Poker in London

Since ive been here ive played a small spattering of online poker. Just played 2 tournaments today-2 suckouts. Meh. I dont really care. Last week one of my roomates and I went down to a small casino located down the street. This place has 2 roulette wheels, a couple blackjack tables and a bunch of video poker machines. After 40min of blackjack, about a shoe and a half Ethan ended up 50pounds and I won myself a nice 20pounds. We both ran like death during the first shoe, Ethan was down to his last 10 pounds, but then managed to turn it around and go on a tear. While we were there we learned that this casino has 2 tables of cash game poker. Its a 1/2 game w/ a 50min and 500max. Due to the fact that this casino is basically a whole in the wall I expect the cash game to be a bunch of regulars and not too much fish. Nevertheless we learned that their busy night is Sunday so i think that Ethan and I will give it a shot tomorrow night.

As some of you may know the WSOPE is happening right now in London. Apparently the Empire Casino which hosts it is actually very close to my flat. Its located in Leicster Square, a 15min walk away where I have been clubbing a couple times. One of my classmates actually sattelited into the first 1k event through a 50r and played with Antonio Esfandiari and got to see pros like Ivey and Negreanu. The Empire seems to be a legit casino which would spread a much wider variety of games. I Definitely want to head down there and see if their games are more fish infested, or maybe even just catch a glimpse of the main event.