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fandango:
Well the Prague report is not the good news I was hoping to report in regards to poker winning..
England where well placed after day1 with all to play for going into the MTT, but the crux of it all was we couldn"t deliver enough players into the too 18 to score enough points to secure a medal.. Tony was our top player and probed his worth by making the final table of the MTT finishing 3rd, shared 2nd in the individual table with Duffy and was in a good spot to win, but just made a crucial mis step against the wrong player.. Richard was steady getting a 3rd and winning his HU match against Herbie in 1 hand!! Paul had a complete nightmare of a trip and was running so bad, you know it"s not your day when you flop an open ended straight flush draw v the table lunatic and miss the world, he never got going all through the 2 days and by his own high standards was so upset. I was "happy" with my play over all took some amazing beats HU in the PLO to only get 2nd and bombed out of the MTT when I played back at a player when I should of prehaps re evaluated my position.
At the end of the day e stats don"t lie, Germany where immense and deserved the Gold over the two days, Toms Belgium where worthy of Silver, and it pains me to say Gordon, Duffy, Tom and Herbie where steady over the 2 days and getting 3 into the points in the MTT they deserved to overtake England and Slovakia, Duffy was patient picked her spots well and crushed Tony HU lol she played great the whole festival.
The ME started well for me and we played 4 handed for quite a while, I managed to chip up to 19k early on.
Just before the first break I was dealt KK UTG, blinds where 75/150 and I raised to 450, Duffy re raised to 900, the guy next to her flatted th 900, then it was either the Button or SB re popped to 3k!!.. I sigh tank folded, Duffy called as did the other guy so there was nearly a 10k pot at 150 level.. Well on a rag flop carnage erupted, Duffy checked as did the other guy, the guy who popped to 3k bet 9,000 leaving under 1k back? Duffy shoved other guy tank calls other guy throws remaining few chips in aswell.. Cards on back Duffy AA, other guy QQ other guy AK ;D phew..
Was moved shortly after onto an aggressive table with John Murray doubled John up when I missed an open ended straight flush draw on turn and was down to 6k and had to grind a short stack, doubled up courtesy of AA v KK won another 5k with a flopped set and was back to 16k.. Then with blinds getting serious find QQ to shove AIPF only to,lose a flip to AK GG me.
Good to see a few of the heroes make day 2, well done Ger, Rich and John all cashing.. John making yet another FT!! have to say I"m impressed how he doesn"t go bust when he has 66 on a flop of KK6 prehaps the river K was his lucky card ;) it managed for him to lose what was probably the min.
Sunday was a trip into Prague as it was Emma"s day, eventually our cab dropped us off and we made our way to Rocky O"Reilys a traditional Irish pub after a quick pint of Magners and a all day brekki with Ger, Paulie, Rich, TT, Duffy, Tom, Don, Lee and there friend (sorry my memory is terrible for names) we wheeled our way to the old square.
More drinks flowed in the outside bar with the most beautiful backdrop, with the best bunch of guys / Duffy/, that any human could wish for!
Summed up... Disappointed with not winning team event or defending title, the obvious lack of disabled facilities.. BUT have to say the people around me completely made up for everything, Prague is beautiful it wasn"t sub zero and will take some great memories back with me.
I could mention numerous people in my blog who made my stay special you know who you all are, esp Kevin who went out of his way to make sure I was safely in my hotel room each night.
ECOAP 2013... HIT!!
Did I mention I was looking forward to WCOAP :)
DodgyEnd (Tom APAT.be):
Hey buddy,
You were probably the person I was most looking forward to to meet... Online it was clear that everybody here sees you as one of the greatest guys... Now that I met you, I can understand why. We didn"t have that much time to talk, and hopefully the WCOAP provides some more chances, but in every short conversation we had, you showed the love of life, and the love for the game.
You are just a great guy!
fandango:
CABIN FEVER!!!
No live poker to speak of since ECOAP...I have got Cabin fever
Roll on WCOAP the end.......
Curlarge:
--- Quote from: fandango on March 03, 2014, 22:35:53 PM ---
CABIN FEVER!!!
No live poker to speak of since ECOAP...I have got Cabin fever
wow great write up mate. Direct and to the point. More of the same please :))
Roll on WCOAP the end.......
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fandango:
--- Quote from: Curlarge on March 04, 2014, 09:55:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: fandango on March 03, 2014, 22:35:53 PM ---
CABIN FEVER!!!
No live poker to speak of since ECOAP...I have got Cabin fever
wow great write up mate. Direct and to the point. More of the same please :))
Roll on WCOAP the end.......
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Wow great use of the quote function.. More of the same please :D
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