Weekend of relaxation

Absolute SPA Hotel - Limerick, Ireland

I spent this weekend with the girlfriend, I flew to Ireland on Friday after work and we spent the weekend at the Absolute Spa Hotel in Limerick City. It was a very nice stay however the "extras" were a little pricey. It was €12.50 for breakfast so €50 for the both of us over to days, and it was €25 each for one hours use of the Spa haha. Didn't mind too much as it was only a 2 day stay, however I wouldn't stay there any longer than that. I arrived home on Sunday so decided to hit the virtual felt for the evening...

Pokerwise

Due to the weekend trip I didn't play much poker this weekend, however I did manage to squeeze in a four hour session this evening.

My schedule consisted of 3 tourneys, results shown below: -

1. €150 - €100k on Poker.co.uk. This tourney saw 698 runners and I was gutted to only last an hour and a half. Busted in 464th place after coming over the top of a big pre flop raise with AKs. We ended up getting it AIPF and I was up against AQo, needless to say the board brought a Q .

2. €22 deepstack on Poker.co.uk. Finished in 27th place out of 260 for a €32.20 cash. Would have liked to have pushed for the final table in this one :( I made a squeeze play with KQs and got called by 1010, the board ran dry and I busted.

3. $5R on Coral. This was a sub satty to the $80 direct satty to the Coral Masters. This tourney saw 18 runners and I managed to take this one down within 2 hours...

GSOP III - Event 1: $200 NLHE

The first event of the GSOP III was the $200 buyin NLHE event, which drew a total of 2,241 players, I finally busted out after 4 hours of play in 757th place.

Nothing really major to report from this one, you started with a 5k stack on a 20min clock so plenty of room for lots of play. First hour I managed to chip up to 10k winning lots of small pots. The next 2 hours I was card dead and had around 6k at the third break.

I busted just short of the fourth break, i had around 4k with blinds at 200/400/40. UTG raises to 1200, it's folded around and I shove my 4k from the Button with AKs, UTG calls and shows AKo (with a diamond). Board brings 4 diamonds and I hit the rail, GG.

I also managed 6th out of 24 players in the $80 CBMPT satty, with top 2 getting paid. I busted again with AKs AIPF vs A10s and of course, A10 hits the flush... GG. :P

2 solid games of poker on my part, however unable to really gather chips tonight. I got my money in good in both tourneys but it was just the right move at the wrong time.

Ciao for now.

The Grand Series of Poker III

Today marks the start of the Grand Series of Poker III, an online poker festival running on the OnGame Network. It consists of 16 events ending with a big high roller $5,000 buyin NLHE event.

I doubt I'll be playing many of these events due to work, however I'm going to be playing Event 1, the $200 buyin NLHE Deepstack which has a guarentee of $350,000.

Event 1 kicks of today at 7pm GMT, with a starting stack of $5k and a 20 minute clock.

I'm also playing the $80 buyin direct Coral British Masters Poker Tour satellite, although I've already won a seat I've been told that if I win a second seat I can register for the £220 side event and recieve the rest of the money in expenses.

So today (27/9/09) I'll be playing the following online tourneys: -

• 6pm GMT - $80 British Masters Qualifier.


• 7pm GMT - $200 GSOP Event 1 - $350,000gtd Hold'em NL.

This should keep me busy this evening, the outcome of these events will be posted upon completion.

$3,796 (13% ROI) = Poker Stars Shark

After 1,729 games on Poker Stars, profiting $3,796 (£2,300 approx.) I'm officially a Poker Stars Shark, for now at least.

These stats cover both SnG and MTT's. Not really mind blowing stats but good enough for now at least.

The graph below indicates my profit trend...

$1,050 British Masters Package

I took down the weekly $80 satellite on Coral Poker to bag my first package to the Coral British Masters Poker Tour. I have chosen to play the final leg in Bristol at the end of Oct.

These events have a starting stack of 10,000 on a 1 hour clock so plenty of room for pre and post flop play.

The package includes £550 entry to the Main Event and £175 for hotel.

The screen shot below is of my satellite win.