I'll be playing in event #15, the $1500 NL event. I am also giving 1% of my action to all of my fellow bloggers that made the final table in the sat. That way at least I'll get SOMEBODY to railbird me 
Monthly Archive for April, 2007
I am just comming down off of my adrenaline rush. So I will make this short and sweet for now. Thanks to the generosity of Al, along with a deal made at the final table, yours truly will be playing in the WSOP during this summers WPBT gathering. It's the first one that I'll actually be attending so I will be disappointed by not playing the tournament on Saturday. However, this of course is tempered by the fact that I'll be playing in my first WSOP event.
I'll be playing in event #15, the $1500 NL event. I am also giving 1% of my action to all of my fellow bloggers that made the final table in the sat. That way at least I'll get SOMEBODY to railbird me
I'll be playing in event #15, the $1500 NL event. I am also giving 1% of my action to all of my fellow bloggers that made the final table in the sat. That way at least I'll get SOMEBODY to railbird me
So I hope that everybody that is available is planning on playing in the blogger big game tonight. Miami Don has one again taken the time to set up a slightly larger buyin event for all of the degenerate writers out there. This one is special as it's included on the schedule for the Battle of the Blogger Tournaments series. You can see the current leaderboard over at Al's page. I've only played in one of the events so far and of course donked out early. In blogger events I tend to either final table or be one of the first ones out. I think that I have a hard time adjusting my game to actually take into account when people might be doing some level 3 or 4 thinking. For those not in the know, here are the details for tonight's event:
Tournament: Blogger Big Game
Where: Full Tilt Poker
When: Sunday, April 15th. 9:30pm ET
Buyin: $69+6 or token
Password: donkey
Got back yesterday from a great trip to Dallas to see a Rangers baseball game and a Stars hockey game. Here's a pick of Stephanie and I at the Ballpark in Arlington:
Finally broke through with my first final table or significant cash since the FTOPs Main Event. Speaking of which you do realize that FullTilt has already announced the schedule for the next one right?
Anyway, the 11k guarantee on FullTilt started with over 500 runners at 6pm EST last night for a little over 13k in the prize pool. I've stated this in the past but I think that 500-700 people in the field is optimal for me and this tournament did nothing to disuade of me of that line of thinking.
I played very solid the whole way, one once in the first 3 hours being all-in against a bigger stack and ahead every time. Until there were about 40 left, I had seen only 4 showdowns, winning 3 of those. With 20 left I had my first two suckouts of the tourney and they were both pretty huge. Neither was for more than half my stack, but hitting my gutshot with KQ after flopping that and top pair against a badly played (but still had me trapped) AA and then also pushing with an over and OESD when my opponent held TPTK and my over hitting the turn were both finally signs that I would have to mess this up myself and variance would not be taking me down this evening.
In the end, I laid down suited connectors that I fell I should have pushed when 3 handed and then pushed with J9 from the BB against a button raise when I did not have fold equity. AT took me out and IGH in 3rd place less than 6 hours in for a $1,500 payday. Not bad and certainly felt good after the run I had been having lately. Either I played well and was getting kicked in the junk or I was playing like every other donkey in the field. Nothing had been working for a few weeks. It also puts my ROI back to a more healthy state which is always a good thing too!
Anyway, the 11k guarantee on FullTilt started with over 500 runners at 6pm EST last night for a little over 13k in the prize pool. I've stated this in the past but I think that 500-700 people in the field is optimal for me and this tournament did nothing to disuade of me of that line of thinking.
I played very solid the whole way, one once in the first 3 hours being all-in against a bigger stack and ahead every time. Until there were about 40 left, I had seen only 4 showdowns, winning 3 of those. With 20 left I had my first two suckouts of the tourney and they were both pretty huge. Neither was for more than half my stack, but hitting my gutshot with KQ after flopping that and top pair against a badly played (but still had me trapped) AA and then also pushing with an over and OESD when my opponent held TPTK and my over hitting the turn were both finally signs that I would have to mess this up myself and variance would not be taking me down this evening.
In the end, I laid down suited connectors that I fell I should have pushed when 3 handed and then pushed with J9 from the BB against a button raise when I did not have fold equity. AT took me out and IGH in 3rd place less than 6 hours in for a $1,500 payday. Not bad and certainly felt good after the run I had been having lately. Either I played well and was getting kicked in the junk or I was playing like every other donkey in the field. Nothing had been working for a few weeks. It also puts my ROI back to a more healthy state which is always a good thing too!
No, I'm not having a gastronomic attack. I'm talking about the fact that the Barenaked Ladies have released a series of songs recorded in somebody's bathroom somewhere! Anyway, here's a sample of one of the videos. To see more just head to Revver and take a look.
