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I'm not in the habit of taking "hand" 'photos at the table, it's a bit naff imo, but I think this was a reasonable exception, nobody would believe me otherwise.

He was a lovely fella & was all apologies afterwards. I went & shook his hand & wandered away tail between legs & a bit shell-shocked that the party was over so quickly & in such weird fashion.

Surprisingly, the beat never bothered me THAT much, it's poker, it happens, but departing in Level 3 of a WSOP certainly was a big disappointment, I love WSOP days so much.

If I misplayed the hand I'd be cross with myself, but I played it correctly (imo).

Those who have managed to grind their way through these reports may recall I exited the WSOP Big O in similar fashion, when two of us flopped the same boat but his (inferior) danglers got there. That was a 5 card game of course so it's not that terrible.

Anyway, that's that, and the 2026 Vegas hole just got deeper.

Tomorrow I go again, bullet 2 in the $1,000 WSOP Seniors.  It'll be first rebuy/re-entry of the trip, so there's that I suppose.

Not sure it's wise to revisit the scene of the crime, but there you are.

Raise with 9-9, Mr Tight calls again, lol.

Flop 10-9-5dd, wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

He bets 2k. I make it 5k. He jams. I call. I have a set of 9's, he has A-10.

And we see this runout.....

Good morning squeezage,keep going old boy.

K-10, flop K-J-9, bet 1,500. Mr Tight makes it 4,500. Fold. He flashes K-J.

Raise with K-Qcc, Mr Tight calls. Bet the 5 high flop, he calls. 4 turn brings 4 card straight, we check it down. He has 7-7. Struggling a little now, down to 17,000.

Next hand....

Setback costs me 7,000. Had K-Jss 5 way and flopped the flush. Bet 2,500, 1 caller. Blank turn, bet 4,500. Call. Spade river, and he moves all in. Pretty sure, as played, he has the Ace. Fold. Thankfully he showed me the A of spades. (As-Qh)

Amazingly, 10% of the field are busto in first 2 levels.

Call a raise with A5hh. Flop K-J-9hh. Check call 1,000. Blank turn, check call again. Off suit A on river, check check and I'm good v his K-Q, and he gives me some verbal. 24 000.

Two "interesting" players on the table.

One is the best part of 90 years old & is in every pot.

Early doors in Level 1 he twice confuses his chip sizes & throws in 5,500 (5k + 500) rather than the obviously intended 600 (500 + 100). To be fair, the chip colours of the 500 & 5,000 are very similar. He claims he's colour blind, & maybe he is.

On one occasion he did it I had A-10, but I quickly abandoned the idea of a squeeze, he'd call for sure, & it's way too early for that sort of malarky.

Soon, with J-9 on a J high flop he bet quite big. Q-Q man jams on him, & our hero calls instantly with J-9, only to river another J & get the lot.

Next, he's in 3 way action v flopped flush, flopped straight, & our 90 year-old has top 2, & boats up on the river to bust 2 players.

The other interesting one we'll call Mr Shove. Any time he found a big hand he simply moved all-in pre-flop.

Anyway, fella (K-K) makes it 1,600 to go & Mr Shove makes his trademark move, all-in for about 30,000. Naturally, K-K man is loving life until he sees Mr Shove has the Aces. Not sure I've ever seen Aces played worse but it worked so good luck to him.

Card-rack? Just a bit, not sure I can recall having so many decent hands in 1 level.

Not complaining here, but on a passive table, with Blinds 100-100-100 you don't really accumulate chips despite so many hands.

End of Level 1 arrives & it's all going along nicely.

My memory is shot to bits so I took a few notes on my own WhatsApp, & I reproduce them in (almost) their original form.


Win the blinds (100+100+100) with 10-10 and K-K.

Raise with A-10ss, bet the QQ44 turn, he calls. Check the 9 river, no idea where I am. He had 3-3 (= no hand!).

Raise with KQcc, take it on Q high flop.

Raise with K-Jss, miss, stab, give up when Mr Shove moves all-in then proudly shows top two.

Raise with J-J, flop a set on a 2 diamond flop, take it down.

And so on...

Raise with 5-5 from CO, checked to me on Q-J-9 flop, stab, both call, give up. 21,900.