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

[elblondie]

Friday June 29th
I appear to be losing my way a little bit right now. A week or so ago I was building chips and fancied I had a shot in most of the tourneys. These fields are just so big though and there are just so many bullets to dodge. I sit and wonder how the hell does Hellmuth do it ?
Today’s short starting stack was 4000 for a $2000 buy-in. It was NLH again, and I got off to a flyer. Within 3 hours I had built up to a huge 17,000. Most players at the table had less than 8k apart from one… the one I decided to overplay big slick against. My AK of diamonds was no match for his KK on a Kc9d4s board and before I could blink I had demolished 95% of my huge stack. The pot was 32,000 when the average stack was between 6 and 7k. A bit of a cooler but again I find myself wondering if greater players could have got away cheaper.
Saturday is another day off, in preparation for ‘my big one’; Sunday’s $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha. This is probably my favourite tournament of the whole year… so I had better go and get my head sorted.
Bankroll   -$18,600
IPOD favourite of the day… Roses, OutKast (not for our younger viewers)
 

[Dingdell]

Saturday June 23rd
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 have reread this several times and I'm still wondering what it really meant...... Is it me?! 

Great reads Dave - look forward to them everyday.

[AlexMartin]

Friday June 29th
I appear to be losing my way a little bit right now. A week or so ago I was building chips and fancied I had a shot in most of the tourneys. These fields are just so big though and there are just so many bullets to dodge. I sit and wonder how the hell does Hellmuth do it ?
Today’s short starting stack was 4000 for a $2000 buy-in. It was NLH again, and I got off to a flyer. Within 3 hours I had built up to a huge 17,000. Most players at the table had less than 8k apart from one… the one I decided to overplay big slick against. My AK of diamonds was no match for his KK on a Kc9d4s board and before I could blink I had demolished 95% of my huge stack. The pot was 32,000 when the average stack was between 6 and 7k. A bit of a cooler but again I find myself wondering if greater players could have got away cheaper.
Saturday is another day off, in preparation for ‘my big one’; Sunday’s $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha. This is probably my favourite tournament of the whole year… so I had better go and get my head sorted.
Bankroll   -$18,600
IPOD favourite of the day… Roses, OutKast (not for our younger viewers)
 

If he's not a mug what other holdings would he be getting so seriously involved with apart from a set or (maybe) AA on such an uncoordinated board. Get it together and bring the A game back. We want a bracelet.

[simonow]

Good Luck Today Dave all the Boys are rooting for you, youve tried every thing else why not play 1 level with no I pod, you never know LOL, anyway make sure you enjoy it most of all.

[boldie]

Dave, what happened to the cash games? did you stop playing them in order to focus on the tourneys?

[AdamG]

i agree boldie maybe rebuild ur bankroll with cash game and ship it in tournys!!!

[elblondie]

Dave, what happened to the cash games? did you stop playing them in order to focus on the tourneys?

Yes ... the age old question...
Well the problem is that the WSOP goes on for so long. It's my belief that I cant play 60 hours a week and still expect to turn up to a tourney with the right attitude, zest & concentration...well not for 5 weeks anyway.
So the real problem with going deep in so many tourneys is that it is 10 hours or more play. Thus not leaving enough time for the cash games if I want to remain sane...
thats my excuse anyway.

[elblondie]

Saturday June 23rd
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 have reread this several times and I'm still wondering what it really meant...... Is it me?! 

Great reads Dave - look forward to them everyday.

Wash your mind out... I meant a exit in the first hand delt in the tourney.
tut tut

[elblondie]

Friday June 29th
I appear to be losing my way a little bit right now. A week or so ago I was building chips and fancied I had a shot in most of the tourneys. These fields are just so big though and there are just so many bullets to dodge. I sit and wonder how the hell does Hellmuth do it ?
Today’s short starting stack was 4000 for a $2000 buy-in. It was NLH again, and I got off to a flyer. Within 3 hours I had built up to a huge 17,000. Most players at the table had less than 8k apart from one… the one I decided to overplay big slick against. My AK of diamonds was no match for his KK on a Kc9d4s board and before I could blink I had demolished 95% of my huge stack. The pot was 32,000 when the average stack was between 6 and 7k. A bit of a cooler but again I find myself wondering if greater players could have got away cheaper.
Saturday is another day off, in preparation for ‘my big one’; Sunday’s $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha. This is probably my favourite tournament of the whole year… so I had better go and get my head sorted.
Bankroll   -$18,600
IPOD favourite of the day… Roses, OutKast (not for our younger viewers)
 

If he's not a mug what other holdings would he be getting so seriously involved with apart from a set or (maybe) AA on such an uncoordinated board. Get it together and bring the A game back. We want a bracelet.

Well you are obviously correct in 70% of the cases.
I'll use the 'big pot theory' as my only excuse.
By the time we had raised and re-raised pre-flop and then again on the flop, I could have passed saving 5,000 chips or 'hoped' I was ahead and try and win a 34k pot.
... I agree it's probably a mistake though

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Friday June 29th
I appear to be losing my way a little bit right now. A week or so ago I was building chips and fancied I had a shot in most of the tourneys. These fields are just so big though and there are just so many bullets to dodge. I sit and wonder how the hell does Hellmuth do it ?
Today’s short starting stack was 4000 for a $2000 buy-in. It was NLH again, and I got off to a flyer. Within 3 hours I had built up to a huge 17,000. Most players at the table had less than 8k apart from one… the one I decided to overplay big slick against. My AK of diamonds was no match for his KK on a Kc9d4s board and before I could blink I had demolished 95% of my huge stack. The pot was 32,000 when the average stack was between 6 and 7k. A bit of a cooler but again I find myself wondering if greater players could have got away cheaper.
Saturday is another day off, in preparation for ‘my big one’; Sunday’s $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha. This is probably my favourite tournament of the whole year… so I had better go and get my head sorted.
Bankroll   -$18,600
IPOD favourite of the day… Roses, OutKast (not for our younger viewers)
 

If he's not a mug what other holdings would he be getting so seriously involved with apart from a set or (maybe) AA on such an uncoordinated board. Get it together and bring the A game back. We want a bracelet.

Well you are obviously correct in 70% of the cases.
I'll use the 'big pot theory' as my only excuse.
By the time we had raised and re-raised pre-flop and then again on the flop, I could have passed saving 5,000 chips or 'hoped' I was ahead and try and win a 34k pot.
... I agree it's probably a mistake though

dont worry... Alex is the king of hindsight!

[Irishdenis]

head up Dave....just prepare right and give yourself the best chance. Everything else will happen in due course. On a more serious note the small bar in the entrance to the Rio. Would you say the percentage is 50/50 between Blonde and Brunettes. Can you also give them a score out of ten. I'd give them one.! ! !

[elblondie]

my head wasn't really down Denis ... and have only drank at that bar once. Have my eyes on a couple of blondes at the moment... neither of which are sure if they want the attention or not....

Saturday June 30th
As tomorrow’s $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha is probably my most realistic target for the trip, and possibly the most important tourney of the year, I decided to avoid poker for the day again… for those remotely interested I actually wandered down to the Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery to get a rather dodgy arm scar covered up with a tattoo that has ended up being about four times bigger than I expected. Whoops!
Anyway maybe 4 hours in the chair having relentless pain endlessly and tediously administered to my upper arm will have been a mind cleansing experience… perhaps.

Sunday July 1st 
So I finally got started after 3 hours of Brian Wilson induced hassle, and surprisingly got off to a flyer. A set of Queens matured into a full house and I was up over 40k within the first two hours.
I spent a very comfortable day in an above average spot peaking around 90k until I got involved in a 3-way pot. I held 8,6,9,K on a 883 board and ended up setting an opponent all-in for a pot over 120k. Unfortunately, he held 83JQ and I didn’t hit any of my 9 outs on the turn or river.
My 35k stack was still playable though and I managed to build up to 135k knocking out bracelet holding shorter stacks Scott Clements and Thor Hansen in the process.
Unfortunately I had a dry spell towards the end of the day and finished on 95,500, which is slightly below average. There are 55 players remaining from the 314 participants who stumped up $10k… very, very tired.
Bankroll   -$28,600
IPOD favourite of the day… Killers, Somebody Told Me

Monday July 2nd
Hmmm, over 6 million chips in play and 55 players…I am not so sure we will finish today.

[booder]

… for those remotely interested I actually wandered down to the Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery to get a rather dodgy arm scar covered up with a tattoo that has ended up being about four times bigger than I expected.

welcome to the club Dave

[booder]

may i recommend your next one...........

[kinboshi]

may i recommend your next one...........