So we made it to Vegas safely...
Stewman's flight arrived around 10:00am and I drove in, arriving at about 11:00am.
We checked in and immediately got down to business. We got to the Rio at noon and we were both playing our first satellite by 12:30.
Stewman will blog more about his satellite later.
I was disappointed to hear that the Rio was not running two-winner single table satellites after all. I was stuck with a $325, one winner take all $3,120.
I bought into my first satellite and took my seat at table 211, seat 4.
Early on, I picked up some hands and was able to double up my starting chip stack of 1500 to over 3000 in the first two orbits.
When I get chips, I like to play aggressive and put other players to the test. People were respecting my raises until I picked up 3 big hands in a row and was first to open each pot.
The third time, I was dealt KK in the cutoff.
One limped UTG, so I bumped it to 150 with blinds at 25/50 and the button, BB and original limper all called.
The flop came out Q-6-3 with two hearts. I had the King of Hearts. The BB checked, the original limper checked and I bet out 300. The button folded, the BB folded and the original limper raised me 500 to 800. I put him on a big queen, so I pushed He insta-called and showed pocket 3s for a flopped set. The turn and river brick and he wins the pot for 2800.
After that hand, I really didn't pick up many hands.
We got down to 6 handed and I was about average stack when the short-stack UTG raised it to 600 with blinds at 100/300. I was in the BB and looked down at 66. It was 400 more for me to call, but the UTG raiser only had 900 behind and figured that if I call here, I was playing for all my chips on the flop anyway. I had 1300 more in chips and pushed. He called and showed K-J offsuit and we're off to the races.
Needless to say, he flopped his K and scooped the pot.
A couple hands later, severely short stacked and on the button, it was folded around to me. Without even looking at my cards, I pushed for my last 400 chips with blinds at 100/200 and the BB makes the call. He shows AA.
He flops his 3rd ace.
And rivers his 4th ace.
I'm out.
I go back to the satellite line and wait for what seemed like FOREVER for them to call another $325 satellite. When they FINALLY call the game, I draw seat one (I hate seat one) and head to the table.
We agree on a 5-way last longer bet for $100. Awe, what the hell, right?
On the first hand, a player in MP brings in a raise for 75 (blinds at 25/25) and gets 5 callers. Lots of action on the flop, again big action of the turn and the winner on the river scoops a big pot for the first pot of the tourney.
I picked up AK twice in 4 hands, raised both times and bricked the flop. On one hand, I made a continuation bet of half the pot and got a caller and had to check-fold the turn.
With blinds at 50/100, a guy raises to 450 in EP and I look down at KK on the button. I only have about 1600 left, so I push and the original raiser is committed. He calls and shows AQ. My KK holds up and I double through him.
I played pretty solid for the next hour or so, as the guy in seat 10 proceeds to bust every single player. I'm not exaggerating. He busted every player.
When we were down to 3 handed, seat 10 had a 10-to-1 chip lead on me and the other guy. I told myself that if I were going to stand a chance, I would have to double through seat 10 before we got to heads-up. Even if it meant moving in on his BB with a sub-par hand, the only way I stood a fraction of a chance was to get him to call my all-in.
In my BB (blinds 500/1000), he raises to 3000 from the SB. I look down at AJ and push. He quickly calls and shows 88.
I look up to the poker gods and yell "ONE TIME! WIN A RACE!" I hit my Ace on the flop, then a Jack on the turn and just for good measure, river another Ace.
That was enough to have about 5 times more chips than the third guy and I knew I just had to wait until the blinds ate up that third player. And you know what, when the binds went up, he pushed and seat 10 called and knocked him out.
As soon as we got to heads-up I immediately proposed a deal. He had 14,600 in chips to my 5,400. Since he had me 3-to-1, I offered a chop of the $3,620 prize pool (we were both in the last longer bet that had $500 in it. He agreed to give me $1,000 cash and he took the $3,000 in tournament chips plus $120 cash and tipped out the dealer for us.
So, after two satellites, I'm up... but barely up. After dinner tonight, I'm going to make another run at it and try two more.
~NBA~
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
The WSOP trip countdown has begun!
4 more days till Stewman and I leave for Vegas in a quest for fame and fortune!
It looks like we're going to try to play in the $2,000 buy-in NLHE event #29 on Friday, June 29th and possibly the $540 buy-in NLHE "Deep Stacks II" tournament at the Venetian on Saturday, June 30th.
Of course, if we do well in the WSOP event and make it to day two, we won't be playing in the Venetian tournament so as of now, it's purely a "back-up" plan.
Of course, neither of us are big enough ballers to just buy our way into these tournaments, so we're going to have to get in by playing the satellites.
I've done well in the past playing satellites. I think my poker game is perfectly suited for single-table sit 'n go's, and in the last 4 years, I have cashed in more than half the satellites I've played in. Most recently, I cashed in 2 of the 3 I played in during the WSOP Circuit event at Harrah's Rincon.
I've been working on some satellite strategies to assure the best "bang for my buck", and here's what I've come up with:
The Rio is running $335 buy-in single-table satellites that award two winners (each receiving three $500 lammers plus $100 cash). Now, they are also offering satellites that award $2,000 in lammers and $100 cash, but I figure these tables to be slightly tougher, and the extra $100 required to buy-in will increase the cost to me by almost 30%... and I'm just not in a position to increase my bankroll by that much.
So I plan on playing in four $335 buy-in satellites, in hopes of cashing in at least two of them to have enough to buy into the $2k event.
Here's how the math works out:
It will cost me $670 to play in 2 satellites, $1,005 to play in 3 satellites, and $1,340 to play in 4.
If I play in 4, but win just 1 of them (receiving $1,600), I come out $260 ahead. Obviously, I wouldn't have enough to buy-in to the WSOP event, but I would have enough to pay for half of my Venetian buy-in.
If I play in 4, and can manage to cash in 2 of them (receiving $3,200), I will have enough to buy into the WSOP event at a cost of only $140 to me.
If I can cash in 2 of the first 3 satellites I play in, I will have enough to buy into the WSOP event and have $190 to go towards the buy-in for the Venetian tournament (if need-be).
... And the BEST CASE SCENARIO is:
If I can manage to cash in both of the first two satellites I play in, I will have enough to buy into BOTH the WSOP event, and the Venetian tournament (if need-be) with a cost of only $10 to me.
... Of course, the worst case scenario is me losing all 4 satellites and dumping the entire $1,340.
If it is a massacre and I do go 0-for-4 in WSOP satellites, I have a back-up plan and will play 2 single-table satellites at the Venetian for the Deep Stacks tournament at a cost of $120 each. Those satellites, like the WSOP satellites, award two winners per table.
As far as the cash games go, I'm brining enough for 3 buy-ins to the 1-2 NL game ($600). I don't figure I will be playing that much in the cash games this year (even though I won enough in last year's cash games to buy into a $1,500 event and cover all my expenses for the trip) because it's really a goal of mine to play in a WSOP event this year, and I want to spend most of my time playing tournaments.
Stewman's two WSOP circuit event cashes have really lit a fire under me and I want to catch up to his career winnings in just this one trip.
My goal for the WSOP is to just make it to day two of the tournament. If I can do that, I guarantee myself a spot in the money and a shot at a final table. Event #29 will not be televised, so I won't get my mug on ESPN, but to have my name mentioned in a Pokernews live update would be pretty cool.
If all doesn't go well at the WSOP, my goal in the Venetian tournament is to just win the bitch.
Like last year, we'll be posting updates on our successes (and failures?) daily.
~NBA~
It looks like we're going to try to play in the $2,000 buy-in NLHE event #29 on Friday, June 29th and possibly the $540 buy-in NLHE "Deep Stacks II" tournament at the Venetian on Saturday, June 30th.
Of course, if we do well in the WSOP event and make it to day two, we won't be playing in the Venetian tournament so as of now, it's purely a "back-up" plan.
Of course, neither of us are big enough ballers to just buy our way into these tournaments, so we're going to have to get in by playing the satellites.
I've done well in the past playing satellites. I think my poker game is perfectly suited for single-table sit 'n go's, and in the last 4 years, I have cashed in more than half the satellites I've played in. Most recently, I cashed in 2 of the 3 I played in during the WSOP Circuit event at Harrah's Rincon.
I've been working on some satellite strategies to assure the best "bang for my buck", and here's what I've come up with:
The Rio is running $335 buy-in single-table satellites that award two winners (each receiving three $500 lammers plus $100 cash). Now, they are also offering satellites that award $2,000 in lammers and $100 cash, but I figure these tables to be slightly tougher, and the extra $100 required to buy-in will increase the cost to me by almost 30%... and I'm just not in a position to increase my bankroll by that much.
So I plan on playing in four $335 buy-in satellites, in hopes of cashing in at least two of them to have enough to buy into the $2k event.
Here's how the math works out:
It will cost me $670 to play in 2 satellites, $1,005 to play in 3 satellites, and $1,340 to play in 4.
If I play in 4, but win just 1 of them (receiving $1,600), I come out $260 ahead. Obviously, I wouldn't have enough to buy-in to the WSOP event, but I would have enough to pay for half of my Venetian buy-in.
If I play in 4, and can manage to cash in 2 of them (receiving $3,200), I will have enough to buy into the WSOP event at a cost of only $140 to me.
If I can cash in 2 of the first 3 satellites I play in, I will have enough to buy into the WSOP event and have $190 to go towards the buy-in for the Venetian tournament (if need-be).
... And the BEST CASE SCENARIO is:
If I can manage to cash in both of the first two satellites I play in, I will have enough to buy into BOTH the WSOP event, and the Venetian tournament (if need-be) with a cost of only $10 to me.
... Of course, the worst case scenario is me losing all 4 satellites and dumping the entire $1,340.
If it is a massacre and I do go 0-for-4 in WSOP satellites, I have a back-up plan and will play 2 single-table satellites at the Venetian for the Deep Stacks tournament at a cost of $120 each. Those satellites, like the WSOP satellites, award two winners per table.
As far as the cash games go, I'm brining enough for 3 buy-ins to the 1-2 NL game ($600). I don't figure I will be playing that much in the cash games this year (even though I won enough in last year's cash games to buy into a $1,500 event and cover all my expenses for the trip) because it's really a goal of mine to play in a WSOP event this year, and I want to spend most of my time playing tournaments.
Stewman's two WSOP circuit event cashes have really lit a fire under me and I want to catch up to his career winnings in just this one trip.
My goal for the WSOP is to just make it to day two of the tournament. If I can do that, I guarantee myself a spot in the money and a shot at a final table. Event #29 will not be televised, so I won't get my mug on ESPN, but to have my name mentioned in a Pokernews live update would be pretty cool.
If all doesn't go well at the WSOP, my goal in the Venetian tournament is to just win the bitch.
Like last year, we'll be posting updates on our successes (and failures?) daily.
~NBA~
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
How A River Card Cost Me $1,050
Playing in a 4-table 1625 FPP Satellite that pays $1,050... only 1 winner.
I played great poker. In the 3rd round, doubled up and was top 3 in chips for the next 30 minutes.
Once again... same story as always. Got all my money in as an overwhelming favorite and the donkey catches a fucking miracle 8-outer on the river:
PokerStars Game #10538390092: Tournament #53377649, 1625FPP Hold'em No Limit -
Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/20 - 22:12:53 (ET)
Table '53377649 4' 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: icefro (690 in chips)
Seat 2: linsheng89 (4725 in chips)
Seat 5: BRIANNA2001 (1885 in chips)
Seat 6: BigHeeb91 (7525 in chips)
Seat 7: joeljaden (3565 in chips)
Seat 9: steamingrock (3295 in chips)
Seat 10: yonnyd (2485 in chips)
icefro: posts the ante 25
linsheng89: posts the ante 25
BRIANNA2001: posts the ante 25
BigHeeb91: posts the ante 25
joeljaden: posts the ante 25
steamingrock: posts the ante 25
yonnyd: posts the ante 25
BRIANNA2001: posts small blind 100
BigHeeb91: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [8h 2c]
joeljaden: folds
steamingrock: folds
yonnyd: folds
icefro: raises 465 to 665 and is all-in
linsheng89: calls 665
BRIANNA2001: folds
BigHeeb91: calls 465
*** FLOP *** [2s 8c Kd]
BigHeeb91: checks
linsheng89: bets 400
BigHeeb91: raises 6435 to 6835 and is all-in
linsheng89: calls 3635 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2s 8c Kd] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [2s 8c Kd 9h] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigHeeb91: shows [8h 2c] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
linsheng89: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BigHeeb91 said, "NO"
linsheng89 collected 8070 from side pot
icefro: shows [Th Jc] (a pair of Kings)
BigHeeb91 said, "DAM"
linsheng89 collected 2270 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10340 Main pot 2270.
Side pot 8070. Rake 0 Board [2s 8c Kd 9h Kh]
Seat 1: icefro showed [Th Jc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: linsheng89 (button) showed [Ac Ad] and won (10340) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 5: BRIANNA2001 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: BigHeeb91 (big blind) showed [8h 2c] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 7: joeljaden folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: steamingrock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: yonnyd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
We were down to 18 at this point and had I won, I would have had over 16,000 in chips and more than 3 times anybody else's stack.
Still made the final table, but short-stacked. One hand, raised in EP with KQ suited and guy in MP pushed. It was half my stack to call, but was getting 2.5-1 so I called. I flopped my King, but he hit his 5 too. I turned the Queen and had 4 outs to the river but, no... I'm not the one to get lucky so he doubles up.
A couple hands later, in LP, I have AJ and the guy to my right moves in with K8. I call. Flop is all rags, turn is worthless and he spikes his goddammed 8 on the river to double through me again.
I finish 8th out of 40 and receive nothing.
... No luck. Just no luck at all.
I played great poker. In the 3rd round, doubled up and was top 3 in chips for the next 30 minutes.
Once again... same story as always. Got all my money in as an overwhelming favorite and the donkey catches a fucking miracle 8-outer on the river:
PokerStars Game #10538390092: Tournament #53377649, 1625FPP Hold'em No Limit -
Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/20 - 22:12:53 (ET)
Table '53377649 4' 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: icefro (690 in chips)
Seat 2: linsheng89 (4725 in chips)
Seat 5: BRIANNA2001 (1885 in chips)
Seat 6: BigHeeb91 (7525 in chips)
Seat 7: joeljaden (3565 in chips)
Seat 9: steamingrock (3295 in chips)
Seat 10: yonnyd (2485 in chips)
icefro: posts the ante 25
linsheng89: posts the ante 25
BRIANNA2001: posts the ante 25
BigHeeb91: posts the ante 25
joeljaden: posts the ante 25
steamingrock: posts the ante 25
yonnyd: posts the ante 25
BRIANNA2001: posts small blind 100
BigHeeb91: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [8h 2c]
joeljaden: folds
steamingrock: folds
yonnyd: folds
icefro: raises 465 to 665 and is all-in
linsheng89: calls 665
BRIANNA2001: folds
BigHeeb91: calls 465
*** FLOP *** [2s 8c Kd]
BigHeeb91: checks
linsheng89: bets 400
BigHeeb91: raises 6435 to 6835 and is all-in
linsheng89: calls 3635 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2s 8c Kd] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [2s 8c Kd 9h] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigHeeb91: shows [8h 2c] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
linsheng89: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BigHeeb91 said, "NO"
linsheng89 collected 8070 from side pot
icefro: shows [Th Jc] (a pair of Kings)
BigHeeb91 said, "DAM"
linsheng89 collected 2270 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10340 Main pot 2270.
Side pot 8070. Rake 0 Board [2s 8c Kd 9h Kh]
Seat 1: icefro showed [Th Jc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: linsheng89 (button) showed [Ac Ad] and won (10340) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 5: BRIANNA2001 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: BigHeeb91 (big blind) showed [8h 2c] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 7: joeljaden folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: steamingrock folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: yonnyd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
We were down to 18 at this point and had I won, I would have had over 16,000 in chips and more than 3 times anybody else's stack.
Still made the final table, but short-stacked. One hand, raised in EP with KQ suited and guy in MP pushed. It was half my stack to call, but was getting 2.5-1 so I called. I flopped my King, but he hit his 5 too. I turned the Queen and had 4 outs to the river but, no... I'm not the one to get lucky so he doubles up.
A couple hands later, in LP, I have AJ and the guy to my right moves in with K8. I call. Flop is all rags, turn is worthless and he spikes his goddammed 8 on the river to double through me again.
I finish 8th out of 40 and receive nothing.
... No luck. Just no luck at all.
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