blonde poker

 

Just preparing for a trip to Paris for the WPT. I was in 2 minds whether to go but as usual I just cannot resist it, so I'm booked on the 7am plane to Paris from East Midlands. Chubbs has decided to play aswell after his profitable week in Walsall and I have bought 50% of him on the basis that he is in good form. I don't often buy %'s of people, as they keep asking you once you have done it (even if they don't cash) but I feel that Chubbs has really lifted his game so it's worth a punt.

Walsall was a great result for us all, Nick just missed out on the final table aswell after grinding away in style with his short stack, but it was ironic that me and Chubbs ended up heads-up in the final, as just before the main event started we played 8 £100 heads-up games to pass time away (we drew 4-4). We clashed a few times on Saturday so I was surpised that we both made it down to the last 2, as you can see from the BP updates.

Although we are friends there is a lot of history with me and Chubbs on the poker circuit so there was noway we were going to chop the prize pool 50:50 and get an early night, I thought it was all going my way when I managed to get a 3-1 chip lead but he came back and beat me fair and square when I managed to get 800k in pre-flop with A3off v his QQ. He talked me into calling and I just couldn't bear to pass and let him turn over 52off and call me a "mug".

I'd would like to address one issue about the Walsall final table and the agreement that I have with Nick, Chubbs and Aces. Basically, I put all the money in for buy-ins, travel and expenses and at the end of the year, the prize money less costs is split up based on % prize money won by each player including me,ie. on a merit basis (If we lost money, I take the hit). So, there was NO DEAL done in Walsall, and 1st prize goes onto Chubbs prize money total and 2nd onto mine, simple as that - I LOST MONEY BY COMING 2ND.

If this was not the case, we would have just stuck it all-in pre-flop on the 1st hand and gone to the bar. This "4-way" agreement suits at the moment for networking DTD until the Club and online site opens - when the other 3 might be a bit too busy to play much poker (I should be okay lol).

Right, need to get packed, everything is moving along in the right direction, I now have Darren (General Manager)and Nightfly (Card Room Manager) working full-time on the set up of the Club, I am trying to push licences through as quick as possible but to give you some idea of the amount of admin, here's the licences I need before we open:

1) 2 x White Licences (the biggy for a casino owner)
2) 3 Grey Licences (card room mamagers)
3) Casino Planning Licence
4) Certificate of Consent (Gaming Board)
5) Magistrates Order (local authority)

it just goes on an on and on.............just like Ariston