Ok. I decided that I didn't want to grind the cash games and stick to tournaments. So I decided to jump into my first WSOP event a week before planned. I always planned on playing the 8-Game next week but after my Aria exploits on Monday I felt good to give the $1500 PLO a go. I was chip leader at the Aria for most of the tournament yet ended up 22nd with only 16 getting paid. Like I said I went for the win and losing 5 coin flips in a row against smaller stacks it just wasn't meant to be.
Besides I would probably pull up that much in a cash game (after reloads) so I went for the big score.
Drove to the Rio but couldn't get on the main road and kept ending up at dead ends!!
Once inside there was no queue that I was expecting and the staff at registration were fantastic.
I must admit I was nervous as he'll. Finally I am going to play the wsop. I'm currently 1/1 in tournaments. The first hand I was in the bb blind. Checked round and sb completes.
Flop, sb checks and I bet.
He folds.
I played my ever hand at the wsop and now I'm chip leader at my table. No one can ever take that away from me.
I won't bore you with all the details as I'm now the the Golden Nugget and not playing Day 2.
4500 chips to start with though is tough. You can't just make any mistakes. I was fine with the great 1hr clock and 25/25 start but you need to win the flips and hit your draws.
I never got either.
Some how from being as low as 2125 chips I managed to hit a peak of 1075 but I busted out just before the dinner break at the end of level 6. Me and the big stack got in in with AAxx and another short stacked who had a few more chips then me came along for the ride. His turned 2 pair scooped a 3 way pot and I was out.
I tell you what though. If it had the same chips as the Aria I'm confident I could do well here. Apparently on shark scope I'm a shark at PLO for the few times I've played. Yet live I can use my people reading skills to push my edge.
So I'm not going to give up and I'm going to try and satellite into the 5k PLO on Friday by playing the $500 mega tomorrow night. This is one of the few megas they play as the next day tourney so I fancy my chances. Updates late tomorrow.
So yesterday I was going to go home but I thought I would walk around the place. This time I just soaked up the atmosphere of the daily deep stacks and cash games on the go. Eventually I noticed TK at the cash tables so I had to grab a seat.
Had a great catch up and met Tal as well who was unlucky felling just short of the bubble on the deep stack.
TK, what's the matter with you. Some guys just have it all the time!!!
Was going great trebling my buy in on Big PLO8 game with plenty of generosity from Tony, but in the end donated to a gambling pro who had just busted the wsop event. I got it in good on a K95 board with 2 hearts. I had the nut flush draw, King and back door low.
He called with a 10 high flush draw and a gut shot (he had raised before the flop with trash!!!). No flush or low and the gutshot got there.
I wasn't and didn't want to pull up and gamble so I called it a night.