Darlo Sainsburys

I’m up just outside Newcastle this week, staying with Shazbo at her parents’ house. We ventured into Darlington yesterday to buy some bits and bobs for the week and it’s an odd place I can tell you. We were given the guided tour by Shazbo’s niece from the safety of the jeep, and I had a sense of foreboding almost immediately when she said:

“That’s the high street over there, wouldn’t go there. The train station is up there - definitely don’t go up there.”

I shuffled nervously around the supermarket, observing some cracking haircuts (do you remember the “step” look?), before escaping back to County Durham.

I had a look around for some poker to play this week, focusing on the clubs in Newcastle (definitely NOT playing in Darlo), but all the tournaments were self dealt and £30 max buy in, so that’s not really an option. Some of the cash games in Aspers look okay, so might pop in there one night if I am in town for a quick session.

Poker in the last week has been pretty quiet - I played 3 online Omaha sessions, winning a small amount or breaking even each time which was annoying, considering all 3 times I got off to strong starts. I definitely play better at the start of a session, before being over-expansive with the big stack.

I also played one live cash game and finished up about £250, but most of this was by getting all in with QQ against AA and AK, and expertly conjuring a board of JT983 :)

Our regular game, now has two big events to look forward to to finish off the year. Firstly my home game in early December has an unprecedented number of runners this time, and will be an all dayer including 3 tournaments and doubtless all night cash.

Secondly we’ve been invited by Kevin Q, to join him at his Harlow club in late November to take part in a marathon cash game. The Low Stakes Poker Open is running at his club on the same day, but he’s asked us to come to put up the opposition for his regular cash players. Kev has kindly laid on a minibus, and has also named the last dog race of the night after us and we get to present the trophy (Harlow dog track is below the poker club), which is a nice touch. Hopefully Kev has laid this on due to him enjoying our company, as opposed to thinking we are huge spewtards who are going to line the pockets of his local boys ;) Kev is a top guy - we’ve played a fair few times down at the Loose Cannon, when our home ground was filling the rafters, and we’re all looking forward to the trip. So far myself, the Baron, Nit, Fluke and Devski are all pencilled in.

I’ll blog later in the week if I do make it to Aspers - otherwise will be next week.

Laters