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

[The_nun]

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)

Bland and boring are far from it ..I look forward to this report every day..and as for the 19th's report ..well there is always tomorrow..xx

[elblondie]

Friday June 22nd
That old de’javu feeling has come back again. Another tourney and yet again I went deep (I guess I have to be playing well). Just under 600 hopefuls turned up for the $2000 Pot Limit Hold’em event and I had the pleasure of sparring with Pras Banzi most of the day.
They paid 54 places and having started at mid-day, we finally made the money around 1 in the morning… unfortunately I was out by 1.30! I probably overplayed a pair of Jacks slightly but I was just below average and my opponent had consistently dropped his hand to a re-raise from Pras. So I came over the top from the small blind and he moved all-in.
I had committed 17,000 out of my 33,000 stack and I felt obliged to call. However, I did suspect he probably had an overpair. I was pretty sure he didn’t have a lower pair so was hoping to see AK. In retrospect I cant help feeling that Phil Hellmuth or Alan Cunningham would undoubtedly have got away from this one. So I think I’ll mark it down as a minor error even though it would have been tough recovering from 16k (had I passed).
I was all-in with Jacks and he showed me the pocket Aces I suspected. No help on the flop. Let’s hope Pras finishes the job off.
Never the less, it’s my second cash. If only for $4797.
Update from another player on my starting table who was talking about the Paul ‘Eskimo’ Clark incident. Apparently he had his second stroke at the table whilst chip leader in the Razz tourney with only 20 players left. He refused to leave the table until eventually he passed out…
Bankroll   -$7,100
IPOD favourite of the day… Heaven, Talking Heads

[Tonji]

excellent reports from LV Dave, a big cash is surely on its way, you say yourself your playing well, just a touch more luck needs to go your way.

btw your ipod music taste is spot on, are you using the ipod to aid your concentration, & is it working? 

[elblondie]

I do use the IPOD to aid how I feel I should be playing.
If I think I need to calm down & not play many ahnds because I have a loose table image then I'll listen to songs like 'heaven' and more mellow stuff.
However if I think I need to duck and dive like in the 6 handed tourney, then its all faster punk / new wave type music.
Whether it helps is debateable

[Ironside]

little bit more elvis and some fish and genises and you will walk away with a huge cash dave

[chrisbruce]

gr8 stuff Dave.

I really like you frank style, not boring at all for those of us who wish we were there.

[AlexMartin]

gr8 stuff Dave.

I really like you frank style, not boring at all for those of us who wish we were there.

 

[AlexMartin]

gr8 stuff Dave.

I really like you frank style, not boring at all for those of us who wish we were there.

[Ecosse]

Hi Dave,

Following your 'vegas blog' so to speak... Try some nice scottish piping music for your Ipod.

So many different moods and tempos to choose from .... 2 examples

1. The Dark Isle - Midi File - Slow Air

http://www.ogallchobhair.org/darkisle.html

2. Crossing The Minch - Upbeat Hornpipe when you feel the need for some aggression ...

http://www.alansim.com/scohtml/sco105.html


Of course I'm a piper from Glasgow and a little biased but there are so many different tunes to suit so many different moods.

Hope this makes sense.... Best of Luck and bring a bracelet home !


Dougie.

edit :- Real pipes by a seriously good piper :- Perfect Ipod stuff .. The 1st one is the most well known tune ...

http://ics.villanova.edu/Files/MP3's/Celtic%20Bagpipes%20-%20Scotland%20the%20Brave.mp3

[elblondie]

Sorry to be boring and obvious...
Have you got  a link to Flower of scotland ?

[elblondie]

Saturday June 23rd
A massive 2700 entrants played the $1500 NLH event. I had yet enough long day, starting at 12 and playing right through until 11. Having been on a comfortable stack all day, I was eventually knocked out losing two consecutive coin flips, somewhere around 320th. They were paying 270.
By my reckoning, this is the third exit just outside the money, to go with two exits just inside the money. How I long for something different? Lol…. First hand jobbie coming up.
I bumped into Pras just after he had been ‘bad beat’ out of the Pot Limit event that started yesterday. He was suicidal talking about getting an early flight back… that’s Vegas baby. It can destroy a man.
To be honest I am shattered now in need of a day off. I definitely won’t be playing tomorrows 50 grand HORSE, and I think I’ll give the 5 o’clock mixed hold’em event a miss as well… I suppose it depends on how bored I get? The bankroll could also do with a little help from the PLO cash game, so I guess we will see… getting drunk all day may be the best medicine though.
Bankroll   -$8,600
IPOD favourite of the day… White Lines, Grandmaster Flash

[Ironside]

Men of Harlech stop your dreaming
Can't you see their spear points gleaming
See their warrior pennants streaming
To this battle field

Men of Harlech stand ye steady
It cannot be ever said ye
For the battle were not ready
Stand and never yield
   From the hills rebounding
Let this war cry sounding
Summon all at Cambria's call
The mighty force surrounding

Men of Harlech onto glory
This shall ever be your story
Keep these burning words before ye
Welshmen will not yield
 

[AdamG]

dont worry Dave you know if u have the right music and right timing u will make up all these mishaps in one major cash in the big tournament coming up!

[Ecosse]

Sorry to be boring and obvious...
Have you got  a link to Flower of scotland ?

Hi Dave, on the case - solo or pipe band ?

Dougie.

[henrik777]

Sorry to be boring and obvious...
Have you got  a link to Flower of scotland ?

http://dw.com.com/redir?&destUrl=http%3a%2f%2fmusic-files.download.com%2fsd%2fRdqLYClZeVK0to39yNOg-6_erK6iNDGGJ_SyKh5VDTcgCVRMJZ5soY_KvP1umiVSBwX5wDAQ15XtqALGWMm5-DAtm52EZzjG%2fmp3download%2f100611731%2f192%2fBagpiper-_Michael_Lancaster-Flower_of_Scotland.mp3&edId=3&siteId=32&oId=3600-8786_32-100607202&ontId=8786&lop=btn&tag=btn&ltype=dl_192k&astId=2&pid=100611731&mfgId=100607202&merId=100607202

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