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Hilton World Poker Challenge - Day 17
Today
I played the $225 no limit, I played well
and got down to the final 3 tables (I
think we started with 112 players) with
a decent stack but with the blinds getting
big, then got JJ in the BB. Hippie John
on the button put in a fairly big raise,
and I reraised all-in knowing he was just
stealing the blinds; he had the nerve
to call me with his KK and IGHN.
Then
I went to dinner and got back just in
time to be an alternate in the Super Satellite
(it starts at 7:30 but you can buy in
any time in the first hour), I wasn't
planning on playing but one of our dinner
group was Randy Holland and he convinced
me to do it. I got my 300 chips, then
the break came and I got my 500 add-on,
for a total of $220 buy-in. I'd also won
a hand right away so now had 1300 chips,
this was a good thing. We got down to
5 players and I was chip leader. They
wanted to pay off 5th. place (the bubble)
so I agreed to $100 off of 1,2, and 3,
then we played on and got down to 3 when
I knocked out the 4th. guy. I was now
slightly ahead in chips, with 3rd. place
quite short and anxious for a deal before
the blinds went up again. This turned
out to be a dream final 3 for a deal because
I really wasn't at all bothered to play
the 5K event unless I could win outright
(I didn't want to pay out money to the
others as part of a deal), and the second
chip leader, the extremely nice Bob Thompson,
a WSOP final table finisher, wanted to
play the big one for sure. The prize money
remaining was 1) a seat (5K value) + $200,
2) 1500, 3) 700. Bob made a deal with
both of us where he took the seat. My
deal was he paid me 2nd place plus an
extra $700 (so I won a total of $2200
less my buy-in and extra tip for a profit
of about $1900), PLUS 20% (value $1,000)
of him in the big event, a deal we were
both very happy with, and now I have my
first very own 'horse' in the big one,
WooooHoooo!
Talking
of WooooHoooo, this was RGP day with NewJane
showing up for the NL event, then later
Rick Charles and Frank NUTZ Brabek. Frank
and Rick dragged me into a $40 satellite,
it only took me 30 minutes to figure out
we were playing limit, not no-limit (I
wondered why the dealer had given me change
of 50 and why everyone was raising so
little). I was doing OK with 5 left until
I got AA in the BB and got all my money
in pre-flop against QQ, IGHN.
Rick had trouble getting his show going
today when his rental laptop decided to
be awkward, but me being a super geek
I was traveling with two laptops so had
a spare for him to use. We've got his
own one working now so he'll be broadcasting
every day through to the end, he should
have a few big name guests so will be
worth listening in to. Because the final
is now a two day instead of three day
event, you'll be able to listen to Rick's
broadcast without it clashing with the
poker pages final table broadcast at Tunica.
Tomorrow
(Tuesday) is the $330 limit holdem, the
last event before the 5K event starts.
I'm up over 9K for the week, plus I have
my piece of the big one, so it's been
a great trip, winning tomorrow would make
it greater of course...
Paul
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