Yeah, but no

We had allocated a minimum spend and ended up buying in for $2k each, as you could double your $500 buy-in and your add-on.

We got off to a flier, both seeing out day 1 with okay stacks. With 12 left and nine for the money, we were hoping today would be the day that things turned around.

We both made the final table of 10 and while the field may not have been too strong, the final table was sick. It consisted of me, Dave and Seamus flying the Irish flag, also at it were Robert Williamson III (aka Mr Omaha), Jason Mercier (one PLO bracelet), Scott Clements (two PLO bracelets) and the eventual winner, Michael Binger.

Me and Dave had average stacks, David bubbles the tourney after Binger binged a five outer on the river to do him. I go from chip leader with seven left, to out in 7th after taking three beats going in a head in all.

The final insult was getting done from behind by fellow Irishman Seamus, in a massive three-way with himself and Scott Clements , my was no match for Seamus's , which swiftly turned into quads.

I got $5,500 which was a whopping $1,400 profit for the lads and a major let down given we looked nailed on for a big score. So it was very much the case of it was a good tourney for me, but not really.

Hick Report

In a steak house for dinner and a friend who's been here a few times goes watch this, the waiter comes up and gives us a massive run down on all the specials which are meat laced with meat options.

My friends goes what would you recommend for a vegetarian, waiter pauses looks at us blankly for about 20 seconds and then slowly replies, "Are those the people that don't eat meat?" as if he's heard of them, but failed to believe they exist. When it's confirmed that this is what these non meat eating freaks are called, he scratches his head and goes, "Gees that's a good question, never been asked that before!"

His reaction was priceless, eventually comes up with we could take the chicken and bacon out of a caesar salad. Never seen someone so blown a way by a question before I think it was a mixture of hearing vegetarians actually existed and then having to cater for there needs.