So the poker tourney is finally done.It was quite hard for us to keep playin as we where all busy but we played a session tuesday nite and then yesterday afternoon.So hears sum of my memorable hands.Pollock raised me 400 on the 1st nite of tourney with pocket jacks,i had pocket kings i re raised him all in and i was lower on chips but he thought he had me beat but thought that i wud catch something and he folded.It was actually a really good laydown-nice 1 Pollock!The next session i moved up like 600 right away.I got in a big pot with Murray and won the hand.Then i bullfed Pollock off a big pot.It was down to the river and i had pair of threes and he checks and i put out big bet.I mucked lol but he showed his pair of tens wen he folded so i won a big pot off him with a bluff that was a big turnin point in the tourney.So the tuesday ther session 3 was about an hour and a half session.A ,ot of small pots that night but a few very big pots.I raise on the button with 10 4 off suit and Pollock folds and Murray calls.Him first to bet so he bets and i raise.The flop was J 6 8 and i was tellin him he has me beat,which was true but i was gettin in his head he called me.So the turn came another 6 and he bets like 300 and i ask him would he show if i called.he says yes but i thought i am goin to call to put doubt in his mind.I actually did put him on the 6 at this point.My card came on the river a ten but i still thought i was beat so he checks i bet and he calls,i won the hand.That was luck for me he had pocket sevens but i stayed in the hand too long but i had a weird feeling about.Ohh well won the hand lol.So that put me up to over 3000 in chips.Pollock was really down at end of session and the flop comes Q 7 7 we are all still in murray to be first.He bets 600 i fold i had nothin so this would be enough to put Pollock all in he takes his time and calls,Murray flips his queen 7 for a full house,Pollock has king 6 with a diamond draw but needs two kings on turn and river.The turn comes a king but the river comes 4 of clubs so Murray puts Pollock out.So the final day me and Murray heads up for 1st place.Murrays being improving his game lately.He's become a good bit better so i knew he would be coming for a win here.I had 3330 to start off with and he had 1170 so i had to push at him quite a lot which i did.I used the big stack to my advanatage i stole the blinds a lot and got him down to 500 wen the final hand of tourney happened.Murray calls i push all in with pocket threes i felt i had him beat before flop but when he called i thought must be ace king ace queen but he turned over queen seven off suit.He was going down a lot so he just thought he could catch something against me.the flop comes 4 10 7-he had caught his seven i had a feeling that would happen but the turn came 3 for my set and river was blank, i won the tourney after 3 and half weeks of play.Am happy about that.Pollock just started playing so was always going to be hard for him to begin with but he survived the first two sessions and nearly all the way through third and Murray had played well too but he got unlucky against me in two hands which gave me the win.I enjyed playing it and some of the hands where really interesting.

Was watchin Champions league Final last night.Not a good final Barca controlled the game fairly comfortable and Man U didn't seem much of a threat,they had a bad game.Two nice goals by Eto and Messi sealed the deal.Unlucky Man U.

the poker online being going good.Am in 59th positon the now.Top 100 get paid and end of month.I have 61 points so 95% sure am safe for at least $5.Hoping to get another final table to get $10.I was actually just trying to break into 100 i was just below.The other night i had a feeling i would get to final table which i really needed,well at least a cash but i just relaxed and let the cards come.I was down to begin with but then i gained a big chip stack and was 2nd with chips the time the bubble burst and then moved up and down from ther and managed to hang on to the final table and from the ther i played well coming 2nd.The guy who won had 380,000 i only had around 60,000 so needed to push a lot which i got it up to 100,000 but the guy caught his ace and queen for two pair over my pocket nines.I wanted 1st place but was going to always be difficult considerin his chip stack.This is my last month in the regional as it takes up too much time and the structure and time its on is pretty bad but i might go back to it in a few months time you never know!There's also a new uk promotion oncalled the Becker Battleship which is satalittes to three weekly finals where the winner playes Boris Becker in a live game and wins Tennis tickets.So i have 3 weeks to make some final tables.There's also cash prizes.I'm liking this bonus it reminds me of the Ept qualifiers apart from the Ept was a bigger promotion but the structure and satalittes are very similar so should be good playing that.

Pro evo is having a few online tourneys which i will be playing in next month.Ther just to get my points up i'm playing in them and also caus i can get a poster that Messi signed thats the prize which is quite a good 1.So i need to start training for it soon.

Apart from that just being out sometimes and watchin The inbetweeners series 1 which is very good and a new show called the streets which is really interesting me.

I am away to Costa Brava in 30th June for a week.Looking forward to that not been abroad in nearly 3 years.That should be FUN

So recently been doing a few things that i have enjoyed

I was at my two sisters show on sunday night.It was a good show and they both done well,the lighting and costume was all good.The only thing that was bad was the fact that the show dragged on at the end i felt they could have cut parts out of it.Like i think it was suppose to finish around 10 but ended up onto 11.30 but oh well it was still a good show!

The Champions League is going to be a great final,let's just hope Man U can win it for 2nd year in a row.Going to very close game anyway but i feel it will 1-0 win for Man U,some of the players seem to have that fight for anything mentality whereas i feel a few Barca players mite not have that as much.Looking forward to that game anyway.Also got the old firm on Saturday at 12 noon.Now this is sure to be a kind of league decider.I think Celtic will be strong and play well and edge it with a 2-1 win.Both teams are of similar level right now so that will be a very good game hopefully and this could be the one where the points are vital for both teams.

Am going to talk about Ricky Hatton v Manny Pacquio.it wasn't the best of fights if am being honest i mean i don't think anyone expected such an early knockout.I actually thought Hatton would win in the 8th round and knockout Pacquio.Because of his last fight at Vegas against Mayweather i would have thought he would be more prepared and more disciplined but then i was wrong.I wasn't impressed with his performance at all.He left himself open and the knockout punch well i'm not taking anything away from Pacqiuo he picked his punches well but Hatton really left himself open there.The thing that makes the difference i think is that Hatton doesn't adapt his style whereas the likes of Mayweather and Pacquio do!More on boxing Mayweather has came out of retirment and is fightin Juan Manual Marquez.Now i don't really know too much about this guy apart from he's good lol but i think this will be quite a comfartable fight for Mayweather,I'm guessing a 5th round ko.I am definately watching the fight,it should be on sky box office

Since Saturday i have been playing a home poker tourney.It's me and my two mates.So a £9 win at stakes we have played 2 days worth.We played roughly a 2 hour session on Saturday and 2 hour session Tuesday.On Saturday the game was quite slow to start with very small pots being won.Pollock was very aggressive and Murray was pretty aggressive too so they both where going at it quite a lot.I was down a good bit but Pollock raised and i re raised him and he folded so i got some back from that.so at the end of saturday the chip counts where:
Pollock- 1930
Murray- 1385
Ritchie- 1185
so i was down a bit on chips and so was Murray and Pollock and been very aggressive and got a nice stack jus under 2000.So we played again on Tuesday,i got in a big pot with Murray in the very first hand of Tuesday and got a lot of chips from that and manage to pick my spots right and get a lot of chips.Murray didn't have a great day then again it could have been worse for him,he was really down to begin with but then he won a big pot against Pollock so he was only down slightly.Pollock had a bad day he got raised and a bit unlucky as well.He played aggressive as he has been playing but the timing was unlucky as he was getting re raised by me and Murray most times so the chip count now stands:
Ritchie- 2705
Murray- 1150
Pollock- 645
so i more than doubled up from start of tuesday so i'm sitting with a nice stack at the moment.I'm not sure when we are next playing should be either today or tomorrow.I will be revealing my hands after the tourney is done,probably be done in 2 weeks time.

On the poker online i done well last night i came 3rd from a field of 280 to start with.It was on the regional tourney on pokerstars divsion 2.So i'm now at 17 points and in the leaderboard,not sure where yet lol it's not updated till Friday.So i played really well last night but also got a bit lucky but you have to get lucky to come 3rd.I was short stack in the tourney and it was down to last 64 players.i was just over 1000 chips hanging on,i was thinking a wee bit let's not be bubble boy-i have never bn bubble boy thank god lol but i had to push with my ace queen and i guy called with king queen so i doubled up and then the bubble broke,63 players now left i pushed again with ace queen and guy calls with king queen again lol i actually put him down to 900 roughly and i was now at 6000.I kncoked that guy out a few hands later and he was trash talking in the caht box lol aw well i didn't reply in the chat box so he left after 2 mins every swear word possible.Then the rest was history. I was up and down got my stack to 12000 and got moved table.Then i made my move with ace queen suited and guy calls with ace king suited.so the flop come 4 7 6 and 2 diamonds, he had ace king diamonds and i had ace queen spades.So the flop was looking really bad for me only a few outers and the turn comes 4 clubs and then boom the queen comes on the river.I was saying before the river 1 time baby i had this feeling it would come and i was joyed when i seen the queen,it was a shame for the other guy but that's poker luck does play a part but that is not how i got this far.I picked my spots well and observed the table making me make every decision based on everything i have witnessed in the game.so after that i was at 30000 roughly i pushed and got 2 hands all in calls,these players where both short stacked got away up to 70000.Then i went bak down the way and up and down again and then bak up.So the moment came The Final Table.I had 90000 to start with, i bluffed a guy in a hand a got it upto 124000 but then i raised twice and gor re raised both time so i was down to 70000 maybe just over.i was 2nd in chips now with only 3 remaining i pushed with pocket 4's and the large chip stack who had about 250000 by this time called with 10 queen of clubs.It wasn't the best of calls from this guy but he knew he cud afford to lose the hand so he called hoping to catch.The flop came fine all small cards and then the turn and it was 10 of spades so that was me wamboozled.I played basically perfect poker and picked my spots rite and the luck came with my great play.It just goes to show i was one of the lowest in chips at the bubble and i went onto make the final table.So if anyone reading this bit never give up in poker.

Been watching a few films recently,seen the bank job last week for the 2nd time.A very good movie based on a true story Jason Statham plays the lead role well.A movie to watch for any people who enjoy watching crime stuff.i watched the 1984 movie Footloose about the town which dancing is illegal.Quite a good movie the only thing was it dated and some songs wern't great in it but i still give a 7/10 rating,i will need to see the newer version i think Zac Efron is the main character.

Now the tv shows are really good the now The Inbetweeners on every thursday is really funny typical british comedy about 4 young guys all different types of people and getting involved in stupid situations i really think its funny.Will has to be the best!Another programme which i watched for the first time like the other day was Two and A Half men.The reason i decided to watch it was the advertisement on mtv made me really want to watch it seemed good and by all means it didn't dissapoint i really liked it.On the monday night it was quite late i seen it on and watched a few episodes.i will need to watch some more in the future.

Now the big debate i have is whether to get Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero world tour.I just can't decide, i asked the guy in Hmv yesterday and he said it's a preference to what you personally like better.So if anyone has an idea what one to get just let me know caus it's so hard to decide lol.

Today i'm just going to go out quite soon after i get some lunch and then later my grandparents should be coming down,then later tonight i should be playing on pokerstars divison 2 at 7.45 and then watch Crimewatch update and The Inbetweeners at 10.