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

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