I played the Crown Victorian Poker Championships Main Event on Friday. It was $2700 to enter, and I think there were about 150 players that started, but there was a second starting day on Saturday with over 200 players. Both myself and other 888 team mate Jeff Fenech started (and ended) on the first Day 1 (Friday).
The Crown Victorian Poker Championships started at Crown Casino in Melbourne today (2nd August) and are running to the 17th of August. My mate Joe Hachem suggested I play a few of the events, so I decided I would.
My WSOP journey is over and I am devastated, having been so close to the money. The top 666 of the something like 6800 players get paid, and I came about 740th. I started the day with 100,100 in chips which was a good position in the field.
It's about 2am on 9th July, and Day 2 of the WSOP just finished (started at midday on 8th July). I am so happy, because I am still in. I made it all through Day 2! I finished with 100,100 in chips which is comfortable going into Day 3.
I made it through Day 1 of the World Series of Poker! I'm very very happy and am excited and looking forward to Day 2 on the 8th of July. I have about 34,000 chips which is enough to work with. It was a tough day - more than 12 hours of poker.
Had a bit of big night on Tuesday with all the 888 crew but it was early to rise for all of us as we had a short cricket match at Sunset Park in Vegas.
I've been in Vegas for a few days and am having a great time. Some great nightclubs and restaurants. Last night I hosted the official 888 player and VIP party at the amazing Lamborghini showroom at the Palazzo. The party was great and all the 888 qualifiers and guests enjoyed it a lot.
Last night was the Celebrity Bounty night at Crown in Melbourne where three people won a trip to Las Vegas with me and the 888poker team and one of them was my own buddy Jeff Fenech! Jeff was killing it early and continued all night and got lucky, finishing up at 3.30am this morning, the other two winners were Rosa Crea from Sunshine in Victoria and Arif Mehmet from Fairy Meadow in NSW. Congrats to them all.
June 19 at Crown Casino in Melbourne I will be the playing in the Celebrity Bounty Tournament. At least the top 3 winners in the tournament will win $17,000 packages to join me and the rest of the 888 Poker team in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker! There will be a celebrity on each table with a bounty on their head and if you knock one out you will get a prize as well.
For the first few months of the year, 888 Poker ran a competition where the winner gets to have me come to their home poker game, anywhere in Australia. 888 supply the table, chips, cards, beers and waitress, and I come along and play with the guys for a couple of hours.
