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12.24.2009
11.06.2009
$340 + $10 Floor Staff Bonus Venetian Deep Stack Tournament
Is that Layne Flack on the left?
I get to the Venetian about an hour before the start of the tourney to meet up with a hot MILF for breakfast. The inherent problem with MILFs is the whole kids "thing."
Damn toddlers got me stood up.
I did the next best thing and had breakfast with old man Katkin. Not nearly as hot but at least he puts out.
12K in chips, 40 minute levels, here we go.
Table 29 seat 2
And the table breaks. Damn it. It's the greatest table evar! 3 old people who are clueless, a couple of young dudes swinging the poker cocks around, a female Asian commerce player and a crazy agro middle aged white chick. Epic.
I make a couple thousand before the table breaks and I'm sent out to the loud ass casino.
Table 67 seat 6
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG
Seat 2: Random Internet Nerd
Seat 3: Random Internet Nerd #2
Seat 4: empty
Seat 5: empty
Seat 6: JDN
Seat 7: ROWG from the first table.
Seat 8: Random Club Bro. Affliction shirt, check. Muscles, check. Bad tattoos, check. Bad hair, check.
And my table breaks. WTF?!
At least I pick up aces on the last hand before the table breaks.
New table 45 seat 5
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG with sunglasses and a hat.
Seat 2: RWG with sunglasses and a hat.
Seat 3: RWG with bad skin and thinning hair.
Seat 4: Random Latino Guy with sunglasses.
Seat 5: JDN
Seat 6: Random Internet Nerd
Seat 7: RWG
Seat 8: RLG with sunglasses and a hat.
Seat 9: RWG with sunglasses and a hat.
Seat 10: RWG with sunglasses and a hat.
I see a theme here.
The idiot in seat 8 just announced that he folded a set of 6s on a flop 6 5 4. He's such a r'tard, that I believe him.
Just saw the greatest hand ever! EVAR!
The R'tard in seat 8 raises to 850 with blinds at 100/200. The slow guy in seat 9 calls but he can't count so it takes about 3 minutes to get his chips out past the blind. I fold my big blind, Tc4c, and the flops falls Qh Th 6h.
The R'tard bets 300 and the slow guy snap moves in for 10K. Wait! What?
All kinds of awesomeness going down on this table.
21K at break.
Argument about playing brick breaker while in a hand just broke out between the r'tard, floor, and the ROWG in seat 10. I swear I'm riding the short bus.
Blargh. I raise to 1100 in early position with 55 and slow guy moves in for just under 7K. Then the big guy in the Phillies hat moves all in for less than 5K. Meh.
I call. The slow guy shows KQ off and the big guys shows AJ off. I got no chance.
The flop is K T Q. Slow guy walks away.
Blank blank and big guy rakes the main pot and someone has to grab the slow guy and tell him he's won the side pot.
Still got 26K.
Random Club Bro gets moved to my table.
Dude!
Sweet!
With blinds at 300/600 50 I'm on the big blind and the old guy in seat 10, who I now realize is wearing two hats, limps. The big guy in seat 2 raises to 2500. And then I pick up a tell...
Every time this middle aged woman comes over and talks to him he raises the hand. She's a mildly attractive 45 year old with a exposed midriff and a midlife crisis bellybutton piercing swimming around in her loose 2.3 kids belly skin.
He wants to tap that. But they're just friends.
Obv he's in love. He wants to show off.
I reraise to 8000 with Kh7h. I don't mind if the old guy with two hats moves in for his 10K. I just want smack the big guy with a boner down.
They both fold. Ha ha!
Embarrassing iPod song of the day: Clumsy by Fergie.
33K at break.
Just from break I loose 25K with JJ vs KK. The razor sunglasses lady to my left just flat called my reraise of 6500 and snap shoved on the flop of T 9 3.
It looked like a stop'n'go, which I gave her credit for knowing what that was.
15k as the table breaks.
Don't last long at this table as I'm blinded down to 8 big blinds before a I shove with Jd4d from the small blind. I hit a 4 at least.
Gonna go home and do this.
JDN
$340 Venetian Deep Stack
It's a bright and sunny day in Vegas. Everything is new and clean. I'm wearing some nice clean Air Max 95s. I put new music on my iPod. The dogs let me sleep till 11am.
All is good.
I get to the Venetian but I forgot my players card. No worries. I'll just get another one from the guy at the table that looks like Jimmy Fricke's mini me.
I buy in for $340 and the TD tells me that it's $350 if I want the extra 2000 in chips for the dealer bonus. I say no thanks. (mostly cause I'm too lazy to dig through my pocket to find another $10).
After they take the 2000 out if my stack I realize that my iPod isn't charged. But that's ok, I have a back up. It's all good.
$10,000 in chips, 40 minute levels.
Table 16 seat 6
Table draw aka Holy shit I swear I'm in Atlantic City!:
The table is full bedazzled shirts and looks to be 80% east coasters. This should a great table.
Annnnd then it breaks. But that's ok, the next table is going to be even better.
I get to the new table with 9725.
Table 71 seat 9
Table draw:
Seat 1: Random Black Guy wearing a WSOPC ring on each hand. Tacky!
Seat 2: Random White Guy with an Ed Hardy shirt.
Seat 3: Random Older White Guy with a Jagermiester hat on.
Seat 4: Random Younger White Guy with a voice like Louis Armstrong.
Seat 5: Random Asian Guy. SAG factor: low. Ed Hardy shirt is a go!
Seat 6: Random White Guy with lots of studs and shiny things on his hat and shirt. Brand unknown.
Seat 7: Random Older White Guy.
Seat 8: A younger version of Miami John that doesn't speak English.
Seat 9: JDN
Seat 10: Busted as soon as I sat down.
Hey there's Jon Friedberg! He comes over say hi and I pick up AK. Sweet! I get it all in on the river when the board runs out 8s 7c Kc 7h Ad. The RBG with the rings calls and I double up. Thanks Friedberg.
A few hands later Friedberg is back after busting on his first hand played and I pick up KK and take down the 10k pot on the turn.
Wow Friedberg is a lucky bitch. We should go to the craps table. Lady luck is on my side when he's around.
24k at break.
Back from break and I see a raised multiway flop with AK. The flop comes out Ad Kh 2h. The Ed Hardy Asian, who, btw also has an Ed Hardy hoodie and was the original raiser, bets out 2400. I raise him to 6500. Rest of the table folds.
He moves all in. I call and he shows AQ. Dominated. Sahweet!
The turn is a Q. But it's ok. I know I'm not going to get bad beat.
The river is a 3. See? Positive thinking. It works for me sometimes.
Dave Stann aka Hollywood Dave is at the table behind me and he just got the floor called on him for too much ass crack. Ha. Guess he's trying to be a plumber too.
The super bedazzled/studded guy in seat 6 is officially the human rain delay.
Table break! I really liked that table. But it's ok because my next table will be even better.
Nothing really interesting going on at table 53 except the Asian guy in seat 7 with about 70k in front of him.
I'm back in seat 9.
I bust a guy for a 20k pot when my A high flush bests his J high flush
Now I got 70K.
4:10pm: iPod dies. But it's ok. I have a backup.
A little over 70K at break.
Thinking about betting on the Fedor fight.
After break I decide to turn up the heat on these motherfuckers... Heineken!
Then the waitress forgets my beer. But it's ok. She'll be back around in no time.
I run my first successful bluff of the day when I fire a bullet on turn and river on a board of A Q Q K 2 with 33. I put the big guy in seat 6 on a weak ace or a medium pair. He checked every street to me so I knew he didn't really like his hand and I knew he didn't have a queen after the check call on the turn.
9000 value looking bet on river and he folds it.
88K.
The super SAG in seat 7 is trying his hardest to dust off all his chips. He's sitting on 30k now. Down 100k. Oops.
I dunno if it was a bad play or not but I check raised a guy on a K 7 Q to 15000 with AJ. He tanked it for a few minutes before saying nice hand and putting all his chips in the middle. Moron. He had KJ and it held.
Down to 60k. But that's ok because I'm still 20k above average.
I bust the crazy Asian lady in seat 10 with 55 vs her AQ. I get about 24k from her.
I go into the break with about 90k.
First hand after break the Super SAG raises to 11600 under the gun with blinds at 800/1200. Wait what?
I look down at JJ. The SAG has about 30k left and he's so damn fishy. I raise to 30K. It gets back around to him and he calls pretty quick with the Ac6c.
:-)
He flops a 6 but I river a jack. Haha!
126K. Yeah boy!
Overheard in the bathroom at break: Did you guys pee on your fingers?
Stopped taking notes after dinner break because I ate at Chipotle and went into food coma. My phone was also dying so I twitted a little bit and here they are:
120k at dinner break. Average 50k. 88 players left. 36 pay. I like my spot.
7:37 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
Rocking 160k with 50 players left got a bunch of Internet nerds at my table.10:41 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
Busted 5 from the money. Had double average with 10 to the money. FML. I hate poker.11:51 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
And there goes my positive attitude.
JDN
All is good.
I get to the Venetian but I forgot my players card. No worries. I'll just get another one from the guy at the table that looks like Jimmy Fricke's mini me.
I buy in for $340 and the TD tells me that it's $350 if I want the extra 2000 in chips for the dealer bonus. I say no thanks. (mostly cause I'm too lazy to dig through my pocket to find another $10).
After they take the 2000 out if my stack I realize that my iPod isn't charged. But that's ok, I have a back up. It's all good.
$10,000 in chips, 40 minute levels.
Table 16 seat 6
Table draw aka Holy shit I swear I'm in Atlantic City!:
The table is full bedazzled shirts and looks to be 80% east coasters. This should a great table.
Annnnd then it breaks. But that's ok, the next table is going to be even better.
I get to the new table with 9725.
Table 71 seat 9
Table draw:
Seat 1: Random Black Guy wearing a WSOPC ring on each hand. Tacky!
Seat 2: Random White Guy with an Ed Hardy shirt.
Seat 3: Random Older White Guy with a Jagermiester hat on.
Seat 4: Random Younger White Guy with a voice like Louis Armstrong.
Seat 5: Random Asian Guy. SAG factor: low. Ed Hardy shirt is a go!
Seat 6: Random White Guy with lots of studs and shiny things on his hat and shirt. Brand unknown.
Seat 7: Random Older White Guy.
Seat 8: A younger version of Miami John that doesn't speak English.
Seat 9: JDN
Seat 10: Busted as soon as I sat down.
Hey there's Jon Friedberg! He comes over say hi and I pick up AK. Sweet! I get it all in on the river when the board runs out 8s 7c Kc 7h Ad. The RBG with the rings calls and I double up. Thanks Friedberg.
A few hands later Friedberg is back after busting on his first hand played and I pick up KK and take down the 10k pot on the turn.
Wow Friedberg is a lucky bitch. We should go to the craps table. Lady luck is on my side when he's around.
24k at break.
Back from break and I see a raised multiway flop with AK. The flop comes out Ad Kh 2h. The Ed Hardy Asian, who, btw also has an Ed Hardy hoodie and was the original raiser, bets out 2400. I raise him to 6500. Rest of the table folds.
He moves all in. I call and he shows AQ. Dominated. Sahweet!
The turn is a Q. But it's ok. I know I'm not going to get bad beat.
The river is a 3. See? Positive thinking. It works for me sometimes.
Dave Stann aka Hollywood Dave is at the table behind me and he just got the floor called on him for too much ass crack. Ha. Guess he's trying to be a plumber too.
The super bedazzled/studded guy in seat 6 is officially the human rain delay.
Table break! I really liked that table. But it's ok because my next table will be even better.
Nothing really interesting going on at table 53 except the Asian guy in seat 7 with about 70k in front of him.
I'm back in seat 9.
I bust a guy for a 20k pot when my A high flush bests his J high flush
Now I got 70K.
4:10pm: iPod dies. But it's ok. I have a backup.
A little over 70K at break.
Thinking about betting on the Fedor fight.
After break I decide to turn up the heat on these motherfuckers... Heineken!
Then the waitress forgets my beer. But it's ok. She'll be back around in no time.
I run my first successful bluff of the day when I fire a bullet on turn and river on a board of A Q Q K 2 with 33. I put the big guy in seat 6 on a weak ace or a medium pair. He checked every street to me so I knew he didn't really like his hand and I knew he didn't have a queen after the check call on the turn.
9000 value looking bet on river and he folds it.
88K.
The super SAG in seat 7 is trying his hardest to dust off all his chips. He's sitting on 30k now. Down 100k. Oops.
I dunno if it was a bad play or not but I check raised a guy on a K 7 Q to 15000 with AJ. He tanked it for a few minutes before saying nice hand and putting all his chips in the middle. Moron. He had KJ and it held.
Down to 60k. But that's ok because I'm still 20k above average.
I bust the crazy Asian lady in seat 10 with 55 vs her AQ. I get about 24k from her.
I go into the break with about 90k.
First hand after break the Super SAG raises to 11600 under the gun with blinds at 800/1200. Wait what?
I look down at JJ. The SAG has about 30k left and he's so damn fishy. I raise to 30K. It gets back around to him and he calls pretty quick with the Ac6c.
:-)
He flops a 6 but I river a jack. Haha!
126K. Yeah boy!
Overheard in the bathroom at break: Did you guys pee on your fingers?
Stopped taking notes after dinner break because I ate at Chipotle and went into food coma. My phone was also dying so I twitted a little bit and here they are:
120k at dinner break. Average 50k. 88 players left. 36 pay. I like my spot.
7:37 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
Rocking 160k with 50 players left got a bunch of Internet nerds at my table.10:41 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
Busted 5 from the money. Had double average with 10 to the money. FML. I hate poker.11:51 PM Nov 3rd from Echofon
This is how I roll.
And there goes my positive attitude.
JDN
7.30.2009
WSOP day 2b & Dream Team Poker
Sadly this is my first day 2 in a no limit event at the World Series.
Sadly I have a starting stack.
Sadly there's traffic out in front of the Rio.
Sadly, I'm very happy to still be in after being card dead on the first day.
I get to my seat around 12:10pm and the tourney still hasn't started. Nice!
First hand of the tourney I look down at AQ and raise it to 1500. Or so I think. I look down and it's only 1100. Feck!
Big blind calls and I miss the flop. He picks it up on the turn. Lame.
When I'm the big blind it's folded to small blind, who've I've already pegged as a douche bag, insta raises to 1500.
I look down at AT and reraise to 4500. He moves in. Gagh!
He can be on nothing pretty easy here because I should fold this pretty easy. I fold telling him "I'll catch him later."
Good line huh?
Down to 26K.
An orbit later the older lady in seat 6, just after losing a big hand, makes it 3000 to go with blinds at 250/500. That's a little aggressive.
I look down at KK and move in. She's got about 7000 behind. So she's pretty much committed to calling. If she understands what that means.
She does call and shows AQ. Kings hold up and I scoop the pot.
Up to 40K. High point!
Brasilia Room. Table 210 Seat 8.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RYWG
Seat 2: RWG aka The Mustache. Holy moley this guy put Magnum PI to shame.
Seat 3: RAG that looks like Tetsuo from Akira. Tetsuo!!!!!!
Seat 4: RWG
Seat 5: RWG that may or may not be Kenny Powers brother.
Seat 6: RWOL... Oops busto. Ok it's a RWG... Busto. Now it's a Euro.
Seat 7: ROWG aka, Douche Bag
Seat 8: JDN
Seat 9: RAC Random Asian Chick. I can guarantee that she's a Commerce player.
18K at first break. Yes. 18k.
I stopped taking notes at this point because I was on life tilt. I could not win a hand. It was brutal.
The first of two hands that did me in was a hand against the Euro in seat 6. I could tell from the beginning that he had a very weak concept of preflop betting when he bet 4000 in middle position with blinds at 250/500.
He showed the table jacks and said he hated playing that hand.
Naturally a few orbits later he makes a 4x bet preflop and I call with TT.
The flop is a queen high and he checks. I check.
The turn is a blank and he bets out and I call.
The river is an ace. He bets out again but something about his movement and the bet amount is just fishy. I think he put in a pot sized bet and it just seemed like he wanted to buy the pot at that point.
I consider just shoving in and taking my chances. I've seen him open muck hands on the turn and if he thinks he's beat, he'll toss is away.
The only problem is that I don't really have enough chips to convince myself that he can fold. It would be barely more than a min raise.
But I then convince myself that I might actually have the best hand. The small (for him) preflop bet makes me think he's got a medium pair.
I tank it for several minutes.
I finally call, he says "nice hand" and flips over jacks.
I just shake my head and muck the hand.
I've got 6000.
I work it up to 9000 before that last hand before dinner break. I'm on the big blind and the Euro is on the button. Its folded to him and he makes a standard 3x raise to 1900. I look down at Q9 and make the call.
The flop is K 7 8. He checks out of turn. I shove. He calls with K7. Blank blank. I'm out.
That was so painful. It wasn't even fun. I should have sold my lammers when I won the satellite.
Dream Team Poker
I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet.
I got Gavin Smith and Matt Keikoan on my team. I gotta good team. Right?
Both of them bust by the 3rd level. I'm playing like a maniac. I love it.
I crack aces twice and have 45K at second break.
I make a last long bet with Matt Savage for a round of golf. He's got 20K.
I crack aces again with a bluff.
I have 90K at 3rd break.
Joe Stapleton and I wander around the main event, inside the ropes, while drinking beer. Stapes gets kicked out first. I tell Gavin he's a bad teammate for busting so quick.
My chip count does this:
90k
55K
25K
2K
10K
28K
0K
Two orbits and I'm out.
I hate the Rio and I'm never coming back.
Sadly I have a starting stack.
Sadly there's traffic out in front of the Rio.
Sadly, I'm very happy to still be in after being card dead on the first day.
I get to my seat around 12:10pm and the tourney still hasn't started. Nice!
First hand of the tourney I look down at AQ and raise it to 1500. Or so I think. I look down and it's only 1100. Feck!
Big blind calls and I miss the flop. He picks it up on the turn. Lame.
When I'm the big blind it's folded to small blind, who've I've already pegged as a douche bag, insta raises to 1500.
I look down at AT and reraise to 4500. He moves in. Gagh!
He can be on nothing pretty easy here because I should fold this pretty easy. I fold telling him "I'll catch him later."
Good line huh?
Down to 26K.
An orbit later the older lady in seat 6, just after losing a big hand, makes it 3000 to go with blinds at 250/500. That's a little aggressive.
I look down at KK and move in. She's got about 7000 behind. So she's pretty much committed to calling. If she understands what that means.
She does call and shows AQ. Kings hold up and I scoop the pot.
Up to 40K. High point!
Brasilia Room. Table 210 Seat 8.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RYWG
Seat 2: RWG aka The Mustache. Holy moley this guy put Magnum PI to shame.
Seat 3: RAG that looks like Tetsuo from Akira. Tetsuo!!!!!!
Seat 4: RWG
Seat 5: RWG that may or may not be Kenny Powers brother.
Seat 6: RWOL... Oops busto. Ok it's a RWG... Busto. Now it's a Euro.
Seat 7: ROWG aka, Douche Bag
Seat 8: JDN
Seat 9: RAC Random Asian Chick. I can guarantee that she's a Commerce player.
18K at first break. Yes. 18k.
I stopped taking notes at this point because I was on life tilt. I could not win a hand. It was brutal.
The first of two hands that did me in was a hand against the Euro in seat 6. I could tell from the beginning that he had a very weak concept of preflop betting when he bet 4000 in middle position with blinds at 250/500.
He showed the table jacks and said he hated playing that hand.
Naturally a few orbits later he makes a 4x bet preflop and I call with TT.
The flop is a queen high and he checks. I check.
The turn is a blank and he bets out and I call.
The river is an ace. He bets out again but something about his movement and the bet amount is just fishy. I think he put in a pot sized bet and it just seemed like he wanted to buy the pot at that point.
I consider just shoving in and taking my chances. I've seen him open muck hands on the turn and if he thinks he's beat, he'll toss is away.
The only problem is that I don't really have enough chips to convince myself that he can fold. It would be barely more than a min raise.
But I then convince myself that I might actually have the best hand. The small (for him) preflop bet makes me think he's got a medium pair.
I tank it for several minutes.
I finally call, he says "nice hand" and flips over jacks.
I just shake my head and muck the hand.
I've got 6000.
I work it up to 9000 before that last hand before dinner break. I'm on the big blind and the Euro is on the button. Its folded to him and he makes a standard 3x raise to 1900. I look down at Q9 and make the call.
The flop is K 7 8. He checks out of turn. I shove. He calls with K7. Blank blank. I'm out.
That was so painful. It wasn't even fun. I should have sold my lammers when I won the satellite.
Dream Team Poker
I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet.
I got Gavin Smith and Matt Keikoan on my team. I gotta good team. Right?
Both of them bust by the 3rd level. I'm playing like a maniac. I love it.
I crack aces twice and have 45K at second break.
I make a last long bet with Matt Savage for a round of golf. He's got 20K.
I crack aces again with a bluff.
I have 90K at 3rd break.
Joe Stapleton and I wander around the main event, inside the ropes, while drinking beer. Stapes gets kicked out first. I tell Gavin he's a bad teammate for busting so quick.
My chip count does this:
90k
55K
25K
2K
10K
28K
0K
Two orbits and I'm out.
I hate the Rio and I'm never coming back.
7.08.2009
WSOP Main Event
I pull a mini Hellmuth and arrive 20 minutes to little fanfare or notice. None actually.
I get to my table, find my seat, the 6 seat and look down to see Court Harrington in seat 7. Oh what the fucking hell?
Not only do I actually know someone at my table, who's a good player, he's sitting right next to me. Bah!
Amazon Room Table 97 Seat 6.
30,000 in starting chips and 2 hour levels.
What the he'll am I going to do with 2 hour levels? My style is much more suited to turbo satellites and 20 minute level.
Who am I kidding? I don't have a style.
In the first level I lose 1500 to the possible Euro to my right when he has JJ vs my TT on a K 8 K 6 K board.
A couple of orbits later I donate 3500 to the kid in seat 1 but I'm not mad. I called the river to see his hand and made sure my read was correct and to really make sure that his tell was what I thought it was.
It was. I'm awesome.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RYWG with a serious tell. Really. It's like a book.
Seat 2: ROWG
Seat 3: RYWG
Seat 4: ROWG possible Euro, maybe Canadian but he has no clue what's going on.
Seat 5: RWG and another possible Euro. Haven't really heard him talk.
Seat 6: JDN
Seat 7: Courtney Tyrell Harrington. Yes that is his real name.
Seat 8: RWG and a possible Mormon. Heard him tell Court that he was from Utah. I always assume the worst.
Seat 9: RYWG and another possible Euro. He's got a tight white shirt on.
25,500 on break. Time for the stampede.
Highlight from the hall stampede was watching Joe Stapleton pick up to of the Hellmuth models and take them to lunch. The man's got talent.
In the second level I win a nice pot from the ROWG in seat 2 with AT on a Ks Ad 8s Ts 3h board. Sweet!
A little while later I raise it up with Td Th and get called by the Mormon in seat 8. The flop comes down 7s Js 3d. I bet 800. He calls.
The turn is the 4s. I check, he bets 1500. Yeah right donkey. I call.
The river is a 7h. Check check. Tens are goot! Ship it.
Back up to 30K.
For the rest of the level I just fold. I'm pretty sure the deck doesn't have any face cards in it.
I'm changing my nickname to JD "No Paint" N.
29K at 2nd break.
Hallway highlight:
There's a Sapphire Girl (aka a stripper) walking around in her bikini with her arm in a sling. I don't know why but it's kinda hot.
First hand back from break I pick up 88 and win the pot on the turn to get up over 30K. High point!!
The maybe Euro limps from the 9 seat, seat 1 limps, I limp from the small and Court raises to 1800.
Lame Court! Lame!!
Seat 9 folds and he turns out not to be a Euro. Seat 1 calls and fucks up my plan of folding. Gawd... I call.
The flop falls 9 2 3. I check. Court bets 2300. Seat 1 folds and I think for a moment. I can't really put him on anything other than a strong ace. I call.
The turn is a 2. I check and Court verbally checks. I hadn't heard him do that before. Somethings fishy.
I decide that I'm betting the river unless it's a face card or ace, a blank if you will.
It's an 8. I bet 3350. Court tanks it. Looking at his cards a couple if times before folding.
I muck my 55.
He pretty much let me take the pot by checking on the turn and on the river I could represent a set of 3s. He's a good enough player to recognize what I was doing. If there were a weaker player, I might get a call.
Up to 37K.
I lose 8000 to the Mormon when he flops a set to my over pair. I got rid of the hand after I 3 bet him on the flop and he moved in for, for way more than I had. Fuck.
24K with 30 minutes to dinner.
Mean while Court flops back to back top sets with AA and QQ and gets not much action.
Finally! I hit a set and get action. I flop a set of 7s in a 4 way pot and get paid off from the kid in seat 1. Finally motherfuckers!!1!! Finally!
Back up to 30K.
$29,500 at dinner. Off to dinner over at the Palms with Katkin, LA Mike, Warren and Lara. As foreseen, I eat too many chips before the burrito arrives.
I spend level 4 in food coma. So I write nothing and remember very little.
I played AK strong a couple of times and folded preflop once. No sets and no pairs. I get up to 35K and drop down to 23K.
Then I bust a short stack with A7 vs his KJ and get up to 28,500.
Last break of the night I have 28,425.
Our table breaks, thank fucking gawd, right after break and I get moved to Blue 13 seat 6.
As I sit down I can already tell that this table is a train wreck. I'm filling the seat of the only person to bust off this table today.
Highlights include a guy in seat 1 that may or may not have swine flu.
A semi hot chick in seat 2 that's wearing mermaid poker. Cleavage is a go!!!
There's a bald guy in seat 4 that looks like the bald guy from original The Hill Have Eyes.
A creepy little Euro that's looks like he was in that first Hostel movie.
To cap off the table we have a Midwest middle aged house wife that looks like she's wearing her bowling shirt.
So it's more or less like a 2am Binions tournament.
Yes!
Thank gawd for head phones. The bald moron won't shut up about how he never gets any hands.
I have to bluff to win a hand for the rest of the night. I also get rid of an over pair on a T high flop. Poker sucks.
I've gone 3 whole tournament days with only getting aces once and flopping only two sets. I am so due. Playing again on Wednesday.
JDN
I get to my table, find my seat, the 6 seat and look down to see Court Harrington in seat 7. Oh what the fucking hell?
Not only do I actually know someone at my table, who's a good player, he's sitting right next to me. Bah!
Amazon Room Table 97 Seat 6.
30,000 in starting chips and 2 hour levels.
What the he'll am I going to do with 2 hour levels? My style is much more suited to turbo satellites and 20 minute level.
Who am I kidding? I don't have a style.
In the first level I lose 1500 to the possible Euro to my right when he has JJ vs my TT on a K 8 K 6 K board.
A couple of orbits later I donate 3500 to the kid in seat 1 but I'm not mad. I called the river to see his hand and made sure my read was correct and to really make sure that his tell was what I thought it was.
It was. I'm awesome.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RYWG with a serious tell. Really. It's like a book.
Seat 2: ROWG
Seat 3: RYWG
Seat 4: ROWG possible Euro, maybe Canadian but he has no clue what's going on.
Seat 5: RWG and another possible Euro. Haven't really heard him talk.
Seat 6: JDN
Seat 7: Courtney Tyrell Harrington. Yes that is his real name.
Seat 8: RWG and a possible Mormon. Heard him tell Court that he was from Utah. I always assume the worst.
Seat 9: RYWG and another possible Euro. He's got a tight white shirt on.
25,500 on break. Time for the stampede.
Highlight from the hall stampede was watching Joe Stapleton pick up to of the Hellmuth models and take them to lunch. The man's got talent.
In the second level I win a nice pot from the ROWG in seat 2 with AT on a Ks Ad 8s Ts 3h board. Sweet!
A little while later I raise it up with Td Th and get called by the Mormon in seat 8. The flop comes down 7s Js 3d. I bet 800. He calls.
The turn is the 4s. I check, he bets 1500. Yeah right donkey. I call.
The river is a 7h. Check check. Tens are goot! Ship it.
Back up to 30K.
For the rest of the level I just fold. I'm pretty sure the deck doesn't have any face cards in it.
I'm changing my nickname to JD "No Paint" N.
29K at 2nd break.
Hallway highlight:
There's a Sapphire Girl (aka a stripper) walking around in her bikini with her arm in a sling. I don't know why but it's kinda hot.
First hand back from break I pick up 88 and win the pot on the turn to get up over 30K. High point!!
The maybe Euro limps from the 9 seat, seat 1 limps, I limp from the small and Court raises to 1800.
Lame Court! Lame!!
Seat 9 folds and he turns out not to be a Euro. Seat 1 calls and fucks up my plan of folding. Gawd... I call.
The flop falls 9 2 3. I check. Court bets 2300. Seat 1 folds and I think for a moment. I can't really put him on anything other than a strong ace. I call.
The turn is a 2. I check and Court verbally checks. I hadn't heard him do that before. Somethings fishy.
I decide that I'm betting the river unless it's a face card or ace, a blank if you will.
It's an 8. I bet 3350. Court tanks it. Looking at his cards a couple if times before folding.
I muck my 55.
He pretty much let me take the pot by checking on the turn and on the river I could represent a set of 3s. He's a good enough player to recognize what I was doing. If there were a weaker player, I might get a call.
Up to 37K.
I lose 8000 to the Mormon when he flops a set to my over pair. I got rid of the hand after I 3 bet him on the flop and he moved in for, for way more than I had. Fuck.
24K with 30 minutes to dinner.
Mean while Court flops back to back top sets with AA and QQ and gets not much action.
Finally! I hit a set and get action. I flop a set of 7s in a 4 way pot and get paid off from the kid in seat 1. Finally motherfuckers!!1!! Finally!
Back up to 30K.
$29,500 at dinner. Off to dinner over at the Palms with Katkin, LA Mike, Warren and Lara. As foreseen, I eat too many chips before the burrito arrives.
I spend level 4 in food coma. So I write nothing and remember very little.
I played AK strong a couple of times and folded preflop once. No sets and no pairs. I get up to 35K and drop down to 23K.
Then I bust a short stack with A7 vs his KJ and get up to 28,500.
Last break of the night I have 28,425.
Our table breaks, thank fucking gawd, right after break and I get moved to Blue 13 seat 6.
As I sit down I can already tell that this table is a train wreck. I'm filling the seat of the only person to bust off this table today.
Highlights include a guy in seat 1 that may or may not have swine flu.
A semi hot chick in seat 2 that's wearing mermaid poker. Cleavage is a go!!!
There's a bald guy in seat 4 that looks like the bald guy from original The Hill Have Eyes.
A creepy little Euro that's looks like he was in that first Hostel movie.
To cap off the table we have a Midwest middle aged house wife that looks like she's wearing her bowling shirt.
So it's more or less like a 2am Binions tournament.
Yes!
Thank gawd for head phones. The bald moron won't shut up about how he never gets any hands.
I have to bluff to win a hand for the rest of the night. I also get rid of an over pair on a T high flop. Poker sucks.
I've gone 3 whole tournament days with only getting aces once and flopping only two sets. I am so due. Playing again on Wednesday.
JDN
6.28.2009
$500 Venetian Deep Stack
Since the WSOP sold out today I decided to play the Venetian. I get down here around 1 and surprisingly, I'm not an alternate.
Wow. I feel like I'm already a winner.
Table 53 seat 5. 15,000 in starting chips (well 14,450 for me since I arrived a little late) and 40 minute levels.
I officially have the slowest most boringest table evar! Here's how my day has gone so far: fold fold fold fold fold fold fold call check fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold.
Awesome.
12K at first break.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG with a blue PSP. He looks too old to have one
Seat 2: A woman. Not hot. Possibly a midget. Oops. Confirmed busto.
Seat 3: RBG who can't handle his chips and he's already mistakenly raised a couple of hands preflop when he was trying to call.
Seat 4: A woman. Asian. Also a dealer and not not hot.
Seat 5: JDN
Seat 6: RAG
Seat 7: RWG with a WSOP hoodie.
Seat 8: ROWG, a long time grinder that I've seen around a bunch. No clue as to his name.
Seat 9: RAG
Seat 10: RWG, super aggro with continuation bets and reraising.
PSP guy is wearing a Rio All Suite Hotel shirt that says, "Paradise Found." I wonder if he's ever actually be to the Rio.
I get it all in with AK on a A K 4 board against seat 10. He shows AK. Chop chop. That's most action I've seen all day.
The PSP guy makes is 550 to go in the 100/200 25 ante level and he gets called in 4 spots including me.
The flop falls T 8 6. The not not hot Asian dealer bets out 1300 and I call. Everyone else folds.
The turn is a 9. She bets 3600. I call.
The river is a 7. Hey! Thats a straight on the board. She thinks about it for a moment before checking. Hmmmm. I wonder what the amount is that she would fold to and I wonder how much she would call.
I bet 6000. I'm pretty sure she would fold to an all in. She's got about 9K behind her.
After a bit she makes the crying call. I show JJ and take down the pot with a J high strizzle.
Up to 28K.
A few hands later I bust her with QQ and get my stack up to 33K.
Right around 32K at second break. Haven't really had any strong hands and I've been manufacturing all of my pots.
First hand back the PSP guy raises it up to 2300. The RWG to my right moves all in and the guy on my left that looks like a mini Layoto Machida moves all in too. Then the dealer mucks his cards.
Wait! What?
The floor is called over and the decision is made to take 2300 out of his stack, give him the rest of the chips back and lecture him on protecting his hand.
It saved him money. Both of the other players flopped sets and rivered full houses.
I look down at 22 and raise it up to 2100 in late position and get called by the old timey grinder from the small blind.
The flop is HOLY SHIT! A girl just sat down in seat 1 with giant boobies. Motorboat!
Ok where was I? I can't remember what I was writing about.
Anywoo I fired two bullets with 22 on a board of A 6 7 K to take down a nice pot.
40300 at color up. The girl with big boobies is cold.
Well level 8 sucked moosecock bro. I lost 6000 with TT and a few hands later I lost 8500 with 88. I wish my nickname was the man with no sets or the man with no nuts.
The big titty committee can't remember to put her antes out. Damn annoying. Then she busts. Ding!
I would say that 60% of the time my first card is a K. 100% of the time the second card does not complement the King.
772 total players for this tourney. 74 pay and $101,000 for first.
42,900 at 3rd break. Right about average with 260 players left.
Annnnd we're on dinner break.
Apparently someone at another table disagreed with a ruling that one way or the other caused him to bust out. So this gentleman decided the best course of action was to dump everyone's chips into the middle of the table.
As you can imagine chaos erupted and security was called. The guy tried to make a getaway but the poker room manager, Kathy Raymond, caught him in the parking lot.
So the TDs called an early dinner so that they could check the cameras and figure out who's chips are who's.
Awesome. Chipotle here I come.
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Entering burrito coma post dinner break.
Levels 10 & 11 go as follows: fold fold fold fold fold fold fold think about it... fold fold fold fold fold fold
Then I look down at JJ in middle position. Ok I have 25,600. I got abot 13 big blinds. Do I raise to 6K or just stick it in?
That's what she said.
I stick it in.
That's what she said.
I get called by the big blind who just happens to be my new British friend Ramsey, with AK.
He blanks out and I double to 53K.
An orbit later I flop my first set and check raise the RBG in seat 2 to snatch 20K off of him.
I'm up to 72K which is a just hair below average.
I stopped writing at this pot and I will now post responses to my tweets.
# 1
Rocking my moose cock off to Preistess and it seems to be working. Flopped first of the day. 73K with 140 players 73 pay.
Umm yeah, pretty much already talked about this. I don't really have a moose cock, its more of a mouse cock.
# 2
68K at break. A bit below average. Waiting for that rush to hit. Maybe I'll order a heineken.
I did order a Heine and I won $10 playing video poker. I promised myself not to play video poker but I have a hard time keeping to my personal promises.
# 3
47500 going into the 2k/4k level. About 90 left 73 pay. Why do I get myself in these situations? Need to cash so I can shave.
I made a bet with myself not to shave or get a hair cut until I cash. Let's just say that the GF is not a fan of this.
# 4
On the money bubble. I have 12 chips for exactly 36K. Average is 160k. Short stack ninja or fold machine?
LA Mike told me to shove every hand and Robin, Perry's GF told me to fold every hand. Not a fan of either of those options.
# 5
Just saw half a nipple on a giant boobie while walking back from the can. That's good luck right? Still on the bubble.
It was a giant boobie and I saw the part around the nozzle. Whats that called?
# 6
It was a lucky nipple! And the monkey is off my back. I can shave! And I won $73. WTF?
Pretty sure I'm gonna start asking to see nipples when I get near the money. It probably would have got me to the money in the 5K PLO8.
# 7
Busto. 66 vs KK. Both hit sets. Don't know what place or how much I'm getting but at least I cam shave now.
So I end up getting AK twice after we redraw with 72 left. I get up to 78K, a high for the day, before I move in with 66 from middle position. I rivered a set but the other guy turned his set.
Oh well. I got 52nd and $894. It was my first cash since February... holy fuck thats bad, but I think I played awesome.
I never had AA or KK and got every chip I could with the shit hands I had. This is a good sign.
JDN
Wow. I feel like I'm already a winner.
Table 53 seat 5. 15,000 in starting chips (well 14,450 for me since I arrived a little late) and 40 minute levels.
I officially have the slowest most boringest table evar! Here's how my day has gone so far: fold fold fold fold fold fold fold call check fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold fold.
Awesome.
12K at first break.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG with a blue PSP. He looks too old to have one
Seat 2: A woman. Not hot. Possibly a midget. Oops. Confirmed busto.
Seat 3: RBG who can't handle his chips and he's already mistakenly raised a couple of hands preflop when he was trying to call.
Seat 4: A woman. Asian. Also a dealer and not not hot.
Seat 5: JDN
Seat 6: RAG
Seat 7: RWG with a WSOP hoodie.
Seat 8: ROWG, a long time grinder that I've seen around a bunch. No clue as to his name.
Seat 9: RAG
Seat 10: RWG, super aggro with continuation bets and reraising.
PSP guy is wearing a Rio All Suite Hotel shirt that says, "Paradise Found." I wonder if he's ever actually be to the Rio.
I get it all in with AK on a A K 4 board against seat 10. He shows AK. Chop chop. That's most action I've seen all day.
The PSP guy makes is 550 to go in the 100/200 25 ante level and he gets called in 4 spots including me.
The flop falls T 8 6. The not not hot Asian dealer bets out 1300 and I call. Everyone else folds.
The turn is a 9. She bets 3600. I call.
The river is a 7. Hey! Thats a straight on the board. She thinks about it for a moment before checking. Hmmmm. I wonder what the amount is that she would fold to and I wonder how much she would call.
I bet 6000. I'm pretty sure she would fold to an all in. She's got about 9K behind her.
After a bit she makes the crying call. I show JJ and take down the pot with a J high strizzle.
Up to 28K.
A few hands later I bust her with QQ and get my stack up to 33K.
Right around 32K at second break. Haven't really had any strong hands and I've been manufacturing all of my pots.
First hand back the PSP guy raises it up to 2300. The RWG to my right moves all in and the guy on my left that looks like a mini Layoto Machida moves all in too. Then the dealer mucks his cards.
Wait! What?
The floor is called over and the decision is made to take 2300 out of his stack, give him the rest of the chips back and lecture him on protecting his hand.
It saved him money. Both of the other players flopped sets and rivered full houses.
I look down at 22 and raise it up to 2100 in late position and get called by the old timey grinder from the small blind.
The flop is HOLY SHIT! A girl just sat down in seat 1 with giant boobies. Motorboat!
Ok where was I? I can't remember what I was writing about.
Anywoo I fired two bullets with 22 on a board of A 6 7 K to take down a nice pot.
40300 at color up. The girl with big boobies is cold.
Well level 8 sucked moosecock bro. I lost 6000 with TT and a few hands later I lost 8500 with 88. I wish my nickname was the man with no sets or the man with no nuts.
The big titty committee can't remember to put her antes out. Damn annoying. Then she busts. Ding!
I would say that 60% of the time my first card is a K. 100% of the time the second card does not complement the King.
772 total players for this tourney. 74 pay and $101,000 for first.
42,900 at 3rd break. Right about average with 260 players left.
Annnnd we're on dinner break.
Apparently someone at another table disagreed with a ruling that one way or the other caused him to bust out. So this gentleman decided the best course of action was to dump everyone's chips into the middle of the table.
As you can imagine chaos erupted and security was called. The guy tried to make a getaway but the poker room manager, Kathy Raymond, caught him in the parking lot.
So the TDs called an early dinner so that they could check the cameras and figure out who's chips are who's.
Awesome. Chipotle here I come.
Watched the ping pong championships at dinner.
Entering burrito coma post dinner break.
Levels 10 & 11 go as follows: fold fold fold fold fold fold fold think about it... fold fold fold fold fold fold
Then I look down at JJ in middle position. Ok I have 25,600. I got abot 13 big blinds. Do I raise to 6K or just stick it in?
That's what she said.
I stick it in.
That's what she said.
I get called by the big blind who just happens to be my new British friend Ramsey, with AK.
He blanks out and I double to 53K.
An orbit later I flop my first set and check raise the RBG in seat 2 to snatch 20K off of him.
I'm up to 72K which is a just hair below average.
I stopped writing at this pot and I will now post responses to my tweets.
# 1
Rocking my moose cock off to Preistess and it seems to be working. Flopped first of the day. 73K with 140 players 73 pay.
Umm yeah, pretty much already talked about this. I don't really have a moose cock, its more of a mouse cock.
# 2
68K at break. A bit below average. Waiting for that rush to hit. Maybe I'll order a heineken.
I did order a Heine and I won $10 playing video poker. I promised myself not to play video poker but I have a hard time keeping to my personal promises.
# 3
47500 going into the 2k/4k level. About 90 left 73 pay. Why do I get myself in these situations? Need to cash so I can shave.
I made a bet with myself not to shave or get a hair cut until I cash. Let's just say that the GF is not a fan of this.
# 4
On the money bubble. I have 12 chips for exactly 36K. Average is 160k. Short stack ninja or fold machine?
LA Mike told me to shove every hand and Robin, Perry's GF told me to fold every hand. Not a fan of either of those options.
# 5
Just saw half a nipple on a giant boobie while walking back from the can. That's good luck right? Still on the bubble.
It was a giant boobie and I saw the part around the nozzle. Whats that called?
# 6
It was a lucky nipple! And the monkey is off my back. I can shave! And I won $73. WTF?
Pretty sure I'm gonna start asking to see nipples when I get near the money. It probably would have got me to the money in the 5K PLO8.
# 7
Busto. 66 vs KK. Both hit sets. Don't know what place or how much I'm getting but at least I cam shave now.
So I end up getting AK twice after we redraw with 72 left. I get up to 78K, a high for the day, before I move in with 66 from middle position. I rivered a set but the other guy turned his set.
Oh well. I got 52nd and $894. It was my first cash since February... holy fuck thats bad, but I think I played awesome.
I never had AA or KK and got every chip I could with the shit hands I had. This is a good sign.
JDN
WSOP $1500 PLO 8
I think I broke my finger last night playing trivia with Gavin. Don't ask how. It's a long story.
Amazon Room (yay first time in here!). Orange table 72 seat 9.
1500 starting chips with two rebuy chips. 1 hour levels.
Table draw:
Seat 1: Jacobo Frenandez AKA The Human Rain Delay
Seat 2: RAG
Seat 3: Perry Friedman
Seat 4: ROWG
Seat 5: My arch nemesis from the Hollywood Park days, Mickey "Mouse" Mills
Seat 6: Mike "Salt of the Earth" Gracz
Seat 7: ROWG
Seat 8: Random Euro
Seat 9: JDN
This table needs more Euros and less ROWGs.
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I sit down and double up to 3000 pretty quick in a drawing hand vs Jacobo when I hit my wrap for a straight against what had to be a set. Sweet!
Near the end of the 2nd level it's big pot time. 4 way all in with Jacobo, Perry, a ROWG and myself.
I had the nut low draw that couldn't be counterfitted vs Perry's full house vs Jacobo's trips and nut low draw vs the ROWG's top pair. I whiffed.
I use my rebuy chips and I have 3000 at 1st break.
We get back from break and have pause for the bracelet cerimony. Lame.
Jason Potter sits down in seat 2 and Joe Tehan takes seat 4.
A couple of hands in, Joe Tehan doesn't quite pot it from middle position and its folded to me. I have Ac 8c As Qs. I pot it to 1350.
Joe calls half his stack off as the flop comes 5d 6c 9d. I move in for 2000 and Joe quickly calls the all in.
I open my hand and Joe says, "Pretty good flop for my hand..."
Oh Jesus. Joe shows Ad 4d 7h Jh. What? Wait! Did Joe Tehan really just call off half his stack preflop with that?
Oh My Gawd.
The turn is a 3h and I'm drawing dead. Well played Mr Tehan.
I'm down to 450.
A few hands later I get it all in with K K T 9. Joe calls from the big blind as the does the original raiser in seat 7.
The board runs out 3 J T 9 K. Don't you worry, Tehan shows the ole 2 8 Q J for the 2nd nut straight. The old guy shows A A 2 T.
The best part of the hand was that Joe talked the guy out of betting on the flop because there was no side pot.
Nice.
Normally I like Joe Tehan, but today is he's a fuck wit. Sorry Joe, you just earned the title and you really deserve it.
JDN
Amazon Room (yay first time in here!). Orange table 72 seat 9.
1500 starting chips with two rebuy chips. 1 hour levels.
Table draw:
Seat 1: Jacobo Frenandez AKA The Human Rain Delay
Seat 2: RAG
Seat 3: Perry Friedman
Seat 4: ROWG
Seat 5: My arch nemesis from the Hollywood Park days, Mickey "Mouse" Mills
Seat 6: Mike "Salt of the Earth" Gracz
Seat 7: ROWG
Seat 8: Random Euro
Seat 9: JDN
This table needs more Euros and less ROWGs.
This is gonna be a long day...
I sit down and double up to 3000 pretty quick in a drawing hand vs Jacobo when I hit my wrap for a straight against what had to be a set. Sweet!
Near the end of the 2nd level it's big pot time. 4 way all in with Jacobo, Perry, a ROWG and myself.
I had the nut low draw that couldn't be counterfitted vs Perry's full house vs Jacobo's trips and nut low draw vs the ROWG's top pair. I whiffed.
I use my rebuy chips and I have 3000 at 1st break.
We get back from break and have pause for the bracelet cerimony. Lame.
Jason Potter sits down in seat 2 and Joe Tehan takes seat 4.
A couple of hands in, Joe Tehan doesn't quite pot it from middle position and its folded to me. I have Ac 8c As Qs. I pot it to 1350.
Joe calls half his stack off as the flop comes 5d 6c 9d. I move in for 2000 and Joe quickly calls the all in.
I open my hand and Joe says, "Pretty good flop for my hand..."
Oh Jesus. Joe shows Ad 4d 7h Jh. What? Wait! Did Joe Tehan really just call off half his stack preflop with that?
Oh My Gawd.
The turn is a 3h and I'm drawing dead. Well played Mr Tehan.
I'm down to 450.
A few hands later I get it all in with K K T 9. Joe calls from the big blind as the does the original raiser in seat 7.
The board runs out 3 J T 9 K. Don't you worry, Tehan shows the ole 2 8 Q J for the 2nd nut straight. The old guy shows A A 2 T.
The best part of the hand was that Joe talked the guy out of betting on the flop because there was no side pot.
Nice.
Normally I like Joe Tehan, but today is he's a fuck wit. Sorry Joe, you just earned the title and you really deserve it.
JDN
6.18.2009
$500 Venetian Deep Stack
I get to the Venetian 45 minutes late and there's a line 60 deep. Not all these people can be as lazy as me... or can they?
Table 74 seat 4.
15,000 in chips, 40 minute level. Game on!
Table draw:
Seat 1: Possible Euro but... I only say that because he's wearing white capris and sandals. He also has a tattoo on his arm that says "I DEAL IN LEAD.". WTF does that mean? Then he talks with a Southern drawl. I'm confused here.
Seat 2: RWG that looks like he bought his outfit at Metro Park. Too much going on there to describe. His gf is also sitting behind me on the rail which is annoying.
Seat 3: RAG that busts and is replaced by a ROWG
Seat 4: RAG
Seat 5: JDN. Oops I guess I'm in 5 and not 4. Too lazy to correct it.
Seat 6: ROWG
Seat 7: RYWG with a Jew Fro.
Seat 8: RAG.
Seat 9: Faux Euro with some horrid looking hair plugs. I wish could take a picture. With his hair line it looks like a stringy triangle on top of his head.
Seat 10: RYWG
Wait! Why am I only getting two cards here? And what's this no limit thing all about?
It's been a while go easy on me.
I DEAL IN LEAD (which I now think must be a line from Gunsmoke or Kenny Loggins) busts when he pushs in preflop with 8h 9h with 75 big blinds. Now the nonsense tattoo makes sense.
A RPG with a very bedazzled shirt takes his place.
I pick up AA in the 75/150 level and after a preflop raise I see a flop of 8d 9d 4s with the faux Euro. He check raises me to 2500. Hmmm. He's either got top pair or a flush draw. I briefly consider a set but I decide I can't be that unlucky already.
So I reraise him to 6000. I leave myself enough to fold if he moves in. Not that I would actually fold, I just want the option. He thinks for a few seconds before calling. Ha! Gotcha bitch!
The turn is another 4 and he checks to me. I move in for 7000.
They've sent two alternates to the table without chips. The Venetian is slowly turning into a Harrahs property.
In a multiway limped pot I flop a set of 7s on a Q T 7 flop. I bet out and get called by the ROWG to my right. He def has a Q.
The turn is a J. I bet out again. It takes him a few moments of thought before he calls. He really wanted to raise there. He's got QJ.
The river is a Q. Fuck!
I check he bets 1K into a 5K pot. Is that a value bet? Now I think he might have AQ or KQ. Only a moron would make that bet. Right? It's only 1K. I call.
He shows QJ. Lame!
I show him my smaller full house and he says, "I didn't know you were that strong."
"Next time I'll tell you by betting." I reply.
20K at first break.
I pretty much just play small ball for the next few level and get up to 32K before I play 77 vs the ROWG to my left. Again. He's my pocket 7s mush.
Needless to say I somehow lose 11K in the hand. Down to 17K.
In the last hand before break I pick up a nice 6K pot with AQ (I know, crazy!) and get up around 21K.
21K at break.
Had to lay down JJ to the kid in seat 10 after he put the squeeze on our raise and call. I showed him the jacks and he was mildly surprised. Maybe it wasn't a squeeze but he's one of two other peeps at this table that know what a squeeze is.
20K at color up.
Good gawd it freezing in here!
Just trying to hang on until dinner break so I can go to Chipotle and service my burrito addiction. I'll probably go there anyway, since I'm an addict.
In the big blind I call a 2700 raise from the faux Euro with Tc 7c. The flop comes T 8 6. I bet 5100 he calls. The turn is a Q. Hmmm. I check.
He thinks for a bit, long enough to figure out that he doesn't have anything, before he moves in for 9000 something. I call pretty quick and he shows Ad Kd.
Gotta fade 11 outs... and I do. Double up to 40Kish. Sweet.
Oh look at that. Beth "The Cougar" Shak is now following me on Twitter. Who's a bad kitty?
The table breaks and I get moved to a much warmer part of the casino.
This new table has a couple of RPGs, a RAG, and 1 lone ginger with a creepy soul patch. He looks like Shaft from Youngblood.
A few minutes before break I call an all in from a short stack with 44. He shows 9s 7s and he flops the ten high straight. WTF? Is he related to Jeremiah Smith?
41,700 at dinner break.
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I come back from dinner and lose 10K by calling preflop raises and check folding the flop.
Then the table breaks and I get moved to a table with a ton of chips. Awesome.
First hand dealt to me and I look down a 66. There was a raise in early position and I call. The flop is T 8 5. The old guy, who already had the chips in his hand, bets out 15K. I move in.
It takes him a few moments to call and I flip over my 66. He looks at the board, looks at his hand and looks at mine. I gotta be good here right?
It takes him about 30 seconds to turn over his hand, 77.
Nice slow roll douche bag.
Busto.
JD
Table 74 seat 4.
15,000 in chips, 40 minute level. Game on!
Table draw:
Seat 1: Possible Euro but... I only say that because he's wearing white capris and sandals. He also has a tattoo on his arm that says "I DEAL IN LEAD.". WTF does that mean? Then he talks with a Southern drawl. I'm confused here.
Seat 2: RWG that looks like he bought his outfit at Metro Park. Too much going on there to describe. His gf is also sitting behind me on the rail which is annoying.
Seat 3: RAG that busts and is replaced by a ROWG
Seat 4: RAG
Seat 5: JDN. Oops I guess I'm in 5 and not 4. Too lazy to correct it.
Seat 6: ROWG
Seat 7: RYWG with a Jew Fro.
Seat 8: RAG.
Seat 9: Faux Euro with some horrid looking hair plugs. I wish could take a picture. With his hair line it looks like a stringy triangle on top of his head.
Seat 10: RYWG
Wait! Why am I only getting two cards here? And what's this no limit thing all about?
It's been a while go easy on me.
I DEAL IN LEAD (which I now think must be a line from Gunsmoke or Kenny Loggins) busts when he pushs in preflop with 8h 9h with 75 big blinds. Now the nonsense tattoo makes sense.
A RPG with a very bedazzled shirt takes his place.
I pick up AA in the 75/150 level and after a preflop raise I see a flop of 8d 9d 4s with the faux Euro. He check raises me to 2500. Hmmm. He's either got top pair or a flush draw. I briefly consider a set but I decide I can't be that unlucky already.
So I reraise him to 6000. I leave myself enough to fold if he moves in. Not that I would actually fold, I just want the option. He thinks for a few seconds before calling. Ha! Gotcha bitch!
The turn is another 4 and he checks to me. I move in for 7000.
They've sent two alternates to the table without chips. The Venetian is slowly turning into a Harrahs property.
In a multiway limped pot I flop a set of 7s on a Q T 7 flop. I bet out and get called by the ROWG to my right. He def has a Q.
The turn is a J. I bet out again. It takes him a few moments of thought before he calls. He really wanted to raise there. He's got QJ.
The river is a Q. Fuck!
I check he bets 1K into a 5K pot. Is that a value bet? Now I think he might have AQ or KQ. Only a moron would make that bet. Right? It's only 1K. I call.
He shows QJ. Lame!
I show him my smaller full house and he says, "I didn't know you were that strong."
"Next time I'll tell you by betting." I reply.
20K at first break.
I pretty much just play small ball for the next few level and get up to 32K before I play 77 vs the ROWG to my left. Again. He's my pocket 7s mush.
Needless to say I somehow lose 11K in the hand. Down to 17K.
In the last hand before break I pick up a nice 6K pot with AQ (I know, crazy!) and get up around 21K.
21K at break.
Had to lay down JJ to the kid in seat 10 after he put the squeeze on our raise and call. I showed him the jacks and he was mildly surprised. Maybe it wasn't a squeeze but he's one of two other peeps at this table that know what a squeeze is.
20K at color up.
Good gawd it freezing in here!
Just trying to hang on until dinner break so I can go to Chipotle and service my burrito addiction. I'll probably go there anyway, since I'm an addict.
In the big blind I call a 2700 raise from the faux Euro with Tc 7c. The flop comes T 8 6. I bet 5100 he calls. The turn is a Q. Hmmm. I check.
He thinks for a bit, long enough to figure out that he doesn't have anything, before he moves in for 9000 something. I call pretty quick and he shows Ad Kd.
Gotta fade 11 outs... and I do. Double up to 40Kish. Sweet.
Oh look at that. Beth "The Cougar" Shak is now following me on Twitter. Who's a bad kitty?
The table breaks and I get moved to a much warmer part of the casino.
This new table has a couple of RPGs, a RAG, and 1 lone ginger with a creepy soul patch. He looks like Shaft from Youngblood.
A few minutes before break I call an all in from a short stack with 44. He shows 9s 7s and he flops the ten high straight. WTF? Is he related to Jeremiah Smith?
41,700 at dinner break.
Hi my name is JD and I have a problem...
I come back from dinner and lose 10K by calling preflop raises and check folding the flop.
Then the table breaks and I get moved to a table with a ton of chips. Awesome.
First hand dealt to me and I look down a 66. There was a raise in early position and I call. The flop is T 8 5. The old guy, who already had the chips in his hand, bets out 15K. I move in.
It takes him a few moments to call and I flip over my 66. He looks at the board, looks at his hand and looks at mine. I gotta be good here right?
It takes him about 30 seconds to turn over his hand, 77.
Nice slow roll douche bag.
Busto.
JD
WSOP $1500 HORSE
goat on horse!
I arrive a little late and have to wait for the big blind to start playing. I catch the last hand of Omaha and look down at Ah Ad 2d 5h. I raise and get called by 5 players and lose to the ole K 9.
Our second dealer didn't know there was a burn in stud. Half the table didn't know either.
My #2 stud mush David Singer sits down in seat 8.
Brasilia Room. Table 233. Seat 4.
Table draw:
Lakers win!!!
Roland de Wolfe wins!!!!
Seat 1: RWG
Seat 2: RWG
Seat 3: RWG
Seat 4: JDN
Seat 5: RWG
Seat 6: Random Lady. I don't know of what origins.
Seat 7: Russian Guy from the other HORSE
Seat 8: David Singer
The guy to my left check called 7th street in stud with trip aces. Of course I had trip 8s.
I go on a heater in the first level (where were you yesterday Mr Heater) and I head into the break with 6600.
After 2nd break I have 5000. On the first hand of hold'em I look down at 99 and raise it up. I get called by the doofus to my left and I bet out on a J T 6 board. He instaraises me. I could already see the chips in his hand before mine hit the felt.
So I reraise him. He calls. The turn is an A and I bet out, he calls. The river is something... I can't remember, but I bet out again and he calls with AQ. Moron.
The very next hand its raised by the new Asian kid in seat 6. I call from the big blind with QT. The flop is J 3 3. I check he bets I call. The turn is a 9, which I really like because it gives me an open ended straight draw. I'm figuring both of my cards are live too. No real read to get to that assumption. I just always assume I got two lives ones.
I bet he calls. The river is a blank and I fire out another bet leaving me 125 behind. I show him my 125 left, daring him to raise me. He decides to call with AK. Awesome.
Down to 125.
This should be the end of the story but its not. I double up twice and actually survive to Omaha.
In Omaha I look down Ad 3s 4s 5s and limp into a multiway pot. The flop is A 6 T. I get all my money and the turn is a 4. Think that just fucked me. The river is another low card giving me aces up and a 5 3 low. Don't you worry. David Singer has a flush and a 5 2 low.
Busto.
Oh and what are the odds that the same guy busts you out of 2 HORSE tournaments with a combined population of 1000 players in less than a week?
Even money if you're JDN
6.16.2009
WSOP $5K PLO8 Day 2
Amazon Room Table 88 Seat 4
I walk into the Amazon room and they announce that we're playing in the Brasilia room. Bah!
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG
Seat 2: Random White Chick. Last one in the tourney.
Seat 3: ROWG
Seat 4: JDN
Seat 5: Mickey Appleman, looking like he slept in a park.
Seat 6: RWG
Seat 7: Kevin Petterson
Seat 8: Andy Black
Seat 9: Empty
Mickey doubles the 2nd hand of the day, then busts seats 6 and 7 a few hands later.
At table breaks and we get a Random German Pokerstars Pro (RGPSP?) in seat 6, Alex Kravchenko in seat 7 and Brent Richey in seat 9.
I bust the RWG in seat 1 when my aces hold up against his A 2 3 x.
Up to 208K.
Mickey Appleman is a cockroach. He just can't bust. He got a sick call for all his chips from Andy Black, then tripled up, then lost all his chips, then doubled back up again.
Down to 45.
Mickey Appleman has a pager.
175K at break.
Chufty is moved to seat 1. He does not know how to play hi lo. Obv.
Down to 36 and another table breaks. Two short stacks get moved to our table and one of them is Jeff Lisandro.
It's awesome watching the Euros play PLO8 and really never considering the low part. Likewise the American players generally just go for the low.
Brain fart and I'm down to 100K. No details. I order a Heineken.
89K at dinner break.
Two hands after the end Of dinner break we lose a player. Down to 27 time for a redraw.
On to table 192 seat 4.
Other notables at the table:
Seat 1: Brent Richey
Seat 2: Andy Black
Seat 4: JDN
Seat 6: Andy Bloch
Seat 7: Chris Bell
Down to 23 players.
Ivey shows up to play 1 hand and busts. Then he heads back to the OE tournament to win another bracelet. Down to 21.
A short stack pots it in late position and I look down a A Q Q 6. I call from the big blind. The flop is A 5 7. I know for a fact that he has A 2 and that I have the best high hand. My biggest hope is that he's holding a 9 T in there too. Pretty sure all I got to do is avoid him making two pair and I'll scoop this hand. I willing to gamble on that so I bet pot.
He moves in. A 2 3? He shows Ac 2s 4c 9c. He's pretty much got the low locked up so I guess I gotta avoid the two pair. Turn 2. Fuck. River 2. Fuck fuck. He's scoops with a live 4 for the low.
We count out the stack and I have him covered by 4500. Awesome.
I get my 4500 in on the next hand and triple up to 12k. That doesn't last long when I call all but 1500 off when the lady gets me drawing dead on the turn.
I get my 1500 all in on the small blind and hit a flush to take half the pot and double to 3000.
A couple of hands later I double again to 6000.
On the last hand before break I'm the big blind and with 4000 and already committed to the pot I get all in with 9 6 5 7 vs the guy that I doubled up's A A x x.
Outsky in 21st.
Probably the most painful day I've ever had in poker. I couldn't win a hand. When I played tight I had to check fold the flop. When I gambled, I bricked out. I can only think of 2 hands that I picked up after the turn or scooped at show down. I could not catch a break.
I'm so drained by the day that I don't want to play poker again for a long time.
This is my 3rd bubble bust in as my years at the WSOP. HORSE HORSE PLO8. All in games that I consider myself to be above average in. This has been so brutal.
JDN
I walk into the Amazon room and they announce that we're playing in the Brasilia room. Bah!
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG
Seat 2: Random White Chick. Last one in the tourney.
Seat 3: ROWG
Seat 4: JDN
Seat 5: Mickey Appleman, looking like he slept in a park.
Seat 6: RWG
Seat 7: Kevin Petterson
Seat 8: Andy Black
Seat 9: Empty
Mickey doubles the 2nd hand of the day, then busts seats 6 and 7 a few hands later.
At table breaks and we get a Random German Pokerstars Pro (RGPSP?) in seat 6, Alex Kravchenko in seat 7 and Brent Richey in seat 9.
I bust the RWG in seat 1 when my aces hold up against his A 2 3 x.
Up to 208K.
Mickey Appleman is a cockroach. He just can't bust. He got a sick call for all his chips from Andy Black, then tripled up, then lost all his chips, then doubled back up again.
Down to 45.
Mickey Appleman has a pager.
175K at break.
Chufty is moved to seat 1. He does not know how to play hi lo. Obv.
Down to 36 and another table breaks. Two short stacks get moved to our table and one of them is Jeff Lisandro.
It's awesome watching the Euros play PLO8 and really never considering the low part. Likewise the American players generally just go for the low.
Brain fart and I'm down to 100K. No details. I order a Heineken.
89K at dinner break.
Two hands after the end Of dinner break we lose a player. Down to 27 time for a redraw.
On to table 192 seat 4.
Other notables at the table:
Seat 1: Brent Richey
Seat 2: Andy Black
Seat 4: JDN
Seat 6: Andy Bloch
Seat 7: Chris Bell
Down to 23 players.
Ivey shows up to play 1 hand and busts. Then he heads back to the OE tournament to win another bracelet. Down to 21.
A short stack pots it in late position and I look down a A Q Q 6. I call from the big blind. The flop is A 5 7. I know for a fact that he has A 2 and that I have the best high hand. My biggest hope is that he's holding a 9 T in there too. Pretty sure all I got to do is avoid him making two pair and I'll scoop this hand. I willing to gamble on that so I bet pot.
He moves in. A 2 3? He shows Ac 2s 4c 9c. He's pretty much got the low locked up so I guess I gotta avoid the two pair. Turn 2. Fuck. River 2. Fuck fuck. He's scoops with a live 4 for the low.
We count out the stack and I have him covered by 4500. Awesome.
I get my 4500 in on the next hand and triple up to 12k. That doesn't last long when I call all but 1500 off when the lady gets me drawing dead on the turn.
I get my 1500 all in on the small blind and hit a flush to take half the pot and double to 3000.
A couple of hands later I double again to 6000.
On the last hand before break I'm the big blind and with 4000 and already committed to the pot I get all in with 9 6 5 7 vs the guy that I doubled up's A A x x.
Outsky in 21st.
Probably the most painful day I've ever had in poker. I couldn't win a hand. When I played tight I had to check fold the flop. When I gambled, I bricked out. I can only think of 2 hands that I picked up after the turn or scooped at show down. I could not catch a break.
I'm so drained by the day that I don't want to play poker again for a long time.
This is my 3rd bubble bust in as my years at the WSOP. HORSE HORSE PLO8. All in games that I consider myself to be above average in. This has been so brutal.
JDN
6.13.2009
WSOP $5K Pot Limit Omaha 8 or better
Brasilia Room. Table 242. Seat 3.
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5000 in chips with 2 rebuy chips worth 5000 each.
I sweat Gavin for a bit in the stud8 / Omaha 8 tourney where he tries to get our Prince Albert bet on again. I turn it down, which I think, it a good fold on my part.
Table draw:
Seat 1: Justin Smith aka Boosted J. He just busted in 9th from the 2-7 No limit. Hopefully he's on tilt.
Seat 2: Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori
Seat 3: JDN
Seat 4: ROWG possible Euro
Seat 5: Random FTP Pro. Def Euro
Seat 6: RWG
Seat 7: ROWG
Seat 8: John Racecar
Seat 9: Internet Nerd with a Thunder Cats shirt on.
Max doubles me up when we both blank out on a board of 7s 9h Qh 4d 4c. I held Ah 7h x x vs his Kh Jh Th 9s. Sweet. Back up to 5000.
4500 at first break.
I gotta fold big starting hands on the flop in the 3rd level and get down to 1550. Time to use my rebuy chips.
For the first time tonight I pot it preflop to 1050 with Ac As Ks Qc. I get called 5 ways. WTF? The flop is 4 5 5. Check fold by me.
I bust the old guy next to me when he calls off all his chips with a low draw and gets counterfeited with the 2 that makes my straight.
After Thunder Cats Noooo busts and Kathy Liebert takes his seat.
I make a redonkculous lay down preflop, and I made it really quick.
I pot it in early position with A 2 Q Q to 1400 and John Racecar repots to 5K. He can only do that with 1 hand A A 2 x. Even if he has A 2 K K, I'm a huge dog. I fold. Bah!
John Racecar has been playing pretty tight. Very ABC for PLO8. So when he raises there, I know he has a big hand.
A couple of hands later into a limped pot I flop 3 pair with Q 2 7 and bet out 1200. The kid to my right repots it to 4800. WTF? Really? He has to hit the ole 1 outter for a set?
This kid is not an idiot, he's not doing it with A3. I fold. Blah fucker!
11,200 at dinner break.
Shortly after the dinner break ended I get moved to a new table. This one seems to gave more gamble than the other one.
The highlights are as follows:
Seat 1: Burno Fitoussi
Seat 2: JDN (yes I'm a highlight. I write this shit out!)
Seat 5: Rob Mizrachi
Seat 7: Ross Boatman
Seat 8: David Bach
Seat 9: Chip Jett
David Bach out!
I fold my way down to 8700 before it's folded to Bruno in the small blind. He pots it and I look down A A 4 7. I repot to 4500, Bruno puts me all in for 8700.
He shows A 2 3 9. Aces hold up and I double up to 17K.
Bruno out. He played like he had better things to do.
Man I'm tired.
A big stack RWG takes seat one.
Seat 3 busts and is replaced by a Random Euro FTP Pro. (REFTP?)
Rib Mizrachi is a beast. He's so aggressive that every time he folds preflop the guy on his right raises. Together they're kinda running over the table.
Man I'm tired.
17300 on break.
I pick up a few pots in the 400/800 by being aggressive and get up around 25K.
Then I pot it under the gun with Ad 2h 5s 7s. Rob Mizrachi calls. The flop falls 7 6 9. I bet 4500 and Rob calls.
The turn is a 4 and I check. I'm just trying to see where I'm at. Rob moves me all in.
Sooo I guess that where I'm at. I'm probably getting quartered but I have the straight redraw. Ok I call.
Rob asks me if I have A 2. I say yes and he says he thought he had A 2 too. Oh wow. He's embarrassed to turn over his hand.
Rob shows A 3 J Q. Wow.
The river is a T. Scoop! Pair of 7s for the high and A2 for the low. 51K. Ship it!
Table breaks and I get move to the next table to break. That's how I roll. Andy Bloch and Scott Clements are here.
I flop a set of deuces on a 2 6 T board and check raise the kid from my first table, all in. I show A 2 2 3 and he's got A A 3 Q. The turn is another T.
I got the high locked up since Andy Block threw away an ace.
The river is a lovely 9 that allows me to scoop! Up to 80K. That's double average ladies and gents!
The tables breaks (again) and I'm moved to a table with Daniel Negranue and Chris Reslock.
One more level and I can sleep.
I decide to play tight at this next table. So I bust 2 short stack players in one hand and get up to 100K. Yeah boy.
Then with about 10 minutes left in the level, I look down at Ac 2c x x. Its potted preflop and called 5 ways.
The flop is 3c 4c Ks. I like that. The old guy next to me bets 10K. I repot it to 38K. Everyone folds back to him. He tanks it. Shit. He's got a set of kings. I'm too tired and I didn't even take the time to think about what he had before I raised.
I got too much money in there and I make the decision to get it all in on the turn regardless of what it is. Oh, and BTW, he started the hand with about 70K.
The turn is the 9h and he shoves. I have to call. He show the Kh Kc for top set, I show my Ac 2c for nut low nut flush draw.
River is the Qc. Ding bitches!
The day ends two hands later and I bag up 185,900 in chips. That's good for chip leader and that's 50K more than anyone else.
Man I'm tired.
Back tomorrow at 2pm. You can also follow me on twitter @jdnewitt and on Poker Road's Twitter page at http://tweet.pkrrd.com/nation
JDN
Thank you. Thank you very much.
5000 in chips with 2 rebuy chips worth 5000 each.
I sweat Gavin for a bit in the stud8 / Omaha 8 tourney where he tries to get our Prince Albert bet on again. I turn it down, which I think, it a good fold on my part.
Table draw:
Seat 1: Justin Smith aka Boosted J. He just busted in 9th from the 2-7 No limit. Hopefully he's on tilt.
Seat 2: Max "The Italian Pirate" Pescatori
Seat 3: JDN
Seat 4: ROWG possible Euro
Seat 5: Random FTP Pro. Def Euro
Seat 6: RWG
Seat 7: ROWG
Seat 8: John Racecar
Seat 9: Internet Nerd with a Thunder Cats shirt on.
Max doubles me up when we both blank out on a board of 7s 9h Qh 4d 4c. I held Ah 7h x x vs his Kh Jh Th 9s. Sweet. Back up to 5000.
4500 at first break.
I gotta fold big starting hands on the flop in the 3rd level and get down to 1550. Time to use my rebuy chips.
For the first time tonight I pot it preflop to 1050 with Ac As Ks Qc. I get called 5 ways. WTF? The flop is 4 5 5. Check fold by me.
I bust the old guy next to me when he calls off all his chips with a low draw and gets counterfeited with the 2 that makes my straight.
After Thunder Cats Noooo busts and Kathy Liebert takes his seat.
I make a redonkculous lay down preflop, and I made it really quick.
I pot it in early position with A 2 Q Q to 1400 and John Racecar repots to 5K. He can only do that with 1 hand A A 2 x. Even if he has A 2 K K, I'm a huge dog. I fold. Bah!
John Racecar has been playing pretty tight. Very ABC for PLO8. So when he raises there, I know he has a big hand.
A couple of hands later into a limped pot I flop 3 pair with Q 2 7 and bet out 1200. The kid to my right repots it to 4800. WTF? Really? He has to hit the ole 1 outter for a set?
This kid is not an idiot, he's not doing it with A3. I fold. Blah fucker!
11,200 at dinner break.
Shortly after the dinner break ended I get moved to a new table. This one seems to gave more gamble than the other one.
The highlights are as follows:
Seat 1: Burno Fitoussi
Seat 2: JDN (yes I'm a highlight. I write this shit out!)
Seat 5: Rob Mizrachi
Seat 7: Ross Boatman
Seat 8: David Bach
Seat 9: Chip Jett
David Bach out!
I fold my way down to 8700 before it's folded to Bruno in the small blind. He pots it and I look down A A 4 7. I repot to 4500, Bruno puts me all in for 8700.
He shows A 2 3 9. Aces hold up and I double up to 17K.
Bruno out. He played like he had better things to do.
Man I'm tired.
A big stack RWG takes seat one.
Seat 3 busts and is replaced by a Random Euro FTP Pro. (REFTP?)
Rib Mizrachi is a beast. He's so aggressive that every time he folds preflop the guy on his right raises. Together they're kinda running over the table.
Man I'm tired.
17300 on break.
I pick up a few pots in the 400/800 by being aggressive and get up around 25K.
Then I pot it under the gun with Ad 2h 5s 7s. Rob Mizrachi calls. The flop falls 7 6 9. I bet 4500 and Rob calls.
The turn is a 4 and I check. I'm just trying to see where I'm at. Rob moves me all in.
Sooo I guess that where I'm at. I'm probably getting quartered but I have the straight redraw. Ok I call.
Rob asks me if I have A 2. I say yes and he says he thought he had A 2 too. Oh wow. He's embarrassed to turn over his hand.
Rob shows A 3 J Q. Wow.
The river is a T. Scoop! Pair of 7s for the high and A2 for the low. 51K. Ship it!
Table breaks and I get move to the next table to break. That's how I roll. Andy Bloch and Scott Clements are here.
I flop a set of deuces on a 2 6 T board and check raise the kid from my first table, all in. I show A 2 2 3 and he's got A A 3 Q. The turn is another T.
I got the high locked up since Andy Block threw away an ace.
The river is a lovely 9 that allows me to scoop! Up to 80K. That's double average ladies and gents!
The tables breaks (again) and I'm moved to a table with Daniel Negranue and Chris Reslock.
One more level and I can sleep.
I decide to play tight at this next table. So I bust 2 short stack players in one hand and get up to 100K. Yeah boy.
Then with about 10 minutes left in the level, I look down at Ac 2c x x. Its potted preflop and called 5 ways.
The flop is 3c 4c Ks. I like that. The old guy next to me bets 10K. I repot it to 38K. Everyone folds back to him. He tanks it. Shit. He's got a set of kings. I'm too tired and I didn't even take the time to think about what he had before I raised.
I got too much money in there and I make the decision to get it all in on the turn regardless of what it is. Oh, and BTW, he started the hand with about 70K.
The turn is the 9h and he shoves. I have to call. He show the Kh Kc for top set, I show my Ac 2c for nut low nut flush draw.
River is the Qc. Ding bitches!
The day ends two hands later and I bag up 185,900 in chips. That's good for chip leader and that's 50K more than anyone else.
Man I'm tired.
Back tomorrow at 2pm. You can also follow me on twitter @jdnewitt and on Poker Road's Twitter page at http://tweet.pkrrd.com/nation
JDN
6.11.2009
WSOP $3K HORSE
Apparently, I made a must win bet with Gavin last night. If either of us win, the other has to get a Prince Albert piercing. Yes. That's a ring through your peener. God I hope I win and he doesn't.
Brasilia Room Table 229 Seat 7
15100 in chips.
Table draw: (This one is a beast)
Seat 1: RPG
Seat 2: RWG
Seat 3: RWG, a Ginger.
Seat 4: Doyle Brunson
Seat 5: Kieth Sexton
Seat 6: Jennifer Harman
Seat 7: JDN
Seat 8: David Singer
Aiyeah! Not only are they "name" players, they're all very good at stud. I think I'm gonna have to get lucky today.
Annnd I really can't get lucky can I? I get chopped down to 5K pretty quick. Mostly due to Singer when he out draws me for a low in Stud 8.
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Singer has his own game cards. Too bad we're playing omaha when this was taken.
Back up to 15K before I get into a big Razz hand with Singer and Jen. I have a 6 (4 3), Jen has a 5 showing and there's an ace up for Singer.
To cut a bad beat story short, David wins the pot with a Q T low and I lose with a K 6 low.
Down to 3500.
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My little stack is so sad.
Jen busts. I totally thought I would be the first to go today.
I kinda double up to 4200 in stud8 when I go for the low and get an ace high flush to chop it up.
I look down a 7 (7 3) in stud 8 and I complete to 1K. Singer, with a Jh showing raises to 2K. The goofball in seat 2 reraises to 3K with a 5 showing. I rereraise to 4k and both players called. I hit a 5 on 4th street and put my last 400 in.
Needless to say brick brick brick for me and I never improve on my 77. Singer on the other hand Started the hand with Jh (5h 6h) and called 4 bets. Thats playing a little loose there Mr Singer.
Oh well I bust out. I'm not upset. I played good and just got out drawn on all my big hands.
I think I've played so good these last few tournaments, I'm actually encouraged to play some more. In fact I'm going to play the $5K PLO8 on Friday... now I just need to find someone to put me in.
JDN
6.10.2009
WSOP #21 3K HORSE
The very first hand of hold'em I pick up queens and after my raise I have 4 callers. An ace flops and I call a bet to see the turn. It's not a queen and fold to another bet.
Not a good start.
Then I look down at queens again on the 3rd hand of the tournament. They hold up against a flush draw and I take down a nice 1st level pot.
That's a good sign.
Up 1K in 8 hands of hold'em.
Brasilia Room Table 198 Seat 7
I pick up another $600 in Omaha and I can clearly see the Laker game in the other side of the room. It's not ideal but it will work.
10K at break.
I run up to the iBar to meet Layne for a couple of Mango tangos while we watch the end of the first half of the Laker game.
When I get back to my table Phil Ivey is in seat 8. To my left. Great. Not only is he pretty good at poker, he's the luckiest player on the planet.
Table Draw:
Seat 1: RWG with a yellow fishing hat and a teddy bear sweatshirt on.
Seat 2: Old black guy named Ozzie that I used to play with at Hollywood Park.
Seat 3: Doyle's man servant.
Seat 4: ROWG with a sombrero
Seat 5: Older Russian guy that I've played with a lot.
Seat 6: RWG named Chad. Talks too much.
Seat 7: me myself and I
Seat 8: Phil Ivey
Omaha sucks and I did not play every hand. I just made bad calls on the river. Gotta stop doing that.
Ivey turns out to be my mush. I don 't win a hand for a whole level thanks to Phillip. 6K going into the 3rd level.
I finally win a hand in Razz against Phillip and get back up to 9K.
The Lakers just tied it up at 99 with 2 minutes left. Phillip has big money on Orlando. Noob.
Phillip is steaming slightly.
In stud, I complete with 7c (Tc 7d). Phillip raises to 400 and I call. 4th street for me is the 7s. I double bet and Phillip calls.
To make a lame story short, he calls me down the whole way and hits his club flush on 7th street.
Now this is where lucky Phillip comes into play. If he would have been paying attention to the poker game and not the basketball game he would have noticed that there were 4 clubs up and I had 2 more showing by the end of the hand.
So Phillip had to hit a 3 outer on 7th to beat me in a 6K pot.
That's how he rolls.
1725 at break. Yes 1725.
Second hand back from break I'm in the big blind and Phillip tries to raise from under the gun. But he only puts out 400 and the blinds are 150/300. That's a call. (BTW he had just raised to 600 the hand before).
Anywhoo I flop 2 pair with T2 and get called down by Ozzie and double to 3800.
Chau Chang moves to my right. Better awesome.
Back up to 5K with what I assume was a running bluff with 5s in stud. Got the Russian to fold on 6th street.
Chau Chau is petite. And he has dry hands. Long nails too.
5500 going into level 6.
I get it up to 6K before someone decides to limp for the first time in hold'em.
I call 200 from the small blind with Kh5h and Phillip checks his big blind. The flop is Ah 2h 6d. I check and Phillip bets out as expected. Ozzie, the OG limper raises to 800. I call. Phillip folds.
The turn is the Ks and I check call Ozzie.
The river is a Q and it's check check. Ozzie shows A8 off. Nice limp. Phillip cost me another 400 in chips. He's so bad for me.
4200.
I 3/4 a pot with guy wearing a sombrero to get back up to 6K.
Sometimes I play a pretty good short stack.
Just lost everything when I flopped a set of aces and lost to runner runner wheel. Down to 1600.
Doubled up in Razz against Doyle's man servant when I make a 9 6 low on 7th street.
3600 at break. Joe Stapleton is wearing a pink shirt.
I get all my chips in drawing to an 8 in razz against Ozzie and I actually get there. Back up to 8K.
88. That's lucky.
I think Terrence Chan got moved to my table.
No it's not Terrence. It's that Asian Accountant guy that got deep in the main event. Excuse my whiteness.
I didn't think I'd ever say this but thank god for limit hold'em. I get aggressive with two hands and take them both down on the turn.
Wait a second. Chau's male masseuse is getting way to close to me.
Anyway I check raise with AJ on a K Q x x board to win it and fire out with 7c7d on a Qd 9h 2d 3d board too.
Up to 17K when that Schwartz guy from the final table moves to out table.
Table break.
I move to table 239 with 15k.
Nick Frangos is on my left and Dario Alioto is in seat 3. There's also a female pokerstars pro in seat 5. She's from Brazil. No clue as to who she is.
Dario hits a royal on the last hand of limit hold'em. Luck sack.
Daniel walked by and winked at me.... What does that mean?
I end the day with 15100. I'm very happy about that and I'm even happier that Phillip has busted.
On to Day 2!
Not a good start.
Then I look down at queens again on the 3rd hand of the tournament. They hold up against a flush draw and I take down a nice 1st level pot.
That's a good sign.
Up 1K in 8 hands of hold'em.
Brasilia Room Table 198 Seat 7
I pick up another $600 in Omaha and I can clearly see the Laker game in the other side of the room. It's not ideal but it will work.
10K at break.
I run up to the iBar to meet Layne for a couple of Mango tangos while we watch the end of the first half of the Laker game.
When I get back to my table Phil Ivey is in seat 8. To my left. Great. Not only is he pretty good at poker, he's the luckiest player on the planet.
Table Draw:
Seat 1: RWG with a yellow fishing hat and a teddy bear sweatshirt on.
Seat 2: Old black guy named Ozzie that I used to play with at Hollywood Park.
Seat 3: Doyle's man servant.
Seat 4: ROWG with a sombrero
Seat 5: Older Russian guy that I've played with a lot.
Seat 6: RWG named Chad. Talks too much.
Seat 7: me myself and I
Seat 8: Phil Ivey
Omaha sucks and I did not play every hand. I just made bad calls on the river. Gotta stop doing that.
Ivey turns out to be my mush. I don 't win a hand for a whole level thanks to Phillip. 6K going into the 3rd level.
I finally win a hand in Razz against Phillip and get back up to 9K.
The Lakers just tied it up at 99 with 2 minutes left. Phillip has big money on Orlando. Noob.
Phillip is steaming slightly.
In stud, I complete with 7c (Tc 7d). Phillip raises to 400 and I call. 4th street for me is the 7s. I double bet and Phillip calls.
To make a lame story short, he calls me down the whole way and hits his club flush on 7th street.
Now this is where lucky Phillip comes into play. If he would have been paying attention to the poker game and not the basketball game he would have noticed that there were 4 clubs up and I had 2 more showing by the end of the hand.
So Phillip had to hit a 3 outer on 7th to beat me in a 6K pot.
That's how he rolls.
1725 at break. Yes 1725.
Second hand back from break I'm in the big blind and Phillip tries to raise from under the gun. But he only puts out 400 and the blinds are 150/300. That's a call. (BTW he had just raised to 600 the hand before).
Anywhoo I flop 2 pair with T2 and get called down by Ozzie and double to 3800.
Chau Chang moves to my right. Better awesome.
Back up to 5K with what I assume was a running bluff with 5s in stud. Got the Russian to fold on 6th street.
Chau Chau is petite. And he has dry hands. Long nails too.
5500 going into level 6.
I get it up to 6K before someone decides to limp for the first time in hold'em.
I call 200 from the small blind with Kh5h and Phillip checks his big blind. The flop is Ah 2h 6d. I check and Phillip bets out as expected. Ozzie, the OG limper raises to 800. I call. Phillip folds.
The turn is the Ks and I check call Ozzie.
The river is a Q and it's check check. Ozzie shows A8 off. Nice limp. Phillip cost me another 400 in chips. He's so bad for me.
4200.
I 3/4 a pot with guy wearing a sombrero to get back up to 6K.
Sometimes I play a pretty good short stack.
Just lost everything when I flopped a set of aces and lost to runner runner wheel. Down to 1600.
Doubled up in Razz against Doyle's man servant when I make a 9 6 low on 7th street.
3600 at break. Joe Stapleton is wearing a pink shirt.
I get all my chips in drawing to an 8 in razz against Ozzie and I actually get there. Back up to 8K.
88. That's lucky.
I think Terrence Chan got moved to my table.
No it's not Terrence. It's that Asian Accountant guy that got deep in the main event. Excuse my whiteness.
I didn't think I'd ever say this but thank god for limit hold'em. I get aggressive with two hands and take them both down on the turn.
Wait a second. Chau's male masseuse is getting way to close to me.
Anyway I check raise with AJ on a K Q x x board to win it and fire out with 7c7d on a Qd 9h 2d 3d board too.
Up to 17K when that Schwartz guy from the final table moves to out table.
Table break.
I move to table 239 with 15k.
Nick Frangos is on my left and Dario Alioto is in seat 3. There's also a female pokerstars pro in seat 5. She's from Brazil. No clue as to who she is.
Dario hits a royal on the last hand of limit hold'em. Luck sack.
Daniel walked by and winked at me.... What does that mean?
I end the day with 15100. I'm very happy about that and I'm even happier that Phillip has busted.
On to Day 2!
6.09.2009
$500 HORSE at the Venetian
I get to the Venetian around the start time of 4pm and there's a line. A line? At the Venetian? For a HORSE tournament?
Whatever. I head over to the sportsbook to collect on my awesome bet on Brett Rogers to beat Andrei Arlovski in the MMA fight last night.
So that means this tourney is a FREEROLL!!!!
Table 75 seat 8
We start with 10K in chips and 20 minutes for each game. I still don't understand why they don't change the game every 8 hands. If Harrahs and the WSOP can do it, so can the Venetian. At least I would assume so.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG aka Douche Bag
Seat 2: ROWG, possibly a Euro. He also has the biggest fanny pack evar! Matusow would be jealous. If he pulled his shirt over it, he would look very preggers.
Seat 3: Agro Euro that I've played with before. I think he's Italian.
Seat 4: RBG
Seat 5: RAG with an Affliction shirt on. Bordering on douchiness but I'm not going to tap the aquarium.
Seat 6: RYWG. He's pretty bad at all the games.
Seat 7: ROWG
Seat 8: J to the D to the N
I play drum tight for the first 5 levels, they're only 20 minutes long and nothing interesting happens.
I get to the first break with 11750
I decide to put on a clinic in the 2nd round of razz. I pick up 4 or 5 pots before the show down with a face showing or a pair visible. It helps that people are checking out of turn and the Asian kid pretty much tells you his hand with his facial expressions. I like my table.
I got 15K when we head into the stud level.
The douche in seat 1 opens up his hand on 7th street in stud8 before I can act. He's got 22 for a high. I have a 76 low no pair.
I check and open my hand and split the pot. Wait! Damn it! I should have bet. There's no way he could've called.
Well, he's bad enough that he might have.
14k going into the 2nd break and the Lakers are in overtime.
I chop down fanny pack guy in hold'em and he busts a few hands later.
Agro Euro busts at the beginning of Omaha. They're probably the first two out of the tourney.
Fucking Omaha! In a massive 4 way pot I lose 3500 with 3s full of 4s vs 3s full of 5s. Two other donks were playing nut lows. I thought I was taking half the pot and even when the cards were turned over I still thought I was getting half because the Affliction Asian said he had a 7 high straight. Then he saw his full house. Bah.
Down to 11K.
Here comes razz!
Ok... I'm either the wrostest or the bestest razz player. I personally think I'm reading the other players hands really well and making great bets.
I win two big pots when I'm the bring with a 9, and with the Ks. Got paid off the whole way with Ks hand when I make a 7 5 4 2 A low.
I know it sounds like a bad play, but believe me. It played it perfect.
Up to 15500.
The numbers are in! 230 players, 34K for 1st place. That would be nice.
16600 at break. I think the payouts are wrong. It's paying out 18 spots for an 8 handed tourney. That's probably wrong. I'm gonna start some shit.
Look like that's the way they pay out. Couldn't get in a TDA fight. Damn.
Cyndy Violette, Roy Winston, and Hollywood Douche (Dave), sightings on break. Times are tough.
I get a little frisky in the hold'em level and fire 4 bullets with A high and a gutter ball. The Afflicted Asian finally called thinking he was losing. Awesome.
Omaha sucks. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
Frankie O'Dell moves to our table. Lovely.
9400 at dinner break.
I see an awesome hooker on hooker fight in front of the Venetian. I got a burrito in hand and I'm just waiting fir the titties to start flying.
They never make an appearance but the quote of the fight was, "Lemme catch my breath. I smoke."
I love las vegas sometimes.
On the 2nd hand of razz I have an ace showing with a 3 5 in the hole. I complete and Frankie raises with a 5 showing. The Afflicted Asian calls with a 5 showing, and someone else calls.
On 4th street Frankie catches a 9, the Asian gets a Ten, other guy gets a Q and I get a 6. Sweet. I'm first to act and I bet out. Frankie raises. What? The Asian with the T calls. Wait!
Other guy folds and I ask the dealer if we're playing razz. He says yes and I raise. Don't you worry. It gets capped 3 ways.
On 5th street Frankie gets a K, the Asian hits a J and I have a K. I bet. Call call.
Morons. I'm drawing to a 6 while they're drawing to a 9 and a ten.
6th street pairs Frankie's K, pairs the Asian's J and pairs my 6. I'm still way ahead. I bet.
Call call. I have 700 left and I put it in blind before the I get dealt 7th street.
Frankie calls and so does the Asian. WHAT THE FUCK!? Really?
I squeeze my and hand I see that I pick up the last K in the deck to get a pair of sixes for a low. Frankie flips over his 98 low like its the nuts and it is. The Asian drew a 10 7 low.
I stand up and tell Frankie to be really proud of that hand. Fucking morons.
I've never been so mad after a hand as I was after that one. I really don't have the words for it.
So I take all the money in my pocket to the blackjack table and try to lose it all.
Some how I make money and end up for the day. I'm still steaming though.
$3K WSOP HORSE is up next for me.
JDN
Whatever. I head over to the sportsbook to collect on my awesome bet on Brett Rogers to beat Andrei Arlovski in the MMA fight last night.
So that means this tourney is a FREEROLL!!!!
Table 75 seat 8
We start with 10K in chips and 20 minutes for each game. I still don't understand why they don't change the game every 8 hands. If Harrahs and the WSOP can do it, so can the Venetian. At least I would assume so.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG aka Douche Bag
Seat 2: ROWG, possibly a Euro. He also has the biggest fanny pack evar! Matusow would be jealous. If he pulled his shirt over it, he would look very preggers.
Seat 3: Agro Euro that I've played with before. I think he's Italian.
Seat 4: RBG
Seat 5: RAG with an Affliction shirt on. Bordering on douchiness but I'm not going to tap the aquarium.
Seat 6: RYWG. He's pretty bad at all the games.
Seat 7: ROWG
Seat 8: J to the D to the N
I play drum tight for the first 5 levels, they're only 20 minutes long and nothing interesting happens.
I get to the first break with 11750
I decide to put on a clinic in the 2nd round of razz. I pick up 4 or 5 pots before the show down with a face showing or a pair visible. It helps that people are checking out of turn and the Asian kid pretty much tells you his hand with his facial expressions. I like my table.
I got 15K when we head into the stud level.
The douche in seat 1 opens up his hand on 7th street in stud8 before I can act. He's got 22 for a high. I have a 76 low no pair.
I check and open my hand and split the pot. Wait! Damn it! I should have bet. There's no way he could've called.
Well, he's bad enough that he might have.
14k going into the 2nd break and the Lakers are in overtime.
I chop down fanny pack guy in hold'em and he busts a few hands later.
Agro Euro busts at the beginning of Omaha. They're probably the first two out of the tourney.
Fucking Omaha! In a massive 4 way pot I lose 3500 with 3s full of 4s vs 3s full of 5s. Two other donks were playing nut lows. I thought I was taking half the pot and even when the cards were turned over I still thought I was getting half because the Affliction Asian said he had a 7 high straight. Then he saw his full house. Bah.
Down to 11K.
Here comes razz!
Ok... I'm either the wrostest or the bestest razz player. I personally think I'm reading the other players hands really well and making great bets.
I win two big pots when I'm the bring with a 9, and with the Ks. Got paid off the whole way with Ks hand when I make a 7 5 4 2 A low.
I know it sounds like a bad play, but believe me. It played it perfect.
Up to 15500.
The numbers are in! 230 players, 34K for 1st place. That would be nice.
16600 at break. I think the payouts are wrong. It's paying out 18 spots for an 8 handed tourney. That's probably wrong. I'm gonna start some shit.
Look like that's the way they pay out. Couldn't get in a TDA fight. Damn.
Cyndy Violette, Roy Winston, and Hollywood Douche (Dave), sightings on break. Times are tough.
I get a little frisky in the hold'em level and fire 4 bullets with A high and a gutter ball. The Afflicted Asian finally called thinking he was losing. Awesome.
Omaha sucks. That's all I'm gonna say about that.
Frankie O'Dell moves to our table. Lovely.
9400 at dinner break.
I see an awesome hooker on hooker fight in front of the Venetian. I got a burrito in hand and I'm just waiting fir the titties to start flying.
They never make an appearance but the quote of the fight was, "Lemme catch my breath. I smoke."
I love las vegas sometimes.
On the 2nd hand of razz I have an ace showing with a 3 5 in the hole. I complete and Frankie raises with a 5 showing. The Afflicted Asian calls with a 5 showing, and someone else calls.
On 4th street Frankie catches a 9, the Asian gets a Ten, other guy gets a Q and I get a 6. Sweet. I'm first to act and I bet out. Frankie raises. What? The Asian with the T calls. Wait!
Other guy folds and I ask the dealer if we're playing razz. He says yes and I raise. Don't you worry. It gets capped 3 ways.
On 5th street Frankie gets a K, the Asian hits a J and I have a K. I bet. Call call.
Morons. I'm drawing to a 6 while they're drawing to a 9 and a ten.
6th street pairs Frankie's K, pairs the Asian's J and pairs my 6. I'm still way ahead. I bet.
Call call. I have 700 left and I put it in blind before the I get dealt 7th street.
Frankie calls and so does the Asian. WHAT THE FUCK!? Really?
I squeeze my and hand I see that I pick up the last K in the deck to get a pair of sixes for a low. Frankie flips over his 98 low like its the nuts and it is. The Asian drew a 10 7 low.
I stand up and tell Frankie to be really proud of that hand. Fucking morons.
I've never been so mad after a hand as I was after that one. I really don't have the words for it.
So I take all the money in my pocket to the blackjack table and try to lose it all.
Some how I make money and end up for the day. I'm still steaming though.
$3K WSOP HORSE is up next for me.
JDN
Venetian Deep Stack $500 NLH
I decided yesterday to play this tourney rather than the WSOP $5K because I knew the players would be much more weak here. I feel that I'll have an advantage over the average player here compared to the ones at the Rio and... who am I kidding? I don't have the bank roll to play a $5K.
I'm slum'n it at the Venetian.
Table 81... holy shit! Table 81! I'm almost in the sports book. Seat 5.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG that is either homeless or he had a really long night.
Seat 2: RWG and that's all I'm gonna say about him.
Seat 3: Alan Smurfit. Wait, what? Does this guy own shipyards in Ireland? And a casino or 2?
Seat 4: ROWG
Seat 5: The hero with a heart of gold, JDN
Seat 6: ROWG with a lot of tells. It's awesome. I've called out his hand twice.
Seat 7: RAG, the hungover Filipino.
Seat 8: Rocker Dude. Looks like he shops at Hot Topic.
Seat 9: ROWG
Seat 10: RWG with an arm sock and peeling skin. Possibly a leper.
After an under the gun min raise and a call, I look down at KK and raise to 1500. The hungover Filipino calls as does the original raiser. The flop is A high, as if there was ever a doubt, and we check it to the river when Mr Hangover decides to bet 5K. Wha....
OG raiser folds and I fold my KK face up. Blah.
A little later on, The Leper in seat 10 limps under the gun. I raise to 700 with QQ and the big blind calls before The Leper reraise to 5K. Yes 5K.
Well there's only one hand he could have there. Right? Wrong.
I fold pretty quickly and the big blind moves in. Holy moley. The Leper quickly calls and shows KK. Big blind shows AK. Wow. Those are a couple of amazing plays.
A king flops and the ROWG in seat 9 is busto.
A couple of hands before the first break the Rocker Dude raise to 700 in early position. I look down at JJ in the big blind and merely call. Bad move.
I'll spare myself from recounting the whole hand but he got it all in on the river with the board reading 7 8 Q 7 6. He showed 88. Damn it Beavis!!
5750 at break.
To ease my pain I place a bet on tonight's MMA fight. Of course I pick the underdog that needs to suck out to win and play a little video poker. Up $25 and I head back to the tourney.
Alan Smurfit has pulled out his WSOP bracelet and is showing it to his neighbors. Tacky!
Then it's double up time!! My KK vs Rocker Dude's QQ. I'm up to 13,725 before I lose 4200 with JJ vs The Leper's AA.
Around 9000 going into the 200/400 level.
The homeless guy in seat 1 raises to 1K under the gun and I call with two red 7s. The Hungover Filapino calls too.
The flop falls, 5h 9h 2d. Check check to me and I bet 2500. Mr Hangover calls and the Homeless guy folds. The turn is the 8d. Hangover checks to me and I bet 4k. He askes me how much more I have. I count out 4200. He thinks about it for a minute before announcing 4200.
What?
He threw out 5200. What? Again. I guess he was trying to raise but could not count or verbalize it. So its a call.
The river is a Qc. He moves in for 4700. Really? Fuck. I know he's an idiot. He could have anything and he was trying to check raise the turn. If he can actually execute a check raise there I can call because I have the gutshot straight draw too. But in this position, I'd be calling with 3 overs on the board and a moron all in.
I have 10 big blinds left and that means fold equity. Fuck. I fold and he shows Ad 5d. BAh!!!!
I hate and love these idiots at this same time.
A few hands later the leper raises it up and the new RAG in seat 3 reraises to 4100. I look down at 7c 8c. I have exactly 4100 left. I put it in expecting to get heads up with the RAG and I figure I gotta have two live cards and hopefully my suit is live.
Then the leper calls. The flop is 7 Q 5. Check check. I'm definately ahead at this point. The turn is an A. Fuck. Leper bets into a dry side pot, and the RAG calls.
I need a 7 or an 8 to win these hand.
The river is a 6.
The leper says he has K high and the RAG turns over AJ off. WHAT THE FUCK?!!
So I just saw a reraise with AJ and a bet into a dry side pot with K high.
Fuck this place, I'm outta here.
JDN
I'm slum'n it at the Venetian.
Table 81... holy shit! Table 81! I'm almost in the sports book. Seat 5.
Table draw:
Seat 1: RWG that is either homeless or he had a really long night.
Seat 2: RWG and that's all I'm gonna say about him.
Seat 3: Alan Smurfit. Wait, what? Does this guy own shipyards in Ireland? And a casino or 2?
Seat 4: ROWG
Seat 5: The hero with a heart of gold, JDN
Seat 6: ROWG with a lot of tells. It's awesome. I've called out his hand twice.
Seat 7: RAG, the hungover Filipino.
Seat 8: Rocker Dude. Looks like he shops at Hot Topic.
Seat 9: ROWG
Seat 10: RWG with an arm sock and peeling skin. Possibly a leper.
After an under the gun min raise and a call, I look down at KK and raise to 1500. The hungover Filipino calls as does the original raiser. The flop is A high, as if there was ever a doubt, and we check it to the river when Mr Hangover decides to bet 5K. Wha....
OG raiser folds and I fold my KK face up. Blah.
A little later on, The Leper in seat 10 limps under the gun. I raise to 700 with QQ and the big blind calls before The Leper reraise to 5K. Yes 5K.
Well there's only one hand he could have there. Right? Wrong.
I fold pretty quickly and the big blind moves in. Holy moley. The Leper quickly calls and shows KK. Big blind shows AK. Wow. Those are a couple of amazing plays.
A king flops and the ROWG in seat 9 is busto.
A couple of hands before the first break the Rocker Dude raise to 700 in early position. I look down at JJ in the big blind and merely call. Bad move.
I'll spare myself from recounting the whole hand but he got it all in on the river with the board reading 7 8 Q 7 6. He showed 88. Damn it Beavis!!
5750 at break.
To ease my pain I place a bet on tonight's MMA fight. Of course I pick the underdog that needs to suck out to win and play a little video poker. Up $25 and I head back to the tourney.
Alan Smurfit has pulled out his WSOP bracelet and is showing it to his neighbors. Tacky!
Then it's double up time!! My KK vs Rocker Dude's QQ. I'm up to 13,725 before I lose 4200 with JJ vs The Leper's AA.
Around 9000 going into the 200/400 level.
The homeless guy in seat 1 raises to 1K under the gun and I call with two red 7s. The Hungover Filapino calls too.
The flop falls, 5h 9h 2d. Check check to me and I bet 2500. Mr Hangover calls and the Homeless guy folds. The turn is the 8d. Hangover checks to me and I bet 4k. He askes me how much more I have. I count out 4200. He thinks about it for a minute before announcing 4200.
What?
He threw out 5200. What? Again. I guess he was trying to raise but could not count or verbalize it. So its a call.
The river is a Qc. He moves in for 4700. Really? Fuck. I know he's an idiot. He could have anything and he was trying to check raise the turn. If he can actually execute a check raise there I can call because I have the gutshot straight draw too. But in this position, I'd be calling with 3 overs on the board and a moron all in.
I have 10 big blinds left and that means fold equity. Fuck. I fold and he shows Ad 5d. BAh!!!!
I hate and love these idiots at this same time.
A few hands later the leper raises it up and the new RAG in seat 3 reraises to 4100. I look down at 7c 8c. I have exactly 4100 left. I put it in expecting to get heads up with the RAG and I figure I gotta have two live cards and hopefully my suit is live.
Then the leper calls. The flop is 7 Q 5. Check check. I'm definately ahead at this point. The turn is an A. Fuck. Leper bets into a dry side pot, and the RAG calls.
I need a 7 or an 8 to win these hand.
The river is a 6.
The leper says he has K high and the RAG turns over AJ off. WHAT THE FUCK?!!
So I just saw a reraise with AJ and a bet into a dry side pot with K high.
Fuck this place, I'm outta here.
JDN
6.02.2009
The Savage Invitational Golf Tournament
This is pretty much going to be a photo essay. Not to mention this happened about two weeks ago and I'm too lazy to write this up in a timely fashion.
For road trips I need fuel. Chipotle seems to do the trick and the burritos fit perfectly in the cup holders.
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The night before the first round we meet at the Eureka Casino to get our tee times and gift bags.
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After dinner Gracz, Katkin and I jump into a 2/8 spread limit game and Gracz announces that he is the world's greatest 2/8 player.
As Joe Tehan joins the game, Gracz asks if anyone will go skinny dipping with him at the hotel pool. The table is suspiciously silent.
I bust out of the game when I flop trip 6s vs a full house. Tehan folds the gut shot straight flush draw after the guy with the full house tells him he has a full house. The straight flush gets there. I hope Tehan is better at golf than poker.
Day 1
Oh boy. This is gonna be a long day.
I get bets down with Katkin, Gracz, Melissa Hayden, and Matt Savage. I'm playing them all straight up, $25 on the front 9, $25 on the back 9, $25 on the overall, and $5 a putt.
It's about 105 out too. Starting to sweat already.
Our group consists of Joe Tehan, Paul Taylor, Jon Katkin, and myself. I'm probably the worst golfer among us.
Hole 4:
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On the 4th I hit my 4 hybrid over the mountain range and land a few feet off the green. My chip hits the pin and I birdie the hole with a 4 foot put. Sometimes I play good.
Front 9 totals:
Katkin - 52
JDN - 48
Hole 13:
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I shoot a 9 on 13. Did I mention we're hitting from the red tees today? Only 4000 yards and I struggling to break 100. So poor.
Day 1 totals:
Katkin - 100
JDN - 98
Back at the club house I find out that Savage beat me by 18 strokes, Gracz shot the lights out on the front 9 and destroyed me on the overall, and Hayden beat me in putts. Maybe I should quit golf, but I did win a $90 skin for my birdie on 4. I think that was split 3 ways. That damn chip should have been in the damn cup.
We play a bounty poker tournament that night and I make the final table along with Paul Taylor and Melissa Hayden. I finish 7th and collect nothing for my efforts save one bounty.
Day 2
I get bets down with Katkin and Gracz. Same bets and we're playing the blues today. It's 6500 yards from the blues. I'm going to be sore tonight.
In today's group its me and Katkin with a couple of old ladies named Matt and Andy. Matt won this tournament last year as a 14 handicap.
Front 9 scores:
Katkin - 57
JDN - 59
We are so bad.
Hole 11:
Hole 11 is a par 3 and it drops down about 200 feet from the tee. I step up with a 6 iron and hit my shot. Looks good. It drops about 20 yards to the right of the green, takes a great bounce and rolls onto the green. Sweet! Then it keeps rolling. Rolling to about 6 feet in front of the pin. That's closest to the pin! Yeah boy!
Katkin's tee shot lands 3 feet in front of the green on the fringe. Then he chips it in with his fake "chipper" club for a birdie. I miss my 6 footer and my chance for a skin. Damn it!
Katkin is a cheater.
Day 2 totals:
Katkin - 122
JDN - 117
That is so bad. So so bad. We should quit.
I hit up the casino bar to watch hockey and play video poker.
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The Pens win and I in turn, win $50 from Gracz who loves the Hurricanes. There should be no hockey in the Carolinas. Its just wrong.
Day 3
On day 3 I get stuck with Matt Savage, Mike Gracz, and Paul Taylor. This should be a train wreck. I wish Joy Miller was here to be my caddie. Someone would def go to the hospital.
The bets get down and we're off. Me and Savage vs Paul and Gracz, straight up. I take no part of that bet because, well because, I suck and Gracz sucks just a little bit less than me.
On 6 I grab a Heineken before I tee off. It seems to work as I absolutely crush my shot. It clears the creek and ends up about 75 yards from the pin. That's a 330 yard drive. Thank you very much. Too bad I hit the second shot fat and end up with a bogey on the hole.
Hole 7
Gracz leeves his 2nd shot short and we all watch him stand on the edge of a painful death to make his shot.
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Hole 8
Savage puts his tee shot in the front of the par 3 green and into the creek. Paul and I put ours in the creek too but opt to chip up from the drop zone.
Savage scours the creek for his ball and soon the shoes come off.
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It takes us at least 20 minutes to play this hole. Thank you Savage for not dropping and making us stand in the sun for 15 minutes that we didn't need too.
I'm playing so bad.
Front 9 totals:
Grazc - 49
JDN - 52
Paul - 40
Savage - 47
On hole 14, Gracz announces that his alter ego, the Hulk is back. He doesn't break a club but he comes close after blowing up on a couple of holes in a row. I like this version of Mr Gracz.
I shoot a 10 on 17 again. I hate that hole.
On 18 Paul 3 puts and gives Matt and I the win. Yay! Too bad I didn't have any action on it.
Day 3 overall:
Gracz - 100
JDN - 113
Paul - 83
Savage - 89
I don't know how we won but Savage said we did so I'll believe him. I remind myself not believe him the next time we play heads up. You gotta keep an eye on him at all times.
I bounce out pretty quickly to get back to Vegas and the opening of Santana at the Hard Rock. Had fun but its too damn hot in Mesquite in June to play 3 days of golf. Specially since I suck so bad.
WSOP coming up!
JDN
For road trips I need fuel. Chipotle seems to do the trick and the burritos fit perfectly in the cup holders.
The night before the first round we meet at the Eureka Casino to get our tee times and gift bags.
George Karl is a little red and Matt Savage is very happy to hand out gifts.
Savage decided to be patriotic with the grab bags
After dinner Gracz, Katkin and I jump into a 2/8 spread limit game and Gracz announces that he is the world's greatest 2/8 player.
As Joe Tehan joins the game, Gracz asks if anyone will go skinny dipping with him at the hotel pool. The table is suspiciously silent.
I bust out of the game when I flop trip 6s vs a full house. Tehan folds the gut shot straight flush draw after the guy with the full house tells him he has a full house. The straight flush gets there. I hope Tehan is better at golf than poker.
Day 1
Hole 1
Oh boy. This is gonna be a long day.
I get bets down with Katkin, Gracz, Melissa Hayden, and Matt Savage. I'm playing them all straight up, $25 on the front 9, $25 on the back 9, $25 on the overall, and $5 a putt.
It's about 105 out too. Starting to sweat already.
Our group consists of Joe Tehan, Paul Taylor, Jon Katkin, and myself. I'm probably the worst golfer among us.
Hole 4:
On the 4th I hit my 4 hybrid over the mountain range and land a few feet off the green. My chip hits the pin and I birdie the hole with a 4 foot put. Sometimes I play good.
Front 9 totals:
Katkin - 52
JDN - 48
Hole 13:
This is my tee shot on 13. That's how I roll.
I shoot a 9 on 13. Did I mention we're hitting from the red tees today? Only 4000 yards and I struggling to break 100. So poor.
Day 1 totals:
Katkin - 100
JDN - 98
Back at the club house I find out that Savage beat me by 18 strokes, Gracz shot the lights out on the front 9 and destroyed me on the overall, and Hayden beat me in putts. Maybe I should quit golf, but I did win a $90 skin for my birdie on 4. I think that was split 3 ways. That damn chip should have been in the damn cup.
We play a bounty poker tournament that night and I make the final table along with Paul Taylor and Melissa Hayden. I finish 7th and collect nothing for my efforts save one bounty.
Day 2
I get bets down with Katkin and Gracz. Same bets and we're playing the blues today. It's 6500 yards from the blues. I'm going to be sore tonight.
In today's group its me and Katkin with a couple of old ladies named Matt and Andy. Matt won this tournament last year as a 14 handicap.
I've had to hit this shot on hole 1 two days in a row, blind shot to the pin, over the mountain. Who chose this course?
6th Hole
Front 9 scores:
Katkin - 57
JDN - 59
We are so bad.
Hole 11:
Hole 11 is a par 3 and it drops down about 200 feet from the tee. I step up with a 6 iron and hit my shot. Looks good. It drops about 20 yards to the right of the green, takes a great bounce and rolls onto the green. Sweet! Then it keeps rolling. Rolling to about 6 feet in front of the pin. That's closest to the pin! Yeah boy!
Katkin's tee shot lands 3 feet in front of the green on the fringe. Then he chips it in with his fake "chipper" club for a birdie. I miss my 6 footer and my chance for a skin. Damn it!
Katkin is a cheater.
12th hole
17th hole. I hate this hole and it knows it. I almost get hit in the back of the head with a ball from a tee shot from 16. Fuck this hole. Not to mention the lowest score I get on it in 3 days is a 9.
Day 2 totals:
Katkin - 122
JDN - 117
That is so bad. So so bad. We should quit.
I hit up the casino bar to watch hockey and play video poker.
ship it!
The Pens win and I in turn, win $50 from Gracz who loves the Hurricanes. There should be no hockey in the Carolinas. Its just wrong.
Day 3
On day 3 I get stuck with Matt Savage, Mike Gracz, and Paul Taylor. This should be a train wreck. I wish Joy Miller was here to be my caddie. Someone would def go to the hospital.
The bets get down and we're off. Me and Savage vs Paul and Gracz, straight up. I take no part of that bet because, well because, I suck and Gracz sucks just a little bit less than me.
On 6 I grab a Heineken before I tee off. It seems to work as I absolutely crush my shot. It clears the creek and ends up about 75 yards from the pin. That's a 330 yard drive. Thank you very much. Too bad I hit the second shot fat and end up with a bogey on the hole.
Hole 7
Gracz leeves his 2nd shot short and we all watch him stand on the edge of a painful death to make his shot.
fall motherfucker fall!
Hole 8
Savage puts his tee shot in the front of the par 3 green and into the creek. Paul and I put ours in the creek too but opt to chip up from the drop zone.
Savage scours the creek for his ball and soon the shoes come off.
His first shot goes no where, but the second gets out of the water and showers Matt in mud.
It takes us at least 20 minutes to play this hole. Thank you Savage for not dropping and making us stand in the sun for 15 minutes that we didn't need too.
I'm playing so bad.
Front 9 totals:
Grazc - 49
JDN - 52
Paul - 40
Savage - 47
On hole 14, Gracz announces that his alter ego, the Hulk is back. He doesn't break a club but he comes close after blowing up on a couple of holes in a row. I like this version of Mr Gracz.
Hole 14. An amazing hole, that amazingly, I played well all three days.
I shoot a 10 on 17 again. I hate that hole.
On 18 Paul 3 puts and gives Matt and I the win. Yay! Too bad I didn't have any action on it.
Day 3 overall:
Gracz - 100
JDN - 113
Paul - 83
Savage - 89
I don't know how we won but Savage said we did so I'll believe him. I remind myself not believe him the next time we play heads up. You gotta keep an eye on him at all times.
I bounce out pretty quickly to get back to Vegas and the opening of Santana at the Hard Rock. Had fun but its too damn hot in Mesquite in June to play 3 days of golf. Specially since I suck so bad.
WSOP coming up!
JDN
5.15.2009
WSOPC 1K NLH
I sit down at table 48 seat 10 about 20 minutes after the start of the tournament. I raise two of the first 3 hands and get 3 bet both times. Wow my first aggressive table.
I think the biggest hole in my game is that I just assume that everyone else at the table is a complete idiot. Which is my general view on human beings as a whole, but man I gotta prepare for some intelligence.
So as soon as I say "prepare for intelligence" I watch two players get all in, in the first level, on river on a board of 3c Ad Jc 3d 6d. The skinny kid shows AcKc and the guy in seat 5 shows Ah7h.
I flop my first set in a long time and actually get action on it from seat 4. I check raise him on the turn and he folds top pair face up.
Table 48 seat 10 (aFUCKINGgain). 10K starting stack, 60 minute levels.
Table draw:
Seat 1: rowg
Seat 2: A woman. Not hot. No eyebrows. Bedazzled shirt.
Seat 3: Random Mexican Guy or Random Latino Guy. Whatever is politically correct
Seat 4: rwg
Seat 5: Busto but replaced by a Random Persian Guy, rpg.
Seat 6: Random Younger White Guy, rywg
Seat 7: Random Asian Guy, rag
Seat 8: rag
Seat 9: Skinny Euro Internet Kid, seik?
Seat 10: JDN
I got pretty good bead on the skinny euro. I called him down on a board of Ah 2d 5h 4d 6h with AcQc. I was pretty confident that we had the same hand and when checked the river to me I checked too. In the later stages of the tournament I probably would have put half my stack in there but it's only the 2nd level and there's no need to get half my stack in the middle with top pair.
He showed the AsQs.
13,750 at first break.
We've lost 40 people in 2 levels. These guys are crazy.
Everyone tightened up and are afraid to play the euro kid after he took a big pot from the lady with no eyebrows. His betting pattern is kinda obvious. Just got to see him open up a few more hands.
A new guy to the table raises to 450 (the first 3x raise I've seen in a while) from under the gun in seat 7. I look down at two red queens and reraise him to 1200.
It gets back to him and he reraises another to 2700. Hmmm. That was quick. I can only put him on two hands at this point AA and KK.
Blargh.
I fold the queens face up and he shows aces. Good read by me! :-)
In the 100/200 level I raise it in early position with AdQh and get two callers. The flop is Qd Jd 9h. I bet 1100, fold, and call. The turn is the 8d. I check he bets out 2200. I got the Ad. The pot is too big to fold. I call. The river is a blank.
I check he bets 2200 again. Ok now that fucks me up. It's such a scared bet. He's not confident about his hand. He could have the same hand as me. But I've found out, peeps in NOLA still call even if they think they're losing.
So I call thinking I'm 50% to win or chop this hand. He shows TT for a straight. Bad call by me. :-(
I'm done to 3K at 2nd break. Pretty sure this is my first 2nd break since I've been here.
Gonna buy into the PLO8.
So I get moved to a new table and I order a Heineken.
Then I double up. I flopped trip aces in a 6 way limped pot. I turn the boat and some old dude bets out. I call and were heads up. The river is a jack.
I move in and the old guy says, "I'll pay you off."
Ok thanks. He mucks and I'm up to 7500. Now I can't buy into the PLO8.
Table breaks and I get move table 50something seat 5. I got another Heineken and got a little aggressive. I push in with 22 on a 6 6 J board and took it down.
I flop a set, win a couple pots with a continuation bet and I'm at 10,075 at dinner break.
I head over to Sauve for dinner. Sauve is owned by Carlos Menica. The house margarita was decent and food was... mediocre. Just like Carlos' stand up.
Back at the tourney, I'm sitting next to a guy that looks like that dude who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart. Creepy.
A few orbits later I look down at AA from under the gun and make it 1100. The bald guy in seat 10 calls as down the older lady in the big blind.
The flop comes down 6 5 7. The lady shruges her shoulders and moves in for 4Kish. I move in over the top for 9K. The guy in seat 10 calmly says, "I call." Fuck. He shows the 66 for Satan's Set. The old lady shows A4 and says, "I need a 3."
Don't forgot get about an 8 dingleberry.
The turn is a Q and the river is a 3. Awesome. Aces come in last.
I'm steaming.
I can't win a fucking hand and now I can't buy into the PLO8. So its video poker time.
I win $500 in like 15 minutes. Fudge. Now I gotta buy into the 9PM tournament.
9pm $200 NLH
As the 9pm tourney gets under way, the Laker game starts. The Lakers are playing so well that the Rockets get a 17 to 1 lead to start the game. Did I mention that the room is half filled with people from Houston wearing McGrady jerseys.
Oh look! I got AJ. I'm all in. I get called by AK and I'm quickly walking out the door.
At least the GF is coming in tomorrow. In fact she gets in at 3pm. So I do the intelligent thing and play the noon tournament the next morning.
$340 NLH
I show up as late as possible and find my seat in the normal poker room. The first hand I see seat 1 slow roll the guy in seat 9. Oh gawd. I can deal with this shit and it only takes about three hands for me to call the guy down on the river. He of course, makes it a point to show me the non-winning card, he had trips, before the winning card.
Motherfucken douche bag.
Before I muck my hand I tell him to stop slow rolling and stop being a douche bag.
That pretty much sets off the table and the a discussion goes around about what is slow rolling and what a douche bag is. So after a few hands I pick up 88 vs TT and get it all in on a 9 high flop.
GG and now I can meet the GF at 3pm.
So far this trip has been a complete fucking disaster. I've only reached the 2nd break twice and lost every time I've opened up AA or KK. Blah blah blah. I'm skipping the 5k to hang out with some friends who've never been to NOLA before. I can guarantee that I'm going to have more fun doing that than playing another tournament. Not to mention it being cheaper.
Saturday Night on Bourbon Street
I had the most amazing 15 minutes on Bourbon Street on Saturday night. To start out, one of the bars caught on fire.
Imagine a fire truck trying to make it down Bourbon with all those people. There was 3 firetrucks.
A few blocks down an ambulance is making its way through the crowd to a man that may or may not have fallen off a balcony. The EMTs get a neck brace on him and decide that the best way to get him on a stretcher was to forgo the back board and lift him up by his arms. The guy had no idea where he was, and no one around him really seemed to care about his well being.
Did I mention it was raining? It was.
As I got to the end of Bourbon, or the start depending your direction, the notice a tricked out car. The unusual thing about this car was that it was a Fruity Pebbles car. The car was a mid 90s Pontiac with 32s. It was pink, with Fruity Pebbles decals on the hood and doors. This mofo loves Fruity Pebbles!
The windows had "Got Milk?" decals on them. Damn! The mofo loves sugary cereals.
I also missed the booty shake off while staring at the Fruity Pebbles car.
There were 3 girls on each side of the road. The music from the Fruity Pebbles car was blaring and the chicks had their hands on the ground and asses in the air.
Skeet skeet skeet. Epically awesome evening.
The next night, we went out, back to Bourbon with WSOP Randy, Joy "TrainWreck" Miller, and Mike Binger.
In the end the poker was a fucking disaster but the weekend with good friends was compeletly worth it. Now if I could just cash a tournament...
Up next is a non-poker event, Matt Savage's 14th annual Golf Tournament at Wolf Creek.
I haven't decided what I'm doing for the WSOP yet. At this point I just might stay home and play video games.
JDN, signing off with a keyboard cat.
I think the biggest hole in my game is that I just assume that everyone else at the table is a complete idiot. Which is my general view on human beings as a whole, but man I gotta prepare for some intelligence.
So as soon as I say "prepare for intelligence" I watch two players get all in, in the first level, on river on a board of 3c Ad Jc 3d 6d. The skinny kid shows AcKc and the guy in seat 5 shows Ah7h.
I flop my first set in a long time and actually get action on it from seat 4. I check raise him on the turn and he folds top pair face up.
Table 48 seat 10 (aFUCKINGgain). 10K starting stack, 60 minute levels.
Table draw:
Seat 1: rowg
Seat 2: A woman. Not hot. No eyebrows. Bedazzled shirt.
Seat 3: Random Mexican Guy or Random Latino Guy. Whatever is politically correct
Seat 4: rwg
Seat 5: Busto but replaced by a Random Persian Guy, rpg.
Seat 6: Random Younger White Guy, rywg
Seat 7: Random Asian Guy, rag
Seat 8: rag
Seat 9: Skinny Euro Internet Kid, seik?
Seat 10: JDN
I got pretty good bead on the skinny euro. I called him down on a board of Ah 2d 5h 4d 6h with AcQc. I was pretty confident that we had the same hand and when checked the river to me I checked too. In the later stages of the tournament I probably would have put half my stack in there but it's only the 2nd level and there's no need to get half my stack in the middle with top pair.
He showed the AsQs.
13,750 at first break.
We've lost 40 people in 2 levels. These guys are crazy.
Everyone tightened up and are afraid to play the euro kid after he took a big pot from the lady with no eyebrows. His betting pattern is kinda obvious. Just got to see him open up a few more hands.
A new guy to the table raises to 450 (the first 3x raise I've seen in a while) from under the gun in seat 7. I look down at two red queens and reraise him to 1200.
It gets back to him and he reraises another to 2700. Hmmm. That was quick. I can only put him on two hands at this point AA and KK.
Blargh.
I fold the queens face up and he shows aces. Good read by me! :-)
In the 100/200 level I raise it in early position with AdQh and get two callers. The flop is Qd Jd 9h. I bet 1100, fold, and call. The turn is the 8d. I check he bets out 2200. I got the Ad. The pot is too big to fold. I call. The river is a blank.
I check he bets 2200 again. Ok now that fucks me up. It's such a scared bet. He's not confident about his hand. He could have the same hand as me. But I've found out, peeps in NOLA still call even if they think they're losing.
So I call thinking I'm 50% to win or chop this hand. He shows TT for a straight. Bad call by me. :-(
I'm done to 3K at 2nd break. Pretty sure this is my first 2nd break since I've been here.
Gonna buy into the PLO8.
So I get moved to a new table and I order a Heineken.
Then I double up. I flopped trip aces in a 6 way limped pot. I turn the boat and some old dude bets out. I call and were heads up. The river is a jack.
I move in and the old guy says, "I'll pay you off."
Ok thanks. He mucks and I'm up to 7500. Now I can't buy into the PLO8.
Table breaks and I get move table 50something seat 5. I got another Heineken and got a little aggressive. I push in with 22 on a 6 6 J board and took it down.
I flop a set, win a couple pots with a continuation bet and I'm at 10,075 at dinner break.
I head over to Sauve for dinner. Sauve is owned by Carlos Menica. The house margarita was decent and food was... mediocre. Just like Carlos' stand up.
Back at the tourney, I'm sitting next to a guy that looks like that dude who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart. Creepy.
A few orbits later I look down at AA from under the gun and make it 1100. The bald guy in seat 10 calls as down the older lady in the big blind.
The flop comes down 6 5 7. The lady shruges her shoulders and moves in for 4Kish. I move in over the top for 9K. The guy in seat 10 calmly says, "I call." Fuck. He shows the 66 for Satan's Set. The old lady shows A4 and says, "I need a 3."
Don't forgot get about an 8 dingleberry.
The turn is a Q and the river is a 3. Awesome. Aces come in last.
I'm steaming.
I can't win a fucking hand and now I can't buy into the PLO8. So its video poker time.
I win $500 in like 15 minutes. Fudge. Now I gotta buy into the 9PM tournament.
9pm $200 NLH
As the 9pm tourney gets under way, the Laker game starts. The Lakers are playing so well that the Rockets get a 17 to 1 lead to start the game. Did I mention that the room is half filled with people from Houston wearing McGrady jerseys.
Oh look! I got AJ. I'm all in. I get called by AK and I'm quickly walking out the door.
At least the GF is coming in tomorrow. In fact she gets in at 3pm. So I do the intelligent thing and play the noon tournament the next morning.
$340 NLH
I show up as late as possible and find my seat in the normal poker room. The first hand I see seat 1 slow roll the guy in seat 9. Oh gawd. I can deal with this shit and it only takes about three hands for me to call the guy down on the river. He of course, makes it a point to show me the non-winning card, he had trips, before the winning card.
Motherfucken douche bag.
Before I muck my hand I tell him to stop slow rolling and stop being a douche bag.
That pretty much sets off the table and the a discussion goes around about what is slow rolling and what a douche bag is. So after a few hands I pick up 88 vs TT and get it all in on a 9 high flop.
GG and now I can meet the GF at 3pm.
So far this trip has been a complete fucking disaster. I've only reached the 2nd break twice and lost every time I've opened up AA or KK. Blah blah blah. I'm skipping the 5k to hang out with some friends who've never been to NOLA before. I can guarantee that I'm going to have more fun doing that than playing another tournament. Not to mention it being cheaper.
Saturday Night on Bourbon Street
I had the most amazing 15 minutes on Bourbon Street on Saturday night. To start out, one of the bars caught on fire.
Imagine a fire truck trying to make it down Bourbon with all those people. There was 3 firetrucks.
A few blocks down an ambulance is making its way through the crowd to a man that may or may not have fallen off a balcony. The EMTs get a neck brace on him and decide that the best way to get him on a stretcher was to forgo the back board and lift him up by his arms. The guy had no idea where he was, and no one around him really seemed to care about his well being.
Did I mention it was raining? It was.
As I got to the end of Bourbon, or the start depending your direction, the notice a tricked out car. The unusual thing about this car was that it was a Fruity Pebbles car. The car was a mid 90s Pontiac with 32s. It was pink, with Fruity Pebbles decals on the hood and doors. This mofo loves Fruity Pebbles!
The windows had "Got Milk?" decals on them. Damn! The mofo loves sugary cereals.
I also missed the booty shake off while staring at the Fruity Pebbles car.
There were 3 girls on each side of the road. The music from the Fruity Pebbles car was blaring and the chicks had their hands on the ground and asses in the air.
kinda like this but with more pigment.
Skeet skeet skeet. Epically awesome evening.
The next night, we went out, back to Bourbon with WSOP Randy, Joy "TrainWreck" Miller, and Mike Binger.
Joy does not like cherry bombs and yes that is a white blazer.
In the end the poker was a fucking disaster but the weekend with good friends was compeletly worth it. Now if I could just cash a tournament...
Up next is a non-poker event, Matt Savage's 14th annual Golf Tournament at Wolf Creek.
I haven't decided what I'm doing for the WSOP yet. At this point I just might stay home and play video games.
JDN, signing off with a keyboard cat.
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