Errrgh i bubbled! 29th out of 347.... annoying!

Got three outered in two huge pots in the last hour. 13 hours to bubble... not happy!

30k... played bad in one pot then lost a 60k pot when i called in front but my opponent hit on the river :-(

... and if you were in it i'd love to be the fourth ;-)

Cheers

Its the $5000 today so we get 10000 starting chips and a 60 min clock. Hopefully i am saving my good cards for the main event....

Seen Brian Wilson... on form as always. He had a last longer with Roland De Wolfe which he won. Two tight players they are ;-)

Arrived here a few days ago!

Loads of Brits here..... probably between 30-50

I was watching the big $200/$400 NL Holdem cash game yesterday and Negreanu played. He was playing in the dark and making it $800 to play every hand blind then betting $400 every flop in the dark. He was still winning alot when i left!

I think the tourneys are better value than the WSOP. Less bad players but at least you get more chips to play with.....

Cheers to anyone who was funking for me.

It was a bizarre tournament. I hit lots of cards but also had some bad beats so was up and down alot.

I really wanted to get Heads Up with JP ... it would have been fun i'm sure!

Most people are guessing between 400-500

All being well i should be there on Wednesday.... flights are booked.

Its only 50/50 though due to other things happening at the moment!

I don't think you did too much wrong.... you just got unlucky.

If i checked the flop in the first one, i would reraise more on the turn to see where i am.

The second one you lose however you play it. I know Gregoshea and he is never passing that draw.

I'm bennyboi on Betfair btw... we have played together a bit!

Can anyone recommend a good book that concentrates on STTs?

My sister wants to learn ;-)

Actually that hand would be in my group 2 of starting hands. Its better than hands like QQ79 and JJ68. Lots of people think high pairs have to see a flop but i look at it completely differently. Three running cards with a suited Ace is a good enough starting hand to call a single raise.

As for after the flop. I muck. I may try and get clever with it if there are no diamonds but not with the flush draw there as well.... even if you are in front there are too many hands that will still be favourite over yours.

Good luck to the Pommo, Dubai and Gryko. We had an interesting night out on the champagne last night ;-)

I am glad i couldn't play this weekend as i am still hungover!

Just read all the updates... it was some rollercoaster!

I should have made the final but thats poker i guess.

Maybe next year i can do better :-)

Just back from my curry - how's Ben doing?

As much as I love Monte Carlo, I don't believe it has any Asian restaurants - or does it ??