So as I write this I'm making my first attempt at a $160 Double Shootout with the W$ I won last night. I have a few minutes because I just won the first table and am waiting for the final table to be set.

First table was wild! 4 people were gone in first 10 minutes, I doubled up with JJ v AK early on, craziness i know! I never really push with JJ early in a sng but wildness took over and it worked out ok.

I then stacked a guy when my AA held against his KK all in preflop. and then a few hands later lost about half my stack when my KK got all in preflop against QQ and AA! Obviously QQ flopped quads and that was the end of that.

We got down to 3 pretty quickly, well inside first hour anyways and it was cool, nice couple of guys and we were having a few chuckles as well as stealing the sh*t out of each others blinds.

Got heads up as an 8:5 dog and went down and down and down, he had me down to 800 chips when i managed to double up with 78, then I doubled up again with TJ and then again when my 77 held against his overs.

I took the chip lead shortly after that, i think he was a broken man at that point and i turned the screws on him. Eventually he got it all in and I called with A6 to his KT, he never improved and it was all over!

Now all that stands between me and a WSOP seat are 8 other people, all harbouring the same fantasies a I am. barring major accidents I should get my money back. 9th pays $30, 2nd - 8th pays $160 and of course, the seat for 1st!

EDIT: F*CK F*CK F*CK!

I let myself get shortstacked. had about 600 left with blinds 50/100, sb limped in and i pushed with TQ, he called with A4 and it was all over. Out in 6th :-(

Ach well, no regrets, 6th is as good as 2nd and i wasn't going to be waiting around with an M of 4.

Next time.