WSOP Circuit N'awlins
I'm driving to New Orleans (which is informal for its real name, N'awlins) tomorrow for the WSOP Circuit. Saturday is a $1k prelim. On Sunday I'll either play day two of the prelim or online tournaments. The $5k Main Event starts on Monday.
Some people have asked what I intend to do with the winnings from the Party Poker Million. Certainly, I'll wind up investing a good chunk of it. But truthfully, I don't have a clear plan. I am definitely going to be taking a shot this summer at the WSOP. For this, I'll want a good $30-$40k available with which to risk on more live tournaments. Once the dust settles on that, I think I'll have a clearer idea of where I want to go with things.
I'll update this entry from the lovely city of N'awlins letting y'all know how it's going over there.
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Washed out of the $1k prelim despite turning the 2,500 starting stack into 18,000 by 100/200 (I was tilted for a solid four hours after washing out). Washed out of most everything online yesterday. Up $4.5k on sportsbetting since arriving in N'awlins though (wtg Cavs and Spurs covering).
Made it to day two of the $5k Main Event. 250 players started. 71 remain. I have 29k. Average is something like 35k. 27 places pay. Blinds will be 600/1200/200 tomorrow.
Nothing terribly notable to mention from today. I was only all-in one time and that was in a spot where all the chips went in on the turn and with only five outs for me to fade.
Michael got smacked upside the head by the deck and was as high as 80k during 200/400/50. He spewed some in the last level, but still bagged up a solid 49k. I have a chunk of his action, so hopefully the deck starts smacking him in the head again. :)
Tomorrow plays all the way down to 9 players, so I'll either be elated or out of the tournament in 24 hours. More at that time. Thanks for reading.
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So Michael and I both wound up cashing and both wound up busting out before the final table. He went out in 25th when Kings ran into Aces.
I managed a bit of a deeper run amassing a stack that was probably among the five largest at the time of Michael's departure. I really don't feel like writing about hands that aren't that interesting, and I can assure you that I didn't play many interesting hands, but basically I wound up shoving 10 big blinds with 15 players left from the hijack with Ace-Five and being called by Tim Miles (who will win the tournament tomorrow 'cause that's just how he's running)'s Ace-King.
Of course I'm pretty disappointed to have made the final two tables of this tournament two years in a row only to not have cracked the top 14, but I feel like I'm playing really well at a time of the year when that sort of thing can be worth a lot of money (the eve of the WSOP).
Signing off.
Some people have asked what I intend to do with the winnings from the Party Poker Million. Certainly, I'll wind up investing a good chunk of it. But truthfully, I don't have a clear plan. I am definitely going to be taking a shot this summer at the WSOP. For this, I'll want a good $30-$40k available with which to risk on more live tournaments. Once the dust settles on that, I think I'll have a clearer idea of where I want to go with things.
I'll update this entry from the lovely city of N'awlins letting y'all know how it's going over there.
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Washed out of the $1k prelim despite turning the 2,500 starting stack into 18,000 by 100/200 (I was tilted for a solid four hours after washing out). Washed out of most everything online yesterday. Up $4.5k on sportsbetting since arriving in N'awlins though (wtg Cavs and Spurs covering).
Made it to day two of the $5k Main Event. 250 players started. 71 remain. I have 29k. Average is something like 35k. 27 places pay. Blinds will be 600/1200/200 tomorrow.
Nothing terribly notable to mention from today. I was only all-in one time and that was in a spot where all the chips went in on the turn and with only five outs for me to fade.
Michael got smacked upside the head by the deck and was as high as 80k during 200/400/50. He spewed some in the last level, but still bagged up a solid 49k. I have a chunk of his action, so hopefully the deck starts smacking him in the head again. :)
Tomorrow plays all the way down to 9 players, so I'll either be elated or out of the tournament in 24 hours. More at that time. Thanks for reading.
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So Michael and I both wound up cashing and both wound up busting out before the final table. He went out in 25th when Kings ran into Aces.
I managed a bit of a deeper run amassing a stack that was probably among the five largest at the time of Michael's departure. I really don't feel like writing about hands that aren't that interesting, and I can assure you that I didn't play many interesting hands, but basically I wound up shoving 10 big blinds with 15 players left from the hijack with Ace-Five and being called by Tim Miles (who will win the tournament tomorrow 'cause that's just how he's running)'s Ace-King.
Of course I'm pretty disappointed to have made the final two tables of this tournament two years in a row only to not have cracked the top 14, but I feel like I'm playing really well at a time of the year when that sort of thing can be worth a lot of money (the eve of the WSOP).
Signing off.

2 Comments:
Hey man, my name's Dustin from California and I just stumbled onto your blog when i was looking up PokerEV graphs on Google Images. I immediately enjoyed your posts from Dec. '07 and I just finished reading every single blog entry. Great score on the PartyPoker Million. You have a new devoted reader. P.S. I'd love to discuss strategy whenever you get some down time.
Thanks for the feedback, Dustin. :)
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