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Haymarket Hotel Opening Night Winner: Doctor Straight2009 11 10
11:46 pm
Tonight I celebrated the opening of the new poker room in the
Martini Bar of the Haymarket Hotel in the best possible way,
winning a 9 player, $110 Sit and Go.

After a couple of false starts, with the opening pushed back by a week
and then a fortnight, the venue finally got under way. The Martini
Bar really looks the part, with superb tables, lighting, bar and
lounge areas. For those who appreciate a bit of class and opulence
in their poker venue, check out the Haymarket Hotel.

With nine players sitting around a nice Sin City table, and a dealer
provided, it felt a bit like the big game from the movie Casino Royale,
although with slightly less at stake!

On to the action itself. Tricky player Josh ran KK into AA in the early
stages and failed to improve. SinCityAdmin and Alcoop lost their stacks
when their KK and A4 met JT on a board of 356, the JT having little going for
it except runner runner flush. The flush Ace on the turn took SinCityAdmin
to the brink, a flush rag on the river sent Alcoop to the rail and SCA
to a desperatley small stack which I relieved him of shortly after. The
nice Asian man who'd made a highly questionable call against Paul's KK
flop push played quieter after this massive pot, and ended up heads
up against me.

Earlier I'd busted fourth place's A8 with my TT, and third place bet
into my A7 on a flop of AJ7 and I called, called, called him out of
the tournament. Heads up against a Payoff Wizard was right where I wanted
to be. In the final hand he had two shots at flush and gutshot straight
outs, but the board blanked twice to leave my middle pair the winner and
produce the venue's first cry of "Send It!".

I stayed out of trouble throughout the tournament, folding hands
preflop and getting well out of the way of missed flops. I probably
only won half a dozen big pots in the tournament, but they were all
crucial and I had the cards in all of them. I felt like I was on
the right side of the gambling situations all night.

I've had some success at opening nights, I remember a few January's ago
I was the first winner of the $150 ultra deepstack "JTURDS" game though
a few January's ago is a long time between drinks!

It remains to be seen whether the bigger players come and turn Haymarket
Hotel Tuesday nights into a real action joint. For now, Haymarket has
a great chance of establishing itself as the Central City venue for
medium sized tournaments on a Tuesday night.
Doctor Straight looking for Tasmanian poker action2009 10 01
04:58 pm
I'll be in Mole Creek near Deloraine for a few nights next week and I'm looking for
some poker action while I'm in Tassie. If anyone knows of any games around
that area on the following nights please post here or message me on PNW
and I'll give you some contact details or otherwise get back to me.

Thurs 8th Oct
Fri 9th Oct
Sat 10th Oct
Sun 11th Oct
Mon 12th Oct
Tues 13th Oct

I'll probably bring my brother along with me, who now lives in Tasmania and is
an absolute fish.
Tiltasaurus on TV2009 09 07
11:22 pm
Donna came into my lounge room for the first time this evening in sumptuous black and white. She explained
that to be successful at poker, you have to be a bit sassy and she had what it takes to be Australia's Poker Star.

Good luck Donna!
Queenslander John Sendit well placed in British Open2009 07 17
02:52 pm
GREG Norman may have played the worst in his life last night, but leading Aussie John Sendit
has credited the Shark with inspiring his game - albeit 22 years ago.

Norman shot seven over with five bogeys and two double bogeys in the British Open
first round on Thursday while Sendit has set himself up with a string of birdies to
be a finals contender for the jug.

He and fellow Aussie Matt Goggin are just two shots off the pace, carding a four
under-par 66.

But the 38-year-old Sendit has recalled watching a different Norman at Turnberry
in 1986 on television in Brisbane and thinking that was the way he hoped to play one day.

"As a young professional we were inspired by Greg Norman's ability to play the game at the
highest level, he was a great man, a great player to watch," Sendit said ahead of
yesterday's Open round.

Sendit said Norman gave younger players hope that they could one day wear a green
jacket or hold a major trophy.

He said in 1994 he came to Turnberry as a spectator outside the ropes watching the likes of
Norman, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson practising together.

It was his first trip to a links course.

Fifteen years later and it is Norman who is being bundled out of the tournament and
his fellow Queenslander Sendit being talked about as a potential to topping the
leaders board ahead of Sunday.
Doctor Straight's New Zealand Poker Tour2009 04 30
03:46 pm
You can read all about my recent South Island of New Zealand poker tour
in this Friday's Australian Poker Weekly, on Newsstands May 1st.

Giving the tiltboys a run for their money, I play poker in Christchurch, bust out
in Dunedin but get back on the horse in Queenstown. The report is illustrated
with an "only in New Zealand" photo.

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