Newcastle Trip Report

Thursday



Arrived via trian to geordie land at about 3:00pm and nipped in a taxi for the 1/4 mile walk to the Jury's inn. On arrival i was told that i needed to produce a credit card, with some money on it. I had about £500 in cash on me but that wasnt enough. Kev was running late so i had to make a decision on whether to wait for him at all or find different accomodation, as the experience was pretty embarrasing and infuriating at the same time. I decided to say bollocks to the Jury's and ring a good mate of mine up, who lives in jesmond (about 2 miles away) i taxied to his gaff and got him out for a few beers on osbourne road, After i had booked a taxi for me and kev for £30 a night (half as cheap as the fkin Jurys) at the grosvenor hotel. So i left my bags at my mates Zaki's and we went and parked our arses at the SPY bar and lethered about a gallon of ale down in no time.



Zaki recognised a few girls from uni and we joined them in their graduation celebrations, obviously intent on getting them round for the house party me and zak had cleverly invented on the spot. After we had finished at the spy bar we went to the local offy and got all the party drinks you can imagine and went back to zak's.



A few hours went by and i wasnt getting the impression i was a hit with the lasses after one labelled me weird. hmmm. So i decided to prove her right by removing all of my clothes and name myself the naked d.J while scouring my i-tunes for songs which i though were cool, obv i was the only one thinking that.



It got to 2:00am and i had a sudden thought, "where the fuck is kev" i had his room key and he hadnt replied to my messages telling him to get round for the party.



Then my phone went dead and i couldnt find my charger. I head back to the grosvenor hotel at about 4:00am and awake about 10:00am from a phone call from kev. Apparently he had to find another hotel miles out of dodge after trying to break our hotel down. Sorry mate.





Friday



Friday was a big day for me. As most people who read this blog know, i have had a terrible 2007 so far and my bankroll was so low i had to join the dtd trader scheme and grind out cash.

I wanted to perform today and over the weekend to prove i can compete on the u.k circuit successfully.



I entered the Casino at 2:00pm for a 4:00pm start and bumped into Action Jack str8 away so he could give me my Dtd shirt. Met fran, pete Linton and Nick hicks from blonde and met a slightly pissed off kev lol.



My 1st table included Steve jelinek, richard herbert, hoss panikhar, Chris Bruce, George Geary and a few faces i couldnt put a name too. I started slowly, trying to get a bit of action created with small 125-150 raises but couldnt hit and was quickly down to 7k.



Things got better after, as i held KK and raised utg, 2 callers the flop came Q77 and i fancied a check raise, 1st guy bets 200 Geary makes it 1200 and i make it 3k and both pass, with this 1st pot scooped and made a few nice floats and was up to 14k when the following han occurs. Steve jelinek who is Short raises to 800 @ 100/200 gets one caller and i make it 3200 from the bb with AK, he thinks for ages and puts his last 5k i. His JJ holds up. 14k pot ships to him and im back down to 8k.



Afew hands later however i would have my revenge on steve. Utg again i pick up AA and raise it to 800, (100-200)steve flat calls in mid-position and the flop comes K24 rainbow, and i check to steve who bets 800 which i turn into 2k, he pushes for 8k and i call, he has AK and i scoop back up to 20k and happy.



My stack manages to get to 29k at a high point before trying a float on a guy called steve craig who had a house ooops, back down to 18k, then on the last round of the day i raise the cut-off to 3600 bb 1200 and recieve the bb moving in for 5k more grrrr i obv call and he shows AQ and i miss down to 10k.



I raise next hand to 3000 midpos with 55 and a guy tanks 16k all in, i decide i think he has AQ and call to see his AJ A35 flop is good for me and after a few pots won at the death i make day two with 22,300 chips. Bring on day 2.


Saturday

64 players came back to saturday and with a 23k stack at 800/1600 i wasnt in desperation mode but a double up would not be a bad thing at all, luckily i didnt have to wait long.
Dan carter raised up on the button, maz nawab called from the sb and i completed from the bb with QK the K89 flop looked good to me until dan turned over K9 and the turn and river T , J completed my str8 with the Q. With that it was pretty much smooth sailing to the final. My favourite move of the day was calling surinder sunar with Jack-high and knocking him out.
Had a few beers with my mates and headed to bed, pleased i made the t.v table 2nd in chips with 405,000.


Sunday

Had a couple of double vodka redbulls to settle my nerves and it seemed to work as i stole blinds galore in the 1st level to increase my stack to 518k without having to show a hand. Simon zach and a shortstack were eliminated which put the field down to 7.

At this point i started to waver a little for the 1st time in the whole comp. The guy on my right mr butters, who i had sat with for 5 hours the previous day seemed to be the biggest rock on the planet. On numerous occasions on the saturday he had passed big pairs to my raises. Today, however i had the feeling he was about to use his image and loosen up a little. In the 1st level i reraised his button raise from the sb with 33 and he mucked. This time he raised from the cut-off to 37k and i knew he wasnt that strong, and that if i made him play for his stack he could not play, so i made it 137k total with 68spades from the button, back round to him. He thinks and thinks and thinks gives it the holywood, shades off standing up, i was 95% sure he was folding, until he reached for his stack and pushed them over the line, ooops, it was 39k more to me and i make the insta call. Our hero had stuck his last 139k in the middle with ATos and he held up.

Straight after that call i raised the next 3 hands and took the blinds. A few more players are lost but i wont spoil the t.v coverage too much.

When we got 3 handed i was 3nd in chips, but made a conscious decision to sacrifice 3rd and really go on a tirade of aggression. It was working until i over committed my self and ran into KK . gg me. I was gutted for the next few hours but very happy how i played on the final and i hope it comes accross well on the box.

Online

Won the $10rb on stars yesterday afternoon for $5.3k. Was extremely happy with my performance in this comp, took total command 5 handed and despite a huge beat 3 handed regained my composure to take it down. Off to luton with that mtt winnings a week on monday, but this weekend im going to york races this saturday and arctic monkeys gig on sunday if weather is good.

Id like to conclude by thatnking everyone for their overwhelming support of me in newcastle. It was really uplifting knowing everyone was rooting me on back home. Thanks guys, see ya next time.
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