Irish Poker Championships Day 1
The Irish poker chamionships took place this weekend in the Citywest Hotel. I had won my ticket online through Boylesports and in addition to this had won a second ticket on Wednesday night in the Westwood. Dave curtis was going to use the second ticket but unfortunately couldnt make it so Pokerevents agreed to refund the money so the weekend was off to a good start Im 3k up.
The main event was one long hard struggle for me. With starting stacks of 10k I had nudged up to 12k in the first hour on a tough table including Mick Mcloskey , Don Fagan and a very good Norwegian player. The next hour was a disaster when I lost two two big hands having qq and jj both times on a raggy flop but to run into kk both times , thankfully I managed to fold on each occasion and both players showed the kk so I was happy to be still in but struggling on 3.5k.
First hand after the break I gave away another 2.5k holding AK raising utg to be called by BB with q 9 and getting beaten on a board of x x 9 9 a . Now I have just under 1k and am getting ready to hit the bar. I double through with AJ and then double through again with JJ against 99 and Im up to 7k ish and then this hand happens.
Im BB holding 6 9 five players call and I get to see the flop for free. Flop comes 7 8 10 . Position 2 bets 500 and i raise to 2.5k everyone else folds and he goes all in I think about it for a while and I cant put him on jack 9 from position two I call and what does he have but j9!!!!!! (great read) Im out I think but then the turn and river come two hearts to give me a flush and the biggest suckout Ive had in a long long time .
I work my stack from 14k up to 25k until the last hand of the night. Sylvester Geoghagan has joined our table . Blinds 150/300 UTG SG raises to 1500 and I know he is strong UTG +2 goes all in for 7k I look down and see ak suited not too worried about the allin but SG has been playing very tight I have seen him lay down aq my gut says fold but I dont and end up with the other two players allin and i have 10 k committed to the pot SG has QQ other player has ak as well so no help and SG takes circa 28k . I finish the day on 13k average stack 20k ish. Happy to be still in it but not happy that I played the last hand .
Its 2 in the morning at this stage and Im knackered so rather than head to bed we head to the bar and it is 7 before we hit the cot should be in greta form for tomorrow.
The Irish poker chamionships took place this weekend in the Citywest Hotel. I had won my ticket online through Boylesports and in addition to this had won a second ticket on Wednesday night in the Westwood. Dave curtis was going to use the second ticket but unfortunately couldnt make it so Pokerevents agreed to refund the money so the weekend was off to a good start Im 3k up.
The main event was one long hard struggle for me. With starting stacks of 10k I had nudged up to 12k in the first hour on a tough table including Mick Mcloskey , Don Fagan and a very good Norwegian player. The next hour was a disaster when I lost two two big hands having qq and jj both times on a raggy flop but to run into kk both times , thankfully I managed to fold on each occasion and both players showed the kk so I was happy to be still in but struggling on 3.5k.
First hand after the break I gave away another 2.5k holding AK raising utg to be called by BB with q 9 and getting beaten on a board of x x 9 9 a . Now I have just under 1k and am getting ready to hit the bar. I double through with AJ and then double through again with JJ against 99 and Im up to 7k ish and then this hand happens.
Im BB holding 6 9 five players call and I get to see the flop for free. Flop comes 7 8 10 . Position 2 bets 500 and i raise to 2.5k everyone else folds and he goes all in I think about it for a while and I cant put him on jack 9 from position two I call and what does he have but j9!!!!!! (great read) Im out I think but then the turn and river come two hearts to give me a flush and the biggest suckout Ive had in a long long time .
I work my stack from 14k up to 25k until the last hand of the night. Sylvester Geoghagan has joined our table . Blinds 150/300 UTG SG raises to 1500 and I know he is strong UTG +2 goes all in for 7k I look down and see ak suited not too worried about the allin but SG has been playing very tight I have seen him lay down aq my gut says fold but I dont and end up with the other two players allin and i have 10 k committed to the pot SG has QQ other player has ak as well so no help and SG takes circa 28k . I finish the day on 13k average stack 20k ish. Happy to be still in it but not happy that I played the last hand .
Its 2 in the morning at this stage and Im knackered so rather than head to bed we head to the bar and it is 7 before we hit the cot should be in greta form for tomorrow.
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