Live Poker and Grand National Tips

Well like i said, not much online Poker been going on since last post.
Wednesday was my day off work this week so i planned a morning raid on Hall Green Dogs and the afternoon was set fair for a rare Live game of Poker.
3 runners at HG yielded two 3rds and a 5th. Only had 2 bets all morning, unfortunately both losers.
Onto the Casino in West Bromwich for the Live Comp. 3.30pm start £10 entry , £10 buy ins and add ons. Nice afternoon comp which attracted 30 runners with 1000 starting chips.
Kicks off on a table where i only knew a couple of faces. Plays tight until i got dealt 45 hearts, small raise so i called to see the flop. 4 way flop 36K, everyone checks, turn 7 checked round to me until i put a small bet in, instantly raised for the rest of my 600 chips. He had slow played his K and was drawing dead on the river. Nice start for me first hand played and more than doubled up.
We had a lunatic on our table who decided to sponsor the comp by having 12 buy ins, which meant there were plenty of chips on our table.
Not wanting to gamble to much i sat pretty tight, playing only about 7 flops in total until the buy ins ended. KO poker starts and people start taking less gambles. Then the Blinds go up and the shortstacks start pushing. Soon we were down to the last 12/13 and thinking of a FT.
FT made pretty comfortably with 6200 chips, not lots but a managable stack. Still work to be done as only top 5 make the money and blinds set at 300/600.
Early doors on FT i raise the pot with 99 and everyone folds so i take the blinds.
Waiting for my moment to make a move, with 8 left i get dealt JJ on SB. With 3 flat callers i push for all my chips, only 1 caller who turns over KQ. JJ holds up to take a nice pot :)
Quickly we make it to the final 5 and we're in the money. Shortstack soon goes so 4 left.
Guaranteed £100 now and not having had a buy in things were going well.
Played 4 handed for a while totally card dead blinds started to take its toll. 2 players had big stacks, the lady and i had much less. I see my first Ace for ages and decide to push, Lady calls other 2 fold. With me All In and she only having 500 chips left after calling me it would be curtains for one of us. She turns over JJ v my A7 luckily for me the Ace came on the turn and she was crippled.
Down to the final 3 and i am still very much short on chips.
Waiting to pick my moment the other 2 get involved in a couple of pots, winning one each.
Blinds now at 800/1600 me SB. Button calls (very strange call as he either passes or raises) i make it up and BB checks.
I have K10
Flop 10,7,2.
I check as does BB , button bets 2000, i think for a while (thinking of his strange call preflop) i reraise another 5000 BB gets out and the button sets me in. I have top pair decent kicker and no draws out on the flop i am convinced he has a big pair !!!!!! After taking my time i reluctantly pass, he doesn't show just takes the chips. I have left myself damaged with 7000 chips left and Blinds sky high.
A few rounds of Blind stealing by all followed until i get QQ in BB. SB raises 2k with 2k, i raise again he calls. I have only 2300 chips left ( i count them out as the flop is dealt) not even looking at the flop i say All In, i look up and see Q,5,4 on the flop he calls with 87, the Gutshot doesn't come and i double up.
Very next hand i get KK on the button and raise the pot SB passes and BB reraises me, i push for the lot again,he takes a while to think, then he says hes got a small pair and passes, he doesn't show. One more hand is played and after a quick chat we decide to chop it up as there is only 4K difference in chips between all 3 of us.
Not a bad afternoons work as i take home £265 :)

Grand National tomorrow so a busy day at work for me, for what its worth i shall be backing Simon, Monkerhostin,Longshanks and Bother Na
I have a few quid to play with because Russ did us a good turn tonight by winning his 6th race for us @ 4/1 , his first at A3 level :) :)

Finally i hope to be back on the tables on Sat + Sun, in the meantime be lucky
Neil