Vegas, June 2008
16 parts · 7 Jun 2008 – 15 Jun 2008
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Vegas Day 1 - Tilt before seeing a card
For the last 15 minutes I have waging a war with the electronic curtains in the Venetian. They appear to operate via remote control but I have been unable to locate the…
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Vegas Day 1 - Harrah's Tournie
It's 7am here and I can't sleep due to jet lag. I may as well stay awake till the Caesar's tournie at midday now I think. Last night we found a pretty…
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Vegas Day 2 - Caesars $550 - Deepstacking
The opening levels of a deepstack tournament such as this one, (15k starting stack, 280 runners, 50 minute blinds) have a strange dynamic. The value of pocket Aces/Kings actually go DOWN due…
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Vegas Day 2 - Miscellaneous
A few things to blog which are unrelated to the Caesar's tournie: 1) Shazbo busted out of WSOP ladies' event after 2 hours. She ran a straight into a higher straight and…
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Vegas Day 3 - Binnions $500
Downtown Vegas is amazing - it's the first time I've been there. It's like a place stuck in time - the feel of the architecture and lights is 1970's. Fremont Street know…
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Vegas Day 3 - Jimbo's Happy Hour
So it's time to be star attraction. I set up Jimbo's Happy Hour in The Venetian. This involves me going all in blind for $500 pre flop in a cash game 3…
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Vegas Day 4 - Venetian $500
Another frustrating tournament. I just busted after 5 hours of play - I had literally NO starting hands - I think pocket tens was the best, but I had to fold that…
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Vegas Day 5 - $5k WSOP Day 1
Made it through to day 2 with 39k in chips, average is 59k. 120 players left, 72 get paid so I lot of work to do early tomorrow. Starting table was tough…
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Vegas Day 5 - $5k WSOP NLHE
Quick update - will blog all the hands tomorrow. I made it through to day 2 of the event with just under 40k in chips (starting stack 10k). The average is about…
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Vegas Day 5 - Preview
I just had 12 hours sleep, and 36 hours of detox. For once, I am in sound mind for the tournament today - it's a big one as well - $5k WSOP.…
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Vegas Day 6 - Preview - $5k Day 2
Just checked my table draw - perhaps I am not in as bad a position as I thought, and the tournament average has been distorted by the few huge big stacks. I…
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Vegas Day 6 - $5k NLHE - Hands
120 players left, 72 of us get paid. I have a couple of big stacks on my table, so I decide if I don't get cards I am going to put the…
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Vegas Day 6 - Made The Cash
I busted today in 42nd place, good for nearly $13k. I'm off out now so I'll blog the hands tomorrow, although most of it consisted of oriental guys staring me down after…
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Vegas Day 7 - Venetian $2.5k - El River Blufferino
I played the Venetian 2.5k today, but played poorly after a drunken late night (morning?) cash session with Volcano, Deven, Fluke and Jalfont. 20k starting stack, but the starting table contained 3…
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Vegas Day 8 - Pokered Out
I am knackered from playing too much poker now. I was scheduled to play Binnions short handed, but I taking the day off and going to the spa for a massage. I…
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Vegas Day 9 - That's all folks
It's been a long 10 days at the tables. I just busted out of the Caesar's $500 deepstack on level 8. I made a good start when someone decided to call my…