888live London Snapshot: Charles Chattha Goes to Work

We have been sitting down with some of the biggest names in poker during the 888Poker London Live Opening Event and one such player was Charles Chattha.

Having been on his annual trip to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, not much was seen of Charles Chattha on the circuit until this weekend, when the ebullient Londoner arrived at Aspers for the first tournament in the 888Poker London Live Festival.

“I took a break after having a really bad Vegas. My mind wasn’t on the game,” Chattha said, being devastatingly honest about his own game. “I let a few past events dwell on my mind, but I’ve gotten past that after a couple of months break. A fresh start is important; I needed to take time out. Last year, some players might have cashed for $1.5 million with the hands I’d had, but I didn’t.”

One of the biggest disappointment for Chattha was a tournament in America where he walked into a whole lot of run bad.

“I played a $2,000 tournament and knocked out Ole Schemion and Timex,” he said. “These are two of the best. Funnily enough, whenever I’ve been away and I am getting back on the road to play poker, I watch a lot of televised poker. And if they ever have a European Poker Hall of Fame, Johnny Lodden has to be the first player inducted. Ole Schemion and Fedor Holz would be second and third! I’m chip leader out of nine, having eliminated them in 13th and 12th and I’m thinking ‘Who can beat me now?’”

Confidence has always been a crucial part of Chattha’s game, but in the summer, in Vegas, it was punctured.

“I had 70 big blinds, another player had 50 big blinds, but everyone else had 20 bigs. If you came fifth, you got $24,000. I lost all-in preflop with aces against kings. It happens. The …

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