Today was such a long day we started at 12pm and it is now 1:15am and I just went out on the bubble in the tournament. The money was at 54 and I went out 57th I had a flush in the last hand and lost on the river when the board paired and he hit a full house. There were just under 570 players so again played great but just short of the money.
I will see you all at the investor meeting on the 9th.
Jason
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
The Roller Coaster Day
So today was the first day of the main event and I will tell you abou the beginning and then get to the end. So 4th hand of the tourney, we started with 10k in chips. I raise preflop and get one caller. I have QQ the flop comes 10, 4, 7 and the first player bets and I call. the turn comes a Q so now I have 3 Queens and the best possible hand. He checks and I bet out 1500 and he instantly moves all in. I call of course, he shows pocket 44 and I have QQ the river brings and ace and just like that I have 20k in chips.
I end the first level at 22K which the avg. at that time was about 11K so I am doing very well. Through the next couple levels I win some and lose some and then this hand comes up which, I don't really know how else I play it. There are folds all the way around to me on the button and I look down at 10J and I just call. the small blind folds, and the big blind checks. the flop comes 10,J,6. He checks and I bet 600 and he then raises to 1500. He has been raising a ton of pots so I dont think that much of it as he might had K10, KJ but if he hit 3 of a kind he would of just called me. So I call. the turn brings a 2 so that couldnt have helped him, he checks and I bet 4500 and he thinks and then calls. The river brings an ace. now this is a tricky card because if he called with A,10 or AJ or KQ I am dead. but why wouldnt he have reraised me with AJ and how can he call the turn with KQ. and then to my surprise he bets out 2500 into this pot of over 15K it is such a small bet I am perplexed on what he has and since there is so much and really only 3 hands that can beat me and I have eliminated 2, I call and I cant believe it when he turns over AJ. Ughhh I lose so many chips in this pot. so now I am back down to 14000 at dinner break.
I come back and we only have 2 more levels to play in Day 1.
There was another hand that I lost another 9000 that I dont know how I could have played any different. Preflop I raise to 1100 with the blinds at 150/300 and the button just calls. The flop comes 10,6,8 and I am holding pocket KK. so this is such a wonderful flop for me especially since I wasnt reraised. yeah he could have had a pocket pair of 66, or 88 but so unlikely. He bets a big bet of 4000 and I then move all-in form my remaining 17000 to take it down right then and he instantly calls and flips over AA. So horrible, but I have him covered so I lose 9k and am left with 8k in chips.
Throughout the night I went up to 22k down to 6k in over 11 hours. But the chip average when we finished day 1 is about 18k and I have just over 15K and when we start day 2 we are at 200/400 blinds and I am in good shape. we had over 500 players and have already gone through half of the field. Tomorrow is a rest day so we get to relax and back at it Thursday.
On a side note into round 5 Phil Helmuth was brought to our table and was busted within 7 hands. I had a tough, tough table and was not a good draw. The good thing we have a redraw for day 2 so hopefully I will get a better table. Johan is at 17K for those who are keeping track.
Until Thursday... oh and tomorrow I will type about these two prop bets that I heard about.. my oh my....
I end the first level at 22K which the avg. at that time was about 11K so I am doing very well. Through the next couple levels I win some and lose some and then this hand comes up which, I don't really know how else I play it. There are folds all the way around to me on the button and I look down at 10J and I just call. the small blind folds, and the big blind checks. the flop comes 10,J,6. He checks and I bet 600 and he then raises to 1500. He has been raising a ton of pots so I dont think that much of it as he might had K10, KJ but if he hit 3 of a kind he would of just called me. So I call. the turn brings a 2 so that couldnt have helped him, he checks and I bet 4500 and he thinks and then calls. The river brings an ace. now this is a tricky card because if he called with A,10 or AJ or KQ I am dead. but why wouldnt he have reraised me with AJ and how can he call the turn with KQ. and then to my surprise he bets out 2500 into this pot of over 15K it is such a small bet I am perplexed on what he has and since there is so much and really only 3 hands that can beat me and I have eliminated 2, I call and I cant believe it when he turns over AJ. Ughhh I lose so many chips in this pot. so now I am back down to 14000 at dinner break.
I come back and we only have 2 more levels to play in Day 1.
There was another hand that I lost another 9000 that I dont know how I could have played any different. Preflop I raise to 1100 with the blinds at 150/300 and the button just calls. The flop comes 10,6,8 and I am holding pocket KK. so this is such a wonderful flop for me especially since I wasnt reraised. yeah he could have had a pocket pair of 66, or 88 but so unlikely. He bets a big bet of 4000 and I then move all-in form my remaining 17000 to take it down right then and he instantly calls and flips over AA. So horrible, but I have him covered so I lose 9k and am left with 8k in chips.
Throughout the night I went up to 22k down to 6k in over 11 hours. But the chip average when we finished day 1 is about 18k and I have just over 15K and when we start day 2 we are at 200/400 blinds and I am in good shape. we had over 500 players and have already gone through half of the field. Tomorrow is a rest day so we get to relax and back at it Thursday.
On a side note into round 5 Phil Helmuth was brought to our table and was busted within 7 hands. I had a tough, tough table and was not a good draw. The good thing we have a redraw for day 2 so hopefully I will get a better table. Johan is at 17K for those who are keeping track.
Until Thursday... oh and tomorrow I will type about these two prop bets that I heard about.. my oh my....
Monday, October 1, 2007
Good Warm-up
So today I played in the $1060 Preliminary event that had a 119 entrants with 1st prize paying a little over 38k. This was a event to warm up for tomorrows main event. They paid the top 12 places in this event and I keep getting close, ugh but I know that we will hit one soon and I feel that I am playing great poker. I took 14th place which is 2 out of the money but still was in the top 11% of the field. I felt great playing and was making great reads on the players. I wont go into detail on all the hands but lost a couple where I was a huge favorite which you need to win to take down a tourney. It is 1am here now and I play in the Main Event tomorrow starting at noon EST. so I am heading to bed to get a good night sleep. Tomorrow is the event we want to win anyway as first prize should be over 1 million. I am playing great and am ready for tomorrows event.
Until next time... or until tomorrow night ( I will update tomorrow when we are done for the day.
Until next time... or until tomorrow night ( I will update tomorrow when we are done for the day.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Got seat assignment for Aruba
OK, Today I got assigned my seat and I will be playing on Day 1a for the main event. Tomorrow is the 1k event that will be starting at 3PM EST. the main event starts on Tuesday at 1PM EST. I will be updating the site as the tourneys go.
IT IS HOT AND HUMID HERE!!
Will update soon.
Jason
IT IS HOT AND HUMID HERE!!
Will update soon.
Jason
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