Donkaments.....It's that time of year

I have really been lacking with the updates lately. As have most people, Keith epic fails at blog posting. I will try to get better (blogging and poker)
Tournament season is upon us it seams. Killarney, The IPO and The WinterFest back to back in october. Not to mention the BCOOP (Boards Championship of Online Poker) which got underway this week. Event one was a flop for me, but hoping to shine in the stud games, (#2 Stud Hi/Lo is tonight), reason being I've gotten into playing the 8 game mixed STTs on Stars.

A few months ago I mention I wanted to concentrate on tourneys for the comming year, so here's Octobers outlook;

Killarney €550 - 750 runners
I quailified for this online via laddies in early august. Package deal including the room, so pretty happy that his is going to be a almost free weekend. Transport to be decided (train looking good), and obviously cash action optional (most likely sick it up at some point). A week to go and its just about sold out. I don't have much to say about it right now, once Neil releases the players list, seating etc, I can comment on my table, interesting draws and so on. I'll probably blog entry before I go, and one when I return.

The IPO
The first annual IPO last year set out to be the biggest european tourney ever. The record was the 2007 Irish Open at about 605 mark. The IPO broke the 1000 people mark.
This year it is confirmed bigger and better. Same fee, but less reg means a bigger prizepool, kudos Stephen and Jeff at pokerireland. More entrants, at time of writing, they are at 1100+ and rising. Expect it to break the 1200 sellout point by Saturday (the 27th, so I don't think BCB will win that bet of his, mine was null and void). and finally this years IPO is in a nicer venue, the Regency airport hotel, which is a huge plus, the fucking RDS does my head in.
Despite all these massive pros, I have decided not to play in the event. My loss.........maybe
I didn't enjoy the event last year, self deal was a diaster (which won't happen this year due to two start dates), and the whole thing got very crap shooty by the 4th level. While having two start dates and fully dealt tables will help this. The standard of play will be mind numbing. Simple pots taking 5 minutes, donkeys checking and re-checking if they have the nuts once the board 4 flushes. An overall grind to sunday, only to get angle shot on exit. Its not a reflection on Stephen or anyone at Poker Ireland (ok, maybe Jeff), I just think that events of this size (1000+) need very long levels to keep the play in place. Which sadly isn't feasable at a reasonable buy-in. I could play this, at face value, purely for shits and giggles. But after a long and hard think. I feel bu €150 is better spent on a killarney side event when I bust first hand of day two.
Best of luck to all that play.

The WinterFest
Quick IWF update, I suck.
I have failed so far to sat into this. I may give the big one a shot tonight. But, unless its ten runners. I'm afraid i'll be dead money. Purely contributing to BCB IPO payout fund.
Hopefully, I can sort this out. Will play the super sat though.


And finally, I recently was given a comp of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. And, I'm hooked. This book is excellant.
I always knew it was quite good, and wanted to read it since I saw the film. But, as always, the book > the film. I'd recommenf it to anyone, but beware, it will likely bring out the degenerate in you.

"We had two bags of grass, seventy- five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi- colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can"