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.

Good luck stu!

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.

Sent glgl

Got it, cheers buddy

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

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

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

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

Yep, cheers Stu

5 please. Thanks

Booked, thanks

5 please

Booked, thanks

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

Cheers Nick, booked

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.

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.

2% gone
Further 5% reserved

[maximum of £5k worth of buy ins.]

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

Good to see you mate

Gl mate

Thanks guys, and good to see you too Dave - see you at the next one

did rutter win the leaderboard?

Which Rutter?

Yeah he did. Think he needed top ten and came 2nd in the hyper after coming 12th in the turbo (and 3rd in the hi-roller) - from 3 tourneys entered, no re-entrys. #proud

..after cashing his last 2 tourneys in Vegas this year..for five on the bounce.

did rutter win the leaderboard?

Which Rutter?

Yeah he did. Think he needed top ten and came 2nd in the hyper after coming 12th in the turbo (and 3rd in the hi-roller) - from 3 tourneys entered, no re-entrys. #proud

Busto in 110th

Day 2 was really tough to take. Seated on a relatively soft table, but in the worst seat (2 good players to my left, other 3 spots soft), I got off to a great start, gradually building 207k to 330k in the first 90 minutes. Given the seat position I decided to be fairly tight with my opening hands (so as not to get picked off by the players on my left) but be fairly open with my 3-bet range and be willing to pull the occasional 4-bet light.

From 330k halfway through level 11 it collapsed fairly quickly..
1) Lost 35k with AJ vs AT aipf to double up the guy on my right
2) Lost 55k-60k with 66 vs AQ aipf to (crucially) double up the guy on my left, who was the person who was playing the best stuff at the table.

3) Raised   on the button to 6600 at 1500/3000, with the BB (other good player) calling.
Flop   - I c-bet 8200, he calls
Turn   - check, check for pot control - with the intention to bluff-catch the river if I miss the straight, or value bet if the river is a blank (2,3,J plus likely 4,6,7). Un-worried by hearts. Against a weaker player I feel I would be more likely to bet the turn to get value from drawing hands and hands like A8.
River   - he leads for 16400 - I call, he shows   . Errrrr..no comment.

4) Raise   UTG+1 to 6600, 3-bet on my left to ~14k. Thought strongly about simply giving this up, as I feel that 4-betting if effectively only being called by JJ+ and AK, but in the end opt to call and set mine. Annoyingly I then committed the crime of changing my mind.
Flop   - I check, followed by quick check - which made me think fairly strongly that he likely to have JJ/QQ - I feel that if he has KQ or Ax he is likely to dwell a little longer before checking behind.
Turn   - I decide to bet turn and river to try to get him to fold JJ/QQ which I think he has often in this spot - I bet ~16k, he dwells for 10 seconds before calling.
River   is not pretty, as in his mind I am less likely to value bet my Ax hands - perhaps here this makes the bluff not worth continuing. Pot stands at just over 50k. I decide to bluff fairly small (27k) as I think I still get a fold a reasonable amount of the time (40-50% plucked slightly from the air). He quickly shoves. No idea what he had.

5) Next orbit, playing ~180k. Raise   to 6600 in the cut-off, button (same guy) 3-bets again, to ~14k. I feel that this is a good spot to 4-bet light as his 3-bet % seems high, so I make it 30200 - he shoves quickly, and I fold.

6) Later, playing 140k, still at 1-2k. Cut-off (tight lady) raises to 6k in cut-off. I elect to flat from the SB with   (which I think is a big mistake). BB (same guy) 3-bets to 18500 (he covers me with ~180k). She folds, I shove and he snaps me off with   .  From my point of view, his 3-bet feels like a good spot for a squeeze, and he is certainly in the right frame of mind to find a squeeze here. I would be happy with my decision if I was playing 80-100k, but after thinking on it a while I think 140k is far too much, and I should have found a fold.

Really disappointed with the outcome, especially as I felt I was in a good position at the start of play and generally was happy with my game after a period of very little play, but I just capitulated.

One or two mistakes worth pondering on - apologies and thanks to the guys kind enough to stake me.

Roll on the next one!