UK week 1

I arrived on Saturday and have played as follows:

Sat evening - £10 rebuy at local snooker club - 5 paid - I went out 8th with 99 v KK so missed the money. This was a fun tourney with mostly social players so quite easy to chip up but I lost half my stack on one hand with a made straight v 2 pair (all in on turn) where the other person rivered the full house and then the 99 v KK to finish me off.

Sunday - played LPPL league game at Portsmouth Labour club - fun social league with 16 players for this event. I finished 3rd after pushing all-in 4-4 v QQ 3 handed and being punished by the lovely Claire who had her ladies hold up. I still had a few chips which went in with K high a few hands later and lost to Ace high.

Monday - played another LPPL league game at the Hampshire Rose pub where I lost 2/3 of my stack on about the 5th hand on a 7-2-2 board with a big pair v 3-2. And yes, I did raise preflop and he did call! Oops!! Still it was another fun night.

Tuesday - yet another LPPL league game at the Heroes pub where I finished 5th out of 15 runners after pushing my short stack with K-10 suited and not getting lucky against A-8.

Wednesday - no poker, instead I went to Wembley to watch England play footy (soccer) - a great day out.

Thursday - I should have been playing in Thanet in the GUKPT but for one reason and another this did not happen. I was quite disappointed to say the least and sulked at home most of the night. I did manage to play a little online poker.

Friday (today) - also supposed to be in Thanet but am not. It looks like I will try one of the local card rooms £10 rebuy events. I need to win something soon to pay for my trip!!

One problem I have had is that I have drunk several pints of beer every day since I have been here and particularly at night during the poker tournaments. I need to resist the urge to drink alcohol if I am going to win any poker tournaments. For the most part the first week has been more fun than business but I really need to get into "work mode" soon.

Next week, another update....