Moving onto Caribbean time again

Not updated for a few weeks as I've been pretty busy. Spent a week or so reflecting on the disappointment from the WSOPE, the more i thought about it the more I was kicking myself for not making the money. I've been taking it pretty easy for a few weeks playing mainly small MTTs online picking up the odd score here and there.

Was besides my self with joy at receiving the ultimate poker accolade.... a Gatsby award for Live Performance of the Month for the DTD :) Cheers Paul!

Had one live venture the weekend before last for the annual Betfair forum game, it's usually more of a social event than a serious poker trip and this year was no exception. There was a team event on the Friday night In an alcohol infused stupor I managed to run over most of my table before getting heads up vs the currently in form Neil Blatchly . Started 2-1 down heads up and reversed that the 1st hand with some filth... few mins later we were all in on a JJ8 flop... i held J7 and Neil had 9T .... a seven on the turn sealed it and I'd won my table.... unfortunately the rest of the team pissed it up the wall and we finished 3rd for £0!

Saturday was a £100 buy in freeze out and again started drinking early on and got myself into all sorts of silly situations including all in PF with 97 vs QQ and winning and all in PF with 87 vs AQ and KQ and hitting the nut straight. Finally busted out 13th with 9 paid when I lost a big race with A9 against Mrs Dest holding KQ. Mrs Dest who later went on to pick up the win. Well done Dests!!! :) To be honest the weekend was a bit of a blur... but apparently Medusa is the place to go in Brum if you like ropey open minded strippers!

I've been trying for a while to get a package for this years CPC. I've made the sunday final cheap most weeks I've tried for it and never had any luck. Last Sunday looked like being the last chance to get a seat and I was in the 6pm final again. Only problem was I'd been away all weekend was feeling like crap and the Mrs was giving me a look to say "If you think I'm sorting Satan out tonite after you have been away all weekend then you can sod off!" With this in mind I said "I'll bath and bed Satan....why don't you start the game off for me sweentness :) "

I finally get in front of the monitor at about 7:30 with about 12BB and 1st hand pick up AKs.... it all goes in and I can't improve against 99. This puts me is a pretty bad mood. Last chance to qualify and I get to play one fking hand!! But wait all is not lost.... there's another last chance starting at 9:45 with a supersat just about to start. I quickly reg and managed to bubble for a place in the final! GREAT! By this time i've really got the hump. In a fit of pique I stump up the 300 and buy direct into the final. The structure is really really good and I get off to a good start with about 60 runners chasing 5 seats. At about 3:30 AM i finally win my CPC package!!

So sunny Caribbean here we come! Not sure how much poker I'l play but me and the Mrs are really looking forward to it. Will be nice to get a break just the two of us.

Got lots of live games coming up and once again I'm offering some staking opportunities... last time £60 paid about £2k so maybe worth a punt... drop me a mail if you are interested....
1st Nov DTD £330buyin 3-2-1monthly (ALL SOLD)
10% for £50 (will sell up to 30%)

Mid Nov CPC Main event $2700 buyin (30% SOLD 20% LEFT)
10% for $360 (will split into 5% if needed- selling up to 50%)

2nd December DTD Aniv cup £1060 buyin (5% SOLD 45% LEFT)
10% for £145 (will split into 5% if needed- selling up to 50%


On a side note I've been scouting round a few Poker web sites looking for some with some decent content... I came across Pokerlistings.com, it's got a good mixture of news, promotions, live coverage but the bit that really caught my eye was the MarketPulse section . It's got live data and general stats from cash tables of all the main sites and throws up some pretty amazing statistics! It even goes down as low as 50c/$1 stats...at the other end of the spectrum, as i look now, i can see that Durrr is in a $600k hole ...erm today! Just need to get the bankroll up to a several million and may take a shot at him ;)

Also worth noting that Bodog are starting their blogger tournies again each Tue and Thurs ... usually some added value and worth a pop for any other bloggers out there.

Good luck

Jim