I’ve been looking forward to these couple of weeks for a long time now as it’s probably the last harrah before the little one arrives so i’ll be making the most of it 🙂
I wake up early Saturday and head for the Ricoh, sun is shining, sat navs stating i’ll be there within two hours – happy days! At that rate i might even make the flip and goes! I then pass the Watford Gap, sun goes in, stuck a traffic jam and it starts to piss it just like every time i head up north – hopefully this isn’t a sign of my trip?
Anyway I get to the Ricoh, park up, sign in and head straight to my table. I then find it hard to pick up a hand or spot, finally when I did eventually get a hand 1010 in the high jack, it was folded around to me I get my first opportunity to raise! This raise was called by the button, SB goes all in and so does BB (brilliant) which I then fold, button calls and we have 3 players all pre in with…….A9, 33 and 66! I chuckle to myself that I’m definitely on the right table however the only problem is that two of them vacated the table very quickly after the hand! The guy with 33 picked up a massive pot and starts raising every pot, in all of the carnage that’s going on he takes someone else out. I then have J10 of spaces in the big blind, typically he 6 x raises, I call, flop comes J98 two spades – HOW CAN THIS GO WRONG? I bet out small, he ships it all in, I take a while and then call. He flips over A5 of spades – Spade comes on the turn and we didn’t hit our open ended straight flush!
The Redtooth event wasn’t for me, I really wished I’d have listened to my senses on that one. Seemed like it had only been promoted in pubs as there was a lot of odd things going on at the table.
I have a good nights sleep and return for Goliath day1b, fourth hand in a guy well out of position raises to 1000 at 25/50 blinds, I’m on the button and decide to raise to 2000, everyone else folds, he then starts talking to himself, he got all worked up and ships it, I snap call with AA, He flips A5 of clubs (oh i’ve seen this before I announce) – HOW COULD THIS GO WRONG! The flop comes 356 two clubs, i think the worst but fortunately we double up which was a very good feeling so so early in the Goliath 🙂
However for the rest of the day i struggle to play and see my stack go down and down and down…I got to level 8 where blinds were 500/1000/100 anti I’m on the button look down at A7 of spades, guy with a chip mountain raises to 3600, get another caller and I decide to get fruity and ship it with just over 10bigs! Chip mountain snaps me and the other folds he flips 88 which isn’t great for me but i can’t help thinking how on earth is he calling there with a decent sized stack behind still to act with 88….ZZZZ. Anyway he was ahead and I didn’t improve, therefore went straight back down the M6. Correct – It was still pissing it down, traffic hates me and so does the bloody North! Hopefully the northern curse breaks by next weekend.
I’m playing Jokers wild/drink-up on Thursday, Goliath day1G/fishing comp, Goliath day2 or the APAT ECOAP main event on Saturday….Wish me luck 🙂
