Day 1 and 2 update

Well typically my Irish Open starts slow but this is particularly bad. I managed to drop a buy in on a particularly bad hand.

Ins €5 straddle pot, I raise it to €15 with J10s and get a call from the straddle. Flop comes 2 3 8 and I c-bet for €20 and the guy calls. The turn brings a 9 and I decide I need to push the draw pretty hard and try and force a fold so bet €40 and I get min-raised.. Pretty bleak but I'm forced to cal wig only €60 then left behind. The river comes a J and I decide to payoff due to the size of the pot, he had 89 for 2 pair, urgh!

Second hand of note for the day was against my friend , Christin who is pretty tight and playing €100 deep. She makes a €7 raise early position and I 3-bet for €17... She decides to jam for €75 which sucks but I call and she has A9!!! The flop J A 9 which is pretty whacky but then she makes runner runner for a flush :-/ that's one you can't even get mad at!

So that left me €295 down on day 1 and day 2 has start even worse. I managed to stack off on a terribly played hand, I make a button raise with AJ and get a call from a tricky player who is has a pretty high VPIP, the flop comes 9 high and I c-bet for €12 and he raises (as expected) to €30 and I call preparing to make a move on the turn. It comes a J to lock me in abut brings a 3rd diamond, I check and he bets €50, I raise to €125 and he calls asking if I have any diamonds... I know I'm dead and he had a baby flush.

I rebut and admittedly I'm probably a little steamed, I get myself into a horrible hand with 56s, I call from the button in a multiway pot for €12 and flop a guts hot and flush draw on an ace high board, it check all around and the turn brings a 10, the original raise bets €15 and a super deep donkey player calls, I decide that having not bet the flop neither have a hand that can hold up to some pressure and I raise to €60! The deep donk then decides to make it €130 and I'm priced into a shove for a little more.

The river blanks and he moved on with just 2nd pair and I leave the table in disgust. This leaves me approx €700 down and just really doubting myself, none of my moves are getting there and generally I'm getting terrible hands.

I'm chilling in my room as Willy Wonka is on the box! I'll be back at it this evening and just hope for a turn of fortune, this trip is thoroughly poor so far!