So there we were, standing outside Marble Arch station at 2pm, everyone dressed in black. (Ocean's 13 gone wrong) We planned to hit the vic, There was jimmy boi(James), Survivor(Aaron) and Extra Crispy(Adrian) along with Gareth and myself.
We all registered to the £10 buy-in and hit the roulette tables, my small win helping to provide for refreshments during the night. The tournament begins with 39 people, Aaron and Adrian are dealt on to my table 'K' Jimmy boi and Gareth are drawn onto other tables. Let the games begin.
After the first 2mins where seat allocation problems arose, (two people had drawn K7) we sat were we thought we should be.
No action for the first two hands, the cards aren't shuffled enough and everyone suspects there may be a straight flush on the table, flop goes 8, 9, 10 turn Q spades. third times a charm as I'm dealt Q, 3 suited. i pay to see the flop. Q, 7, 3. Some one raises to 100, I slow play and call it, next card is a dud, and the next. Some one has a death wish as I'm calling what I presume to be the nuts. I was right as this person only had a pair of 7's! off to a great start.
I'm dealt a pair of 7's a while later fold after the person to the left raises to 400. nuff said really.
later on I'm in there again with a 10,2 and the flop goes down 10, 2, ? and this guy who acts like Phil Hellmuth Jnr(James's words) put himself all in with a pair of 3's. I call the 500 as I pair up on the flop. I win and its break time - Thank you Mr. Doyle Brunson.
We go to break, I buy Aarons, Adrians and James add-ons/top-ups since etheir they didn't have the right change, didn't bring enough cash or already used any spare change for a re-buy(I feel they're good for it)
After an add on i'm upto 2,500 in chips blinds are now 100, 200, this is where it goes so wrong. Phil jnr has pocket Q's and raises 900, I have a Q, A in the hole. I stare at him for a while and I don't know if it was the alcohol(2nd pint - bad Fig) but I call.
To see a rubbish flop, 400 more all in i call it, I want this guy out so badly, i took him out before, i believe i can do it again with this hand, this lady goes all in and so i call and raises all in, (WTF am I doing) and so Phil Jnr calls it. (If only i realised he had more chips)
On our backs K,3 QQ QA Only an Ace could do it, bam out. She wins with a pair of K's.
21st place, I'm gutted, done the maths and only needed 2k to make it to the final table, New personal best however very badly played near the end, I'm awaiting pure criticism.
Gareth comes out 11th, James 8th, Adrian 6th (I say 5th as I believe he had more chips) and my brother pockets £87 for 4th place. I tell you he was survining, he went all-in twice and the river card saved him, once with three 10's (crowd goes ooooooooooooooooooooo) and Striaght on the river. However his last battle couldn't be won as he was going for third and to my disgust battling against - Phil Hellmuth Jnr! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
The blinds went up as he paid the big one with 800 left.
Well, we learnt a lot, new personal best for everyone, and I didn't do too much damage to my wallet, actually only lost £10 all night! Thanks to Roulette. I should of composed myself better and I'm going to scratch the word paitence on the back of my card protector. I'm hoping James will add to this, we have some pics taken on my phone, mainly of when My chip stack shadowed everyone elses and one of Aaron on the final table. I did try and video everyone on it but my phone didn't save it. Dam technology.
It could of been, but
see you on the final table
-Fig-
