“Yes, that one’s true. I was totally hung over and I lost $1.7 million, but the next day I had my game in very good shape. I didn’t tilt. After that 1.7 million I went on a run and won about – I don’t know – maybe $3 million or something. If only it wasn’t for that fu****g hangover!”
Hi from Vegas. I came here on Tuesday via NYC in standard economy class, so my neck is still as stiff as the Grand Prince's game. I have done well against Patrik for the last couple of weeks but losing it double everywhere else, which doesn't amuse anyone but Mika Puro and some others who wish that I would lose every time.
I played a couple of sessions and I was up 2 mill (I won 1 mill from Patrik in an hour; there's a couple of hand histories below) but then everything was a blurrrr, my speech was slurrrred and I got durrrred, and even Ivey was there... and so I lost 2 mill in no time. These losses occurred in Sin City, so it hasn't been the best of trips in that sense.
NBC Heads-Up started on Friday... My first round opponent was Gavin Smith. It was a pretty easy match even though I can't even play No Limit. Gavin raised on the button twice in the entire match, so that should give you an idea how it was... In the next round I had Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and he beat me in 1.5 hours... I made a couple of bad calls, and then in the last hand I lost with AT vs 22 all-in preflop... that's it.
That meant I didn't have to save my energy for Sunday so we went to the new nightclub at Encore, the XS, Ivey paid for the drinks and we got totally wasted... After all, I had given him that 1 mill just a couple of days earlier so I guess he wanted to keep the fish happy.
There's a new 500/1000 PLO table called Ziigmund Coliseum on PowerPoker and we had some action there already. Even Hoyt Corkins was waiting for me there with 100k but then he wouldn't play when I sat down. So I have been playing just online poker here plus the tournament... no wait... I did go to play 20/40 No Limit one night totally drunk and donated about 20k. Today the games have gone well online and I have taken back about 0.5 mill but I'm still down 1.5 from the trip. I guess I'll have to take it easy tonight since I'm flying back to Finland in the morning, via NYC of course. We're probably going to check out Guy Laliberte's show in Treasure Island... Then again, you can always fly drunk, too... Let's see.
Good luck everyone.
P.S. durrrr might get married in the summer
P.P.S. I start to write in english my blog from next blog entry....Give me comments if u want i use translator or u wanna i start write with my english my blog entrys
Hoyt Corkings blog comment to Ziig's newest blog entry:
HOYTCORKINS, Tue, 03/10/2009 - 17:51 New
Hi Ziigmund sorry I wasn't able to play u last time, had to start the evening BBQ with some pals. Looking forward to our future battles.
-Hoyt "nightmare" Corkins
Hoyt Corkings sat to Ziigmund's Colosseum at PowerPoker a while ago:
ziigmund: wtf is this?
ziigmund: was it you who wrote to myblog,hah?
ziigmund: mr hoyet
ziigmund: speak
HOYT_CORKINS.: hey
ziigmund: it s very nice if it was you
HOYT_CORKINS.: ya that was me on blog
ziigmund: cool
HOYT_CORKINS.: I only have like 10 mins before need to run out
HOYT_CORKINS.: have been waiting for a while
HOYT_CORKINS.:
ziigmund: lets play 10mins
HOYT_CORKINS.: lets play another time sorry bud gl
ziigmund: lets play 10mins
HOYT_CORKINS.: dont want it to start like this
HOYT_CORKINS.: the battle
ziigmund: im at the airport
HOYT_CORKINS.: good luck bud
ziigmund: blaah
ziigmund: games never come
ziigmund: i knew
ziigmund: gl anyway
ziigmund: whatever