Am ok Tikay.  I am having to miss the gym this morning as failed to set the alarm.  The way things are going I will have plenty of time later!

My back is definitely better this morning, I was definitely a bit stiff and delicate after it happened, but this morning I have just a bit of pain, so all good.  I did register last night about 7pm and there was no queue the night before one of the biggest tournament days of the year.  So good news for those who are more organised than me. 

I had a Charlie burger in the sports bar after.  Everywhere else was chocker in the Wynn, but it was a very good burger so was pretty pleased with that decision.  Guess I won't get in there tonight with the Stanley Cup on.  Can confirm all food at Wynn has been pretty good this year and have tried most of the casual dining spots now. 

Called an 8BB shove with A8 when he had AK. 

Dribbled down to 23k at 2/4.  Shoved AdTd from mid position.  gets round to big blind who wakes up with KK. Kind of think I was due a suckout but didn't get one. Beat 75% of the field.

There was one spot that I think I should have taken not long before. Button shoved 16bb and I had A8 off in the SB with 12bb.  Think all the losing flips and A8 earlier had taken their toll, so I folded, but it is so fast paced you can't just sit and wait...  especially as I was then card dead for 2 orbits.

To cap it all some dickhead jumped out of his seat at the table behind, which then flew into the back of mine.  So now I am sat here with a sore back hoping it is just temporary.  I was thinking he must have taken some nasty beat that had knocked him out of the tournament, but nope, he seemed to be sat there with a big enough stack. 

$300 gladiator thing is tomorrow at 10am, so am going to reg now.  Hopefully the robot count will be low; today we just had man in hoody with only one eye showing and man in the darkest sunglasses possible over 3 different tables.  Think that is running above EV. 

Winning flip count still 0 in the last 3 days and was down to 20k.  Thankfully the next small pair was facing 10s.  Back to 70k.  Going to be really quick from here.  About half the field has gone.   

There is a five card PLO started, don't think we cash before registration closes though.  Probably a good thing, never had much joy at that game.

Long shot, but anyone got any Arctic Monkeys recommends? My daughter has signed me up to take her when I get back and they leave me a bit cold.  I believed the hype and have the first record and she told me AM was good.  Wasn't convinced, kind of hoping they just run through a greatest hits so I recognise them.

The Hives are supporting, which I don't think is much better. 

Run better David. I open this thread every morning hoping for pages and pages of updates.

Not doing pages regardless, but can confirm I made a break.  70k from 25k including one ballsy call that turned out right.  #fish

Next tournament is a $1,100 Wynn daily hold'em; it starts in an hour.

Still waking up ridiculously early, so already done the gym and buffet.  This is way better than sitting in the office or sat in the car waiting for the kids to finish whatever they are doing.

The Stanley Cup is on TV here, so thought I'll watch that if I can.  I mentioned sitting in the car earlier, but I spend way too much of my time sat in a freezer as one of the kids has a talent for ice skating.  So after I got knocked out of the poker, I had some food, watched a bit of golf and YouTube prior to the 8pm start time.  Switched the channel on at 8pm just in time to see an overtime winning goal.  Game started at 8pm Eastern Time... Vegas are 2-1 up btw. 

I can get a ticket for the next game for $32,000*.  Think I need to run better today...

* Other prices are available, you can get one in the clouds for $1,100.

hope your having some fun despite all the runbad. chin up and better luck in the next ones.

Am fine, last year I got COVID and was stuck in my room.  Losing a few poker tournaments is better.  I am pretty zen when losing tournaments these days, only time I get really grumpy is if I make bad plays to bust.  Like when I was victim of that weird call with A3 off the other day, could only snigger even though it had cost me a couple of hundred in equity.

15 years ago, I'd get pretty upset going out of a WSOP, but I wouldn't still be playing if I still did that

"U need to be strong even the result not go ur way, as long u knew u play right, that is all matter."

Trip not going well.  AAQ3 < KK88 all in pre.  Now down to 3.9k at 300/600.  At least it is easy to play now

Lasted 2 more hands. Had AT27 suited ace and got 2 limpers ahead of me and pot was 3300.  Got it in Vs KK75 (no suits for what was going to be more than a triple up, but ace high no good.

Played well today with no obvious errors (made plenty in the O8).  Am feeling pretty positive but didn't bring a rebuy as I wasn't sure of my game. 

Also was £5k up for the year before coming out, so it isn't as brutal as it appears. 

Think the KK88 was fine FWIW.  He only had 11k and wasn't far off a flip and there was a limp ahead of me and there is 2,100 in the pot with an ante.  I don't just raise aces so he has to go for it I think.

Trip not going well.  AAQ3 < KK88 all in pre.  Now down to 3.9k at 300/600.  At least it is easy to play now

Queue update; was only 20 minutes.  Only half as many punters in the registration room when I went round the corner and more people doing registration.  Probably did me a favour getting there 20 minutes late as I sat down to a table playing 3 handed with somebody not there.  Stealing from someone not at the table obviously a bonus, but leaving the tournament with some bag of shite hand because you wanted the free chips wouldn't have been good for morale.

Table looks ok, am down to 17k (from 20k) but that couldn't be helped.
Feeling I have a weak player on my right, and one player is definitely over aggro, so table decent enough.

Update queue not bad.  Got here just before 12 and just entering registration room, so will probably only be about 40 minutes total. Queues seem much better than last year, and think fields seem bigger (even if I am here much earlier in year).

I think I need to be playing the more interesting games these days, wish I'd spent some time learning that so I didn't have to play hold'em.

What I think now that I don't have the patience for headphone city...

It's quite ironic since I was brought up on 7-Card Stud as a kid, and then never played Poker again until I left the Navy in my 20s.

Good luck today if you're playing, mate!

Just realised I didn't even mention badugi, which was the game I wished I'd learned.  9 game would have been fine.

Didn't realise until after it was Ryan Leng who raised with the QJ43.  Think it was double suited so he can't ever fold Vs my reraise.   A224 is such a bad hand I wouldn't be surprised if he was favourite (I can't remember if I was suited, just remember thinking I need to go with this).  Pretty sure I have played with him before too.  He did ask if I was playing the badugi, which was what got me thinking I really should have. 

I've watched it a few times, and had a couple goes at it on Stars. Should probably try to learn, as I see even some of the smaller mix comps have it now during the summer.

Ahh, he seems like a nice guy. At least from the streams I've seen him on, anyway.

Wasn't really looking forward to this year, but now things are settling down at home and following it here & PokerGO, I'm looking forward to a break from admin/work.

Seems pretty pleasant from what I have seen. He wasn't the pro I mentioned earlier. I read through that pro's twitter and in real life he was pretty much in line with his posting.

If you want help sorting schedules, l am your man Marky. 

Just realised that the Omaha starts at 12 and not 2...  And that $300 comp I was thinking of ducking on Saturday started yesterday, so am copping for the queues regardless. So f'in dumb.  I was out early yesterday so had all the time to register last night too.  Was just sat here thinking I'll be fine rocking up at 1...

One tiny upside is that at least I can get a handle on how bad Saturday's queues will be, but think there is zero chance I just rock up to register an hour early on Saturday. 

I think I need to be playing the more interesting games these days, wish I'd spent some time learning that so I didn't have to play hold'em.

What I think now that I don't have the patience for headphone city...

It's quite ironic since I was brought up on 7-Card Stud as a kid, and then never played Poker again until I left the Navy in my 20s.

Good luck today if you're playing, mate!

Just realised I didn't even mention badugi, which was the game I wished I'd learned.  9 game would have been fine.

Didn't realise until after it was Ryan Leng who raised with the QJ43.  Think it was double suited so he can't ever fold Vs my reraise.   A224 is such a bad hand I wouldn't be surprised if he was favourite (I can't remember if I was suited, just remember thinking I need to go with this).  Pretty sure I have played with him before too.  He did ask if I was playing the badugi, which was what got me thinking I really should have. 

Keep up with the updates mate.  Good luck with the rest of the trip.  I’m proper excited now about coming out, think I still miss you even though I added a few nights to my trip and arrive Tuesday.  Sounds like you enjoyed the limit O8, I’m not sure if I ever played it again after final tabling in 2009 because of it being silly early in the series.  First dilemma of my trip is PLO 1.5k or 9 GAME 3k on the Weds both WSOP, rest of my trip fairly rigid with a mtt nearly every day !

That is the day I am leaving, so we aren't going to meet up, but good luck.  I'd be doing the 9 game every time.  I think I need to be playing the more interesting games these days, wish I'd spent some time learning that so I didn't have to play hold'em.

I have a bit of a dislike of Primal Scream for some time due to them taking too much credit for the work of Andy Weatherall.  Some of the stuff that cam out after the death of Denise Johnson didn't make feel more favorable towards them, but this witness statement at the inquest of Martin Duffy lays it all bare.  Warning: It is upsetting.

http://www.dafts.co.uk/louieduffystatement.pdf

Well that didn't go as well as hoped. 

I don't have a solver, but think I played my last hand correctly, so not going to be upset about this exit.  And I get to catch up on stuff, and can get up early for the swim/gym combo before the omaha.  I could have rejoined, but not doing 3 buy-ins this early in the trip

Blinds are 400/800 with 800 BB ante.  Not much has gone on as I haven't had any hands that were hard to play and can't think of any difficult decision on this bullet. I start with 25k or so. 

Utg+1 open raises to 2k and gets 2 calls from players that looked like they are stations.  I look down AQ off.  I don't like the call here as am out of position.  I know someone who would always call here in position as you crush so much of your opponents ranges and it is easy to play.

Anyway we pump it up to 10k as it makes it hard for the stations to shove or call  correctly (starting stacks are 30k, which was about their current stack).  Opener has loads of chips and is very active. 

He shoves and the other two fold quickly.  Think this is an easy call given the read on the opponent albeit an uncomfortable one (14k to call Vs effective pot size now 40k+.

He has TT, flop is KQ9 (woohoo), turn T. 

And we have eventually tried the ice cream bar in the Wynn for the first time ($7 = 1 scoop).