First of all I’m going to apologise for the lack of updates throughout the WCOOP. On the whole thing’s didn’t really go my way and I was just trying to focus on the next up and coming tournament rather than bemoaning about my lack of luck in the last. For that reason I didn’t update on a daily basis as I didn’t have too many positive things to say.

I played close to a full schedule in the WCOOP which must of been around 30 events including the 10k hi roller tourney and various forms of poker I have little knowledge of such as Stud h/l etc. I only managed 3 cashes overall which was a very disappointing return (7th in the $215 1ra plo and 22nd in the $1k plo as well as a min cash in the 5 card draw lol). I played really well in the omaha and I’m definitely happy with how my omaha game is progressing, especially considering how rarely I play it. The final table was pretty sick with the likes of Menlo, Andy Mcleod and the mighty Chris Moneymaker lol. I managed to hold my own though and without this brutal beat here http://www.pokerhand.org/?3184941 may have been able to put up a real run at the bracelet and $100k ftw. Stil $17k ish was a great result in a game in which I’m still learning a ton everytime I play.

Unfortunately I didn’t manage to cash in one NLH WCOOP event….. seriously wtf! How can I not cash 1 of say 15 events in which I have a huge edge in and a great structure? I felt I played well in pretty much all of these events but things really didn’t go for me at all. This whole period was a dodgy period as far as nlh tourneys were concerned for me. I made a ton of deep runs but just couldn’t close at all. Partly my fault and partly the cards but at times like these you have to keep trying to grind it out. The 100r was one tourney I just couldn’t finish off until now……

Today I only played the early tournaments as I needed to get up early tomorrow in order to get a new passport so that I can attempt to play the WSOPE and EPT London in the next week. I managed to accumulate a nice stack early on in the 100r but this time things didn’t go as well for as they had been in the mid stages of this tourney lately. However things went a lot better deep in this then they had been and imo this is a lot more important. The moment when I really started to believe that I was going to finally do it again was on this soulread hand http://www.pokerhand.org/?3240193. If he turned up with an ace, a 6 or a boat here god I would look soooooo stupid but thankfully my read was spot on this time and I managed to hold. If the river is a diamond or a king then I can assure you my pc is getting smashed lol. From here on in things were pretty smooth with the game only ever coming in to doubt when headsup was a cagey long match but I felt incontrol for most of it. In the end it was just a case of getting over the finishing line in a big comp again. This added to a tilt $75 win earlier in the week puts me in line for a 6th triple crown lol. Also congrats to Pab who shipped the 100r the night before for around $30k…. sicko!. Uk 100r ownage imo.

Hopefully I get my I.d tomorrow or If I don’t they allow me to play the live events without it. These 2 events have huge prizepools and manageable fields. Also with them both being held in England it would be pretty news if I could go deep in one of them and hopefully It would open up sponsorship opportunities etc. Also after my deep run in GUKPT Luton I am feeling my live game a lot more and really want to test myself against some of the best. Fingers crossed I get to play, run good and play good.

Lastly I’d like to congratulate Alex ‘Ajkhoosier1′ Hoosier on a sick run in the WCOOP main event. If you haven’t been on the internet poker planet for the last week then he took 3rd place for $780k ish. Also he overtook me on the p5s rankings system and now has a huge lead over me oh well back to the grind and the impossible chase of Ajkhoosier. In my experience though Greater motivation normally brings greater results so lets hope this is the case