WPT at The Bicycle Casino, 27th - 31st August

[maid marion]

Nick is good. He arrived back on Monday - not happy with the hand he went out on, unsurprisingly. But I think he did brilliantly to finish 53rd out of 5800 runners & with only a handful of brits left.

He flew out to Cork this afternoon with Action Jack to play at the Macau Sporting Club in the Irish Classic.

Great news about Dave's result in Paris - when are you heading out to Paris?

[tikay]

Monday. I wish I cold do Cork, I really do, but its the game4Life do this weekend, & that has to take priority. I spoke to ActionJack today, he was trying to persuade me to do Cork I think, but I just can't.

Nick's exit? If anyone is not aware of how he busted out, & wants to know, post here & I'll put the hand up. It was just awful - great play, a great read, and a nightmare turn card. Truly, one of the unluckiest exits I have ever seen, simply because Nick totally outplayed the guy - and lost.

[redsimon]

Didnt some guy call with 32? and hit the dummy end of a straight...I thought those plays happened in a 10 comp not a $10K one

[tikay]

Something like that Red.

Nick's got K-9 in SB, & makes up, Matey Boy in BB raises it up with 2-3. Nick reads this perfectly, & calls. Flop is K-6-5. Nick bets, Matey Boy RR's, Nick calls. Now the thing is, Matey Boy is NOT betting to hit his gutshot straight, he's playing to force Nick off whatever hand he may have. So again, Nick reads the guy spot on - he's got niothing.

You can guess the turn.

[ifm]

i really do hate to say it, and i know i'm in for some harrassment but..............if he has such a good "read" why not reraise?
or was it posted wrong and the fella put nick allin?

[tikay]

I cant really recall to be honest Ian. But it musta hurt, whatever.

[wsopin07]

NICK PLAYED AND IS OWED MORE RESPECT THAN MY WIN, I think we (blonde) should have a party for him while I am in London and I will pay for the deal!!!! Lets roll w/ it boys!!!!

Tikay, I will be the 1st to say that I will but 10% of any event that you play in the US, thats putting my money where my big mouth is. ANYONE ELSE??? 

[tikay]

Wow, that's showing a lot of confidence in a regular guy Brian, especially as you have never seen me play.

Thank you.

[tikay]

Oh wait, that's wrong, I just remembered. We played in a $500 SNG, & I bust you out first hand, as I now recall. I think I cunningly played some junk, & then made a huge & brave call to bust you out.

Silly me, nearly forgetting that.

xx

[Royal Flush]

Nick was trapping the fella, as is needed at this stage of the comp. it was time for chip accumulation and Nick got unlucky that when the turn came he commited himself with a check raise and just happened to have run into the str8.

The point is the guy would have made the move with any hand on the turn, and Nick had put the fella on fa, which was right, just unlucky that the freecard was the killer. IMO it was perfect play for this stage of the comp, the first 5000 players are about survival, the last 500 are about CHIPS CHIPS and CHIPS!

[tikay]

That explains it so much beter than I ever could.

The WHOLE POINT was that the geezer was NOT drawing to the straight, nor did he think he was ahead pre-flop - that's impossiible, with 2-3! He was simply playing to force Nick off his hand.

Nick read this perfectly, pre & post flop, AND hit his top pair.

The rest is history, but to my mind, and at THAT stage, of THAT comp, it was horrendous.

I don't have any flag to fly for Nick. But he IS one of those guys who has a very special game. At the time he exited, he was one of a handful of guys who, in my opinion, had the game, & the balls, to Final. I've seen the guy make THE most amazing calls in comps - I particularly recall one at Luton against the enfant terrible, Richard Gryko, with bottom pair, when RG bet it every street.

Believe me, Nick has game, and some.

[portfolio]

surely the point is      are  going to play this WPT   event??


only a clash of dates with p4c newcastle  can stop u!!!

[tikay]

Looking ever more likely......