The good news is I outlasted, Jamie Gold, Phil Helmuth and many of the other best players in the World. The bad news is I was just knocked out after 11 1/2 hours of play. Grrrrrr.... The Day was not too eventful for me as I seemed to be card dead the whole tournament (that means not getting any hands at all) and when I did the turn out wasnt so great. Example late in round 4 I raise under the gun for 1300 with the blinds 200/400 with 50 ante. 2 players later reraises to 4k and everyone folds around to me; I move all in for my remaining 8K with pocket AA. He immediately calls and has AA also. my luck on this day. the odds of getting pocket AA is 280 to 1 and when I get them so does another player. it is something like 78,000 to 1 for two players to have pocket aces; and to make things worse 2 spades came on the flop and he had the Ace of Spades and then 4th street brought another spade so now he has 8 cards in the deck to beat me (any spade) and all the others are for a tie. a club came on the river so we split the pot.
That is just one example. it was a frustrating day as I could not get anything going with the cards I had. now to tell you what happend on the final hand and how I was knocked out of the main event of the World Series:
I was in the big blind with the structure 300/600 with 75 ante. so before there is any action at all there is 1750 in the pot. one guy calls the 600 and then a reckless player raises to 2000 I have only 8000 left so I need to take down a pot soon. I look down and have A8 of spades. Not a great hand to reraise as if he has a pair or a big Ace he will call my all in preflop so I just calle the additiona 1400 so that I can move in on the flop and then he has to make a decision. Well the flop comes out perfect. J82 with two spades. So I have middle pair with the nut flush Draw (nut means the best) So I move all in, even if he does have a Jack or an over pair I am still a 44% chance of winning the hand if he doesnt and has AK or AQ then I am a huge favorite he would only have a12% chance to win. He immediately calls me and tables AJ so now I am a little behind but any 8 or spade and I win. The problem is no 8 or spade came and I was sent to the rail.
So this year we didnt get into the money in the main event. but we have a ton of poker left to play this year and chances to win a ton of money.
Until the next tourney...
PS... This thing doesnt have spell check so sorry if the grammer and spelling is off.
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