Tumbleweed spotted rolling through blog

I have not really played that much poker in the last two weeks. I managed to get down to the Fitwilliam to ply in the €50 Double chance but themost chips I had during my 2 hours play was 2050. I did my first allocation of chips when I re-raised Stormin Norman all in for 1000 with 44 and he managed to call the extra 750 with 56 off suit - "I was hoping you had Ace King and they would be live". Grrr.

In the cash game I did my initial buy in but got the majority back with a good run of cards that held up in the holdem rounds but I missed every single big draw I had in the Omaha. I finished even for the night - 7 hours of play.

Online I have only had an hour or so here and there and I have spent those multi table the turbo 2 table SNG's on Poker stars for a reasonable profit. I find them much better value than the STT versions. If I had more time I would play the full 10 min blind versions as there is a little edge lost with the 5 min clock in the turbo's.

It looks like my poker playing time is going to reduce even more as I know have a tournament to run on Friday nights at the AUL club in Dublin. This will run under the same format as the Drogheda game and the details will be up in the tournaments section very soon. The first game is on Friday 2nd September.

Hopefully online qualifying will start soon on Pokerstars for the EPT in Barcelona as I would like to be plying although hopefully all going well I will be there whatever in a reporting capacity.

The start of the EPT will be the end of the lull of poker news in Ireland and you should see more new content up on Antes Up.

Stay Lucky

Mike