Headed home straight after the tournament on the Sunday but wasn't finished slaying the vikings yet as I was back up the road on Thursday to play the Fitz EOM and cash @ the Norwegian Poker Championship.My God this was some sight to behold.....1000 boozed up Norwegians all in one room.....made the Irish Open look like the Macau 5k gtd. Fair play to JP bringing the event to our shores,as Nicky Power tweeted 'He should get a knighthood from Bord Failte'.Went out Fitz EOM 3 tables left and won 2 buy ins playing cash so paid for trip up. Wished I could of stayed up there for longer but a family bereavement meant I had to come back to Cork on the Friday.
Next up is the big one, the Irish Open. Every Irish poker player yearns for this title and the day you get knocked out of it is one of the most depressing days of the year. Arrived up very late on Thursday night to avoid the bar and to take it handy before the tournament. My starting table was real good,with loads of soft spots at the table and i chipped up to 29k fairly handy. I was real card dead all day and lost a few pots in level 4 to take me down to starting stack and next thing i knew i had 16k without really doing anything wrong. We played 3 levels in a row 3/4/5 before a break and towards end of level 5 i was tired and hungry and i think it has something to do with my exit when I make a pretty horrible shove with bottom pair into a set to an aggro guy who had played 2 rounds of the table and 3bet 5/6 times.I'm not going to let it get to me as hopefully ill be back with some good news from Nottingham,where I'm going over to play the UKIPT.GL MEEEEE!!!!Big commiserations to Craig Burke as well who i mentioned in my last Blog about straight bubbling the Irish Open,sure there will be a lot more for him though..
Next up is the big one, the Irish Open. Every Irish poker player yearns for this title and the day you get knocked out of it is one of the most depressing days of the year. Arrived up very late on Thursday night to avoid the bar and to take it handy before the tournament. My starting table was real good,with loads of soft spots at the table and i chipped up to 29k fairly handy. I was real card dead all day and lost a few pots in level 4 to take me down to starting stack and next thing i knew i had 16k without really doing anything wrong. We played 3 levels in a row 3/4/5 before a break and towards end of level 5 i was tired and hungry and i think it has something to do with my exit when I make a pretty horrible shove with bottom pair into a set to an aggro guy who had played 2 rounds of the table and 3bet 5/6 times.I'm not going to let it get to me as hopefully ill be back with some good news from Nottingham,where I'm going over to play the UKIPT.GL MEEEEE!!!!Big commiserations to Craig Burke as well who i mentioned in my last Blog about straight bubbling the Irish Open,sure there will be a lot more for him though..
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