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| UKIPT Season 3 Galway |
So after my week away breaking bones in France I had 3 day at home with very little grinding and prepared myself for a week of been a live pro. It was the first leg of the fast growing UKIPT Galway, I managed to win a seat for the main event (€770) with 5 nights hotel at the Raddison Hotel which was where the tournament was held, as well as expenses to covers flights etc.
It was Valentines day when I left my home to travel to Middlesborough to meet up with two lads that were also going to Galway Sam (snowmanshan) and Stevey (steveisgod) we decided to go for a curry in a local restaurant which was jokes as it was obv valentines day. Our flight was early in the morning from Newcastle and we then met up with Tim Davie (timmmy182) at the airport, we also randomly bumped into Nottingham Season 2 champion Gareth Walker (crushpush) who was renting a car and kindly let us catch a ride with him.
Galway planned Schedule
15th 18:00 1 NL – Holdem 6 Max €100 + €10
| 12:00 | 3 | Main Event Day 1A | €700 + €70 |
16th 20:00 5 NL - Holdem Turbo €100 + €10
17th 16:00 6 NL – Holdem Turbo €50 + €5
19:00 7 NL – Holdem Turbo Bounty €100 + €50 + €10
| 18:00 | 8 | NL - Holdem – Day 1 | €300 + €30 |
18th 21:00 9 NL - Holdem - Turbo €100 + €10
19th 14:00 10 NL – Holdem – Charity Event €100 + €10 + €20
17:00 11 NL - Holdem – Turbo Deepstack €150 + €15
The first night we got there I played the €110 6 max, had a pretty soft table but didnt manage to get a stack going and lost most of my chips on a double barrel bluff where the villian ended up shoving the river for like 400 chips into 5k but had to fold..... sighhhhhhh busted shortly after that. Ended up going out drinking round Galway with plenty of bosses which I have just met or known online for ages, took it relatively steady as i was playing day 1a of the main the next day at 12pm!!! so not too many jagers for me.
Second day
So with a slight hangover and a bit of a rush to make breakfast I got sat down at my table fairly comfortable and with a plan to just nit it up for a level or two and get a feel of the table. It was actually a pretty tough table with 3 internet young lads sat in a row next to each other who were opening a lot. I didnt get up to much at this table apart from a cold 4 bet with q7s vs two lags but i got 5 bet so i tank folded like a boss... lol. I moved table after a hour or so to a awesome table it was sooooo soft and managed to spin up a stack in no time with some light 3 bets and playing post flop pretty well. Unfortunately a German lad who i met on the trip called Marco sat down 2 two my left, we had a few battles and one notable btn vs my bb where I 5 bet with 56cc on a 3c7x9c flop he folded... A few orbits after I coolered him with AA>QQ aip gg Marco...
I managed to get my stack up to around 60k which was oe of the top stacks in the room at the time, but in the last level i lost two 35k pots calling down with btn pair on the river where my read was correct but the guy rivered an ace on his missed fd and bet for value :( then i ran top straight into turned boat vs a bet sizing donk. Doubled with KK>1010 last 20 mins of the day to end with 31,200.
Josh Hart crushing Main (lnormajean)
Bink!!!
After end of play for the day 1a I decided to later reg the €110 turbo after a 20 min dinner break, this had a 8k starting stack and I came in a 100/200 level so 40 bbs. My table had UKIPT champions Zoeri Zandvliet and Sam Razavi luckily it had some older Irish locals there and some people who were drinking. Managed to grind away playing std turbo strategy (live turbos lol). In no time I ended up getting pretty deep and just started to crush there was 166 runners and 20 got paid, everyone wanted to do a bubble deal but I said no at first but after several people sighing etc and I was pretty avg/short at the time I said ok. Players quickly flew out and I came into the ft 3/9 with 160k (16bbs). The payout structure was pretty top heavy paying €4.6k up top €2.5k 2nd and around €300 for 9th, so me been a 180 reg was obv playing not to ladder but to win. The players were playing so tight with literally nobody opening (apart from open shoving) so I used the raise fold/call and quite quickly got to 4 handed (I did not face one aip showdown at risk). Was super Easy 4 handed 3 handed and HU, my winning hand was 1010>a9o where I 3 bet shoved and got called pre board ran something like K93710 wp me and thanks to my drunken rail seen as though it was about 4am thanks guys!!!!
It was also my first tournament win to go onto my Hendon Mob Database :)
My stack at the start of the FT
Third day
After the success of the previous day I though no way can my live run good continue...... I regged the €55 turbo slightly late because of alternates to bust out my first hand AKs<QQ all in pre lol..... I am never folding AKs for 40 bigs in a turbo :)
I then regged the €160 turbo knockout which I unfortunately sat next to Tim Davie (timmmy182) but at least I had someone to talk to plus I was on his left so I got chance to pwn him hard K9>KJ imo..... I let him spew off his chips hard vs a donk bet from a live fish gg tim... I lost a couple of pots got one bounty moved tables and Jammed 11 bbs with KQs utg+1 and get snap re jammed by a old Irish guy directly to my left gg me KQ<AQ.
Fourth day
This was day 2 of the main event where I started with 31,200 @ 400/800 level so around 40 bbs I was lucky enough to start at a pretty soft table, but it was also one of the first to break I was sat there for a bout a hour and half and maged to grind up to around 60k and on the very last hand I lost a big pot in a 3 bet pot 3 where I value bluffed the river with air and the guy tank called me with second pair. So i moved to another table with around 25k and had to play short stack strategy for around 3 hours had a couple of double ups and busted about 30 off the money after jamming 14 bbs on the cut off and get called by AQs gg main event.
So after busting the main event I decided to play the €330 side event as the value for it looked worth while I think it got around 220 ish runners with a pretty soft field as the high roller was running along side as well as people still in the main. I somehow managed to be on the same table as Tim Davie again (dam dont reg at the same time as your mates!!!) I didnt get anything going in this mtt picked up AK three times and bricked every flop, think I only won one hand all mtt. I ended up squeezing a multi way pot with KK and get called by AQ...... all I can say is a book by Barry Greenstein so that was GG me and also the last tournament I played in Galway, I decided not to late reg the €110 turbo due to a heavy night drinking with loads of decent lads which I am sure I will see you all about again somewhere maybe UKIPT Nottingham?????
Fifth day
I totally wrote this day off to do anything due to a huge hangover from the mental night before, so I did not play the €130 charity event or the €165 turbo deepstack which I was actually looking forward to but I did not feel like I could play my A game...
Profit from the trip?
Tournament buy ins total 5 sides (not including the main of €770) = €765
Total tournament cashes inc knockouts = €4,650
Total Profit from sides = €3885
So overall a very good trip for me and my investors and well done to all the lads who had deep runs Tom Hall (Jabracada) who got 11th in the main, Nick Farnborough (zepher) for making the €55 turbo FT, Marco Drfhn for making the €160 TKO FT and Tim Davie for bubbling the €330 and nearly booking his first live cash!! Plus was great to chill with a load of bosses, degens and decent lads from all parts of the world hope to see you all very soon........
Chiiiiiiipssssssssssssssssssssssssss
