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Poker Trip Report

WSOP 2004
T1 - Low Carb Carrots

Using my satellite win from yesterday, today it was time to parlay that $225 into a pretty decent $400,000 pay day. The dream stayed alive for almost 30 minutes. I didn't play very well, particularly on the very first hand where I chased a draw that cost me T500 of my T2000 chips, then I had AJ and AQ that both cost me some chips, and soon I was down to T1000. Then, with blinds still at 25-25 someone raised UTG to 75. There were 4 callers so I called in the small blind with 86. The flop was 864, I checked, the big blind (BB) moved in for his last 600. He had done the same thing twice already, both times with really weak hands, he was playing like this $2K event was a $2-$4 cash game. Everyone folded, I called, and his A4 crushed me when an A came on the river. Soon I was down to T350, with 88 on the button I moved in on the one limper, but just my luck the same guy that took all of my chips earlier had picked up a premium hand again in the BB, K9o, so naturally he had to defend his T25 investment, called my all-in bet, flop was Kxx, ighn.

When you sign up for your registration card (which you need to play in any events) you have to sign a waiver for HHLV (Harrah's). Basically it's stuff about being able to film you without you getting paid, but the big one is that they have the right to refuse your wearing any logo wear. Consensus seems to be that until the final table they won't bother you unless you are blatantly advertising, but we'll find out soon how they feel about online poker site gear being displayed at the final table. Talking of which, this is "the year of the logo", when you walk in the room you are bombarded by a sea of logos on hats, tee shirts, jackets, mugs, pens, everything. If HHLV decides to get tough with the rule we might be seeing the first annual Naked WSOP. Even I might end up wearing something finaltablepoker soon, I'm holding out for the finaltablepoker leather jacket, of which they have none.

Now about those carrots. A couple of days ago I ate at the Main Street Station buffet, it's considered the best one downtown, and competes well against most of the strip ones too, not the quality of Bellagio, but right up there with the likes of The Orleans. They now have "Atkins Friendly" signs over several dishes, the good doctor would turn in his grave if he saw what Main Street considers low carb. Sure, they got it right with the easy stuff like the steaks and caesar salad, but the rest of the signs seemed to be randomly placed, for example one was over a starchy beef stew, another over the carrot salad, another over a carrot puree, carrots are one of the highest carb veggies out there. After reading on rgp about the couple turned away from a buffet for eating too much roast beef I suspect this clever ploy by Main Street Station is meant to blow the diets of low carb dieters so they'll give up in disgust and start eating the potatoes again, that spells big profits for the casino.

I'm not playing today, Stud has way too many cards, but I will play some satellites, and will most likely play the $1,500 Limit Holem on Sunday. The beauty of limit holdem is that it's very difficult to lose all your chips in 30 minutes.

Paul Westley


2004 WSOP TRIP REPORTS

T-1 T1 T2 + T3 T4 + T5 T6 - T9
T10 - T15 T16 - T24 T25 - T32    

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