Home sweet home

We were finally allowed to take Belle home after what felt like a really long 8 weeks...

Karl and I had been pretty good at doing our research on how best to look after and making she grows up to be a happy and obedient dog. Some one in Blackpool was telling Karl that he's trained his dog to leave the room when it needs to fart, how cool is that?! I thought we had prepared for the worst but I actually struggled more than I thought. We put her in her crate with a comby bed, full bowl of water, lots of toys and newspaper but she spent the majority of the night crying and howling. Needless to say it was a pretty sleepless night, even when she went quiet, I convinced myself she had drowned in her bowl of water. Managed to get a couple hours of shut eye, woke up at 5 a.m and spent an hour lying next to Belle in a crate. I need to be a bit thicker skinned i think...

Belle on day one at the new house

Checking out the new crib...

Belle's first game of Upwords, Karl needs all the help he can get..

It's been a struggle getting her outside...

He's wearing Ellen knickers!

Following on from my top 3 youtube videos and if you liked the Sophia Grace rendition of Nicki Manaj's Super Bass then you have to check this out, it's her and cousin, Rosie, interviewing stars on the Red Carpet.

It's not still November is it...?

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Las Vegas of the North

Been a busy few weeks for me non-poker wise. Karl and I moved in to our new home, all went very smoothly and loving the extra space. In just 3 weeks time two will become three. If you follow me on twitter or friends with me on facebook then you’ll already know about Belle. She’s our new French bulldog, literally can not wait to bring her home from the breeders. Isn’t she a cutie?! I have a feeling she’ll be one spoilt dog.

So as you can imagine not had a lot of time for Poker but managed to fit a trip up to Blackpool for the GUKPT Main Event this weekend past. Think this is my 4^th GUKPT Main Event, yet to run deep in one so hoping this was my time. 

Day 1 went well for me, loved my table and got a decent run of cards. Was dealt Aces three times, twice I had a player jam over my raise, the other a player called my all-in with Queens. They held up all 3 times, not more you could really ask for on a day one, pretty sure I did a good job at maintaining the Girl stereotype of sitting around waiting for Aces :). Was happy with the way I was playing and picked some spots carefully to help build my stack.

Day 2 was on the more slightly frustrating side, was on a tough table with some big stacks. I was always around the 20 Big Blind mark, majority of the time it had been 4bet by the time it got round to me, giving me no hope of getting a shove through so had to wait for the cards. My run of J3 T6 62 64 just wasn’t gonna give me the double i needed. Got my all in through with 67 suited on the Big Blind over a cut off open. Blinds went up and my stack dwindled to just under 20 Big Blinds. Find A8 in the high jack, i have a little too much to shove but definitely can’t raise/fold my stack, so had to go with it. I did hesitate a little once the Big Blind put me in, I knew i was in trouble but had to go with my original plan and at worse i’m 30%. My A8 was no match v Rupinder Bedi’s AT and I was out in 38th. Bit of a bummer but, hey ho.

Heading up to Derby this Friday for the Genting Poker Club Derby then no plans after that. The Las Vegas Team Challenge III also starts next week which is always fun playing.

Very exciting promotion kicking off in December on Ladbrokes Poker so keep your eyes peeled.

Amy

@Amy_T on twitter

Meet Belle...

As if buying a house and car wasn't enough, we thought we'd top it off with buying a dog. I've wanted a French Bulldog for a while now but they're not the easiest dogs to get your hands on. I read some where that there are only 1,500 French Bulldogs born every year in the UK and the price reflects that... but how could you possibly put a price on this little face? >>>>>

She was born only a week ago in North Wales and next week, once she's opened her eyes, Karl and I will make the trip to go and meet her.

We're pretty set on the name 'Belle', wanted something pretty and french so Belle seemed fitting. I'd always wanted to call my french bulldog 'Napoleon' and put bow-ties on him and dress him in bomber jackets but i couldn't possibly to do that to this lovely lady...

We're not allowed to take home until early December which gives us plenty of time to read all the forums and watch youtube clips on puppy training. Didn't take us long to find out that apparently french bulldogs have a pretty intense flatulence problem so that'll be fun...

Top 3...

My all time favourite youtube videos...

At number 3...
Part 1

Part 2

at Number 2...

and at number one... my all time FAVOURITE....

Killarney

Just back from the Irish Poker Festival in Killarney. Shame the weather wasn't as nice as it was over in England but we didn't let that dampen our spirits and although I rather be playing instead of working, we all had a great time. Obviously I'm bias but there is no atmosphere quite like one at a Ladbrokes Poker Tournament and I hope everyone who went agrees. As mentioned previously my role in Killarney was to look after the blog and video crew. You can find the blog here, all the videos here. Below are two of my favourite videos from the trip...

A few people asked for me to send them photos, the photos i took weren't the best quality as I wanted to avoid using flash and only required low res pics for the blog. However, I'm still happy to send them to people if they see some on the blog and would like a copy.

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