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[Gus Mango Fish]

Team Poker.co.uk flew up to Glasgow on Saturday to take part in the Cincinatti Challenge.

The entry fee of £2800 was paid for by poker.co.uk, with the format of the game almost the same as The Poker Nations Cup recently seen on Channel 4.

The team comprised of:

1. Matt "Gus Mango Fish" Dale (aka Gambler)
2. Lee "Raiser" Martin
3. Dan "Lucky Scrote" Carter
4. Nick "WPT Mag I up" Wright (Spicey Jam on these boards)
5. Paul "Woody" Woodington (Woody on these boards)

and professional players:

6. Osman Mustanoglu
7. 4th placed Irish Open Main Event finalist and ranked number 16 in Europe for Texas Hold'em .. John "Dj3Way" Wong

If you fancy a good laugh and seeing what some of us look like - see Poker425 on Sky TV on Wednesday 17th May at 11pm. If you can't catch it on Wednesday night, it's repeated every night at the same time until the following Wednesday.

[T.G]

Where'd you come chaps? Read a good article on BadBeat.com and saw they came third but the article said the Welsh Wizards? ran away with it and won quite easily!

[PokerWoody]

Results were (I think)

1. Matt "Gus Mango Fish" Dale (aka Gambler) - 7/7
2. Lee "Raiser" Martin (Raiser on these boards) - 7/7
3. Dan "Lucky Scrote" Carter - 7/7
4. Nick "WPT Mag I up" Wright (Spicey Jam on these boards) 6/7
5. Paul "Woody" Woodington (Woody on these boards) - 3/7
6. Osman Mustanoglu - 2/7
7. John "Dj3Way" Wong 4/7

Poker.co.uk came last with 19 points, second last (the river) had 21 points.

I was a bit gutted with my 3rd when my KK ran in to 77 all in preflop and the board came down . After that I was very short stacked and went out shortly after. If i'd have won that pot then i'd have gone heads up with about even chips to the other guy.

[DonkBox]

Like Woody, i really didn't get the rub of the green. I lost a 9k pot when we were six handed to a team bad beat member me holding a-k, him a-q -7k in pre flop, board k-rag-rag - the rest goes in - he's all-in having already taken his 2nd chance.
Turn 10
River J

second big pot i lost was against rory mafews (super aggressive) he went all-in for his last 4k i was sitting on 10k with blinds at 400-800. l look down at wired 7s and call his bet (should've pushed) - he flips K-Q of hearts, flop Ah-10h-rag so i now have 18 outs to dodge twice. A king turns and i'm down to 6k.

a few hands later i push with 9s a guy calls with jacks and i'm off to the bar!

[Raiser]

Originally Posted by T.G

Where'd you come chaps? Read a good article on BadBeat.com and saw they came third but the article said the Welsh Wizards? ran away with it and won quite easily!

I was sat on the guys table who wrote this.... and my fav quote from the article was "In the early stages I managed to take advantage of a very tight table and quickly doubled my stack, but after one move too many, and a couple of very poorly played hands I'd become the 1st on my table to require the second lot of chips. As tight as my table was, others were just as loose with a regular scream of chips."

I love the last bit and i know he has directed that at me.... because i was litrally raising in position every orbit. After the first two hours i had managed to double up with out going to a show down or showing any of my hole cards - which i was pretty pleased with.

I found the style of game absolutly fantastic.... and loved every minute of it. And this will sound like a very amateur thing to say, but i knew position was important - but i really didnt relise how important it was until i played this game!

I was making some fantastic moves on those guys and in a way i wish i could have shown them my hand everytime i pulled one off. I was reraising people with under pairs to the board and forcing them to fold whilst keeping a reasonably tight image... i just loved every minute at that table and learnt more in three hours i played with these guys, than i ever have playing online!

My downfall, well it was a mighty downfall!! And i really shouldnt say how i lost a huge stack of my chips when i was chip leader....Yes me chip leader!!!..... with out going into the details i went fishing when i was on BB and called a raise with J5o, ROFL!!! Why i have no idea - probabaly cause i got a bit cocky and had out played the guy in the pot every time we came up against each other, and i thought i could do it again - Big mistake and that cost me my chip lead and respect at the table (no they didnt see my hole cards). After that i ran into some big hands when i had AK & AT on the button and it was curtains for me...

So yes, i had a fantastic time... and learnt a hell of lot and have learnt from my mistakes! My main high light was geting to chip leader on the table with out getting to a showdown and revealing my cards to the other players.

Cheers poker.co.uk