WCOOP Main Event Day

Event 60, $215 NLHE:  Registered late for this one and busted about 20 minutes after I registered with JJ vs AK.

Event 61, $10,300 8-game:  Felt like I was in a pretty good spot in the stud games at my table with a lot of the players being fairly passive.  Hung around slightly below the starting stack until I doubled up in NLHE about 4 hours in with AQ vs A2, but didn't do much after that and busted about an hour later.

Event 62, $5200 NLHE Main Event:  Ran my starting stack of 20k to around 35k in the first 3-4 hours, then lost about 15k chips all in preflop with 99 vs AK (ironically enough against a guy named something like 99NeverLoses), then lost QQ vs TT and KT vs AJ in the next 20 minutes or so to bust.

Overall a pretty disappointing WCOOP, had good stacks in a few events but couldn't get anything going late.

Was down another 30k in satellites today but ended up making a comeback in the last hour or 2 before the main event and ended up winning about 5k on the day in them.

Going to a cabin up by the Grand Canyon with the wife for a few days tomorrow, really looking forward to it, will be nice to just relax for a few days.

WCOOP Day 21

You guys get the quick update because I'm really tired, sorry.

Event 58, $530 Heads Up PLO:  Won my first 3 matches, then had about a 10:1 chip lead in the 4th one but couldn't hang on in a match that took forever.  Anyway, cashed for $986 in 39th place.

Event 59, $2100 HORSE:  Got down to to like 600 chips a few hours in, but then an hour later I had 30k, then an hour later I had 0.

Also lost about 30k playing satellites today after being up 25k at one point, hopefully it goes a little better tomorrow.  These $2k buyin satellites are pretty ridiculous but I definitely feel like I have an edge in them, but obviously short term variance of them only going twice a year (SCOOP and WCOOP) make it crucial to run good on those days.  Last year on WCOOP main event sats I won like 100k, we'll see how it goes tomorrow.

WCOOP Day 20

Event 55, $530 NLHE 1R1A:  In for $1530 total.  Just refer to what happened in event 53 yesterday, it was basically the exact same story.

Event 56, $1050 FLHE 6-max:  Crazy tournament.  Was down to 600 chips about 2 or 3 hours into the tourney, then about half an hour later I was up to 37k after hitting every hand I played.  Made it to the money with a somewhat short stack of around 20k but then ran really hot to get over 250k chips with 2 tables left, but lost a few hands including getting aces cracked in a huge pot where I folded the river, but there was just no way my hand was good with the way the hand played out, and I'm not generally one for making big laydowns.  Anyway I  busted a few minutes after that in 9th place for $8800.  Nice to finally get a decent cash and I ran really well to get as far as I did, but also frustrating to be so close to the final table and the big prizes, and not make it.  But I'm happy with how I played on pretty much every hand so no complaints.

Event 57, $215 NLO8:  Got a decent stack in a fairly big pot where I cracked aces with a crappy hand to make a flush, and had about 40k chips at one point, but then I got it in with AA39 with nut spades on a QJ4 2 spade flop and the other guy had QQ23, and I missed everything, and that brought me down to like 5k chips which was the starting stack.  We were close to the money so I folded a few hands to ensure the cash, then busted soon after the bubble burst in 142nd place for $371.52.

I will be hosting the final table for event 56 now, would have rather been playing at it but oh well.  Will be fun to see how it turns out, some very good players are left in the field.

Oh I also won the hyperturbo heads up tourney today for like $5600 so a pretty good day overall.

WCOOP Day 19

Event 52, $320 NLHE Turbo:  Lasted about an hour in this one, don't remember how I busted.  Never had much more than the starting stack.

Event 53, $530+R NLHE:  In for $1530 total.  Ran really good during the rebuy period and after 2 hours I had about 40k chips, but couldn't get anything going after that and busted a couple hours later.

Event 54, $2100 PLO:  Felt like I had a good spot but ran bad the first hour and was down to about 2k from the starting stack of 7500, but then I doubled up 3 times in about 6 hands to get up to 18k.  Lost a few of the chips back then got it in in an unavoidable spot where I had KKxx and my opponent had AAxx and didn't hit anything.

WCOOP Day 18

Event 49, $215 NLHE 1R1A:  In for $615 total.  Bought in at the end of late registration and rebought/added on to get to 15k.  Got down to 5k pretty quickly when I got it in with AK vs AQ and lost, but then I gradually chipped up and ended up cashing with about 40k.  Ran pretty good after getting in the money, winning all ins with QT vs AK and then AK vs KQ.  About an hour later I shoved the button with K9 and got called by the small blind with 77 and lost that flip, then the next time it was my button I got 55 and shoved and got called by the big blind with A8 and lost to bust in 106th place for $1205.76.

Event 50, $215 NLHE Big Antes:  Busted this one about 20 minutes into the tourney at 25/50 blinds, UTG made it 150, next to act calls, I make it 500 2 off the button with AA, next to act makes it about 1200, button calls 1200, folded to me, I ship for a little over 5k, both other guys call, and they have KK and QQ.  Unfortunately king on the flop and I bust.

Event 51, $320 PLO8:  Doubled up in the first hour in a pot where we got all in both having flush draws and low draws, and I ended up scooping the pot with AQ high and no low when the board paired twice.  Pretty uneventful after that, stayed around 5-10k for the next 5 hours or so then ran really good in the next hour or 2 including doubling up twice vs Barry Greenstein and also fading a freeroll he had on me, and I hit the money with about 60k chips which was about 1.5x average.  Hung in there for a while with a short stack and ended up busting in 52nd place for $1120.

WCOOP Day 17

Event 46, $320 PLH/PLO:  Had a top stack in this for a while then lost a few hands, got it in with 55 vs 22 to double up to about half the average stack with about 20% of the field left, then the next hand I got AA and got it in vs kq on a queen high flop, king on the river, gg.

Event 47, $530 Stud8:  Lasted like 3 hours, nothing really to report.

Event 48, $1050 NLHE:  got it in blind vs blind about 3 hrs in with 33 and he had QQ.  I 3 bet his small blind minraise which he had done a couple times previously when folded to him, and he 4bet me and I shoved and he called.  May have been slightly overambitious but I'm happy with how I played it.

WCOOP Day 16

Event 43, $320+R PLO:  In for $920 total.  Ran really good for the first 4-5 hours and had a top 10 stack with about 1/3 of the field left, then lost a few chips and finally got in the last of my chips after calling a 3 bet preflop with JT97 double suited, flop came T42 with 2 diamonds (I had diamonds), opponent had AAxx, turn came an 8 giving me a ton of outs (any diamond or 6 7 9 T J Q) but it came a 4 on the river and I busted with about 20% of the field left.

Event 44, $320 NLHE 2x Chance:  In for only the initial $320.  Too tired to remember specific hands right now but had a big stack for most of this tourney and cruised into the money with an above average stack.  Went card dead for an hour or so and finally shoved 75k at 2500/5000 blinds with ATo and got called by the small blind with A6o, board came 25K36 and I bust in 52nd place for $1837.50.  Would have had a great shot if I could hold on that hand, would have had average stack with 52 people left with $120k for first, but oh well that's how it goes.

Event 45, $265 NLHE Turbo Knockout:  Never got much higher than the starting stack and busted about an hour in with a6 vs 55 all in preflop. Had no bounties.