mini-FTOPS and SCOOP main event

I had some time to play the mini-FTOPS main event and the SCOOP main event on Sunday evening (uk time). I played from 5pm to 4.30am so a late night....

I completely bricked the SCOOP main event losing most of my stack on an ill-timed bluff. In fact I played really badly.

Generally speaking I do not do well in the large events - maybe the players are better or I get impatient or just dont have enough luck to last out. But for the SCOOP it was most certainly me playing badly.

The mini-FTOPS main event was more of the latter - running out of luck. We started with 13000+ players and they paid just under 2000. I was chipped up nicely and playing well as we approached 2000 players remaining. I was probably about 300th position chipwise when I got it all-in against a slightly smaller stack with KK v AA - of course his aces held up. I then shoved my remaining 8000 chips with 8-8 and lost that race too. So I went out in 2018th place.

Another $500,000 in 1st place prize money (SCOOP and mini-FTOPS) that I did not win.

UK trip week 1

UK Trip Poker Diary

-Mon - arrived

-Tues - play 10pound rebuy at Big Slick poker room. Come 7th for a min-cash.

- Weds - play LPPL league game - came 4th

- Fri - play 5pound rebuy at Duffs Card Room - came 3rd for reasonable cash

- Sat - go to the FA Cup Final........

- Sun - play 15 pound freezeout at Duffs - come 10th (bubble) with 9 paid. I thought only 5 were paid so I tried to chip up with AK v another big stack. He called with A4o and spiked the 4. Of course if I had known 9 were paid I would have just waited to race after we entered the money.

May UK Trip

My team has reached the final of the FA Cup so I am going to England to watch the game at Wembley. I will be combining poker over there with visiting friends and family.