Last night was the Blonde bash at the Broadway casino in Birmingham, 100 odd members from the Blonde forum made it to Birmingham to play a £30 double chance frezeout. MrsSplash tagged along for her 2nd live game ever and lots of fun was had by all. Great mix of people from beginners to seasoned pros from the circuit.
I had Paul ‘ActionJack’ Jackson to my left in the tournie, nice chap. Things were going pretty well at the 1st break, I’d turned my initial 5k into 9.5k and was well above ave…..
AJ was friendly enough and with regards to the big purple one….. it was a 5k chip!
I’d like to talk you through the pot where I got my hands on it but he actually just needed change. I told him I’d title todays blog “Action Jack slips Wonky a big purple one!” , he said “No… people will think I’m gay!!”
All I can say is……….. I’m comfortable with my sexuality! ;)
After the break played one pot badly and lost about 4k. As a rule it’s not the greatest idea to try and bluff at someone who’s just picked up 400k in Monte Carlo… especially in a £30 comp!
Went card dead for a little while and then go moved to the same table as the Mrs… she’d was sat there nursing a mico-stack and seemed happy to see me! Three hands later and I’m on the BB for 800 with pocket Jacks…. I’ve got about 4k left, someone in mid position pushes in for about 3k … everyone else is folding and I’m about to get them in when Jen from blonde pushes in from the SB….. now Jen can play a bit and I’ve got a decision to make…. after a brief dwell I stick em in and I’m happy to see mateyboy on JTos and Jen on AQos….. not quite so happy to see the Ace on the flop and the case Jack is not forthcoming….
The scant consolation was that the Mrs took great satisfaction form outlasting me…oh good!
A few beers at the bar with Rob (highstack) , Lisa (Zelda) and her fella Sven and Ian(Diva) and it was onto a cash game.
To say the cash game was crazy would be an understatement. It was low stakes 1 / 2 PLHE .. most were sitting with £200-£300. 1st hand was re-raise, re-raise, re-raise between Tony Kendall and M3boy from Blonde…. Tikay picked it up with 55 with plenty of nice overcards out! It set the tone for the game to follow....
I didn’t pick up a decent hand all evening, won a couple of minor hands to keep ahead of the blinds and took 2 mid sized pots down betting out the scare card with not a lot (honest ;) ) ….. Apparently in the 2nd of these I pushed Highstack off top pair … sorry Rob!
Shell was a bit knackered by this point so I decided to take the small profit and call it a night. The evening was great fun and very friendly! I would encourage all to take 5mins to check out the Blonde forum on www.blondepoker.com.
Cheers,
Jim
3 years ago
2 comments:
Good stuff wonky, very intrested in the BR side of the job... I have kept a record of P & L that's about it but I am serious with my stats now and do believe they'll be a big help as i progress 'hopefully'.
All the best in your choses career and I look forwards to future posts.
Can't believe that top pair was good! I didn't like my position and knew I would be facing a bigger bet on the river, but I honestly belived I was behind (not that I believed you for the flush as even with the station to my right I am sure you would have bet that draw).
I actually made a couple of really good laydowns after you left although I didn't get involved in many more pots. I did however suck out a £100 pot when I was caught 'at it' with 66 on J54 flop by QQ, fortunately he was short and my £35 bet had him all in. I rivered the 6 :) Finished up cashing about £250 up and managed to avoid the wheel on the way to the exit.
Great to see you and Shell again, really enjoyed it - just wish that I had stayed over so I could drink.
Keep the blog going mate.
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