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Biggest cash ever last week (£1605)

Smashed the French up in Dinard (€1100)

Quit my job

Got engaged

Went to hospital on Tuesday morning after passing out with Gastritus (spelling?)

£20 Re-Buy tournament Friday night

£50 with £50 Add-on or Re-buy (only one per player) Sunday

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jT

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

LEAGUE UPDATES

FHP WINTER SERIES

Soxy - 23 Points

Lord Whipp - 22 Points

Phil Evans - 21 Points

AnteVirus - 17 Points

Anthony Greig - 13 Points

Craig Le Gallais - 12 Points

Ady Bougourd - 9 Points

Glyn Ruthers - 9 Points

Helen Prentice - 9 Points

Craig Le Boutillier - 9 Points

FHP ONLINE LEAGUE

CatThrash - 20 Points

DizzzyRascal - 14 Points

SmallyBoyYepYep - 13 Points

AnteHerojT - 12 Points

The1Cardinal - 11 Points

Rowlesie - 9 Points

Grouville - 9 Points

CLUB 72 SUNDAY FREEZEOUT LEAGUE

Kev 'The Hammer' Hodkinson - 40 Points

Ewan Le Marquand - 15 Points

Charles Butler - 12 Points

Dave Nuth - 12 Points

Beast - 12 Points

Andrew McKnight - 10 Points

Next Week is the FINAL HEAT for the FHP ONLINE LEAGUE!

Details of our new TEAM LEAGUE ONLINE SERIES coming soon...

SUNDAY'S FREEZEOUT is £50 + £5

AnteVirusjT

Someone, for the love of God... smash the damn buddha!

Kevin 'The Horror' Hodkinson has, incredibly, won his fourth tournament in a row!

A regular feature now, is his 'lucky' little buddha, if you see him rubbing its tummy when you are in a hand with him... be worried.

Last night he was down to about 1300 chips and was all but dead but he managed to double-up, then again, then again... and it just didn't stop!

I was determined to take him out when my Ace, 9 hit a flop of 5, 5, 9. I checked, hoping he would bluff his remaining chips but he checked too. I checked the turn and he shoved and I snapped him off. Of course he flopped Quads, with pocket 5s!

I don't think anyone has won 4 back to back tournaments over here, at the Pomme or elsewhere.

Heads-up, Kev's opponent was seasoned Pro, Soxy, and even he couldn't cope with the buddha!

Full league updates in a few days...

jT

LEAGUE UPDATES...

Continuing his phenomenal run, Kev Hodkinson won his third Freezeout in a row on Sunday!

The Sunday Tournament League now looks like this:

Kev Hodkinson - 30 Points

Charles Butler - 12 Points

Beast - 12 Points

Craig Hartley - 9 Points

Leigh Ruderham - 9 Points

Kevin Kelly - 9 Points

Rock - 8 Points

Eddie Stuart - 8 Points

Dave Nuth - 8 Points

The league runs until the end of June and the top three receive a payout from the club. 

If the winner of the July - December league is different from the Jan - June league, they will play a heads-up match to determine the 2009 Club 72 Champion!

FHP WINTER SERIES

Ante Virus - 17 Points

Soxy - 16 Points

Phil Evans - 15 Points

Anthony Greig - 13 Points

Gary Whipp - 12 Points

Craig Le Gallais - 12 Points

Ady Bougourd - 9 Points

Glyn Ruthers - 9 Points

There are still two heats to come to get points on the board for the £1000 final table on 27 March.

First place guarantees a place at the final table.

FHP ONLINE LEAGUE

CatThrash - 19 Points

SmallyBoyYepYep - 10 Points

The1Cardinal - 10 Points

Rowlesie - 9 Points

Grouville - 9 Point

Soxy - 9 Points

dbspurs - 8 Points

With three heats to go and 15 points still up for grabs, CatThrash can still be caught by players snapping at his heels, and it is still possible for someone to enter the leaderboard and climb into the top three.

THE MAIN MAN...

Kev Hodkinson won his second CLUB 72 FREEZEOUT in a row, putting him at the top of the leaderboard.

The top ten finishers on Sunday were as follows:

1st - Kevin Hodkinson

2nd - Charles Butler

3rd - Eddie Stuart

4th - Glyn Ruthers

5th - Rock

6th - Paul Dingle

7th - Andrew McKnight

8th - Craig Le Boutillier

9th - Danny Paxton

10th - Ben Holt

Two weeks into the 6 month league and the leaderboard is looking like this:

Kevin Hodkinson - 20 Points

Charles Butler - 10 Points

Craig Hartley - 9 Points

Leigh Ruderham - 8 Points

Rock - 8 Points

Eddie Stuart - 8 Points

Not only has Kev won two in a row, he also eliminated me from both tournaments!

Last week his Ace, Queen dominated my Ace, Rag and this week my King, Queen failed to find a pair, whilst his pocket 5s (or 4s, can't remember) found 4 cards to hit a straight on the turn!

Maybe I will win a hand against Kev next week?

The tourney held no joy for me but the cash game didn't let me down. Pocket Aces held twice, once against the Dragon when he hit top pair on the flop and then against SmallyBoy when we both hit the Clubs Flush but I was holding two black Aces.

In the last hand of the night, we saw the sickest call the club is ever likely to see. Gary builds a big pot with Rock all-in blind and Kev along for the ride. On the flop, Kev makes a big move with what turns out to be 5, 3 on a King, 7, rag board... so 5 high! And Gary calls with... 6, 3!!! An Ace comes on the Turn, and it turns out that Rock is sitting on Ace, 10 and wins the main pot, but the river is a blank for the 5 and 6 high and Gary takes down about £400 from the side pot...

Kev will be having nightmares about that hand for a while...

See you Sunday for the DOUBLE CHANCE FREEZEOUT!

BREAKING NEWS FOR FHP!

I am delighted to confirm that FHP has officially merged with the CLUB 72 CARDROOM.

The rest of the WINTER SERIES will take place at CLUB 72 and NOT the Tipsy Toad Townhouse.

For those of you who haven't been to CLUB 72 yet, you are in for a treat. State of the art tables, 52" Widescreen up on the wall for the FHP Tournament Software, waitress service, excellent menu and all in a permanent cardroom that is only ever a cardroom!

Come and check it out.

Tomorrow (Sunday) we are running a £50 + £5 Freezeout at 5pm. Registration is from 4:30pm and at the first break, we are laying on another FREE BUFFET.

See you at the tables...

jT

PS Congrats to Phil Da Silva for winning last night's £20 RB Tournament!

£20 RE-BUY TOURNAMENT @ CLUB 72

FRIDAY 13 - 7:30PM

£20 + £2 Buy-in with £20 Re-buys in the first hour.

Optional Addon at the first break

2000 starting chips, re-buys available if your stack is 2000 or below.

100% of prizepool paid out on the night as this is not part of the FHP WINTER SERIES.

Registration is from 7pm

FREE MEAL for all cash game players off the CLUB 72 CARDROOM MENU

CLUB 72

35 players turned out for the inaugural CLUB 72 FREEZEOUT, contesting a £2600 pot!

The first 10 players to put points on the leaderboard are as follows:

Kevin Hodkinson - 10 Points

Craig Hartley - 9 Points

Leigh Ruderham - 8 Points

Beast - 7 Points

Dave Belo - 6 Points

Nick Atkins - 5 Points

Dave Elliott - 4 Points

Alex Harrison - 3 Points

Rock - 2 Points

Charles Butler - 1 Point

Well done, lads... obviously I am disappointed that the Squid Bellend, Rock, managed to donk any points, but you can't beat lucky, blind stupidity!

THE LEAGUE

CLUB 72 will be holding a FREEZEOUT every Sunday (This Sunday is a £50 + £5 Freezeout) and in addition to the prizepools, players are playing to get points on the leaderboard. We will be paying out EVERY SIX MONTHS to the top three on the leaderboard. Prizes will depend on the action over each six month period.

BRING IT ON!

ACTION THIS WEEK - >

WEDNESDAY NIGHT 8PM - FHP ONLINE @ UNCOVER POKER

FRIDAY NIGHT 7:30PM - CASH GAME AT CLUB 72

SUNDAY EVENING 5PM - £50 + £5 FREEZEOUT AND CASH GAMES WHEN A TABLE IS FREE

See you at the tables...