Like a rainstorm, there's a constant downpour, only for us, it's in the form of poker tournaments. From now until Christmas, there's pretty much a big event on every week. This time it's Waterford and Blackpool, next week will be the Midland Masters, after that it's the GUKPT Final at the Vic, followed by the Luton Xmas Cracker and then EPT Prague. Has poker reached a new peak at the moment? It certainly seems that way here in Blackpool. 190 players turned up for the £500 event which ended up being chopped 6 ways. There was also over a hundred for the £100 rebuy and a prizepool of over £30k, whilst even the £250 1 rebuy or add-on Omaha got 90 players tonight.
There's also a healthy amount of cash games going on too, which Maria managed a decent win in, though I must confess I much prefer online to live and not having to deal with any particularly lairy people that sometimes frequent these events. Luckily, our hotel is within walking distance, making the morning lie-ins that little bit longer. Our room actually consists of one single bed and one double bed, (guess who won the coinflip, sigh) but when entering the room both beds bizarrely had a little cuddly toy sat, quietly content, upon each. Maria got a little green frog with crazy eyes on hers, whereas I got a small pink pig - Snoops though would probably argue that it's fuschia.
Speaking of the beagle, he's over in Waterford playing the Blonde event there, where this weekend's other update comes from, thanks to Dana and Junglecat. Both competitions span the same time period, so we'll sort of be like....
In any case, with satellites running day and night, it's entirely possible this event will sell out completely, so please come and join us from 3pm and let us know who you'd like updates on and who you're supporting and we'll do everything we can to help out.
And fear not, because the updating team have amongst them, the sharpest minds in existence. For example here is Chili reading
Tolstoy's classic War and Peace Robbie Fowler's Autobiography.
Truly a masterpiece of it's time. A book by a footballer.
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