Monday, 30 March 2009

3rd time lucky in Ireland?

Well all I can say is that the feeling was dead on! I played a great game last night and finally shipped my seat for Ireland! All things told it has probably cost me $750 to get in but for a €3400 seat that seems like a great investment!
I am really looking forward to Ireland. My game is flying high at the moment, I seem to be pulling out the A game more and more. I ‘live recorded’ my session last night and I am really looking forward to reviewing it all – seeing if there were any mistakes and also seeing how my emotions were! I felt really in check all night. Ok I was lucky to build a good stack for the bubble – but my play on the bubble was ‘pure abuse’. It was sick! I took my stack from 25k to 61k (getting slightly lucky in the final bubble hand), but then my AK did lose to KQ for a 40k pot later on- the reality is, my chips were at risk 3 times all night! I will be uploading the live recordings and I am happy to share links if anyone wants to see it.

As for Ireland itself, well I love the venue! The city west hotel and its conference room make a great venue for such a big tournament. I played the Irish Winter Fesitval last October, and felt like I played great, both in the Main Event and the 200r. Infact my nemesis QQ put pay to my deep run in the 200r! Sigh. Then there was the recent Deepstack when I went from chip lead to busto in 40 horrible minutes! – yes 20 hands! So, the way I see it I am due some of that Irish Luck! The great thing about Ireland is. At least if you bust - there is plenty of craic ‘on tap’!

Keep it all, crossed!

One time!

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