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The deal is play continues down to 15% of the field, all of whom get guaranteed $3,063 & after which play stops & we return on Sunday for Day 2.


Two more nice scoops & I'm loving life, 4th break after Level 12...

Scooped the first pot after the break to go to 70,000, then I made a terrible mistake.

Its a big 3 way pot, I'm last to speak & hold A-2 for the nut low but no high. Peter Park pots it, next guy dwells for ever before calling. I am sure Peter is on the high, he tends to play higher cards, & the dwell by Player 2 - a lovely Iranian chap - sort of gave me the feeling he might be marginal with A-3. If I get it right I get half of a big 3 way pot.

I get it wrong, very badly wrong, they BOTH have A-2 & Peter has the High. So I get one-sixth. Boy, did I feel stupid....

Gear change time & it comes good immediately when I scoop 3 way to vault up to 97,000.

3rd break after Level 9, Late Reg closes now & players are falling fast....

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I had THE most perfect opening table line-up for my style & game. Very passive, lots of limping, lots of cheap flops.

It must have been 2 hours before we saw an all-in, & that was me, still had my 25,000 starting, so did villain, & I got three quarters.

After 9 levels, I was 43,000, so that's OK.

Then the table texture changed completely, 2 new super aggro and very good players potting everything, so table very dangerous now. Mostly the aggro duo are playing for stacks, so it's real double or nothing stuff. Anything could happen next 3 levels.

One of them was this lad, Peter Park.

https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=760123


Him & another lad absolutely dominated the table, sensed weakness & put everyone to the test for stacks. Lovely to watch, not so much to play against...





Sort of Asian American, lovely kid but very aggro & great imagination, he got it in with all sorts of weird hands, & soon busted 3 or 4 players.  

Anyway, at the break after 6 (?) Levels this was the score...

[How did Vegas go?]

Short of time as I need to change Hotel rooms today, so I have to vacate my room by 11am.

First up, I never made mention of Wednesday's $1,500 PLO8, so as you may guess, I drew another blank.

I briefly held hopes of making the cash when we reached Level 9, but it all went a bit tits up when I got up to 50,000 & got quartered in a 100,000 pot. Bit of a weird one - the flop was 3-4-4 rainbow, & Matey Boy & I both got it all-in on the flop. On their backs, we have identical hands except for suits, (A-2-5-6) but he had backdoor clubs, I had backdoor spades. The nut low duly arrived for us both, it's almost certainly a chop, so no loss or gain, but running clubs gave him three quarters & I'm in deep poo with 25,000. So I opened up for a quick bounceback but that soon ended badly.

There are no bad beats in Omaha variants, ranges run super close & it's part of the game, but a series of "unfortunates" does affect thinking & confidence.

That made it 6 MTT's with just a min cash ($237 in a $120 comp) & a $200 Bounty. So I'm in a bit of a hole, & starting to fear the worst, could I draw a blank on the trip?  

I play poker for fun, & enjoy it immensely, but my self-confidence is super fragile, so I was feeling a little disappointed, plus I have  significant (& very very supportive) investor, & most of all I feel bad for him.

I'm sensationally mediocre at poker & outright useless at golf, but it does not stop me enjoying both. I'm used to failure, it's fine, but a staker does bring added pressure. Plus there's the humiliation.

How did Vegas go?

Drew a complete blank


Sort of thing.

Doubts creep in two. I'm closing in on 80, have I still got all my marbles? It's tough to run with the kids. When two players table their (Omaha) hand, it takes me a few seconds to work out who's got what, bad eyes, slow mind, but the youngsters size it up in a millisecond.

Anyway, on to yesterday's $1,500 Big O. Two Day 1's & the plan was to enter both if the first went tits up.

More morning squeezing from my oranges

Poor fella has forgotten how to use the internet.

Go Tony

A bag and a flag for our hero!

Celtic is dieting and I just saw a pig flying over a frozen Hell illuminated by a blue moon.