Holiday: Nottingham

Having decided to play the Black Belt Poker Nottingham Live II event at Dusk Til Dawn (DTD), it was inevitable we were going to incorporate visiting my sister and general few days off into the equation.

We booked into the City Centre Premier Inn (London Road) after a leisurely drive up Thursday afternoon.    It was lovely and sunny, but unfortunately they do not have air conditioning, so the room was a bit warm!   Otherwise was very comfortable and about what you would expect for the price

The main attraction of this particular hotel was it’s proximity to the city centre, which we took advantage of soon as we checked in.   Nottingham seems to have a lot of decent shops, cake shops and several casino’s, night clubs, etc… so lots to see and do.     Thursday night was spent at my sisters who cooked a lovely dinner.  Didn’t stop to late though as had “work” to do on Friday.

Friday we had huge breakfast which lasted me the whole day !   Lee joined us at the hotel about midday, then it was time to drop Lynn at my sisters for a girly shopping day, while Lee and I went to check in at DTD for the Poker.      The Poker started at 2pm and was very well run event.  The structure was pretty good,  but was a shame we had so few runners on the first day.    Despite that, I had a decent game and managed to knock out a bounty player with my A-K v As-Js and earned $100.   Later on I got involved in a couple of hands when trying to be more aggressive and ended up calling all a 4 bet all-in with A-Q but was against Q-Q   I failed to hit my A and was knocked out around 9pm.   It was the longest I’ve lasted in a BBP game though, so an improved performance than previous attempts

Saturday was our anniversary.   We spent to day in the City Centre walking around the shops and eating cakes.    Then went out for a lovely meal with sister and husband at Browns.  

Sunday we woke up late!! then went to my sisters again.    Had a long walk in country park, then had leisurely BBQ which was very nice and relaxing.

Monday we had another huge breakfast before having to drive home, but was easy journey so no problem.

Even though I didn’t do great at the Poker, the whole long weekend worked out well, so was a great success and very much enjoyed by all.