blonde poker

 

Got up nice an early, went to gym and spent a couple of hours by the pool. Its red hot in the morning but no poker players to be seen, surprise surprise, the action is 24 hours here. There are 3 pools at the Rio, backing onto Caesars Palace and the strip, its beautiful here. Got to arena at 11.55pm, found seat and checked out my opponents. All 3 players to my left were wearing WSOP bracelets including John Hennigan who I had seen on TV playing the WPT.  The 1st level was very aggressive, with John Hennigan taking control of the table. I tried to play a few pots with him but he just bet me out. 2 guys out already, one poor chap ran into quad 9's with his nut flush (turn 9 and river 9!). I was absolutely card dead, by best hand being KQ under the gun. I played a couple of pots with suited connectors but hit nothing. Down to 3,500 chips at the start of level 2. I then played a couple of multi-way pots with 99 and 66 to try and hit a set but without success. Then on the big blind I picked up a massive hand - 55, 6 people limped in and the small blind raised $400. I felt he was weak as he done the same with A8 off suit last round. This made over $1000 in the pot. I thought about passing my 55 but the pot was smiling at me, so I moved all-in for $3000 not expecting a call, or wanting one. The 1st limper said to me, are you all-in? and then took ages to make up his mind and flat called my $3000. I knew I was in deep trouble, as with a hand like AK or TT he would have moved all-in to isolate me. Everyone passed and he turned over AA. Never mind I thought, only a 4-1 dog, Its about time I hit a set - the flop came AKK - game over. The small blind commented that he was glad he passed his A rag, as he would have got involved! What did I learn todayDon't try to be too clever with that many limpers in the pot! There were 498 entries today, I went out 387th, very poor showing. Due to my early exit I'm off to the Palms Hotel tonight to play a $400 comp, there're getting 300+ runners more every night. There is also a $500 at the Bellagio at 2pm every day, so plenty to do if you get knocked out. Had a coffee with Robert Binelli after I got knocked out and he told me that I overplayed my 55 to which I replied, But I never wanted a caller, Rob!  Tikay has asked me to email some photos over, if anyone has any special requests please let me know.