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Old 07-13-2012, 09:16 AM   #31
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

Day 8 – July 9th - The main event:
What to say about the main event. It is a lot of money in the scheme of things. I generally do not just spend 10k on a tournament, but this will be my 4th main. It is by far the best structured tournament I have played. 30k, 2 hour levels, small blinds. Given that information when I walked into the Rio it felt like Buckner walking in to Shea Stadium. (Rounders quote but true) Last year I played so horrible I ended up busted in less than 4 hours. I took one bad beat and couldn’t recover. I vowed not to do that this year because it eats away at you all year. It wasn’t the money; it was how I played it. I would have much rather had a bad beat story v. bad play story. I am unashamed to admit that I donked off the last 6k in chips on the next hand after having AK beat.

So I run into the dilemma do I buy in or not? I played the 1k mega, played well, got beat with my AK v. AT and magical ten on the flop. GG me, so the main was going to cost 10k. Eventually I decided to do it at the encouragement of my wife. I don’t want to go back home regretting all year I didn’t play. I would have been watching it on TV thinking what might have been. I will say one thing; I am not going to live my life with what might have been.

I head over to the Rio with 1 stack of high society. Walk up to the register window and get my seat. Table 209 seat 2. Great, I like the end seats. I can see all the action. Noone was there for a few minutes before start so I told the dealer to deal fast so I can take some free blind money. Alas, everyone else showed up.

Table – please note this is my opinion of players and may not 100% accurate about the hand history. It is my best recollection of hands.

Seat 1 – predictable Spanish player. He was waiting for his spots, rarely 3-bet.
Seat 2 - Hero
Seat 3 – young internet pro, took 3rd in NLH 6 max event a few weeks ago.
Seat 4 - Middle age guy. Won a few tournaments at Borgata. Very capable, 3 bet, raised, understood position, and played ATC. I stayed out of his way.
Seat 5 – agro wantabe. Hit or miss the flop mostly – had very good read on his live tell for bluffing.
Seat 6 – pretty good player. Played most flops for raises.
Seat 7 – Richard Lee - Played TAG.
Seat 8 – Old cowboy guy in hat. Very tight.
Seat 9 – Hard to figure out what his strategy was. It was aggressive, however he was trying to be overly aggressive against the wrong players with poor time.

I told myself I wanted to play small pots in position.

First major hand I get involved in was OOP for a raise… brilliant.

Blinds 50/100
I raise 250 UTG with QJs. Seat 3 flats 1 other caller. I did not know who this guy was at the time, however he looked like internet kid.
Flop T82 rainbow.
I bet 325. He thinks and calls.
Turn 5. I check, he fires out 525. I raise to 1725. He thinks for a while and calls.
River 9. I bet 3425. He thinks forever, then folds. Damn it.
I like the best sizing, however might have gotten looked up with a bet of 2300 or so.

Hand two:

100/200
Hero 35k
Seat 9 Villain 35k
History: He had raised blinds 2-3 orbits. I was determined to stop the trend at an early level.
Folded to villain in c/o, he raises 425, 3-bet from SB to 1025 w/ 7-3 o. Ok, so not the best hand to pick to stop the raises.
He flats.
Flop Q74 rainbow. I bet 1200, he thinks and calls.
Turn 5, He shows this check move with his hand as if telling me to check. I bet 2525 thinking weakness (error), he thinks and calls.
River was 2. I check, he checks showing 99 to win the pot. I show my 7 as I lose 4k in chips….advertising I guess.

In retrospect it would have been better for me to just 3-bet in position v. this move. Lessons learned, don’t try this in your ME. Although, this later sets up dynamics in bigger hands. I just wish I lost fewer chips.


Hand 3

Hand against Richard Lee - guy who went out in 2006 v. Jamie Gold QQ v. JJ. See high stakes MTT link since I posted it there.


Hand 4

I am fuming. I recounted my chips; I was down to 21k. How could I play it so badly? I could feel my heart beat rising. I injured my hand because I slammed my right hand knuckles into my left hand… and I have my ring on… ouch.

I told myself to calm down. I have 21k with blinds 100/200. I forget the pros named, but he ended day one with 4k and made it super deep. I shrug it off and move forward.

Comments about the hand:
Side note: After day one ended talking to Richard he said it was actually perfectly played. He stated had I bet the turn, if he shoves what is my move? I mean I have to call which he would have put me out by luck. I doubt he shoves the turn, but it is a great question. I believe he would play sets/two pair this way as well for stacks.

A few hands later I pick up 22 on the button.
Seat 5 raises to 525.
One other caller, me, and the BB call.
Flop JT2. Checked to me, I bet 1300,
called by seat 5. Turn 7.
Checked to me, I bet 2525 and Seat 5 folds.

+confidence

Stack back to 25k. I pick up a few blinds antes here and there. Enough to keep active and choose who to raise/3 bet.

Hand 5:

Blinds 150/300
Three limpers to Seat 9 and he calls.. I pickup KK in SB, I raise to 1800. All fold to seat 9 and he calls.
I am thinking no ace no ace….
Flop: Ac,Jd, 2s.
I cannot check here so I bet out 2100. He thinks about it and calls.
Turn Jh
I check, he thinks for about 20 seconds, bets 4125. He did not raise multiple limpers with Ax, unlikely since he raised multiple other pots with that hand. Two, Live read, probably bluff. I call.
River… beautiful Jc. I check, he bets 4k, I snap call.
He says your Ace is good, I say my kings are too.
The whole table can’t believe the call. I get lucky sometimes, I said.

+respect, nice pot and license to steal.

Dinner break was at 700PM.

I left at 655PM to get an early start. I figure the 2 hands I miss were worth beating the lines to eat at the American grill place. I had 41k and didn’t want to get involved in a big pot before dinner. I was starving. I ordered a steak and potatoes which was pretty good. Watched the home run derby and talked with someone who just got knocked out. I know that feeling. I listened to his bad beat story because he has to tell it to someone. Watched the home run derby and lost 20 bucks playing bar video poker.

I went up to the diamond lounge, hung out with another guy who played the day before in the ME. He was still in it. He was on “agro monster” table where a huge stack was pushing around everyone with pretty much nothing. Always over betting pre and post flops. He had 150K+. I drank some coffee, tried to clear my mind for post dinner break. It really is an advantage to be able to just sit there and veg prior to going back to the grind.
I left and went back to the tournament area just in time for after dinner hand.

25 ante kicks in. I like ante chips.

Note: seat 3 went broke before dinner to seat 4 and seat 1. He never showed a hand. He bluffed big on the river, the others would call and he folded. His last hand he shoved all in on the river and was called by seat 1. He mucked his had before seat 1 even turned his cards over.

So seat one was replaced by an India decent guy who runs and IT company. Go figure he said. LOL. Anyhow he was a very nice guy. Cards were not so nice to him. He got AA, KK, QQ multiple times and either misplayed it (slowly) or the flop would just be so bad he couldn’t bet it. His whole goal was to make it to day two. It was funny because every time he would win a pot he would talk about how sorry he was, he was just trying to get to day two and he needed the chips. He kept on talking to Richard Lee across the table about he didn’t mean to take his chips especially when he bad beat him on the river. Richard in true poker fashion stated he would try harder to bust him next hand. The whole table laughed. The guy wouldn’t let it go and talked about it incessantly to the point Richard stated hey let it go. He apologized and kept quiet.

Foreshadowing:
So its 30 minutes to end of day one. The guy in seat 5 tells the guy in seat 3 he is going to pick up AA to double up at the 19 minute mark.

19 minutes to end of day one:

So everyone folds to me in the CO, I pick up JTo. I raise to 1025. Blinds were 200/400 50. He looks down and shoves for 5k. Folded to me and I have to call. I know I am beat here because he is never shoving anything worse then AQ.

He flips over AA.
Flop K86 all spades. I have the only spade.
Turn Ac
River Qc, I river broadway. He shook everyone’s hand and left the area. The table thanked me because he talked a lot. I liked the guy because he was genuine and it was his main event. I felt bad for knocking him out before day two… but that ended when I stacked the chips. I need these chips. I need them all.

One other hand to note:

3 way flop with seat 4 (tom something, won a few tournaments)
seat 6 aggressive
seat 9 from SB.

Raise/reraise preflop.
6k pot.

Flop 97Q two spades.

Check, seat 4 bets 4k, seat 6 calls, and so does SB.

Turn T of spades.

Check, bet 7k, min raise to 14k. all others fold.

SB said he had 86d, seat 4 had 86o, and seat 7 had KJs but not spades.
What an action flop and lucky turn that it was the suited ten. No one went broke on that hand.. amazing.

I end day one with ~65k.
I am chip leader at the table and played it well.
Raise/3bet and 4 bet a few times.
I am happy how I played.

Onward I go.
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Old 07-13-2012, 09:30 AM   #32
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

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Old 07-13-2012, 09:44 AM   #33
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

Some side note stories to day one:

Story one:

Seat 4 had the best seat in the house. Sitting about 2 tables behind us on the rail was this girl. Not just any girl. Like supermodel, Sports illustrated super hot blonde in a "look at me" orange mini dress sitting on a stack of 5 chairs. We were talking at the table... someone states there has to be a prop bet somewhere..... someone else states they guy who knocks out her boyfriend should be penalized severely. We all agreed. I am in seat 2 so my back is to her... So about 20 minutes later the guy in seat 4, in the middle of someone elses hand is like wow..... I look thinking there was a bad beat or something else in the hand. No.... he had a huge smile on his face. He states... Its confirmed. Sharon stone moment. Run good for seat 4.

Spoiler:



Story two:

Something you dont see anyplace else.... a guy fighting with the Jack Links beef jerky character... LOL



Random pick of Vegas:

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Old 07-13-2012, 01:36 PM   #34
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

Day 8 July 11th – Day Two Main event - Bad table draw

So I start off day 2 with 66k in chips. A reasonable stack and 2nd highest at the table.
Seat one – unknown
Seat two – Spanish player. Calling station (find out later)
Seat three – Very good player – Micheal Hack – took down wynn classic
Seat four, five - internet players.
Seat six – Alex Jacob
Seat seven – Short stack
Seat eight – Hero
Seat nine – Native American guy with short stack
Blinds 200/400 75 ante?

Starts out ok with me raising 3 or 4 pots uncontested.
I chip up nicely.

About 30 minutes into it things start to go wrong.

Stacks 70k
Villain 45k
I raise 1100 get reraised by seat 2 to 3k on the button.
I flat with QcJc.
Flop 8 3c 2c, I check he bets 3.5k. I call
Turn 4h. I bet 7k - ** borderline horrible ** he flats
River5h. I bet 9k – he thinks for a while looked in pain, but called…. J8o
Ouch. I had 2 other pro players stating they couldn’t believe he called. Why cant this work when I actually have it? Damn it.
Down to 41k.

A few hands later Seat 4 raises to 1100.
I flat with QhJh
He calls.
Flop Qc8h5d
He bets 2500, I call
Turn Th. He bets 5k, I call
River Qd He rapid checks. Villain has a strong hand – live read staring at me the whole time.
I check.
I say queen, he slams his hand down and says F*&ck. I was thinking maybe AA, KK,…. No just mad he didn’t bet his full house 88 full.

Land mine avoided.

Other notable hands:

Seat 1 raises UTG to 1100, Seat 2 reraise 4k, seat 3 flats, Seat one calls.
Flop 872 rainbow
Seat 1 bets 4.5k, seat 2 folds, seat 3 raises 15k, seat 1 reraise to 36k, seat 3 tank shoves, seat one folds 22 face up after 6 minutes of tanking leaving 17k behind. It was a good fold.

Folded around to SB, I ask if he chops. He doesn’t. He open shoved with 17k. I look down and call with KK and it holds.


Seat 3 ended up being chip leader of day two. He ran real good.. including bet bet bet flush draw and hits. I figure out the bet bet part.. haven’t figured out the hit part.

250-500 75 ante

Seat 1 raises cutoff to 1300, seat 4 raises from SB to 4k, seat 1 shoves, seat 4 insta calls AA. Seat one AK.
Flop Kt5 turn K, river x. Seat 4 steaming. Lost 50k in that pot down to 14k.

Next hand Alex Jacob raises 1300, flatted by 3 people, Seat 4 shoves all in splashing chips everywhere. Alex reshoves with QQ. Seat 4 exits with 77 as final hand.


Seat Change please... need cards!

I was down to 27k praying for a table change. I just couldn’t catch any cards at all. No pairs, no Ax, no nothing. I got my wish at the 4 hour mark.

I head to the amazon room with 27k in chips. First hand on the button I pick up 44. There was a raise and 3 people flat. I flat.
Flop J94 rainbow… finally.
Checked to me, I bet 4k, initial raiser shoves, I call. He has KK.
Back to 65k.

The table was great. Alot of limps/raises/folds to bets. All amateur players except maybe one or two.

I pick up a few hands here and there including KK, AA, and set of 3. I played them too strongly against one of the better players and got little value. EX: I get AA utg, I raise, get called by BB, flop AJc3c. He bets 5k, I raise to 15. Dumb.
I need to slow down a bit to give people a chance to hang themselves.
The table overall was not nearly as strong as previous table. No one had more than 120k.

I picked up JJ OTB with 50k behind. One raise, I flat, BB flats. Flop 9s 6c 3c. BB bets 5k, I raise 14k. He calls. Turn Qs. He shoves I call. He shows K9c. River 7d. I get up to 100k.

I splash around in some pots I don’t need to be in and end up donking off 30k. I snap called a guy with KQ on a board of AA772. Unfortunately he had it. Poor read, actually I didn’t even have a read to go off of, I was thinking it would be a great spot to bluff for him. In reality it was me not thinking.

Overall it was an ok day. Card dead for 4 hours, horrible table draw, avoiding a landmine, and I made it to day 3.

Note: Don't try to bluff 70+ year old guys. There is a reason everyone folds when they raise.
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Old 07-13-2012, 01:49 PM   #35
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Old 07-13-2012, 03:51 PM   #36
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

Day 9 –July 12th – Day Three - Roller coaster ride with land mines abound.

Forgot to post the pic of dogs playing poker I took on Day 2. Incredibly trained dogs. They put glasses on one of them. My dog woulda ate the glasses.. Yum Yum Yum... I like glasses. Big dummy LOL.




The day starts of quite. I switched hotels because you can only stay for 7 nights free at Harrah’s property. Something to do with tax write off. I checked into Aria. They have really nice rooms. The beds are so comfortable I am going to find out what they are, I really want one.

Pic of Paris bathtub v. Aria. I am not sure who can actually fit in the Paris bathtub. It's like 4 feet long and can fit about 6 inches of water.... ok maybe a bit more but not really.






You can always tell the difference in hotels by the bathrooms.

The day starts of quite. I hop a ride over to the Rio with 3 other guys in line at the Aria. I switched hotels because you can only stay for 7 nights free at Harrah’s property. Something to do with tax write off. I checked into Aria. They have really nice rooms. The beds are so comfortable I am going to find out what they are, I really want one.

So I look up everyone on google prior to sitting down at the table to see who is who. It really does help to know what your opponents are capable of doing. Some players just are not going to be able to 3bet or 4 bet light unless proven otherwise. I figure if you have several cashes in major tournaments you have it in your play book.

Table:
Seat one – non pro
Seat two – non pro
Seat three – eventually pro from italy
Seat 4 – pro
Seat 5 - tight short stack
Seat 6 – player with a lot of cashes in tournaments
Seat 7 – Very aggressive player from NY
Seat 8 - Very aggressive player from London
Seat 9 – Hero – Seat where 7-2 8-3 7-4 go to hang out.


WSOP – Day 3:

I have 70k so I really have to pick my spots. The blinds are 800/1600 300 ante. First few hands are uneventful. I raised once, everyone folded and I pick up the blinds.

Eventually the table settles in and the action began. Seat 7 and 8 were at it all day. Seat 7 would raise and seat 8 would 3 bet constantly. I think he did it every time Seat 7 raised. I would bet more then 70%. It was good to be seat 9 so I could pick and choose. It would have been even better if I could have picked up any type of hand. I was in the "making stuff up with hands" mode because I am not going to blind out.

I raised UTG after folding forever with KcTd, 3 bet by tight player and seat 8 (most agressive guy from London) flat calls. Alarm bells went off in my head so I fold. I knew he wanted me to shove. No way he is flattin 3 bet with a weak hand. So I fold. Flop Ks3c2c Big pot ensues with guy from London folding a river shove because there was 4 clubs. The other guy says he had QQ with Qc. I think he had the Ace.. but could be wrong. Would have been nice if I played bad and ran good on this board. Seat 8 states he had KK. I believe him with the way the hands played out and stack sizes.

Continuing on, I would flat my blinds because it was a discount to play a pot just to see if I could flop something. Nothing was working. I 3 bet light 2x due to just having a good read on seat 8. I was surviving, trying to maintain a reasonable stack.

Quads

So the main event is filled with what I call land mines. They are hands that doom you. I had one yesterday with the QJs where I checked the set of queens on the river and the guy was slowplaying the full house. Today it was Q8s.

Blinds 1200/2400 300 ante
Stacks:
Hero 60k
Seat 3 – 300k

Seat 3 raises our blind every hand, mainly to get in position against SB seat 8 if he defends (my guess) and because I have a pretty tight image due to stack size.

Seat 3 raises to 5.2k. One other caller, and I defend with Qc8c. Questionable.

Flop 9c8h4d
I check, villain bets 6.1k. I flat.
Turn 4c villain bet 8.2k, I flat with medium pair, FD
River 8d

I check. I checked because I knew villain had a hand. I knew it was strong. In retrospect I should have bet. I think I was just in shock I got so lucky. Villain bets out 15.2k. His bet represented strength. There is no way he is going to pay off a shove without something better. I did not put him on a 4. I thought for a minute and asked myself, if I shove what does he call with? Nothing. I call. He flips over 44. Great start of the day, down to 30k ish.

Hand two:

I fold… and fold.. and fold. I literally fold for the first few hours of day 3. I think raised at least a few times in there but literally it was either raise or 3 bet prior to getting to me. I used stop and go from BB against shorter stack in seat 5 when I picked up T3s and took a flop of 543. I couldn’t even pickup and reasonable hands to re shove with. I couldn’t just raise and fold so I am waiting patiently to find my all in hand. After re shoving over seat 8 once with QJo to pick up 10k, I get KTs UTG +3.

I open shove KdTd with 35kish. I really do not like the play because I only get called by better Kx and Ax hands. It looked like KK to me... No going back now. Seat two snap calls, everyone else folds. I am hoping for a fair race (IE he does not have AA) He flips up JJ.
Board runs out
Txxx

I am ready to leave when I hit my K on the river to stay alive. Seat two is crippled to 25k where I was at. I am up to 80k.

Big hand:
Seat 6 loses monster pot (180K) to seat 3 when he overplays AA on a T94 board. Note: When raised/reraised/4bet/5 bet… its ok to let AA go against relatively tight player. He is not going to 5 bet you with A6 like the guy last year against Deebs.

Next hand:

Seat 8 raises my button, I reraise with 5-3s. He thinks for a bit and folds KJo. I had been playing tight all day. Up to 90k.

Folds around an orbit

Next hand:

I defend my blind against seat 6 raise, I defend with T7s. I should have just folded or reraised.
Flop 86K. I flop a gutshot. He bets, I call – throwing chips away.
Turn x – I check, he bets I fold. I need to stop throwing away valuable chips. I will work on blind plays this year.

Right before dinner break a guy shows up in seat 2 with 2 bags of chips. I am like great, just what I hoped for.. out of position on the guy with tons of chips.

Break time:

We go on dinner break and I have 75k in chips. I am happy to have chips, unhappy I cannot pick up hands. I eat at the fish restaurant at the Rio. I forget its name, right next to the pool. The snapper was overcooked. At least the béarnaise sauce was good and rice filling. I talk with my wife about how the day went, how I ran into quads and survived and other stuff. She acknowledges with the uh huh, playing well so that is good, hang in there... etc. She has zero idea about how to play poker or most of the terminology I use. I know this, but it's still nice to talk with her about it. There is nothing better then a supportive wife on your quest in the Main Event.

I head up to the diamond club, looking for Travis a guy I had been talking with every day. He had made day 3 also but he was not up there. He may have been knocked out. So I sit with my coffee talking with guys from LA. One was WPT producer and the other a pro player. We talk about the games in CA and the dumb rules of max buy ins for 1-2NL of $40. I shake my head.... government shouldnt get involved in those type of issues. I head back down to the Amazon room. Once I get there all my chips are gone. I am like WTF? We had been moved to the second feature table. Great!


Life flashing before eyes:

So we move over to the feature table, I go to grab my iPhone and its gone. My life flashes before my eyes! I leave the table, run to the diamond club. If you haven’t been to the Rio… it’s literally like 20 miles to anywhere from the Amazon room. I end up running into the guys from LA, they were on their way to search for me to give me my phone. They devised a plan to scour the field of two rooms to find me. Awesome! I thanked them and they wished me luck. There are good people out there in this world. Good Kharma to them!

Second feature table.

Description: They make you fill out a bio form and get a microphone for TV. The table is bigger, much bigger. The felt is smooth, the rails are taller for the TV hole cameras. You have to show your cards every time to the hole camera or they come remind you. I am in seat 9 so the hole cam is way off to the right of the seat. Hopefully so I can stack more chips. It is so hot. The lights are blazing in your face. It makes people easier to read for sure. I am glad I wore a reasonable shirt and v. Bob's supply shack or something and hopefully don't look to scruffy. Wish they were sponsoring people like they did a few years ago during the internet poker boom. They were paying 2k-10k per person.

Funny story: Seat 8 had a shirt on with a stripper. They made him turn it inside out….. so he takes his shirt off right there showing off his “six” pack. He is like if they are going to make me take it off I will do it right here. It was amusing and probably will be on TV with some comments.

Next hand

Blinds 1500/3000 400 ante:

I raise CO with QJo, folded around and I pick up the pot. I figure people will play tighter on TV because they didn’t want to screw it up in front of their friends etc. I still have a tight image and my stack was around 75k or so. Surviving to pick my spots.

I am planning on raising more just because I can get away with it more due to TV impact. At least in my mind that was my strategy.

The chip leader raised a few hands, gave some away, took some back with 98o turning a set and rivering a straight. He is raising real light.

Not so funny story:

Next hand

Chip leader raises UTG to 8k, Seat 5 flats, Seat 7 flats, I call from the SB with K8s. I need to win a big pot.

Flop: 8d 8h Td
I check, Chip leader C-bets 11k, Seat 5 folds, Seat 7 calls, I shove from the SB for 65k.

Folded back to Seat 7. He thinks about it for a while, asks what I have, etc. I am stone silent. I want a call. I want him to think I am bluffing or on a diamond draw. Call Call Call I say telepathically. For the first time this tournament it works...

Eventually he calls and says I hope you have diamonds.

I flip over Kc8c he turns over KhTh. He looks severly disappointed.

Turn card…6h…. river 4h.

Just like that 150k pot ships to seat 7 and I am out.

Out of the main event.

The things I could have done with those chips….. sigh.

It will most likely be on TV, mainly because they love to show the loser walking away…. Well I can honestly say it really does suck. All I had to say was “runner runner flush, really?” It was funny; the guy from London says that’s all you have to say? as if he expected some blow up…. I mean what else is there to say? I have been playing since 1998 started with 1-5 7 card stud and seen more bad beats then I care to think about. I think I was more in shock then anything.

So I exit the area and the WSOP guys are like we need your picture. Are you kidding me? I just got screwed out of 10k and you want my picture? GTFO. So….. I get my solemn picture taken and exit the room. Several people try to console me, but what really can you say when you get your money in post flop 87% favorite and 75% favorite on the turn? Not much. I played the best I know how and the cards just didn’t land right. Day two and three it was hard to hit anything, most draws missed (except that K) and I avoided huge land mines. I 3 and 4 bet in several spots and played what I can play. There were a couple of spots I wish I would have slow played a bit more, however I live and learn. If I went out with a bad play or just donked off my chips I would have been pissed. I am not… just disappointed.

Mark from London: I had the K of clubs with offsuite T on the hand you flatted seat 6, 3 bet. I would have drawn out on you if I shoved like I figured you were hoping. If I flatted, the K23 flop I open shove you call and I 2.5x my stack.

The aftermath:

So I sit here waiting for my flight Saturday morning back to NJ. I have a Friday night in Vegas to myself. What will I do? I doubt anything; maybe visit the piano bar or something. I am done with poker/playing anything for this trip. Thankfully I go home to a very hot supportive wife, super awesome dog who always says “It’s the best day ever!” and a good job. I consider myself very lucky in the big picture scheme of things.

I will no doubt think of this hand and will reluctantly tell people about it when asked. Expecially if I am on TV. Last time was when we were in the money and I took a video of everyone celebrating. It was like 15 seconds. Alot of people recognized me. When asked about the main event this year… got it in good and sometimes it just doesn’t hold.

I hope you enjoyed my journey in Vegas. If you are ever in AC; PM me and we can shoot the breeze. You can find me at the Borgata several weekends a month; grinding the cash games and some Open events to take a shot for big money in the WSOP events. Later all!

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Old 07-13-2012, 03:54 PM   #37
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

Is there a way to change the title to 10 nights in Vegas... Main event run? 7/4-7/14
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Old 07-13-2012, 04:11 PM   #38
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Old 07-14-2012, 12:22 PM   #39
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

Sucks man. Great TR anyway

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Old 07-14-2012, 01:36 PM   #40
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Re: 10 nights in Vegas... what to do? 7/4-7/14

awesome trip report!

enjoyed it alot
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Old 09-19-2012, 02:16 AM   #41
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Just read, awesome report, thanks
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Old 09-19-2012, 01:51 PM   #42
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk3LtyOdmwI&t=14m20s - is this the hand?
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