I had a fair shot at defending my title in San Remo, I made it all the way to the end of Day 2 before busting in the penultimate hand of the day where if I had a little more sleep I might have been able to pass my jacks pre to the Italian 3 betting my under the gun open then leaning back and looking away.

San Remo has always been enjoyable for me though, this being my 3rd visit. I went by myself the first time and had some really nice meals in a quaint little restaurant near Hotel Alexander where I was staying. There is a delicious pâtisserie near the McDonalds in the square which does an absolutely incredible hot chocolate.

The second visit I discovered the out of this world good Ristorante Mare Blu situated just round the corner from the hotel. I went there with fellow Day 5ers Andy Teng and Xuan Liu (don’t think Max was there, can’t remember) and made an absolute school boy error of getting the ravioli.

This trip I managed to rectify all mistakes and had several of the most incredible aragosta lobster and spaghetti dishes. We had a rather lovely dinner on the last day with recently crowned 4th place finisher Barny Boatman with an assortment of nations being represented to wave good bye to San Remo. A few messy nights out definitely hindered my performance in the €2k side event I played but I was happy with how I played in the €1k getting in 115bbs with KK and not beating 77. I managed to get out of it with cheeky %s in Jon Spinks (soooo close) and Dylan Wilkerson so it wasn’t a complete disaster.

I’ve been busy making a schedule for the new year – my current plan is to go to PCA and Aussie Millions then New Zealand and Hong Kong for a little holiday and to see some friends.

LOUTRAKI 14th-21st November
GUKPT London 1st-4th December
PRAGUE 4th-12th December
PCA 6th-15th January
Aussie Millions 17th-31st Jan
NZ 1st-8th Feb
HK 8th-15th Feb

Quite the traveller! Sometime around late December I’m looking to move house in London to a nicer area. I enjoyed my time in Angel but unfortunately things ended on bad terms, perhaps it’s the dark winter months and local youths outside causing trouble that got things heated. Time heals all wounds and all that.