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« Reply #45 on: June 03, 2024, 02:51:01 AM »

3rd break .  Peak stack of 232k
Average 120k
238 entrants.  51 left , pays 30 .
Very large stacked table now .
Got lucky earlier in a 50/50 for a bounty where I had guy covered by 7k for a 80k pot and haven’t looked back since , with plenty of help from cards too .
Blinds 2/4/4 now.
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« Reply #46 on: June 03, 2024, 04:50:42 AM »

Ok I’ve cashed 3 in a row .
4th break shortly
Coming back to 300k stack with 5/10/10 blinds
Average 200k
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« Reply #47 on: June 03, 2024, 07:21:44 AM »

Bust in 14th just before 5th break .  Not happy .  More details tomorrow.
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« Reply #48 on: June 03, 2024, 02:50:38 PM »

Not slept well but can’t seem to drop back off and it’s only 6:30am so might as well do an update here.
Live poker is well and truly alive , especially when it comes to these type of mitts .
Some of the stuff I saw yesterday truly shocked me, especially for an 800buyin

I tried to play small ball more than I would normally only limping or minraising the first 6hrs or so and it definitely worked somewhat
That said I still had I win a 50/50 ( see previous post) way off the money and also when we were 2 off the bubble I was never folding AAJ23 double suited even though I could have folded into the money at that point. I won 3/4of that pot and it truly gave me the chance to chip up afterwards .  
I peaked at 400k soon after with average stack at 300k with blinds 6/12/12 with 21 left.

Unfortunately it just didn’t happen from there onwards , we were on a short stacked table after a redraw at 27 left and as the blinds went up I knew it was going to be more down to luck than I’d have liked .

With 2 tables left I lost some chips with poor aces , lost to a short stack and had about 230k left with 14 players left.
Blinds were now 10/20/20 and I managed to bust on a hand where utg ( not playing much more stack than me ) had limped 20k with KQJ23 and called a 90k pot raise to bust my A2QQ7 in a pot that would have put me huge chipleader at our table for 560k .  Crazy stuff given the payouts up top of 26k / 18k / 12k top 3.  Average stack was 400k at that point, but I bust in 14th for a paltry $1621 ( + $600 in bounties )

If I sound negative it’s because I’m gutted to go deep and not hit big again but also I’m very tired , my eyes are strained , and I seem to have picked up the dreaded dry air con Vegas cough after only 5 days out here . I’m not the fittest person in the world right now so 4 deep runs within 5 days is just exhausting .  I’d love a day off but I also really want to play 800 plo8 at aria today at 11am .

Schedule from here on is relentless too .
Plo8 1500 WSOP Tuesday
PLO 1500 WSOP Wednesday ( clashes with 500plo8 at mgm but I think it has to be WSOP )
Thursday could be a day off from mtt but Friday more likely to be looking at my options .

Hopefully I’ll chip up or go home early today
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« Reply #49 on: June 04, 2024, 09:37:48 AM »

Great read Animal.  Wishing you the best.
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« Reply #50 on: June 04, 2024, 04:42:51 PM »

Morning all.
Had fun in the Aria plo8 yesterday $800.
Managed to last 6 hours on what wasn’t as easy a table as would have liked.
Started with 30k and went down to 15k before recovering to 30k by first break.
Then dropped down to 10k before surviving an all in or 2 .  
I got up to peak of 50k when this hand happened :

utg limp 1500 and I pot it to 5500 with AK73 1 suit .
bb repots it to 19k and utg folds .  He has about 20k behind and from the play so far I know his range is wide and huge chance not aces so after a brief think I repot.   He calls and shows a345 1 suit which I’m delighted with .  
Whilst equities run close in this game, getting it in with 3 low cards and an ace vs one other player is a poor play and always well behind ( not gonna run it into a calculator , I just know this from my supernova elite days of being addicted to 3/6 nl hi lo cap where it’s pretty much all in or fold ) .
Anyway we get a fun run out of 3,3,9,2,5 and I lose a pot which would have put me on 90k
My 10k left spun up to 35k before I exit an hour or 2 later on a 3 way all in preflop with AK74 1 suit vs AK106 and A237 .  Flopped nut flush draw and a double gutshot but didn’t improve for what would have been a 70k pot at huge blinds now of 1.5/3k/3k .  Didn’t look to see position when I bust but they got well over 300 entrants .

I had a couple of coronas when short stack and after going to one of my favourite spots, Lardo at cosmopolitan, for Korean pork sandwich I hit a cash table for 5 hours or so .  Was a fun table with plenty of chat/banter and one other drinker .   I went a few hundred down before getting some nice hands and finished 500 up on the session .   Amazing what a difference the table makes,  my table broke around 11:15pm and I spent 45 minutes on another where the chat was just dull as dish water or silence from a better standard of players .

Have I mentioned the bomb pots this year ?
You get 2 boards and it’s ultimate high and ultimate low from either board .
This is so much more fun than previous years and it’s amazing how often you see someone get their stack in ridiculously light to be in deep trouble with cards to come .  Best high from either board tales half pot and best low from either board too.  Really gets you thinking if you catch a piece of it .

It’s now 8:30am and I’m writing this in bed .
Didn’t sleep brilliant , had a huge nosebleed when I got back to the room that lasted 20 minutes .  Never had one that bad and just wanted to get to bed at the time .  Somehow eventually stopped it and haven’t got any blood on the bed sheets like I half expected to wake up to .
It might sound daft but I’m actually reluctant to hit the treadmill today as worried the impact might start it again and I don’t want to be messing around with that before my next tournament .

Noon WSOP $1,500 PLO8
One of my favourite tournaments of the trip
I had a 21st one year in this .  Also had an 11th when they used to run a $3,000 version.  
Last year I didn’t play well and got nowhere on 2 or 3 bullets .
The year before I think I had about 4 times starting stack after a couple of hours before losing a massive all in preflop shortly after with aces , prob would have put me chipleader in the room if I’d scooped that one .
As usual I’ll try evaluate my table early and let that decide how loosely I play or whether I do my tight solid image again . Got a horrible end seat so not looking forward to eye strain looking at board and chips at other end of the table Sad

Right I think it’s off to ocean one for breakfast shortly , then either a nap or chill by pool after that .

Not sure about updates .  Decide at table .  Maybe at each break , I’ll see .
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« Reply #51 on: June 05, 2024, 07:48:29 AM »


Morning Rob.


Loving the updates. I'm not commenting much as I'm bare busy but I read every post you make from Vegas & I'm really feeling the atmo.


GL mate.


PS - You gonna be home in time for the Euros? I've got a photo somewhere of the first time I met you, we were at Binions, you were wearing full England replica gear, shirts, shorts the lot. Can't remember if it was Euros or World Cup.   
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« Reply #52 on: June 05, 2024, 04:36:27 PM »


Morning Rob.


Loving the updates. I'm not commenting much as I'm bare busy but I read every post you make from Vegas & I'm really feeling the atmo.


GL mate.


PS - You gonna be home in time for the Euros? I've got a photo somewhere of the first time I met you, we were at Binions, you were wearing full England replica gear, shirts, shorts the lot. Can't remember if it was Euros or World Cup.   

Thanks mate .  Shame I miss you this year but it’s nice to get out here from the start of the series .  Feels very different to arriving mid June . 


I think it was either 2012 euros or 2014 worlds .  Not into football as much these days but still looking forward to watching plenty of it when I get home.  I’m out here for the first games but will be driving home from Gatwick exhausted hoping to make it home by 5pm for England vs Denmark on the 20th . 

I got 5th in binions 2012 June 19th on my record so could well have been that date . England 1 - 0 Ukraine that day so it must have been , internet is great for finding stuff like that .
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« Reply #53 on: June 05, 2024, 05:17:50 PM »

Report from treadmill so excuse any spelling errors .  
Day 8 in Vegas and finally cashed in my mystery millions payout for $1,783, slightly more than I expected .
But into the main event of plo8 1500 WSOP

Table not bad at all to start with , 5 handed but other spots soon filled and 2 of the original 5 for moved too.
 
Started at 25k and chipped up nicely to 35k before this hand shortly before first break .  Can’t recall exact blinds ( prob will as I write this ) but Lebanon guy made it 800? in cut off and I re potted from the button with AA2x 1 suit .  
He flat and flop is all hearts Q102. He only has 13k behind and I don’t have hearts .  I cont bet 2000 and he check raises to 7000 and I fold .  I seem to recall pot was roughly 6500 before the flop .  
27k at first break

Table became tougher after that with late and re entries replacing bust outs with only 1/2 weak spots who weren’t exactly donating chips either.

I got 3/4 of a 3 way pot to take me to 53k trying to gamble with a 20k stack with A1023 double suited but weak player big stack that had flatted a reraise came along too , so I as actually allin for my tournament life.  
 Was up against akj7 short stack and a2qq .  Flop was 3 high clubs ( my nut suit ) but runner runner low came .  

Lost a few pots to end up with 32k next break .

Held that stack for ages until just before dinner break .  
AKQ3 1 suit .  600/1.2/1.2 .  Weak stack only playing 25k flats the button and I pot from bb to 4800.   Pot of 12k on a flop of A102 I’m
Going nowhere and hope to take it down there .  This guy had flat called loads and folded plenty of flops .  He tank shoved after my 10k bet and was obv worried I had aces ( wasn’t acting ) .  I instant call and he shows A1057 .  No problem as it runs out 2 and Q for a scoop .
72k at dinner break after that , big stack at our table but our table very short now as everyone playing solid .

Late reg closed at dinner . 1277 entrants.   194 paid .  And if survive we play 6 more levels and extra if needed to make the money .

I leaked chips a fair bit with lack of spots to be honest to create anything without being  silly .
Then this one at 1.5k/2.5k/2.5k blinds
I raise to 6k early position with AKK9 nut diamonds .
Button flats but bb repots it , I quickly repot it back and have him covered by 5k .
It’s a pot to take me to 70k with average stack now at 80k vs AQ35 and he only has diamonds.
Unfortunately he hits a wheel on the turn for a no sweat river .

Left with 5k but know anything can happen especially in split games so take it well.   Id already had a couple of corona at this point which helped Wink

Next hand or hand after I get it in 3 way with aq104 .  The 2 pros bet flop and turn vs each other so on a board of K98Qx it didn’t look good until it went check check and my queen was good - back to 21k.  

Next key hand after folding the 5k in bb+ante spot .
Sb playing 16k , big stack flats early , I top up with Two Diamonds three diamonds and 3 of us see a flop of (pot 10k)
Looked like a good spot to lead given my stack .  3k is the bet and both quickly fold .  

4th break I’m down to 19k and coming back to blinds of 2/3/3 so I need to gamble quick before I blind out too much .
Short stack 20k pots it  utg and I look down at KKj2 1 suit .  They all go in and another player comes in too.  
So 3 way pot to go to 65k with average roughly 100k.
I’m up against A2QQ 2 suits and AJ97 1 suit ..
Board runs out a58Q6 and I’m out - clock was broke at that point but I would have been around 300th in the end , not to be .  

Played cash afterwards for  couple hrs .  Big O list too long so ended up on 1/2/5 plo .  
Sat with minimum 100 as wanted some gambles .  Got some nice pots early to peak at 650 before dropping back to 300.
Got 3/4 of a big bomb pot to take me back to close to 600.  Ended up cashing out for 500 so happy with a 400 profit obviously .
Table was crazy , proper crazy .  Really should play more of this game but gotta fight the big O addiction .

Probably 1500 PLO WSOP in 3.5 hours .  Sorry for lack of in running updates but still exhausted from all these deep runs .  Yesterday’s was 10 hours including breaks .   55 mins to write this while walking at 3.3 mph .  

Oh forgot to mention I got proper goosebumps when they played god save the king at the end of one of the early breaks .  Was nice feel good moment , not sure who won bracelet , someone ellis maybe ?   I’m barely following any updates or vlogs or anything while I’m out here  as so little downtime .

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« Reply #54 on: June 05, 2024, 08:06:34 PM »

Great read

Nice to see you getting these cashes, keep it going
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« Reply #55 on: June 05, 2024, 09:15:42 PM »

Action thick and fast here
1 table loose cannon but he doesn’t seem that great .  
Not bad other than that but only 6 of the 8 seats are sat at the moment
25 starting stack dropped to 21k at blinds of 100/100/100 playing most hands before a well timed bluff got me above starting stacks.
Peaked at 29k end of level 1 .  Dropped to 25k 10 mins into level 2 but back to 29k after flopping 3 of a kind as I was writing this .

Didn’t sleep too bad last night and think the hour walk on the treadmill did me good .
Felt that fresh I ate my subway turkey sandwich while playing plo for half hour making a small profit , moved to big O for an hour and made another 600 running well on an ok table .

Only hiccup was kiosk failing to print my tournament ticket , but player services sorted it quickly and I only missed one hand which was my big blind .

Table warmed up with 2 allins level 2 one hand after the other .  
Enjoying it but would love a corona Smiley
You know that old saying “corona and plo go together like ham and eggs”
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« Reply #56 on: June 05, 2024, 09:37:57 PM »


Morning Rob.


Loving the updates. I'm not commenting much as I'm bare busy but I read every post you make from Vegas & I'm really feeling the atmo.


GL mate.


PS - You gonna be home in time for the Euros? I've got a photo somewhere of the first time I met you, we were at Binions, you were wearing full England replica gear, shirts, shorts the lot. Can't remember if it was Euros or World Cup.   

Thanks mate .  Shame I miss you this year but it’s nice to get out here from the start of the series .  Feels very different to arriving mid June . 


I think it was either 2012 euros or 2014 worlds .  Not into football as much these days but still looking forward to watching plenty of it when I get home.  I’m out here for the first games but will be driving home from Gatwick exhausted hoping to make it home by 5pm for England vs Denmark on the 20th . 

I got 5th in binions 2012 June 19th on my record so could well have been that date . England 1 - 0 Ukraine that day so it must have been , internet is great for finding stuff like that .


That's almost certainly the date. Just looked at my Hendon Mob & I was there that date, in fact (beware incoming chirp) I won the PLO at Golden Nugget on the 20th for $2,180, (probably chopped it), was 12th in a Mega Stack PLO 2 days later for $731, 6th in a PLO8 at Wynn 2 days later for $2,423, & 12th in the WSOP PLO8 2 days later for $15,078. Jeez, those were the days, doubt I've ever had a better run anywhere any time. 

Sorry about the chirp, carry on. Wink
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« Reply #57 on: June 05, 2024, 10:19:03 PM »

Ok no coronas before dinner break rule has been broken at 1:45pm local time .
It was a lucky corona though as my aces held up in a large pot vs original loose cannons K1067 on a K525x board
18k going in on the flop 3 way after I’d repopped it preflop with aa67xhhh .   Had him covered so he’s gone now . 
John Kabbaj at my table so conversations about tikay already in progress .
50k first break .
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« Reply #58 on: June 05, 2024, 10:21:26 PM »


Morning Rob.


Loving the updates. I'm not commenting much as I'm bare busy but I read every post you make from Vegas & I'm really feeling the atmo.


GL mate.


PS - You gonna be home in time for the Euros? I've got a photo somewhere of the first time I met you, we were at Binions, you were wearing full England replica gear, shirts, shorts the lot. Can't remember if it was Euros or World Cup.   

Thanks mate .  Shame I miss you this year but it’s nice to get out here from the start of the series .  Feels very different to arriving mid June . 


I think it was either 2012 euros or 2014 worlds .  Not into football as much these days but still looking forward to watching plenty of it when I get home.  I’m out here for the first games but will be driving home from Gatwick exhausted hoping to make it home by 5pm for England vs Denmark on the 20th . 

I got 5th in binions 2012 June 19th on my record so could well have been that date . England 1 - 0 Ukraine that day so it must have been , internet is great for finding stuff like that .


That's almost certainly the date. Just looked at my Hendon Mob & I was there that date, in fact (beware incoming chirp) I won the PLO at Golden Nugget on the 20th for $2,180, (probably chopped it), was 12th in a Mega Stack PLO 2 days later for $731, 6th in a PLO8 at Wynn 2 days later for $2,423, & 12th in the WSOP PLO8 2 days later for $15,078. Jeez, those were the days, doubt I've ever had a better run anywhere any time. 

Sorry about the chirp, carry on. Wink

I distinctly remember the table saying how boring “soccer” is with all the 0-0 and 1-0 type results .

I think you’re still getting staked based on those results Smiley
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« Reply #59 on: June 05, 2024, 10:42:35 PM »

GL Rob.  Enjoying these updates.  Since announcing I wasn't coming, running a lot better.  Pressure to make money has gone obv.

https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2024-wsop/event-3-500-wsop-kickoff/

Here is your winning Brit.  Imagine playing your first WSOP event, beating 3,500 people and winning a bracelet. Amazing stuff.
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Most of the bets placed so far seem more like hopeful punts rather than value spots
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