Wynn Classic: Main Event Day 1
JonnyCosMo, Mar 22 2008
Beep beep beep… the alarm went off at 11:30 Sunday morning, but I snoozed it til 11:50. I kicked brystmar til he woke up, since he crashed on my floor then I walked down to the tournament room. The day before I made a last longer bet with mig.com, actionDJ, and FrinkX for $100 each. I figured they were all drawing dead since I end up lasting forever in these Wynn tournaments since I run so fucking good. At noon, it was surprising how many people weren’t there for the $10,000 main event when the cards hit the air. Of the 9 players registered at my table, only me and another guy showed up on time, so we ended up trading blinds back and forth for 2 orbits. A 3rd guy sat down 10 mins later, then eventually more and more players started to filter into the tournament floor. Eric Siedel was the first player I recognized, as he took a seat to my direct left. Mike Sexton was across the table, and then Toto Leonidas sat down 2 seats to my right. They were known but not really the kind of player I feared… then a player I actually feared sat down: Travis Pearson. For those of you who don’t know, Travis plays the highest games at the Wynn and absolutely destroys them. You can ask around for some stories from people who play regularly with him, but basically I’ve heard rumors of ace-high snap calls in huge pots as he tips the dealer before the cards are even shown. Totally nasty style.
We started with 20,000 at 25/50, I chipped up to 22,000 pretty quickly then I took two huge hits 20 minutes into the first level: I picked up KK and raised to 200 utg, and got 2 callers. The flop came 3-3-4 and I lead out for 500, and the young kid called. Turn came a 4, and I lead for 1200 and once again the young kid called. At this point it felt like some pocket pair that was 55+. The river dropped a 7 and I bet 2600, and he raised to 6000. Puke I folded, and he picked up the pot. A couple hands later, I play a nightmare pot that I totally screw up: UTG middle aged guy limps, I raise to 200 w AJo, and I get 2 callers behind me + the UTG limper calls. Flop comes Jc-Js-2c, and UTG guy checks, I go absolutely retarded and decide to check(?) wow worst play ever? The caller behind me bets 400, Mike Sexton folds, the UTG limper check-raises to 1400. YUCK! So here I am trying to be all deceptive and find myself stuck in a spot where anything I do is going to announce the strength of my hand. The UTG limper’s c/r also seemed really really strong to me which had me a little freaked about 22. I decided to flat call with the intention to fold to any big bet on the turn, and the original bettor behind me insta-folded. The turn dropped a 8d, and the UTG player insta-fires 4,000. This is where I should have gone with my game plan and made an easy laydown… nope! Time to dig myself a bigger hole and call fuck I play so bad. River drops Qh, and he puts me all-in for 11,500. PUUUUKKKKEEE!!! If I call turn I obv should be calling river right? I rag on myself for a good 5 minutes and finally fold and leave the table to cool off. I run into brystmar and tell him what just happened and he gave me a little prep talk to un-tilt me. I took a good 5 minutes off to walk around then came back to the table only to find a new player to my right… Anna Wroblewski. For those of you who don’t know, she is an insanely spewy kind of player who ended up coolering me in a $6,000 pot at 5/10 over the summer. So naturally that kind of puts me on even sicker life tilt, especially since I get chipped down all the way to 7,500 in chips and it was still the 1st level.
Time to refocus: I picked up a few pots and moved myself back up to 9,000. Then I take a huge pot vs Travis when I made a funky play with a flush draw and happened to hit it on the river. That moved me back up to 18,000 which is where I ended the 1st level at. After the break, things picked up for me. Eric Seidel was busted by Mike Sexton, so I had him off of my left side which was nice. I made a quick move vs Mike Sexton, as he had been trying to pick on me all day, so I check-raised turn after he floated flop with obv garbage. Then I picked up AK, and got into a 3 bet pot vs him and check-raised all-in after flopping my ace. He tanked and folded. Then I made a squeeze vs the guy who took the big pot from my AJo earlier in the tournament and Anna with A9s from the big blind. I flopped my ace and busted the middle aged guy when he shoved 77 as a bluff. Ended the 2nd break at 33,000! Great success!
Anna Wroblewski in the center, you guys see me in the purple sweatshirt / black hat on her left?
After Travis busted early in the 3rd level my table broke, obv was on sick tilt as he bluffed off a lot of chips when Ryan Young was moved to our table. I had to say, Mike Sexton wasn’t very good… he was playing close to 80% of the hands dealt to him and although he was aggressive he was definitely spewy. Toto Leonidas on the other hand definitely was impressive. He played a very aggressive game, and showed down a deceptively played monster when he doubled through Mike Sexton. Other than that, he was almost never at showdown and slowly chipped up without getting into many big pots. Anna Wroblewski played a very solid tournament game, and she was pretty friendly / fun to sit next to, as she kept complaining about how tournaments suck and how she wanted to bust but no one would let her etc. She made a really awesome check-raise on the river vs this one guy when she turned middle pair into a bluff, and when the guy made a donk call with a straight (which should not have been good, but obv he doesn’t know how to read the action) she said that she ment to just call which I thought was the funniest level of all time since it was clear that she knew exactly what she was doing by bluffing him, yet cardplayer decided to report it as a ‘mistake in chip denominations’. I basically played no big pots in the 3rd level and ended the level going into dinner break with 38,000.
I took a long ass nap during dinner break, and when I came down (10 minutes late) I decided I was going to pwn bitches. Within the next hour I chipped up to about 60,000 in chips. I picked up QQ and triple barreled the only fish left at our table. Then I picked up 75s, flopped 5-5-Q and killed the poor guy who thought he could bluff me with his last 15,000 in chips. Then started to do my blind steal / running over people until 10 mins before the end of the level. I picked up QQ and raised to 700 at 100/200 blinds and got 3 callers the most active player at our table reraised to 3,200 on the button, and when action got back around to me I reraised to 10,000. When it got back around to him he shoved for 7,000 more and I snap called. He had AKo… and the board comes A-K-X-X-X and I lose a 35k flip. I then pick up KT and flop Tc-4h-2h, and get it all-in vs a short stack who had 9,000 in chips with 8h7h. He turns the flush and I am knocked down to 32,000 at the end of the 4th level which was disappointing.
The 5th level, 100/200 w 25 ante was pretty uneventful as I basically chipped up to 36,000 and folded most of the level. At the end of the level I was moved to a new table with Lee Watkinson, Vanessa Rouso, and internet pro Matt Graham. The 6th and final level of the day was pretty brutal… I was totally exhausted from the long day, and was very card dead for the most part. I basically folded my way down to 28,000 then attempted a squeeze play vs Vanessa Rouso… but she had QQ and pwned me. Was stuck down at 14,000 and opened to 1200 with 8c6c from middle position vs tight blinds without realizing that Lee Watkinson had a retardedly short stack in the small blind. He shoved for 3800 total and I puked. Then called and did a mini-fist pump when he showed 44. GET THERE! I spike an 8, win the flip, and end the day at 19,075! Such a brutal day… probably would rate my play overall as a B- (sloppy), which isn’t very good for my first $10,000 event. But I was definitely happy that I made Day 2 with enough play in my stack to redeem myself at 300/600 w 50 ante.
Went back up to my room and found the girls getting ready to go to Bellagio’s new nightclub: The Bank. Since it was their last night in Vegas, I decided to man up and go out with them. Can you guys tell how tired I am?
Next: Main Event Day 2 "The epic fail"
Live tournament strategy.
TheHuHu, Mar 22 2008
I'll be playing at a local casino again tonight and we'll start with 3,500 chips with blinds starting at 25/25 with 20-minute increases. I'll be playing lots of pots tonight with lots of limping with connectors or 1 gappers... I played last night and I waited only for premium cards like pairs or AJ+ and it just didn't do well enough vs all the limpers... So hopefully this strategy will work.
August Rush
ChoboPokeR_r, Mar 22 2008
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Wynn Classic: [vital]Myth's 23rd Birthday @ Tao
JonnyCosMo, Mar 21 2008
That's right, last Saturday night was [vital]Myth's 23rd birthday, and what better way to celebrate than to go fucking ape shit wild at Tao (the night before the $10k main event, obv a smart idea imo). Some of us definitely needed this night more than others... FrinkX, for example, got 2nd in two 1k satellites to the 10k main event where only the winner got paid. The day before in the 3k, after 12 hours of playing, Myth got 20th place and FrinkX got 19th when 18 got paid. It was a fucking brutal day of bubbling. To make matters worse, my boy Tom Berg (aka brystmar from Cardrunners) took the most epic beat at the final table of the $3,000: He entered the final table as the chip leader, with a huge lead on everyone. Second place in chips was this other monkey who was playing every pot and being a total spewtard. With 8 players left, brystmar gets the spewtard who's 2nd place in chips all-in on the turn of A-9-7-3 with AQ. The spewtard held T9... and river drops a very brutal 9 ball, crippling brystmar. If Tom had won that pot, he would have had 70%+ of the chips in play with 7 players left, rofl? And with $162k on the line for first place, this was especially hard to swallow. Brystmar ended up out in 6th place for $12k... so we all wanted to cry for him just a little bit. What a brutal game.
The night was saved as Patrick (aka: BigRed0000 from LP.net) had arrived in Vegas to party with us. More asian blood is always welcomed. So off to Tao we went, we got a table for 12 and balled out of control as usual. Here are some pics from the night:
actionDJ's girlfriend on the left, Me being me, Patrick trying to smile like me, and my friend from SD
Rekrul (obv baller), Steve O'Dwyer (brytmar's roommate), and BigRed0000
Me and Blair Hinkle (mig.com's roommmate)
Now for my favorite pictures, the big group ones:
Patrick, Me, and Myth with the girls
The boys, from left to right: FrinkX, Rekrul, BigRed0000, Steve O'Dwyer, JonnyCosMo, Blake Cahail, Blair Hinkle, Tom Berg... and ofcourse, front and center laying across us all is [vital]Myth
So we get back to my room at around 5:00am, and a hotel manager comes up and says we are being too loud and to get people out so I start kicking people out of my room at around 7:00 so we can go to sleep. I fall asleep around 7:30ish... with an alarm to wake me up at 11:30am for the main event. Key to success: Get more rest than this before your big events. When my alarm went off at 11:30... it was the start to a fucking brutal day.
Question: Who likes my fashion for the night? Red shirt + black tie + boat shoes... my friend's idea. Good? Yeah?
Next: Main event day 1
Wynn Classic: [vital]Myth's 23rd Birthday @ Tao
JonnyCosMo, Mar 21 2008
That's right, last Saturday night was [vital]Myth's 23rd birthday, and what better way to celebrate than to go fucking ape shit wild at Tao (the night before the $10k main event, obv a smart idea imo). Some of us definitely needed this night more than others... FrinkX, for example, got 2nd in two 1k satellites to the 10k main event where only the winner got paid. The day before in the 3k, after 12 hours of playing, Myth got 20th place and FrinkX got 19th when 18 got paid. It was a fucking brutal day of bubbling. To make matters worse, my boy Tom Berg (aka brystmar from Cardrunners) took the most epic beat at the final table of the $3,000: He entered the final table as the chip leader, with a huge lead on everyone. Second place in chips was this other monkey who was playing every pot and being a total spewtard. With 8 players left, brystmar gets the spewtard who's 2nd place in chips all-in on the turn of A-9-7-3 with AQ. The spewtard held T9... and river drops a very brutal 9 ball, crippling brystmar. If Tom had won that pot, he would have had 70%+ of the chips in play with 7 players left, rofl? And with $162k on the line for first place, this was especially hard to swallow. Brystmar ended up out in 6th place for $12k... so we all wanted to cry for him just a little bit. What a brutal game.
The night was saved as Patrick (aka: BigRed0000 from LP.net) had arrived in Vegas to party with us. More asian blood is always welcomed. So off to Tao we went, we got a table for 12 and balled out of control as usual. Here are some pics from the night:
actionDJ's girlfriend on the left, Me being me, Patrick trying to smile like me, and my friend from SD
Rekrul (obv baller), Steve O'Dwyer (brytmar's roommate), and BigRed0000
Me and Blair Hinkle (mig.com's roommmate)
Now for my favorite pictures, the big group ones:
Patrick, Me, and Myth with the girls
The boys, from left to right: FrinkX, Rekrul, BigRed0000, Steve O'Dwyer, JonnyCosMo, Blake Cahail, Blair Hinkle, Tom Berg... and ofcourse, front and center laying across us all is [vital]Myth
So we get back to my room at around 5:00am, and a hotel manager comes up and says we are being too loud and to get people out so I start kicking people out of my room at around 7:00 so we can go to sleep. I fall asleep around 7:30ish... with an alarm to wake me up at 11:30am for the main event. Key to success: Get more rest than this before your big events. When my alarm went off at 11:30... it was the start to a fucking brutal day.
Question: Who likes my fashion for the night? Red shirt + black tie + boat shoes... my friend's idea. Good? Yeah?
Next: Main event day 1
Net Gun!!!
ChoboPokeR_r, Mar 21 2008
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so sick!
Baalim, Mar 21 2008
What in the fuck... -4,000 on equity in 1k hands, probably my worse run in such a small span of time.
Im proud that i barely got upset at the very end of the session and trust me... it was RIDICULOUS (33% wont at showdown)
oh and btw i wont my biggest post EVER today :D, here are a couple of fun hands:
I had a strong feeling he had AQ here, valuetowned bitch:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408560
std 2 outer:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408561
Failed bluff set eveything ready for me to win the biggest pot ever.... (i abused this guy after the failed bluff on many ocations)
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408563
RaSZi is such a nit (seriously wtf, he makes Myth look like Sammy Farha) -_- and a lucky one too:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/408582
$11.5 HU turbo
ChoboPokeR_r, Mar 21 2008
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WSOP Main Event - Pokerstars.
TheHuHu, Mar 20 2008
The world's largest online poker site, PokerStars, has announced the launch of their World Series of Poker (WSOP) satellite tournaments, where, unlike other sites who are only offering only 150 main event seats and assorted freeroll entries, they will again send over 1,000 players to the WSOP's main event, and offer poker players the chance to win prize packages worth $12,500.
CASH BONUSES FOR TOP FINISHES
And that's not all. PokerStars qualifiers who make it to the final table at the WSOP Main Event will win an automatic cash bonus:
# A cool MILLION for bringing home the Main Event's first place trophy.
# $400,000 for finishing in Second place
# $300,000 for finishing in Third place
# $200,000 for finishing in Fourth-Fifth place
# $100,000 for finishing in Sixth to Ninth place
Cash bonuses of up to $50,000 also are available if a sponsored player makes it to a WSOP "TV table."
"If I didn't win a $39 satellite on PokerStars, I would have been on the sidelines at the 2003 WSOP," said Chris Moneymaker, who rode his PokerStars prize to victory in the Main Event.
"This year's prize package is even more incredible and the prize pool is set to be its biggest yet," he added.
Registered users can test their skills to win a ticket to the "Big Dance" for free, at PokerStars.net.
The full prize package also includes:
# $10,000 Main Event buy-in
# $2,500 for expenses
# Free hotel accommodations at the Palms for eight nights
# Hotel suite upgrades for Supernova and Supernova Elite VIP members
Holy fuck, once semester is over I am going to play every fucking satellite for this shit. I never knew Pokerstars pays for all hotel accommodations because I thought the $2,500 was for that. Nice!!!!
Live tourney #1.
TheHuHu, Mar 20 2008
$230 MTT at local casino. Two key hands. I had A8 on a A8K all spade board. I bet 2/3 pot, donkey overbet shoves with QJo but with the J of spades. Obviously the T comes on turn and I'm down to 6 big blinds at 25/50. I build my stack up to 900 and now blinds are 50/100. UTG idiot (really bad player) raises 4x and I look down at 99 in the C/O and shove. He calls obv and has AJo. Flop is T82 and I'm like fuck yeah. Turn is a J and river is a J. Fuck him.
I'm happy with my play obv but it's frustrating as fuck.
"Ooh Girl!"
ChoboPokeR_r, Mar 20 2008
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Love tourney hope.
TheHuHu, Mar 20 2008
I am looking at the results of the poker tourneys that a local casino is hosting (also will be hosting $7,500 WPT tourney at the end of the month) and for the last three days, the SAME person has taken first for all three tournies ranging from buy-ins of $200-$300 with average of 100 entrants. Now, no one can run this good because it's so unlikely, my only assumption is that these players suck.
Wynn Classic: Pre Main Event
JonnyCosMo, Mar 20 2008
Right now I'm back in beautiful San Diego loving life as usual. Vegas over the weekend was such a blast, as I brought out some of my closest friends from SD to come party with me on Friday. Unfortunately they didnt arrive til past midnight. Earlier in the day I had final tabled the $2,000 NLHE event at the Wynn Classic with ElkY. Our final table was a lot tougher than the final table I had in my $1,500 event. I had two pretty key highlight hands in the $2,000 event I'd like to share: First came in the 2nd level 50/100 blinds, when I was moved to a new table with Frank Rusnik (aka Round42). I've been playing pretty tight/aggressive for the most part, almost never getting too out of line. So it gets folded to me in the cut-off and I open to 300 with QcJc, the very loose button player calls me and Frank Rusnik repops it to 1050 from the small blind. I look at this and think it's such an obvious squeeze spot for him to be doing it in, plus he's been repopping people a few times in the short period of time I was sitting at the table. So I shove for 4850 total, button folds. And Frank tanks for a good 5 minutes before folding QQ. ROFL? Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick, how do I get away with such murder rofl. The second key hand came after I had acquired a big stack, I had 46,000 at 300/600 w 50 ante, action gets folded to the button who raises to 1600. I reraise to 5,200 from the small blind with QQ. Action gets back around to him and he raises all-in for 33,500 more. Ummm, gross? I don't think I've ever folded QQ with these button vs blind dynamics online, but I've noticed in these live tournaments that people who 4 bet usually have the nuts. The problem was, the guy was young and seemed to be an online player. What made it really a tough spot was that we were both top 5 chip stacks in the tournament at this point. I thought there was a good chance he could have AK here... but even then it wasn't a real good spot for me to commit on a flip. Then I asked myself if he would ship in JJ here? The answer was a clear no. With that in my head I folded after tanking for a good 5 minutes as I told the guy "I never fold this online... ever". The guy on the button turned to me and asked if I folded queens, and I nodded, and he insta had a sick look on his face as he mucked his hand. Later on he claimed he had KK there, although I'm not exactly sure if I want to trust the word of some of these guys in these tournaments, so I kind of just was like eh ok.
The bubble lasted forever, close to 3 hours to get from 18 players down to 10. During that time, it was a total roller coaster ride for me. I had an average stack right on the bubble, then ended up losing a flip, then reshipped AQ from the SB vs a button raise and he woke up with KK and held which crippled me. I found myself all-in with 14 left with 44 vs AJ. The flop came K-K-Q and I wanted to puke a little. Turn came an 8, and river was a paint card so I figured I was out... but wait it was a KING! Ship the survival one time! With 14 players still left in the tournament I saw the most absurd thing ever: The blinds were 1500/3000 and the shortest stack who had 20k in chips, opens to 12k from middle position. The button who just came to our table flat called this raise from the button as he had a 50k stack which was also short. Naturally his flat call there screamed strength so I look down at AQo in the small blind and insta-muck. Flop comes 2-5-Q rainbow and the short stack puts in his last 8k into the 32k+ pot. And the button insta folds his hand!?!?!?! HoLy sHiT can u chip dump more to this guy? Insane stupidity... I can't even imagine what hand flats there preflop and insta folds the flop. So anyways, with 10 players left the tables get reshuffled and ElkY gets moved to my right with a somewhat big stack. I had an above average stack until this huge hand: I open to 8500 at 1500/3000, and get a call from the chip leader to my left as well as the loose chip dumping moron in the small blind. The flop comes Ah-7c-6h, and the chip dumping moron leads for 10,000. I shove for 42,000 more. The chip leader behind me folds, and the chip dumping moron insta calls with 9h8h. YUUUUUCCCKKKK~!!!! So now we are flipping for a 100k+ pot, and naturally turn drops the Jh leaving me drawing dead and crippled. I fold 2 hands before shoving my last 14k in the middle with A8, and got called from the big blind with A3 which doubled me up to 33,500 just as the day ended.
ElkY and I @ Final table of the $2,000 NLHE event
The final table was over quick for me as I said in my last blog post. I picked up AJ when the other short stack shoved from the cut-off and obv I snap called and he had JJ. GG. So that night we started drinking at 10, my friends arrived and 12, and we got to Tryst at around 2:30am with a big group. Unfortunately half our group were not let pass the front door (yes that means mig's roommate Blair who was totally smashed while we chilled at Parasol Up). The rest of us had a pretty sweet time:
Me, ElkY, ElkY's french girl who was super hot, and FrinkX @ Tryst
French girl, Rekrul, and Me
Coming up next: [vital]Myth's 23rd birthday party @ TAO. LOL OH YEAH
Wynn Classic: Pre Main Event
JonnyCosMo, Mar 20 2008
Right now I'm back in beautiful San Diego loving life as usual. Vegas over the weekend was such a blast, as I brought out some of my closest friends from SD to come party with me on Friday. Unfortunately they didnt arrive til past midnight. Earlier in the day I had final tabled the $2,000 NLHE event at the Wynn Classic with ElkY. Our final table was a lot tougher than the final table I had in my $1,500 event. I had two pretty key highlight hands in the $2,000 event I'd like to share: First came in the 2nd level 50/100 blinds, when I was moved to a new table with Frank Rusnik (aka Round42). I've been playing pretty tight/aggressive for the most part, almost never getting too out of line. So it gets folded to me in the cut-off and I open to 300 with QcJc, the very loose button player calls me and Frank Rusnik repops it to 1050 from the small blind. I look at this and think it's such an obvious squeeze spot for him to be doing it in, plus he's been repopping people a few times in the short period of time I was sitting at the table. So I shove for 4850 total, button folds. And Frank tanks for a good 5 minutes before folding QQ. ROFL? Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick, how do I get away with such murder rofl. The second key hand came after I had acquired a big stack, I had 46,000 at 300/600 w 50 ante, action gets folded to the button who raises to 1600. I reraise to 5,200 from the small blind with QQ. Action gets back around to him and he raises all-in for 33,500 more. Ummm, gross? I don't think I've ever folded QQ with these button vs blind dynamics online, but I've noticed in these live tournaments that people who 4 bet usually have the nuts. The problem was, the guy was young and seemed to be an online player. What made it really a tough spot was that we were both top 5 chip stacks in the tournament at this point. I thought there was a good chance he could have AK here... but even then it wasn't a real good spot for me to commit on a flip. Then I asked myself if he would ship in JJ here? The answer was a clear no. With that in my head I folded after tanking for a good 5 minutes as I told the guy "I never fold this online... ever". The guy on the button turned to me and asked if I folded queens, and I nodded, and he insta had a sick look on his face as he mucked his hand. Later on he claimed he had KK there, although I'm not exactly sure if I want to trust the word of some of these guys in these tournaments, so I kind of just was like eh ok.
The bubble lasted forever, close to 3 hours to get from 18 players down to 10. During that time, it was a total roller coaster ride for me. I had an average stack right on the bubble, then ended up losing a flip, then reshipped AQ from the SB vs a button raise and he woke up with KK and held which crippled me. I found myself all-in with 14 left with 44 vs AJ. The flop came K-K-Q and I wanted to puke a little. Turn came an 8, and river was a paint card so I figured I was out... but wait it was a KING! Ship the survival one time! With 14 players still left in the tournament I saw the most absurd thing ever: The blinds were 1500/3000 and the shortest stack who had 20k in chips, opens to 12k from middle position. The button who just came to our table flat called this raise from the button as he had a 50k stack which was also short. Naturally his flat call there screamed strength so I look down at AQo in the small blind and insta-muck. Flop comes 2-5-Q rainbow and the short stack puts in his last 8k into the 32k+ pot. And the button insta folds his hand!?!?!?! HoLy sHiT can u chip dump more to this guy? Insane stupidity... I can't even imagine what hand flats there preflop and insta folds the flop. So anyways, with 10 players left the tables get reshuffled and ElkY gets moved to my right with a somewhat big stack. I had an above average stack until this huge hand: I open to 8500 at 1500/3000, and get a call from the chip leader to my left as well as the loose chip dumping moron in the small blind. The flop comes Ah-7c-6h, and the chip dumping moron leads for 10,000. I shove for 42,000 more. The chip leader behind me folds, and the chip dumping moron insta calls with 9h8h. YUUUUUCCCKKKK~!!!! So now we are flipping for a 100k+ pot, and naturally turn drops the Jh leaving me drawing dead and crippled. I fold 2 hands before shoving my last 14k in the middle with A8, and got called from the big blind with A3 which doubled me up to 33,500 just as the day ended.
ElkY and I @ Final table of the $2,000 NLHE event
The final table was over quick for me as I said in my last blog post. I picked up AJ when the other short stack shoved from the cut-off and obv I snap called and he had JJ. GG. So that night we started drinking at 10, my friends arrived and 12, and we got to Tryst at around 2:30am with a big group. Unfortunately half our group were not let pass the front door (yes that means mig's roommate Blair who was totally smashed while we chilled at Parasol Up). The rest of us had a pretty sweet time:
Me, ElkY, ElkY's french girl who was super hot, and FrinkX @ Tryst
French girl, Rekrul, and Me
Coming up next: [vital]Myth's 23rd birthday party @ TAO. LOL OH YEAH
HU SNGs
ChoboPokeR_r, Mar 20 2008
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Universe is HUGE gif.
TheHuHu, Mar 19 2008
Watch this shit and your brain will explode. So overwhelming.
do you gamble?
Reload, Mar 19 2008
this sunday my brother is going on a trip but he couldn't find anyone to cover for his shift sunday morning
so i have to "pose" as him..we both work at jamba juice but he's a lead and i'm still a lowly team member, but i've been working long enough to know what everything is etc
and so i have to work half a day (which is easter) and if my manager/boss comes in and sees me working and pretending to be my brother, then we both get fired
hopefully i run g00t
Live tourneys.
TheHuHu, Mar 19 2008
Well, tomorrow is my last day of school before spring break and I will definitely be playing as many live tourneys as I can because almost every casino in Reno has a March special, either the Grand Sierra Resort (which is hosting WPT tournies all month) and the Peppermill is having deep-stack tournies, which I took down first last week. Depending on how I do this weekend, I may play in the $300+$30 tourney the Grand Sierra is hosting, and if I do well in that, I'll play the $500 satellite to get into the $7,500 WPT tournament.
Newby
vdaman18, Mar 18 2008
Alright, so i started playing poker a little while ago , but never serious, just messing around. 50 bucks here and there, would always end up losing it, cause i never payed too much attention to actually learning the game. About a month ago i decided to actually try poker for real, and deposited 500$. I played seriously and tried actually grinding tables, after two weeks of being up and down i came out at about 750. Then I again stopped trying to play the game right, and would sit for a few minutes at the end of the night, and try to win fast / big, would end up winning some but eventually playing like an idiot and end up tilting. Also tried playing high stakes tourneys without a big roll to back it up, always busted before getting into the money. I didnt even pay attention too much to my bank roll, and im now down to about 140. I really wana take poker seriously now, actually put time into grinding slowly but surely, and learning the game. I think blogging might get me a little more motivated to try and become a better player.
Also, if any one can give me any advice for a newby, or mention some good articles / videos i should take a look at, id appreciate it. And if anyone knows me, i was not0rious / star.not0 on euro / iccup. I finally uninstalled sc, and now going to go for poker. Ill keep you posted on how it goes. Mainly for my sakes
- peaseeee
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