Good luck and keep the update coming ! I miss it a bit already and keep giving in to the jet lag. Hardly played triple draw all year but would have played that if I’d still been out.
Dropped back to 16k in level 5. 27k at 2nd break. Nice rush in level 6. Ave 29k. Got 3 more levels before late reg closes. Still on table Yellow 295. Lost one player in last level. Actor James Woods on adjacent table & Chainsaw behind me.
Horrendous level 4. Kept getting 7432 and going brick brick brick. Twice I paired 7 on 3rd draw. Dropped to 2800 chips at 300/600. Defended with 632 & made an 86 to survive. Doubled again with 865 v 876. Now just over 20k.
Not the best start. Lost a few chips early but got back to starting stack. Then lost with 7632 drawing 1 three times to finish with a 10 losing to 97. Lost back to back No (76542) first to 76532 then 76432. Went down to 9k. Recovered a bit to 14k at first break. Coming back to 300/500 blinds with bets 500/1k.
5 years later!! I am playing my 4th World Series event (excluding my min cash in a circuit ring game at DTD last year). Today is #63 $1500 2-7 Triple Draw. Starts 2pm with 25k stack. Love limit 2-7 as you get lots of play. Will post some hands here but not to the standard of Mr Rutter! Will update stack if big change or at breaks.
Looks like Boulter and Raducanu didn't enter doubles as not in the lists. Seems quite a few Brits didn't get into the women's doubles. No place for Tara Moore amongst others, who is either a terrible drug cheat, or very hard done by after climbing back up the rankings. Think whatever the truth, and seems she has suffered way more than Sinner and Swiatek, and think they could have found a place for her in the circumstances. Think she'll get a high enough ranking next year to at least get a wild card.
In better news Katie Swan made it through the singles wildcard tournament so is in qualifying. Katy Dunne made it through also for those with longer memories. FWIW, Swan's record this year is pretty good, though last year was an obvious disaster.
Will be tough to get through qualifying but good luck to them.