DAVE "EL BLONDIE" COLCLOUGH - European Player of the Year

[GlasgowBandit]

Aye well done Dave.  I was chuffed to see u win its a pitty I never followed through with my convictions though I fancies yourself and Dr Tom to be in the mix up and the two of u made it to the last 3 - I dunno what odds I have got with Blue Square for that.  But I suppose when running cold these things happen.

[elblondie]

5) It seems you "ran well"? What do you think about that statement and what does it mean to you?

I ran exceptionally well. No arguements there. I feel I was probably due a good run in a bigger comp.
The Gods of fate are definately playing with me at the moment. god knows what is next on the horizon. I am scared to cross the road 

[elblondie]

6) You said the heads up was "one of the toughest you had ever played? Please give us some insight as to your plan of attack and how you perceived your opponent?
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Bazza was a tough cookie indeed. I normally raise maybe 75% of the time on my button in HU. However Bazza kept just moving over the top re-raising all-in. If at any point he thought I was at-it he would re-raise. He has balls of steel (UK Sheffield joke will go over a yank's head).
This meant I had to be a bit more cunning and gain chips from actually holding the best hand or calling down his bluffs. It's a lot harder to win with the best hand all the time. I think Bazza should play in the World HU in Barca. he will go a long way.
 

[cambo]

Dave any reason for playing the comp you just won rather than the bellagio comp? think i remember you saying that was ur fav comp of the year. due to the fact its a great structure and winnable numbers wise compared to the wsop main event.

congrats on the win i think this sets you nicely for this yrs wsop

[Royal Flush]

4) Did u make any mistakes that we, blonde members, could learn from?

Loads of mistakes... the most obvious being...
YOU CANT STEAL FROM BAZZA
who just sticks it all-in. he will not be bullied
 

Even flushy can beat KQ with a re-raise.....

[wsopin07]

So Dave,
Now that you have had a few days please tell us what you think was the key to your victory!
1) Did you do anything any different during this comp?

Yes when I acquired a big stack I adopted the deWolf strategy of aggression as opposed to sitting on it and picking my spots, as I usually do. The stack just grew and grew.... errr,  exactly the opposite to wot i was telling u to do in the WSOP
I also took 4 days off in the Sun immediately before the event. Rhowena tells me that we had not done that for over 2 years. So I guess I was refreshed.

I can agree, it seemed you were playing and being very involved, I made a post on the live update basically stating the same point and talking about Roland and how people think he is so lucky. You can never be lucky if u don't put them in the middle behind every once in  a while. He can gamble w/ u because u r just trying to win back the chips that he has stolen from you!

WSOP main event 170K in chips the  middle of day 2 and I didn't make it through the day!  I tried to keep the pressure on my opponents, problem was I missed 2 flush draws and got beat when I flopped top set on a 3 diamond board. I do think the "wolfe way" is very intimidating and that may be the reason people laid down big hands to you.                                     

                                           Pressure, patience            What to do???

[WellChief]

Dave - I was the one that passed Kings to you, and I'm still gutted about it obviously.  My question is do you think you would make the same play with Queens again in the same situation?  I'm trying to decide if I'd make the same laydown with Kings there and I think I might, but I'm wondering if I should take the policy of never passing kings pre regardless of the action ahead of me.

[GlasgowBandit]

Dave - I was the one that passed Kings to you, and I'm still gutted about it obviously.  My question is do you think you would make the same play with Queens again in the same situation?  I'm trying to decide if I'd make the same laydown with Kings there and I think I might, but I'm wondering if I should take the policy of never passing kings pre regardless of the action ahead of me.

Having see you play that seems a super tight laydown for you.  I predicted on the live update thread but after the laydown you'd go on super tilt was this the case?

Having read over the Live Update it seemed to me that Dave did in fact have Aces and your lay down was probably correct.  I personally don't think I am a good enough player to even contemplate passing KK pre-flop.  It could be sreaming out my oppo has Aces I'd still ship it in.

How do you think you would have faired if you called and got DC's chips?

[WellChief]

The pot would have given me around 110K when the average was under 40K still, so I think I would have gone deep.  Dave actually had Queens in the hand.  I didn't really go on tilt, I made a bad river bluff in a hand a little later but still had 27K or so when I lost all in with KK v AK which put me super short and I was out soon after. 

I don't actually tilt much, when I'm at the Stanley i usually go with a few of my mates just for fun really, and mess about a bit on the cash tables when I donk out (i'm usually pretty drunk also).

[wsopin07]

Dave - I was the one that passed Kings to you, and I'm still gutted about it obviously.  My question is do you think you would make the same play with Queens again in the same situation?  I'm trying to decide if I'd make the same laydown with Kings there and I think I might, but I'm wondering if I should take the policy of never passing kings pre regardless of the action ahead of me.

wow, please play at my table, I am not good enough to pass Kings, maybe one day ....... NAH, never

[GlasgowBandit]

Dave - I was the one that passed Kings to you, and I'm still gutted about it obviously.  My question is do you think you would make the same play with Queens again in the same situation?  I'm trying to decide if I'd make the same laydown with Kings there and I think I might, but I'm wondering if I should take the policy of never passing kings pre regardless of the action ahead of me.

wow, please play at my table, I am not good enough to pass Kings, maybe one day ....... NAH, never

Brian, if you don't pass 7/4 off what chnace is there of you passing Kings ??   

[wsopin07]

Dave - I was the one that passed Kings to you, and I'm still gutted about it obviously.  My question is do you think you would make the same play with Queens again in the same situation?  I'm trying to decide if I'd make the same laydown with Kings there and I think I might, but I'm wondering if I should take the policy of never passing kings pre regardless of the action ahead of me.

wow, please play at my table, I am not good enough to pass Kings, maybe one day ....... NAH, never

Brian, if you don't pass 7/4 off what chnace is there of you passing Kings ??   

The sick thing is that I have had 2 people pass KK to me preflop, both times I showed the 

One guy lost all self control and tried to get me to "take it outside", it was the funniest thing I have ever been involved in at the table. I kept showing him bluffs for the next 2 hours and he NEVER could make the call. He kept saying " one of these times your gonna have the nuts"

[tikay]

Many Congrats Dave, it's good to see someone actully think their way through a comp, with a dynamic strategy, and get their reward.

For me though, it'll always be remembered for that pic by Dana.

"Mystic Dave" it is from here on in......

[wsopin07]

Many Congrats Dave, it's good to see someone actully think their way through a comp, with a dynamic strategy, and get their reward.

For me though, it'll always be remembered for that pic by Dana.

"Mystic Dave" it is from here on in......

Right to the Blonde picture hall of fame, funniest thing has ever , ever, ever been posted on Blonde

[elblondie]

Dave any reason for playing the comp you just won rather than the bellagio comp? think i remember you saying that was ur fav comp of the year. due to the fact its a great structure and winnable numbers wise compared to the wsop main event.

Errr, yes my life was in a little bit of turnoil and I didnt fancy the trip. Manchester is a little closer and easier... that may have been another mistake though