2500NL event no x

So i played in the 2500 NL , with expectations of doing well, and feeling
like I was playing well. And frankly I thought I played really good,
not pushing all in or risking my chips, and without really ever backing
down either. I unfortunately got my good
cards in the first hour, where i picked up a few hundred chips, where
they would have been priceless at the end. From my starting stack
I still managed to work it up to near 15k (avg 18k) after the dinner
break, with 250 ppl left of 1000. Then I picked up the worst run
of cards, after folding an AQ preflop to a re-raise. I couldnt event get
a suited connector to try and steal the blinds :( Finally with 160ppl
left I was forced with a8 to go all in, and ak called me, and that was
it ! 1 race , and cya later. I guess i can be happy with the way I
played, but busting out after everyone else around me was getting
lucky and doing crazy things just hurt. Lee Watkinson, said to
Michael Binger, whats a PHD physicist doing wasting their time
playing poker ? The only positive about all this, is Im starting to
think of some of the movie ideas I would want to do.

Internet Sunday !

At least when your in the US, internet poker sunday falls on a sunday,
and not at 2am in the morning. The 2 big tourneys of note were:
FT horse qualifier (1k) for a 52k horse seat and the Sunday Million.
Down to the last 200 in the sunday million AA got cracked by 99,
and I ended up busting out in about 120th when AJs got beaten by
99 :(

Disapointing but not as bad as the horse, down to 4 ! Not all in once,
and chip leader at one stage 4 handed. Played 1 or 2 pots of stud
badly, but still doing good, then lost a race and then ran out of cards
and luck. So painful, nothing for 4th, a 52k swing and perhaps the
most disapointment ive felt after playing an online game.

My view on poker is changing ...

chinatown

In the space of a few days, Ive not only been to a show,
but got in a car and for a drive in vegas, with someone
who is not a taxi drive and didnt go to a casino or shopping
centre. Although it felt like we were driving for a lot longer,
it turns out we pretty much went in a circle due to the highway
set up, and we were pretty much next to the rio still but in
chinatown. Had some vietnamese and bubble tea Went out
with some media guys, apparently poker media covering
is as to playing poker as masturbation is to sex.

$1500 NL event - Saturday

Event 5 for me. The $1500 event, I get off to a good
start after picking up 2-2 on 10-2-10 board against someones
a-10. Up to 5k, drop down to a bit over 4k, when i call the
cut offs raise on the button with 10-8 of hearts. The big
blind calls, and the flop comes 10s-7h-4h. The preflop
raise bets out i come over the top, and after much thought
he pushes all in. I call having covered by a few chips. He
flips over QQ(no hearts). I have 14 outs , and the turn
comes a 9 giving 20 outs, but nothing comes. From 300chips
back to 1500 when i make a move against a guy who has been
limping in late position with junk, this time he has a-10 and
calls, i suck out then he re-sucks out and thats it , adios!

So whats the deal with ...

Friday night went and saw a show in vegas ! Finally after my
3rd visit to vegas i did "something". Tho as Seinfeld pointed
out, ppl like to feel that they are doing something , so they go
out. I wonder tho now thats hes older he has some of the old
man qualities of complaining, tho he always had that, but he
still seems to have the little kid qualities of being excited about
candy etc still. Caesar's coloseum was the venue, which of course
looked like nothing like the coloseum, but still was impressive.
It was handy spending a week in vegas beforehand, so I was in
tune with some of the jokes he was talking about. Of course there
was a quick shot at paris hilton, and he said now she knows what
its like to spend some time in the hilton now, except she doesnt even
have to pay $160 a night. Then there was this commercial on
tv for a viagra like drug, and it said if your erection lasts more
than 4 hours please contact a doctor ! I was thinking the same,
who is going to wait 4 hours before picking up the phone ?

Also are bathrooms in public places made up of the most sound reflective
materials. During a poker tournament, u inevitably spend time
in bathroom stalls next to people seeing their feet under the
dividing wall, making strange unsettlting noises. Ive taken to
keeping my bose headphones on. Thats what bose should be advertising,
who cares about noise cancelling in planes ! Seinfeld said since toilets
were stalls, why didnt they make it like horse stalls, and have the heads
sticking out the top as well .

gold jerry, gold ...

Quick day 2

Well after making it to day 2, I had a small chip stack, and
after pushing all in once early and picking up the blinds,
i bought one more lap of the table. Unfortunately the
blinds went up, and A-3 suited in medium-early position
was good enuff to make a move. Pocket Ks on the button,
strangely enuff decided to move all in as well. And although
the 2nd card of the deck was an Ace, the 3rd card was a king,
allowing for the shortest celebration possible. The board
paired on the turn giving me 2 Aces to hit on the river, which
didnt come. So after cashing for 4k, i then found out i was
taxed 30%, what a kick in the pants! I might be able
to get it back one day, however. I need to consider
getting another nationality passport so i can avoid this
stupidness. Perhaps Tunisia..

Had some drinks after and played some blackjack which
seems to be more profitable.

Today (fridaY), i decided to take the day off, and play some
online cash games (25-50NL), which are tax free. Unfortunately
I was better off sleeping in and lost 10k. I played one
or two hands badly, but other than that I played pretty good.
Lost a 7k pot with Ks to AK, and didnt hit a set etc
and had Qs against set etc.

And lost some money playing Omaha online as well, but
definately on the end of some not so good luck.

Tonight is Seinfeld (stand up show) at Caesars, and tomorrow
is the $1500 NL event , which is a bit of a crapshoot.

On a side note, quite a few poker players seem to have attention
deficit disorder. Is ADD contagious ?

3 strikes and your out !

After my first 3 WSOP events, and no cashes, things were looking
a little bit sketchy, also considering 2 of them were on the expensive
side.

Tho lucky number 4, the 2k NL event ! I have managed to make it
to day 2, unfortunately short stacked on 14k with blinds on 1-2k.
The frustrating thing, being about 20 or 30 spots before the money,
I was cruising along with close to 60k (average less than 40), and although
I had an agressive player on my left, I wasnt getting into much trouble.

Then a key pot arose where I called a raise with KJs from the big blind.
The flop came q-j-9 and I called his smallish bet. The turn Q, went check
check, and on the river a blank, he thought about it and bet about 11k into
a 20k pot. I didnt think he had AQ, and AK was a possibility as was 10s,
I had ruled out a big pocket pair. So in the end i called and he turned over
9-9 for a full house. From there I got re-raised a few times, and ended
the day alive, with 125 left and with a WSOP cash.

Earlier in the day i got to play with hellmuth for a few hours. I managed
to beat him out of a few pots which got him talking, one hand i slow played
AA against him, although I didnt show. He got a bit annoyed as he usually
does, but he shook everyones hands, and now after being short
he has a ton of chips. I wouldnt mind a another match against him, I think I
have him worked out :)

I prolly would have been disapointed with my day if I had just been
on low stack all day, but to get some chips and some momentum, was
encouraging even if I couldnt maintain it. Day 2 kicks off in about 30mins
or so, with the same starting table and a need to push in early!