March Results

Online

I played the $640 Party Million at the beginning of the month and managed to cash for $1.5k. This was a great start to the month of March and in fact sparked my most consistent month of MTT poker to date. For a few solid weeks during March I was immersed in a routine of coming home from work having food and then settling down at about 7pm for an MTT session until about 1am.

During a span of 21 days I managed a total of 21 MTT cashes for a total of over $10k. I ran a fairly good ROI on this volume but it really made me realise the hard work, intensity and commitment needed to grind out good money playing poker. I managed this volume for around 3 weeks whilst working a 9-5 job so it may be slightly easier if I had more time but it was hardcore.

The individual cashes are shown below...

This included 5 final tables, 1 ship and 4 four figure scores.

Live

I made the trek to Coventry for Day 1b of the UKIPT. This was my second UKIPT event having previously played the Galway event. Getting there was no problem as it was all motorway and you can't miss the casino from the outside. I hadn't heard great things about Coventry so wasn't expecting much but was blown away by the casino itself. I've played in about 8 UK/IRE casinos and this is by far the best. Not yet entered a Vegas casino so I'm unable to compare.

The tourney itself didn't go great and I never got above the 15k starting stack. My table wasn't that tough but I had no real hands to get things going. The two players I did recognise at my table were James Mitchell recently IPO winner and Andy Bradshaw lol. Andy Bradshaw really made the table fun, he was so strange and got put in some tough spots. One of his so called "friends" at the table outdrew him on the river and Andy went mental..."How could you call that bet on the turn"..."We play together week in week out and you do this to me" haha it was so funny. He was like an open book it was sooo easy to tell when he had it and when he didn't.

Anyway I got short and managed to double up getting 7s in pre against Ks lol. I then got back up to about 12k before getting 4 bet allin by a guy whilst holding AK, I called and lost a race Vs Qs. I could have maybe gotten away from that and waiting for a better spot but I felt that was the time to gamble as if I busted I would have been able to drive home in good time without getting back late lol. Therefore I didnt bother checking into my hotel which was booked all weekend. Maybe I should have then I could have railed Dan and played the side events. But when you bust a tourney you feel like doing nothing else but leaving the place.