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Some advice please - I hear US customs are pretty fussy about how much cash you can take into Vegas.  Does anyone know the limit, and have any advice on what method to use to have funds available during WSOP?  I am looking to take in about 20k USD, but I'd rather not use ATMs due charges, withdrawal limits and not being able to keep track of the money.  For obvious reasons I'd also rather not be wandering around with 20k in cash as well.

Does anyone have any experience of pre-event WSOP registration - did this go smoothly?

Many thanks guys

James

I think the problem with your re-raise is that why would anyone with a King in their hand do that on the turn?  The board is unconnected and rainbow, so there are no draws to chase out.  No-one with a seven or smaller pair would raise either because of the Kings, so your opponent puts it together and figures his 3 is good.  Nothing wrong with a bluff, but I think your opponent has pieced it together very well in my opinion so it's a great call.

Yeah - I just couldn't get my head round his call pre-flop, as he would still have 33k if he passes and there were lots of 8k-15k stacks at our table.  It was about 3rd hand of the day so he had no read on me.  It was John Kabbajj - to be fair he seemed to play pretty well during the tournament as a whole (was favourite to win it at the start of day3).

Hello folks - I'm a new member and just wanted to get some views on a hand I played at the Irish Open last month, as I've been mulling it through and opinion seems pretty divided from the people I have discussed it with.  I was still on about average chips after this hand, but it put me on tilt and effectively sent me spiralling out of the tournament.  Constructive criticism welcomed of course:


It's early day 2 - I am chip leader on my table with 59k.  The other stacks range from 35k to 8k, so I am looking to pick off short stacks with decent hands, and also put a bit of pressure on the stacks in the 25k-35k range.

Blinds are 300-600 with a running ante of 50 (I think).  Early position raiser with stack of 35k makes it 1800. 

I find  and raise it up to 6000.  All fold to the initial raiser who calls (this is a reasonably well known, experienced, successful player).

Flop is 

Checked to me, so I bet 12k, hoping to take the pot down.

Opponent shoves for 17k more.  I figure I am probably beat here.  I think he re-raises pre flop with AA/KK given his stack size.  I think there is enough chance he has JJ or AdKd here to justify the call of 17k given the size of the pot, but I am expecting to be shown a set of tens. 

I call and he shows  for the set and I am down to 24k in chips and, despite going for a cigarette to calm down, I then start playing like a donkey.

Questions:
1) Does anyone fold for the 17k, given that I would still be left with 41k in chips and well above average?
2) Is my bet on the flop too big?
3) Pre-flop re-raise correct size?
4) What do you think of his call of the re-raise pre-flop with 66 given his stack size?