On the first hand i played i lost 84% of my 5000 starting stack but still survived to level 6 even after a horrible beat in a later hand .

Michael Keiner raised to 200 , i called with JJ as did 3 others , flop was 5 T J with two diamonds , michael checked , i bet 1600 , the next player moved in for 5500 and Michael called for 4200 , i called all in for an 800 side pot , i turned over my top set , the raiser had TJo for 2 pair and Michael had AK of diamonds , turn was the Q of diamonds and the river didn't pair , Michael tripled up and went on to make the final .

I had 800 left , i built it up to 1850 then limped in with A7 of clubs for 100 , the blinds checked , flop was 8 4 3 all clubs , the SB who had 1250 went all in , i called with the nut flush , he turned over 46 of spades , the dealer spread the cards but one of the players said correctly he can still win , she gathered them up again and dealt the turn , a 6 , then the river another 6 for a full house and i was back down to 600 , the player was Maurice O'Connor who said he had to make a move !

I dropped to 350 then moved in with 22 , two players called and checked it down , i turned a set to survive , i then dropped to 490 and with the blinds now 100 200 moved in from FP with 69o , again two callers who checked it down , i rivered a 9 to survive . I then raised with AT and got 2 callers for 400 , flop was 2 4 5 , Michael checked and i moved in , he called with 77 , i turned a 3 for a straight and now was back to 3000 .

I then won a pot in the blinds JJ v 88 and was nearly back to 5000 from 350 , we got broke and the table was more aggressive , i blinded to 2580 when in the 150 300 , i was one off the button with 66 and having tells on the blinds was ready to steal with a raise , the player to my right now raised to 900 but it felt like he was weak and i came over the top for 1680 more all in , the blinds quickly passed and he asked for a count , he had 3500 chips left so was going to have to put in nearly half his stack , i sometimes think players just want to take me on , he called the extra 1680 and turned up 9To , flop was A K J T 3 and i was out in the sixth level .

Tomorrow is a €200 No Limit with rebuys and add ons , it will take money comparable to the €500 i missed as i was still in the heads up so i will play it and see if i can get another money finish .