World
Series of Poker T+3,4
I
have a good excuse for no report yesterday,
I was drunk. I had a friend who had come
in to town for two events, unfortunately
lost them both after promising me he was
going to win a bracelet, so after he busted
out we had dinner in the Chinese restaurant
, Gee Joon, in the hotel. Excellent, one
dish, the orange and chile flavor beef
was incredible. Then we headed of to Harrah's
where he is a 'diamond club' member. In
the Diamond Club they have a lounge type
room with big screen TVs, sandwiches and
desserts, a couple of hot foods, and ALCOHOL.
We got a glass of cabernet (the good stuff,
they get whatever is left over from the
restaurants), they bring the huge glasses
filled to the brim, the idea being that
high rollers play more responsibly after
a few drinks. The second glass didn't
help, then the half bottle of port pretty
much finished me. We then headed downstairs
to the outside party area with a very
good band and dancing. Home at 4:30 am,
up at 6:30 am to take my friend to the
airport, back by am, set the clock up
for the day, then slept until 4:30pm.
Today
was the final of the 2K No Limit, the
final table was one of the most exciting
I've ever seen, the chip lead and low
stack being shared by almost everybody.
JJ Bortner ended up going out pretty much
as we'd predicted, one 'all in' too many
getting called by KK and losing most of
her chips. At the dinner break I chatted
to Harry, a very nice Greek guy from England,
he had laid down AKs to one of JJ's all
ins, he hadn't wanted to risk coming in
6th when he was one of the chip leaders.
He said he is a 30-60 limit holdem player,
has only been playing no limit for two
months. He, Layne, and JJ were the only
ones really gambling while the other three
sat quietly. Right after dinner Alan Korson
went out 6th, then two hands later JJ
in 5th. The final four lasted a long while
as Layne and Harry dominated with chips
while Mark and Tom waited for the other
to go out, worth an extra $34,000 if they
could hold on. But instead it was Harry
who went out 4th., he'd come to play and
it eventually cost him. Mark Gregorich,
Layne Flack, and Tom Jacobs were left.
They moved the chip lead around many times,
and Tom was almost out of chips a few
times, Mark finally went out leaving Layne
and Tom. Now Tom's game changed dramatically,
he got very aggressive and we saw several
all in situations, but as had happened
many times at the final table, the low
stack kept winning. It finally ended with
Layne's KQ dominating Tom's KT on a KQx
flop, Tom going all in, and an easy call
for Layne Flack for the bracelet. It just
ended at 11:30pm, I heard this was the
longest ever event at the WSOP. It will
be out on the internet soon, well worth
watching.
As
I came upstairs, today's 7 stud event
had just reached the money, 24 places
being paid. Tomorrow is the 1.5K Limit
Omaha High, I might run downstairs to
play a satellite for that, I like games
with 4 cards because I can play every
hand.
Paul
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