I arrived an hour early last night and there were 17 seats left for the 100.
I reckon if you get there in plenty of time on Friday, then you should be okay. But give them a ring beforhand just incase.
With regards to the comp:
Everything I touched seemed to turn to poo. I managed to double up against Koresh, KK v AQ when I trapcalled utg, but, apart from that, I never really won any big pots. A real mixture of bad play and bad timing.
I lost half my stack making a professional move. Unfortunately, these moves need to be against professional players. I ran into a loose passive player who'd flatcalled KQ suited on the button and checked the flush draw on the flop. I thought she was weak so I pushed in on the turn when I found an up and down straight draw. Amazingly, she didn't lay down her made flush. What a fish, eh? You pull out your best moves, and they still call with crappy hands like flushes. Bah!
Same player took some more chips off me just be4 the break when she flatcalled my raise with 10s. Remembering how she played the other hand, I didn't get too excited with my
when a 2-2-3 flop came. She bet small. I called. It was checked down to the river. I put her on JJ, TT, 77, or 88.
I sat next to Splash, who quickly introdouced himself. Nice bloke and glad I met him. Things kinda went to pot for him too. I recall one hand where he lost most his chips with a flopped set. He slowplayed and then reraised on the turn. Unfortunately, he found a chaser who called with a flush draw, which then hit. Cue milky bet on the end that was too small for Splash to ignore.
My swan song came first hand after the break. Blinds were 2/4 and I had 14. I moved in from around trap 7 with Q8 suited. Always nice to see the button holding Kings. And the quads he hit really summed up my night.
Good points:
-- 'That was a gr8 sandwich' - RED-DOG
-- No registration fee
-- Free parking - I actually managed to get out of the car park within 30 mins this time!!!
-- Friendly staff
-- plenty of places to sit - very comfy too
-- good dealing
Bad points:
-- I found my dealer to be a bit abrupt at times. After I moved all-in and was called by a shorter stack, who held the winning hand. I took my stack to count out the chips. The dealer said 'Can you not put your hands in the pot' in an aggressive tone of voice. Bit rude I thought. I make an asserted effort to be polite to dealers so it always pisses me off when they are not pleasant to me.
-- We had to ask for top-ups. No-one told us. I believe they even passed one table by.
-- You could do with a last 3 hands warning
-- I think it's better to have the break after the buy-in period.
-- The female staff weren't quite as good looking as someone on here said they were. I'll let that 1 slide though.
Overall: A pleasant experience. My failure in the comp put a dampener on the night, but I still enjoyed myself. Would definitely go back. I heard several people say that they'd be willing to play at the Broadway regulalry as opposed to Walsall. Bit worrying for Grosvenor, but great news for Broadway. Get those weekend comps going and Walsall will really have something to think about.
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