DUBLIN BELLYBUSTERS

Day 12: Friday, July 31st, 2009
In the afternoon, we had a scrumptious late-lunch in 'The Bistro'. In the evening, Nick decided to put in another online session while Patrick and I headed out to Dakota (Late Bar) and then later, The Sporting Emporium with Dave 'Thefloof' Block and his better half, Tanya 'Themooshy' Holbrook. Continuing his hot streak from the Colossus Casino a week earlier, Blockey more than doubled up for the session but unfortunately, Tanya's first casino poker experience was not a profitable baptism of fire and she lost her buy-in. Patrick was on fire, doubling up early and then raping me for a €500 pot after we got it all-in pre-flop QQ to AK (we took insurance for €100 so it wasn't too brutal for the loser). Despite being down €400 in the first half hour, I came back to make a small profit (€150) by the end of the night.

Day 13: Saturday, August 1st, 2009
The lads played the €250 buy-in game in The Sporting Emporium while I played cricket. It was a super-deep-stacked structure so I expected them to be home in the wee hours. Imagine my surprise when the doorbell rang at 8.30pm. "I was chip-leader after 30 minutes and and the second person eliminated", said Patrick and he ran through some of his key hands. "How was Nick doing when you left?", I asked. "Decent, I guess. He was short at the first break but then doubled a couple of times. Then, just as I was leaving, he knocked someone out. I think he had like 30-35 big blinds." Imagine our surprise when the doorbell rang at 8.45pm.