It’s all over
My table was broke around 9pm & i was moved to another table. On my left on the new table was the very aggressive Patrik Antonius, to my right was ept winner Noah Boaken & Eric Friberg ( 6th place WSOP main event 2006 ) was next to him, plus other notable pro’s at my table, the table of death to be honest. I was running card dead for nearly 2 hours until i picked up pocket 9’s & took down a pot of 4K. But about an hour later, i found myself with KQ hearts in the Big Blind, patrik antonius raised to 1,600 from the small blind & i called. The flop came 9h 10h Qc, patrik bets 2,400 & i move all in for 6,500 with top pair & a flush draw, patrik calls with AKc, so i was ahead going to the 4th street, the turn was a blank & the river was a J giving him the nut straight, arrgh, i know he is one of the top pro’s in europe but what a bad call, he had 4 outs & hit it. ” That’s Poker for you “.
The ept has to be the toughest poker tour in the world. I played in the world series main event in july & thats like a lottery, the play is much different in USA than it is in europe, it is actually easier in the USA because you get alot of limpers pre-flop & the action is easy-going. The class of play is excellent in the ept & aggression is the key to winning an ept event & getting the right cards of course.
We all headed to the bar after that & in true irish fashion, all the bad beats were forgotten about after a couple of pints. The craic was mighty after that, so myself, andrew dwyer, keith ” 30 red ” elliott, sean jethi ( played like phil ivey today ) headed down to soho to drown our sorrows.
I would like to thank keith & nic from paddypowerpoker for this opportunity & i will be in amsterdam in 4 weeks time to play in the master classic of poker where hopefully i will get the cards unlike today & roll on to success. So its bye for now & may the cards be with you.