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Bridge swing & quick update
This is the bridge swing at Gravity Canyon in Taihape, NZ. Definitely recommended (don’t bother with the flying fox, though). I’m on holiday at the moment (Mar & Apr) so I probably won’t post anything else until I get home. There was poker to write about over the winter, but I was also mostly abroad [...]
Continue reading...Won the DTD £80k! (live)
10. November 2009
280 runner live tournament up at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, 10k starting chips 45 min blinds. Another 1st place within the week!… http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/resultplayers.php?id=861 This one was worth £22.5k after a heads-up deal (~even stacks) in which we chopped the £10k we were playing for into an additional £2.5k each with £5 to play for (~4.5 [...]
Continue reading...Won the Sunday $100k!
2. November 2009
Here’s the post from 3 and a half weeks ago (http://www.alexbowler.com/events/killarney-2009/, last paragraphs) when I said that r0lfus’s tournament win in Ireland meant that I had to try to do better in tournaments! So I think I’ve entered 6 since then, with 2 small cashes and 3 losses. So I learnt how to suck out; [...]
Continue reading...Killarney 2009
8. October 2009
This year I arrived the day before to make sure I wasn’t too tired during the tournament, but I was then asked to play in the UK vs Ireland vs Scandiland SitnGo that evening, which was well supplied with guinness by Bob and Marios. So I ended up pretty drunk and going to bed to let. [...]
Continue reading...Epsom, Ascot and Vegas
24. June 2009
Ladbrokes have been doing a good job of provding VIP perks – I’d partly blame that for the low volume. We went to Epsom Derby first and then a box at Royal Ascot the week after. Here’s everyone except me showing off that they picked the 20/1 winner in the Queen Alexander Stakes. I’m heading [...]
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30. March 2010
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