Three days in and still no joy. Thankfully my confidence is being kept steady by some modest draws in the cash games. I got to last a full thirty minutes in yesterdays $1,500 NLH on a table where the majority of the play truly was woeful with hands like A-8 being worthy of a pre-flop re-raise. Unable to capitalise on this though I eventually got pot stuck with K-Q on a king high flop but let the other guy hit his Ten kicker when I tried to get cute; not a good idea with so little chips in play.Taxi!... and straight over to the Bellagio (again) for a second shot at their daily $1,000 event. I made the last four tables in good shape but got into a bit of a mess when I picked up a flush draw whilst out there on a random blind steal with a Qh-6h. The SB check raised me all-in with two pair and I got to take my medicine. Not very tasty.
I got to witness a pretty freaky hand whilst grinding out my refund for the comp in the $2-5NL game; a friendly table, it was on their backs after the all diamond A-K-Q flop. The hands were A-A and A-K. The dealer put a Jd followed by a 10d out there and they got to chop.
Talking of freaky hands, Carlo Citrone told me of this pretty sick run of events. Bubble time with nineteen players left at the Bellagio and he’s huge chip leader:Finds K-K, raises, short stack pushes with A-J and hits.
Next hand Carlo finds K-K again, raises and the same short stack pushes in again, this time he has 7-7 and hits trips.
Very next and last hand Carlo finds the K-K again, raises and the same guy pushes his stack in again with 10-10 and hits the 10. Now that’s gotta hurt.
I played my third WSOP event today, the $2,500 NLH. The 2,500 buy-in meant we got a much appreciated 2,500 chips, almost enough to apportion the odd 6 or 700 for some gambling. I made it to the giddy heights of level 2 but my check raise all-in with a flush draw and over cards failed to materialise.Overall I’d say I’m not playing great, yet, the no.1 culprit is patience and given the long levels some adjustments are needed.
