Blondes go mad!!!!! staking Ironside for the wsope PLO event

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MONDAY 14th JULY

Parents were getting carpets fitted on the 15th so to get some sleep i decided to stay in Aberdeen overnight and have a drink on the Monday, problem was that hotels kick out at 12pm so i would get to bed around 6am and then kicked out 6 hours later. I wanted to be able to check in around 5 am and then check out at 5pm, first quote was £150, but John Taylor at the International Casinogot me a deal at the Caremalite hotel for half that. I played in the cash game after the comp and was running bad, i got up to £450 quick from my £200 sit down and did the lot when in a hand of double flop PLO when i flopped the nut flush on one board and top set on the 2nd board. Most of the money went in on the turn when i still had nut flush and top 2 sets on the 2nd board, but i was unable to shift the guy sat with the bottom set on the first board and the 2nd nut straight on the 2nd board. Drink in wits out i move all in on rivers when he hits quads on the first board which meant his straight was now nuts on 2nd board.

I then play a stud Hi/Lo hand showing a 5 with A3d in the hole i manage to get it all in before 4th street against the resident stud Hi/Lo expert on his button who had JJ in the hole with a 6 showing who seemed a little upset with only getting half the pot when i was a very marginal favourite (50.5/49.5) to scoop.

Last hand of the night i was down £200 at start of hand we all put in £5 with no blinds the games PLO double flop 7 card. There was about £200 in the pot preflop and i flop 2 monster draws and think long and hard before re raising the pot bet on the flop, cant remember exactly the hands a little too much drink was had by this stage but i had huge draws and redraws and would finish the night £100 up if i scooped and £500 down if i lost. I hit both turns and he re hit both rivers.

Lost £500

WEDNESDAY 16th JULY

With no cash action on the Tuesday i waited till the Wednesday to get some action i had gone deepish in the comp so the game was running and very juicy when i got there. Infact a couple of us were trying to get out of the comp into the action as soon as we could. I got a real rush of cards quick and it looked like i was bullying especially to the strangers to the game. Hans a Norwegian on his first visit to the game called NLHE on his button with most of the regulars not wanting to play i knew it would be short handed unless they woke up with monsters so i raised with 1 limper before me from LP with 2 regulars behind me with A9. Hans couldn't resist trying to out play me so he called as did the limper. The flop brought me 2 pair AK9 rainbow and i bet out £15 Hans made it £50 i called a rag turn i check called his £90 bet and a rag river and check called his £180 bet his full Wilson was no match for my 2 pair. Hans was beginning to become annoying splashing pots, handling pots, string betting trying to bet £50 into £20 pots etc etc etc he started take 5 minutes each play and making the game boring and annoying. I picked up my chips and apologised and left even though a pro would of sat there rubbing there hands thinking of a good night in the office.

30 minutes later everyone left the game and we started a new game without Hans, Gordon from Belfast stayed and took Hans money off him heads up. The 2nd game didn't last long and then broke up for the night. With not many memorable hands played.

Profit £550

FRIDAY 18th JULY

I left the house late and didn't get to the casino till midnight but there was a free seat and i sat down straight away, nothing memorable happened but i kept getting in and beat money was leaking i don't think i tilted but nothing was going right lost a huge stud Hi/Lo pot when i got in with AA JJ via a hidden set of queens. I recorded my biggest every losing session even though it was a short session.

Lost £750

MONDAY 21st JULY

Couldn't get any action on my big hands and didn't get into many pots spent an enjoyable evening passing chips back and forward nothing major either way and finished the night £29 down including drinks food and tips.

Lost £29

WEDNESDAY 23rd JULY

Unbelievable night, first the game didn't start till 12:30am, TheAdmiral and Mr Li were playing the fruit machine waiting for the game, left when the game started and the next person on the machine dropped £1500 from that machine. The players that did start seemed to hit and run with most leaving at 2am up. TheAdmiral and myself were both down slightly me more than him, rather than go home we played HU for 2 hours with some crazy games, 22 PLO8 was called by me more than once much to the annoyance of Stephen who agreed to deal for us. Chips were going in and coming straight back as most games were split. I finished the night down £95.

Lost £95

FRIDAY 25th JULY

I sat down around 10pm with the game already in full flow, i cashed in £600 into chips with the intention of 2 pull ups of £200 and a sit down of £200. I dropped my chips all over the floor and when i got the the table counted only £575 (found the other £25 chip caught in my wheelchair as i got into my car at end of night) i wasn't paying proper attention as i was trying to sort myself out and only put £150 on the table. Flopped he nuts on the first hand and got TheAdmiral to double me up. I returned the chips to him not long after when i made the 2nd nut flush in a game of 4 card PLO and as he is a tricky player than could play with the bare card i called him and he got £100 of the £150 back.

A hand of real note was PLO double flop when i flopped a set of jacks on the top board and had the bare Kh on the 2nd board which was showing 2 hearts one being the Ah. I made Jacks full of 2s on the top board and the heart hit in the bottom board, holding a 2 in my hand i knew i had the nuts on the top board and when Mike bet into me he had nuts on neither, so my £200 pot bet i expected to get through but Mike thought for a minute or so and called with the 2nd nut flush. the rest of the night seemed to be a game of miss and miss more with not hitting any nut hands or major draws.

The hand of the night didn't evolve me apart from my £2 limp preflop, it was a PLO8 hand flop came down 568 rainbow and it all kicked off with 4 players all in before the turn. 2 having 79 and 23 1 having A23 and another a set and 23. and Ace on the river meant that the A23 hand got allot less than he could/should of with the 79 hands getting the lion share.

Lost £120 (thought it was £145 till i found the £25 chip)

expensive lessons being learnt in the cash games but i am still in profit for the last 6 weeks. Hope to get back into the winning ways on Monday.