I got a mention on the Baltimore Sun sports page today from a blogger named Bill Ordine. He didn’t know much about me at the time, but here’s what he had to say:
“The only other Maryland player who appeared to cash-in at the main event who was listed … Read full post
I ended my Day 1 report by bemoaning my measly 30,000 chips but predicting that, “A lot will depend on how things go in the first few hours. If I can get off to a good start, I could easily double or triple up and be right back in contention.” … Read full post
I’m at Table 26, Seat 6. Here’s the full lineup:
1. Olav Prinz von Sachsew (101,700)
2. Justin “Jurollo/WPTHero” Rollo (238,500) Justin’s blog
3. Dale Michael (123,500)
4. Matt “Matt24/Mattster24” Sterling (137,000) Matt’s website
5. Andy Stocker (261,500)
6. Me (344,100)
7. David Lee (74,700)
8. Randall Amiel (179,700)
9. … Read full post
I’m at Table 26, Seat 6. Here’s the full lineup:
1. Olav Prinz von Sachsew (101,700)
2. Justin “Jurollo/WPTHero” Rollo (238,500) Justin’s blog
3. Dale Michael (123,500)
4. Matt “Matt24/Mattster24” Sterling (137,000) Matt’s website
5. Andy Stocker (261,500)
6. Me (344,100)
7. David Lee (74,700)
8. Randall Amiel (179,700)
9. … Read full post
I had a huge day today, up from 30K to 344,100. I’m not sure when I’ll get around to posting the write up, so please be patient. Hopefully I’ll be tied up for a few more days :-).
Thanks to Darren and others for the updates on here. That hand … Read full post
Here’s a good tibit from Conor Tate, who will be at my table today. Apparently he’s a pro with some British coaching site, but I found his blog from his first day’s play both interesting and informative. Two highlights:
“I immediately get the impression my table is going to play … Read full post
Looks like a tough lineup, and I’m not thrilled with where I’m sitting relative to the big stacks and specifically Barry G:
1- Me 31K
2- Barry Greenstein 93K
3- Scott Yeates 163K
4- Miles Dooly 57K
5- couldn’t find a listing, maybe empty?
6- Conor Tate 109K took 1… Read full post
I left the house around 11AM on Friday bound for the Rio and the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker. Vegas is experiencing record highs for the weak, with the thermometer topping out near 120 degrees. It’s enough to leave me sweating after a two block walk … Read full post
I’m working on a longer write-up, but I don’t know when that will be done, so just to let you all know, I did survive Day 1 of the main event. It was a real roller coaster, as evidenced by my chip stack relative to the average at the end … Read full post
I arrived at the Rio around 3:30 PM on July 4th. I had $4000 in tournament lammers in my left pocket and $3400 cash in my right. My objective was to play satellites (they were running a bunch of $500 and $1000 megas, including one at 4PM) until I was … Read full post
Went out to the Rio last night, primarily to meet Nate from 2+2. Traffic was atrocious, so it took me like twice as long to get there as it should have, but I still had about two hours to play. I got a seat in a new game, and when … Read full post
Jonas Flug-Entin, 2+2’s Riverboatking, is at the final table of the $10,000 World Series of Poker Pot Limit Omaha Championship event. It’s a pretty sick line-up:
Seat 1 – Doyle Brunson – 510,000
Seat 2 – Patrik Antonius – 650,000
Seat 3 – Marco Traniello – 420,000
Seat 4 – … Read full post
My most recent poker article, entitled “Your First World Series of Poker“, has just been published in the July issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. Please let me know what you think with comments here or in my thread in the 2+2 Magazine Forum.… Read full post
I heard this story from Bond, who heard it from someone else, so I have no idea how true it is, but I think it’s hilarious, regardless.
Some NLHE tournament or something, guy raises pre-flop, Chan calls out of the blinds. On the flop, Chan check-raises all him, and the … Read full post
After the $5K yesterday, I played a $512+13 ten-handed satellite. It was winner take all in tournament lammers, but since this was live poker, my understanding was that deals were almost always made.
The play was predictably bad. Tons of limping pre-flop, no one ever raised without having AK or … Read full post
I am both pretty good at poker and kind of arrogant, so it is rare for me not to be one of the best players at any poker table and even rarer for me to admit it. In yesterday’s $5K 6-max event, I was not one of the best players … Read full post
I’d been going back and forth on whether to play this. I’ve been frustrated with how few prelim events I’ve played and how little playing time I ended up with in the two that I did play. However, my bankroll can’t really handle more shots right now, especially since I … Read full post
Ray “ExitOnly” Coburn busted from the WSOP $2000 PLHE tournament in 8th place when his 44 lost to AK all in pre-flop. That’s worth $22,000 and change. Congratulations, Ray!… Read full post
Just read a good post from Taylor Caby (Green Plastic) over at Cardrunners that captures very well my sentiments towards at least one segment of the WSOP scene:
“I’m already really tired of the whole live poker scene. I don’t HATE vegas by any means, but i do hate the … Read full post
Ray Coburn, 2+2’s ExitOnly, has final tabled the $2000 PLHE event at the WSOP (yeah, the one I scrubbed out of in like 2 hours). He’s coming in as the short stack, but this kid is so good, he’s probably the favorite to win anyway.
Today I played my second preliminary event in the 2007 World Series of Poker. The game was pot-limit, rather than no limit, Texas Hold ‘Em, with a $2000 buy-in. As the name implies, a player may not at any point bet or raise more than the amount in the pot. … Read full post
On Monday, I played my first WSOP preliminary event, a $2500 6-max tournament. This is a little beyond my bankroll, but there are so few opportunities to play 6-max tournaments, and I’m not playing many other events, so I decided to go for it.
The dealer at my first table … Read full post
Justin ended up chopping the $2000 NLHE with three players remaining. Rumor is that he got like $370K, but that’s not confirmed. I’m sure it was a sick score regardless. Way to go, J!
In other news, 2+2’er T_Mac has final tabled the $1500 NLHE. I haven’t been reporting on … Read full post
I invited Justin to a lunch with Andy Bloch and Howard Lederer (more on this later) like two weeks ago. Here was his response:
“Andrew, I should be available that day. I am in Vegas on June 12th. I can take that day off from tournaments if it is definitely … Read full post
Thayer finished up 4/228 in the WPT Mandalay Bay event, winning $131,170. Nice job, kid.
Meanwhile, Steve Paul-Ambrose has final tabled the $5000 mixed hold ’em event at the WSOP. Good luck today, Steve!… Read full post
As some of you may already know, my girlfriend Emily has accepted a job doing public relations and marketing work for an adventure tours company based out of Las Vegas. Believe it or not, Vegas was in no way my idea, and in fact I was not thrilled to hear … Read full post
I won another WSOP seat tonight in a $650 satellite. Man, these things are soft. I mean, there are some good players, but you don’t even have to get first. Plus you get half hour levels, so nice deep stacks to outplay the donks. Three and a half hours into … Read full post
I’ll explain why soon, but it looks like I’m going to be in Las Vegas for most of the preliminary WSOP events. After reviewing the schedule, I’ve identified these tournaments as the ones I’m most likely to play:
Friday, June 15th. $2000 NLHE 3-day event.
Saturday, June 16th. $1500 … Read full post
PokerStars Tournament #49464655, No Limit Hold’em
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $615.00/$35.00
551 players
Total Prize Pool: $338865.00
Target Tournament #43905792 Buy-In: $10000.00
30 tickets to the target tournament
Tournament started – 2007/05/13 – 18:00:00 (ET)
Dear foucault82,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
This qualifies you for a seat in … Read full post
In the wake of last year’s legislation, there was some concern that Harrah’s would not accept internet qualifiers into the World Series of Poker this year. Then again, this has apparently technically been their policy for a long time, and the sites have simply had some third party pay the … Read full post
I get back to my room about 2AM Friday night, exhausted from another long day of poker, but there are no more days off, and I need to be in my seat at the Rio and ready to play at noon on Saturday. I wake at 9AM, head down to … Read full post
About 1150 players begin play today, and 873 will win a prize. Obviously no one wants to finish 874th, and so an interesting dynamic will develop: some players, especially those with the fewest chips, will tighten up considerably, passing up even rather favorable opportunities for fear of going home empty-handed. … Read full post
Thursday night I’ve got a meet-up with a contingent of online poker players with whom I regularly discuss poker strategy. This is my first time meeting most of them in person, and it was a blast. Unfortunately, I had pre-paid $55 for the event, which was to include entree (salad, … Read full post
Thursday night, after having dinner with my father and brother, who have come out to support me for a few days, at their hotel, the Stratosphere Towers, I took a cab back to the Monte Carlo. It is only 8PM, but I need to get an early start in the … Read full post
As most of you know already, I’m playing in the main event of the World Series of Poker this week in Las Vegas. A lot of people have asked me to keep them updated about how I’m doing, so I thought a series of e-mails would be the best way … Read full post
