WSOP 2007 Day 2 Thur 28th - Beware the little old lady
Mark and I had wanted to play at the Venetian in the $300 deep stack event but it was full when I arrived at 11 am - I put myself down on the reserve list - I was 204th in line - what is going on?
So we dashed over to the Wynn to play the $300 tournament at noon. I had suggested we walk there because it was next door. Mark wanted a $50 bet that it was not. Anyway we get a cab and it would seem that the Venetian is building a massive new wing between it and the Wynn - I think we would need a stewards enquiry as to whether about a mile of building site is enough to mean something is not next door.
Start with $3000 and get up to $5000 when my AA takes out QQ.
After about 10 minutes there is a tap on my shoulder and Mark has done his usual trick of getting knocked out early doors - some rubbish about flush verses full house. He takes my Venetian reserve ticket and decides to go back to see if he can sneak in.
He also has the small matter to sort out of leaving several $1000 in his previous hotel room safe when checking out. I am slightly concerned - since some of it is mine...!
I then lose AK vs AJ to be down to $400 but I get a couple of quick double ups and make some good all-ins to get to $8000 when I trap someone with my KK vs 77. He manages to make a flush - aargh. I finish around 45 out of 90.
Go to the Rio to play a $325 STS and then the $1000 event at 9pm. The satelite is a disaster. Lose with TT early on when having made a big raise which is called I have to fold to a flop of A76. I am then crippled and so have to push with AJ and get called by AK to finish 7/10.
The $1000 tournament is easily the hardest I play in. No limping and very serious with a $5000 stack. Early on I make a very cheeky move calling with 89h under the gun. Get 1 caller and SB calls. Flop is 789, so I check and when the limper bets big I move all-in and he folds. Not much happens until about an hour in when I think I make my first serious blunder on the tour so far. I pick up AQ UTG and make a standard raise. I get minimum raised from late position and the blinds fold. I just call. The pot is now pretty big. The flop comes KT8 and this is where I probable go wrong by betting about half the pot. He reraises me all-in and has so few extra chips I have to call. He has KK so I lose about 2/3 of my chips. I am not sure if I could have avoided this. If I had checked the flop I might have been able to fold to a bet from him. I am now short stacked and then get moved to another table. I scrape along and eventually make a stand with TT which runs into QQ and I am out 30/60.
It is good to see some of those cliches come good. I am finished for the day so I play a cheapo STT for $125. There is a little old lady who absolutely crushes the table with a lot of help from the dealer and the usual I don't know what I am doing Hollywooding. I manage to avoid her until there are 4 of us left when I raise her all-in with AJ and she has 66. I don't improve so leave her to demolish the rest.
Cost so far $2325
So we dashed over to the Wynn to play the $300 tournament at noon. I had suggested we walk there because it was next door. Mark wanted a $50 bet that it was not. Anyway we get a cab and it would seem that the Venetian is building a massive new wing between it and the Wynn - I think we would need a stewards enquiry as to whether about a mile of building site is enough to mean something is not next door.
Start with $3000 and get up to $5000 when my AA takes out QQ.
After about 10 minutes there is a tap on my shoulder and Mark has done his usual trick of getting knocked out early doors - some rubbish about flush verses full house. He takes my Venetian reserve ticket and decides to go back to see if he can sneak in.
He also has the small matter to sort out of leaving several $1000 in his previous hotel room safe when checking out. I am slightly concerned - since some of it is mine...!
I then lose AK vs AJ to be down to $400 but I get a couple of quick double ups and make some good all-ins to get to $8000 when I trap someone with my KK vs 77. He manages to make a flush - aargh. I finish around 45 out of 90.
Go to the Rio to play a $325 STS and then the $1000 event at 9pm. The satelite is a disaster. Lose with TT early on when having made a big raise which is called I have to fold to a flop of A76. I am then crippled and so have to push with AJ and get called by AK to finish 7/10.
The $1000 tournament is easily the hardest I play in. No limping and very serious with a $5000 stack. Early on I make a very cheeky move calling with 89h under the gun. Get 1 caller and SB calls. Flop is 789, so I check and when the limper bets big I move all-in and he folds. Not much happens until about an hour in when I think I make my first serious blunder on the tour so far. I pick up AQ UTG and make a standard raise. I get minimum raised from late position and the blinds fold. I just call. The pot is now pretty big. The flop comes KT8 and this is where I probable go wrong by betting about half the pot. He reraises me all-in and has so few extra chips I have to call. He has KK so I lose about 2/3 of my chips. I am not sure if I could have avoided this. If I had checked the flop I might have been able to fold to a bet from him. I am now short stacked and then get moved to another table. I scrape along and eventually make a stand with TT which runs into QQ and I am out 30/60.
It is good to see some of those cliches come good. I am finished for the day so I play a cheapo STT for $125. There is a little old lady who absolutely crushes the table with a lot of help from the dealer and the usual I don't know what I am doing Hollywooding. I manage to avoid her until there are 4 of us left when I raise her all-in with AJ and she has 66. I don't improve so leave her to demolish the rest.
Cost so far $2325
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