Posted by Editor | Filed under Me in live tourneys, WSOP
Yesterday turned into a crummy day at the World Series of Poker. Instead of spending three hours doing errands and catching up on writing, I was greeted by broken glass and my car’s navigation system stolen. I also discovered my driver’s license was missing. Three good friends – two of them collaborators on the Full Tilt book – were playing final tables; none of them took home a bracelet.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Gavin Smith, WSOP
Chris Ferguson, Annie Duke, Tom Schneider & Co. were still five-handed at the Split final table so I looked in on Gavin’s PLHE final table. They, too, were five-handed. Because Gavin was the contributor to the FULL TILT book on big-stack play and he had the biggest stack, I was curious how he used it. I watched 17 hands in which two players were eliminated. Gavin was the most active player at the table, increased his stack, only one time showed his cards (gratuitously), and never saw a flop.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Gavin Smith, Marco Traniello, Me in live tourneys, Smoke & Disinfectant Inn
TRAGEDY – When something bad happens.
REAL TRAGEDY – When something bad happens and you can’t blog it.
Just before noon today, on my way to watching two final tables featuring several of my friends, I discovered that someone had broken into my car. They busted through the front driver-side window and took the navigation system and some copies of the FULL TILT book.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Ante Up for Africa, Chris Ferguson, Jeffrey Pollack, Shannon Elizabeth, Ty Stewart, WSOP
I think I understand why Harrah’s is screwing up so much at this World Series.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under David Pham, Me in live tourneys, WSOP
I busted out of the $1500 NLHE in 179th. It was my first WSOP cash and I got $4297, but obviously I’m disappointed. I’ll never know if I was outplayed on the hand that cost me half my stack, but I made some (probably) correct but marginal plays, and got busted after getting all-in with T-T and getting a call from A-8o. My nemesis for most of my short time in the money, however, was A-Q, Aquaman.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Me in live tourneys
It’s about 10:30 AM. I should probably be sleeping, but who can sleep? I’m in the money at the World Series of Poker! (Good god, did TYPE that, or just think it? I played until 2 AM, ate sushi, then went to bed so I think I can be excused for not knowing for sure.)
This is my first cash at the World Series of Poker and I’m not going to hide that I’m excited about it. I’m pretty wrapped up in playing but I’m also trying to take notes and enjoy the experience.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Me in live tourneys, Norman Chad, WSOP
We’re on dinner break in the $1,500 NLHE event that started this afternoon. That’s “we” as in “me included.” It’s still a long, long way to go, even to get to the bottom-dollar money, but I was in and out of all the $1,500 NLHE events last year early. On the one hand, I’m jumping-out-of-my-skin excited. On the other, I’m telling myself that this is where I SHOULD be, and after all I learned from top tournament professionals that I should outperform most of the field in a massive event.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, Pauly, Phil Gordon
The rest of Friday morning dissolves into a blur of images, of people and places not seen for far too long. We may be a bunch of captured escapees greeting each other in the exercise yard, but it sure seemed good to see everyone and everything – even if some of the memories were bittersweet.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Amazon Room, Annie Duke, Ante Up for Africa, Nollan Dalla, Phil Gordon, WSOP 2007
It’s 10 AM and I’m not in the Amazon Room yet. Finally, at 10:20 AM, after 80 minutes, my shoes touch the carpet of the Amazon Room. So what’s it look like, compared with last year?
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Richard Brodie, Smoke & Disinfectant Inn, WSOP
Last night at 10 PM, I got to my hotel, the place I call the Smoke & Disinfectant Inn (“SDI,” or “SAD” as my daughter Ellie suggested). It was quite the tableau. Thinking about the money and equipment I was leaving in my car during registration, I was initially relieved to see the looming presence of a security guard inside the registration office.
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