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[RED-DOG]

Good luck to all the blondes!

Although I have to admit to a slight bias

I have a soft spot for Dingdell (Left side of  bed)

And a soft spot for Brian (bog at bottom of field)

Only joking guys, have a great time and KEEP US POSTED

[Dingdell]

I AM OUT..........of the sattelite!

Decided to play the sattelite for Bern as he hasnt got a ticket for the main event and was one of only 3 women playing in a room of 22 tables of 10 players. This will be going on for hours I thought. At my table was a norwegian (young, quiet and seemed to have eyes in the back of his head -you know the type), a canadian, a guy from brooklyn wearing a vest shirt, track suit bottoms, hat etc, and a real estate dealer and a lawyer plus a young guy drinking beer and shouting to his friends who were watching from the sidelines. My table was right at the end of the row and attracted lots ofspectators. (My pre game tactics were to ruffle my hair and put on some more lipstick just in case the cameras  moved in)

Buy in $200, 1000 chips. Unlimited rebuys when under 1000. First hand I had pocket Kings, I was 4th to act, everyone folded round to me. Blinds 25, 25. I raised to 200 - a bit steep but i was nervous and didnt want someone getting in with A something. The rest of the table folded to me and I got the blinds.

Passed a few hands until I was in bigblind with 7 2 of hearts.No raise so I called it - Flop went A Q 9 of hearts.  Checked round to me (5 in the pot). I bet 300 -  they all folded to me ....too easy I think. Still got my confidence up- I bet it hard as I didnt want a drawing hand to call - and the checks made me think I must be ahead.

Next hand I have K9 off in the small blind. Only player inl is the norwegian who has some kind of automatic chip throwingin device attached to his arm because he does it without moving any other muscle in his body. He raises to 200, I call, big blind folds. Flop Q 7 2 rainbow. He checks, I bet 200 he comes over the top with another 500 I fold after much play acting and thinking.

I dont want the guys to think they can nick my blinds so i call small raises and occasionally find something to win the pot. Rebuy period over - blinds 50, 100. In BB i find A7 diamonds. I raise 300 called by the real estate guy. Flop ten king ace. He checks i bet 300, he calls. Hmmmmm. Next card 9, he checks I bet 300 he calls. Ooops I'm thinking I'm definitely out kickered and my stack is getting hammered. River comes a 7. There is a poker god and he is smiling at me.....he checks I bet all in- he folds but not before asking for a count. A bit of a tense moment that comes good in the end. Yee hah.   

Few hands later i get pocket kings. folded round to me - I raise to 500, the book says go all in but i'm scared to!  Folded to the norwegian in the bb who reraises my by 1000. His stack covers me.....I guess hes at it - he is norwegian after all - I reraise all in - he calls before i have finished saying it and turns over aces (of course!).  Flop goes K (there is that poker god again) 2 and ace. 2 non helpers on the turn and river.

I'm out! Nor the first to go and if I hadnt pushed in preflop Iwould have committed myself after the flop anyway - so I played it ok I think, just cards that let me down.

Great learning experience - saw some terriblepoker stars calls where n either player had nothing. Also learnt that the air conditioning is brutal and jumpers is the order of the day tomorrow.

Wanted to tell you about the poker stars party and that I met the rookie who is much smaller in real life.....but the coffee is wearing off and the night nurse is taking affect. I have suggested to Brian that he lends me his WSOP bracet tomorrow - may give me an edge......he didnt say no -so watch this space!! If all else fails I could always sell it on ebay :-))

Tracey


     

[ripple11]

  to all the Blondes out there!

 Above all ,just enjoy it

[TightEnd]

I AM OUT..........of the sattelite!

Decided to play the sattelite for Bern as he hasnt got a ticket for the main event and was one of only 3 women playing in a room of 22 tables of 10 players. This will be going on for hours I thought. At my table was a norwegian (young, quiet and seemed to have eyes in the back of his head -you know the type), a canadian, a guy from brooklyn wearing a vest shirt, track suit bottoms, hat etc, and a real estate dealer and a lawyer plus a young guy drinking beer and shouting to his friends who were watching from the sidelines. My table was right at the end of the row and attracted lots ofspectators. (My pre game tactics were to ruffle my hair and put on some more lipstick just in case the cameras  moved in)

Buy in $200, 1000 chips. Unlimited rebuys when under 1000. First hand I had pocket Kings, I was 4th to act, everyone folded round to me. Blinds 25, 25. I raised to 200 - a bit steep but i was nervous and didnt want someone getting in with A something. The rest of the table folded to me and I got the blinds.

Passed a few hands until I was in bigblind with 7 2 of hearts.No raise so I called it - Flop went A Q 9 of hearts.  Checked round to me (5 in the pot). I bet 300 -  they all folded to me ....too easy I think. Still got my confidence up- I bet it hard as I didnt want a drawing hand to call - and the checks made me think I must be ahead.

Next hand I have K9 off in the small blind. Only player inl is the norwegian who has some kind of automatic chip throwingin device attached to his arm because he does it without moving any other muscle in his body. He raises to 200, I call, big blind folds. Flop Q 7 2 rainbow. He checks, I bet 200 he comes over the top with another 500 I fold after much play acting and thinking.

I dont want the guys to think they can nick my blinds so i call small raises and occasionally find something to win the pot. Rebuy period over - blinds 50, 100. In BB i find A7 diamonds. I raise 300 called by the real estate guy. Flop ten king ace. He checks i bet 300, he calls. Hmmmmm. Next card 9, he checks I bet 300 he calls. Ooops I'm thinking I'm definitely out kickered and my stack is getting hammered. River comes a 7. There is a poker god and he is smiling at me.....he checks I bet all in- he folds but not before asking for a count. A bit of a tense moment that comes good in the end. Yee hah.   

Few hands later i get pocket kings. folded round to me - I raise to 500, the book says go all in but i'm scared to!  Folded to the norwegian in the bb who reraises my by 1000. His stack covers me.....I guess hes at it - he is norwegian after all - I reraise all in - he calls before i have finished saying it and turns over aces (of course!).  Flop goes K (there is that poker god again) 2 and ace. 2 non helpers on the turn and river.

I'm out! Nor the first to go and if I hadnt pushed in preflop Iwould have committed myself after the flop anyway - so I played it ok I think, just cards that let me down.

Great learning experience - saw some terriblepoker stars calls where n either player had nothing. Also learnt that the air conditioning is brutal and jumpers is the order of the day tomorrow.

Wanted to tell you about the poker stars party and that I met the rookie who is much smaller in real life.....but the coffee is wearing off and the night nurse is taking affect. I have suggested to Brian that he lends me his WSOP bracet tomorrow - may give me an edge......he didnt say no -so watch this space!! If all else fails I could always sell it on ebay :-))

Tracey


     

 


I love these on the spot jobbies. More please

[Dingdell]

Ok - now 8.30 am pre game start cant sleep as air con is making the sneezing and congestion worse - and I feel like a hospital case - I definitely have a man cold.

Went to the ps party last night - lots of free food and booze with a steel band and lots of poker players mainly american high fiving each other.  Earlier that day I had spotted Joe Hachem and after much thinking about it I approached him. I had spent 5 mins saying thats Joe Hachem, im sure it is - look at the blingbling etc. Bern didnt really know who he was but pointed out logically that JH was australian and this guy had an american accent.   This info was as useless to me as if I had been playing a pair of queens and the guy had reraised me holding a sign that said I have aces - I comletely ignored it.  Aproached him and in a very english way asked are you Mr Hachem. "No" he said. As we skulked away I whispered to Bern that he didnt want to be disturned but it was very rude of him......of course when we saw him later at the do it was obvioulsy not him but they did look similar.We then realised that there were a lot of JH look alikes - so I have taken it upon myself to get photos of them all and thought we could run a mini comp and see if anyone else would be as easily fooled! 

So after a few speeches there was more steel drum music and the atmosphere was getting quite merry. All the stars and staff had been introduced including Issabelle Mercier, Greg Raymer etc - Chris Moneymaker had missed his flight so they introduced his Dad instead who got a bigger cheer than anyone else! They announced that the tables would open in an hour and quite quickly a lot of people disappeared to buy in to the sattelite. We went to The Dig - a great discovery of lost atlantis (which a lot of the americans thought were real artifacts - dear god) and frightened the fish for a while before going to the game.

Not wanting to make a Joe Hachem mistake again I ppoached Greg Raymer with caution but he was the real deal....

AT the game ran into The Rookie who was trying to negotiate a discount with the barman for beer if he gave him a tip.......    Love that Man already!!

Really nice guy - his larger than life image is deceiving - although during the break I did see him wrestling his mate to the floor between tables - so perhaps not!!

If I could find out how to upload the photos I will.

Off to have a condemmed womans breakfast!

Tracey x

 

[charmaine]

Really enjoying your posts Tracey , sounds like your having a good time considering your ill so definately not man flu !!! 

Keep up the good work xx

[Graham C]

great posts, sounds must be excellent to be there.  Look forward to reading some more

[bundle]

although during the break I did see him wrestling his mate to the floor between tables - so perhaps not!!

Thats him giving out hand Analysis, Must have been 74o

[maid marion]

Great posts Dingbell - Have a fab time. Am very jealous especially as hubby Nick Gibson is also out there & playing flight 1. Say hi & good luck if you bump into him. He is tall & bald & very English!

Good luck all & have a fab time

LOL

Anna xx

[Sunday8pm]

Just a brief update from me guys,

weather hasn't been great so far. bit overcast but im sure Mr Sun will pop out soon!

Rupert is going well in the main event hes hovering around the 20k mark at the moment. Most of his chips coming when he hit a set with 88 and he got most of the guys chips who had KK.

I've used some of the spare time today to have a look around the place. It is simply HUGE!!. Check it out on www.atlantis.com.

I also went for a swim in the sea and rode the 'leap of faith' which is a near vertical drop water sliode which goes through a tunnel of sharks, its one of the most scariest things i have ever done!

Also played a $50 stt which lasted 3 hands, i was in a raised pot 4 way pre flop with 22. Flop came T72 and i was up against TT + 77!!  OOOPS.

Bumped into man of the moment Brian Wilson who is sporting some rather flash Blonde Poker attire. We plan on going for dinner at some point so that should be fun. I have never seen a guy smile so much..he carries a great auora around with him both on and off the tables.

Bumped into a couple of other small time poker players such as Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Barry Greenstein, Patrik Antonius and Joe Hachem. Pretty weird just walking by them.

Well got to go the battery is about to run out and i need to locate the charger! i think im also logged in on pokerstars wireless network so i best not piss them off too much!

Also...Tracey, havent seen you yet...ill try and get Brian to point you out at some point so i can meet up and show my face, best of luck in the main event.

Speak Soon

Ben

[Suited_Jock]

my pretty much no poker content.

This morning had interviews with UK Press. Hows this for a weird. 2 other people were being interviewed when I was in the Media room . Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem... If thats not a sign as to me winnning the 06 ME i dunno what is. Held the door open for chris moneymaker in the mens i was leaving he was entering he said "thanks".

Feel a bit common to be here to be honest... place is just oozing money.

I start day 1b in 15 hours and im totally psyched feel in the zone.

Went to go play some cash games and sng's tonight only to find out theres 1hr+ waiting lists for everything.. F**K that.

Gonna just chill and watch some tv tonight wish me luck for tomorrow

Hope your still running well rupert had a look in the tournament room but it was just too busy.. hope your bags turned up too

[Sunday8pm]

yep his bags turned up in the end after we wents nuts at American Airlines.

They owe us a big big apology....never use that airline, weren't your bags delayed too mate?

im sitting outside the cardroom at the minute, i managed to sneak onto the pokerstars wireless system

maybe if i play on stars now i might have a rigged account? who knows

hope your having a good time buddy and be sure to check out that mean waterslide....its like having a colonic irrigation!

see you around,

Ben

[snoopy1239]

This is an awesome thread. Please keep it up. 

[Dingdell]

ok guys - we are through the first day - i am sitting in the bar with the camel, Bern, Lawrence samuels, and daniel samson having a long island ice tea so excuse any spelling mistakes.
We have made a great showing for the brits - all of us through with amazing nine lives stories all around!!

Lawrence samuels best hand: Aces against wsop 4th finisher Aaron Kanter - who had KJ and kept on raising with Lawrence just flat calling behind him - made 5500 ion one hand and brought him back from the dead, taking half of Aarons chip stack. I was lucky enough to be next to Lawrence and we kept each other company all day - he admnits now that he raised my sb with 6 2 - but i forgive him because i raised him too many times to mention!!

Berns best hand - nunerous - but on chris moneymakers table he had aces and took chris money maker for 3000.

Mike Matusow was on adjacent table and went out against trip 10s. He went very quitely after shouting all his news/hands/weather reports/local gossip for the last few hours.

Daniels best hand was when he called someone down with ace high. HPlayer raises in middle position - Dan flat calls in BB with A 10. Flop 6, 7,2. Dan bets 1200, player raises it up to 2400, Dan flat calls. Turn comes 3, Dan checks - player checks. River Jack. Dan check - player bets 4000, Dan flat calls and winfs the pot.

My best hand was after back from dinner break - i only had 2000 and was ready to go - had  a bad call just before the break. I had a gin at dinner and lost all fear. Got A K first hand - went all in - got a call from A Q - my hand stood up. I then started playing proper poker - the swede opposite me got tired of my reaises and stopped raising me - which was good. My flat calls got people folding - bizarre - and I ended up with 15000 chips.

I did an all in bet second hand of the tourney - pocket aces with a raise in front of me - didnt get a call - but sent a strong message - dont bully the bird - thanks TE for the advice!!

Antes were a learning curve for most of us - but we have survived to live another day. No average chip counts for the day yet - day off while second flight and Rookie play then back the day after with redraw for seats.

Our chip counts are Camel approx 30,000, Bern 18,700, Daniel 30,000 and Lawrence 25,800. Me 15,000.

all in all a great day! Met some really nice people and found out that the guy whose trip aces beat my trip kings yesterday was Juha Helppi so I dont feel so bad about it!!

Daniel Negranu is out. One bit if gossip - Evelyn Ng didnt turn up and was being blinded out then they took her chips off the table and are letting her start tomorrow - very out of order.what do others think about that??
 
Tracey

[Dingdell]

Maid Marion - I ma sat with your husband who says he has Fxxxk all chips and is hanging on by a thread. Loves you lots. (Obviously had more than one beer!!) martin Green is also here and agrees that Nick is bald!!

Ok - I have to give the lap top back now so good luck to all the blondites playing tomorrow!!

Tracey x