Leagues and stuff...

I've been running bad in the cash game at 72, but pretty good in the tournaments.

I usually win 2 out of 3 times playing cash on average, and pull-in a 30% return over the long term. Of course sometimes I can win 4 or 5 in a row, which is great, but I've been beaten up lately and have had 4 losing cash games on the bounce over the last few weeks. Last night looked as if I was going to hit 5 ducks in a row but I hit a set of 8s at just the right time and ended up cashing in over £1000 at the end of the night... phew!

I was also 3rd in the £20 Re-buy tournament, which is actually a bit disappointing as I was chip leader for the majority of the tournament. I never really picked-up a hand once the blinds were 1000/2000 and when I made a move, I usually walked into a hand that was worth calling with... and they usually won!

Ah well, I hope that is my luck changing for the better again and I can win a few more pots in the coming weeks.

I have some International action coming up - next week I am testing out the new poker room at the Dinard Casino in France and then at the end of May, I am off to Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean to play at the Player's Club, made famous for hosting the WPT Caribbean Classic last season... can't wait for that one!

I'm also looking forward to the FHP & CLUB 72 POKER CRUISE, which is looking like it will take place on 14 JUNE. £330 Buy-In to get a crack at the £10,000 prizepool. We'll set sail around 4pm and play it down then come back to eat dinner in the Club Restaurant to present the prizes. We will be running £20 Re-Buy Satellites every other Friday to win seats onto the cruise, so check back here for dates if £330 is a bit steep.

The team FHP ONLINE SERIES also starts next wednesday so let me know your team name and the nickname of the 3 players in the team... email me if you have any questions about how it works or check out the blog entry below.

Here's where we are with the FHP LEAGUE and the CLUB 72 SUNDAY LEAGUE:

FHP LEAGUE

Justin Thorne - 25 points

Craig Hartley - 14 points

Dave Elliott - 13 points

Glyn Ruthers - 13 points

Stuart Rowsell - 11 points

Kevin Hodkinson - 11 points

Soxy - 9 points

CLUB 72 SUNDAY LEAGUE

Kevin Hodkinson - 43 points

Soxy - 27 points

Karl Le Fevre - 20 points

Nick Atkins - 20 points

Danny Paxton - 20 points

Charles Butler - 19 points

Beast - 17 points

Andy McKnight - 17 points

Ewan Le Marquand - 16 points

Craig Hartley - 15 points

And I thought it would be interesting to post the CLUB 72 & FHP ALL-TIME MONEY LIST (AS AT END OF MARCH) based purely on TOURNAMENT cashes:

Kevin Hodkinson - £3750

Craig Hartley - £2277

Soxy - £2225

Justin Thorne - £1760

Ashton De Carteret - £1280

Ewan Le Marquand - £1275

Dave Elliott - £1225

(you have to break £1000 to make the list)

SUNDAY'S TOURNAMENT IS A £50 FREEZEOUT (WITH ONE OPTIONAL ADD-ON AT THE FIRST BREAK)

KICK OFF AT 5PM