Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Karabiner]

Won't bore you with too many details of my demise in the $1,100 Big O Bounty affair at Venetian as I don't want to make it sound like I'm complaining, it was one (another) of those days when I could not do much right.

The highlight - well lowlight - was flopping a boat in the BB in an unraised pot. I was holding 7-7 on the 10-10-7 flop. He had a 10 so he bet it. I think I played it badly, but bottom line is he the turn was a 9 & he was holding a 9 as well. He bet half pot on the River & I fell for it... Have to be so careful with "under boats". 

So after sliding down the ladder I went for a flip strategy & went up & down for an hour or two before eventually visiting the luck well once too often.

Only positives were I never took the rebuy, as I would have only got 20BB or so, & I won a $200 Bounty in somewhat fortunate circumstances off a shortie.

Ummed & arred about playing the nightly $200 NLH @ Orleans but swerved it in the end, was a bit tired.

At least you ripped one new one.

Onward and upward.

[bagel]

Morning all.

First up, I think/hope there's some good news about animalpoker. I'm not 100% certain but his name is Rob Price so I think he ran 4th for decent money...

Thank you
$30k including bounties for 4 way equity chop approaching 4am - it was the least pressured I ever felt to do a chop, which was lovely as normally 1 or 2 go nuts if people don’t want one, but it was late , I was running on fumes , and I’d laddered up well at the final table as one of the short stacks.
Was chipleader with 17 left and for hour or more before that but couldn’t push on, but totally happy with my game.  Applied pressure when we were short handed before the final table which could have resulted a huge stack if not for one single pot where the chap murdered his aces but scooped me . My biggest cash in 17 years so buzzing this morning and thoroughly enjoying a celebratory Eggslut before the 2pm WSOP $1,500 PLO8 .

On the “quiet” front I like to think I’m not as splashy as I used to be but still capable of any move at any time - prime example when we were 5 or 6 to a flop of 10,10,x and I bet mid position for 1/4 of the pot and everyone folded - the other Brit and yourself convinced I had a 10.  Nah just a standard stab then give up move .  That said if I don’t get a tough table today I’ll be trying to push the action a lot more in 4 card than big O where 8 handed your moves are very limited .  My skills are postflop so I try to apply that rather than pot raising preflop these days .

great score rob  , corona count for the tourney pls

[animalpoker]

Morning all.

First up, I think/hope there's some good news about animalpoker. I'm not 100% certain but his name is Rob Price so I think he ran 4th for decent money...

Thank you
$30k including bounties for 4 way equity chop approaching 4am - it was the least pressured I ever felt to do a chop, which was lovely as normally 1 or 2 go nuts if people don’t want one, but it was late , I was running on fumes , and I’d laddered up well at the final table as one of the short stacks.
Was chipleader with 17 left and for hour or more before that but couldn’t push on, but totally happy with my game.  Applied pressure when we were short handed before the final table which could have resulted a huge stack if not for one single pot where the chap murdered his aces but scooped me . My biggest cash in 17 years so buzzing this morning and thoroughly enjoying a celebratory Eggslut before the 2pm WSOP $1,500 PLO8 .

On the “quiet” front I like to think I’m not as splashy as I used to be but still capable of any move at any time - prime example when we were 5 or 6 to a flop of 10,10,x and I bet mid position for 1/4 of the pot and everyone folded - the other Brit and yourself convinced I had a 10.  Nah just a standard stab then give up move .  That said if I don’t get a tough table today I’ll be trying to push the action a lot more in 4 card than big O where 8 handed your moves are very limited .  My skills are postflop so I try to apply that rather than pot raising preflop these days .

great score rob  , corona count for the tourney pls

Zero surprisingly, I’d had 7 or 8 on the Monday then a few Tuesday along with copious amounts of vodka cranberry so it was a behave myself day yesterday .
That was the first time I’d drunk 2 days running, I’ve been sober every other day this trip apart so far that 2 days .

I’m gonna struggle to resist some beer today but not tempted yet - got a really good table in $1,500 plo8 so far . 
Tikay spotted bit too far away for me to bother him until the break

Ha as I wrote this seat 5 has got a beer and it looks good