Things haven't been going great so decided to look for someting cheap and interesting to play and found just the ticket on pokerstars. French Tv station NRJ 12 are making a tv reality poker show and player point sats were running. The show looks a bit full on with 60 people taking part in a preliminary show with 8 men and 8 women being chosen by the public to go to a villa in Vegas for 5 weeks where they play poker and eventually get eliminated by playing weekly tourneys until the winner gets a 200k pokerstars package.

Very little chance of qualifying but worth it for a laugh and a dream and actually got close to the weekly final. Started slowly and dwindled to 700 chips but then took a few chances and was soon right in it. Had AA about 3 times and doubled each time which helped and was 13/29 at one point. Didn't get much else apart from that and with ten minute blinds it was all in or fold poker. Got on to the last 2 tables - last table all qualify - but with blinds 2000/4000 and antes of 400 my stack soon dwindled to 8000. Some huge stacks to my right meant i'd get no free rides and on my BB the button raised of course and it was either all in with my 10 5 suited or nearly all in next time on my SB. I went for it and his A6 held. Think it was the right play but can't be sure. Out in 16th - close to the weekly final but no cigar.

Wish i'd seen this before - sats been running for nearly a month - but will try and have another go at it if I get a chance.