Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
WSOP June 12-14 Event #28
I have to admit that I have not really enjoyed writing in the blog as much as I did when I first started. I mainly do it just to keep a record so I know where I am. Today, however is a different story. I am actually really excited to write about this.
I have been playing texas holdem for 8 years and have been really working at it for about 5 years. So it took me about 5 years to get to this point so as you can imagine I was totally amped.
I got a room at the Rio where the event was going to be held. It was a $600 room that I only paid $200 for since I was playing in the tournament. I rented a car that is $250 for the weekend but we paid $85 since we had a coupon plus a membership.
And I dropped $1500 on a tournament.
I took my girlfriend a with me as I really didn't want anybody else with me. I also brought $5000 cash and a debit card with $7000 on it. So it was on. We left Friday afternoon and got there Friday night. We got to the hotel and went straight to the tournement to register. Right there $1500 cash came out of my pocket.
We then went to the room and got settled. We decided to get fucked up and gamble all night. We played craps for about 6 hours that night. (The game with the dice.) I made about $700 and she made about $200. It was a good night indeed. I had already made half of my tournament buyin.
I got up at 9:30 and took a shower. I fucked around in the room until about 10:30 and then we went and had breakfast at the Palms. We ended up waiting 20 minutes in line just to get seated. We didnt get back to the Rio until 12:00 which was when the tournament started. We went back to the room and I got myself together. To get prepared for the tournament I brought about 5 joints filled with blueberry kush. We smoked one of them last night and I took 7-8 really strong hits on the second one right before the tournament. I wanted to be FUCKED UP. I get down to the tournament and my girlfriend is walking with me and it was only then for the first time where I felt really fucking nervous.
I got to the tournament room and it was massive. I had seen it last night but it was different now since every table was full. I showed up about 35 minutes late for the tournament but it was no big deal. We started with 4500 chips at 25/50 blind levels. Blinds were to last for an hour. Every 2 hours there was a break.
I sat down and had 4200 chips. As soon as I sat down I was buzzing hard and became very relaxed. Everyone on my table looked very harmless.
It really took a minute for it to set in but it did. Seeing WSOP on the table brought a smile to my face. Seeing WSOP on the chips was equally awesome. I just sat back watched for a while and it was just like playing online. Everyone was limping a lot and it was pretty obvious when people had it. I was watching every player and I don't think I had ever been more focused in my life.
My first big hand came when the following happened.
I had about 3600 chips and one player limped for 100 and I completed in the SB with AJ of spades. The BB checked. I only completed because in my experience raising with hands like AJ or AQ out of position in the SB is going to lose you more then win. This is why.
I raise and I get called by the limper.
I miss the flop and bet it out. He calls.
I miss the turn.
Now what? Do I potentially risk the whole tourament and make a stupid bluff with a shitty hand like AJ. Or do I check and let him bet me off it which then makes me look bad.
So I decide to just call the small bet and potentially avoid all of that.
The flop comes all rags with 2 spades and I lead out with my flush draw for 200. I get called by the limper.
I miss my flush and check to him. He bets 400 and I call.
River: I hit my flush.
I check looking to check raise fully expecting him to make a big bet. Unfortunately, he checked behind and showed 9 10 off for top pair on the flop. The turn was a King. I probably get called by a small value bet of 300-500. However my gut said he was going to bet and I thought I had a lot more potential for a bigger payoff.
That hand put me to 4700 and I was ready to roll.
I won a few more small pots and got to 5500.
We get to the break and I go back to the room to toke up. I kind of got lost getting back to my room because there were literally thousands of people walking around in the tournament area and I was having a hard time navigating through the crowd. I got back, talked to my g/f and told her to go do whatever she wanted that I was going to be in the tournament for a very long time. I am running late again and run back to the room. My sunglasses are on my neckline and put them in my hand so they dont bob up and down in my face as I am running. At some point, I must have dropped them because when I got to the table I had no sunglasses. I immediately felt uncomfortable but knew I was just going to have to suck up and deal with it. I paid $250 for my persols about 2 years ago so that was a bad beat.
I called a couple raises and that put me down to about 3900.
I was almost 3 hours into the tournament when this happened. The blinds are now at 75/150.
The player 2 to my left was a relatively new player. I already knew what he was about before he even played a hand. He was a little Vietnamese man who looked like the typical Commerce player. The type of player who plays loose aggressive, plays every suited hand, and generally calls a lot of raises and limps a lot.
I knew that no matter how hard I tried I was not going to be able to avoid this guy. I pick up AQ and raise to 450. He calls like I expected him too and we go heads up to the flop.
The flop comes
A 10 6
I know that if I bet he might just fold if he has nothing, but will probably call me if he has some sort of draw. If I check, I am certain he will bluff any 2. I check and he quickly reaches for his chips.
He throws out a small 500 chip bet. I was hoping he would bet around 900-1000 because then I could just go all in and make it look like a legitimate bet. If I go all in over only a 500 chip bet then its going to look weird to the whole table and I was trying to get a specific type of image. And going on all in for 3500 more was not the image I was trying to portray.
I check raise to 1500 and he calls.
The turn is a beautiful 4 which I know isnt going to hurt me.
I put in my last 2200 or so and he calls very quickly. I knew right then I was fucked.
Of course he has A 4 and I couldnt come back. I think if I go all in on the flop that he is still calling me. If he does call me and the 4 pops up like that then I am singing a very different tune.
So that was it. Out $1500. I will say that I can't wait to do that again as that was most fun I have ever had playing poker. I am thinking of doing the tournament in 2 weeks but I have a lot to go over first. I had the next couple days to fuck around in Vegas and had a blast.
We played more craps that night and I made another $400 plus she made another $200.
We decide to stay Sunday night and it was a wild night of gambling.
I was up $1100 for the trip which was almost equal to my tournament buyin.
We played more craps and I dropped $700 and was down to my last $77. I decided to spin the roulette wheel and if I lost we would go home and if I won then who knows.
I throw it on red and win and have $154.
I let it ride on red and sure enough I win back to back coinflips and have $300 back.
We played craps all night and I ended making back my losses for the day and ended up breaking even for the day.
All in all, I did about $3000 worth of shit in Vegas and only spent $1000 to do it. A very successful trip even considering the tournament which was still totally worth it.
I have been playing texas holdem for 8 years and have been really working at it for about 5 years. So it took me about 5 years to get to this point so as you can imagine I was totally amped.
I got a room at the Rio where the event was going to be held. It was a $600 room that I only paid $200 for since I was playing in the tournament. I rented a car that is $250 for the weekend but we paid $85 since we had a coupon plus a membership.
And I dropped $1500 on a tournament.
I took my girlfriend a with me as I really didn't want anybody else with me. I also brought $5000 cash and a debit card with $7000 on it. So it was on. We left Friday afternoon and got there Friday night. We got to the hotel and went straight to the tournement to register. Right there $1500 cash came out of my pocket.
We then went to the room and got settled. We decided to get fucked up and gamble all night. We played craps for about 6 hours that night. (The game with the dice.) I made about $700 and she made about $200. It was a good night indeed. I had already made half of my tournament buyin.
I got up at 9:30 and took a shower. I fucked around in the room until about 10:30 and then we went and had breakfast at the Palms. We ended up waiting 20 minutes in line just to get seated. We didnt get back to the Rio until 12:00 which was when the tournament started. We went back to the room and I got myself together. To get prepared for the tournament I brought about 5 joints filled with blueberry kush. We smoked one of them last night and I took 7-8 really strong hits on the second one right before the tournament. I wanted to be FUCKED UP. I get down to the tournament and my girlfriend is walking with me and it was only then for the first time where I felt really fucking nervous.
I got to the tournament room and it was massive. I had seen it last night but it was different now since every table was full. I showed up about 35 minutes late for the tournament but it was no big deal. We started with 4500 chips at 25/50 blind levels. Blinds were to last for an hour. Every 2 hours there was a break.
I sat down and had 4200 chips. As soon as I sat down I was buzzing hard and became very relaxed. Everyone on my table looked very harmless.
It really took a minute for it to set in but it did. Seeing WSOP on the table brought a smile to my face. Seeing WSOP on the chips was equally awesome. I just sat back watched for a while and it was just like playing online. Everyone was limping a lot and it was pretty obvious when people had it. I was watching every player and I don't think I had ever been more focused in my life.
My first big hand came when the following happened.
I had about 3600 chips and one player limped for 100 and I completed in the SB with AJ of spades. The BB checked. I only completed because in my experience raising with hands like AJ or AQ out of position in the SB is going to lose you more then win. This is why.
I raise and I get called by the limper.
I miss the flop and bet it out. He calls.
I miss the turn.
Now what? Do I potentially risk the whole tourament and make a stupid bluff with a shitty hand like AJ. Or do I check and let him bet me off it which then makes me look bad.
So I decide to just call the small bet and potentially avoid all of that.
The flop comes all rags with 2 spades and I lead out with my flush draw for 200. I get called by the limper.
I miss my flush and check to him. He bets 400 and I call.
River: I hit my flush.
I check looking to check raise fully expecting him to make a big bet. Unfortunately, he checked behind and showed 9 10 off for top pair on the flop. The turn was a King. I probably get called by a small value bet of 300-500. However my gut said he was going to bet and I thought I had a lot more potential for a bigger payoff.
That hand put me to 4700 and I was ready to roll.
I won a few more small pots and got to 5500.
We get to the break and I go back to the room to toke up. I kind of got lost getting back to my room because there were literally thousands of people walking around in the tournament area and I was having a hard time navigating through the crowd. I got back, talked to my g/f and told her to go do whatever she wanted that I was going to be in the tournament for a very long time. I am running late again and run back to the room. My sunglasses are on my neckline and put them in my hand so they dont bob up and down in my face as I am running. At some point, I must have dropped them because when I got to the table I had no sunglasses. I immediately felt uncomfortable but knew I was just going to have to suck up and deal with it. I paid $250 for my persols about 2 years ago so that was a bad beat.
I called a couple raises and that put me down to about 3900.
I was almost 3 hours into the tournament when this happened. The blinds are now at 75/150.
The player 2 to my left was a relatively new player. I already knew what he was about before he even played a hand. He was a little Vietnamese man who looked like the typical Commerce player. The type of player who plays loose aggressive, plays every suited hand, and generally calls a lot of raises and limps a lot.
I knew that no matter how hard I tried I was not going to be able to avoid this guy. I pick up AQ and raise to 450. He calls like I expected him too and we go heads up to the flop.
The flop comes
A 10 6
I know that if I bet he might just fold if he has nothing, but will probably call me if he has some sort of draw. If I check, I am certain he will bluff any 2. I check and he quickly reaches for his chips.
He throws out a small 500 chip bet. I was hoping he would bet around 900-1000 because then I could just go all in and make it look like a legitimate bet. If I go all in over only a 500 chip bet then its going to look weird to the whole table and I was trying to get a specific type of image. And going on all in for 3500 more was not the image I was trying to portray.
I check raise to 1500 and he calls.
The turn is a beautiful 4 which I know isnt going to hurt me.
I put in my last 2200 or so and he calls very quickly. I knew right then I was fucked.
Of course he has A 4 and I couldnt come back. I think if I go all in on the flop that he is still calling me. If he does call me and the 4 pops up like that then I am singing a very different tune.
So that was it. Out $1500. I will say that I can't wait to do that again as that was most fun I have ever had playing poker. I am thinking of doing the tournament in 2 weeks but I have a lot to go over first. I had the next couple days to fuck around in Vegas and had a blast.
We played more craps that night and I made another $400 plus she made another $200.
We decide to stay Sunday night and it was a wild night of gambling.
I was up $1100 for the trip which was almost equal to my tournament buyin.
We played more craps and I dropped $700 and was down to my last $77. I decided to spin the roulette wheel and if I lost we would go home and if I won then who knows.
I throw it on red and win and have $154.
I let it ride on red and sure enough I win back to back coinflips and have $300 back.
We played craps all night and I ended making back my losses for the day and ended up breaking even for the day.
All in all, I did about $3000 worth of shit in Vegas and only spent $1000 to do it. A very successful trip even considering the tournament which was still totally worth it.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
WSOP
I have started June on a really nice upswing. I am up $3383 on Stars and another $870 on Cake for a total of $4253. I just got 3/1881 which was good for $2694. I was seriously considering it a couple weeks ago and have now decided to play in the WSOP. I am hoping to go in on an upswing and would like to surprise some people.
I have decided to play in Event #28 on June 13 which is the $1500NL event.
I have totalled up all my numbers and am up $30975 since April 10. I also have the biggest bankroll I have ever had and I have decided its time.
It would be so nice to have a nice little weekend heater and get a really nice cash.
One time please.
I have decided to play in Event #28 on June 13 which is the $1500NL event.
I have totalled up all my numbers and am up $30975 since April 10. I also have the biggest bankroll I have ever had and I have decided its time.
It would be so nice to have a nice little weekend heater and get a really nice cash.
One time please.
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