Reno
Hilton World Poker Challenge - Day 5
Today
was the 7 Stud and the final table of
the no limit holdem. The no limit had
more than I thought, 233 entries with
a 24K top prize, a big crowd watched the
final table and it was quite exciting
with the short stack making a few small
comebacks before finally succumbing to
the two Goliaths. The eventual winner
was Russ Floyd, the same guy who won the
first event (limit holdem) last year,
no deals were made.
I
didn't play the stud seeing as I can't
even remember my two cards in holdem,
instead I played a couple of satellites
(won one, lost one, for a nice $350+ profit)
and came out even at video poker. I also
had a nice chat with Chris Bigler, we
were ironically talking about the issues
with the Binions 6% when a dealer came
over to talk to us and mentioned he was
looking forward to dealing at Binions
so he could make some money, he had absolutely
no idea about the controversy. In fact
last year at Binions I noticed that very
few people knew anything about the barrings
or the whole tip controversy. To me that
was a big wake up call that rgp is just
a small blip on the poker radar when it
comes to influencing industry issues,
all the more reason why a players' association
may be needed.
Tonight
I got sucked into an obviously crooked
game of liar's poker (guessing digits
on dollar bill serial numbers) with Kathy
Liebert and a friend of both of ours,
I lost $2 right off the bat before we
luckily ran out of dollar bills. Kathy
then challenged me to a $100 heads up
freezeout no limit holdem, I tried negotiating
her down to $5 with no success, so of
course I had to decline the challenge
so I wouldn't lose $100 and so she wouldn't
be able to describe the beating on rgp.
A
few top names (I think around 5 to 10)
are leaving Reno and going to Tunica (I
heard Men, Tony Ma, can't remember the
others), this is of course very good news
for the rest of us as the field just got
a lot easier, but no doubt a disappointment
to Reno Hilton that the Tunica tournament
has had a big affect.
Tomorrow
is the last $330 event (except for the
seniors event the next day), the limit
omaha hi/lo, I'll probably play because
with four cards I can play every hand
(even if I can't remember what the four
cards are). We have a sponsor offering
buy-ins and rebuys and free hotel room
for an upcoming tournament at Oasis in
Mesquite.
Paul
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