Another 5am rise and it wasn’t any easier. Once again I had 36 tournaments on my schedule and was shelling out over $6k. I haven’t run very well in the majors over the last year, so I was really due a good one. (cough cough). The highlights of the day were the Tilt Brawl and the UB $200k...

Getting up at 5am to play poker isn’t much fun. Being $130k richer at 4pm is. God bless high buy in monthly tournaments with satellites running 24/7. It was like the Party Million all over again, hundreds of players playing well above their comfort zone for sums of money that dwarf their yearl...

We hit the town after my win on Monday, I say hit the town it was all very civilised. We went for dinner and a couple of drinks, the place was dead – apparently unaware of my win. Despite the early night I had a bit of a hangover on the Tuesday, which was fine as we’d decided a day off was i...

We have bought a boat. After our party win, we flirted with the idea of dropping $50k on a boat, but after investigating the matter further we decided it would be like dropping money in the sea with the upkeep costs etc. Well after last Monday’s success we felt we were due a reward. We did a b...