Tony G. Poker Blog

After my big rest from poker I am back in action at Crown Casino Melbourne Australia. The first event was the 1k NL with a field of 550; last year’s record was smashed. Just add this to all of the poker that’s exploding around the world.  It’s all good news for poker in Australia - it’s growing fast.

I played pretty well in the first event without any mistakes.  I was just playing tight, waiting to take charge of things once the field got trimmed down.  When we were under 100 players my stack was just under average.  I picked up 8-8 UTG and raised A-K on the button.  He went all-in and I had to call. I picked up a flush draw on the turn and coming to the river, my opponent had four outs.  But a King turned off on the last card and it didn’t make my flush. I was busted out.

Today I am playing the Omaha hi/lo 1k event and will have some fun in my spare time. I Play the cash games and have been playing the 300-600 mixed game or the 100-100 PLO game.  So far the cash action is fine. I am up a little.  There are not enough players here yet.   But there is a booked flight with the cream of FullTilt poker arriving soon.  And then the room comes to life.

This week I will play the 100k NL event on Sunday.

I am on the list for the $250k cash game with guests coming in from Singapore that will make the game - Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, and David Benyamin are also on the list. The action will heat up like white hot lava in the core of a volcanic eruption. There is also a 100k cash game coming up with all the FullTilt pros and I am hoping to be invited to that event as well.

The Omaha Hi/Lo event is running and I have to get back to the action and try to pick up some of the chips because I’ve been sitting out writing this. Check back.

 

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 at 5:30 am and is filed under Tournaments, Travels.