January 2006 was another eventful month for me. I managed to qualify for the EPT in Deauville as well as winning a league to play in 3 events in the Brighton Festival, all to be played in February.

When Deauville came i played well as far as i was concerned but just did not get the luck on the preflop all ins .

KK vs AQ i won
10s vs A3std i lost , he flopped the straight and this was a very key hand as blinds were still relatively low.
88 vs AQ i lost
Ajstd vs 88 i lost
A4 vs A5 i lost and exit the tournament after he hit quads just to rub it in

Obviously the only one above where i was not covering the other stack was the last. The gods were not being any help and it just wasnt to be. I had only just made day 2 and finished just inside the last 100 out of 400 runners. Again i was happy as it just didnt appear to be my week but Deauville was not a great place to visit, far too posh and the casino attitude to customers was shocking. Certainly wont be hurrying back there by targetting any satellites next year.

Brighton was only small in comparison to Deauville with just £100,£150 and a £300 event. Played bad in the first , think i was tired from the drive up. The second i had A7 vs Q10 to guarantee making the money and again no luck. The £300 i was happy with but when my AKstd vs QQ lost preflop all in for a huge pot to probably go top 3 of the remaining 40 or so (about 80 runners) i was weak and soon out A10 vs AK a few hands later.

Being away for almost 2 weeks of the month meant my online profit suffered as a result but the experience was invaluable. I certainly wont be driving as far as Brighton for such small events in the near future but they were free to enter from online so i had nothing to lose.