Silks
I admit i pulled a fast one on you suckers. I gave you the slip and made my way to 'Silks' casino to take down their poker room opening nite tournament with €1000 added. DocFarrell was the only person from the forum i recognised which surprised me. With the comp €10 chip i made hay again at roulette though this time the wheel spinner took away the comp chip after my first winning roll. This wasnt to stop me as i put the €10 i won in play a few times to show Docfarrell how its done and quit with my 100% record in tact.

We made our way back down to the poker room and took our seats. It was a shorthanded €25 rebuy 2500 stack with a 25min clock. There was just something about the place i couldnt put my finger on. It was run by the English so maybe hearing more Londoner accents made me feel "a little bit wooooh a little bit whaaay"!. I also spotted a couple of undesirables that i dont think are alowed play in the fitz. But all in all it was a very pleasant evening of cards and the atmosphere was ok.

Chief Brody joined my table just in time for the first hand and Vera joined a few hands later adding a bit of banter to the table. The chief made his usual point by taking the opening couple of pots but he had the salmon jumper on so why not. The chief was to go on to play very conservative but he told me at the bar later that he was getting pure muck. He made just one bad call when when he limped with JJ and called a players all in on an ace high board against A6 in the bb.

By the last level before the break i got no hands so just raised in position to take the occasional pot. Then i got my first hand when Chief Brody went all in utg for 850 and 2 other guys called when i moved all in for about 1800. One of the callers folded and i was up against Chief's JJ and another guys QQ. I had AK and on a low board to the turn i rivered a K!. Just what i needed and i felt good about going deep nearing the break.

I was sitting beside a window looking out on a patio where a vietnamese guy was preparing a barbeque. He was doing burgers and chicken and it looked great. Last 3 hands before the break i look out to see how the bbq is getting on just as the Vietnamese chef is lighting up a cigarette amongst the side salads as he's flipping burgers. FFS!. Didnt stop me from feasting on a chicken burger at the break!. DocFarrell introduced me to Julian Thew's brother timfoil at the break.

After the break i got JJ and 99 which took down some limpers and the blinds but nothing of note happened until i was moved table when we were down to 2 shorthanded tables with my stack getting lower and blinds getting higher. On my new table i didnt play a hand out of my blinds for a couple of orbits when i raise from my button but have to fold on the turn to an overbet. Then on my button i open raise again with Ax and am answered by an all in bet from a rock of an old woman who earlier overbet preflop with one limper showing AA when he folded. So i folded showing and she showed KK. I stole a couple of blinds but i was slowly dying here, orbit after orbet with nothing playable. I watched Chief Brody standng up getting ready to walk before the river saved him so its safe to say he's back!.

With blinds 300/600 to hit me in 2 hands time i pushed all in utg+1 for 5k and a man who was having his first live game called. My 84s looked in trouble against his AA but i flopped an open ender which hit on the river to buy me some breathing space. So several laps later of utter garbage and blinds up i push in my sb after a limper who i know to be bad on my button. When he has a good hand he knows nothing else than to min bet so i felt safe pushing KQh that i wouldnt be in bad shape even if he called which i was confident he wouldnt. But he called quickly. I was relieved to see i wasnt in as big a trouble as the quick call suggested. He had AJ and flopped an ace, i turned a king but no miracle river this time and i was walking pavement 2 from the final table.