Had a real good time in manchester, we arrive pretty late to 235 and discover a couple of 1/1's and omaha, obviously this is too bowl for fred the baller so we move over to G.
Day 1Get there and they have a £50 tournament running with like 150 players and £3.5k up top, not shabby, the poker room reminded me a lot of a vegas room, approx 50 tables, lots of them cash games (10+).
We get a seat on a 1/1 and get on the list for a deece looking 1/2, Fred whacks me pretty early in an annoying one and felt like it was gonna set the tone for the trip, he gets a seat shortly after so I'm left all alone with the people of manchester, made a few friends and got a 1/2 seat.
Starts to break immediately as I sit down! wtf do I smell? Noticed a couple of dtd people who come down for deepstacks so they must be regs around here. Decided to break my FredW curse and whack him with 35 where I donk 284 and c-jam a 4 turn, river was very helpful :p
Unfortunately I get whacked in a few spots including by well loved gala/alea reg Mr Hui with AA<JJ AIP, so funny to watch him river a set and be like YESSSSS, never lost with so much happiness than to double that guy up, so much fun.
Also did my brains on the masseuse who was there, £70 down the drain, so good. Elbows on the shoulders for over an hour makes you feel better about being down £600 in a 1/2.
Game gets very deep after this, Fred has 2.5k, couple others have a bag so I top up to 1.5k, pretty sick how I'm starting to feel comfortable sitting with this much now, wonder what's gonna happen to my nerves when I get this in pre one time..
We're 4 handed at this point and it's playing very big apart from one guy who we were all gunning for, and warring with each other in the process. I open BTN with
£15 over mandatory £4 straddle and Fred 3b's the SB £50. We peel and see
, Fred bets £45 and I want the lead so I make it £105, I'm covered with about 1.6, turn is
, feel like I'd raise Fred with any flush draw on the flop anyway and go ahead and bluff turn £210, Fred re-checks cards and calls.
river and I'm not really sure what to do now. There's £700 in the pot. I don't really take long before betting £350, not really sure about this sizing as I wouldn't make it with a bluff so it just looks like I'm going thin vs Fred's range. Anyway he calls and claims
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Day 2Head to 235 after doing my brains in Hollister with Fred, there's a pretty deep 1/1 and a 1/2 going, Fred gets first seat as usual cause I'm such a nice friend
Lost min with AK<44 on AK4T9 after he c-calls/chks/leads and moved over to 1/2, was a lot of the people from the G the day before but it broke pretty quick, very annoying as people seem to leave whenever I get a seat! Y U DO DIS.
I go back on the 1/1, they have great rules here where you can match the largest stack or if you've moved from a broken table you can sit with DOUBLE the largest stack, suffice to say when Fred got a seat with 600 the game got deep real quick and it was soon a 1/2.
Was a good table, friendly and people looking to gamble, obv I luckboxed a double with
vs
on
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Me and Fred still warring, he's getting it 4b pots with me and asking me to top up as I only have a "bowl 800 stack", all banter though and in good fun.
Two girls who are pissed out their face want to play, obv Fred decides this is hilarious as she's sitting right next to me and tries to line her up to be girl #3/#4, not my type though sorry bud, he's a horrible human being, text message evidence will emerge if our friendship turns sour
Lost a couple of 3b pots being massively aggro in a couple spots, unfortunately couldn't flop much or when I flopped a draw couldn't seem to get there which obv isn't standard flanagan tekkers as if we flop a flush draw we DO make flushes.
Ended the night with £100 flips, no masseuse in 235 though, sigh. Probably a good thing as I'd end up doing the roll to them if they were available all the time. Didn't win the flip either but still ended with 2 sessions and 2 wins so very happy with how it went, probably spent £250 in expenses so I don't know if it's worth coming down a lot or not, it's about a 2 hour drive from Leicester but fuck all going on in Notts Mon-wed these days and while I like the comfort of my home and playing online, Live is just so much more fun.
While we were cashing out girl from earlier came over and said her friend had invited me for drinks, Fred standing there laughing immensely, very embarrassing, I politely declined partly because it was 6am (!) and still had a drive to do.
All in all though, a great trip and hope you enjoyed the write up. Nando's tonight with Beltonio and back to Dusk. See you there.
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