Had a good weekend with the Blonde team at Luton. Drove up on Saturday morning and met Del and Frank early in the hotel. Also met some of the team for the first time. We headed over to the casino where we went through the usual photo"s etc.
I had a good start to day one, got involved in a hand with The Mole early on which I managed to take down making a decent but not too hard of a call on the river, which I think was correct. I then got dealt AA again Sharplea"s JJ and. This got me up to about 24000. I then got AK a couple of times and was able to get it to hold up and had lot"s of chips. I didn"t feel that great at the table but kept getting up and getting some fresh air and was OK. I ended day one on 90000 chips in fourth which was good. Blonde had 3 players left and were in with a shout.
I went back to the hotel early and got a good nights sleep and was feeling quite good about day two, I raised a couple of pots early, then lost a couple to stay about even, then I raised up with KJ and got a caller. The Flop came A-K-x and he leads into me for about one third of the pot. I call to keep the bluffs in his range as I could have the best hand here. The turn is a blank and he leads small again, I call again, the river is a King and he checks. I slightly overbet the pot and he calls I show he mucks. I made a mistake here as I should have shoved and taken his last 11K as well. The next hand I make a huge mistake which eventually knocks me out. I now have about 120K and it fold to me in the SB. I raise with A-10 and the tightish BB three-bets me. He has about 55K, it"s a pretty easy pass but I think it could be a blind Vs Blind play and shove, he calls with QQ and I take a big hit.
I eventually bust in 20th By running AK into the AA of Andy Overton, that hand played itself but the earlier hands were played poorly so it was my own fault.
Overall I am not to disappointed with how I played in this one. Sharon went on to cash for Blonde and I think Blonde played well but did not get the run at the sharp end.
I join the rail and cheer on Ian Thompson to second place and have a chat with the APAT team some other play the £50 comp running that night but I don"t bother. Drove back this morning and have got my $$$ for Vegas sorted. I put some on one of those cards (which are insured for free if you lose them) and also got some in cash. Not long to go now and I can"t wait to see everybody - Luton was great - Vegas is going to be epic.
