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

[bobby1]

Great read Dave and all the best. Can you give Brian a big kiss for me and tell him to go win baby.

[elblondie]

Tuesday June 19th
Another day off !!!! Well I am impressed with my self-control even if nobody else is. I managed to go all day without even seeing a poker table… I used to have the sickness, but I’m better nowwwwwaahhh.
Ok, the real reason for this sensibility is that tomorrow is another Pot Limit Omaha tourney. So I don’t want to be stuck playing day 2 of the 7 card stud tourney… or do I? It was a toughie, but I managed the day off.
Which reminds me. A couple of interesting scenes from the previous day…
1.   I am walking down the long corridor away from the poker room and Mickey Appleman (or is it Appleton) is Kung Fu martial arts kicking his way, with full uh’s and ah’s, and karate chops all the way up the corridor. Everyone was taking a sharp right or left turn, diving into the restrooms and suddenly remembering that they had left something behind. I guess somebody had put a bad beat on him, and he was back to sort ‘em out.
2.   Eskimo Clark is stood outside the poker room arguing with the Tournament Director that he should be allowed in to play because ‘this is the World Series. It only happens once a year!’. He was not a happy man. The TD appeared to stand his ground though. He believed that he had reasonable grounds for expulsion. Eskimo had had 2 strokes in the cardroom in the last 4 days and was afraid that it might be 3 and out…
Budding rookie poker players beware…this is what the great poker beast turns you into after 30 years of waiting for Aces.

[AuntySan]

Hi Dave,

Message from your Mum - she says 'pob lwc' and that she is following your blogs!!!

Pob lwc from us too.

[Rookie (Rodney)]

gl tomorrow, liking the reports.

[AlexMartin]

Nice updates Dave. Do you include juice in your bankroll or just lump it into the expenses category?

Also, did you go away with a view to play as many events as possible or are you selecting choice events?

Alex

[elblondie]

Nice updates Dave. Do you include juice in your bankroll or just lump it into the expenses category?
Also, did you go away with a view to play as many events as possible or are you selecting choice events?
Alex

The juice gets taken directly from the prize pool... a $1000 buy in is probably split $90 juice, $910 into prize pool.

[elblondie]

Wednesday June 20th
$1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys. The starting stack is 3000 and the opening blinds are 50/100 !!! The rebuy period is for 3 hours! This is The World Series Of Poker…there must be some skill in here somewhere? Passes me by though… but maybe the less skill, the more chance I have!
There was the usual re-buy period carnage but fortunately my table wasn’t too crazy. That’s probably because it had it’s fair share of good players including Burt the $5000 PLO champion, Sonny Ninjan(one of the biggest PLO cash game winners in the world) & Rafi Amit (who won the WSOP PLO championship event 2 years ago)… not to mention both of the Boatman brothers… and when they broke my table it didn’t get any easier. I got moved in with Greg Raymor, Devilfish, Juha Heppi and a couple of other bracelet holders.
Fortune was on my side though and at one point I managed to peak around 100k in chips. Unfortunately that was a high point though. Nethertheless, I did get past dinner break and through to the end of the day finishing with 58,000. Slightly below average but still in with a good shot at the whopping $470,000 first prize.

[The_nun]

Thanks for taking the time to update Dave..I for one truly appreciate and enjoy your reports..x

[Jim-D]

Thanks for taking the time to update Dave..I for one truly appreciate and enjoy your reports..x

Can't agree more,  Super stuff sir.

And bring home the jewellery.

[b4matt]

Bets of luck mate- If you get JJ 66 double suited.... pot it on every street!!! Can't miss!! Got your gl message from Rhow in Bolton, ty and bring home the bling!

[elblondie]

Thanks for taking the time to update Dave..I for one truly appreciate and enjoy your reports..x

Well thank you Nun (and Jim D) ... it's nice to be appreciated.

I was afraid they were a bit bland and boring to be honest (just like me)

[tikay]

Thanks for taking the time to update Dave..I for one truly appreciate and enjoy your reports..x

Well thank you Nun (and Jim D) ... it's nice to be appreciated.

I was afraid they were a bit bland and boring to be honest (just like me)

Please keep them coming Dave, most of us look for them every afternoon (UK time).

[kinboshi]

We're all rooting for you Dave .  Keep the updates coming as well.

[elblondie]

Thursday June 19th
Vegas, Vegas, and another broken dream. I turned up at 2 with one eye on the 470 large and left with empty pockets. Maybe I should have kept both eyes on my cards!
To be fair to myself I didn’t pick up a hand in the two hours play, and my Omaha selection criteria is looser than most. However I can be quite creative from the Big Blind with quite marginal hands. And the critical pot was when I called a raise from the BB and flopped top 2 pair. I trap checked, re-raised Jackie all-in with his over-pair. We had a 80k pot and he could only win with a King or by pairing the deuce (to give him a higher two pair). A deuce appeared on the turn and I was just gutted. I was down to the felt instead of being above average chips, and shortly afterwards was put to the sword.
I was eliminated just outside the money and to be honest, it hurt. For some reason I really fancied making the final table and possibly winning this one. I always feel I have so much more control when playing Omaha…
…Ho hum, pick myself up, dust myself down and start again tomorrow. Tomorrow is actually a $2000 Pot Limit Hold’em event, which is where I had my greatest WSOP success in 2000. So I suppose I have another good opportunity.
My friend Sonny from Birmingham (Nijran) is in the PLO final, so let’s hope he takes it down. If not good luck to Chris Bjorin and Alan Smurfit who are also old adversaries from the green baize back home.
Bankroll   -$9,900
IPOD favourite of the day… Once in a lifetime, Talking Heads

[GlasgowBandit]

unlucky Dave.

I have enjoyed reading your daily updates.  its much better than your blog from last year IMO.

Best of luck for future events.