it is, then......

Arrived and regged for 1a Ukipt Bristol got here with Vinny but Dubai was a non runner as he is currently trying to unban himself from Gala Casino's.

Gl us!!!

Gl mate

Well not that it means much but we have immediate position on some guy called Chris Moorman :(

Cheers ;)

Dubai ftw, Eso for the bubble. wiiiiiii

FYP

Good luck Eso

Lol, eso has moorman and Sam Grafton to his direct right.

Tight bastard tipped me 20p for getting him a coffee. Hope he bubbles.

lolz. wpwp

It could be worse now have the guy who finished 5th in Irish open and guy who won Unibet ME in London recently joined the table.
:(

20500 first break  avg 15700

Table broke and got slightly easier just Sam Holden and Elwood now!!

Not a great 2lvls after table break down to 9k into level 5 150/300

:(
Full Tr tmorrow but exited min raising the btn off 22bbs and 10 10 with active bb 3b'ing to 6bbs and then snap calling the allin with "dem aces" no get there for us.

Sorry for the delayed TR and as backers know that due to Man flu and not fancying the 3 1/2 hour drive back to Bristol we swerved the £330 side on Saturday so that will be added to the returns.

As already posted I had a pretty ridic table draw with Moorman and Squid to my immediate right and Marc Macdonnel to my left which then ended up with the guy who won the Unibet Open in London between Chris and Sam and I had decided that I was 100% determined not to do anything stupid against these villains and especially as I knew we were second table to break, if only I had done that on my second table  :(

Obv the comp has a great structure and loads of play and the first pot of note we played was at 25/50 vs Moorman where he raises the hijack to 150 and we flat 99 in the co and flop pretty well on 995dd and just call the 200 cbet which in hindsight due to the villain and having discussed with a couple of others a raise otf is better (any thoughts?) anyway we see an offsuit 2 on the turn and he bets 500 which we click back to 1150 and he finds a fold later telling me he had a flush draw.

The next hand we play is vs the Squid and he raised UTG1 to 250 with us flatting 88 in MP seeing a flop of KK4csh where we called the cbet of 375 and see the turn which was the  Ac and Squid bets 875 which is obv a great card for him to barrel on but I decided to dbl float and see the river which was  Ahrt which he checks to me and with 8high now I cant check back so bet out 950 which he dwell calls with Q3cc having barelled his flush draw ott and obv Qhigh beats 8 high  :(

Squid was in so many hands and again he opens to 300 this time we 3b the button to 800 with  Ts Qs seeing a J29 rb flop he again chks we cbet 1050 which he calls with the turn bringing no help he cks again and we chk behind and get some showdown value on the 10 river deciding against a thin value bet after he chks but he wins again with J5hh and it was 2-0 to Squid but 3 hands later he again opens to 300 and we find  Ks Kc behind and make the same 3b to 800 to see a flop of  Jc Qc 3h which he donks out 1400 and we call but are slightly wary of the donk and both check the  6d turn and when he chks again on the  9h river I feel pretty safe that he doesnt check a straight here and has some 2p hands but make a thin 1400 which he calls and were good gaining some ground.

Just before the break UTG2 raises to 250 which is flatted in MP and Squid 3b's the btn to 875 with us looking down at AKo in the bb so being oop I dont fancy playing this pot 4way oop so 4b to 1775 from 17k with a view to folding to action vs UTG2 who had barely played a hand and prepared to 6b call vs Squid due to his image but after UTG and flatter get out the way Squid flats and we floptastic on  Ad Kd 9h and cbet 1800 which gets flatted and I hoped for a low black card which the  6s fitted so led again ( again maybe a chk vs Villain is better here? and probs could be a tad smaller) for 3600 into 7700 but he dwell folds and in the break told me he had a small A but we get to 1st break with 20500 and a good start.

Unfortunately not long after the break we got a table break to table Elwood/holden but Sam was short and Jack short and btn to our bb however having moved tables I spewed slightly and lost a pot 3betting  7c 8c in the co vs UTG and MP flat cb'ing the all diamond flop and couldnt find another barrel on the diamond turn or blank river losing to a set which lost 3k and then raised with 88 UTG2 got 3b small by an active player in MP who was flatted by the btn and I flatted getting the price to set mine intending to fold if we didnt hit but called 2 streets oop which was terrible and left me with 9k going 150/300 where I got another table break.

My  exit was a culmination of 2 hands where I raise folded from 25 bigs when I raised 99 utg2 and got flatted behind before a young guy 3bet and an old boy 4b all in from the SB and I folded which now put us under more pressure and 2 orbits later it folded to me otb and we min opened with 1010 and an active BB 3b's to 6bb's and called our allin with Aces which held and it was back to Essex.

8% currently worth £74 with St.Kitts from the original  schedule to come

Made day2 in "the carribean mannnn" we go back today at 9pm English time and have 40900 at 250/500/50 having grinded between 10-14k for 3levels till last 10mins of the night.

Epic trip so far...

GL the Kral. Just because you are by the pool sipping cocktails doesn't mean you can slip on texting me your daily fancies. I'm losing bundles here!

glglgl

Bloody hell. Forgot you were out there. Did you take the family?

Noooooo, he took his cleaner . Shhhhhhhhh

Hi Jason
Yeah all the family are here and loving it, Max has been a legend and met all the hero's but his fav is LilD

Confirmed, Max is a little wonder :)

oh that's great mate. Seems life is good.

Bust the main unfortunately guys in 47th will do full tr on return and either sort balances or have  a spin at the 500 @ dtd on 30th..

TR for CPP

As things go I had a pretty tough starting table when I looked around the room and was oop to Outrageous,Ben Sweetman, Scalie and had direct pos on Flushy plus a couple of randoms and for most of day 1b I actually felt like "the spot" and was used as a punch bag for most of the first 4-5levels but with a great structure was never too worried despite being short in chips till 10mins before the end of the day.

Key hands early on were losing a small pot to Demps after 3betting him IP with  Qd Jd and flopping  9c Th 2s with him check calling the cbet and us seeing the  Jh turn which we both checked through and same on the  Aspades river where I didnt fire again and he won with KJo, then after a raise from Ben and 3callers behind I made up from the big to his min open with  Aspades Ts and we flop  8d Td 2s which Ben bets 1/3pot and both myself and Demps see the  8c turn where Demps leads and I flat behind but Ben overcalls as well and on the  Kh action went Ck Ck and Ben bet 5100 which I stationed off to be shown  7d Kd which was really close to a fold but we beat missed flushes excpet the K obv and beat most his 10's.

Next orbit and UTG who was a pretty solid German guy mins to 400 and with btn and Demps calling we call with  Ahrt 9h and flop  2h 6c 8h and just as I was going to donk out UTG bets out of turn 500 which was called by Raggy otb so I flick in the call and the turn was red but not the shape we wanted with the  Td falling and after I chk UTG bets 1k and Raggy also calls so I feel he has hearts as well so getting good odds call again but miss on the  Jd at which point Raggy looks like he is folding the button so take a stab and bet 2650 but get called by UTG and muck with him showing 22 for a flopped set leaving us with 13200 at Dinner.

Coming back @ 1/200/25 I lose 2 pots raising IP and missing flops and either folding to RR over my C Bet or having to shutdown and preserve waiting for a decent hand and am left with 10700 when I open utg with  9d Jd and Raggy calls from the BB and we see a flop of AAK one diamond which he check calls 650 and the  5d turns which he checks and I take the free one which gave us the flush on a 4d river and now he bets 1400 which I just flatted and he insta mucks to get to 12500.  Next orbit I open to 800 @ 150/300/25 with KK UTGand get 2 callers and flop was a horrible  8c Ts Js but I took it down with a 1/2 pot cbet to start the last level with 13700 and a table break and due to the fact this was different to most other tournies when you might think about getting a dbl through if your far from home and driving back due to the fact we are there for the week I was determined to be patient which rewarded us with 10mins to go.

2/400/50 starting the hand with 11900 I open to 950 UTG with  Aspades Ac and get just the 5 callers MARV but somehow flop AQ7 rbow which checks around but on the 9h turn I decide to bet 3200 leaving 7k approx back to jam the river and get 1 caller who had lots of chipsand on the 2s river I jam after a short time but he folds but we gain a near full dbl to around 20k and on the final hand of the night UTG2 who had played fairly tight in my hour on the table opened to 1050 from a ss of 12500 and I look down at  Ahrt Khand click it back to 2450 from the CO when the btn 4b's to 5650 from 16500 and whilst UTG is deciding what to do they make the announcement that this is the final hand of the night and all remaining players had made day2 and yet we were still in a hand and when UTG2 folded I waited until the commotion of the commentary had died down before 5b'ing all in and hoping not to hear the immed snap call behind which I didnt but then after 20 seconds he announced call and we were against  Ac Qc and as usual it's never easy when the board rolls out  8c Tc 2h but we fade the turn and river to bag up 40900 going into 250/500 and mid pos in chips pretty much bang on average.

You seem to have missed out the hand where you called flushys river bet and his 8 high was good! ;0)

Oh and we should have def compared notes, I told my backers that "solid German guy" was "drunk German guy" ;O)

Day 2 and when I look at the table draw it was worse than 1 with Elwood to my left and other legit sicko's of JP, Wadey, Bullit Pete Haslam and a decent Polish kid to Elwoods right and 2 hands in

JP hand in PHA 16/1/13

I got to 60k fairly quickly and then found myself in a series of pots where I had to fold marginal openings or missed and gave up having fired 2 barrells or just had easy folds like where Wadey opens utg I 3b 99 from the HJ and the Polish kid cold 4's the btn leaving no wiggle room whatsoever so I fold and he tells me the next day he had AK and calls off vs me and I dribble back to 30k when our table breaks.

I get moved and now have JP immed left and he had doubled up from 7k to 17500 when the following hand happened which basically knocked us out. With the blinds at 5/1000/100 it folds round to us in the SB and a stack of 27900 and I open to 2500 with  Aspades 6c and had decided that if he shoved I was calling as I'm sure he jams better Aces but also all his broadways and probs a bit lighter so when he shoved I stuck with the plan and called it off and he had A7 which I guess makes my call not so bad (again thoughts are welcome from stakers or lurkers) however I really wished I had made it 3200/call just to make it feel better or open Jam which folds out a lot of his range and am still not sure what is best?

Anyway it JP Mfkin Kelly and despite the chop being Fav on the  Td Th Qc he just gets there on the 77 turn and river and we now had 10k which made its way into a pot after a raise in MP to 2500 and a flat behind we jam from the BB and get Iso'd by the OR with the flatter folding but unfortunately we dont hold vs A5hh and exitedin the  mid forties  ;)

For transparency we are using the leftovers money to have 2 stabs if required at the £500 deepstack in Nottingham today and I'm just leaving Essex now so good luck us!!!

Yeah he didnt seem great but went deeper than all of us I think  ;)

17k second break which is a recovery having absolutely butchered a hand to leave me 10bbs at 250/500 but now just under 30bbs at 3/600/75

Late regged at 1/200 our 2nd bullet after the first didnt go well last night.

44500 second break  going back 3/600/75   avg 39000

gl son.

Sorry for the delayed final TR from the thread but back from the weekend and busy at work till now but as you know we didnt make day 2 on either bullet with Friday me leaving work and late regging due to traffic 20mins into level 1.
Hands of note from Friday were at 1/200 and us starting the hand wth 29k and 3 limpers with us raising to 850 with  8d 8s and being 3b by a competant agro young guy to 2150 from the sb which we flat and see the flop of  9d Td 2h which the sb leads for 2900 again I flat to see if we could turn some equity but had to give up on the  Kh turn with him betting out a hefty 7200 which seemed to big but fold was the only option and were down to 24k

Small upward movement when after a limp in the co we ck the option with  2c Qh and flop  2d Ahrt Kh which cks around  turns 9h  ck ck co 200 sb and we call to see the  2d which I donk 650 and the co calls upto 25500, at 150/300 a young chinese girl opens to 750 in mp and we 3b the co to 1950 with  Js Qs and flop  4d 4h 9c which she cks to us and we cb 2150 which is flatted but we take it down on the  Ahrt which she cks and we barrel 3200 and she folds leaving us 28k at first break.

Lose ground when 3b'ing Dean Czyz from the btn after he made it 700 from the co we made it 1650 with  9d Kd which gets flatted by the sbwith the agro kid 4b'ing to 3800 from the bb which we flat after seeing the sb with calling chips ready and we see the flop of  Td 3h 7c which is ck'd around and after the sb cks the  Jh the 4'bor leads for 3200 and again with calling chips to hand I call with the double gutter (most likely a leak?) but we missed on the A river and fold to the SB shove.

Butchered a hand when raising the chinese girls limp with  Ac Tc from the co and really should have folded turn or river when she donked flop and continued her lead on turn and river with me playing it too passively but really should fold river as I beat literally nowt on the AK2K7 board but instead stationed it off with AJ winning to leave me 12 bigs which we dbled KJs aipf from utg beating A10 from SB and move forward again after a raise and a flat to 1200 @ 250/500/50 we jam the sb with  9d Qd and get it through and get back to 17500 at 2nd break with blinds going 3/600/75.

Our exit hand on Friday was annoying when I open to 1500 from the co with  Kc Ks and the btn who is new to table calls from 50k otb and the flop was  Th Qh Qd which we lead 2200 into and he flatted and I had decided in my head to lead the turn on a non heart to set up a river shove effectively turning our hand into a bluff which I did on the  3c 2d turn and river but he had flatted with  Jd Qc and that was it for us and the reload option was taken.

Saturday we reloaded and I made a bad call with JJ vs an old guy on 791023 rbow board with him calling the flop we ck turn and he donks river big with 68o and then had no hands of note until 250/500/50 with Roanldo who had joined and been v active since sitting down opening to 1200 which Bash was AI for 2400 and having not played a hand for an hour 3b trying to get HU with Bash to 5600 with  Ac 3c from the SB but he flatted and then folded to a small cbet on  8h Jh Aspades and we held vs Bash 66 to get over SS for first time and 33500.

A few hands later after Ronaldo limped UTG I open to 1400 with  7c Tc and a decent agro kid in a hoodie 3b the btn to 3400 but I had seen him pull this numerous times during the day pre antes and I had not had chance or a spot to play back at him so thought he would give me credit and clicked it to 7900 and after a dwell he folded and I showed (probs a mistake in hindsight) but the very next hand I get QQ as you do and open to 1400 getting 2 callers from btn and bb and we flop 389rb leading for 1900 with the btn calling but he folded the Ac turn to a 2500 bet and then we get AKo utg and open to 1200 with the BB calling only and we win again to get to 45k at second break.

After a table breaks a familiar young guy comes to the table and a few hands later opens to 1400 at 3/6/50 with us 3'bing the co with  Tc Td and he clicks it back to 7500 and eff stacks of 42k and all options were available, I decided to flat IP? ? ?  flop was 234 rb which he leads 7500 and again we flat and on the Qc turn he led for 9200 but looked really uncomfortable and folded very quickly after I dwell jammed and we had 67k and blinds going 4/800/100.

My exit hand I am really not sure about but have spoken to Dubai about it and he said it cant be that bad and even though I beat myself up about it on the way home having exited on a bluff for the second time in 2 days when I opened to 1700 from the co with  Ac Qd and the decent agro kid from the 107cc hand who we had now built up some dynamic although small sample obv 3b's from the sb to 4200 and due to our other hands vs villain had decided I was happy to 4/6 bet vs him so clicked it to 9700 hoping he would 5bet as we were deep enough to get a jam through but he flatted and we saw a flop of  Tc 2c 2d and he donked 8700 which obv against certain villains should be a clear fold and whilst I would have won the pot with a flop raise still feel flatting one is best (feel free to critique this and other hands) and on the  4c turn he led again for 10200 leaving 35k back and snapped off my jam with me thinking we had some equity but he had turned a house and we were drawing dead  :(

Sorry for the spew on saturday as there were definately easier spots to be had but it felt right in the moment and also gutted that this package didnt go as well as the last one but thank you to all stakers for the backing again.

I may put another one up early 2013 as it will be hard to play much poker from March for a few months with the second child being due so will have to choose carefully  ;)