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Joker161:
Level 4. 25/100/200. UTG raises to 525. +2 calls and I"m +3 with JJ. I almost call, but decide to raise to 1,800. They both fold. On 9,300 now. 20 minutes into the level there"s a 600 raise UTG and I have AQ in the CO and call. The button, SB and BB all call! Flop is KJ7. UTG bets and we all fold. On 8,300 now. My immediate right raises, I re-raise with A7, he calls. Flop seven high, just like last time, he checks I bet he folds. Then I make a mistake. Same bloke raises, I re-raise to 1,400 with AK, button raises to 3,200. Raiser folds and I just call. I think it should be all-in or fold here, plus I should have flatted the first raise. She only has 3k back and so obviously pushes the low flop and I fold. So annoying! The very next hand I get KQ and raise (a bit tilty) my Australian friend calls and the BB only has 1,200 and goes all-in. Not concentrating! I fold, Aussie calls with A3. All-in has KQ and hits the king! I"m down to 5,700 now. Handy last hand of the level. I raise in the CO to steal with QJ, and my Aussie friend calls on the button; the blinds fold. Jack high flop. I check, he bets, I raise and he folds. On 7k now.

Joker161:
Level 5. 50/150/300. Half hour gone and no hands. I finally get TT and the Aussie reraises me. I decide to fold. He shows AQ. Don"t want to gamble at this stage. Back to 5k starting stack. Nothing until the last 10 minutes. Not even any steal opportunities because there always seems to be someone raising ahead of me. I finally get a chance, first in, and I"m prepared to raise with anything just to stop looking like a rock. I have A7 AGAIN and raise. The Aussie calls. 886 flop. I bet and he folds. Up to 6k. By the end of the level I"m getting close to 5k again. Need to get a hand!

Joker161:
Level 6. 50/200/400. People are starting to push a lot. Starting stack is only just over 10BBs. I try a steal with J9. The BB calls. Flop is T85. He checks. I think for a bit and realise that I should just push but by the time I"ve worked that out it"s too late. So I do the worst thing and just bet 1500. He goes all-in. I have 2,500 left. I decide to gamble with my straight draw. He has J8 and I miss. Very annoying. I push pre-flop he folds. I insta-push the flop he probably folds. If I check the flop I get a free card. Could I play it any worse? Very annoying. Still, I had a nice table and it was good fun. I managed to persuade the Aussie to subscribe to the Economist! He did it on his phone there and then! Just before I went out we got this new player who sat down just to the left of the Japanese lady (who was left of the Aussie). She had just cracked the aces of the bloke to my right, so he was annoyed. Then she pushed her stack on to this new bloke and he asked for a count, wondering if he was covered, it was pretty close. Then he said he had to call and he had AA! Proper poor slowroll! She was very polite. Perhaps the concept doesn"t exist in Japan.

Joker161:
Got a taxi back to the Mirage and went straight to the cash table. I"m afraid I started drinking so the details are hazy. I remember winning $100 in one hand with AQ, ace on flop and queen on river. He didn"t believe me. I then went back to starting stack but I can"t remember why. Then I won quite a big pot with Q9 on a queen high board where, once again, they didn"t believe me. What I do remember is that I ended up $67 up and then went to dinner for the first time in days.

Joker161:
Friday 8th July

I think I might have had a normal amount of sleep last night. I must trying this drinking thing more often. Still awake by 6am, though, and all set for a morning of tennis. Went down for breakfast during the fourth set of the Federer match and then back to the room for the rest. Considering a rest day especially as the cold is still lingering. Perhaps off to the pool after the tennis? And then some cash poker?

Good luck to all of you at Luton this weekend!

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