Hey out there,

tough table with Alan Kessler (The Queens and Jokers should know him from the UPC tapes) in seat 1 and another pro (Danny) in seat 2. Luckily I am in seat 3 :o).

I started off well in 1st level and managed to win a nice pot against the aforementioned when they both called my raise pre-flop AND my bet on the flop. When I hit my trip aces on the turn we all checked, then I re-raised Danny out after the blank on the river had given me the nut hand. I thought Danny had caught trips too but alas....

In level two I made a couple of loose calls and lost them both, some unfortunate hands brought me down to 12,750, but I managed to claw my way back to 19,000 - we started with 20,000.

Just before dinner break I again took a big pot from Alan Kessler, to which he replied "I just cant beat you" - that is a nice feeling to have before we get back to the game at 9 pm

I am at 30,050