I spent the last week in Loutraki in Greece. It’s a small town with a large casino and hotel “resort” which is fairly miserable when the weather is not hot. Unfortunately we got the brunt of the weather end as the 10 degree temperature and fast winds led to most of my time spent inside the pretty dull place.

The main event went well for me, I chipped up nicely on day 1 and after blasting a few chips on day 2 things really picked up for me and was chip leader for a lot of the tournament before the money after a huge pot where I 2x pot jammed the river with the nut flush and found a caller. When the direct bubble came around I somehow found myself jamming the river with A high for my tournament life. Fortunately the chap folded and I crossed the line. I bust out in an unlucky for some 13th place when I 4 bet jammed KJhh into Zimmys QQ CO vs BTN.

Zimmy is a guy I have known since I was 18, one of the first people I met at university when I went to Imperial at the poker society (what else). Back then he’d hustle me into playing £5 HU SNGs and completely owning me and watch me routinely spend £20-30 a week on the £1r. I won a PCA package around that time and everyone thought it was incredible – Zimmy thought that online must be joke soft if a fish like me could win! Anyway he ended up taking down the event and I couldn’t be happier for him even though I was absolutely devastated to bust myself.

I had a rough Sunday where I lost around $4.4k of my own money and had TWO horses FT bubble the party major! I’m very happy to be back in London though and going to get my poker and gym grind on before GUKPT London and a long slog in Prague before the festivities begin kicking off with possibly a trip to Edinburgh on the 10th if not The Fat Duck on the 13th depending on my progress in these donkaments!