Another early start for the Melbourne Poker Championships Morning Series $120 Crazy Pineapple event . . . which is my favourite and best mixed game.

Continuing on from yesterdays enjoyable last longer bet I tried to eclipse the ten players that forked over the $20, and was successful in grabbing 12 at $20 and 3 late entrants at $25 for a pool of $315. 48 runners started with the top five being paid, but my aim was to make the final table due to the points on offer for the Main Event freeroll the following day.

However it wouldn’t be my day as I busted in 13th place losing a race, but on the positive the last longer was chopped again with me pocketing $70 of it.

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Afterwards Mat Pater and I headed to the Blood Bank to donate blood. However combining my intense fear of needles with countless stories which revolved around a javelin getting shoved in my arm, my heart was beating a little faster than normal, and consequently I was unable to donate blood.

Disappointed I sat aside as Mat completed his donation before we took a drive into Hawthorn for my haircut before returning to Crown where I managed to take a quick $75 off the $1-2 NLH tables.

With mat out for our indoor soccer match due to a case of prescribed ‘softness’ we struggled against an extremely good side, falling 8-1 even through my constant delivery of A-class through-balls and passes!