I played a
decent game in Cork the weekend. The guarantee had a 100k Dollar which
translated into a €360 entry €80 bounty and €40 reg.
Ian ‘Bop’
Ronan whom I often travel with and swap a few percent with was playing day 1A;
I had opted for 1B. I got a text on the Friday morning from Bops suggesting a
10% swap. I said we’d go five as I fully expected to win the tournament and
wanted to keep most of the money I was going to get for doing so. I was
regretting not swapping the ten when Ian emerged as chip leader on day one
A.
My starting
table was ok, but the line up on my left got progressively worse over the first
few levels. After two hours my direct left look far more difficult then normal
for a game in Cork. WPT 2nd Gilly followed by Tom Kittt and then
former Winter Festival champ Michael O’Sullivan.
I started
nicely getting to 30k. This dropped to 8k in level 4, but I then hit a nice run
to get to a peak of 120k. In the mean time the table got a lot easier with the
three previously mentioned either exiting or moved.
This had me
in a great position heading into the last two levels of the day but two hands
changed everything. I was guilty of over aggression with a small pair, which
cost me 40k. I had decided before I opened if a certain player 3-bet me I was
having none of it. What a time for him to find the boots. I was still playing a very healthy stack on
my exit hand where a guy went nuts with a five high flush draw. I had to call
his over shove having flopped two pair but couldn’t fade.
Disappointing
as it really was a good table. Bops went onto put in another great performance,
maintaining a big stack all the way until coolered five handed.
