Day 1: Monday, July 20th, 2009
I woke up on my couch at the ungodly hour of 6.30am yesterday morning and stumbled down to Leeson Street where I caught the Aircoach (a coach to the airport, not a flying coach). Rounder63 was already there when I arrived, his flight from Washington having touched down an hour ahead of schedule. Dr Fill's Toronto flight had just landed but it was another hour before he joined us in the Arrivals Lounge. We took a taxi back to my place where Rounder63 immediately hit the hay, 40 hours of being awake having taken its toll. Fill and I did some grocery shopping and went to lunch but it wasn't long before the gambling itch made it to the surface of our respective skins.
Wager 1: A €25 game of 25 BBs deep NLHE Heads-Up
Outcome: Fill Good victory
Summary: Massive flip decided it all early on when with the 82 of clubs, I flopped open ended with a flush draw on a 679 board with two clubs. Pretty much all the money went in and Fill showed 67 for bottom 2. I missed my uber-draw and he drew first blood.
Net Total: -€25
Wager 2: Another €25 game of 25 BBs deep NLHE Heads-Up
Outcome: Fill Good victory
Summary: I took an early lead in this one but after half an hour, Fill came back strongly. 3-1 behind in chips, I limped A10, he raised and I shoved. He called with KQ and spiked a Q on the river.
Net Total: -€50
Wager 3: A €25 game of 50 BBs deep PLO Heads-Up
Outcome: Yet another Fill Good victory
Summary: The chiplead flip-flopped twice before I eventually asserted control. With Fill down to just 18 BBs, he got it in bad but live with a draw versus my made hand. Cruelly, he hit the river and doubled up. Twenty minutes later, it was I who was rocking the short-stack and yet again, Fill won the flip to make it 3 in a row.
Net Total: -€75
Wager 4: A €25 game of 30 BBs deep PLO 3-Handed
Outcome: LAPPIN victory
Summary: Rounder63 awoke from his slumber and immediately wanted in on the action. It was about 4 hands before Rounder raised, I called, Fill shoved, Rounder called and I was left with an interesting decision with J963 rainbow. Realising that in all likelihood they both had high cards, my hand looked super-pretty. I made the call and cracked their far superior hands.
Net Total: -€25
Wager 5: 10 €5 Omaha hands where our hands are turned up
Outcome: LAPPIN and Rounder63 victory. Fill Good Loss.
Summary: Fill donated €10 to both LAPPIN and Rounder, proving that he sucks at neutral EV wagers.
Net Total: -€15
At 6pm, we headed out into the world. Dinner in Cafe-Bar-Deli went down well with the lads as did the two glasses of prosecco that accompanied it. From there, we went to the Sporting Emporium for what we hoped would be a multi-table tourney. No such luck as only 6 players showed up. A winner-take-all short-handed SNG it would have to be instead. Well, at least we bumped up the potential prizepool for ourselves with some bounty-action!
Wager 6: A €25 Bounty on Each Other in a €65 SNG in The Sporting Emporium
Outcome: LAPPIN victory
Summary: I KO'd Fill in the following hand: With the blinds 100/200, Fill raises his button to 500. I call from the SB with the 47 of spades and the BB also calls. The flop comes 56J with 2 hearts. I check, the SB bets 500, Fill makes it 1200. I contemplate a fold but when the SB acts out of turn, calling and not raising Fill's bet, I make the call. The turn brings a non-heart 3. I donk-lead for 600, the SB calls and Fill makes it 2500. I call and the SB folds. Fill has 4000 left and I have him covered. The river comes a non-heart 4. I take a minute before firing 1400 into the 11K pot, Fill shoves and I insta-call. Fill immediately announces that he has nothing. I flip up my hand and he shows the K3 of hearts. I laugh hysterically. He takes a nap on a couch until the tourney ends.
Net Total: +€10
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