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[Eso Kral]

Main event day 1b

We are still in at end of level8 and have 32500 which is just under average and 40bigs

[Eso Kral]

Nottingham UKIPT report

As already update the side event we played really well throughout and even Dom complimented us on our game (confirmed legend) and we were desperately unlucky to get crippled by Dreenie in the AA v 84cc coup for 14% of the chips in play with 16 left which meant we bust out before the ££££

The main event we played Day 1B Thurs and sat down on a table with Thomas Ward (very good) IP to us, Frankie, a lagtard online player and one other decent player so as opening tables go we were pretty unlucky and having picked up a few pp's but not flopping dem sets early we were down to around the 13k mark with the lagtard opening 80% of pots and Thomas IP we had to carefully pick and choose our spots of which there were 2 on the table and I tried to 3b or 4b every time they were involved which meant we chipped up to 25k by level 4 and then hung around the 25-30k mark to level 8 which was average where we moved tables with 3 levels to play and blinds going 4/800/100.

This level was a real grind and if you had offered me a double through then I would have snapped your hand off and come back to day 2! We got a full double through when a smart looking Asian gentleman 4x utg to 3200 and an elderley gentleman in MP 3b's to 10k and we look down @ "dem aces" in the CO and 28k back and having seen this gentleman play for a while he is never folding having 3b so jammed and get called by his QQ which we hold and get to the heady hights of 60k with the average at 50k.

Into the final level of the day 600/1200/100 and we make further progress to 80k when we raise the Btn to 2400 with A9o and the sb comes along for the ride and we see a flop of   and he checks and I decide to just check it back so we see a turn of   and he now decides to lead for 3000 but he does not look comfortable so I just peel one off which is a river   and after a short dwell he places 7000 on the felt but in a different way to all the other bets I had observed so I looked at him for a while and he gave a pretty obv live tell (not always right) and I flick in the 7k and he checks his cards and mucks over the line to which I ask the dealer "Are they mucked" and the guy inst flips   just so he can see my hand so now I have to show my call which still scoops but he is a visibly tilted.

I got the feeling he would defo try to make a play at some stage vs me as I had been opening quite a few pots since joining the table and with 40 mins left I opened to 2400 with AKo from the H/J and he 3b's to 7100 from the CO and the Asian guy who opened in my double through hand now rejams from the BB and if I am really honest here I  made 2 mistakes

1. I miscalculated his stack by 10k as thought it was 30k not 40k
2. Didnt give him credit for the fact he will never be bluffing this spot and at best we have 1or2 overs and due to mistake 1 if we lose this pot we will be shortish going into the last half hour.

I rejammed and now the guy to my left dwells saying F**k, F**K cant believe it, "You have Aces again dont you", so I put my best Aces Nostril flaring face on and after a while he open folds KINGS and whilst happy realise there is 2 of our outs gone and the 4bettor proudly flips QQ so we need to hit to get to 130k and a decent stack for day2 but alas  brick completely and to make matters worse 5 hands later we get a table break having just passed through the blinds.

[Eso Kral]

It's funny how sometimes a mistake can lead to your exit hand and the AK hand definately meant we exited on Day 1 as it influenced how and the hands I played for that last half hour.

I move to a table in the old VIP area and obv everyone had more chippies than me except Ceri Rees who had half as much but grinded his little nuts off and I made one R/F with A8 and then sigh folded when opening to 2400 with A8hh and picking up a flat on the btn and bb and we see a flop of  to which the bb checks we cbet 3400 and get called by the btn and then the bb c/r us to 10k and we sigh fold as we still have 20bigs  and what are we ever beating here???

Our exit hand is literally down to the AK hand as when Sunil Mistri raises to 2600 in the c/o and we hold Q7cc and 15 bigs in the SB it seems a good spot to get it in with and he snaps with Aces and despite a xxxcc flop it's the wrong black cards on turn and river and we exit kicking ourselves over that hand!

So a big apology from me as whilst you never know what will happen over that next 40 mins if we fold as we should having only put in 2400 to the pot we most likely get a chance to make day 2 and from there who knows?

Anyway onwards and upwards our next tourney is the freeroll for you guys which is the Grand Prix where we are playing next Thursday with a golden chip and if we get Ko'd I am re-entering of my own dime to try and make day 2 onwards.

[Eso Kral]

We also have a few extra ££ to add to the bank as the £560 we have accounted for the May Deepstack at DTD is now a £500 tournament so as we had 2 bullets there is £120 to be added back in.

So we have  £168 x 2 (buy-ins not used) plus £600 cash from £150 deepie plus £120 (reg fees not required) = £1056


Just for the record if no-one objects, I have been offered a club Wembley ticket for the cup final on Day1a of the £500 deepstack so upon leaving Wembley I shall be driving up and late regging 1A then playing Day1b if required!!

[Eso Kral]

DTD GRAND PRIX

This was the freeroll for the stakers and despite building a healthy stack of 70k by level 6 we busted in level 14 of 15 when we jammed over the top of an utg limper and mp raise with 24bigs and JJ and could not hold vs AK of the raiser 


The final event on this stake is the £500 deepstack next weekend and I have already mentioned that I have a club Wembley ticket for the FA cup final and wa going to late reg after the game but I am now aware the kickoff is at 5.15pm so if the match finishes off without the need for extra time/penalties we would be leaving Wembley at 7pm and likely to be in Nottingham circa 9.30-10.00pm so I want to give you the stakers the option and will be guided by yourselves whether you want me to late reg at 9pm (the latest time) and means we would be sitting with roughly 25bb's when I get there.

We allocated 2 bullets to this event so I guess its whether you want me to take a punt on Bullet 1 or we just play 1b with the option of a reload if necessary and if not the £500 gets added to the returns?
Pls post your preference!

[tikay]

Happpy to do whatever you think best, Rich, but there are TWO opening days for the £500, Saturday & Sunday, yes?

[Eso Kral]

Happpy to do whatever you think best, Rich, but there are TWO opening days for the £500, Saturday & Sunday, yes?

Yeah that's what I meant ie we play just Sunday and bank the £500 or if we received a beat early on can reload on the Sunday.

I will see how we go as if there is extra time and/or pens it will be a no go anyway.

[tikay]

Happpy to do whatever you think best, Rich, but there are TWO opening days for the £500, Saturday & Sunday, yes?

Yeah that's what I meant ie we play just Sunday and bank the £500 or if we received a beat early on can reload on the Sunday.

I will see how we go as if there is extra time and/or pens it will be a no go anyway.

Oh, I seeeeeee....

Up to you Rich, you are best placed to decide. 

[Eso Kral]

Ok were going to swerve the mad rush out of Wembley and attempt to get in with 20bigs and will be playing Sunday day1b.

GL us

[Eso Kral]

Unfortunately we bust the £500 in level 9 losing 2pots the decisive one being JJ vs AQo against M Wernick.
Will do a full report and totals tomorrow as we didnt need the extra bullet in this event.

[Eso Kral]

DTD £500 Report

I played day 1b and had a decent starting table with a few known players to me but had a decent position in relation to them with only Pizzled I was oop to and a couple of unknowns to my right.

It helps if you do pick up a few decent hands also and despite the deck not smacking me in the face I seemed to have the best hand at show down a fair bit but also was playing my pos fairly well imo and won quite a few pots without showdown enabling me to chip up to 40k from a starting stack of 30k fairly quickly.

I was opening most unopened pots and 3/4 betting in some good spots and obv had to raise fold a few times along the way but by the start of level 9 600/1200/100 my stack was a fairly healthy 55k and then we lost 2 pots in just over an orbit which basically felted us.

Pot 1 -  Kinboshi opens to 2500 utg from 16.5k and it folds to us in the c/o and look down to   and 3b to 6100 with the intention of calling a shove from him until Gav (Pizzled) 4b's all in for 17k and after Boshi folds we call off a similar amount and dont get there vs his rejam with   which leaves us with 38k.

Pot 2 - It's folded to me in mp and we open to 2500 with   and Micky Wernick 3b's to 12000 from 34k and after a short dwell from me he says "Have you got a decision to make?"  and a few seconds later I jam all in which I still think is fairly standard although Micky is  granite his 3bet size is quite big and we crush most of his range imo, after a few seconds of thought he says "he has put in too much" and calls it off and we need to hold vs but despite the safe looking flop and turn the   send us down to 3bb's which are all in 2 hands later and we dont get there and are Ko'd.

I decided as we were only 10 mins away from the 8/1600 level that it was not worth using our re-entry and just gambling £500 with less than 20 bigs so this needs to be added to our returns total.

[Eso Kral]

In summary across the tourneys

£150 deepstack at DTD we finished 20th for £600

£110 Ukipt side turbo  Lost AA vs 84cc on a 9A6 one club board for just under 13% of the chips in play with 17 left and 12 paid

Ukipt Main event - Made a mistake last level of the day rejamming against 2 players older than myself with AK and didnt get there which left us short and definately stopped us making day 2

Grand Prix - Bust jamming all in with JJ losing to AK for a day2 stack in the penultimate level of the day

DTD £500 see report above

Therefore we have £1556 in cashes and unused buy-ins as despite my image we didnt require a re-entry that we allocated for.

If you could let me know how you would like to receive payment and I will sort out later this week or if you all agree I am happy to play another few events under the same deal and the events I would propose are

June £500 deepstack at DTD 30k ss and a 1 hour clock which I think will really suit our style.

If we bust this there are 2 £500 satelites to this years WSOP and whilst not planning to go can get the time off if I win a seat.

Plus I will play a £150 deepstack event most likely 25th/27th May which is an 888 sponsored event with 20k on a 30 min clock.

So total entries would be a maximum of £1650 but I will flick in the difference if we give it a further spin.

Please note that should I happen to win a seat to Vegas with DTD then all %'s will carry forward to that event obviously.

Please let me know itt or via pm what you wish to do and thanks very much for the opportunity on this stake.

[Eso Kral]

Now heard from all parties  Dylan/Tikay/Dubai/Flushy and we are spinning the dice again!

Will confirm ITT over the next few days the events we are playing.

Thx again stakers

[Eso Kral]

Just heading into London to play the 888 superstack event as part of the stake

£165  20k ss 30min clock starts at 1pm

Gl us

[leethefish]

Gl mate ...I might of joined you if there was an invite!