Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Lost my first bullet, so down to 6,000 now.

Made an unwise button raise with J-J-9-8 ddcc but the BB was stubborn. Flop came all low, checked to me, I c-bet (mistake prob) he called so I had to shut down on the low turn, and he set me in on the low river, with multi straights out.

Left me with 1,300 of the first 3,000 (100-200) so I decided to find a spin spot.

Found A-2-Q-Q and Harry Aggro opened to 600, so that looked perfect, and in it went. He called, obv, and had 2-4-8-10, no low came but he hit two pairs, so that was that.

[Big_D]

Grandad takes a player out

Back to 9k :-)

[tikay]

Phew.

Feel better for that, my head was starting to get in a really bad place.

Break in 5 minutes, think I will sit out until then and mentally regroup.

[cambridgealex]

Come and talk to me on the break, I'm a mental game specialist

Pavilion black 161 x

[Hawk]

Phew.

Feel better for that, my head was starting to get in a really bad place.

Break in 5 minutes, think I will sit out until then and mentally regroup.

Good luck Sir.

Hope the latte man is doing his job well. ;-)

[tikay]

Going better now, up to 13,000, but generally the table is running over me.

They are breaking tables from this end of the room, so this one could break in the next hour. Might be best to just hang around and hope the table break comes soon, and I find a better table. 13,000 is way too many for me, am much more comfy grinding a bowl.

[tikay]

Knew I should have sat out until the (now imminent) table break, am back down to 7k. Bugger.

Am getting a nice bunch of visitors, my seat is right on the rail, and so far have had Dylan, Ryan, Lovejoy, Posh Alex, and Neil Channing, along with J J Liu, who I have not seen in years.

Am sat next to a fairly ancient and seemingly inoffensive elderly Gentleman, apparently it is David Sklansky. I get the instinct impression he does not know who I am.

[tikay]

Be careful what you wish for.

Got the table move. Good.

Moved to Table Linton. Bad.

Double or bust it is, then.

435 runners, 274 remain.

[tikay]

BOOM

Scoopio.

Up go 15,000 now, which is north of average.

Nut flush 3 way, including slowly played Aces, got the lot.

[Tal]

You should tell your tablemate just how many Sklansky dollars TfT has made.

[tikay]

2 levels left today, am bang on average.233 remain from 435 starters. Moved tables again, this one is much better.

[tikay]

Posh Alex just popped across, he is in the money and just above average with 60 left in the Rio Daily Deepie, with $42,000 up top.

Just met blonde "fenix", he has 20,000 in this.

John Shipley struggling with 5,000.

198 left.

[tikay]

1 level of play remains today, 300-600, with 180 players remaining.

Slipped back to 12,000, but that is plenty enough for now.

Table is lovely, but not getting any material to work with.

[theprawnidentity]

Table is lovely, but not getting any material to work with.

The right materials are overrated.  All you need is a game face and a can do attitude.

[tikay]

Table is lovely, but not getting any material to work with.

The right materials are overrated.  All you need is a game face and a can do attitude.

Can't do can do, but can do a near double up scoopio.

20,500 now, which, with 170 remaining, is close to average, with blinds 300-600.