Got off to a great start last night. Third hand in I limped in late position with Ad5d. The flop came 2d 4d 10c. I flop the nut flush draw and a gutshot. Mid position bets out 250 and I raise to 1000. The big blind raises to 4000 and everybody folds to me. I ask the tournament director if the rebuy has been taken (the first one out of the tournament gets the option to buy back in) and he replied no. I go all in and the BB calls. He shows a set of deuces and I call for chips! A brick on the turn and boom.... The 10d on the river. I double up and the BB takes the rebuy.

I remain steady for the next 2 and a half hours and then I get AQ and AK back to back and miss. An hour later I get AK again, there are 11 players left. I push under the gun, hoping to grab the blinds (600/1200/100) and survive to the final table. I go all in for 13,700 and every folds round to the BB, Dom. He thinks for about 2 minutes and eventually he shows me no respect at all and calls with Kc9c for 90% of his stack. What a DOMkey!!! Needless to say he turns a flush and I am sent to the rail.

Nothing really exciting to report on this one. Couldn't find a hand to stand up for most of the 2 hours I was in this tournament. Ended up making a stand with 88 in late position and ran into 99 on the BB.

Carl chopped it last night. Nice one C!

Played in the WSOP Qualifier at the River Room last night. 42 players, $21,000 in the prize pool and 1 seat guanteed for the WSOP Main Event.

I played more aggressive in this tournament than I normally do. I lost half my stack doing this and then I bluffed a couple of hands and by the break I was at 11.5K. I took the add on and I was at 21.5K. Got AA and KK and got my stack up to 32K when I was dealt KK on the button. One before the cutoff goes all in for 10K and I call. He shows AJ and straight away on the flop he hits his Ace. An hour goes by and I am down to 14K. I have AsQd. Blinds are 1000/2000/200 and I decide to make a stand and push. Aaron wakes up with AA on the button but the flop gave me some hope. Qs 7s 3s. I have top pair and the nut flush draw. With this flop I am in good shape. The AA is only a 56% favourite. Needless to say, Albert was dealing and found a couple of bricks to bust me out.

Congratulations to Henry Tran from our home town of Toronto. Winner of the 2007 Johnny Chan Poker Classic in BC. A nice payday of $325,000.

Went to see the movie Lucky You last night. What a waste of $11.95! Avoid it unless you have 2 hours to waste.

Also there is a new show out in the States with Phil Laak (The Unibomber) & Antonio Esfandiari called 'I Bet You'. They go around and make bets against each other generally for around $500. Check out the first episode online at MOJO

Arrived home today. Took an earlier flight this morning. Happy to be home but dissapointed to nave not had a decent result in Vancouver.

I would just like to say thanks to Daryl McCullough, Senior Manager, Poker Operations & Development, for running a great tournament once again. See you in November. I would also like like to thank Alex Lee, The Marketing Specialist from BCLC for trying to get me a jacket and for looking stunning every day I saw her. Hope you can send me those pictures from the tournament soon.