go get em, eyeball guy

I don't know if you follow Rayz's thread but he's playing the $400 too. Say hi if you see him.

Which sub forum is it in?

Sure thing, Gus the Chicken Boss

GO TJ GO!

Rayz Blog

Have fun and run good! I am envious.

Arrived safe at the Econo Lodge, and checked in!

Now I’m gonna have a long, hot shower, shave, and bed… for what will hopefully be a very long day tomorrow!

Go get em TJ!

Got another GREAT night’s sleep with my BIPAP machine (seriously the biggest improvement in my quality of life in the last ten years! If you’re big or you snore, get a sleep study done).

I am nothing if not a creature of habit.



Waffle House hit the mark again!

Bought into the 11 am Flight B, now I’m in the poker room on the list for a cash game to kill time before the tournament starts.

Flight A yesterday “only” got 346 entries…. I seem to think that’s lower than it was in November. We got over 3100 entries total last time, so each of these successive flights should be much bigger.

They bumped the guarantee from $500k to $750k, so apparently they’re not concerned about the turnout. Guess we’ll see!

I forgot this was a Cherokee TR. First thing I thought was, "TJ's staying at the Vegas EconoLodge? Oh, my..."

GL, run well.

Waffle House, no waffles? No covered, smothered, chunked whatevered hash browns? Trip fail, right there.

I keed, I keed. Still in for the sweat, GL and run it up!

I started to say the same thing about the lack of scattered, smothered, covered but figured I'd keep my mouth shut as someone who's never tried grits. I always ask for my waffle to come later so it doesn't get cold, so maybe his waffle's coming...

There was a waffle too, it just didn’t come out with the rest so I didn’t get a pic.

I wanted to play 1/3, but the list for 2/5 started a new game so I sat in. I really didn’t want to play that high, because I didn’t bring enough to feel rolled for it,

But it went well for my 1 hour of play. I folded an overpair to a turn check/shove and was right, and got some good, thin value bets in on the river.

Finished +325… now I’m in the tournament, feeling observant, patient, and confident.

Let’s goooooo!

you're practically freerolling!
gl gl gl

It's what looks like a slice of American cheese in the grits that upsets me. Love grits -- sliced American not so much.

Well done in the 2/5. Go, go, go!

glgl TJ

First break, starting stack 20k, my stack…. 20.8k lol. And it was a roller coaster to get back there.

First big hand I get involved with, I folded 2pair when he woke up and shoved the 3rd club river. He was giving off live tells that showed strength, so I hemmed and hawed and got away from it. He did show one overcard club, so I think I made a good read.

Then I open QJs and was looking for a spot to get it in, and cbet a Ts-7-3 flop. The turn was the 6s, so I turned even more outs if my over cards were good, but he donk ripped and I wasn’t getting the right price, so I laid that down, too.

Got a couple preflop shortstack shoves through, then I got it in as a flip for my 11.1k with 77 vs KJs. King in the flop, but 7 on the river and I’m back in business.

There’s a pretty soft spot 2 to my right with 3x a starting stack, so I like my seat and my reads. Just need to make some hands now.

Go get 'em!

There was a humorous moment…. A new (black) dealer pushes in, and there was an offhand comment from someone about race. The guy I identified as a fish uses this opportunity to proudly produce a credit card from his wallet that says “White Privilege Card.”

Oh great, I can’t WAIT to hear this guy’s thoughts about the upcoming election.

The dealer doesn’t miss a beat, says I got one too! …And gives the guy his all-black cut card. And the whole table laughs.

A few minutes later, a floor guy was wandering around, and the dealer asks, “What level do we race off the blacks?” Floor guy says level 8. Dealer says, “Cool, I just need to know what time I’m leaving.” And the whole table laughs again.

Good on the dealer. I'm not sure I could have stayed as composed as the dealer or as you (and I guess the rest of the table). Please, please take the fish's chips!!!

Go TJ Go!

Good start with the 2/5 game, now go build some chip towers!

Tripled up through the fish and one other player!

Defend my 1k big blind for 1k more with Kc5c, flop 9c 7c 2c, I check, original raiser bets, fish calls, I shove, original raiser reshoves, fish calls.

Original raiser had top set, fish had the naked Ac, turn and river clean.

A HUGE stack just came from another table to my left, there’s an above average amount of chips on this table.

55k-ish now.

Well done! Keep it up!

it's the econo lodge + waffle house rungood at work

say hi to rayz, he posted a shirtless pic in his thread so you can use that to id him