PokerQueens.co.uk

[hurleyp]

Made my second trip to my local club last night (6th out of 23 in a £5 rebuy, out of the money) and it's a lesson in poker life in the sticks. Or maybe it's just Hastings. Seems to be a club for middle-aged divorced men with serious emotional issues who regard newbies with a suspicion bordering on hostility. Incidents including pointing at another newcomer wearing a GAP t-shirt and saying it means 'Gay and Proud' (cue rants about him being gay for about 10 minutes), a guy who went ballistic when I raised his big blind, and very heavy drinking.

The people who run it are very nice though and I think a bit embarrassed about the clientele they have to depend on to make money. Classy it is not (although it is a small but nice card room.)

Having said all of this I really did quite enjoy it and learned a lot about keeping my head despite them consistently trying to tilt me. Best of all i rode my single fiver to the final table when the average spend was over £40 - I've never seen anything like it. Puts hairs on your chest.

[hurleyp]

Having said all of the above the standard of play was pretty good (albeit maniacal during the rebuy hour), there was nothing underhand, and the tourny manager kept a good eye on proceedings. They also have a nice bounty system.

I went from 1000 to 11000 in the first four hands thanks to multi-callers when I held KK (flopped another K), AK (flopped AK) and AJ (flopped an A v 77).

[ChrisL]