Topic: Poker
I've just looked at my Hendon Mob database entry and am surprised to see some glaring errors. The reason I was looking was that I was trying to remember when it was that I came second to Jac Arama in a £50 or £100 omaha comp at the Vic. That was the day that I got to know Allan Engel (aka Fred Titmus), who came third. The Mob doesn't mention it, perhaps because it was not officially a festival tournament, thought it took place on the Sunday when the festival's main event finished and wasn't a regular weekly fixture. Nowadays the same event is a £300 or £500 hold'em freezeout and does count as a festival event.
My database entry contains the following errors:
I didn't start playing poker until summer 1995, so the bottom two entries relating to events in 1993 and February 95 have nothing to do with me. In the case of the former, it's probably Doug Young from Brighton who should be credited.
Doug Young is probably the person who scored in the Dec 2002 and Jan 2004 Brighton comps. I'm fairly sure I wasn't at either of those festivals.
Similarly I have no recollection of being in Atlantic City in March this year (though I was there in December for a few days on holiday).
If anyone in charge of data integrity at the HM forum is reading this, then please feel free to remove the incorrect entries.
The rest are certainly mine. It's nice to be reminded of some of them. My record doesn't look that exciting once the bogus entries are removed, but I don't actually play that many festival comps like those recorded. There is less need to than ever before. Living in London I have access to the following weekly comps:
Monday
£250 Freezeout at the Sportsman
Tuesday
£100 Freezeout at the Western (new fixture, website shows a £3k guarantee)
£250 Freezeout at the Palm Beach
Wednesday
£100 rebuy comp at the Palm Beach
£30 with one add-on at Gutshot (I would treat this as a £60 freezeout)
Thursday
£250 Freezeout at the Palm Beach
£50 Freezeout at Gutshot
Friday
£100 rebuy comp at the Sportsman
Saturday
£100 Freezeout at Gutshot
Sunday
£300 Freezeout at the Palm Beach
My track record at the Sportsman is very strong - three top 3 finishes in only 5 visits. Sadly I've never made the money in the Saturday Gutshot comp, which I think I've played about 7 or 8 times. Played three times at Palm Beach and never got anywhere.
