WSOP Day 29, Trifecta Accomplished

Event 47, $2500 Omaha8/Stud8, Day 2:  Came into the day with 9400 chips playing 600/1200, lost the first 2 hands I played and was busto within like half an hour.

Event 48, $1500 NLHE:  Got in this just as late reg was closing and stayed around the starting stack until right before dinner when I picked up AA and tripled up to get to around 10k.  After dinner I had a hand where I flatted a raise in the cutoff at 150/300 with QTcc and the big blind called too.  Flop came Q75 with 2 hearts, and the big blind led for 1600, the original raiser folded, and I went all in for like 7k more and he thought for a while before finally calling with A5hh, ace on the river.  I don't think I've made day 2 of a NLHE tournament yet this year.

Event 49, $2500 Triple Draw:  One of my best games.  Had pretty good tables throughout the day and got my stack up around 20k just after the last break but then got moved to a new table and didn't win a hand, and in triple draw your chips can go quickly if you don't win any hands, as mine did, and I busted with about 20 minutes left in the day.

I doubt I'll do the daily WSOP blog updates next year, it's just too much of a grind and probably boring you guys a little.  :)  It seems silly to quit now though with only like 5 days of prelims left.  I hope if anything you all can appreciate how much of a grind the WSOP becomes though.

$5k NLHE tomorrow at noon.

WSOP Day 28

Sorry forgot to update this yesterday...

Event 46, $10k 6-max NLHE:  This one didn't really go as planned, I late registered in the 150/300/25 level and within 20 minutes I had lost half of my stack to get down to around 15k.  My last hand I pick up 66 in the small blind and it's folded to me and I open for 900 and the big blind calls.  The flop comes 457 with 2 diamonds and I lead for 1200, he makes it like 3500, I go all in for 15k and he thinks for a bit and calls with 98dd, hits a diamond on the turn (and the river for good measure) and I'm busto in like half an hour.

Event 47, $2500 Omaha8/Stud8:  This was such a great value tournament for me.  I was at tables where people were definitely in a gambling mood and hit my share of pots early but ran a little bad at the end to end the day at 9400 chips.

WSOP Day 27, Bubble Time

Event 44, $2500 Razz, Day 2:  Ran my stack up to like 80k at one point which was probably close to the chiplead, but then lost a few big pots as we neared the bubble.  With 44 left and 40 spots being paid I was down to about 20k playing 2500/5000 and called an early position raise with (74)2 with him having (xx)3.  My board ran out (74)2848(4) while his ran out (xx)3TAT(x) with me betting every street including the river.  He pretty much instacalled my river bet with an 87 and I was down to 1200 chips after that hand.  I'm not sure if he would have called if he just had a ten low but obviously that's what I was hoping for.  Then after the hand I look up at the board and see we're down to 41 players now, having lost 3 players in the minute or so it took to play that hand.  There's pretty much no way I would have played the hand in the first place if I had known we were down to 41 already but obviously with me thinking we're still 4 spots from the money I want to try to accumulate chips still.  Anyway next hand I get 953 and go with it since I'm basically all in anyway, end up making a jack low against a better jack low and bust out exactly on the bubble in 41st place.

$10k 6-max NLHE at noon tomorrow and $2500 omaha8/stud8 mix at 5pm.

WSOP Day 26

Event 43, $1500 NLHE:  Won an early allin with AQ vs AK and eventually ran my stack up to about 13k from the starting stack of 4500 by level 6, but then lost a big allin with KK vs AQ and was down to like 2k at that point, and the last hand before dinner I got allin with AK vs 88 and busted.

Event 44, $2500 Razz:  Had a pretty good table draw with some people gambling a little too much and a few other pretty tight players.  Was a really swingy day for me, I was up to 24k from the 7500 starting stack just after dinner break, then a couple hours later I was down to like 5k, then an hour or 2 later I ended the day with 34k which is probably top 5 in chips going into day 2.

$1k NLHE is the only tourney starting tomorrow but the odds are pretty slim I'll be in it, I'd have to  run extremely bad in day 2 of the razz and bust in the first hour.

WSOP Day 25, At Least I Played for 6 Hours Today

Event 41, $1500 Limit Holdem Shootout:  Really got a pretty good table draw with only a few good players but just kept getting coolered and was down to below 1k after the first hour, somehow I hung on for another hour or so before busting.

Event 42, $10k PLO:  Got it in in huge pots as a small dog twice in fairly standard spots, won the first one to get to around 45k, lost the 2nd one to get down to 20k, lost some more small pots to get down to like 14k.  Pick up KQQh8h on the button at 2/4, open for 1100, bb calls, flop 772 with one heart, bb checks I bet 1100 he checkraises to like 3600 i minraise to like 6300 he minraises to 9k, I feel like he can be on air at least some of the time but I don't know how often (maybe never?, I dunno he was young) plus I should have something like 10-15% equity most of the time so he doesn't have to be bluffing very often for me to go all in, anyway, I raise all in and he snap calls, and has A7xx, I hit a king on the turn to pick up a couple outs but blank on the river.

$1500 donkament at noon tomorrow and $2500 razz at 5pm.

WSOP Day 24, Even Shorter Day

Event 40, $5k NLHE 6-max:  Registered before the first ante level, about 20 minutes in I lost half my stack with A4 vs Q6 on a 44766 board where I checked the flop, bet the turn, then puke-called on the river when he bet full pot.  If I was any good maybe I can find a fold there on the river but I'm not much for making hero folds.  Maybe 10 minutes later cutoff raises to 450, small blind calls, I ship about 6k with 98c because I know cutoff can be pretty wide and small blind probably almost never has a hand he can call with, anyway opener has JJ and I lose.

$1500 Limit holdem shootout at noon and $10k PLO at 5pm tomorrow.

WSOP Day 23, My Shortest Day So Far

Event 37, $10k HORSE, Day 2:  My 34k stack was down to like 10k after playing the stud8 round, then I went on a rush in the holdem and omaha rounds to get back up to like 50k.  Had a really silly spot in the stud round where I accidentally raised when I meant to call and it cost me 6k although I did have a big draw anyway so it wasn't really a terrible raise but since my draw missed, obviously it was.  :)  Anyway got whittled down to like 15k then my last hand in stud I raise with (A6)6 2 diamonds, get called by a king, we get it all in by 5th when I have 66A84 with 4 diamonds and he has (Q8)K4Q, but I brick 6th and 7th and he wins with queens.  Kind of a weird spot for him to get involved with KQ8 with me raising first after the bringin and pretty obviously having a hand I'm not planning on folding since I only had 15k left at 2k/4k but whatever it's probably not terrible anyway.

Event 39, $2500 PLH/PLO:  Errrrrr.  Ummmmm.  2nd hand I'm the big blind, 2 limpers, button raises to 400 at 50/100, I call with 6643ddss, limpers call.  Flop comes Q86 wtih a diamond and a spade, check around to button who pots it, I repot it to basically go all in, first limper pretty much instantly goes all in which is a pretty bad sign for my hand since she should have an overset pretty often.  Button calls and limper has 88xx and button has KJT9 and it turns out both my backdoor flush draws are live at least.  Seems like a pretty unavoidable spot for me considering how the action played out.  Anyway board pairs and I make the lower full house to bust on the 2nd hand.

5k 6-max NLHE at noon tomorrow, I'll probably late register during the ante levels.