Event 1

The mixed $5K NL / Limit event. Harrahs organistion was
once again complete shambles, what were they doing in their
year off preparing this event ? Who knows ? Apart from
all the lines to register, they brought in new playing cards,
that were impossible to read. Especially 6s and 9s.

All around me people were misreading the board, luckily
I didnt make that mistake. Mainly coz my cards were so
crap and i couldnt really get anything going. During the limit
levels the one where i was worried most about, I didnt
lose many chips to the very last hand where i had Qs against
AK and lost most of my remaining chips. Rest of the NL
section consisted of me raising missing flops betting sometimes
and getting raised out of it post flop. With the best hand
being 99 followed by 55 no ak or aq in 5 hours of poker.

One interesting hand was where i limped on the button with
56 clubs. The pot was 5 handed. Lee Markholt on my right
bet 350 into 750 pot, i made it a 1000 on 10c 7c 6d. The
turn came a blank. At this point i wasnt a 100% sure whether
he had 8-9 or just some other draw. I checked and the river
came an Ace which i perhaps could have bluffed. He turned
over 10-8 and perhaps I shoulda bet one of the streets.
Tho i had 14 outs against his hand which i would have bet
if i improved.

Anyway Barry greenstein rocked up 4 hours late, then
proceeded to finish the day in a strong position, perhaps
I should adopt that strategy as well.